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An unimaginable victory at Randwick has put Clear Pondering within the body for The Kosciuszko
Paul Messara doesn’t know the place Clear Pondering’s ceiling is, however he’s trying ahead to discovering out after the up-and-coming mare lit up Randwick with a panoramic Freeway Handicap win.
Clear Pondering slipped initially and needed to muster rapidly to discover a place midfield, forcing apprentice Zac Lloyd to Plan B.
He acquired the four-year-old into an exquisite rhythm however was confronted with a site visitors jam of horses as the large discipline swung for residence, lastly edging right into a slender hole close to the 150m as Messara resigned himself to watching his cost run an attention grabbing second or third.
However Clear Pondering ($2.10 fav) motored, ending quick sufficient to overtake Tanglewood ($9.50) by a half-neck with Lisztomania ($21) one other lengthy neck away third, a lot to Lloyd’s aid.
“Saved by a pleasant horse,” Lloyd mentioned.
“You wouldn’t have discovered a slower run race, however she settled actually ‘good’ regardless of the gradual velocity.
“On the hundred metres, I believed we had no probability – I don’t know the way she received.”
Nor did Messara, who mentioned he was solely capable of decide Clear Pondering off race day performances as a result of she was such a relaxed horse at residence.
However having made the profitable transition to Freeway Handicap (1200m) grade at simply her third begin, Messara is hoping she has executed sufficient to draw a slot within the $2 million Kosciuszko (1200m) in October.
“She’s a filly with an enormous future. You possibly can’t do greater than win three from three, so we’ll discover out the place the ceiling might be subsequent preparation,” Messara mentioned.
“She’s a horse that doesn’t do a hell of so much at residence on the tracks. Individuals ask me, ‘how good is she’ and I actually don’t know as a result of what you see out right here is the place she places in and on the racetrack she is a really relaxed horse.
“We are going to give her a break now and possibly go to the Kosciuszko if that’s an choice.”
Bred to Northern Hemisphere time by the late Queen Elizabeth II, Clear Pondering is by prime stallion Dubawi out of Arrowfield-bred Australian Group 1 winner Candy Thought.
Put up on the market as a part of a breeding and inventory dispersal following the Queen’s loss of life, Clear Pondering was bought by Arrowfield for his or her broodmare band, however she spelled so nicely in Australia she was given her probability on the racetrack.
Her feats so far have satisfied connections to place the mare’s breeding profession on the backburner, at the very least for now.
Clear Pondering has firmed into an $8 second decide for The Kosciuszko with betting websites following Saturday’s Randwick efficiency, behind solely $4.50 favorite and defending titleholder Entrance Web page.
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