When trainer Andrew Payne saw a yearling by Snippetson walking around at last years Melbourne Premier Sale he immediately liked him - but did not think he would be able to get him.Payne watched him go through the ring and was surprised when the colt, out of the mare Dewamar whose progeny included Group One winners St. Basil and Pantani, was passed in for less than he thought.Payne immediately made inquiries and secured the yearling for $35,000 after he passed all the vet checks.The now three-year-old gelding, named Sassoon, has shown Payne ability all through his education and the trainer is hoping he can measure up to city class at his first attempt when he heads to Flemington on Saturday for the Planet Ruler Handicap (1400m).He came from last to win a 1500m Bendigo maiden at his first start last month.You work hard with everything youve got, and hes one of the horses that has come in and this possibly could be a horse that could take me somewhere, Payne, who generally keeps between 15 and 20 horses in work, said.But Im not going to get too far ahead of myself as well.Payne broke Sassoon in himself and said he immediately showed natural talent and had a good action, something he relayed to a couple of the people who had already taken a share in him.I pretty much said if this horse cant run, I dont know what will, he said.Sassoon began awkwardly at Bendigo and Payne decided not to trial him again because he said the gelding still wanted to overdo things in training.But hes a lovely horse. Hes probably up there with the nicest horses Ive had over the last couple of years anyway.A hoof abscess ruled Sassoon out of a Moonee Valley race three weeks ago and he lost a weeks work but Payne doesnt believe the extra time between runs has done the gelding any harm.He said he deliberately wanted to take him to a big track like Flemington where he had time to size everything up and balance up in the straight.He gets a beautiful long straight and if hes good enough hes got time to pick them up, he said. Swell Bottle Cheap . - Chris Tierney snapped a tie with a power-play goal late in the third period as the London Knights rallied from a 3-0 deficit to beat the Erie Otters 5-3 in Ontario Hockey League action on Wednesday. Swell Bottle Sale . John Tavares, Thomas Vanek and Kyle Okposo were also being counted on to slow down sizzling Rangers forward Rick Nash. That plan didnt go so well early. http://www.swellbottlesaleaustralia.com/ . 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Graeme Storm bogeyed the 72nd hole in Portugal and missed out on retaining his card by just 100 euros The world No 8 opted to pull out of last weeks Turkish Airlines Open and he is not in the field for the Nedbank Golf Challenge starting on Thursday, live on Sky Sports, meaning he has teed up in only three regular tournaments in 2016. The American Ryder Cup star has now had all his Race to Dubai points stripped for the season, and the main beneficiary was English veteran Storm as he moved up to the critical 111th place in the standings. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just £6.99. No contract. Storm bogeyed the final hole at the Portugal Masters last month to miss out on retaining his card by just €100, and he was contemplating a trip to the dreaded Qualifying School.But the 38-year-old is now guaranteed a Tour card for the 12th consecutive season, and he expressed his delight to Sky Sports during the final-round coverage of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on Sunday. Patrick Reed has lost his European Tour membership after failing to play the requirred number of events Im fully relieved, said Storm, whose win at the Open de France in 2007 remains his only European Tour title.dddddddddddd Its been a bit of a rollercoaster couple of weeks, and I was fully aware of the situation regarding Patrick Reed and the fact he hadnt quite played his numbers.I was waiting to see if he had taken an invite to South Africa this week, but I got a call from the European Tour and it was a really nice phone call to take. Storm can now look forward to his 12th consecutive season on the European Tour When I got home from Portugal it was my sons birthday, so that helped to take my mind off of losing my card. But I received a lot of really nice messages of support, and I was just trying to focus on going to Q School.I needed to make sure I was still playing decent golf for that, but as things developed with Patrick, I was just praying it would go my way. So right now Im incredibly relieved. Obviously Ive been on the European Tour a long time and didnt want to lose my playing status, so its nice now that I can look forward to the 2017 season. Live European Tour Golf November 10, 2016, 9:00am Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass Also See: Olesen wins Turkey crown Pampling ends PGA Tour drought European Tour Schedule Golf live on Sky Sports 4 ' ' '