Jamaican Rain among the 2018 Glasshouse Handicap nominations

Victorian mare Jamaican Rain is one of a number of handy sprinters among the nominations for the Listed $175,000 Oaks Hotels & Resorts Glasshouse Handicap (1400m) at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday.

I’m A Rippa, above, is among the nominations for the 2018 Glasshouse Handicap at the Sunshine Coast. Photo by Steve Hart.

Thirty-two sprinters have been nominated for the Glasshouse Handicap and Cranbourne trainer Richard Laming is hoping that the predicted wet weather arrives for the wet track specialist Jamaican Rain.

“Jamaican Rain is a superior wet-tracker and there is rain forecast so we will save her for the Glasshouse,” Laming told AAP.

Laming scrathed Jamaican Rain from last Saturday’s Listed $100,000 G.H. Mumm (1615m) at Doomben when the track was rated a good 4, preferring to wait for a wet track at the Sunshine Coast this weekend.

Jamaican Rain is the winner of four of her five victories on rain affected tracks and will be chasing a hat trick at the Sunshine Coast after wins at her last two race starts in Victoria at Cranbourne and The Valley.

Eagle Farm trainer Desleigh Forster also scratched Someday from the G.H. Mumm because of the drying Doomben track and is also hoping that the rain arrives at the Sunshine Coast during the week for her Glasshouse Handicap nominations.

“The track ended up a good three and it would have been too hard for him,” Forster said.

Someday has won seven times on a good racing surface and only once on a rain affected track but she believes that the nine year old would be better suited with the give out of the ground at this stage of his career.

Someday has had one run back from a spell for a sixteenth, beaten six lengths, in the Listed $100,000 Spear Chief Handicap (1400m) at the Sunshine Coast on June 2.

Forster has also nominated Too Good To Refuse for the Glasshouse Handicap and the five year old will be fitter for his first up fourth to Savanna Amour in the Listed $100,000 Makers Mark Hinkler Handicap (1200m) at Doomben on June 9.

The Tony Gollan trained I’m A Rippa is racing in career best form and has been nominated for the Glasshouse Handicap after winning the Listed $175,000 City Of Ipswich Eye Liner Stakes (1350m) at Ipswich on June 16.

Leading Victorian trainer Darren Weir could have two runners in the Glasshouse Handicap with Lucky Hussler and Ulmann among the nominations.

Lucky Hussler is coming off a first up eighth to I’m A Rippa in the Eye Liner Stakes while Ulmann will have to back up this week after finishing sixth to Grande Rosso in the G.H. Mumm last Saturday.

The Tony Pike trained Kiwi three year old The Bostonian has acclimatize perfectly to the Queensland weather and is undefeated from two starts during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival.

The Bostonian proved too strong in winning the Listed $125,000 Kirin Daybreak Lover (1200m) at the Sunshine Coast on June 10 and followed that up with an all the way win in the $75,000 QTIS Three Year Old Plate (1350m) at Doomben last Saturday.

Trainer Chirs Waller has nominated Invinzabeel and Religify for the Glasshouse Handicap.

Nominations for the 2018 Glasshouse Handicap (1400m)

#	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	8x010x1350	A MIST OPPORTUNITY	M	4	Andrew Noblet	72.5
2	108×267511	ALLKNIGHT SAINT	G	8	Lauren Herne	–
3	131×316220	AQUA VITE	G	5	Scott Morrisey	91
4	10x11812x3	BERGERAC	G	4	Steve Tregea	82
5	6461006953	BODEGA NEGRA	G	7	Bruce Hill	80
6	0x259189x8	CONTRALTO	M	5	Matthew Dunn	69
7	9446542109	COOLRING	G	7	Joe Cleary	92
8	490×390058	DANISH TWIST	M	6	Kris Lees	98
9	95626×6404	DENMAGIC	M	5	David Pfieffer	91
10	1164×73361	FIT FOR PURPOSE	G	4	Liam Birchley	79.5
11	7x6498212x	GLENDARA	G	7	Barry Baldwin	87.5
12	21812×3121	I’M A RIPPA	G	4	Tony Gollan	–
13	9811000×32	INVINZABEEL	G	6	Chris Waller	–
14	32x3x211x7	ITALIA BELLA	F	3	Stuart Kendrick	73
15	3x11425x11	JAMAICAN RAIN	M	5	Richard Laming	–
16	5028x26x06	LEGLESS VEUVE (NZ)	M	4	Henry Dwyer	98
17	x6001056x8	LUCKY HUSSLER	G	8	Darren Weir	111
18	266×455308	MAN OF HIS WORD	G	5	Bruce Hill	96
19	x243516x31	MANOLO BLAHNIQ (NZ)	G	4	Tony Noonan	–
20	131x113x1x	NICCANOVA	G	4	Steve Tregea	94
21	3727×61251	PEACOCK	G	4	Diane G Murphy	–
22	3821211113	PLUCKY GIRL	M	4	Toby Edmonds	92
23	1136×65293	PRIVLAKA	G	5	Robert Heathcote	94
24	x1611x22x0	RELIGIFY	G	7	Chris Waller	107
25	746×316565	RIVER RACER	M	4	Les Ross	83
26	70x0998x08	SADLER’S LAKE	G	6	Wendy Bannerot	88
27	3120x750x0	SIEGFRIED	G	7	Toby Edmonds	–
28	48497105×0	SOMEDAY	G	9	Desleigh Forster	96
29	x3317x3076	SYLPHEED	M	4	Toby Edmonds	93
30	11x1256x11	THE BOSTONIAN (NZ)	G	3	Tony Pike	–
31	230x6946x4	TOO GOOD TO REFUSE	G	5	Desleigh Forster	93
32	1486×64026	ULMANN	G	6	Darren Weir	102