Swettenham Stud

Iron horse Apprehend from the Tony Vasil stable made it three wins from his last four starts winning the $90,000 TAB BIG6 Mega Jackpot Handicap (2600m) at Flemington on Lightning Stakes day.

Apprehend ($3,$3.50,$3.40) was dominant throughout and sprinted well upon straightening to score a comfortable length win from Grand Destiny ($4.80,$5) with Macedonian ($2.60,$3.20) a further half length away third.

Remarkably it has been twenty starts since Apprehend was last in the spelling paddock, but Aquanita foreman Trent Penutto says the gelding is thriving.

"He just continues to thrive with what we are doing with him," said Penutto.

"He actually likes a fair bit of work between runs and blows hard after his gallops."

Racing in a rich vein of form currently Penutto believes that the $300,000 Launceston Cup in Tasmania could be an option.

"I think he has just hit his peak," joked Penutto.

"We will look towards the Launceston Cup with him and perhaps fish around the Mornington Cup as well, but it depends on how he pulls up."

According to apprentice Brent Evans it wasn't his toughest ride.

"He is a lovely horse to ride," said Evans.

"He does everything himself all you have to do is steer him," he added.

Another son of Hold That Tiger (USA), who currently stands at Swettenham Stud in Victoria, Apprehend has already accrued more than $350,000 in prizemoney in just his fourth year.

Up and coming Dash For Cash three year old Our Baby Bonus continued his winning run at Moonee Valley tonight against the toughest opposition he has come across so far.

After a sensational debut at Bendigo, where he streeted the opposition, Our Baby Bonus made the difficult transition to city class by winning his second start at his home track of Caulfield.

However tonight's race was his toughest test to date, with most of the field being city winners. Drawing the extreme outside in barrier 9 made his task even harder.

Damien Oliver had no hesitation in driving Our Baby Bonus out of the barrier to take the sit outside the speedy Canali. Oliver was content to sit there for most of the race, but after rounding the home turn he pushed Our Baby Bonus to the lead and the grey responded magnificently.

Although he wobbled for a couple of strides under pressure, Our Baby Bonus hit the line strongly to win well from Starry Eyed, while Canali weakened to third. The margin was three quarters of a length by a long neck.

"It was a gutsy effort, he had to use him and he had to find a bit under pressure but he had just enough fuel," Price said.

"I was relieved to get it out of the way. He'll go to the paddock in good order and he'll come back for a couple of races in the winter."

Tony McEvoy the Australian trainer of Keep The Faith during the stallions’ spectacular, but short career always believed he was destined for stardom.

In Faith

As Tony stated “Keep The Faith was an exceptional galloper with the most amazing action ever. It was no surprise when he went to the USA and broke the 6 furlong National Turf record. I am very confident he will prove the real deal as a stallion.”

Yesterday’s winner for the David Hayes stable managed by Tony McEvoy was In Faith a 2YO brown colt from the Anabaa mare Energy Source. The colt is raced by the very successful partnership of Peter Devitt, Les Gordon and David Hayes who also bred the colt.

Tony mentioned that the stock they have had in work by Keep The Faith have great rhythm, balance and very economical actions. The stable felt that In Faith was not ready to win yet and that there is a lot of improvement to come, so the win was considered a great bonus. In Faith showed electrifying pace early to lead clearly before being steadied to the turn, before he kicked away for an emphatic win.

In Faith