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Count De Rupee | Photo: Steve Hart | Races.com.au

Doomben 10,000 Odds Firm on 2022 Victory Stakes Winner Count De Rupee

Lucy Henderson April 30, 2022

Doomben 10,000 Odds Firm on 2022 Victory Stakes Winner Count De Rupee

The Group 1 $1 million Doomben 10,000 (1200m) in a fortnight looks the likely next-up target for the Robert & Luke Price-trained Count De Rupee after the horse’s lovely win in the 2022 Victory Stakes at Eagle Farm.

Count De Rupee | Photo: Steve Hart | Races.com.au

Count De Rupee (pictured at Kembla Grange) is onto the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 after a good Victory Stakes 2022 win at Eagle Farm. Photo: Steve Hart.

Given a perfectly-timed ride by Brock Ryan, the progressive Real Impact four-year-old was able to wear down the leader on the straight Scallopini and score a tidy victory in this year’s Group 2 $250,000 Victory Stakes (1200m).

Following on from a last-start second in the Group 3 Hall Mark Stakes (1200m) behind Kementari when narrowly denied victory on All Aged Stakes Day, Count De Rupee was back to his best in the Victory.

“I’ve got a big wrap on this horse,” co-trainer Luke Price told Thoroughbred Central post-victory.

“It’s good to get a result and it was a great ride by Brock, he never panicked.

“He (Count De Rupee) is a very, very good horse.”

The horse celebrated his first victory since backing-up off that devastatingly close second behind I’m Thunderstruck in last year’s $7.5 million The Golden Eagle to win the $1 million The Gong (1600m) over the mile at Kembla Grange last November.

His two early runs this autumn were luckless with an interrupted prep seeing him run 16th in the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) and 11th in Sydney’s Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes (1200m).

Back in form now and the stable are eyeing atonement, Count De Rupee now set for another shot at Group 1 glory in the 2022 Doomben 10,000 on May 14.

After taking his time to get to the front, the hot favourite Rothfire eventually set a strong pace up front in the Victory setting it up for the backmarkers to swoop and steal the show late.

Count De Rupee ($7.50) meanwhile was settled just off that hot speed getting a soft run with plenty of cover before weaving through the field once on the straight.

The Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoystead-trained Scallopini ($20) looked an upset winner inside the final furlong, but Count De Rupee came strongly on the inside to run him down and flash home late by a long neck.

The winner’s stablemate Jamaea ($21), one of only two fillies in the mix, also produced an eye-catching run making up ground to finish a length further back third ahead of a potential Group 1 $1.5 million Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) target on June 11.

No horse has completed the Victory Stakes – Doomben 10,000 double in the same year.

All-in 2022 Doomben 10,000 odds online at Ladbrokes.com.au on Count De Rupee to be the first have firmed into $8 and are available in full here.

“We were going to go to the (Doomben 10,000) but we thought ‘let’s get the horse’s confidence up and come to Queensland and win a race’,” Price said.

“I haven’t ridden many horses as good as this.

“It could just be the 10,000 in two weeks now, but nothing’s locked in.

“I thought my filly was outstanding back in third there. She’s got a Stradbroke she could be aimed at yet.”

The stable’s Headwater filly Jamaea is at $26 in futures Stradbroke Handicap 2022 betting ahead of next Tuesday’s nominations.

2022 Victory Stakes Results & Finishing Order

Finish No. Horse Trainer Jockey Margin Bar. Weight Penalty Starting Price
1 2 COUNT DE RUPEE Robert & Luke Price Brock Ryan 1 58.5kg $7.50
2 7 SCALLOPINI Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted Boris Thornton 0.2L 3 58.5kg $20
3 12 JAMAEA Robert & Luke Price Kerrin McEvoy 1.2L 7 54.5kg $21
4 11 STARTANTES Robert Heathcote Taylor Marshall 1.7L 5 54.5kg $11
5 3 ROTHFIRE Robert Heathcote James Orman 2.45L 11 58.5kg $1.90F
6 4 WILD PLANET Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Jim Byrne 3.2L 2 58.5kg $31
7 5 NICCANOVA Steve Tregea Anthony Allen 3.95L 12 58.5kg $31
8 6 BALLER Tony Gollan Ryan Maloney 4.7L 6 58.5kg $11
9 10 RANCH HAND Chris Waller Ms Samantha Collett 5.1L 8 56.5kg $19
10 9 SHAQUERO Chris Waller Luke Dittman 5.2L 4 56.5kg $31
11 1 VEGA ONE Tony Gollan Ben Thompson 5.4L 10 58.5kg $21
12 8 IT’S ME Brett Cavanough Brad Stewart 6.15L 9 56.5kg $21

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