Retained to race by Singleton and sent to Lindsay Park to be trained by Ben and
David Hayes and Tom Dabernig following an initial campaign with Bjorn Baker
that resulted in one barrier trial win in December last year, More Sundays broke
the ice with an impressive victory in the 1100 metre maiden at Geelong on
Monday.Sent forward from the gate by Jordan Childs to take up the lead, he proved a class above his rivals when surging clear to win by two and a quarter lengths.
Ben Hayes was on hand to watch the high profile colt who is destined for better things.
"It's a relief to see him do that," he said.
"You always have a big opinion of these sorts of horses and you want them to run well. He's always shown us good ability at home and now he's done it on race day.
"You won't see him race in the country again. We think he's a sneaky Caulfield
Guineas type horse. He's still green, but he was very strong through the line."A big powerful bay, More Sundays is the second foal and second winner for $4.5 million earner More Joyous, who won 21 races, eight of them at Group I level.
Her first foal is the lightly raced Frankel mare Woman, who won her only start at Canterbury in September last year and has not raced since.
There are many great thoroughbred families in the world, but More Sundays is a colt whose pedigree sets him apart with his first four dams, More Joyous, Sunday Joy, Joie Denise and Denise's Joy all successful at the highest level. You would go a long way to find an unbroken female line of Group I success like that!
More Joyous has a yearling colt by Snitzel and was covered again by the reigning champion sire last spring.
