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“I was singing to her before we went into the gates just to keep
her relaxed. She likes that.”
Clarken said the win would change his life and that of his jockey.
“It was sensational. Lauren has hardly left the filly’s side since
she came into the stable,” he said.
“She rides her in all her work, feeds her, cleans up after her.
They love each other.”
Owned and bred by Teeley Assets, Miracles Of Life (2 f Not A
Single Doubt – Dazzling Gazelle by More Than Ready) has now won
all four of her career starts and $730,100 in prize money. She is
out of the unraced More Than Ready (Southern Halo) mare Dazzling
Gazelle, who is herself a daughter of the winning mare Snippets’
Jewel (Snippets ) who produced five winners from five runners.
This is the family of the Maribyrnong Plate (Gr 3, 1000m) winner
Exclusive Halo (Don’t Say Halo).
Dazzling Gazelle has not had another foal since Miracles Of
Life, having slipped in 2010 and missed the following year. She
was covered again by Not A Single Doubt last year.
Lauren Stojakovic SPORTPIX
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ALL TOO HARD DOMINATES IN
FUTURITY
All Too Hard (Casino Prince) scored his third Group One victory
yesterday when taking the Futurity Stakes (1400m), once again
coming off the better against the older horses.
All Too Hard SPORTPIX
The Hawkes-trained half brother to Champion Black Caviar (Bel
Esprit) was the only three-year-old in yesterday’s ten horse field and
scored a dominant three and a quarter length victory over Glass
Harmonium (Verglas) with last year’s winner King Mufhasa (Pentire)
third. Last year’s Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) winner, Green
Moon (Montjeu), finished fourth.
Starting the $1.90 favourite, All Too Hard opened up over the
final 200 metres and put three and a quarter lengths on the Group
One winner Glass Harmonium, with the son of Casino Prince (Flying
Spur) now likely to back up in next weeks Australian Guineas (Gr 1,
1600m).
“When he was coming to the corner with a lapful of horse you
knew they were in trouble,” co-trainer Wayne Hawkes said.
In winning All Too Hard joined the Champion Manikato (Mahini)
as the only horse to win the Caulfield Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) in
the spring and then claim the Orr Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) - Futurity
double in the autumn in 1979.
“He’s not the elite yet but he’s certainly heading towards it,
that’s for sure and certain,” Hawkes added.
“We’re pretty level-headed and let the horse do the talking. But
his form is pretty good. You can’t do much more than he’s doing at
the moment.”
Jumping from barrier four, All Too Hard was positioned in
midfield one off the fence by jockey Dwayne Dunn and the race was
put the race to bed in the straight when he let down.
“He’s doing everything beautifully ... doing everything right,”
Dunn said.
“It’s a credit to his demeanor.”
All Too Hard (3 c Casino Prince – Helsinge by Desert Sun)
has now won six of his 11 career starts and earnings totaling
£2,043,200. He was $1.025 million Inglis Australian Easter
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