The
Listed SAJC Oakland Plate at Morphettville on Saturday over 1600 metres might
not have been the strongest Black Type event we've seen, but it did produce the
first stakes-winner for young Eliza Park International based sire Wanted when
Dead or Alive saluted in good style.
The Mick Price trained gelding improved sharply on his unplaced debut at Caulfield last month to
win by three-quarters of a length.
A $110,000 Magic Millions purchase for his trainer from the Musk Creek Farm
draft, Dead or Alive is the second winner for Sun Lane (GB), a placed
half-sister by Daylami to Group I winner Victory Note.
Sun Lane has a weanling colt by Kentucky Derby and Dubai World Cup winner
Animal Kingdom (USA) entered for the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale to
be offered by Riversdale Farm as Lot 181.
Dead or Alive is the 14th individual winner for Wanted and is his
very first stakes-winner, the Group I winning son of Fastnet Rock standing at
the reduced fee of $16,500 this year at Eliza Park International.