King's Troop reigns at Warwick Farm

Wednesday 5 August 2015, 3:45pm

Gerald Ryan will consider a San Domenico Stakes start for King's Troop after the colt scored a dominant win at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

King's Troop controlled the TAB Place Multi Handicap from the front and extended his lead in the straight to cruise to a 3-3/4 length victory over Quantrill.

A three-quarter brother to Ryan's former Group One winner and successful sire Snitzel, King's Troop is set to be stepped up to black-type company in the Group Three San Domenico Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday week.

However, Ryan doesn't anticipate the horse progressing much deeper into the spring carnival.

"I was looking at him Monday afternoon and I just thought,`this horse is ready to start growing, he needs to grow'," Ryan said.

"The plan was if he came here today and did what he's done we might look at the San Domenico, otherwise we might give him a break.

"I do reckon there is really good improvement in the horse in six months time and he could be a really nice horse in the autumn."

King's Troop was beaten as favourite on debut last month when he was run down by a race-fit Japonisme who then franked the form with another Saturday-grade win.

Jockey Brenton Avdulla said King's Troop showed the benefit of that experience at Warwick Farm and would improve again from the run.

"Today, back on a better surface with a run under his belt and race experience, he controlled the speed and when I let him rip he was good," Avdulla said.

"He's still got learning to do, he wobbled around a bit on me but it was a soft win."

The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Kangarilla Joy had a tougher job getting the better of Edge Away in the Pro-Ride Handicap, staving off the runner-up's challenge by a short head.

An $840,000 buy as a yearling, Kangarilla Joy is the most expensive progeny of Lohnro sold at auction in Australia and the Snowdens plan to test her in better company.

"I'll have a good think about where we go. There are some good races coming up and I think she's up to that now but time will tell," Peter Snowden said.

Kangarilla Joy was the first leg of an early double for Darwin Cup-winning jockey Hugh Bowman who backed it up with a win on Defrost My Heart a race later.

– AAP

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