Cover imge courtesy of Ashlea Brennan
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained filly Lady Of Camelot (Written Tycoon) showed she had returned to her home state in good order and was ready for her clash with the boys in next week’s G1 Golden Slipper after toying with her rivals in a 800-metre trial at Hawkesbury on Monday.
Lady Of Camelot won the G3 Widden S. in February before being the best of the on-pacers when second to Hayasugi (Royal Meeting {Ire}) in the G1 Blue Diamond.
On Monday Blake Shinn allowed her to settle off the speed, before asking her to let down in the straight, where she careered away to win by 2.8l.
Market framers have their guard up with her from a Slipper point of view and she trimmed up to $13 after this hit-out, to be the top-ranked filly in betting for the world’s richest 2-year-old race on Saturday week.
She was one of four winners during the Hawkesbury session for Waterhouse and Bott.
Stakes winner The Instructor (Russian Revolution) won Heat 10 before the unraced Monty The Missile (Smart Missile) won Heat 11.
The Waterhouse-Bott team then had a second 2-year-old winner for the session when the unraced Zoubelle (Zoustar) won Heat 14. It was her second Hawkesbury trial win this time in.
Gallery: Waterhouse and Bott-trained Monty The Missile and Zoubelle take out their respective heats, image courtesy of Ashlea Brennan
Zoubelle is from the Snitzel mare Itza Snitzi and was a $130,000 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale purchase.
It was Zoustar’s second 2-year-old trial winner for the session after Growing Empire won Heat 13 for the Ciaron Maher stable.
So You Think daughter impresses
Jonathan Munz’s Pinecliff Racing colours were in the winning list after So You Think’s (NZ) daughter Tuileries powered home from second last to win Heat 6 over 970 metres.
Tuileries is from the Bernardini (USA) mare Hediard and counts Espadon (Danehill {USA}) as her third dam. Espadon is a half-sister to Cox Plate winner Rubiton and the G1 Goodwood winner Euclase (both by Century).
Tuileries as a yearling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained filly was a $360,000 purchase for Snowden Racing and William Johnson Bloodstock (FBAA) at last year Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.
The first of the 2-year-old heats was won by the Team Hawkes-trained Agenda Setter (I Am Invincible), a $250,000 Inglis Easter purchase last year, who hasn’t raced since running sixth to Shangri La Express (Alabama Express) at Randwick last October. The brown or black colt has now won both trials since returning to training this year.
Fastnet Rock colt Tenbury Wells was a narrow winner of Heat 7. He is from the multiple Listed-winning Savabeel (NZ) mare Dowager Queen (NZ), who also placed three times at Group 1 level, including in the VRC Oaks.
Tenbury Wells is prepared by Brad Widdup, who also had the 3-year-old Pierro filly Joint Mission win a Maiden trial during the session.
Busy morning for Godolphin
James Cummings had several notable stable runners step out this morning.
Stakes-winning mare Red Card (Ribchester {Ire}) showed all her customary speed, taking out Heat 3 of the session over 1000 metres.
Red Card is the winner of seven races in 15 starts and was a first-up winner at Rosehill in February.
Red Card, winner of Heat 3 | Image courtesy of Ashlea Brennan
She found the front in the trial and coasted home to a comfortable win over talented stablemate Stanislaus (Exceed And Excel), with the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Wollombi (Extreme Choice) an eye-catcher in third.
Caulfield Guineas-winning stablemate Golden Mile (Astern) ran third to the imported Matthew Flinders (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}) in the opening heat of the session.
Golden Mile is the winner of $4.28 million in prizemoney and most recently ran eighth in the G3 Liverpool City Cup behind Phearson (Exosphere).
Group-winning Godolphin sprinter Kallos (Medaglia D’Oro {USA}) wasn’t out to break any records when fifth to the Jackie Greentree trained I’m A Shaker (Kobayashi) and the promising Godolphin filly Commemorative (I Am Invincible).
Cummings’ seven-times winner and $1.8 million earner Vilana (Hallowed Crown) ran fourth to The Instructor (Russian Revolution) in what was his first public appearance this time in.
The Instructor | Image courtesy of Ashlea Brennan
Another of Godolphin’s Group-winning sprinters to have a Hawkesbury hit-out was Ingratiating (Frosted {USA}), who was allowed to coast out the back before beating one home in the heat won by Power Of The Brave (Brave Smash {Jpn}). Ingratiating won the G3 Bletchingly S. last July.
