Giadresco Hopes for Profitable Return

Posted on June 8, 2018 | Posted by Tim Walker

Co-trainer Peter Giadresco is hoping Profit Street’s outstanding record first-up and on soft tracks will see him salute in Saturday’s Listed Beaufine Stakes (1000m) at Belmont.

The six-year-old was last seen in December when he finished seventh to Silverstream in the Group 3 Scahill Stakes, following his credible fourth placing in the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes to Viddora.

Prior to his two most recent campaigns, Profit Street has had two trials, however Giadresco has elected to give the gelding just one trial prior to Saturday’s $100,000 event.

Giadresco said the addition blinkers would sharpen the galloper up for this week’s short course event.

“He trialled nicely the other day,” Giadresco told TABradio’s The Sports Daily.

“We have put the blinkers on, just for the 1000m.

“We normally give him two trials before he starts, but we were happy with that trial.”

Leading jockey William Pike is back aboard Profit Street for his first-up assignment, as he was for the galloper’s first-up runs in his last two campaigns.

Profit Street is one of five blacktype winners in the field of eight, which includes consistent performers Durendal and Meteoroid, who begins what is likely to be her final racing campaign before retirement.

Giadresco said he had plenty of respect for Profit Street’s rivals but had confidence in his impressive first-up and wet track form.

“He’s got a great gate, and a weight where he can win,” he said.

“The rain is no bother…he has shown us he can win in the wet.

“We are really looking forward to seeing him.”

The Beaufine Stakes lost its star studded attraction on Wednesday, when trainer Chris Gangemi was forced to scratch Rock Magic.

The last start Roma Cup winner suffered a mishap at trackwork, and was rushed to Murdoch for scans.

The scans revealed ligament damage only, leaving the Gangemi stable with enough time to have him ready for local feature races later this year, but plans for a trip to Melbourne before that have been shelved.

Gangemi spoke about the incident on TABradio on Thursday.

“I put him on the walker yesterday morning, like we do every day when we go to the track,” he said.

“I trotted him one way, then turned him to trot the other way and as soon as he started trotting the other way he was really lame.

“By the time I went over and stopped it, he couldn’t put his leg down.

“We feared the worst, because he had swelling on the outside of his knee straightaway.

“He might have some ligament damage, which is a great result to what we were thinking at first.”