Berkeley Square Wins $500,000 Ballarat Cup

Tara Madgwick - Saturday December 7

The $500,000 Listed Ballarat Cup (2000m) on Saturday was won by quality five year-old gelding Berkeley Square, a homebred for renowned South Australian breeder David Peacock that was raised at Mill Park.

Berkeley Square wins the Ballarat Cup - image Reg Ryan / Racing Photos

Trained by Dan O’Sullivan and ridden by Jaylah Kennedy, the son of Territories (IRE) scored a popular home town win in the race taking his overall record to eight wins and eight placings from 26 starts with prizemoney of $1.6million.

With Luke Nolen sidelined  through injury Jaylah Kennedy got a late call up and proved up for the challenge.

"Just bloody brilliant. For lots of reasons, just for the horse, for Jaylah. A lot of support here today. We backed the horse, we backed ourselves, we backed him up. And he got the job done,” said Dan O’Sullivan.

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"I must admit, I was watching Jaylah pretty carefully going to barriers, and I mentioned to Luke (Nolen), it was Luke's idea to really contemplate backing the horse up into this race. I thought with Luke sitting at home, he could have been on the horse doing the same job.

"Credit to Jaylah, she took up the reins last night. And Barry too, she said she wasn't going to the fence. And she rode it out perfectly and timed her run to the minute."

Berkeley Square owners celebrate  - image Reg Ryan / Racing Photos

A Group II winenr at three and multiple SW, Berkeley Square is the best of three winners from budding blue hen Bahamas and all of her winners are stakes-winners with Berkeley Square joined by Group winners Senor Toba and Angel Capital.

Bahamas has foaled this spring producing a colt by Blue Point (IRE).

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Race Result - Sportsbet Ballarat Cup LR 2000m

Ballarat Track: Good(3) Time: 2:01.67
1
Berkeley Square
- 5g Territories (IRE) x Bahamas (AUS) (Teofilo (IRE))
Tnr: Dan O'Sullivan Rdr: Ms J Kennedy 58.5
2
0.3
Lady In Pink
- 4m Pariah (AUS) x Iron Lace (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: L & T Corstens & W Larkin Rdr: Ben Allen 56
Inglis Classic Yearling Sale $160,000
Seller: Arrowfield Stud, Scone
Buyer: Malua Bloodstock - Pink Race Series Horse Syndicate
3
0.5
Globe
- 6g Charm Spirit (IRE) x Bonnie Doon (NZ) (Don Eduardo (NZ))
Tnr: M Price & M Kent Jnr Rdr: Jye McNeil 57.5
NZB Karaka Book 2 $22,000
Seller: Cambria Park
Buyer: Mr J Naito
4
1.3
Poison Chalice
- 5g Savabeel (AUS) x Urban (NZ) (O'reilly (NZ))
Tnr: P A Preusker Rdr: Craig Williams 54.5
5
1.5
Future History
- 7g Showcasing (GB) x Likelihood (USA) (Mizzen Mast (USA))
Tnr: C Maher Rdr: Dylan Browne McMonagle 59.5
6
3
Earlswood
- 7g Pivotal (GB) x Field Of Miracles (IRE) (Galileo (IRE))
Tnr: Gavin Bedggood Rdr: Ms L J Meech 54.5
7
3.1
Air Assault
- 4g Justify (USA) x Elegant Eagle (NZ) (Zabeel (NZ))
Tnr: A J Gluyas Rdr: J Holder 56.5
8
3.2
Ain'tnodeeldun
- 7g Dundeel (NZ) x Ain'tnofallenstar (AUS) (Starcraft (NZ))
Tnr: A & S Freedman Rdr: J Mott 56
9
3.9
Muramasa
- 5g Deep Impact (JPN) x Omei Sword (AUS) (High Chaparral (IRE))
Tnr: T Busuttin & N Young Rdr: D Moor 58.5
10
4.3
Zechariah
- 6g Nathaniel (IRE) x Nancy O (IRE) (Pivotal (GB))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: Jordan Childs 57.5
11
5
Cadmus
- 6g Gleneagles (IRE) x Allegrezza (GB) (Sir Percy (GB))
Tnr: A & S Freedman Rdr: Lachlan Neindorf 54
12
5.4
Bankers Choice
- 7g Mongolian Khan (AUS) x Signorina (NZ) (Conatus (AUS))
Tnr: Michael Moroney & Glen Thompson Rdr: John Allen 56
13
5.8
Strawberry Rock
- 8g Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) x Strawberry Vodka (GB) (Azamour (IRE))
Tnr: C Maher Rdr: H Coffey 54
14
6.8
Magnaspin
- 5g Magnus (AUS) x Luxaspin (AUS) (Hard Spun (USA))
Tnr: L & T Corstens & W Larkin Rdr: Patrick Moloney 54.5
15
7.3
It's A Wild Night
- 5g Vanbrugh (AUS) x Supreme (NZ) (Falkirk (NZ))
Tnr: M W Walker Rdr: D W Stackhouse 56
16
27.3
Loft
- 7g Adlerflug (GER) x Labrice (GB) (Dubawi (IRE))
Tnr: Shane Jackson Rdr: Tom Madden 56
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