Star Perth apprentice Jarrad Noske showed his older, seasoned rivals how its done at Ascot today when he produced a copybook ride to win the listed Carbine Club Stakes (1400m) with Xaaravid.
George Daly, one of the state’s most respected trainers, puts the polish on Xaaravid and he described the ride from Noske as perfect.
“I give the credit to a terrific ride,” Daly said. “It was first class.”
Noske allowed Xaaravid to find his feet early and then kept cool when it looked like his charge was going to held up behind runners.
But showing the poise and class that proven star riders would have been proud of Noske found an inside run and guided the four-year-old home to a comprehensive win.
“He’s been a really nice young lad to get associated with going through his apprenticeship,” Daly commented.
“He’s outridden his claim and I think he will go on and be a very competitive senior rider.”
Xaaravid, placed earlier this year in the Magic Millions Perth 3YO Trophy, has been a high class galloper since he debuted at two.
“He really is a terrific little horse,” Daly said. “A person said to me this morning – he’s won as a two-year-old, a three-year-old and a four-year-old – he keeps going on we’re moving him up in distance.”
Daly said next year’s Railway Stakes could be on the cards for Xaaravid.
“I didn’t think he was ready for this year’s (Railway).”
Sent out as a $9 chance with bookmakers, Xaaravid cruised home to beat Elliotto ($5) by a soft half length. The fancied runneer Mabel Grace ($2.40 fav) was another length and a half back in third place.
A Korilya Stud graduate from the 2008 Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale, Xaaravid is raced by George and Wally Daly in partnership with high profile Perth businessman Rick Hart.
Hart, a former president of the Fremantle’s AFL Football Club, is best known through his electrical appliance stores in the WA capital.
Xaaravid was bred by one of WA’s best known and most successful breeders Ellie Giles from her Korilya Stud property.
Giles has a half brother to Xaaravid heading to February’s 2011 Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale – a colt by Balmont.
The athletic youngster is a member of the first Australian crop of Balmont – a Stravinsky stallion who won the Group One Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket.
Winner: Xaaravid (Xaar-Avid)
Race: WATC Carbine Club Stakes LR (1400m)
Passed for: $26,000
Sale: 2008 Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale
Vendor: Korilya Stud (As Agent)
Reserve: $30,000
Earnings: $372,550
Owner(s): HW Daly, GE Daly & Kentville Pty Ltd (Mgr: RJ Hart)
Trainer: George Daly (Ascot)
