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Pretty Baby Wins Listed Oaklands Plate

Tara Madgwick - Saturday Jun 27

The $120,000 Listed SAJC David Peacock Oaklands Plate (1400m) at Morphettville on Saturday featured a big field of 14 and the winner was a maiden going in and Pretty Baby has come out of it a stakes-winner!

Trained by Gordon Richards and Damien Moyle, Pretty Baby had placed at her two previous runs following a debut fourth in the Listed SAJC Cinderella Stakes back in February on debut.

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Grey in colour like her sire Barbados, she chimed in with a good finish for Caitlin Tootell to score a half length win over the well fancied Doubtland filly Brevitas.

Bred and retained to race by the McKinnon family, Pretty Baby is the third winner from three foals to race from metro winning Southern Image USA) mare Louisiana, who was also bred and raced by the McKinnons.

Pretty Baby has some pedigree to back up her Black Type win as her third dam is stakes-winner Lady Knockout, who produced stakes-winner Missy Cummings, the dam of Group I winner Mizzy and Group II winner She’s Got Pizzazz, who would have run as favourite in the Group I Tatts Tiara today had she not been ruled out with an issue.

Pretty Baby is the fourth stakes-winner for blueblood Redoute’s Choice stallion Barbados, a son of Group I winner Virage de Fortune.

Louisiana is only covered every second year and she produced a filly last spring by Newhaven Park based sire Cool Aza Beel.

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Race Result - Sportsbet David Peacock Oaklands Plate LR 1400m

Morphettville Parks Track: Soft(6) Time: 1:27.18
1
Pretty Baby
- 2f Barbados (AUS) x Louisiana (AUS) (Southern Image (USA))
Tnr: G Richards & D Moyle Rdr: Caitlin Tootell 54
2
0.6
Brevitas
- 2f Doubtland (AUS) x Brevity (AUS) (Bernardini (USA))
Tnr: P Stokes Rdr: Harry Grace 54
Doubtland
3
1.4
Adakite
- 2f Pierro (AUS) x El Estoora (NZ) (High Chaparral (IRE))
Tnr: Shane Nichols & Hayden Black Rdr: Zac Spain 54
Pierro
4
2.4
Tweeter
- 2f Microphone (AUS) x Shesees Everything (AUS) (Star Witness (AUS))
Tnr: D Clarken & O Macgillivray Rdr: Tala Hutchinson 54
5
3
And There You Go
- 2f Hellbent (AUS) x Andromache (NZ) (Charge Forward (AUS))
Tnr: Henry Dwyer Rdr: Ben Price 54
6
3.5
Power Plan
- 2g Too Darn Hot (GB) x Southern Swoop (AUS) (American Pharoah (USA))
Tnr: A J Gluyas Rdr: J Holder 56
7
5.2
Mountjoy
- 2f Street Boss (USA) x Lorne (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: Henry Dwyer Rdr: Will Price 54
8
5.2
Brewster Buck
- 2g Lean Mean Machine (AUS) x Classique (AUS) (Duke Of Marmalade (IRE))
Tnr: Stephen Theodore Rdr: Kayla Crowther 56
9
6.9
Contrary
- 2f King's Legacy (AUS) x Midas Well (AUS) (More Than Ready (USA))
Tnr: D Clarken & O Macgillivray Rdr: Ms E Finnegan 54
10
8.5
Damizer
- 2f Peltzer (AUS) x Elldami (AUS) (Al Samer (AUS))
Tnr: P Stokes Rdr: Teodore Nugent 54
11
9
Oops I Peltzed
- 2g Peltzer (AUS) x Rochelle (AUS) (Medaglia D'Oro (USA))
Tnr: Simon Bates Rdr: D Tourneur 56
12
9.7
Glitzy Golden Girl
- 2f Saxon Warrior (JPN) x Gotta Be Gold (AUS) (Bernardini (USA))
Tnr: A J Gluyas Rdr: Ms T Johnstone 54
13
11
Lalor
- 2g Snitzel (AUS) x Gena (FR) (Siyouni (FR))
Tnr: Michael Hickmott Rdr: Todd Pannell 56
14
11.6
True Atomic
- 2f Atomic (AUS) x Forever True (AUS) (Danbird (AUS))
Tnr: Garret Lynch Rdr: Ms S Metcalfe 54
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