Sharp mare Nextonixs blitzed her rivals in a bold frontrunning win at Morphettville Parks on Saturday, handing trainers David Jolly and Justin Potter a strong start to their new partnership.
The daughter of Tassort dashed to the lead under leading apprentice Rochelle Milnes and kicked at the top of the straight in an impressive display of raw speed, scoring a comfortable 1¼-length win over Kalasec in a 0-66 Handicap (1000m).
The milestone win handed Jolly and Potter their first city winner as a partnership, along with back-to-back wins after Hypenova saluted at Murray Bridge on Wednesday.
Potter, who rode 1309 winners, called time on his 25-year career as a jockey in July, teaming up with Jolly, a Group 1-winning trainer who has 966 winners in his own right.
A $6000 bargain buy at the 2023 Inglis Gold Yearling Sale, Nextonixs ($10 Sportsbet) has already repaid that fee in spades, winning three races from five starts, and $95,680 in prizemoney.
“We bought her cheaply as a yearling, we probably just liked her pedigree a little bit,” Jolly said post-race.
“She’s very fast, she’s had one failure, here during the summer, she jarred up a little bit leading into it.
“Justin (Potter) said a couple of weeks ago, ‘she’s flying this thing’, Streetcar Fury is a fast horse but we’ve had to take him away from her, because he hasn’t been able to keep up with her (at trackwork).
“I was very confident leading into today that she was going well. She’s a cantankerous little thing, very sassy, she’s very hard work on the ground but a good ride.”
Jolly believes a race down the hill at Oakbank will suit the four-year-old, but also has a Victorian assignment in his cross hairs.
“I’d love to take her to Moonee Valley for a Friday night, she’s got a very high cruising speed and a kick,” he said.
Tyler Maund – Racenet.com