Options aplenty for Kabrocco following dominant Wagga win

Kabrocco
Kabrocco was a class above its competition in the Wagga Winter Handicap.

DANIEL McCarthy knows he has a hot prospect on his hands in the form of Kabrocco after the three-year-old gelding smashed a strong field at Wagga in the South West S/Feeds Winter Handicap.

The $2.10 favourite at Sportsbet.com.au hit the front at the 200m mark and raced away to record an eye-catching win ahead of Perizada ($2.70 at WilliamHill.com.au) and Squeaky Squirrel, which delivered $3.20 to Crownbet.com.au clients.

The win was the gelding’s fifth win from nine starts, but incredibly the horse has never placed when it has not saluted.

The three-year-old finished in the 12th of 16 runners five weeks ago at Morphettville, but McCarthy said punters saw the real Kabrooco on Monday.

“He’s always been a nice horse,” McCarthy told HorseBetting.com.au at the track following his win.

“His runs at Wangaratta have been really impressive, it was great to see him turn the luck around from last start, because he was desperately unlucky in Adelaide.

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“He was made to look a bit ordinary because he contended with the wide gate, but from the good one today he’s made amends.

“There’s a lot better days ahead for this fella.”

Punters on course were treated to the performance of the day in the fifth race on the card, but McCarthy said he had no doubt that Kabrocco would bounce back stylishly at Wagga.

“No, I wasn’t surprised at all,” the trainer revealed.

“Any horse that has won four of eight, and has probably been stiff in a few of his others, is a pretty smart horse and you get him rated down a little bit being a three-year-old in an open handicap was beneficial given he’s been carrying a lot bigger weights than this and been impressive.

“So I’m not surprised at all.”

The scope of the victory was indicative that Kabrocco may be a class above country races, and McCarthy does not disagree.

The trainer said his next run may be in the bush, but metropolitan racing is on the cards for the son of Kaphero.

“His rating will be going up a little bit higher now, so we’ll keep him in the country now probably,” McCarthy said.

“He gets the opportunity now to have one three-year-old run before the end of the season in town, whether it be in Melbourne or Sydney (we are not sure).”

Kabrocco had been racing almost exclusively in Victoria prior to the Morphettville and Wagga run, but the strong performance in rural NSW gave McCarthy confidence in the horse’s versatility.

The trainer said he can take confidence from the fact the horse is nonplussed in going both ways around a racetrack.

“The reason for coming here was just to give him the experience this way (clockwise around the track) and give us the option of going to either Melbourne or Sydney.

“He certainly passed with flying colours, so whichever way we go he should be competitive.”

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