Winning Run for So You Think

Tara Madgwick - Sunday August 30

Three metropolitan winners and a stylish return to racing for exciting colt Peltzer made Saturday a good day at the office for leading sire So You Think, who is one of four stallions to reach $1million in progeny earnings before the end of the first month of the new season..

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Leading sires by winners.

The Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou trained Peltzer might have lost his undefeated tag when finishing second to Anders in the Group III ATC San Domenico Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill, but he lost none of his admirers.


First up from a spell, Peltzer found the rock hard and race fit Anders too quick on this occasion going down by three lengths, but Anders did run a race record and very nearly a course record in carving out the 1100m in a blistering 1:02.67.


Peltzer stuck to his task and will derive much benefit from the outing.

"It was a good run and I am really happy," said his rider Kerrin McEvoy.

"It was run at a good speed. We are going to get nice benefit from that.”

Earlier on the Rosehill program, the Chris Waller trained mare Word for Word won the Benchmark 78 event over 2000m ending a frustrating run of minor placings when defeating her stablemate Guise, another daughter of So You Think.

It's a So You Think quinella, Word for Word edges out Guise at Rosehill - image Steve Hart.

At Caulfield, it was the Matt Ellerton and Simon Zahra trained mare So You Swing that kept the winning run going when scoring in a Benchmark 90 event over 1400m.

At Morphettville, the Caulfield Guineas entered three year old So You Can confirmed his potential with an easy victory as favourite over 1250m.

He is prepared by astute conditioners Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas who are no strangers to springtime stakes success in Melbourne and with two wins from four starts, So You Can is progressing in the right direction.

So You Think is off and running this season!

So You Think stands at Coolmore this spring at a fee of $38,500.

 

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Race Result - Schweppes (Bm78) 2000m

Rosehill Track: Good(4) Time: 2:02.03
1
Word For Word
- 5m So You Think (NZ) x Wordplay (AUS) (Fastnet Rock (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: J B Mc Donald 58
2
0.1
Guise
- 5m So You Think (NZ) x Maie Casey (GB) (Singspiel (IRE))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: K Mc Evoy 54.5
3
0.6
California Longbow
- 5g Pierro (AUS) x Sarasota (AUS) (Danehill (USA))
Tnr: P & P Snowden Rdr: S Clipperton 56.5
4
0.7
Etheridge
- 5m Roman Emperor (NZ) x Miss Meliss (NZ) (Zabeel (NZ))
Tnr: John Thompson Rdr: Rachel King 52
5
0.9
Magic Over The Bay
- 7g Magic Albert (AUS) x Toulon Bay (AUS) (More Than Ready (USA))
Tnr: Clare Cunningham Rdr: J R Collett 55
6
2.8
Stardome
- 5g Savabeel (AUS) x Celeste (NZ) (Pentire (GB))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: B Avdulla 59.5
7
3.0
Merlinite
- 5m Pierro (AUS) x Street Groove (AUS) (Street Cry (IRE))
Tnr: J A O'Shea Rdr: G Boss 55
8
3.1
Pressure
- 5m Jakkalberry (IRE) x Presslist (AUS) (Librettist (USA))
Tnr: Bjorn Baker Rdr: Tim Clark 55.5
9
3.6
Korcho
- 5h Toronado (IRE) x Locharia (GB) (Wolfhound (USA))
Tnr: K A Lees Rdr: Ms L Day 59
10
4.1
Monegal
- 5m Lope De Vega (IRE) x Sublissime (IRE) (Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE))
Tnr: Ms T Bateup Rdr: Brock Ryan 55
11
6.1
Roman Son
- 7g Roman Emperor (NZ) x Miss Meliss (NZ) (Zabeel (NZ))
Tnr: T J Robinson Rdr: Ms K O'Hara 54
12
12.4
This Is So
- 6g So You Think (NZ) x So Sydney (AUS) (Dehere (USA))
Tnr: A J Cummings Rdr: Regan Bayliss 55.5
13
58.3
Kaapfever
- 6g Sufficient (NZ) x Kaapdiva (NZ) (Kaapstad (NZ))
Tnr: Joseph Pride Rdr: Tom Sherry 54.5
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