Great ride gives Rawiller the Slipper

BRAD Rawiller has taken advantage of a remarkable dream run to score an upset victory aboard Phelan Ready in today’s Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes, the richest 2yo race in the world, at Rosehill.
Drawn the extreme outside of the 16 horse field, Rawiller didn’t push the colt out at the start and enabled him to drift across behind the field and settle on the fence, albeit a long way from the lead.
But from there things just kept going right.
In the previous race all the jockeys must have seen Jim Cassidy stick to the fence and kick through along the inside to win the Group 1 Ryder Stakes.
They must have seen it but they ignored it because they kept pulling off the fence to try to work into the race while Rawiller just kept pushing up along the inside.
Just before the home straight Rawiller must have thought it was Christmas as a gap as wide as the Grand Canyon appeared in front of Phelan Ready.
Having spent no petrol in the mad charge early Phelan Ready was able to motor through and hit the front at the 300 metre mark.
He didn”t kick too far in front but it was clear he had the race won.
Victorian filly Headway ran on gamely down the center to hold off the strong finishing Manhattan Rain for second while race favourite Real Saga also ran on for fourth.
The well fancied filly More Joyous worked hard to cross the field early and she had nothing left in the tak in the closing stages and dropped right out in the closing stages.