It was the biggest day of his riding career, yet 28-year-old Patrick Moloney winning his first Group 1 race by taking out the G1 $1.5 million Yulong Newmarket Handicap over 1200 metres at Flemington on Saturday aboard 125-1 pop Roch ‘N’ Horse was not initially celebrated by the majority of that very odd racing community that congregates in the often blinkered online place knows as Twitter.
Maybe many were wiping themselves off the ground after that most unexpected of wins to many?
The moment Roch ‘N’ Horse won- probably the first New Zealand bred sprinter to win a G1 sprint in Australia and whose runners dominate the sprinting ranks, those who enjoy making their innermost feelings known to the public, went into complete meltdown. Except of course those who couldn’t help tweeting how they had won. We know, we know...
Being the first leg of the popular bet type known as the Quaddie, most were caught up in a weird tailspin and heralded something that will be discussed in Australian racing circles for weeks and months to come- tactics, the inside versus the outside etc etc. Oh, boy! Can’t wait?
It underlines how, more often than not, listening to all those self-appointed racing gurus rollout their “game plans” and “betting strategies” for days on end are often a waste of time.
Better to have your neglected girlfriend flip a bird after watching you trying to figure out your selections and tell you to just buy every runner in the race or only buy the two whose names she liked best- Roch ‘N’ Horse and The Astrologist. It’s not unlike her backing The Romancer to win at 140-1 a few months ago. She liked that name, too.
To give credit where credit is due, huge congrats to Jockey Patrick Moloney, Trainer Michael Maroney and Roch ‘N’ Horse plus Little Avondale Stud who bred and part own the horse and are very well known to Hong Kong owners.
Don’t think there weren’t some astute bets placed on the winner by some in Hong Kong. And before we forget, also props to Fred Kersley Jr for a terrific ride on runner up The Astrologist.
One more thing: horse racing is not an exacting science. It’s a game of chance. This is what makes it fun.
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