Darren and Nic Schofield. Photo Credit- Photography by Jodie Hallows
The Schofield family experienced their first owning treble on Tuesday night a Narrogin, with their horses Sagatious, Pivotal and Imperium all taking out their respective races on the night.
Sagatious was first off, the ranks, with a victory in race three for trainer and driver Madeliene Young after the seven-year-old settled in the one-one position over the 2242m trip. After beginning from barrier two, Young restrained at release point, quickly receiving cover with the duo going on to make their move around 500m from home, staving off the favourite to win by a short-half-head in 2:01:2.
Pivotal started off the 10m handicap in the standing start race over the 2636m journey, and with the recently stand qualified five-year-old stepping relatively well, she was able to find herself in the one-one-position just lie her big brother earlier in the night, eventually going on to win by 6.6m.
“it was a very special night,”
“My son Nic is just starting out and the first two horses he part owns with me are Sagacious and Pivotal and that’s the second time they have won on the same night for us.”
“Sagatious really got Nic hooked, then we bought Pivotal and are breeding another,”
“He is looking for more but I’m telling him to settle for a bit.”
“He has always been a great stable hand, but now he has his own thing, he loves it.” Darren Schofield said.
Young rounded out the evening with a treble in the cart as well as a training double for her team at the last meeting at Narrogin for 2022. Young, paired with the Darren Schofield trained Imperium in the last on the card saw them celebrating the win with the two-year-old. After challenging for the lead early, Young came out on top, going on to lead all the way in race eight over the 1823m trip, to win by 1.4m in 2:00:8.
“Add to that the win of Imperium who my wife picked at the sales topped it off, we are still buzzing.”
“Maddy (Young) has the two firing at the moment I’m really happy with the team I’m training also,”
“It’s a hard game as you know, so very thankful things are moving nice at the moment.”
Other winners on the night include three-year-old Carla Mila who broke through for her first win in the first on the card. Trained by Peter Anderson and driven by Trent Wheeler, the Royalstar bred and owned filly resumed on Tuesday after 16 months away from the track, getting the win by a half head in 2:04:6.
Three-year-old Hope, who has a touching meaning behind her name came out on top in race two for Tom Elliot and Emily Johnson. The $2.10 favourite led all the way over the 2242m trip, taking a comfortable win in 2:03:3 with a winning margin of 2:03:3.
Heza Beauty added some value to the early quaddie, with the Caris Hamilton-Smith eight-year-old getting the job done in race four. Driven by Chris Playle, the two of them would have had an enjoyable drive home after their win, with Heza Beauty leading all the way over the 2242m journey in 2:01:6.
After an early burn for the front, Pradason managed to lead all the way in race five for trainer and driver Aiden De Campo. The $1.75 favourite appreciated the drop in class from his usual Friday night metropolitan racing, with the five-year-old going on to win by 1.4m in 1:59:2, bringing up his 16th career victory.
The seventh on the card went the way of Call Me Heaven for Barry Howlett and Chris Lewis after the $1.70 favourite worked his way to the lead from barrier five over the 2242m trip. Able to dictate terms, the four-year-old went one better this week after a last start second back in September, giving the mare her third win in just 11 starts.
Ashleigh Paikos