Hope In Your Heart all Heart in Angst Stakes

Mark Smith - Saturday October 15

The 4yo Dundeel mare Hope In Your Heart completed Everest Day at Randwick with a typically courageous performance in the Group III Furphy Angst Stakes (1600m).

Hope in Your Heart wins the G3 Angst -  image Steve Hart

Completing a financially rewarding day for Craig Williams, Hope In Your Heart fought to a long-head win over Honeycreeper (Teofilo) with a further one and a quarter lengths back to the favourite Finepoint (Pins) in third.

It was the third consecutive win for the Kerry Parker-trained mare. Coming off a win in the Group III Tibbie Stakes at Newcastle, Hope In Your Heart advances her record to five wins, one second, and two thirds from 17 starts with earnings of $410,750.

“She’s done a wonderful job, she’s come a long way,” Parker said.

“Last prep we pushed her into those three-year-old races and no doubt it’s helped her come on and be a more mature mare now. She’s still a little bit silly here today before the race, but it had been a month between runs. Absolutely thrilled to see her get the job done.

“You’re only four-years-old once, if we could get into the Golden Eagle, that was always the plan. Go three weeks, now two weeks to come back another 100m, but she’s silly enough and so am I.

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“You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do, and you aim up. You can’t come back and run in it next year. That’s been our plan all along to try and keep her as fresh as we could and space those runs three weeks between to hopefully get into the Golden Eagle.”

A homebred for Alex and Deidre Illes, Hope In Your Heart is the best of five winners from seven to race out of the Montjeu mare Hayaat, purchased for a bargain basement $500 at a mixed sale in 2011.

From the family of Zabeel, Hayaat is a half-sister to Capacity, dam of Single Minded (Bachelor Duke), winner of the Group II Auckland Cup and Group II Avondale Gold Cup.

Hayaat foaled a Castelvecchio three-quarter brother to Hope In Your Heart last spring after not being covered in the previous two seasons.

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Race Result - Furphy Angst Stakes Gr3 1600m

Randwick Track: Soft(6) Time: 1:37.27
1
Hope In Your Heart
- 4m Dundeel (NZ) x Hayaat (AUS) (Montjeu (IRE))
Tnr: K J Parker Rdr: Craig Williams 56
2
0.2
Honeycreeper
- 4m Teofilo (IRE) x Painted Firetail (AUS) (Lonhro (AUS))
Tnr: James Cummings Rdr: N Rawiller 56.5
3
1.5
Finepoint
- 4m Pins (AUS) x Zarzuela (NZ) (Zabeel (NZ))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: K Mc Evoy 54
4
1.6
Polly Grey
- 8m Azamour (IRE) x Allanah (NZ) (Zenno Rob Roy (JPN))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: J Bowman 56.5
5
3.5
Ita
- 5m All Too Hard (AUS) x Dayita (AUS) (Show A Heart (AUS))
Tnr: Bjorn Baker Rdr: Rachel King 54
6
4.3
Gin Martini
- 4m Rip Van Winkle (IRE) x Tanqueray (NZ) (Red Ransom (USA))
Tnr: J G Sargent Rdr: R Dolan 54
7
5.3
Narrated
- 5m Snitzel (AUS) x Fictional Account (IRE) (Stravinsky (USA))
Tnr: C Maher & D Eustace Rdr: A Adkins 54
8
5.4
Wonderful Riri
- 7m Barbados (AUS) x Tsarina Wonder (AUS) (Churchill Downs (AUS))
Tnr: Joseph Pride Rdr: J Ford 54
9
6.2
More Prophets
- 6m Smart Missile (AUS) x Set To Skelter (AUS) (Reset (AUS))
Tnr: John Thompson Rdr: C Schofield 55
10
7.2
Grace And Harmony
- 5m Sebring (AUS) x Champagne Harmony (AUS) (Choisir (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: J B Mc Donald 55.5
11
7.8
Clear Blonde
- 6m Stratum (AUS) x Salsify (AUS) (Grand Lodge (USA))
Tnr: J C Coyle Rdr: Ms K O'Hara 54
12
8.6
Dream Maiden
- 7m Dream Ahead (USA) x Jungfrau (AUS) (Commands (AUS))
Tnr: J C Coyle Rdr: Tyler Schiller 54
13
9.8
Meg
- 5m Sebring (AUS) x Martilago (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: Matthew Dale Rdr: Damian Lane 55
14
17.2
Stray
- 4m Thunder Fantasy (AUS) x Playa Del Carmen (AUS) (Uncle Mo (USA))
Tnr: A J Cummings Rdr: Dylan Gibbons 54
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