Magic Time a class above in Nivison
Nash Rawiller picked up his treble in the penultimate race at Rosehill on Saturday, steering home Magic Time (+140) in the Group 3 Nivison (1200m).
The plunge landed nicely for favourite backers as the Grahame Begg-trained mare was a strong firmer from +300 to +140 with online betting sites prior to the jump.
Punter would’ve rejoiced with the ride of Nash Rawiller, taking luck out of the equation heading towards the front on the daughter of Hellbent.
The second market elect, Parisal (+290) was unable to match motors with the eventual winner, while Dalchini (+4000) put some spice into the multiples for trifecta followers.
It was all honours to the winner, however, as Magic Time solidified herself as a galloper on the rise, and, has plenty of option heading further into the spring.
Group 3 2023 The Nivison Replay – Magic Time | T: Grahame Begg | J: Mark Zahra
Part owner of Magic Time John Muir was on course and talked about nobody wanting to buy her mare in the early part of her career.
“We took her to the Magic Millions sales, no one wanted to buy her,” said Muir
“So I’ve had a wonderful arrangement with Grahame Begg over the years, gave her to Grahame and the rest is history. I was delighted with what she’s done up to date.”
“I thought she would’ve sold quite easily. But after the sale the box was empty and no one wanted to buy her. It happened with Secret Admirer too that I’ve had a great pleasure of racing.”
Man of the moment, Nash Rawiller spoke to the confidence Grahame Begg had given him pre-race and didn’t seem deterred making all on Saturday.
“Grahame (Begg) gave me great confidence this morning after talking to him,” said Rawiller.
“The five weeks in between runs was more placement of her and he’s been able to give her a tickover jump out there, probably more than likely at Mornington I would imagine.
“It certainly wasn’t the plan to be that aggressive early but she lobbed out the gates very quick and once she did that I was able to take advantage of it and cross them.
“I was actually begging Parisal (2nd) to go on with it at the half mile but he wanted to slow up too much and I was forced to hold my position. She was very strong, really good effort and certainly a mare with a good future.”