Pentire 3YO A Top Prospect

Exciting Pentire three-year-old Lucripetous stormed home from the back of the field to win at Canterbury yesterday in just his second career start. Ridden by Sydney premiership leading jockey Hugh Bowman, he joined the field rounding the turn before running on strongly to win by nearly three lengths.
“He is certainly a horse going places and he was a bit of a query stepping him up so quick but he looked like he needed it,” Waller said. “The Rosehill Guineas and AJC Derby are a long way away, but you have to give them the opportunity and we will take gradual steps and take the back door to the good races whether it be here or in Queensland. It was a very good ride by Hugh and he is an asset for any stable especially for our stable as a lot of our horses are ridden that way.”
Bowman, who had ridden the horse in trials but not during his second placing on debut at Newcastle, was worried with the step up in to the mile in just his second start but was very impressed with the way the horse finished off the race. “It was a bit of a worry the way he was carrying on before the race, not that he was doing a lot wrong but he was just very fresh,” he said. The times tell you how quick they were going but in saying that I didn't want to be three lengths off the second last horse either. really wanted him to stay relaxed otherwise he would have not run the journey. But he did relax well off the good pace and finished off well and you couldn't ask more than that.” ? Racing and Sports.