Successful in the Listed WATC Ascot 1000 Guineas two starts back before third in the Listed WATC Natsha Stakes last time out, Daniel Morton’s 3yo Playing God filly Wonderfully Made was simply sublime in the rescheduled the $300,000 G3 WATC W.A. Oaks (2400m) on Wednesday, pulling clear by more than four lengths for owners China Horse Club.
In her most recent defeat, the mare jumped from the outside barrier in the field of eight and went back towards the tail, and while she drew the outside barrier again in the W.A. Oaks, jockey Lucy Fiore went forward to settle in third.
Taking up the running was the Brad Parnham trained Admire Astra with last start Natashas Stakes winner Masmelo sitting in second with Wonderfully Made tracking her throughout.
With the leader putting the breaks on, the field bunched up slightly and the runs started to come from the back, which resulted in Masmelo coming off the heels of the leader to sirt on her outside.
Once again the tempo kicked up again, but Fiore and Wonderfully Made maintained their position until just before the home turn where she pulled out to make her run.
While Masmelo took the lead, it was short-lived as Wonderfully Made charged clear, with utter ease to win by a tick over four lengths.
Last start Natasha Stakes fourth placed Poppy’s Rose came home well to finish second, just ahead of Admire Astra who came back along the inside rail to peg back the tiring Masmelo.
With four wins and two placed efforts from eight starts, Wednesday’s G3 success took Wonderfully Made’s earnings to $387,550.
Purchased for $250,000 by the China Horse Club from the draft of J Farms draft at the Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale, the Mr C Loxton bred filly is the best of two winners from two to the races out of the Trade Fair mare Precious Cargo.
Although Precious Cargo has been covered by Playing God in every her season at stud, she has not had much luck since foaling Wonderfully Made with the colt foaled the next season passing away, before missing to the stallion the following year and not being cover the year after.
Precious Cargo was covered by Playing God in the spring with connections hoping a sibling to Wonderfully Made will arrive later this year.
One of 26 stakes winners for Darling View Thoroughbreds’ Playing God, the sire of G1 winners Bustler and Kay Cee, Wonderfully Made looks as if she wouldn’t be out of place in the eastern states come next campaign.
While the Oaks victory was her fifth run this time in, it will be interesting to see if connections might send her across to South Australia and target either the Oaks or the Derby, races that were both won by Delicacy (Al Maher) way back in 2015 after she completed the WA Oaks-Derby double.
