Speaker 1Now it's time to chat with Luke Hilton on this Thursday morning from Bjorn Baker Racing. Morning, Luke. Morning, Dave.
Speaker 2How are you?
Speaker 1Very good. Let's recap. Saturday 1st is gone. Firstly, Unleashing. What did you make of the two runs this time in? Not with too much luck either.
Speaker 2No, she's been fantastic both runs in. Didn't get a lot of luck first up. And then just probably not as sharp as she was first up over the 14. Just got in an awkward spot, but really attacked the line. And she's going well and obviously probably looking for the mile now.
Speaker 1Green Spaces recapping his performance in the Kingston Town.
Speaker 2Yeah, look, he was okay for his race shape and track played against him. And he sort of worked the line okay. He was good through the line, but probably were expecting a little bit more. He seems to come out of it fine. And he worked up this morning and looks fantastic. So, yeah, definitely push on to the Metrop now with him. But he needs to. He needs to come up another level from what we saw on Saturday.
Speaker 1Right, and Perfumis. I know it wasn't Saturday, but we go to what we saw at Newcastle on that Friday. Mate, how good was Perfumis?
Speaker 2She was fantastic. And she'd been showing that at home. She was really good in her trials. She was an electric in a track gallop at Kensington. And Bjorn, credit to him, he did a few things different this time just to make sure she was ready first up. She's a little bit of a questionable first up. Record, but she was really on song there at Newcastle. And she was dominant. So, great to see her back. She was good last prep without probably reaching that level. She did the prep before. So, I think she's right back on track now and really pleased with her.
Speaker 1So, we go to Saturday at Rose Hill, Luke. Firstly, War Woven. Inside gate, Golden Rose, Rachel King on board. Very good last start in the run of the Rose. Tell us why, if we're having a punt, why does he win the Golden?
Speaker 2Yeah, look, he's going to get a very economical run from gate one. He's got great tactical speed. He'll put himself in the first few. And obviously, drawing inside, he'll need a little bit of luck when it counts. But, you know, he'll be in that first half of the field, which I think is going to be a benefit around Rose Hill. And no doubt, a tough race. But we couldn't be any happier with him at home. He's improved again out of that last run. So, you know, he's there with a good chance in a very competitive race.
Speaker 1So, that's War Woven. Blue door, we go to in a heritage. So, Nash on board. A little bit tricky with six. She was good last start, though, on the San Domenico.
Speaker 2It was fantastic. It could work out to be some of the best form behind Guesthouse. They're in track record time. She couldn't be going any better. She's had a nice gap between runs. Nash galloped her on Tuesday and was really happy with her. So, she's got great gate speed and early speed to offset that gate. And I think she finds a front. And she's going to be very hard to run down. She's, yeah, going really well.
Speaker 1Is Singo going to be on track?
Speaker 2I'm not sure, actually.
Speaker 1Because there's a tip in itself. If Singo's on track with his man Nash on board.
Speaker 2Yeah, yeah. It all lines up. It all lines up.
Speaker 1It all lines up.
Speaker 2It definitely looks a very good race for her. And quite possibly might not be as strong as what her last two have been.
Speaker 1Pillow fight. Tell us about this mare by Zoostar. Her first up. Run behind the blade. Was that a pass mark for you guys?
Speaker 2Yeah, definitely. I thought she was fantastic. Bit of race shape against her. They didn't go that quick. And she sort of was able to work the line really well. She's definitely a better mare when she gets up on speed. Whether she gets that chance on Saturday from an awkward gate. She definitely improves when she gets the blinkers on as well. Which she hasn't on Saturday. So, I think once she gets to a mile, you can probably see the best of her. But just have to work out what the race shape looks like on Saturday. As to whether she can. Roll forward and get in a good spot. Or whether she might have to take her medicine and hit the line again. And look for next start.
Speaker 1And the horse from Armadale. Which you guys received from Sterling Osland and Great Nick. You're on second at Premier's Cup. You win then at Tats Cup. And we now roll into a Colin Stephen. And he's got this motor, doesn't he? So you are.
Speaker 2Yeah, going really well. He galloped outstanding on Tuesday. Obviously just had a setback in not being able to go to the Newcastle Cup last week. Which was unfortunate. But he bounced out of that quickly. He's got a nice race on Saturday. He's got to carry a bit of weight. And give a bit of weight away to the others. But he's got a great racing style. He'll be able to roll forward and make his own luck. And he looks, yeah, really well placed.
Speaker 1Best of those four?
Speaker 2Blue Door. Blue Door.
Speaker 1Race six, number one in the Heritage Stage. So, Nastya Willer and Singo and the team. Find that if Singo's on track, Luke. Because if he is, look out. There's a tip for the punters. He might do a bar shot or something. Pericles. Pericles. Are you going down Sunday? Or is Bjorn going down Sunday for the Manicato?
Speaker 2Bjorn's going down Sunday. He's in really good order. A little bit trickier at the gates. We were really hoping for, you know, somewhere up to four or five. He's drawn ten. So it's a little bit awkward. But it looks to be good natural speed in the race. And obviously 1,200 below his distance range. He's never actually raced. At 1,200. So it's a new one for him. But he's got a lovely cruising speed. I'll leave it to Craig to find the best spot for him in the race. Knows that track. And the horse well, actually, as well. So he's got a great first up record. He gets around Caulfield. He obviously won the group one for charity over 1,400 first up last time. So, yeah, it's an interesting one being only at 1,200. But he shows really good speed here at home. I don't think he's going to be out. The place with the tempo of the race just needs a little bit of luck from the gate.
Speaker 1And then today, can we give the listeners a few winners today? I see you've got young Amber Riddell riding Camden Cove for you at Goulburn. Invasion. You've got going around at Goulburn, too, in Flight of Power at Hawkesbury.
Speaker 2Yeah, no, great to have Amber with us on a three-month stint from New Zealand. She's obviously won an Apprentice Premiership over there and outridden a claim. So she's over here now. She's got three kilos in town, which Bjorn will look to utilise. And she's doing a great job. So good to give her a good opportunity today. Camden Cove was a really good first up in a good race at Hawkesbury. Just probably did a few things wrong. Gets the blinkers on today and a good gate. He'll roll forward and he should be hard to run down. And Flight of Power, I think, is also a good chance today. He was fantastic first up at Hawkesbury. He gets a similar set up from a good race. Good gate with Jason Collard on. So I think both those are very good chances today.
Speaker 1Beautiful, Luke. Appreciate your time, mate. Good luck on the weekend. And also, hopefully, today there's a couple of winners for the stable.
Speaker 2Great. Thanks, Dave.
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