Rue Maple dominants 3yr olds at Moonee Valley

Black Type Plans For Rue Maple

Written by Bill Saunders Saturday, 03 July 2010 13:55  

Darren Weir reckons that his smart filly Rue Maple is ready to take on stakes class after her dominant win in today’s Dominant Handicap at Moonee Valley.”She’s won a mid-week race and a Saturday race so now we need to try and chase a bit of black type”, Weir said.

Weir instructed claiming apprentice Jarrod Fry to push forward on Rue Maple which missed the jump at her first up run at Moonee Valley three weeks ago.”Its good when it all comes together”, he said.

“You make a lot of wrong decisions but I made the right decision today.”

“The plan was to be very positive out of the gate and put her right there.”

Fry followed instructions to the letter, sitting behind Elle Foxie until the 400 metre mark before making a move and leaving the rest of the field struggling in his wake.

 

Tan Tat Tess ($7-$8) ran into second place, three lengths behind Rue Maple ($4.80-$5.00-$4.80), while favourite Sunday Rose ($2.10-$2.70F) made up late ground for third, another length away.

 

“She’s always pretty positive in her races and with blinkers on today she’s done well again”, Fry said.

“She always sits in the first four and with the blinkers she traveled a lot sweeter and she really let go a lot better than she normally does.”

Rue Maple must be rapidly becoming Fry’s favourite horse.

“That was my third ride on her for three wins so we’ve got a good strike rate going”, he said.

Rue Maple has been a model of consistency for connections, winning three and placed three times from only eight starts.

After showing good form last Spring, Rue Maple failed at her only run in the Autumn when sixth of seven at Moonee Valley in April.

 

“She ran here and she wasn’t wound up fully but we expected her to run ok but she ran very poorly”, Weir explained.

 

“She pulled up very sore in the back area so we had to back off her and start again.”

Weir plans to take Rue Maple interstate in her quest for black type.

“At the end of the month there’s a listed race in Adelaide so we’ll head across for that and see if we can sneak a bit of black type.”

The Listed Dermody Stakes over 1050 metres will be run at Morphettville on the last day of July.

Photos: Fiona Tomlin