She's a Winner - Plenty Of Ammo Captures G2 Crystal Mile

Mark Smith - Saturday October 26

After snapping a 4-race winning streak at her most recent start in the Paris Lane Stakes, the lightly raced 6-year-old Rebel Raider mare Plenty Of Ammo was not about to be denied in Saturday’s Group II Schweppes Crystal Mile (1600m) at Moonee Valley.

Plenty Of Ammo guns them down (image Grant Courtney)

Ridden by Jordan Childs for Symon Wilde, Plenty Of Ammo made light of her first start at the Valley with a fast-finishing three-quarters-of-a-length win over the Shamardal gelding Royal Champion (IRE), with the Siyouni (FR) gelding Nugget (GB) a neck back in third.

“She's been a bit of a handful, but she is a lovely homebred mare,”  Symon Wilde’s father Bill Wilde said.

“We've had a few issues with her, she's been temperamental, but today she performed beautifully and I just love the way that she paraded beautifully. She’s got a few dapples on her; she behaved herself, and that was the result we had hoped for and expected. Onwards and upwards with her.”

Bred by Cherokee Rose Stud, Plenty Of Ammo advances her record to five wins and a second from seven starts with earnings of $372,350.

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She's a winner (image Grant Courtney)

The daughter of Rebel Raider is the best of two winners from as many to race for the

Floral Pegasus mare Millie's Reef, a 5-start maiden.

A descendant of the triple Group 1 winner My Blue Denim, Millie's Reef foaled a filly by Dirty Work on September 30.

Plenty Of Ammo is the eighth stakes winner for the VRC Derby and SAJC South Australian Derby winner Rebel Raider, who died in 2019 following a heart attack.

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Race Result - Alinta Energy Crystal Mile Gr2 1600m

Moonee Valley Track: Good(3) Time: 1:34.88
1
Plenty Of Ammo
- 6m Rebel Raider (AUS) x Millie's Reef (AUS) (Floral Pegasus (AUS))
Tnr: Symon Wilde Rdr: Jordan Childs 55
2
0.8
Royal Champion
- 7g Shamardal (USA) x Emirates Queen (GB) (Street Cry (IRE))
Tnr: A & S Freedman Rdr: M Zahra 57
3
1.2
Nugget
- 8g Siyouni (FR) x Gemstone (IRE) (Galileo (IRE))
Tnr: C Maher Rdr: J B Mc Donald 57
4
1.2
Von Hauke
- 5g Savabeel (AUS) x Tiara (NZ) (O'reilly (NZ))
Tnr: C I Brown Rdr: Craig Williams 58
5
1.4
Poison Chalice
- 5g Savabeel (AUS) x Urban (NZ) (O'reilly (NZ))
Tnr: P A Preusker Rdr: Thomas Stockdale 57
6
3.1
Suparazi
- 6g Super One (AUS) x Arazi Belle (AUS) (Arazi (USA))
Tnr: Ben Brisbourne Rdr: Jye McNeil 57
7
3.4
Light Infantry Man
- 6g Fast Company (IRE) x Lights On Me (GB) (Kyllachy (GB))
Tnr: C Maher Rdr: B Shinn 57
8
5.7
Uncle Bryn
- 7g Sea The Stars (IRE) x Wall Of Sound (GB) (Singspiel (IRE))
Tnr: T Busuttin & N Young Rdr: L Currie 58
9
6.7
Laws Of Indices
- 7h Power (GB) x Sampers (IRE) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: P Stokes Rdr: Damian Lane 57
10
7.7
Rumbled Again
- 7m Night Of Thunder (IRE) x Adulate (AUS) (Flying Spur (AUS))
Tnr: Michael Trotter Rdr: M J Dee 55
11
9.9
Sirileo Miss
- 7m Pride Of Dubai (AUS) x She's Sirius (AUS) (Galileo (IRE))
Tnr: Symon Wilde Rdr: B Melham 55.5
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