標題: 墨爾本賽駒 Riva San 嬴昆士蘭橡樹 [打印本頁] 作者:
S.WEEK 時間: 31/5/2008 04:44 PM 標題: 墨爾本賽駒 Riva San 嬴昆士蘭橡樹
Melbourne filly Riva San spoiled the party for fairytale filly Heavenly Glow in today's $400,000 Queensland Oaks at Eagle Farm.
Riva San, trained by Peter Moody, gave the Melbourne mentor a grand return to his early stamping ground when she outstayed the Oaks field in the heavy going.
Ridden by Scott Seamer, Riva San surged to the lead inside the last 200m and held on to win by a long neck from the former New Zealand filly Rathsallagh with hot favourite Heavenly Glow far from disgraced with a gallant hird.
The defeat will no doubt end the possibility that heavenly Glow will be a late entry for next Saturday's Queensland Derby with her jockey Robert Thompson suggesting the AJC Oaks winner now needs a spell to recover from her long campaign that began in February and took her from country company to Group One stardom.
For Moody the Oaks victory gave the popular trainer a welcome Group One win in Brisbane where he began his training career.
Moody had previously won the G1 Doomben Cup in Brisbane and rated the Oaks victory as good as any of his previous feature race successes.
“I really expected her to run well on the big track,” Moody said.
“She raced against the best fillies last spring with distinction and hasn't had much go right for her in the lead up to this race.”
Seamer celebrated his second Oaks victory, having ridden the champion Kiwi filly Ethereal to win the classic in 2001 prior to her memorable spring when she won the Caulfield-Melbourne Cup double.
Heavenly Glow was ridden patiently by Thompson after she was last to leave the barrier but he had her in a winning position at the 300m after going wide on the home turn.
She looked to have the leaders covered at the 200m but peaked on her run as Riva San drove through to take a winning break.
