Lightly raced So You Think mare Beautiful Mind scored a career best win in the Listed WATC Jungle Dawn Classic at Ascot in Perth on Saturday.
The Lindsey Smith trained mare has been given plenty of time to mature and added valuable Black Type to her already impressive record when scoring neck win in the 1400 metre feature.
With four wins and three seconds from nine starts, Beautiful Mind has already won over $129,000 in prizemoney.
A $250,000 Inglis Premier purchase from the Goldin Farms draft for Boomer Bloodstock Pty Ltd (FBAA) / L Smith, Beautiful Mind was bred by Goldin Farms and is the best of two winners from Group I SAJC Australasian Oaks winner Small Minds.
Small Minds has a yearling filly by Fastnet Rock and a colt foal to follow by the same sire.
Beautiful Mind is the 23rd stakes-winner for So You Think, who has had a great start to the season.
The champion son of High Chapparal (IRE) has sired six stakes-winners and winners of over $3.8 million in prizemoney.
New Stakes-winner for So You Think
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Race Result - Ascend Jungle Dawn Classic LR 1400m
Ascot Track: Good(4) Time: 1:24.87
Tnr: L Smith Rdr: D Yendall 55
Tnr: L P Luciani Rdr: J Whiting 56.5
Tnr: D R Harrison Rdr: Joseph Azzopardi 55
Tnr: A G Durrant Rdr: Chris Parnham 60
Tnr: A D Mathews Rdr: P Carbery 55
Tnr: Steele Casey Rdr: C Johnston-Porter 55
Tnr: L Smith Rdr: P Hall 55
Tnr: A G Durrant Rdr: W Pike 57.5
Tnr: D L Morton Rdr: B Parnham 55
Tnr: M Santich Rdr: Andrew Castle 55
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