Horse of the Week: Fell Swoop

Published: 02 Aug 2015

Muscular type - Fell Swoop is a powerful sprinter with a big career ahead

You don't often see big winning margins on a Saturday over any distance, let alone the shorter sprint trips where photo finishes are so common.

That makes Canberra sprinter FELL SWOOP's effort to streak away by three lengths in the Selleys Handicap (1,100 metres) look even more impressive. A victory worthy of this week's Horse of the Week.

Trainer Matthew Dale is aiming at another 'Benchmark' race in a few weeks time, before a crack at the early Spring Carnival riches.

Big margin - Fell Swoop strode clear of the well-performed Inz'n'Out

Breeding

Sired by Not A Single Doubt, from Touched In Flight.

Type

Four-year-old Bay Gelding born 7/9/2011. A muscular powered sprinter.

Features

Adaptable, Early Speed, Power (Acceleration), Genuine & Reliable

Record

7 Starts for 5 Wins and 1 Second. Total Prize-money of $133,920

Career Wins

1/8/15 – Selleys Handicsp at Rosehill Gardens over 1,100 metres – Jockey B. Shinn
25/2/15 – Tab.Com.Au at Rosehill gardens over 1,200 metres – Jockey B. Shinn
6/2/15 – Hawker Butchery Handicap at Canberra over 1,000 metres – Jockey B.P. Ward
23/1/15 – Parkland Htl & Apartments at Canberra over 1,000 metres Jockey B.P. Ward
8/1/15 – Myer Mdn Plate at Canberra over 1,000 metres – Jockey B.P. Ward

Quick Facts

The horse that beat him on debut as a two-year-old, Tothecoastandback, hasn't won a race since and recently finished 10th in a lowly Benchmark 50 race
He was very unlucky first-up behind Darciwood, getting badly blocked for a run
He's a half-brother to the 9-time winner Flight Command (General Nediym) and fourth foal of the winning Fasliyev mare Touched In Flight
Purchased for $45,000 from Dartbrook Downs Thoroughbreds at the 2013 Inglis Classic Yearling sale

More wins to come - Fell Swoop is sure to visit the winning stall again soon