Vobis And Snitzel Show

      This weekends racing saw two group ones at Randwick.The big Vobis Gold Day at Caulfield and many other top quality races, across the country. We will head to Sydney first with the last majors on offer for the Autumn carnival. In the Group one All Aged Stakes, the 3yo colt Trapeze Artist continued is awesome form just grabbing Le Romain on the line after a epic battle, up the Randwick straight. He is now a very valuable Snitzel colt and owner Bert Vieira has opted to race him, as a 4 year old rather than accept offers of more than $40 million to retire the colt. The second edition of The Everest is now a priority in October while a trip to Hong Kong in December and Royal Ascot next year is also on the agenda.

Trapeze Artist 

All Aged Stakes 

      In the second group one of the day. The two year old Champagne Stakes it was a nice victory to the Hinchinbrook filly, Seabrook who was given a gem of a ride by veteran hoop, Damien Oliver to beat yet another from the amazing Snitzel , Bondi who is out of the Red Ransom mare Bondi Blonde. The Group 3 Frank Packer Plate saw Higher Ground who is by So You Think from an Encosta De Lago mare, Dark Vision and ridden by Glyn Schofield who has been struggling with a back issue but  rode hard in a tight finish, to score . The So You Think's always look amazing in the mounting yards and now they are really bringing that to the tracks over the last 12 months. Chris Waller is now heading north with the colt towards the Queensland Derby. Higher Ground is raced by Debbie Kepitis, one of the three owners of Winx, He beat the other Waller trained runner the Snitzel colt Tangled in a photo finish.
Exciting filly Sopressa, yet another, So You Think scored a scintillating victory in the Group 3 Auraria Stakes in Adelaide. The Darren Weir trained Sopressa was considered very unlucky last start when held up for a run before finishing seventh in the Listed Laelia Stakes but today was ridden a positive race by Harry Coffey, enjoying a good run just behind the leaders and was in a class of her own when accelerating away to win the 1800 metre event by four and a quarter lengths beating Miss Finland's daughter, Earth Angel.

Miss Finland 

winning the 2006 Golden Slipper 

         Vobis day at Caulfield had 1.5 million dollars in prizemoney on offer. The Snitzel's were in amongst it, as usual, with the opening race, on the card going to French Emotion, the Snitzel mare who always seems to find trouble but today the waters opened for her and there is one thing the Chris Waller 6 year old mare doesnt lack is a turn of foot. In the Bel Esprit Stakes later in the day saw the Hawkes trained, Snitzel filly, Sprightly Lass add to her impressive record by leading all the way and showing great tenacity to hold off all challenges. The Gold Sprint was won by Udyta Clarkes boy, Rich Charm and what a dramatic victory it was as he was a long way off the leader with only a couple of hundred metre to go and young Patrick Moloney dropped his whip but the Danerich gelding zoomed down the outside under hands and heels riding for a last gasp win.

  So You Think 

Standing at Coolmore

Western Australia -- Pierro added a new stakes winner to his tally on Saturday when his improving colt Action scored a resounding win in the Group II WATC Derby at Ascot in Perth.With three wins and three placings from seven starts and prizemoney topping $350,000, Action is out of the Redoute's Choice mare Broadway Belle. He powered to the line for William Pike to win by four lengths in a dominant display, becoming the third classic winner this season for his sire Pierro to join Levendi ATC Australian Derby and Pinot VRC Oaks.