First Stakes Win For Elettrica - Half-brother At Karaka

Breednet - Sunday January 26

Tough and talented mare Elettrica, who has a half-brother in the catalogue for Karaka 2025, added valuable black type to her CV with a dominant victory in Saturday’s Listed Coastline BMW Sunshine Coast Cup (1400m).

Elettrica wins. Photo: Grant Peters

It was the first black-type success for the Vespa mare, who has had 36 starts for six wins, 14 placings and A$528,317 in prize-money. She has won over distances ranging from 1300m to 1800m.

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Elettrica is trained by Richard and Will Freedman at Rosehill, and all of her three previous Australian victories had come at her home track. The most recent of those was under a 59.5kg topweight in a Benchmark 78 handicap in November.

The step up in class in Queensland on Saturday brought a much lower impost with only 54.5kg on her back, and Elettrica took her career to a whole new level in the Sunshine Coast feature.

Ridden by apprentice jockey Bailey Wheeler and sent out as a $5.50 second favourite, Elettrica finished powerfully from the back of the field to score a commanding victory by two and a quarter lengths.

Elettrica races in the colours of Tricolours Racing & Syndications, whose director James Moss bought her for $51,000 from the Valachi Downs Dispersal Sale on Gavelhouse Plus in 2022.

“James Moss didn’t pay much to purchase her from an online sale, and it’s been a genius move as the mare is now a stakes winner,” Richard Freedman told Racenet. “Her value has soared. It’s just been a great day all around and we couldn’t ask for any more.”

Elettrica commenced her career in New Zealand and initially raced for breeder Kevin Hickman, winning two of her eight starts for Stephen Autridge and Kris Shailer. 

Out of the More Than Ready mare On The Move, Elettrica is a half-sister to the multiple black-type winner Chantilly Lace.

Landsdowne Park will offer a half-brother by Satono Aladdin during Book 1 of Karaka 2025 on Sunday, catalogued as Lot 169.

Elettrica became the sixth individual stakes winner for her sire Vespa, joining Puntura, Carolina Reaper, Mackenzie Lad, Wakari and Chokito. – NZ Racing Desk.

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Race Result - Coastline BMW Sunshine Coast Cup LR 1400m

Sunshine Coast Track: Good(4) Time: 1:23.38
1
Elettrica
- 6m Vespa (NZ) x On The Move (AUS) (More Than Ready (USA))
Tnr: Richard & Will Freedman Rdr: Bailey Wheeler 54.5
2
2.3
Lost In Transit
- 5g Spieth (NZ) x Nicked And Court (AUS) (Court Command (AUS))
Tnr: S W Kendrick Rdr: Kyle Wilson-Taylor 54
3
2.8
Irish Songs
- 9g Shamus Award (AUS) x Lucky Songs (NZ) (Johar (USA))
Tnr: Louise White Rdr: M Rodd 57
4
3.2
Devastate
- 5g Vadamos (FR) x Passion Cut (NZ) (Pins (AUS))
Tnr: T J Gollan Rdr: Angela Jones 55
5
3.4
Jetty
- 7g Jet Spur (AUS) x Jezzamine (AUS) (Commands (AUS))
Tnr: Chris & Corey Munce Rdr: R Curatolo 56
6
4.9
Pocket Full
- 5g Rich Enuff (AUS) x Top Hana (IRE) (Pivotal (GB))
Tnr: S W Kendrick Rdr: Jake Bayliss 55.5
7
5
Party For Two
- 4m Sidestep (AUS) x Ponte Roma (NZ) (Pins (AUS))
Tnr: Matthew Hoysted Rdr: Ms N Beriman 54.5
8
6
Hyde
- 5g Snitzel (AUS) x Helix Park (AUS) (Nicconi (AUS))
Tnr: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald Rdr: Ron Stewart 53
9
6.2
Kipling's Journey
- 6g Zoustar (AUS) x Mrs Kipling (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: P & W Hulbert Rdr: M R Du Plessis 53
10
6.4
Cottee
- 5m Merchant Navy (AUS) x Ruud Not Too (NZ) (Bernardini (USA))
Tnr: M A Currie Rdr: S T Collett 58
11
6.5
Oughton
- 6g More Than Ready (USA) x La Fluorescent (NZ) (General Nediym (AUS))
Tnr: Melissa Kelly Rdr: Justin Huxtable 59.5
12
6.7
Inver Park
- 7g Pivotal (GB) x Red Baton (GB) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: K A Lees Rdr: A Mallyon 58
13
6.8
Under The Cap
- 5g Under The Louvre (AUS) x Lillyofthevalley (AUS) (Stratum (AUS))
Tnr: S W Kendrick Rdr: Cody Collis 54
14
7.8
Tapildoodledo
- 5g Proisir (AUS) x Mrs Tappy (NZ) (One Cool Cat (USA))
Tnr: Kerry Taplin Rdr: S Cormack 55
15
7.9
Sinawann
- 8g Kingman (GB) x Simawa (IRE) (Anabaa (USA))
Tnr: Tony & Maddysen Sears Rdr: James Orman 60
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