A supremely versatile shuttle sire, the late Wootton Bassett (GB) gave us this year’s G1 Victoria Derby winner Stormy Marco and at the other end of the scale he can get a sprinter with 4YO entire Pallaton taking out the Listed MRC Doveston Stakes (1000m) at Sandown on Saturday.
Now trained by Grahame Begg after starting his career in Sydney with Michael Freedman, Pallaton won for his new stable at Caulfield in September before coming up short in two runs in Group and Listed class, but was back to his best for this assignment.
Ridden by Jordan Childs, Pallaton did his best work late to chime in and forge clear to win by more than a length.
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Grahame Begg felt Pallaton had excuses last start at Flemington and was expecting a return to form.
“We didn't have to do much with him (after Flemington), just kept him happy. I just had doubts about him running a strong 1,200 metres, and he got left exposed early in the straight last week, running into that strong headwind, and he folded late,” Begg said.
"But this race was a nice alternative for him to go to because he'll go out and have a break now and come back from the early part of the Autumn.
"Probably a race like the Oakleigh Plate (G1)because he's got a good record at Caulfield. He's won two out of three starts there and 1100 metres is right in his wheelhouse.”
A homebred for Anthony Gow Gates, Pallaton is now a two time stakes-winner and has the overall record of five wins from 17 starts with prizemoney topping $639,000.
He is the first stakes-winner from six winners out of seven foals to race from juvenile stakes-winner Anevay, a half-sister by Exceed and Excel to Group II winner Krupt and to the dam of stakes-winner Poifect.
Anevay has not had a foal for the past couple of years, but has produced a colt by Home Affairs this spring and was then covered by Capitalist.
