One to Watch – Cranbourne

Tara Madgwick - Thursday Dec 29

A short priced favourite by Yarraman Park’s young gun Hellbent, this filly looks well worth following after casting off maiden status with a dominant win at Cranbourne on Thursday bringing a timely pedigree update for her Magic Millions bound half-brother.

Benedetta wins at Cranbourne in some famous colours - image Scott Barbour/ Racing Photos

Trained by Jason Warren and ridden by Daniel Stackhouse, Benedetta caught the eye with her close debut third at Moe on December 9 and ran right up to that performance in this 1200m fillies maiden.

She settled off the pace and when angled into the clear charged past her rivals to win by more than three lengths eased down

Benedetta has a great attitude and looks to be a very straight forward filly with a bright future.

She runs in the famous colours of Laurence Eales that were carried by Melbourne Cup winner Shocking and was a $75,000 Inglis Premier purchase for Eales Racing Syndications from the Mill Park draft.

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A half-sister to Group II placed Whatafox, she was bred by Brenton and Liz Parker and is the second winner from Group II placed Domesday mare Whatalovelyday, who comes from the family of Group I winners Leica Guv, Light Fantastic and Pharoah.

Mill Park will offer the current yearling from Whatalovelyday, a colt by Rubick as Lot 544 at Magic Millions and he is pictured below.

Half-brother by Rubick to promising filly Benedetta.

Benedetta is the 20th winner of the season from 70 runners for Hellbent, who is the equal leading second crop sire by winners with Russian Revolution, who also has 20 to his credit, albeit from 90 runners.

Footnote: The next race on the card was won by another Mill Park graduate with four year-old Shooting to Win gelding Shootoose breaking his maiden for the Simon Zahra stable. He was a $100,000 Inglis Premier purchase from Mill Park.

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Race Result - Procon Developments Mdn Plate 1200m

Cranbourne Track: Good(3) Time: 1:11.67
1
Benedetta
- 3f Hellbent (AUS) x Whatalovelyday (AUS) (Domesday (AUS))
Tnr: Jason Warren Rdr: D W Stackhouse 57
2
3.5
Queen Of Tuscany
- 3f Fiorente (IRE) x Prospect Royale (AUS) (Royal Academy (USA))
Tnr: R Griffiths & M De Kock Rdr: Carleen Hefel 57
3
5.0
Rolling In It
- 3f Rich Enuff (AUS) x Jeopardy (AUS) (Lonhro (AUS))
Tnr: M Price & M Kent Jnr Rdr: Ethan Brown 57
4
5.1
Three Graces
- 3f Sebring (AUS) x Michaux (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: L & T Corstens Rdr: Jordan Childs 57
5
6.6
Love Is Easy
- 3f Starcraft (NZ) x McFly (AUS) (Perugino (USA))
Tnr: P G Moody Rdr: B Higgins 57
6
6.7
Golden Shao
- 3f Reward For Effort (AUS) x Shao Shao (AUS) (Shinko Forest (IRE))
Tnr: Simon Zahra Rdr: Chloe Azzopardi 57
7
7.2
Champagne In Lace
- 3f Manhattan Rain (AUS) x Optimizing (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: Simon Zahra Rdr: Damien Thornton 57
8
8.4
Lilica Ebet
- 3f Ready For Victory (AUS) x Moon Fighter (AUS) (Malibu Moon (USA))
Tnr: K & K Keys Rdr: Thomas Stockdale 57
9
8.5
Our Ecee
- 3f Safeguard (AUS) x Unruffled (AUS) (Nicconi (AUS))
Tnr: D C Harrison Rdr: J Bowditch 57
10
8.7
Stop The Music
- 3f Impending (AUS) x Our Harmony (AUS) (Nadeem (AUS))
Tnr: Simon Zahra Rdr: Zac Spain 57
11
13.7
Terra Rouge
- 3f Territories (IRE) x Red Rapture (AUS) (Red Ransom (USA))
Tnr: A W Noonan Rdr: J Noonan 57
12
14.7
Kauai
- 3f Sacred Falls (NZ) x Akris (NZ) (Zabeel (NZ))
Tnr: M & L Cerchi Rdr: Teodore Nugent 57
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