Exciting names in the Group 1 Sangster nominations

Boom filly Estriella has opened a dominant favourite for next weekend’s $1m Group 1 Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville.

Racecourse : Morphettville.
Racecourse : Morphettville. Picture: SA Jockey Club

The Ciaron Maher-trained three-year-old will be chasing her fifth win from just eight starts in the fillies and mares feature and is a $2.70 favourite with Sportsbet after opening $2.50.

Estriella has won her past three starts in Melbourne in the Group 3 Kevin Hayes at Caulfield and the Inglis Sprint and Sunlight Classic at Flemington at her past two.

Estriella's stablemate I Am Me and last year's Sangster and Goodwood placegetter Zapateo, from the James Cummings stable, sit on the second line of betting at $7.

Impressive Irwin Stakes winner Benedetta is an $8.50 chance while there has been money for the Phillip Stokes-trained Stretan Angel who was $11 into $9.

Te Akau's Skew Wiff was also one to firm from $51 into $31 when markets opened.

New Zealand filly Pulchritudinous shares favouritism with impressive Auraria Stakes winner Wings Of Song in the $1m Group 1 Australian Oaks (2000m).

Pulchritudinous will be first-up in Australia for the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable after being purchased by Yu Long Investments after her last-start victory in the New Zealand Oaks at Trentham.

It's a wide-open market in the Oaks with six horses marked under $10.

The Chris Waller-trained Concello has been specked since markets opened on Thursday from $11 into $8, stablemate Firestorm firming from $15 into $11 while there was also some interest in the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Queen Of Dragons who was $15 into $9 with Sportsbet.


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