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Sunday, September 19th, 2010 4<br />
Picture: MORE STRAWBERRIES. Sportpix.<br />
MORE STRAWBERRIES IS BRAVE<br />
Having taken several starts to win a race, now More Strawberries<br />
(More Than Ready) can not stop winning. Yesterday she showed<br />
plenty grit to land the $175,000 Tea Rose Stakes (Gr 2, 1500m)<br />
at Rosehill, making virtually all the running to win the 1500 metre<br />
contest for three-year-old fillies.<br />
More Strawberries was being stoked along into the straight by<br />
Jim Cassidy and she needed to be as Parables (Lonhro) was<br />
looming large on her outside. As trainer Gai Waterhouse quipped<br />
last week, the ‘bone and muscle’ tradition of Tulloch Lodge lives<br />
on and More Strawberries found plenty to repel the challenge of<br />
Parables and eventually score by a neck.<br />
“I think you saw two outstanding fillies, this filly is very very good<br />
and the further she goes the better she will go,” Waterhouse said.<br />
“Glyn Schofield rode her the other day and Nash has said it all<br />
along, she feels like an Oaks filly.<br />
“It was a two horse race wasn’t it! She got the edge being able<br />
to lead and I loved the way Jimmy stacked them up in the middle<br />
stages and was going three quarter pace, well my three-quarter<br />
pace anyway. People are going to see some wonderful racing, this<br />
is just the beginning.”<br />
Cassidy was riding his first major winner for Waterhouse for<br />
several years and he was making the most of it, paying tribute<br />
to trainer and owner, John Singleton. “She relaxed nice in front,<br />
I didn’t hesitate going straight to the lead because as you know,<br />
when you ride for Gai they are fit enough to do it at both ends,”<br />
Cassidy said.<br />
“I upped the tempo about two and a half (furlongs) from home and<br />
she really knuckled down to her task. I was never worried.”<br />
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By More Than Ready (USA), More Strawberries is a half-sister to<br />
Group 1 winner All American (Red Ransom) and is raced by her<br />
breeder John Singleton.<br />
Her record now stands at two wins and three places from seven<br />
starts and has earned $576,450.<br />
ANACHEEVA FULL OF PROMISE<br />
Anacheeva (Anabaa) confirmed he is a colt with a big future with<br />
his defeat of Toorak Toff (Show A Heart) in the Caulfield Guineas<br />
Prelude (Gr 3, 1400m). Racing in midfield and behind the leading<br />
group, Anacheeva peeled off heels into the straight and then ran<br />
on strongly to reach the lead in the final strides over a gallant<br />
Toorak Toff, who lost nothing in defeat having been forced to<br />
race three wide for the last half of the race. Skilled (Commands)<br />
showed a return to form with a strong finish for third placing.<br />
“We gave him a month between runs to keep him fresh enough<br />
for the 1400m, there didn’t seem to be a lot of speed in the race,<br />
but thanks to my two mares winning the previous couple everyone<br />
wanted to lead there,” winning trainer Peter Moody said.<br />
“He is a nice colt, good quality about him and he has that bit of<br />
brilliance about him and am really looking forward to the (Caulfield)<br />
Guineas.<br />
Anacheeva has plenty of upside according to jockey Luke Nolen.<br />
“He’s quite raw, still hasn’t quite furnished, but he’s going to be a<br />
nice horse in the Autumn.”<br />
Anacheeva cost $110,000 as a Easter yearling and is by Anabaa<br />
and a brother to AJC Derby winner Headturner. He has won three<br />
of his five starts and earned $189,275.
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