By Neil Evans
If all good things come to those who wait, then surely it’s payday for the trainer and owner of honest mare Kora Magic at Sunday’s feature meeting at Wellington.
The Mudgee four-year-old was successful in her first start for the Mark Jones stable in January after transferring up from Victoria, but since then it has been a case of forever the bridesmaid.
Racing returns to Wellington on Sunday with a seven-race card.Credit:Phil Carrick
Kora Magic hasn’t missed a place in all eight starts since, including six consecutive seconds either side of a six-month spell through the middle of the year.
A naturally free-wheeling front-runner, the daughter of group 2-winning Kuroshio seemingly had plenty of those races won until being collared in the final few strides.
She tackles a competitive class 1 handicap over 1100m to close the Wellington card and is likely to be afforded her preferred soft going with rain forecast. From a low barrier draw, Kora Magic can either lead or sit right behind the pace and is clearly the one to beat.
The dangers are likely to come from resuming three-year-old Sizzle Minizzle, which hasn’t started since his maiden win in May but can come to hand quickly, and Rupertson, which is resuming for a new country yard.
Meanwhile, punters and racegoers get their first look at beautifully bred colt Augusta Revolution when he debuts in the opening maiden handicap for the boys over 1000m. A three-year-old son of powerhouse group 1 sprinter Russian Revolution, he is out of More Than Ready group 3-winning mare Augusta Proud, which had a 30 per cent win rate from 28 starts in South Australia.
Trained by Brett Cavanough at Scone, Augusta Revolution has been gelded since a quiet trial a month ago.
He is likely to sit back just off the speed from a low draw before producing a powerful finishing burst, and he could well be competing in metropolitan company this year if early expectations go to plan.
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