Foxy Freda bounces back
Foxy Freda has landed a second win in the Inglis Bracelet (1600m) in three years under a cool ride by in form jockey Billy Egan.
Backing up from a disappointing display in the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) on Saturday, Foxy Freda had a distinct class edge on her opposition on Tuesday.
Foxy Freda won the Inglis Bracelet at the corresponding meeting in 2021 while last year the mare was tried over 2000m when out of the money in the Group 2 Matriarch Stakes on the final day of Melbourne Cup week.
“It was a huge punt for me to bring her here again in such a short space,” Noblet said.
“I felt a bit of pressure on myself to bring her here again because you just don’t know, but I knew she’d pulled up well and full credit to all the team at home.
“She had a lazy day on Sunday and cantered around the last couple of days and came here feeling really well today.
“She’s been a great story.
“A relatively cheap horse, we took her home and she’s got better and better with age.”
Precious fightback to win at Flemington
Bill Wilde has learned not to question his son Symon’s judgement after Precious Charm took out the TCL Trophy (1700m).
It was a tenacious victory by Precious Charm to fight back after being headed in the straight by runner-up Fancify to then score a short-head win.
Precious Charm was having her fourth start on Thursday and was jumping in trip from 1200m to 1700m.
“I must say at breakfast this morning we were questioning Symon’s judgment about putting her up from the 1200 (metres) to the 1700,” Wilde senior said.
“But he’s been right more often, Symon, than he’s been wrong, so we were delighted with that win.
Wilde was at Flemington representing his son on Thursday and joked that Symon should stay at home more often.
“We seem to do better when Simon doesn’t actually attend the races so maybe it’s something we’ll continue in the future,” Wilde said.
“We’ll leave him at home.”