Rios 3YO a serious prospect

19 December 2016

Rios

Progressive three-year-old Cannot Be Serios is proving an excellent advertisement in Sydney for his sire.

The WS graduate is a son of farm resident Rios and he now boasts the tidy record of two wins and two placings from his four starts.

Trained by Michael Freedman, Cannot Be Serios’ latest victory came at Canterbury on Friday.

The gelding also showed his versatility when he overcame a heavy track to score in the hands of Josh Parr.

Cannot Be Serios is out of Cruella de Vil, a Captain Rio mare whose only other foal to race, Del Rios, has been a winner.

The family also features the stakes winners Rhythm, No More Tears, Hips Don’t Lie and the Group One performers Tristachine and Lake Geneva.

Ardrossan’s Group 1-placed darling wins A$300,000 Gr.2 HKJC World Pool Wakeful Stakes

Second and fourth in 1600m Group 1 races in her two previous starts since being purchased privately by OTI Racing and stepping out in Australia under Chris Waller’s racing banner, De Armas (Ardrossan) stepped up in distance at Flemington on Saturday and opened her Australian account in style in the A$300,000 Gr.2 HKJC World Pool Wakeful Stakes (2000m) on Derby Day.

30 October 2026

The Corner with Garry Chittick

The writing of my Corner started many years ago, motivated by an irritation that I felt needed scratching. It was never my intention to make my commentary regular; neither did I intend to reinvent the direction of racing administration. It is both disappointing and ironical that what should be a simple, straightforward business provides a regular need for comment.