Progressive mare Oh Diamond Lil stepped up to 1600m for the first time this preparation at Randwick on Saturday and it proved very much to her liking as she scored a bold front running win in the Benchmark 78 event.
A work in progress for Warwick Farm trainer David Pfieffer, Oh Diamond Lil has a great strike rate and was primed for success after a second at the same track last month.
Rated well in front by Jason Collett, she repelled a late challenge from smart three year-old Puntin to win by three-quarters of a length taking her overall record to five wins and five placings from 12 starts with prizemoney topping $360,000.
“She got a such good rhythm today and just bowled along and ran them off their feet,” said Pfieffer.
“She runs those nice sections where they should stop, but I think that really suits her and allows here to find that rhythm. I think that's her attribute, Just that nice rolling tempo. She's a big mare with a big stride on her.
“I think she's still got more improving to go next preparation, but we'll just keep stepping through the grades at this stage.”
Oh Diamond Lil was a $200,000 Inglis Premier purchase from Maluka Thoroughbreds for David Pfieffer Racing / Koolman Bloodstock and is one of four winners from five to race from stakes-winning Redoute’s Choice mare Rare Diamond, who died in 2023 and her last foal is a yearling colt by So You Think.
So You Think is riding high this season with 157 winners of $12.3million including seven stakes-winners headed by his Group I Queensland Oaks winner You Wahng.
So You Thinks stands at a fee of $44,000 at Coolmore this spring.
