Greysful Glamour Wins G2 Villiers – Everyone Loves Her

Tara Madgwick - Saturday December 12

She’s the favourite mare for a lot of racegoers and her trainer Mark Newnham and gorgeous glamour girl Greysful Glamour scored her biggest win at Randwick on Saturday when setting a race record in the Group II ATC Villiers stakes (1600m).

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Greysful Glamour wins the G2 Villiers - image Steve Hart.

Rated perfectly in front by Rachel King, Greysful Glamour led all the way and would not be denied, scoring a long neck over the Godolphin duo of Best of Days (IRE) and Criaderas.
 


“That was pretty to watch, she got control of the race which she loves to do,” said Mark Newnham.

“She produced her trademark kick and held on.

“She’s an all time favourite, she raced as an early two year-old, she placed in an Oaks and was our first Melbourne Carnival runner. She’s an exciting mare to watch and she’s the sweetest and loveliest mare around the stable. Everyone loves her.”

Everyone loves her!

A $90,000 Inglis Easter Session II purchase for Darby Racing / De Burgh Equine from Edinglassie Stud, Greysful Glamour and has six wins and nine placings from 33 starts and has won over $800,000 in prizemoney.

She might be by a Golden Slipper winner in Stratum, but Greysful Glamour is blessed with a stout staying pedigree on her dam side.

Greysful Glamour is a half-sister to Group III placed Celestial Falls and is the first foal of Rippled (GB), a minor winner by classic sire Dalakhani from a daughter of Sadler’s Wells. The family features many European Black Type winners including high class stayer Libran (IRE), who was second in the Group I ATC Sydney Cup.

Rippled has a yearling filly by Pierro and after missing to Dundeel last year and has been covered this spring by Fastnet Rock.



 

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Race Result - Villiers Stakes Gr2 1600m

Randwick Track: Good(3) Time: 1:33.47
1
Greysful Glamour
- 5m Stratum (AUS) x Rippled (GB) (Dalakhani (IRE))
Tnr: Mark Newnham Rdr: Rachel King 56
Stratum
2
0.4
Best Of Days
- 7g Azamour (IRE) x Baisse (GB) (High Chaparral (IRE))
Tnr: James Cummings Rdr: J Bowman 58
3
0.5
Criaderas
- 4g Lonhro (AUS) x Youthful Presence (AUS) (Dehere (USA))
Tnr: James Cummings Rdr: K Mc Evoy 53
4
0.7
Through The Cracks
- 6g Wanted (AUS) x More Than Acracker (AUS) (More Than Ready (USA))
Tnr: Angela Davies Rdr: B Avdulla 53
5
2.3
Al Mah Haha
- 6g Al Maher (AUS) x Street Lass (AUS) (Street Cry (IRE))
Tnr: Tash Burleigh Rdr: J Ford 53
6
2.5
Reloaded
- 4h Snitzel (AUS) x Hollow Bullet (AUS) (Tayasu Tsuyoshi (JPN))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: J B Mc Donald 55.5
7
2.8
Outrageous
- 5g All Too Hard (AUS) x Fit And Ready (AUS) (More Than Ready (USA))
Tnr: M, W & J Hawkes Rdr: Tommy Berry 56.5
8
3.2
Sambro
- 6g Fastnet Rock (AUS) x Eau De Joie (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: G Schofield 54.5
9
3.8
Royal Celebration
- 5h Excelebration (IRE) x Crimson Code (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: R J Quinton Rdr: C Reith 55
10
4.1
Savacool
- 6m Savabeel (AUS) x Chilled Out (NZ) (Anabaa (USA))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: Ms K O'Hara 53
11
4.2
Berdibek
- 7g Dark Angel (IRE) x Beraviyna (IRE) (Zamindar (USA))
Tnr: J A O'Shea Rdr: Jean Van Overmeire 53
12
5.3
Fun Fact
- 5g The Factor (USA) x Fill The Page (AUS) (Dane Shadow (AUS))
Tnr: Bjorn Baker Rdr: J Parr 58.5
13
5.7
Military Zone
- 5g Epaulette (AUS) x Loading Zone (AUS) (Street Sense (USA))
Tnr: P & P Snowden Rdr: R Dolan 54
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