MORPHETTVILLE

Group 1 - Sportsbet Australasian Oaks (3yo F SW - 2000m)

Race Result:

1st: Vibrant Sun (M Price & M Kent Jnr/M Zahra) - $6
2nd: Private Legacy (G Hickman/C Williams) - $18
3rd: Coco Sun (T & C McEvoy/J Kah) - $8.50

Winning Time: 2:04.33 Last 600m: 36.66

Margins: ½-head x head

Beaten jockey comments:

Tim Clark (Pulchritudinous): "She went fantastic. She was only beaten a length and a half. She hadn't had a run for a while and made the different late."

Jake Noonan (Wings Of Song): "Great run. She just had to use her turn of foot to get to the front pack in what was probably a truely run race. Maybe a moderate sort of tempo would have suited her chances better but she tried very hard. "

Michael Dee (Positivity): "Unfortunately she was slowly away. We wanted to be forward in the run but were on the backfoot from the start. Otherwise she wasn't beaten too far. 

John Allen (Serasana): "Disappointing. She had a good run but just hasn't fired today."

Damian Lane (Queen Of Dragons): "She travelled great and had a good run but didn't finish as well as she normally does"

Ms Carleen Hefel (Mollynickers): "She made good ground late but just had to get too far back from the gate. "

Jamie Kah (Coco Sun): "She loved the trip and even further is going to suit her down to the ground."

Billy Egan (Qali Al Farrasha): "She tried as hard as she could from that gate"

Blake Shinn (Quickster): "She ran super"

James McDonald (Concello): "She raced below par. Felt lethargic."

Craig Williams (Private Legacy): "Very game in defeat. It was a super run. We were trying to manage her first time under pressure going left handed today. If she turns and goes better this way she wins that margin. Great run. 

Alana Kelly (Into You): "She was just a bit unlucky in transit but was really good to the line."

Beau Mertens (The Autumn Belle): "Good run. Wide barrier and had to go back. She picked her way through and ran a good race."

Daniel Stackhouse (Bon Mistress): "Nice run. I thought she was going to run fourth the whole way up the straight, but she probably finds the 2000 metres all she needs, but a good run."

Chad Schofield (Infinity Imperial): "A filly who will be better in more time."

 

Group 1 - Sportsbet Robert Sangster Stakes (2yo+ F&M WFA - 1200m)

Race Result:

1st: Climbing Star (P Stokes/L Neindorf) - $26
2nd: Learning To Fly (A Neasham/C Schofield) - $10
3rd: Benedetta (J Warren/D Stackhouse) - $9

Winning Time: 1:09.75 Last 600m: 34.65

Margins: ½-neck x ½-head

Beaten jockey comments:

Jamie Kah (Zapateo): "She was a bit disappointing. I thought she was flying but really pulled up the last 200m."

Blake Shinn (I Am Me): "She was honest. Very good run."

Jordan Childs (Passive Aggressive): "Had a good run. Got the split but she just didn't let down as good as she can."

Daniel Stackhouse (Benedetta): "Super run. Shame to get beaten."

James McDonald (Roots): "1200m is just a tad short for her."

Michael Dee (Skew Wiff): "She's just not the same horse as what she once was."

Blaike McDougall (Lempicka): "She run creditable. Probably rode her a bit upside down. Ultimately it was just a throw at the stumps but she's run well."

Craig Williams (Wonderful Tonight): "Her more favourable ground is heavy ground and we didn't get that today. Under the circumstances she ran really creditable and she wasn't beaten far in the end. "

Todd Pannell (Snapped): "Very good. She had a good run, but was just all out on her feet over the last 100m."

Billy Egan (Waltz On By): "She ran as good as she could, at that level over 1200m."

Mark Zahra (Estriella): "I think she's come to the end of her preparation."

Chad Schofield (Learning To Fly): "Very good filly. Just the draw has cost her the win."

Damian Lane (Stretan Angel): "She ran honest."