Picture: Bruno Cannatelli
Again-to-back Stakes winners for well-bred filly Bridal Waltz
Bridal Waltz secured what co-trainer Peter Moody thought of a bonus Group win at Caulfield on Saturday and he’s optimistic she will be able to proceed to rise by the grades.
The well-bred Snitzel filly made it back-to-back Black Kind wins with a win within the $200,000 Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m).
It adopted victory within the Listed Creswick Stakes (1200m) at Flemington on Finals Day, which Moody and coaching accomplice Katherine Coleman thought can be her closing begin of the marketing campaign, and is now a winner of 5 of her 12 begins.
“Now she’s made herself a precious little lady, she’s a a number of Stakes winner, Stakes-placed and it’s been well-deserved,” Moody stated.
“I’ve thought for her final couple of run she in all probability goes for a spell, however we’ll in all probability take her dwelling and rinse and repeat; give her every week down the seashore, reassess and take a look.
“It’d be good to elevate the bar a bit of. Can we discover a mares Group 2 or one thing like now we’re a Group 3 winner, or we’ve a number of weeks off and are available again at Flemington in November and chase a bit of Stakes race there away from the A-graders?
“However, you by no means know, she would possibly change into an A-grader at some point the way in which she’s going.”
Bridal Waltz ($4.60ef) once more confirmed her customary pace to take up a ahead place outsider chief and final yr’s winner Advice ($6), who she reeled 150m from dwelling earlier than digging deep late to carry off the unfortunate Kin ($5).
That mare was held up till 250m from dwelling and charged late however missed by a half-neck at offering James Cummings with a farewell characteristic win as Godolphin Australia head coach.
Third, three-quarters-of-a-length behind Kin, was Yellow Sam ($6).
“Initially I believed he (Advice) was going to go a bit of bit slower than I might have appreciated, so I stayed on the market and simply pressured him to return up inside me and go the tempo I wished to go,” successful jockey Ben Melham stated.
“It labored out properly for us. He received going earlier than the nook, however I had a bit of weight turnaround on him and he or she was too good.”
Melham denied not solely Cummings, but in addition the premiership-hunting Craig Williams, who logged his second second inserting of the day aboard Kin.
Williams did rejoice a victory, aboard Trendy Secret within the fourth occasion, however nonetheless trails Blake Shinn by seven wins with only one metro assembly remaining after Shinn was in a position to take out the primary occasion aboard Ole Dancer.
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