Phoenix Produces The "Wynburn" Goods

PROMISING chaser Wynburn Phoenix gave trainer Ben Englund his fourth winner at Hobart for the year when overcoming a difficult draw to record a tidy performance in a 340m Juvenile last Thursday night.

Bringing up a winning hat trick in the last seven days, the August ‘16 son of Barcia Bale and Wynburn Rush made light work of the interference on the turn from box seven, driving underneath the joint leaders, eventually running out a 1 ¼ length winner in 19.77.

The black chaser held out Super Baroque and Lily Lola to bring up his sixth career win in 14 starts.

By high-profile sire Barcia Bale, Wynburn Phoenix is out of Wynburn Rush, a winner of 14 races, all those wins in Tasmania.

The highlight performance of her career was winning the 580m Distance Championship at Devonport in 2015.

The litter resulted in a five-pup mating, with Sandown Park performer Junior Wizard from the litter.

"He's a nice pup who has had luck on his side having drawn some bad boxes recently, this dog loves to rail and just having turned two-years-old, hopefully he's on the right track," said Englund of Wynburn Phoenix.

"When we broke this litter in Wynburn Phoenix was the fastest by far and thinking now we did start them off a little early, around 17 months in the Maiden Thousand. They were turned out for a spell, but it took a long time to come back from where they started off early days."

Wynburn Phoenix resumed racing in June, five months after a smart 25.98 win at Devonport back in February and has since won five races, having let down to a sensational breakthrough win at Launceston running a red hot 29.85 at his second start on the track.

"We couldn't put a finger on it but during the time we were bringing back the litter into training – but Wynburn Phoenix wasn't going well and decided to get a few blood tests done.

"Little things showed up, but we persevered and he's slowly starting to hit his straps," Englund offered.

With a form turnaround, Ben is hoping that his home-bred chaser will further improve and continue his steady rise, with the hopes his litter mates will follow as maturity kicks in.

"The dog has got wheel that is for sure but he needs to mature and hopefully reach his potential.

"His sister Wynburn Cha Cha had shown something early on during the Maiden Thousand, she's gone off slightly though but I still have hopes for her."