Lightly-raced Winning Rupert sprinter Written Words tracked his stablemate Just Walter John into the straight at Ascot on Wednesday and then put the short-priced favourite away with a finishing burst that belied his last-start loss at Geraldton.
Trainer Mitch Pateman sent Written Words to the mid-west for an easy kill last month following a four-length barrier trial win at Belmont but jockey Pat Carberry advised stewards he raced greenly throughout.
Carberry partnered Just Walter John (Snippetson) yesterday but the real Written Words stood up in the A1 Engineering Maiden (1000m) for heavyweight rider Taj Dyson. “Mitch reckons he’s better off being ridden conservatively and I was able to get on the back of the stablemate,” Dyson revealed. “Thanks to Pat, too, because he’s done a lot of work on this horse.”
Written Words (3g Winning Rupert – Chitter by I’m All The Talk) is the second Winning Rupert winner bred by Mungrup studmaster Gray Williamson in the last month following Ripper Rupert at Bunbury on December 18.
“I’ve always thought that Written Words could be a Saturday horse before getting rolled at Geraldton,” Pateman stated. “He renewed my confidence today and its good to see him bounce back especially for Tyson who has really battled getting down to 57kg.”
Written Words defeats Just Walter John / Photo: Western Racepix
Written Words is the first foal from unraced mare Chitter who hails from a family nurtured by former WATC committeeman Jeremy Hayes. Her second-dam War Of Words (Marscay) foaled Metal Master (G2 Karrakatta Plate), Argumento (LR Aquanita Quality) and Stormed Out (LR Ruabon Stakes – twice).
Hayes, who died ten years ago this week, bred numerous winners at Karnup Stud in Serpentine and among the best was Lost World (Jungle Boy) who won three back-type events in WA before travelling east to claim a career-high victory in the G2 Surround Stakes at Warwick Farm.
Winning Rupert (Written Tycoon) has his first Geisel Park-bred foals on the ground and several of his earlier foals have been nominated for the $13 million TAB Magic Millions Raceday on the Gold Coast. The Rob Heathcote-trained Winning Rupert mare Party Spirit has opened an $8 second favourite for this Saturday’s $500,000 Magic Millions Country Cup (1200m
