Snitzel 2YO Stakes-Winner for Go Racing

Media Release - Saturday April 19

Flashy filly Little Black Dress maintained her unbeaten record with a dramatic victory in Saturday’s Listed SKYCITY Star Way Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie.

The only thing that seemed certain with 200m left to run in the two-year-old feature was that it looked like a Stephen Marsh-trained quinella with pacemaker Lady Iris clinging resolutely to a narrow lead from Little Black Dress as the pair went stride for stride at that point.

Little Black Dress winning Saturday’s Listed SKYCITY Star Way Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie.  Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images)

Lady Iris suddenly made a beeline to her left and hampered both her stablemate and the late closing Too Sweet, before being straightened by rider George Rooke, however Little Black Dress still had momentum in her favour as she stretched out nicely to snatch victory by a head from Lady Iris with a further long neck back to Too Sweet.

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With Marsh en route to Hong Kong to link up with stable Star El Vencedor, who travelled there on Thursday, it was left to stable representative Dylan Johnson to sum up the final result.

“We have been in this position before with stablemates challenging each other late in the piece at Ellerslie, but when you have runners in nice races it is lovely when they are at the sharp end of it,” Johnson said.

“It was nice to quinella the race and the winner is a lovely, well-bred filly by Snitzel that Albert (Bosma) and Matt (Allnut) did a great job sourcing as they didn’t have to pay overs for her and they now have a very valuable stakes winner, who is two from two, on their hands.

“The second filly has also gained valuable black type and although there is not a lot to her she just fought and fought.

“There is not a lot more for them so they can go out in the paddock before we get them back in to attack the spring.”

The Arrowfield Stud-bred Little Black Dress is by Snitzel out of the Street Cry mare Star Fashion, who won the Gr.3 Ladies’ Day Vase (1600m) and placed in the Gr.1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) and Gr.2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m). Star Fashion is now the dam of four winners from five foals to race.

Little Black Dress was a $240,000 Inglis Easter purchase.

Arrowfield offered Little Black Dress at the 2024 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, where Go Racing secured her for A$240,000.

Jockey Wiremu Pinn was also impressed by how his filly picked herself up and finished off so resolutely to the line.

“She is a very good horse with class written all over her,” he said.

“She is beautifully bred and won her first start in good fashion and has put away a smart field here today.

“Even with the bump she picked herself up, pinned her ears back and had a real go.

“I think she is a Group One horse as what she is doing now is on ability only, whereas in six months she will be even better.” - LOVERACING.NZ News Desk

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Race Result - Skycity Star Way Stakes LR 1200m

Ellerslie Track: Soft(6) Time: 1:12.09
1
Little Black Dress
- 2f Snitzel (AUS) x Star Fashion (AUS) (Street Cry (IRE))
Tnr: S B Marsh Rdr: W F Pinn 55.00
Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale $240,000
Seller: Arrowfield Stud, Scone
Buyer: Go Racing / Blandford Bloodstock
2
0.2
Lady Iris
- 2f U S Navy Flag (USA) x The Lady (NZ) (Stravinsky (USA))
Tnr: S B Marsh Rdr: G Rooke 55.00
3
0.6
Too Sweet
- 2f Satono Aladdin (JPN) x Sparkling Rose (NZ) (Bernardini (USA))
Tnr: R J Bergerson Rdr: M Hashizume 55.00
NZB Karaka Book 2 $50,000
Seller: Phoenix Park
Buyer: Chris Rutten Bloodstock (BAFNZ)
4
1.9
Mazino
- 2f Hello Youmzain (FR) x Pristino (AUS) (More Than Ready (USA))
Tnr: S B Marsh Rdr: C R Barnes 55.00
5
3.2
Steezy
- 2f Russian Revolution (AUS) x Karalee (AUS) (O'reilly (NZ))
Tnr: R James & R Wellwood Rdr: M J Mc Nab 55.00
6
4
Nocturne
- 2c Contributer (IRE) x Lady Of Spain (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: B Wallace & G Cooksley Rdr: T C Moodley 57.00
7
5.5
Toretto
- 2g Ardrossan (AUS) x Pwerfect (AUS) (Pentire (GB))
Tnr: Hollie Wynyard Rdr: V A Colgan 57.00
8
11.9
Storm Front
- 2c Snitzel (AUS) x Indecision (NZ) (Per Incanto (USA))
Tnr: A W Pike Rdr: Matthew Cartwright 57.00
9
15
Surround Sound
- 2g El Roca (AUS) x Mirror Mirror (NZ) (Carnegie (IRE))
Tnr: J R Wheeler Rdr: K R Hercock 57.00
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