Red Galaxy ridden by Craig Williams wins the Sportsbet Nobody Does It Easier Plate at Sportsbet Sandown Hillside Racecourse on June 05, 2024 in Springvale, Australia. (Photo by Pat Scala/Racing Photos)
A delayed start to the racing career of Red Galaxy looks set to pay off handsomely after Red Galaxy broke through for his maiden win at Sandown.
Lining up for his second career start, Red Galaxy took out the Sportsbet Nobody Does It Easier Plate (1400m) on Wednesday.
A rising four-year-old, Red Galaxy only made his debut at Pakenham last month, finishing a close second over 1400m.
Ridden by Craig Williams, Red Galaxy ($2.25) scored a comfortable 1-¾ length win over Made The Effort ($26) with the $1.65 favourite Fontaine Rouge a long head away third.
Jim Mason, representing trainer Greg Eurell, said Red Galaxy had a delayed start to his career because of ‘roughing’ to a sesamoid.
“He came in from the breakers as a young horse and he had a bit of roughing on his sesamoid,” Mason said.
“It took forever to get him right. He was in-out, in-out of work and now he’s perfect.
“It just took us forever for the whole thing to settle down and that’s the only reason he started so late but has always shown us a fair bit of ability.”
That ability saw Red Galaxy sent out favourite on debut at Pakenham when beaten, but different tactics were employed on Wednesday.
“He’s a really nice horse that has shown us a lot from the get-go and we felt leading at Pakenham wasn’t the way to go,” Mason said.
“He has always been a chasing horse on the track and in his trials.
“We were pretty adamant with Craig today to take a sit behind the speed and give him something to chase.”
Mason said Red Galaxy had shown a good turn of foot when sat in behind other horses in trackwork and in trials.
“If they let down and run time and have a turn of foot, there is no use wasting it,” Mason said.
“We’ll probably keep him going for now, but we think he is a fair horse.”