So You Think Filly Wins Three From Four

Tara Madgwick - Saturday August 22

Progressive So You Think filly Dirty Thoughts just keeps improving with racing and posted her third successive win at Moonee Valley on Saturday.

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Dirty Thoughts wins at Moonee Valley - image Natasha Morello / Racing Photos

The Matthew Ellerton and Simon Zahra trained filly was unplaced when fifth on debut back in February, but has won each of her three starts since then scoring at Geelong, Sandown and now Moonee Valley in an open fillies event over 1200m.

She raced on the pace and forged clear to win by a length and a half and has now won over $120,000 in prizemoney.



"We’ve raised the bar every time and she’s gone with it. I loved the way she dogged it to the line today,” said Simon Zahra.

"She’s a real professional, she’s got good gate speed and puts herself in the run. She’s a fit horse and she probably looked better today that she did at Sandown, I thought.

"It’s exciting for the owners. She was only a cheapie at the Melbourne Yearling Sale so they’ve got their money back plus more."

Dirty Thoughts was a $16,000 Inglis Premier purchase for her trainers from the Phoenix Broodmare Farm draft and is the best of three winners from Sheer Fantazee, a half-sister by Testa Rossa to Group II winner and $1.9million earner Grey Song and Group III winner Tonz More Fun.

So You Think stands at Coolmore at a fee of $38,500 and has made a fast start to the season reeling off 16 winners since August 1.

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Race Result - Ladbrokes Switch Hcp 1200m

Moonee Valley Track: Heavy(9) Time: 1:15.34
1
Dirty Thoughts
- 3f So You Think (NZ) x Sheer Fantazee (AUS) (Testa Rossa (AUS))
Tnr: M Ellerton & S Zahra Rdr: D Moor 56
2
1.5
Clean Machine
- 3f Brazen Beau (AUS) x Cleanse (AUS) (Lonhro (AUS))
Tnr: L & T Corstens Rdr: Craig Williams 56
3
6.0
Chosen Blonde
- 3f Choisir (AUS) x Blonde Humor (USA) (Distorted Humor (USA))
Tnr: Chris Bieg Rdr: Jye McNeil 56
4
6.3
Jenni's Rainbow
- 3f More Than Ready (USA) x Three Rainbows (IRE) (Kingmambo (USA))
Tnr: D R Brideoake Rdr: Ethan Brown 56
5
10.3
Yes Baby Yes
- 3f Dissident (AUS) x Exabelle (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: L & T Corstens Rdr: M Zahra 56
6
13.0
Montia
- 3f Vancouver (AUS) x Pontiana (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: T Dabernig & B Hayes Rdr: J Mott 56
7
13.4
Cloudbreaker
- 3f Fastnet Rock (AUS) x Surf Poet (AUS) (Charge Forward (AUS))
Tnr: T Dabernig & B Hayes Rdr: D Dunn 56
8
14.8
Sunflare
- 3f Written Tycoon (AUS) x Deloraine (AUS) (More Than Ready (USA))
Tnr: J F Moloney Rdr: L Nolen 56
9
18.3
Tarcoola Diva
- 3f Cluster (AUS) x Explosive Cross (AUS) (Bernardini (USA))
Tnr: Gemma Rielly Rdr: J Bowditch 56
10
18.5
Riverina Storm
- 3f Night Of Thunder (IRE) x Morwell (AUS) (Royal Academy (USA))
Tnr: T Dabernig & B Hayes Rdr: D Oliver 56
11
22.0
Jyoti
- 3f Akeed Mofeed (GB) x She Can Skate (AUS) (Bradbury's Luck (AUS))
Tnr: T & C McEvoy Rdr: Jamie Kah 57.5
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