He is the best known for his successful connection with Self Selfer, and now James Stephens is a racing trainer.
Now James Stephens celebrated his first training success on the Cambridge Raceway with Anna (Anna (Anna (Sweet Lou) Who took out the mobile pace of the EAC Animal Care.
“It was great and Andre (Poutama) did it really well”. “”
The six -year -old Sweet Lou Mare was easily tried almost 12 months ago before she entered Stephen's care in October last year, and on Friday she was officially Stephens' first starter as a coach. But in this race the things went with the mare, which broke at the start and again with the 300 -meter brand on the rear part of the field.
Secondly, however, the mare could not be blamed and showed perfect racing. By Barrier Four Anna was driven forward by Poutama to easily maintain the lead where he would stay everywhere. Since nobody challenged him in front of him, Poutama had a comfortable lead time and when Lukaku tried to challenge the mare from the 400 -meter brand, Anna simply traveled too well and cleared out to have a low encouragement of Poutama with a low encouragement of To win 4.5 length.
“She is a pretty scorching horse and has increased a little when her work gained, which is why I drove her fresh on Friday without a trial,” said Stephens.
“After that I went away and changed a lot of equipment and today she raced with the firm hood, but Andre drove her with confidence and did not knock over what was good to see and she will definitely benefit from it. “
“She wasn't the simplest horse and I think she will drive a few races to really let go of things, but we will go to Auckland with her. “”
The 27-year-old is currently employed by Lincoln Farm's coach Ray Green, but is known from his time at Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen at the All Stars Stall, where he was responsible for the care of top line pacer self-insurance. Stephens says that after working for Purdon, he thought that one day he would like to train himself.
“I enjoy the finer details of the care of horses and it was something that I did a lot when I worked for Mark, especially with self -insured persons,” said Stephens.
“Working with such stunning horses and in a setup where there were so many good horses. “
“I also have to thank Malcolm Shinn because he was the one who really helped me when I started as a teenager with horses. “
While Anna is currently the only horse in Stephen's care, he is ecstatic about future opportunities in the industry, especially in the next Gen initiative, from which Stephens is a justified coach of the next gene.
“I would really like to try to get a horse that is justified for the next generation initiative because some great bonuses are offered,” said Stephens. Good that. “
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