Alligator Blood Makes Winning Look Easy

Tara Madgwick - Saturday December 28

A red hot favourite for the upcoming $2million Magic Millions 3YO Guineas at the Gold Coast, exciting All Too Hard gelding Alligator Blood again showed his dominance with a commanding win in the Group III BRC Magic Millions Vo Rogue Plate (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Alligator Blood won the G3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude in the spring and is now back in peak form - image Grant CourtneyAn easy winner of the Listed BRC Gold Edition Plate when resuming from a break on December 14, the David Vandyke trained Alligator Blood took another step towards peak fitness with an easy victory.

He tracked the leaders for Ryan Maloney and when asked to extend gathered them in and was in cruise control in scoring a two length win.

“I thought he’d improved again and it was a pretty painless up the straight,” said David Vandyke.

“He’s adaptable. He can sit off them and take cover or put himself up there.

“We just want to be ready in two weeks time.”

All Too Hard has had three stakes-winners in three days! Looking at this performance, Alligator Blood is more than ready for his summer grand final and who knows what the autumn may hold for this super promising galloper.

A $55,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Baramul Stud draft for Ezybonds No 1 Syndicate, Alligator Blood has won seven of eight starts and over $939,000 in prizemoney.

Bred by Gerry Harvey, Alligator Blood is the last foal of Lake Superior, who died in 2017. She was an unraced half-sister by Encosta de Lago to stakes-winner Cantonese from the family of Australian Horse of the Year Typhoon Tracy.

Alligator Blood is a real rising star for Vinery Stud based All Too Hard and is one of five Australian stakes-winners for him this season.

It's been a productive few days for All Too Hard with a stakes double on Boxing Day, read about it here, giving him three stakes-winners in three days!



 

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Race Result - Magic Millions Vo Rogue Plate Gr3 1400m

Eagle Farm Track: Good(3) Time: 1:22.49
1
Alligator Blood
- 3g All Too Hard (AUS) x Lake Superior (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: David Vandyke Rdr: Ryan Maloney 57
All Too Hard
2
2.0
Profit
- 3g Dundeel (NZ) x Opportunity (NZ) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: Chris Anderson Rdr: G Boss 57
3
2.1
Eleven Eleven
- 3g Fastnet Rock (AUS) x Smokin' Alice (USA) (Smoke Glacken (USA))
Tnr: G D Hickman Rdr: K S Latham 57
Fastnet Rock
4
3.1
Diamond Thunder
- 3g Dawn Approach (IRE) x Kwinana (AUS) (Lonhro (AUS))
Tnr: Mark Newnham Rdr: J Parr 57
5
3.3
Let It Pour
- 3f Redoute's Choice (AUS) x Pop A Bottle (AUS) (More Than Ready (USA))
Tnr: Bjorn Baker Rdr: J R Collett 55
6
6.5
Scout
- 3g Spirit Of Boom (AUS) x Suite Lioness (AUS) (Lion Heart (USA))
Tnr: A J & T Edmonds Rdr: D Oliver 57
7
6.7
Natassa
- 3f Show A Heart (AUS) x Street Jam (AUS) (Flying Spur (AUS))
Tnr: B S Baldwin Rdr: M R Du Plessis 55
8
6.8
Oh Five Glory
- 3f Unencumbered (AUS) x Distinctive Flyer (AUS) (Flying Spur (AUS))
Tnr: P & W Hulbert Rdr: L V Cassidy 55
9
7.8
Jeweliana
- 3f All Too Hard (AUS) x Bianca Jewel (AUS) (Lion Heart (USA))
Tnr: Steven O'Dea Rdr: Boris Thornton 55
10
14.8
Dynamic Thinker
- 3g So You Think (NZ) x Zefta (AUS) (Zeditave (AUS))
Tnr: L D Kelly Rdr: B N Stewart 57
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