The lightly-raced mare has yet to win at black type level, but has measured up extremely well in strong company in the past and her future spring prospects look particularly bright after cleaning up her rivals in Saturday’s Remembering Mark Goring & Adrian Ledger H.
Trainer Jason Warren has had his share of issues with the talented 4-year-old and he was able to breathe a sigh of relief after she came off a light lead-up preparation to stroll home for rider Dwayne Dunn.
“It’s just to have the monkey off our back really and she’s been carrying a few knockers. She did such a good job last prep and was hampered by issues right before she’d had her first start,” he said.
“To get her back here in such good order is a tribute to Rosemont Stud and Mark Young and my team back at home.
“She came here off one soft jumpout and we were looking to use this run as a second trial into better races. I’m pleased to see her resume and we knew she was quite capable of doing this.”
“She came here off one soft jump-out and we were looking to use this run as a second trial into better races.” – Jason Warren
Brooklyn Hustle was a debut 2-year-old winner at The Valley before she ran fifth in both the G2 Blue Diamond Prelude and the G1 Blue Diamond S.
Last season, she was restricted to just three appearances and after a first-up fifth she was third in the G3 Blue Sapphire S. and fifth in the G1 Coolmore Stud S. and beating home, among others, the subsequent G1 CF Orr S. winner Alabama Express.
While Group 1 targets would seem to beckon for Brooklyn Hustle, Warren wasn’t giving much away with regard to the mare’s future.
Jason Warren
“I’m not going to put the horse in front of the cart and wanted to get this out of the way. We’ll see how she pulls up and it’s just so pleasing for everybody involved and we’ve really had to be patient,” he said.
“For me, I took a bit of bold step coming here off one soft jumpout, but I believe in the horse so much and she’s on the way up. I’ll talk to the boys at Rosemont and have a good chat to Dwayne.
“We’ve got a couple of programs mapped out for her, but we’ll let the dust settle and she’ll run in either three or four weeks.”
Dominant performance
Brooklyn Hustle settled last on the fence and was able to pick up ground near the turn and, once into the clear 150 metres from home, she exploded away to beat Propelle (Smart Missile) by 3.5l.
Bred and raced by Rosemont, Brooklyn Hustle is a daughter of Joint Aspiration (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) who was a North American stakes winner.
She has also produced Reign (Elusive City {Ire}), the dam of black type winners Sopran Ival (Ire) (Ivawood {Ire}) and Gold Tail (Ire) (Dream Ahead {USA}).
Featuring in her pedigree is the G1 Haydock Sprint Cup winner Red Clubs (Ire), who shuttled for a short period to the now defunct Stoney Bridge Stud in New Zealand. From a handful of representatives, he sired the Listed Wanganui Cup winner Madonna Mia (NZ).
