#6 Sister Madly has come from the back of the field to win the 2011 Southern Cross Stakes in race 4 at Randwick today.

Anthony Cumming’s Sister Madly did not jump well out of the barriers and settled second or third last in the field.

The Group 2 field was immediately lead by #2 News Alert and #4 Brilliant Light, with #9 Count Encosta falling to the rear of the field.

$3.90 Favourite #1 Pinwheel began with a nice run on the rail until the home straight when he found himself in a difficult position and couldn’t get out.

Sister Madly moved into the lead at the home turn and broke away from the rest of the field.

Pinwheel found his run too close to home and couldn’t run down the Redoute’s Choice mare and finished a length and a half behind in second.

#8 Cardinal Virtue ran home with lightning speed from the back of the field to claim third.

Sister Madly had a disappointing last prep when she failed to win any of her races and only manageing to place once.

Anthony Cummings now plans to aim his mare at the Group 1 T.J. Smith Stakes at Randwick on April 9 and the Group 1 All-Aged Stakes on Sydney Cup Day on April 23.

2011 Southern Cross Stakes Results – Caulfield Race 4

Pos	Horse	Margin	Price	Barrier	Benchmark	Weight	Jockey	Trainer
01	6.SISTER MADLY	–	$3.70F	5	95.00	53	Rod Quinn	Anthony Cummings
02	1.PINWHEEL	1.8	$3.90	1	105.00	58	Kerrin McEvoy	Peter Snowden
03	8.CARDINAL VIRTUE	2.6	$7.00	7	93.00	53	Josh Adams (a2)	David Payne
04	5.AHDASHIM (NZ)	2.7	$5.50	6	100.00	55.5	Tim Clark	Gerald Ryan
05	10.PURRPURRLENA	3.1	$21.00	4	93.00	53	Brenton Avdulla	Grahame Begg
06	4.BRILLIANT LIGHT	4.8	$15.00	2	103.00	57	Hugh Bowman	Kerry Parker
07	2.NEWS ALERT	4.9	$7.00	9	104.00	57.5	Jim Cassidy	Con Karakatsanis
08	9.COUNT ENCOSTA	5.1	$91.00	8	93.00	53	Jim Byrne	John P Thompson
09	7.JEST CREWSIN’	7.2	$19.00	3	94.00	53	Kathy O’Hara	Jan Bowen
SC	3.SHELLSCRAPE	–	NA	–	104.00	57.5	Glyn Schofield	Chris Waller
SC	11.KILLIAN	–	NA	–	83.00	53	–	Peter Snowden