Martin has grand post-racing plans for regally bred Mirabeau

Date: July 6 2008

Craig Young and John Schell

STRIKE trainer Tim Martin reckons Mirabeau has the pedigree to make it as a stallion. The man who produced sizzling sprinter and soon to be crowned champion first-season sire Exceed And Excel parted with $525,000 to buy Mirabeau at last year's Magic Millions yearling sale.

Mirabeau made a one act affair of the opening race at Rosehill yesterday when coming off a second at Kembla which followed a debut third in midweek company at Canterbury.

"I've had a good opinion of him all the way along," Martin said. "He is a well-bred colt out of French Braids - a good mare Billy Mitchell used to train. He has a stallion's pedigree."

Mirabeau has thrived on racing and Martin has spring races in mind.

Goldam strikes form for Con

FORMER jockey Con Karakatsanis failed to make the track to see Goldam notch the trainer's first city win.

Karakatsanis was late to arrive at Rosehill but that didn't stop talented filly Goldam from scoring a strong win in the Champs Cafe Handicap.

Goldam, ridden by Tye Angland yesterday, won on debut at Randwick before seconds in the Widden Stakes and Inglis Classic as a two-year-old before her form went off.

"I've done that much work with her trying to get her to settle," said Karakatsanis, who forgot racing colours and had to watch from a TAB.

Eagle lands without Keane

WELL-KNOWN owner and race sponsor Col Keane wasn't on hand to watch Enzedex Eagle toy with rivals. The Central Coast plumbing supplies guru was in Macau to see Rutherford Eagle and Bennett's Green.

Enzedex Eagle started a red-hot favourite and after a cool Nash Rawiller ride made it three straight. "A nice up-and-coming stayer," Rawiller said. "He is not beating much but I always thought he'd be better suited on the bigger tracks and he proved that today."

Kenny's in world of his own

GRAEME MURRAY has bragging rights in a family richly involved in racing. The son of leading South Coast horseman Bede Murray, and a brother of another trainer Paul, set Kenny's World for a first-up win.

"I told him it was a run short," Paul admitted.

Graeme only works four horses because, "I do all the work for Dad and Paul, it is a family affair", and added, "Dad bred this horse and I leased it off him with a few mates that wanted to race a horse".

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