A strong, front-running performance has given Trap For Fools his sixth win from his past seven starts, adding a third Australian Stakes winner to the record of his sire Poet’s Voice.
Former Hong Kong champion jockey Douglas Whyte took Trap For Fools straight to the lead in the Listed Tattersall’s Cup, setting a moderate pace until asking for the supreme effort turning for home.
The four-year-old, who had won five of his previous six starts, held on bravely to comfortably account for Falcon Crest and Itsahymn.
Trap For Fools’ ability is backed by a strong West Australian family, his dam Old Money having won the G1 WA Derby, the G2 Cox Stakes and the G2 WA Oaks.
Her brother Old Cobber won 14 races, including two renewals of the Cox Stakes. The family also includes he G1 Peth Cup winner Linc The Leopard.
Trap For Fools, who was bred by Distinct Racing and Breeding, joins Godolphin colt Viridine and My Country as the third Australian Stakes winner and 11th overall for Poet’s Voice.
Poet’s Voice stands at Dalham Hall Stud, Newmarket at a fee of £6,000, Oct 1, Special Live Foal.
