Shawn Mathrick will supply one runner in the form of Orujo to the Sale Turf Club on Wednesday, August 2 with overcast conditions racing on a soft (5).
2 ORUJO
6 year old bay gelding (26-9-2011) Sire: Exceed And Excel Dam: Rum Cruise (Canny Lad) View Pedigree Report
Breeder: Darley
Owners: S Mathrick, B Mathrick, J Breen, M Dalzell, W Young, S Montgomerie, Oldbullyoungbull, T Wilson, P Matthews & B Burgess
Colours: Purple, Black Stars, Pink Sleeves, Black Armbands
The single stable runner for the team will head out in the leading apprentice Ben E Thompson BM78 handicap over thousand metres with Orujo to be ridden by Ethan Brown jumping from barrier nine with a reduction in weight recorded. Orujo is a winner of three & placed 14 times from 37 starts earning prize money exceeding $221,000.
A consistent type with a last start effort on the Sandown hillside on July 19 finishing third of 13 with Ben Melham aboard arriving 1.70 lengths behind Gun Case on that occasion.
Good luck to connections at Sale on Wednesday.