Better Winsome Makes it 25 for Better Than Ready

Mark Smith - Friday July 29

Better Than Ready gained much-needed breathing space in the race for the leading sire of individual 2yo winners when the Chris Anderson-trained Better Winsome landed a plunge in breaking her maiden over 800m at Ipswich on Friday.

Given a positive ride by Stephanie Thornton from an outside barrier, Better Winsome received little peace but still found enough to defeat the Kobayashi gelding Kobe Lad by a half-neck with the Defcon filly Radiant Queen a length back in third.

Part-owned by rugby league legend Allen ‘Alfie’ Langer, Better Winsome had been runner-up at her previous two starts at Gatton and Warwick.

The daughter of Better Than Ready was bought by Chris Anderson Racing/Steve Morley Bloodstock for $70,000 from the Lyndhurst Stud Farm draft at the 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale.

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Better Winsome a $70,000 Magic Millions March yearling

She is the second winner from three to race out of Ultimate Rush (Sequalo), a Brisbane-winning sister to Burdekin Blues, whose eleven wins included the Group II STC Expressway Stakes, Group III BRC George Moore Stakes, and Listed VRC Century Stakes.

Better Winsome is the 25th individual 2yo winner for Better Than Ready this season.

That is two clear of Spirit Of Boom as we count down the final few days of the season. 

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Race Result - Follow @ipswichturfclub Mdn 800m

Ipswich Track: Soft(5) Time: 0:45.56
1
Better Winsome
- 2f Better Than Ready (AUS) x Ultimate Rush (AUS) (Sequalo (AUS))
Tnr: Chris Anderson Rdr: Ms S Thornton 55
MM Gold Coast March Yearling Sale $29,000
Seller: Lyndhurst Stud Farm, Warwick, Qld
Buyer: Livistona Grazing
2
0.2
Kobe Lad
- 2g Kobayashi (AUS) x Dozen Diamonds (NZ) (Volksraad (GB))
Tnr: T J Gollan Rdr: Angela Jones 57
3
1.2
Radiant Queen
- 2f Defcon (AUS) x Foreward Strike (AUS) (Publishing (AUS))
Tnr: M G Nolan Rdr: Jasmine Cornish 53
4
1.3
Humour Me
- 2f Spill The Beans (AUS) x Rightful Lady (AUS) (Viscount (AUS))
Tnr: D J Hansen Rdr: Kyle Wilson-Taylor 55
5
1.8
Paketta
- 2f Russian Revolution (AUS) x My Michelle (AUS) (Nicconi (AUS))
Tnr: D L Freedman Rdr: Ms T Harrison 55
6
2.0
Hero's Trinket
- 2f Heroic Valour (AUS) x Fleur De Louis (AUS) (Desert King (IRE))
Tnr: M A Currie Rdr: Brodie Loy 55
7
2.1
Belle Of The Bayou
- 2f Drumbeats (AUS) x Boardwalk Babe (AUS) (Belong To Me (USA))
Tnr: L J Mayfield-Smith Rdr: Adin Thompson 55
8
3.1
Deer Hunter
- 2c Dissident (AUS) x Deer Valley (AUS) (Lonhro (AUS))
Tnr: S P Ryan Rdr: J P Morris 57
9
3.6
Extreme Belief
- 2f Extreme Choice (AUS) x I Believe You (AUS) (October Sky (IRE))
Tnr: L G Ross Rdr: Ben Thompson 55
10
5.4
El Asteroid
- 2g El Roca (AUS) x Gibraltar Diva (AUS) (Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE))
Tnr: L D Kelly Rdr: T See 57
11
5.6
Brydelicious
- 2f Spirit Of Boom (AUS) x Iridescente (AUS) (Commands (AUS))
Tnr: Ms K Purdy Rdr: M R Du Plessis 55
12
8.6
Freddie
- 2g Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) x Our Fire And Ice (AUS) (Bradbury's Luck (AUS))
Tnr: K M Schweida Rdr: James Orman 57
13
8.9
Shades Of Louvre
- 2g Under The Louvre (AUS) x Grey Dazzler (AUS) (Red Dazzler (AUS))
Tnr: P Duff Rdr: Wendy Peel 55.5
14
10.4
Mishani Choice
- 2f Domesday (AUS) x Cuddlesome (AUS) (Canny Lad (AUS))
Tnr: K R Kemp Rdr: K Yoshida 55
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