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Chris Waller’s brilliant mare Verry Elleegant is odds-on to take her number of Group 1 wins to a dozen facing just five rivals when defending her title in the 2022 Ranvet Stakes in Sydney on Saturday.
Verry Elleegant is odds-on in the 2022 Ranvet Stakes markets to record her 12th Group 1 success this Saturday. Photo: Steve Hart.
On Golden Slipper Stakes Day last year, the star daughter of Zed backed up from a Chipping Norton Stakes win to take out the Group 1 $700,000 Ranvet Stakes (2000m) having run second in both races in 2020.
The now six-year-old looks to complete the same double 12 months on further adding to her incredible legacy.
Last year’s Melbourne Cup champion was brave second-up on a Heavy (10) in the Chipping Norton and will be better over further third-up and fit in a very winnable edition of the Ranvet.
James McDonald continues associations with the $14.6 million earner in barrier four and Verry Elleegant understandably dominates Ranvet Stakes betting at a short $1.35 quote through Ladbrokes.com.au.
With the superlative reigning champ scaring off the bulk of potential rivals, the danger is David Payne’s $5.50 second elect Montefilia in gate two.
In-form hoop Jason Collett rides the four-year-old Kermadec mare chasing her first win since the Group 1 The Metropolitan (2400m) at Randwick last October.
A genuine staying type she was fourth after that in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) down south and returned in the Chipping Norton.
There she ran seventh, albeit only two and a half-lengths off Verry Elleegant, and she has improvement going up to 2000m second-up in the rematch.
The other single-figure hope looking to rain on the turf queen’s parade at current Ranvet Stakes odds of $8 is another Chipping Norton graduate, the Hawkes Racing-trained third place-getter Angel Of Truth.
It has been a very long time between drinks for the Animal Kingdom six-year-old who hasn’t won since his Group 1 ATC Derby (2400m) victory three years ago and his price definitely looks a little short considering who he is up against again in the Ranvet.
Michael Moroney’s Victorian raider Emissary ($17) coming off a Group 2 Peter Young Stakes third to Cascadian on Blue Diamond Day; the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained The Metropolitan runner-up from the spring Entente ($21); and the rails-drawn nine-year-old Sikandarabad ($51) complete the Ranvet Stakes field and betting markets.
The 2022 Ranvet Stakes is set to run as Rosehill Race 5 at 2:40pm (AEDT) and full markets courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au are available in full here.
No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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1 | 538x2500x3 | ANGEL OF TRUTH | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | William Pike | 5 | 59kg | 101 | ||
2 | 5x83123x70 | ENTENTE | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 6 | 59kg | 103 | ||
3 | x877247x87 | SIKANDARABAD (IRE) | Sam Kavanagh | Hugh Bowman | 1 | 59kg | 91 | ||
4 | 031x2753x3 | EMISSARY (GB) | Michael Moroney | Mark Zahra | 3 | 59kg | 90 | ||
5 | 2x21431x71 | VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ) | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 4 | 57kg | 122 | ||
6 | 345x3214x7 | MONTEFILIA | David Payne | Jason Collett | 2 | 57kg | 110 |
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