Karaka Graduate Lekvarte Wins G3 Aspiration

Media Release - Monday March 11

Quality Karaka graduate Lekvarte (NZ) (Reliable Man) produced an extraordinary finish to add a second stakes win to her CV in Saturday’s A$250,000 Group Three Mostyncopper Aspiration Quality (1600m) at Randwick.

Lekvarte wins her second G3 race at Randwick - mage Steve Hart

The five-year-old mare also won the Group Three Belle of the Turf Stakes (1600m) at Gosford earlier in the season, and she has now earned A$756,430 from a 27-start career that has produced eight wins and five placings. She was a $210,000 purchase from Westbury Stud’s draft in Book 1 of Karaka 2020.

Ridden by Tommy Berry, Lekvarte was slow to leave the starting gates and found herself at the back of the full field of 17. She began to warm up approaching the home turn, but came up behind a wall of horses and was struggling to find a way through.

Berry eventually secured a passage out into clear air, and then he let Lekvarte rip. The Joe Pride-trained mare roared home down the middle of the Randwick straight, hitting the lead inside the final 50 metres and winning by three-quarters of a length.

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“No matter how much I try and wake her up in the barriers, she just flops out,” Berry said. “So she doesn’t really give herself a chance in the early stages of her races. But when you’ve got a mare that can let down like she does, it opens up a lot of doors.

“I was in the middle of the ruck in the straight and didn’t know where we were going to go, but I just banked on her ability and had to ride her patient. I knew I had a horse with a better turn of foot than anyone else in the race.

“It’s great to do it for the owners, who are good friends of mine and have been waiting to get a horse like this for a long time, so it’s awesome.”

Vendor Westbury Stud
Purchaser BK Racing & Breeding/Andrew Williams Bloodstock (New South Wales)
Breeding Reliable Man – Plumm
Sale Lot 181, Karaka 2020 Book 1, $210,000
Bred by S Hume
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Race Result - MostynCopper Aspiration Quality Gr3 1600m

Randwick Track: Good(4) Time: 1:35.56
1
Lekvarte
- 5m Reliable Man (GB) x Plumm (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: Joseph Pride Rdr: Tommy Berry 56.5
2
0.7
Osmose
- 5m Zoffany (IRE) x Meseika (USA) (Medaglia D'oro (USA))
Tnr: G Waterhouse & A Bott Rdr: Tim Clark 57.5
3
1
Rebel Rama
- 6m Dissident (AUS) x Mossarama (AUS) (Mossman (AUS))
Tnr: M C Conners Rdr: J Ford 55
Inglis April (Early) Online Sale $3,500
Seller: Archer Park Racing
Buyer: R Thompson
MM Gold Coast Yearling Sale Book 2 $22,500
Seller: Corumbene Stud, Dunedoo, NSW
Buyer: Archer Park Racing Pty Ltd
4
1
Premise
- 4m Contributer (IRE) x Sharp Proposition (NZ) (Guillotine (NZ))
Tnr: J A O'Shea Rdr: Tyler Schiller 55
5
1.3
Little Mix
- 5m Mahisara (AUS) x Girls Aloud (AUS) (General Nediym (AUS))
Tnr: Annabel Neasham Rdr: K Mc Evoy 57.5
6
1.5
Howgoodareyou
- 4m So You Think (NZ) x Ana Royale (AUS) (Anacheeva (AUS))
Tnr: G Waterhouse & A Bott Rdr: Regan Bayliss 55
7
1.7
Pierossa
- 4m Pierro (AUS) x Edwina Georgie (AUS) (Testa Rossa (AUS))
Tnr: P & P Snowden Rdr: Tom Sherry 55
8
1.7
Thalassophile
- 5m Not A Single Doubt (AUS) x Spanish Lake (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: J B Mc Donald 58
9
2.2
City Of Lights
- 4m Deep Impact (JPN) x Vegas Showgirl (NZ) (Al Akbar (AUS))
Tnr: Joseph Pride Rdr: C Schofield 55
10
2.8
Ita
- 6m All Too Hard (AUS) x Dayita (AUS) (Show A Heart (AUS))
Tnr: Bjorn Baker Rdr: A Hyeronimus 56
11
2.9
Blackcomb
- 5m Vancouver (AUS) x Rocha (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: K A Lees Rdr: Dylan Gibbons 55
12
3
Principessa
- 5m Vadamos (FR) x Penthouse Princess (NZ) (Pentire (GB))
Tnr: Joseph Pride Rdr: Reece Jones 55
13
3.2
Yankee Hussel
- 4m American Pharoah (USA) x Petty Cury (AUS) (Not A Single Doubt (AUS))
Tnr: K A Lees Rdr: S Clipperton 55
14
3.2
Gan Teorainn
- 4m Saxon Warrior (JPN) x Dance Troupe (GB) (Rainbow Quest (USA))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: Zac Lloyd 55
15
3.7
Podium Queen
- 5m Ocean Park (NZ) x Quest For Quality (AUS) (Elusive Quality (USA))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: Rachel King 55
16
5.4
So Dazzling
- 4m So You Think (NZ) x Dazzling Lady (NZ) (Lonhro (AUS))
Tnr: J G Sargent Rdr: T Marquand 55
17
5.7
Queenmaker
- 5m Tavistock (NZ) x Ijaaza (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: Edward Cummings Rdr: J R Collett 55
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