Shaune Ritchie
Trish Dunell
Cambridge three-year-old Cut Me Loose sealed a tilt at black-type with an all-the-way win at Hastings on Thursday.
Rider Mark Du Plessis bounced Cut Me Loose out and dictated the terms in front, then eased the tempo before asking the son of Swiss Ace to sprint clear on straightening. From then on it was a one-horse act as Cut Me Loose went to the finish a length and three-quarters clear of runner-up Twenty One Times.
"He was on and off the bit at Ellerslie and it looked like he was losing concentration which is why he had the addition of blinkers today," trainer Shaune Ritchie said. "His concentration levels have improved with the blinkers. Mark rode him like he was the best horse in the race."
Ritchie now has the Gr.2 Grant Plumbing Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham on March 18 on the programme for Cut Me Loose.
Rider Mark Du Plessis bounced Cut Me Loose out and dictated the terms in front, then eased the tempo before asking the son of Swiss Ace to sprint clear on straightening. From then on it was a one-horse act as Cut Me Loose went to the finish a length and three-quarters clear of runner-up Twenty One Times.
"He was on and off the bit at Ellerslie and it looked like he was losing concentration which is why he had the addition of blinkers today," trainer Shaune Ritchie said. "His concentration levels have improved with the blinkers. Mark rode him like he was the best horse in the race."
Ritchie now has the Gr.2 Grant Plumbing Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham on March 18 on the programme for Cut Me Loose.