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Work The Room lands Tatts Mile

25th Jul 2011

Stallions - Saturday, 23 July 2011

Work The Room (5 g Bel Esprit – Social Scene, by Grand Lodge) charged home in the straight win the Tattersall’s Mile (Listed), at Eagle Farm, coming from last into the straight to beat Silent Movie (Royal Academy) by a length with Frozone (Reset) a half-neck away in third.

Work the Room had been a beaten favourite at his past four starts but trainer Robert Heathcote had not given up hope. “Look, this is a very good horse and I think a lot of people dropped off a bit too quickly. He had problems when he came here from Melbourne and it has been a matter of working them out. It was a big decision by the owners to send him here and I think it will prove the right move.”

“There is a 2100-metre Open handicap here in a fortnight which will suit him. Melbourne is probably off the agenda at this stage because of the timing. But you can take it as read that there is a very good race in this horse.”

A $160,000 Inglis Easter yearling, Work the Room has now won four of his 13 starts and earned $135,851.

Earlier in Melbourne, Bel Sprinter (3 c Bl Esprit - Gavroche, by Snippets) made it three wins from as many starts to give his sire the first leg of a metropolitan double when winning the $75,000 King Island Dairy 3YO Handicap over 1100 metres at Flemington.

“He has done a terrific job, he is only a baby, doesn’t know what he is doing and he was in front a long way out. They had their chance to get to him today and full credit to the horse.” winning trainer Jason Warren said.

“I aim pretty high with all of my horses and where I finish up is a different story usually. He might be the horse, he can’t do anymore than what he has done. Since we gave him his first jump-out I was very confident of the horses ability and it is good to see him putting it on the form now.”