Aaron Bain Racing | Aaron Bain News 62301 Abr Weekend Review

Monday also saw another first for ABR.

The 2025 Melbourne Cup trophy stopped off at Angaston Park on its journey around the world before finding its way to Flemington on the first Tuesday in November.

Angaston Park has already supplied three Melbourne Cup winners, Beldale Ball, At Talaq and ABR would love to make it four.

About 100 people joined us on Monday, and it was an honour to have the Cup at our fantastic training property.

On the race front, ABR heads to Murray Bridge on Wednesday with just the one runner.

BELLEZZE will contest race one, the Sportsbet Jockey Watch Maiden (1200m) at 12.10 pm SA time.

The three-year-old filly has drawn gate three in a field of 12 and will be ridden by apprentice Matthew Chadwick who can claim 2kg off her weight of 55.5kg

BELLEZZE is resuming from a spell, having her last run at Gawler in December.

The filly had looked good at her previous run when third over 1200m at Balaklava.

She has had two nice trials at Balaklava and Morphettville Parks to ready for her race return.

ABR believes the daughter of Artie Schiller can make the grade and hopes for a competitive effort on Wednesday.

METRICAL brought up the 21^st metro success for trainers Aaron Bain & Ned Taylor in the 2024/25 season with a fabulous finish at Morphettville Parks on Saturday.

Jockey Jason Holder rode a perfect race and read about the win in the Weekend Star section.

On Saturday, ABR was delighted to see our talented NO NOTTHEBUTTONS return to the winning list at Globe Derby Park.

Trained by Emma Stewart, and driven by Wayne Hill, NO NOTTHEBUTTONS came from last to win the Northside Trophies Handicap (2230m).

He displayed great speed down the back straight racing to the lead and drawing clear to win by five metres.

The four-year-old had no luck when resuming at his previous run and Saturday was a much better guide to his ability.

ABR Weekend Star

 

METRICAL was ABR’s weekend star with a superb sprint to win at Morphettville Parks.

In career-best form, METRICAL earned a chance at the Mildura Cup with a powerful victory at Morphettville Parks on Saturday.

Co-trainers Aaron Bain and Ned Taylor believe METRICAL would be perfectly suited in the $100,000 Mildura Cup (1400m) on Friday, July 18.

At Morphettville Parks, the five-year-old, carrying 60kg, burst between runners late to grab a win in the Festival Hire Handicap (1250m).

Well backed from as much as $12 into $6.50, METRICAL, ridden by Jason Holder, scored by a long neck from Delightful Shecky ($14) with Merchant Boss ($10), a similar margin away third.

The gelding jumped nicely from gate one but was allowed to balance up midfield on settling down.

Holder was patient approaching the home turn waiting for a gap to appear and he was able to ease three wide in the straight.

Once he found open going, METRICAL extended quickly, gathered in the leaders for an impressive win.

The five-year-old now has two wins and an excellent second in three runs from a break for Aaron Bain Racing.

Trainer Aaron Bain said barrier one had been a pre-race concern.

“We had a call Thursday night and said did we want to run from one,” Bain said.

“Myself, Ned (Taylor) and Will (O’Malley, we spoke hard about it, but the horse needed a run to not be five weeks between starts.

“Now he’s won we can go to the Mildura Cup in three weeks on the minimum.

“His three starts back have been outstanding.

“We find that a lot with the tried horses that in the second prep they bounce through, but it is really exciting to be heading to the Mildura Cup with him.”

Winning jockey Jason Holder praised the trainers for the win by METRICAL.

“Aaron and Ned have done a great job with him,” Holder said.

“They reset METRICAL this time in, gave him a few trials and got to learn about him.

“We had to ride him for luck from gate one.

“He kept travelling and actually made my job pretty easy.

“When I asked him to go through gaps, he responded quickly.

“He keeps improving, he was great.”