Race experience proved valuable at Flemington on Saturday when talented Tassort filly made it two wins from as many starts when adding the $400,000 Listed VRC Inglis Banner (1000m) to her debut win in the Listed MRC Debutant Stakes last month.
Prepared by the Lindsay Park team and ridden by Blake Shinn, Soldi was super professional and proved a class above her rivals.
She jumped smartly to settle on the pace and was cuddled until the final furlong where she let down with a great turn of foot to power away and win by a couple of lengths with Frankel filly Goddess Kay strong to the line to grab a distant second ahead of She’s Extreme, who placed in the Group III ATC Gimcrack Stakes last month.
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"We were very confident. That was fantastic. I love the way with two-year-olds, she was lost out in front with her ears going forward, backwards, looking around, where's my mates, but when Blake asked her to quicken, she kept quickening and really showed her class,” said Ben Hayes.
Blake Shinn has ridden Soldi in both of her wins and has become a massive fan.
"She is one of the most naturally professional two-year-olds I've ever ridden. From the moment I sat on her at the jump-outs, just point and shoot with her. Her whole attitude, she stands in the barriers like a five-year-old mare and as soon as they open, she's all business,” he said.
“Full credit to the boys, they've held her together through the prep and that's what you need for a good two-year-old, professional, sharp and tough and it's great to get a win in these colours and it's great to get a winner here on the last day of the carnival.
“She's got the makings of a horse that potentially could get to a Blue Diamond.
"You just hope that she can keep developing. She's ahead of the pack at this early stage but obviously others can catch up in the Autumn. But if she can take natural steps forward, well, why can't she be a Blue Diamond contender?”
A $310,000 Inglis Premier purchase from Segenhoe Stud for Lindsay Park Racing / Dean Hawthorne Bloodstock, Soldi has already recouped costs winning $362,000 and change from her first two starts.
Bred by Segenhoe, Soldi is a half-sister to stakes-winner Boston Rocks. She is the second stakes-winner among six winners from six foals to race from good producer Spurs and Sashes, a winning half-sister to Group winners Sabatini and Vivi Veloce from Group III winner Royal Sash.
Spurs and Sashes was on-sold through Inglis Digital last year in April uncovered for just $2,750 and was then sent to Brutal. She foaled this spring producing a filly for her new owners.
Soldi is the fifth stakes-winner for Newgate Farm’s Tassort and is from his last crop of foals conceived at his initial $11,000 fee.
Tassort produced Group I winner Manaal in his first crop of foals and has had a stakes-winner in every crop since.
He stands this spring at a fee of $33,000.
