Bobby Axelrod Stock’s Continue To Rise
Bobby Axelrod continued his rise to stardom with another feature race win on Friday, taking out the Gawler Classic race over the 531m trip. It wasn’t a perfect performance from the White and Brindle chaser, but his class helped him get out of trouble and despite leaving the boxes quite poorly, he was still able to reel off a flying 30.55. The win was his 16th career win, which is incredibly impressive considering he has only 28 starts so far. It was off the back of a red hot 30.49 heat win the week prior, that saw Bobby Axelrod start an odds on favourite in the race, with the market confidence being shared by his trainer, Dillon Robinson, who gave the chaser a great hope going into the race.
“Going by the times, it seemed certain that he was going to win it, but then again from being from the wider box, he did well to stay out of the carnage and just ran around them. Once he crossed them and got on the arm it was all good!” exclaimed Robinson
Whilst Bobby Axelrod showed some early promise when he started his career, it wasn’t until Adelaide Cup night in 2022, where showed how good he is. On a night where some star studded chasers like Wow She’s Fast, Mallee Magic, Propelled and Hill Top Jack went around, Bobby Axelrod went quicker than all of them, when he won a grade 6 in a flying 30.39, which was the best of the night. It was on this night that Dillon knew how good Bobby was and since then, he has continued to develop his racing craft.
“He showed potential early on in the breaking process.”
“I thought by the time he ran at Angle Park (Adelaide Cup night), that he was going to get there, it was just a matter of how long he was going to stay up winning and placing.”
Life at home is quite easy for Bobby Axelrod, with the laid back dog enjoying his time in the small kennel and the surrounding suburbs.
“He has his unique personality, he's a pretty quiet, good kennel dog. We live in the suburbs.”
“He mostly goes for a free gallop at Virginia, up and back just once a week then he races in between.”
The success shown from the November 20’ whelping has attracted interest from potential buyers but Dillon and connections have decided to not sell.
“I had one person offer some money for him, but we thought we would keep him for ourselves and enjoy the fun.”
The next step for Bobby Axelrod is a trip to Victoria this week, where he will stay to continue his racing career.
“We’re going to send him down to Victoria with Jess Hopkins, because she is training the two siblings, Lektra Teddy and Rosie’s No Angel.”
“Not at this stage (picked out a race), we will just send him over there and see how he goes, we will take it one step at a time.”
