Craig Newitt rides Oakleigh Girl to a strong win in heat 8 of the Warick Farm barrier trials. Picture: Mark Evans Source: Mark Evans / News Corp Australia
CRAIG Newitt reckons there wouldn't be a quicker two-year-old in the country who can explode out of the gates like Oakleigh Girl.
The speedy filly burst to the front in a Warwick Farm trial on Tuesday and never looked back, winning her trial comfortably and sending a timely reminder to Golden Slipper punters.
Oakleigh Girl will have just one more trial and go into the Slipper first-up, despite no horse ever getting the cash in the $3.5 million feature when resuming.
Ten minutes after Oakleigh Girl won her 800m heat out west, Unencumbered, the horse who beat her home in the Magic Millions Classic, cruised to his own trial triumph in a 47.5 seconds, half a second quicker than the filly.
"The Golden Slipper is all about the barrier draw, it's been like that for the past 10 years, and if she draws a barrier, she'll put herself straight in the box seat - she'd lead any two-year-old in the country she's that quick,'' Newitt said.
"She proved in the Magic Millions she could take a sit in just behind, but she was at the end of a long preparation, and it took Unencumbered - who looks well above average - to beat her.
"I couldn't fault her trial this morning. She just jumped, she was quick, she was only out there to stretch her legs, and not do anything special.''
Bougoure said Oakleigh Girl would have one more trial at Rosehill, and pointed out her two first-up runs had been dynamite.
Sebring had the longest let-up - seven weeks - when he won the Slipper in 2008.
"She's had two first-up runs and they've been electric, so I'll only give her one more trial and then straight into the Slipper,'' Brisbane-based Bougoure said, who flew down to Warwick Farm to meet Newitt, who himself jetted over from the Adelaide Cup the night before.
Oakleigh Girl is a $26 Slipper chance. Unencumbered, an $11 Slipper fancy with TAB Fixed Odds, won his trial by a widening four lengths for Tommy Berry, who warmed the saddle for twin and the horse's regular rider, Nathan Berry.
"All I'll say is I'm excited for Nathan now,'' said Tommy, who won the Slipper last year on Overreach.
"The most impressive part about his trial today was he's always got to the front and had a look around, but today he went on with it and got the job done.''
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