Almanzor 4YO wins again

Genuine four-year-old Roadcone never gave his rivals a look in at Sandown to add to his burgeoning record.

The son of Almanzor now has four wins and six placings from 12 appearances with his latest success an all-the-way victory over 1600 metres.

“He is still quite a physically immature horse. I don’t think he’s ever going to be a really big and strong individual,” said Katherine Coleman, who trains with Peter Moody.

“I think it’s all still ahead of him. We’ll just keep building him through his rating races and go from there.”

In-form apprentice Luke Cartwright allowed Roadcone to bowl along in front and they forged clear in the straight to triumph by two and a-quarter lengths.

“It is really special, and Luke has been doing work for us behind the scenes and it’s good to see him rewarded and again, that was a lovely ride,” Coleman said.

“Luke looked at me a little bit funny when I said, if he begins as well as he did at Pakenham, you might find yourself in front and I’m not sure what he thought of that pre-race.

“When the horse jumped as well as he did, there were no questions as to how it was going to pan out from there. Knowing he had that light weight (51kgs) on his back, it was a pretty confident watch.

Roadcone was bred by Bob Emery and is a son of the So You Think mare On The Ball and was purchased at Karaka by former top trainer Murray Baker for $120,000.

He finished fourth in his Te Rapa debut for Baker’s former training partner Andrew Forsman before relocating to Victoria.

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