Second Stakes Win for Cable Bay's Tough Bubba's Bay

Craig Tompson - Saturday December 28

Cable Bay’s “incredibly tough” daughter Bubba’s Bay is in career best form and took her second stakes win with a brave performance in the Listed Magic Millions Nudgee Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Cable Bay

Asked to maintain an effort from her wide gate, Bubba’s Bay finished outside the lead and had an admirable kick into the straight which saw her able to hold out a throng of finishers, which ultimately saw less than three lengths from first to last in the 15 horse field.

Ridden by Andrew Mallyon, the Kris Lees trained five-year-old defeated Midnight In Tokyo (Kobayashi) by a neck with Shalaa's Moment (Shalaa) third.

“She’s just incredibly tough,” said Andrew Mallyon.

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“Hadn’t planned to sit outside the leader. A couple kicked up underneath and the speed sort of settled down so I was able to have a really good break.

“I was able to nurse her right into the straight.

“With her runs spaced she’s bullet proof.”

The win takes her record to 11 wins and 8 thirds from 25 starts with earnings of $638,900.

Bubba's Bay was a $130,000 purchase for the late Gwenda Markwell from her breeder’s Bowness Stud draft at the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale.

Bubba's Bay is the best of four winners from four to race for Commands mare Lift All Boats.

She has an unraced two-year-old colt by D’Argento named Silver Bullet, foaled a colt to D’Argento this year and was returned to him again this season.

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Race Result - Magic Millions Nudgee Stakes LR 1200m

Eagle Farm Track: Good(3) Time: 1:09.23
1
Bubba's Bay
- 5m Cable Bay (IRE) x Lift All Boats (AUS) (Commands (AUS))
Tnr: K A Lees Rdr: A Mallyon 56.5
MM Adelaide Yearling Sale $130,000
Seller: Bowness Stud, Young, NSW
Buyer: Gwenda Markwell
2
0.4
Midnight In Tokyo
- 5m Kobayashi (AUS) x Orabelle (AUS) (Casino Prince (AUS))
Tnr: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald Rdr: Jag Guthmann-Chester 55.5
Kobayashi
MM Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale $0
Seller: Blue Sky Premium Consignment, Canungra, Qld (As Agent)
Buyer: Withdrawn
MM National Broodmare Sale $0
Seller: Blue Sky Premium Consignment, Canungra, Qld (As Agent)
Buyer:
3
0.4
Shalaa's Moment
- 5m Shalaa (IRE) x Not A Singlemoment (AUS) (Not A Single Doubt (AUS))
Tnr: Matthew Hoysted Rdr: Ms N Beriman 55.5
Shalaa
4
0.8
Black On Beauty
- 6m Zoustar (AUS) x Fools Gold (AUS) (Commands (AUS))
Tnr: T J Gollan Rdr: Angela Jones 55.5
5
1
Anahita
- 5m Shalaa (IRE) x Kaitlin Cove (AUS) (Snitzel (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: Bailey Wheeler 55.5
6
1
Abounding
- 4m Rich Enuff (AUS) x Transonic (AUS) (Casino Prince (AUS))
Tnr: R L Heathcote Rdr: Martin Harley 57
7
1.1
Cigar Flick
- 4m Churchill (IRE) x Palmateer (AUS) (Fastnet Rock (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: C Schofield 55.5
8
1.4
Kin
- 5m Impending (AUS) x Kinshachi (AUS) (Commands (AUS))
Tnr: James Cummings Rdr: V Duric 56.5
9
1.6
Danny's St Darci
- 6m All Too Hard (AUS) x Darcibelle (NZ) (Darci Brahma (NZ))
Tnr: Matthew Dale Rdr: Ryan Maloney 56.5
10
1.9
Revolutionary Miss
- 5m Russian Revolution (AUS) x Purcentage (AUS) (Onemorenomore (AUS))
Tnr: C Maher Rdr: J R Collett 58.5
11
2.1
Mahbaby
- 6m Mahisara (AUS) x Royal Corinne (AUS) (Choisir (AUS))
Tnr: Corey & Kylie Geran Rdr: M R Du Plessis 55.5
12
2.2
Adiella
- 4m The Mission (AUS) x Rosador (AUS) (Captain Sonador (AUS))
Tnr: J Dann Rdr: Justin P Stanley 55.5
13
2.4
Red Defcon
- 4m Defcon (AUS) x Red Beach (AUS) (Red Dazzler (AUS))
Tnr: M A Kropp Rdr: Madeleine Wishart 55.5
14
2.7
Countyourblessings
- 4m I Am Invincible (AUS) x Bidii Babe (AUS) (Not A Single Doubt (AUS))
Tnr: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton Rdr: J Parr 56
15
2.9
Appin Girl
- 4m Capitalist (AUS) x Sarthemare (AUS) (Street Cry (IRE))
Tnr: Matthew Hoysted Rdr: Damien Thornton 55.5
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