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Jockey Tim Bell was full of praise for Sydney sprinter Craftiness despite the gelding’s narrow winning margin at Doomben on Saturday.

A short-priced favourite, Craftiness ($1.60) jumped brilliantly but wanted to over-race before beating Seeking More ($10) by a long head in the Byron Spurling’s Last Stand Handicap (1050m).

Bell said Craftiness was never going to lose even though he was thoroughly tested by the joint leader Rocky King to the home turn.

“He did a very good job because I think he would be far better on a dry track,” Bell said.

It was the gelding’s sixth win from seven starts and Warwick Farm trainer Joe Pride is planning a winter carnival tilt for him.

Craftiness will return to Sydney where he will probably run in the Hall Mark Stakes.

Pride then hopes to send Craftiness back to Brisbane for the winter carnival sprints such as the Group One Stradbroke Handicap.

Trainer Rob Heathcote was also talking about the winter carnival after his smart galloper Hopfgarten returned from a spell with a win in the Canadian Club Handicap (1350m).

“I am going to take a punt and set him for the Doomben Cup over 2000 metres in May,” Heathcote said.

“He is a big strong horse and weight-for-age in the Cup won’t worry him,” Heathcote said.

Hopfgarten will have his main lead-up race for the Doomben Cup in the Hollindale Cup at the Gold Coast on April 25.

A plan to bring well-bred mare Love Shuttle back in distance paid off when she won the $100,000 Girls On Track Series Final (1350m).

Trainer Toby Edmonds said Love Shuttle’s dam Sky Love was a good stayer who had won the Tattersall’s Cup and it had tempted him to try her daughter over a middle distance.

“But I think we have found she is better back at these distance and she has done a good job for us and breeder Stuart Ramsay,” Edmonds said.

Smart three-year-old Denarius will have a short break before tackling the winter carnival after scoring his third win in the Silky Smooth and Silk Handicap (1350m).

 
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