2014 Golden Slipper Won By Mossfun – Full Results

A brilliant ride by James McDonald saw Mossfun come from last to win the Group 1 $3.5m Tooheys New Golden Slipper (1200m) at Rosehill today.

Mossfun recorded her maiden win at Group 1 level with a fast-finishing win in the 2014 Golden Slipper. Photo by: Steve Hart

McDonald was able to stick to the inside fence and beat the long-time favourite Earthquake and Bring Me The Maid.

The Sydney based New Zealand rider kept his cool after Mossfun dawdled out of the barriers and was a clear last in the first one hundred metres.

With Eloping setting a solid pace and Earthquake coming across from a wide gate, McDonald was able to pass a couple of runners and settle just worse than midfield.

Kerrin McEvoy had a strong hold on Earthquake ($2.40 favourite) at the top of the straight and after letting her go at the 300m looked to have enough left to go and win.

But the winning move came from McDonald who was able to save plenty of ground by staying on the fence and Mossfun ($5.50) finally got the better of Earthquake in the final fifty metres to score by three quarters of a length with Bring Me The Maid ($11) also running on from back in the field to finish third a further length away.

Mossfun’s win is the first Golden Slipper trophy for the training team of John, Michael and Wayne Hawkes as co-trainers although they were all involved with the wins of Guineas in 1997 and Forensics in 2007 when John Hawkes was the head trainer for the Ingham family.

John Hawkes wasn’t on hand to enjoy the win but Michael was quick to praise the cool ride of McDonald in the Golden Slipper.

“The last thing I said to him was not panic, if something happens don’t blow it. He just rode for luck, he knew he was on the best horse in the race, he knew she got threw the ground. He never got off the fence, he just knew what he had and he just kept coming,” Michael said.

McDonald said that he listened to the advice of fellow jockey Jim Cassidy who told him to stick to the inside fence.

“I gotta thank Jimmy Cassidy. He actually told me if you are going good hug the rail and watching him beat me in the Coolmore, I learned a lot, he definitely out rode me.”

2014 Golden Slipper Results

Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Starting Price
1	10	MOSSFUN	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	James McDonald	–	11	54.5kg	$5.50
2	9	EARTHQUAKE	Peter Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	0.8L	12	54.5kg	$2.40F
3	14	BRING ME THE MAID	Peter G Moody	Chad Schofield	1.8L	5	54.5kg	$11
4	16	BELIEVE YOURSELF	Gerald Ryan	Brenton Avdulla	2.1L	15	54.5kg	$41
5	15	MEMORIAL	Peter Snowden	Christian Reith	2.4L	16	54.5kg	$26
6	11	OAKLEIGH GIRL	Danny J Bougoure	Craig Newitt	3.1L	10	54.5kg	$20
7	12	ELOPING	Peter Morgan & Craig Widdison	Stephen Baster	6.3L	14	54.5kg	$31
8	3	GHIBELLINES	Peter Snowden	Hugh Bowman	6.7L	2	56.5kg	$17
9	7	MODOC	Paul Perry	Blake Shinn	7L	3	56.5kg	$201
10	1	UNENCUMBERED	Bjorn Baker	Craig Williams	7.3L	13	56.5kg	$15
11	2	JABALI	Mick Price	Glen Boss	7.4L	1	56.5kg	$51
12	4	VALENTIA	Gai Waterhouse	Tommy Berry	7.5L	4	56.5kg	$21
13	8	RISEN FROM DOUBT	Tony McEvoy	Nash Rawiller	7.8L	6	56.5kg	$41
14	13	ALPHA MISS	Gary Nickson	Jason Collett	10.6L	9	54.5kg	$21
15	5	CORNROW	Mick Price	Damien Oliver	12.3L	8	56.5kg	$19
16	6	LAW	Gai Waterhouse	Tim Clark	12.7L	7	56.5kg	$81
–	17	SCRATCH ME LUCKY	Paul Perry	Glyn Schofield	–	0	–	–