By Ray Hickson
Tyler Schiller is convinced trainer Annabel Neasham’s decision to go back to basics with lightly raced filly Hell Hath No Fury has laid a great platform for her to break through at Canterbury on Wednesday.
The three-year-old former Victorian had her first start for Neasham at Rosehill on June 3 and, while she wasn’t a factor in the race early, Schiller was rapt with how she attacked the line, running slick sectionals, to be beaten by 2.6 lengths by Resonator.
Trainer Annabel Neasham.Credit: Simon Schluter
Blinkers go on Hell Hath No Fury in the Toyota Forklifts Handicap (1550m). The reigning champion apprentice believes it’s a smart move.
“Annabel took all the gear off her at her first run. She likes to have them go around just with a bridle and work them out from there,” Schiller said.
“The horse felt like she would travel better with headgear, so it’s a positive blinkers going on.
“If she can be ridden a touch more positive without being too aggressive on her, don’t get her over racing, she has a great turn of foot I think.”
Tyler Schiller.Credit: Getty
Punter’s Intelligence sectional data revealed Hell Hath No Fury clocked 33.24 seconds for her last 600m, easily the race’s best, after conceding a huge start.
“She was out the back and was getting a bit of kickback and just kept struggling to keep contact,” he said.
“I was happy when she got a bit of room in the straight, and breathing space in front of her, how she attacked the line.”
Schiller is hoping to build on a growing association with trainer John O’Shea when he rides Sunlord in the Bivouac @ Darley Handicap (1250m) and King Of Naples in the TAB Handicap (1200m) at Canterbury.
Sunlord struck Schiller as a horse that will improve with time and distance but a handy debut wouldn’t surprise him.
“He’s a nice colt, he’s a little bit quirky,” he said. “I only rode him in the one trial but he travelled along nice and I thought he found the line well without being fully tested.”
King Of Naples was a beaten favourite first-up a fortnight ago and, while Schiller hasn’t been on the three-year-old’s back before, he hopes the horse can recapture his best form given he trialled promisingly before his return.
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