Group 2 winner headlines Lightning Stakes noms

Group 2 Blue Diamond Prelude winner Exploring headlines nominations for Saturday’s $120,000 Listed Lightning Stakes (1050m) at Morphettville.

EXPLORING winning the Blue Diamond Prelude (F) at Sandown in Australia.
EXPLORING winning the Blue Diamond Prelude (F) at Sandown in Australia. Picture: Racing Photos

James Cummings has booked Celine Gaudray to ride the two-year-old filly who comes off a last-start Flemington win.

There are 28 nominations for the two and three-year-old feature including Cliff Brown's La Danseuse Rouge who has been placed at Group 2 and Group 3 level in Melbourne while Everest winning trainer Clayton Douglas has last-start Sandown winner Epic Centre Adelaide bound.

Kayla Crowther has been booked to ride unbeaten Victorian Outback Miss with Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr also nominating Spicy Margs for the feature, both horses last-start Caulfield winners.

Local horseman Ryan Balfour has Mintulee nominated on the back of her impressive debut at Gawler, Will Clarken and Niki O'Shea have Boognish, Floral Oasis, Sixteen Reasons and Sweetened nominated in search of a third Lightning win in succession while Jon O'Connor has nominated both Rockstar Meggsy and Wally West with Lachlan Neindorf to ride.


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