Scenic Shot goes home a Winter Carnival champion
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The reaction says it all. Shane Scriven and Scenic Shot take out the Brisbane Cup (Noel Pascoe photo)
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It was tough to ask for Scenic Shot to jump from barrier 14 with 60 kilos on his back and add a win to his already impressive Winter Carnival campaign.
But connections knew too well that Scenic Shot (G6 Scenic-Sweepshot) would step up to the challenge and include the Group 2 Australian Special Metals Brisbane Cup 2400m on his resume.
Jockey Shane Scriven admitted the horse didn’t have anything left to give after crossing the line half a length ahead of Ready to Lift (Glyn Schofield) and Tinseltown (Craig Grylls).
“He was gone at the furlong. He just shrunk up underneath me but he just won’t lie down,” Scriven said.
“He knew what he had to do and he just kept those legs going. I pulled him up and I nearly thought he might collapse.
“He’s exhausted but I’d give him 10 minutes and he’d go around again.”
Trainer Daniel Morton was in England with Scenic Blast and his father Len was on hand to look after the horse at Eagle Farm.
“It was only a kilo more than what he was carrying in the weight for age and it wasn’t going to hurt the horse,” Len said.
“He looked under pressure but when I saw them levelling up they were going to have a battle on their hands because he doesn’t lay down for anything.”
Scriven was surprised to see the horse wasn’t the outright favourite after his two previous wins in the Group 1 Doomben Cup and Group 2 O’Shea Stakes.
“Everyone was starting to knock him. I had a glance at the tote board going out and he wasn’t even favourite for a Group 1 winner,” Scriven said.
“I said to Len this morning, I know his lengths better than them and 6kgs better than them but I don’t know about eight but gee I reckon he is nearly 12 now.
“He’s climbing the ladder to be one of my favourites.”
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