2023 PB Lawrence Stakes Results: Cox Plate Hope Mr Brightside Salutes First-Up
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Trainer Chris Waller is tipped to take out the Group 1 double at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday with Verry Elleegant leading Tancred Stakes betting and her young stablemate Funstar odds-on favourite in the Vinery Stud Stakes 2020.
Last autumn Waller took out the Group 1 $500,000 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) with his subsequent ATC Oaks champion Verry Elleegant and she returns a year on lining-up as the punters’ pick in Saturday’s Group 1 $1.5 million Tancred Stakes (2400m).
The master horseman of Winx fame is also looking at back-to-back Vinery Stud Stakes wins with his flying filly Funstar hot favourite to take out this year’s edition of the Oaks lead-up.
Verry Elleegant won the Vinery on the back of a Group 2 Phar Lap Stakes victory and on March 14, Adelaide filly Funstar won the same lead-up.
She is now out to do the double and pays a short $1.75 in the latest Vinery Stud Stakes odds at Ladbrokes.com.au.
Last year’s winning hoop James McDonald partners the ultra-consistent Funstar once again, the filly having run top two in all seven of her starts including her Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) success last October.
The Vinery Stud Stakes is shaping-up as yet another thrilling clash between her and the brilliant Kiwi-trained filly Probabeel.
Probabeel was second to Funstar in the Tea Rose and Flight Stakes in the spring before turning the tables to salute in the Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m).
Funstar however was quick to atone, improving on the Surround Stakes second when fresh to win the Phar Lap on a Heavy (10) track with Probabeel 1.3 lengths back second.
Unsurprisingly, the Jamie Richards-trained Savabeel filly Probabeel is considered the danger occupying the second line of Vinery Stud Stakes betting at $4.
Outside of Funstar and Probabeel, who are drawn in barriers eight and six respectively, the only other contender in the 13-filly Vinery Stud Stakes field getting any love from the punters is the also Waller-trained Subpoenaed ($12).
Tommy Berry partners the Rip Van Winkle filly from barrier five as she looks to improve on a fifth when only a half-length beaten from a wide alley (14 of 15) in the Group 3 Kembla Grange Classic (1600m) a fortnight ago.
For value further down the markets are then the likes of the Team Snowden-trained Thousand Guineas runner-up Missile Mantra ($17), Fascino ($17) to be ridden by the flying Tom Marquand out to frank the Melbourne form, and Godolphin’s widely-drawn Kembla Grange Classic winner Asiago ($19) in barrier 13.
Click here for the full Vinery Stud Stakes 2020 betting odds on the final field courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au.
# | Form (Last 10) | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Hcp. Rating |
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1 | 11x211x21 | FUNSTAR | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 8 | 56kg | 106 |
2 | 5x422x1112 | PROBABEEL (NZ) | Jamie Richards | Kerrin McEvoy | 6 | 56kg | 105 |
3 | 1x5552x054 | MISSILE MANTRA | Peter & Paul Snowden | Brenton Avdulla | 7 | 56kg | 91 |
4 | 45x1421x43 | FASCINO (NZ) | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Tom Marquand | 10 | 56kg | 87 |
5 | 7x11181x31 | ASIAGO | James Cummings | Hugh Bowman | 13 | 56kg | 84 |
6 | 1x2160x125 | SUBPOENAED (NZ) | Chris Waller | Tommy Berry | 5 | 56kg | 78 |
7 | 154x832x19 | GAME OF THORNS | Kris Lees | 3 | 56kg | 76 | |
8 | 7x61231x50 | NUDGE | Chris Waller | Nash Rawiller | 1 | 56kg | 76 |
9 | 112 | SHOUT THE BAR | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Adam Hyeronimus | 4 | 56kg | 76 |
10 | 210×17 | CONTRITION (NZ) | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Sam Clipperton | 11 | 56kg | 68 |
11 | 6x22917x04 | ASPECT RATIO | John Sargent | Tim Clark | 2 | 56kg | 64 |
12 | 510×673113 | LOVE ME QUIETLY | John Ramsey | Robbie Dolan (a) | 9 | 56kg | 64 |
13 | 8725×55310 | STRANGE CHARM | Anthony Cummings | Jean Van Overmeire (a) | 12 | 56kg | 63 |
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