SOMEARDENSOMEWHERE TWO RACES FROM MET BONUS
Someardensomewhere, who appreciated a drop in grade to score for Overport Lodge employee and amateur driver Phil “Prop” Anderson at Addington on June 12, is nearing a $7500 Met Multiplier bonus reward.
“He will race for a few more starts at Addington to get the bonus and then have good break as hasn’t had one in a while,” said trainer Mark Jones.
Someardensomewhere and Phil “Prop” Anderson are too good in the C0-2 amateur drivers pace at Addington on June 12. Photo: Race Images.
“He’ll come back and be better after a break.”
Someardensomewhere, who returned to winning form at his third start since transferring to the Jones stable, was having his 13th start at Addington Raceway over the last 12 months.
The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s Met Multiplier is paid out for horses who race 15 times within a 12-month rolling period at the Raceway and has been a winner.
Someardensomewhere, who promised much at the outset of his career, setting a NZ 2YO record over 2400m of 2:56.3 (1:58.2 mile rate) at Ashburton late that season for the Mark Purdon’s team, left the Allstars stable in January.
He scored his last win for Purdon and training partner Natalie Rasmussen at Addington in December in a 1:57.9 rate (1950m).
The 4YO Somebeachsomewhere gelding had a stint with Purdon’s former training partner Grant Payne for six starts earlier this year, but after racing below his best, moved to Overport Lodge last month.
Someardensomewhere, good enough to run sixth in Tiger Tara’s Group One Sires’ Stakes 3YO Final at Addington last term, had seen his form taper this year but he relished a dropback to a C0-2 amateur drivers level race last week.
Phil Anderson dropped him back early from the outside front row draw and used his quick speed to round up the leaders at the buiness end.
Phil was recording his second win as an advanced amateur driver this term.
He earlier also had two wins as a junior driver and two wins as a graduation driver before focussing on training enjoying a strong four years in partnership with Tim Butt before going out on his own again and latterly moving to Overport Lodge.
“Prop works here and has a few of his horses here too so it works out good,” Mark said.
Someardensomewhere zipped home to win going away by 2 1/2 lengths from Scanreco Bay in a 2:02.3 rate (1950m) in the cool conditions.
This was his seventh career win from 35 starts for owners The Beach Syndicate, which was formed by Arden Lodge proprietor John Stiven.
John set up the syndicate to race the horse with friends and family based throughout the South Island.
Someardensomewhere, bred by his late mother Noreen, is a member of the big winning Rosehaven-Black Watch family.
He’s from L’Oiseau De Nuit, an unraced Christian Cullen half-sister to Agios Nikolaos (eight NZ wins, 1:52.2, US) and Black Maire (four wins 1:59.8), the latter the dam of former 2009 NZ 3YO filly of the Year Lauraella (1:55.9, 10 wins & $649,946) and the ill-fated $111,000 winner, The Muskeg Express (1:59.4).
L’Oiseau De Nuit, from two-race winner Corbie (Vance Hanover-Black Watch), has two foals to race for two winners, the other being Billy Jack, which has won twice and been a regular in Canterbury amateur drivers races this season for the David and Catherine Butt stable.
Another unraced daughter of Corbie in Syriana has left another good Allstars winner in Meticulous (1:55.6, nine wins & $101,489).
Maritime Arden, a half-sister by Somebeachsomewhere to Hunter Cup winner Arden Rooney, racing solidly in the lower grades for John and Judy Stiven, and trainer Mark Jones.
The Arden Lodge-Mark Jones connection also resulted in a C1 win with Maritime Arden at Forbury Park on May 29.
Like Someardensomewhere, Maritime Arden is by Somebeachsomewhere (1:46.8 & $3.2 million), a top performing son of Mach Three.
A diminuitive 3YO filly, Maritime Arden is a half-sister to this season’s Hunter Cup winner Arden Rooney (1:54.2, 18 wins & $A597,078), raced by John and Judy Stiven with Mark Jones under his business banner of WDC 03 Limited.
Both Martime Arden and Arden Rooney are also from the Rosehaven-Black Watch family.
They were also bred by the late Noreen Stiven from Tosca Hanover (Walton Hanover-Tosti, by Soky’s Atom-Aberfeldy, by Mark Lobell-Black Watch).
Maritime Arden, who chases another 3YO win at Forbury tonight, has won three and been three times second in 18 starts this term.
She worked to the front after the opening 700m for her win in the Prydes Easifeed Pace last month in then hands of Blair Orange.
Maritime Arden was rewarded in a suitable race, holding by 2 1/2 lengths pacing the 2200m from a stand in a 2:48.3, the last 800m in 58.1s.
By Jeff Scott