Pria Eclipse

What a tough, consistent little mare who gives all & more every time she goes around, a credit to her trainer too, as she's been up ages  

PRIA ECLIPSE

5yo Bay Mare
D.O.B: 18-Aug-2012
by MAGNUS  from PICCADILLY MOON
5x Pedigree Report

Status	Active
Owner’s Details (updated nightly)	Mr D P Cockerell, Mr S J Westcombe, Mr I L Cockerell
Stewards Embargoes	None on record
Emergency Vaccination Record	(Click here for more details)
Last Gear Change*	10-Mar-2017, Tongue Tie, On
Trainer	Mr Dan O'Sullivan (Ballarat)
Racing Colours	Black, Lime Epaulettes, Armbands And Cap
Career	Summary: 28-2:11:3    Prizemoney: $104,833     Min/Max-Dist-Win: 1400/1400     1st Up: 3:0-0-0    2nd Up: 3:0-0-1     Firm: 0:0-0-0     Good: 11:1-3-1     Soft: 11:0-7-0     Heavy: 4:1-1-1    Synthetic: 2:0-0-1

Aurelius   Champion      Joined: 08 Apr 2015  Status: Offline  Points: 4229	Post Options     Thanks(0)     Quote  Reply Topic: Sandown Tomorrow (Pria Eclipse)     Posted: 30 minutes ago at 7:26pm

Have watched the film three times now and can't see how they arrived at that decision, as imo the one on the rails still runs 2nd irrespective.

I thought she did the right thing by the horse.

Bullshyte.  Whoever advised her to plead guilty needs to be suspended imo.

I hope she lodges an appeal, and is getting someone from the Jockeys Association to help her

What the hell? I just watched the replay and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that ride.

They said she didn't ride the horse out for the final two strikes? Well that's a complete lie. Maybe half a stride at the most.

How would they come to this decision? There was 5 Stewards at this meeting. Terry Bailey the chairman. Is this his call or do they all have a say? Surely they all didn't agree on the charge.

I'm stunned she pleaded guilty. Surely she would confide with her manager and her fellow riders and they would be telling her to fight it.

Tiny mare Pria Eclipse proves size doesn’t matter as she aims to go back-to-back at Sandown
June 14, 2019 9:33am
Michael ManleyHerald Sun


Tiny mare Pria Eclipse is an example of the proverb “good things come in small packages’’ as there is no smaller horse racing.

When she won at Sandown Lakeside last start, jockey Teo Nugent said she was gutsy for a horse that was 12 or 13 hands.

Pria Eclipse isn’t 12 hands. Trainer Dan O’Sullivan’s staff have measured her to be 13.3 hands — as small as they come in thoroughbred racing.

O’Sullivan said she would qualify to compete in pony club events, but “she’s got a big engine and a big heart”.

The Ballarat trainer said from the time Pria Eclipse entered his stables more than four years ago, she had a big personality.

“She charges around the place as if she owns the joint,” he said.

“ The girls at home love her, in particular Lucy Doodt, who usually rides her but she’s suspended at the moment.”

O’Sullivan said Pria Eclipse probably only had one or two more runs left before she was retired to be a broodmare and Doodt would be particularly upset to see her go.

She’s been a great money-spinner for the stable, with five wins, 17 seconds and seven thirds from 49 starts, winning more than $250,000 in prizemoney.

O’Sullivan said her size had probably led to so many seconds.

“Its countered against her in races as things don’t always go her way,” he said. “I’ve also got to place her in higher grade so she can get a lighter weight.”

Pria Eclipse was bought at an online auction by owner Daryl Cockerell

O’Sullivan said Pria Eclipse, an $11 chance with TAB, was in an even field at Sandown Lakeside today, but he expected another solid run in the 1600m event.

“It will be more of the same. She’ll get into a good spot and then try her heart out,” he said.

michael.manley@news.com.au

She'd win a 'Gutsiest racehorse' award hands down! Today against the males too, gee she tries SO hard