19 July 2021 | Ashleigh Paikos
Theycall Me Stooge broke a 22-month hiatus from the winners’ circle on Saturday night at Bunbury when the double west bred gelding got up at $12 odds for trainer Peter Trefort and reinsman Dylan Egerton-Green.
Owned by Bill Horn and family, the five-year-old by WA stood stallion Advance Attack NZ was transferred to the stables of Peter Trefort earlier this year, recording his first win at his sixth start for the new stable, bringing up his third career victory.
The win came just days after the funeral for the late Norma Horn (wife of Bill Horn) who sadly passed away after illness on June 25th. Norma didn’t come from a horse background, nor a racing one, but she greatly contributed to the day-to-day care and husbandry of their stables, having a special relationship with horses such as Village Kid and Black Irish. Norma wasn’t one to be on track, but she made sure that everything behind the scenes was under control.
“I’m just super happy the horse won for nan, she was the one that looked after him and tended to his legs before he went to Bunbury.” Said Tammy Horn.
In 2017, as a two-year-old, Theycall Me Stooge sustained a tendon injury that saw him on the sidelines for around eight months.
Starting from barrier four in the small five horse field, he was restrained early and settled towards the rear and with Egerton-Green sweeping the widest on the turn, Theycall Me Stooge let down to win by 3.9m in a mile rate of 1:59:8 over the 2100m trip.
Bill and Norma Horn, photo courtesy of Tammy Horn
Egerton-Green walked away with driving honours on the night with a driving treble, including driving his own horse Typhoon Banner NZ making it two in a row. With three scratching’s in the fifth on the card, they went around with just the five runners and starting from barrier four on the front line, the four-year-old managed to work his way to the lead early, winning by just over a metre in 1:59:1.
“Typhoon went good enough first up and should improve and be more switched on from the run. I have no fixed plans for him at this stage other than to enjoy him racing again.” Egerton-Green said.
Taking out the third heat of the John Higgins Memorial series, Typhoon Banner NZ will be contending the $30,000 final next Friday the 23rd of July at Gloucester Park.
Teaming up with Murray Lindau in the first, Egerton-Green drove the two-year-old filly Beyond The Sea to victory in the juvenile race over the 1609m sprint trip. In a mile rate of 1:57:2, the race favourite begun well from barrier three to work her way to the lead in the first few hundred metres and from there it was over, claiming her maiden win for her connections.
Advance Attack NZ sired a winning double on the card with Advance Strike taking out race two for trainer/driver Kaiden Hayter. The three-year-old filly led all the way to win by 1.4m, over the Trefort trained Nellie Babe, in a mile rate of 2:01:3, recording her second career victory.
Soho Gigolo took out the third on the card after sitting behind the leader throughout, he managed to run down the leader after making full use of the sprint lane for trainer Glenn Elliot and driver Shannon Suvaljko. In a mile rate of 1:59:1, the three-year-old gelding who had been knocking at the door his past couple of start, managed to secure the win by 1.7m over the 2100m trip.
Dennis Roche and Chris Voak joined forces with Lamour Dottie in race four with the three-year-old filly leading all the way and making it two in a row for the Boyanup trainer. Recording a mile rate of 1:57:3 for the 2100m, the in-form pacer managed to hold off her rivals by 3.5m.
Miss Serenade NZ got her first win on the board at just her first start just weeks after arriving in WA for trainer Michael Young and driver Gary Hall Jnr. With just the six starters, the $1.14 favourite led all the way from barrier two, winning effortlessly in the last by 7.8m in 1:59:9.
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