News - SO YOU THINK (NZ)
Roughly six weeks ago, the Bjorn Baker trained So You Are had never recorded success at black type level, but now the son of So You Think (NZ) has secured three in a row, with his latest coming in the $500,000 G3 ATC St Leger Stakes (2600m) at Randwick.
Breaking his black type duck last time out, Bjorn Baker’s So You Think (NZ) gelding So You Are has added his second stakes victory in as many start, winning the $250,000 G3 ATC Colin Stephens Quality (2400m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
With four previous black type placed performances to his credit, So You Think’s 5yo So You Are was too strong in the run to the line, winning the $200,000 Listed ATC DrinkWise Cup (2400m) at Randwick, having just his second start for new trainer Bjorn Baker.
Talented Written Tycoon mare Tennessee Bound was looking to keep her record perfect at seven for seven at Sandown on Saturday, but she came up short against another lightly raced mare on the up in Gold Coast Belle.
Securing a run as the first emergency in the opening race at Seymour on Thursday, the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr trained 2yo So You Think (NZ) gelding Piazza made a winning debut over 1200m.
The Peter Snowden stable was in hot form at the big Scone standalone meeting on Saturday with a feature race double courtesy of three year-old filly Miss Freelove and quality four-year-old old So You Think mare Tuileries, who won the $250,000 Group III Dark Jewel Classic (1400m).
Astute trainer Danny O’Brien must love his fillies by the late So You Think given he now has a trio of his three year-old daughters in the stable that are all stakes-winners with Gold Coast Belle taking out the $200,000 Listed Bendigo Guineas (1400m) on Saturday.
Danny O’Brien is fast becoming head of the So You Think fan club given he trains not one but two outstanding three year-old fillies by the much missed Coolmore stalwart sire in Sass Appeal and Getta Good Feeling, who won the Group III MRC Alexandra Stakes (1600m) at Caulfield on Saturday.
So You Think filly Sass Appeal has made rapid progress over the summer and capped her meteoric rise with a dazzling win in the Group II VRC AV Kewney Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday.
Further franking the form out of the recent running of the G3 ATC Triscay Stakes in which she finished fifth, Peter Snowden’s 4yo So You Think (NZ) mare Tuileries secure her first black type victory, winning the $250,000 G3 Newcastle Stakes (1400m) on Friday.
The $1million VRC Inglis Sprint (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday for Inglis graduates featured a highly competitive field of 15, but cream rose to the top when victory went to top class So You Think filly Getta Good Feeling.
The Michael Mehegan trained Bossy Benita broke her maiden on February 26 last year and 12 months on the four year-old So You Think mare is now a stakes-winner after scoring a bold front running victory in the $200,000 Group III MRC Mannerism Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday.
All Too Hard sired the first stakes-winner at Flemington on Saturday in Hard Kick and was then sire of the dam of the second when exciting three year-old So You Think filly Sass Appeal led her rivals a merry dance to win the Listed VRC Desirable Stakes (1400m).
Off the back of a few days that trainer Bjorn Baker would like to forget after the his two runners were withdrawn from the lucrative Magic Millions 2YO Classic, So You Think gelding Castagnola impressed on the Randwick Kensington track, breaking his maiden at just his second start.
In years to come when racing trivia nights are held, a question will be - what was the horse champion jockey Jett Newman rode in her first metropolitan race win? And the answer is our One to Watch.
The first two races at Warwick Farm on Wednesday were both won by three year-old fillies, whose dams were household names.
Emerging stayer Mollify looks to have another gilt-edged opportunity to further her record on Friday and progress toward more lucrative middle-distance assignments.
Opening Address was back in the winner’s circle for the first time since winning the Listed Batman Stakes (1800m) at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day just over 12 months ago, when landing the Whispering Angel Handicap (1800m) at Caulfield on Saturday under apprentice Luke Cartwright.
We don’t expect to see a pre-Christmas 2YO winner for the late So You Think, but we got one at Caulfield on Wednesday when talented filly Almost an Angel zoomed past her speedy rivals to score a dominant debut victory.
One of the cheapest yearlings from the 2024 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, Big Tiger is shaping as a saleyard gift after opening his account at his second start at Rosehill on Wednesday when taking out the $100,000 Inglis Xtra Bonus maiden.