{"id":5859,"date":"2015-04-02T16:50:30","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T06:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauristonfarm.com.au\/?p=5859"},"modified":"2015-04-02T16:58:41","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T06:58:41","slug":"swiftly-red-simply-too-swift-at-bendigo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauristonfarm.com.au\/?p=5859","title":{"rendered":"<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Swiftly Red simply too swift at Bendigo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lauristonfarm.com.au\/wp-content\/upLoads\/Swiftly-Red.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5862\" src=\"https:\/\/lauristonfarm.com.au\/wp-content\/upLoads\/Swiftly-Red.jpg\" alt=\"Swiftly Red\" width=\"637\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauristonfarm.com.au\/wp-content\/upLoads\/Swiftly-Red.jpg 637w, https:\/\/lauristonfarm.com.au\/wp-content\/upLoads\/Swiftly-Red-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lauristonfarm.com.au\/wp-content\/upLoads\/Swiftly-Red-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Swiftly Red proved too strong at Bendigo to notch the second win of her prep for Mornington-based trainer Tony Noonan in the Andy\u2019s Earthmovers Handicap over 1400m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Holding off a late challenge in the final 50m of the race, Swiftly Red held on by a head for connections at Laurel Oak Bloodstock who race a number of horses with Noonan with the partnership enjoying an excellent season together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"> \u201cI\u2019ve got to give a lot of thanks to my foreman Viv Bertrand and Lisa Jones who manages our farm,\u201d Noonan said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"> \u201cThey have done a lot of work with the mare who has had muscle enzyme problems in the past and a lot of people have worked extremely hard and got a lot out of her.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Swiftly Red, a 4-year-old Testa Rossa mare, was having the fifth run and second victory of her campaign but Noonan expects even more to come as the tracks begin softening as winter approaches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Jockey Nick Hall returned to the saddle to partner Swiftly Red and maintained his perfect strike with two wins from two rides aboard to mare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Jumping from barrier 1, Swiftly Red pinged out of the gates forcing Lilian to work hard in the early stages to find the lead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Settling Swiftly Red in the run, Hall eventually gave up the lead but gave his mare the dream run in transit on the fence, one behind Lilian.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Peeling out at the top of the straight, Hall peeled out and balanced up Swiftly Red ($4.60) who was strong to the line to score by a head from Deeming ($6.00) and Ungreatful Ellen ($2.70) in third.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"> \u201cI was happy to switch her over to the left and it really got her through the line,\u201d Hall said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"> Race Replay: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.racing.com\/form\/2015-04-02\/bendigo\/race\/6\/results\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"> R6 Bendigo 02 Apr 15<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"> Article sourced from <a href=\"http:\/\/tonynoonanracing.com.au\/stable\/news\/id\/5986\/swiftly-red-simply-too-swift-at-bendigo\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Tony Noonan Racing Website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swiftly Red proved too strong at Bendigo to notch the second win of her prep for Mornington-based trainer Tony Noonan in the Andy\u2019s Earthmovers Handicap over 1400m. 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