One To Watch - Ballarat Synthetic Guineas Contender for Deep Field

Breednet - Friday August 5

When you step out in a maiden with these formlines they may only be “betting on the margin”, but it’s still unlikely this margin would have been favourite.

English Riviera wins by daylight - image Pat Scala / Racing Photos

At her two-year-old debut back in January, Deep Field filly English Riveria (ex Second Time Lucky (NZ) (Any Suggestion)) started an odds-on favourite only to finish second to the colt Lofty Strike, which quickly confirmed the form with a win in the Gr.3 Blue Diamond Colts Prelude next start.

English Riveria also took her place on Prelude day, in the filles version, finishing third to Revolutionary Miss.

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Revolutionary Miss subsequently went down by a nose in the Gr.1 Blue Diamond, while English Riveria hardly disgraced herself finishing 6th, beaten 1.4 lengths.

Therefore, reasonable to think that resuming in a Ballarat Synthetic Maiden on a Friday she’d start a $1.20 favourite, but the 10 length winning margin may not have been the honest expectation and would be more than a pass mark.

Trained by Tony and Calvin McEvoy, English Riviera was a $260,000 purchase for Mark Pilkington from the Vinery Stud draft at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale.

The filly holds a nomination in the Thousand Guineas, and there are 10 fillies running on Saturday also nominated – Click here to see them.

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Race Result - Brandt Mdn Plate 1100m

Ballarat Synthetic Track: Synthetic Time: 1:04.89
1
English Riviera
- 3f Deep Field (AUS) x Second Time Lucky (NZ) (Any Suggestion (AUS))
Tnr: T & C McEvoy Rdr: Damien Thornton 56
2
10.0
Powershare
- 3g Overshare (AUS) x Miss Tyranny (AUS) (God's Own (AUS))
Tnr: Archie Alexander Rdr: H Coffey 58
3
14.5
True Soldier
- 3g Warhorse (NZ) x Centopia (AUS) (Centaine (AUS))
Tnr: T J Andrews Rdr: Carleen Hefel 58
4
15.7
Viva Americana
- 3f American Pharoah (USA) x Paris Who (AUS) (Fusaichi Pegasus (USA))
Tnr: Shay Keating Rdr: Alana Kelly 56
5
24.7
Rossago
- 3g Sooboog (AUS) x Rustic Rossa (AUS) (Testa Rossa (AUS))
Tnr: M Price & M Kent Jnr Rdr: Patrick Moloney 58
6
27.7
All Night Bender
- 3g Hellbent (AUS) x Ivy Blue (AUS) (Arlington (AUS))
Tnr: Charlotte Littlefield Rdr: B Mc Dougall 58
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