The Robbie Griffiths trained five year-old was fit and ready to rumble at her third run back from a spell and belied the lack of interest from punters to score a half head win in the 1200 metre sprint at the roughie's price of $31.
Deja Blue raced up on the pace after jumping from an outside gate and was
tenacious to the line.A $60,000 Inglis Premier purchase from the Phoenix Broodamre Farm draft for Griffiths Training/Peter Ford Thoroughbreds, Deja Blue has won seven of 21 starts earning over $270,000 in prizemoney for her big group of owners.
A half-sister to stakes-placed Triple Gold, Deja Blue is the best of four winners from Miss Chaski (USA), an imported daughter of Gone West from a big Black Type family.
Deja Blue is the eighth stakes-winner for Lonhro's Group I winning son Denman, who stands at a fee of $11,000.
