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In a season where it has been hard to warm to most of the staying three-year olds, the Peter Moody-trained Brambles has made a late surge that was rewarded with a Group 1 success in Saturday's Chanel Seven Queensland Derby (2400m).
Just as he did in the Grand Prix Stakes (G3) a fortnight back, Brad Rawiller surged Brambles to the lead shortly after the start. The son of Savabeel kept up a relentless gallop to turn back the challenge of Queensland Oaks (G1) winner Quintessential(Fast 'N' Famous) by one and a quarter lengths to give Waikato Stud the quinella. The Robert Smerdon-trained Westsouthwest (Darci Brahma) was a game third ahead of the Gai Waterhouse-trained Tohunga (Zabeel) to give New Zealand-breds the first four.
"We
were able to get across pretty good without being really pestered but he didn't
really switch off as good as what he did at Doomben," Rawiller told Sky Racing
World.
"I gave him a little bit of a breather from the back but from the 600 or 700, he started to click into gear and you can't hold him up, you have got to go with him."
"I was worried at the 300. I thought 'now we need to see your guts buddy' and he just kept giving. He is a tough horse," Rawiller said.
Peter Moody praised Rawiller's initiative on the promising stayer.
"It was a good tough effort, a terrific judged ride from Brad and a good tough effort from the horse," Moody said.
"I was confident, they were under pressure on the turn chasing him and it was very well judged by Brad
"He has climbed the mountain each time this horse. He had done a tremendous job to improve as the prep has gone on."
The victory took the overall record of Brambles to 5 wins, 2 seconds and 2 thirds from 10 starts for earnings of $574,338.
Fourth in
the Carbine Club Stakes (G3) at Randwick on April 14, Brambles was third in the
Gunsynd Classic (G3) at Eagle Farm before winning the Group 3 Rough Habit Plate
(2000m) at Doomben. He prepped for the Derby with a front running performance
in the Grand Prix (G3).
A $100,000 purchase by Moody from the Waikato Stud consignment at the 2010 Premier Yearling sale at Karaka, Brambles is the second foal of the Group 2 placed Pins mare Prickle whose dam Snobbish is a sister to 6-time Group 1 winner Slight Chance.
Prickle has a 2yo filly by Savabeel and a yearling colt by Waikato Stud's Cox Plate winning son of Zabeel. The daughter of Pins has a weanling filly by Quintessential's sire Fast 'N' Famous and was bred back to Savabeel last year.
Brambles becomes the third Group 1 winner for Savabeel who also sired this seasons Victorian Derby (G1) hero Sangster.
Group 1 - 2400m Class: Open. Track: Dead. Time: 2:29.73. Sectional Time: 0:37.94 at 600m. Prizemoney: $500,000 - 1st: $320,000 2nd: $100,000 3rd: $50,000. |
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| 1 | 2. Brambles (NZ) | P G Moody | B Rawiller (11) |
$3.50
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57.0 |
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 3g Savabeel
x Prickle (NZ)
(Pins
)Lot 1119; 2011 NZB Select Yearling Sale; Vendor - Waikato Stud Ltd; Buyer - Mr JA Frizzell $7,000 |
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| 2 | 1.3 | 16. Quintessential (NZ) | J G Sargent | D J Browne (18) |
$8
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55.0 |
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3f Fast 'n' Famous
x Florette (USA)
(Sword Dance (IRE)
) Not Offered |
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| 3 | LH | 5. Westsouthwest (NZ) | R W Smerdon | C W Brown (1) |
$7.50
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57.0 |
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3g Darci Brahma (NZ)
x Southern Sunset (GB)
(Polish Precedent (USA)
) Lot 67; 2011 NZB Premier Yearling Sale; Vendor - The Oaks Stud; Buyer - Psd$70,000 Res$100,000 |
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| 4 | 2.3 | 10. Tohunga (NZ) | Ms G Waterhouse | N Rawiller (15) |
$16
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57.0 |
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| 3g Zabeel (NZ) x She's Justa Tad (NZ) (Istidaad (USA) ) | |||||||
| 5 | 3.3 | 4. Vatuvei | P G Moody | L Nolen (16) |
$6
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57.0 |
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| 3g Reset x Boisterous Lady (Rivotious (USA) ) | |||||||
| 6 | 4.0 | 1. Zabeelionaire (NZ) | L J Corstens | D Oliver (7) |
$4.75
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57.0 |
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| 3c Zabeel (NZ) x Kisumu (Carnegie (IRE) ) | |||||||
| 7 | 5.3 | 12. Red Shift (NZ) | R A James | D Dunn (3) |
$21
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57.0 |
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| 3g Lucky Unicorn x Scarlet Queen (Fasliyev (USA) ) | |||||||
| 8 | 5.5 | 7. Reigning | C Karakatsanis | M J Walker (5) |
$61
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57.0 |
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| 3c Choisir x Merayaat (Viscount ) | |||||||
| 9 | 7.0 | 6. Scream Machine | J C Coyle | A Hyeronimus (10) |
$41
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57.0 |
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| 3g Excites x Sevillano (Octagonal (NZ) ) | |||||||
| 10 | 7.5 | 8. Tunes | Peter Snowden | K Mc Evoy (2) |
$21
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57.0 |
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| 3g Viscount x Tin Pan (Commands ) | |||||||
| 11 | 8.5 | 9. Lucripetous (NZ) | C J Waller | J Bowman (17) |
$16
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57.0 |
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| 3c Pentire (GB) x My Guardian (NZ) (Volksraad (GB) ) | |||||||
| 12 | 9.8 | 18. Poste Restante (NZ) | H W Mathews | C Munce (4) |
$21
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55.0 |
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| 3f Postponed (USA) x Little Tee (NZ) (Volksraad (GB) ) | |||||||
| 13 | 13.3 | 19. Rock The Pac | L J Gough | S Scriven (9) |
$201
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57.0 |
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| 3c Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) x Jupiter Moon (Galileo (IRE) ) | |||||||
| 14 | 14.0 | 11. Largo Da Barra | J G Sargent | J Lloyd (12) |
$61
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57.0 |
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| 3c Encosta De Lago x Amanusa (Alzao (USA) ) | |||||||
| 15 | 16.5 | 3. Isopach | John Thompson | J A Cassidy (14) |
$31
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57.0 |
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| 3g Magic Albert x Curvaceous (Zabeel (NZ) ) | |||||||
| 16 | 18.5 | 17. Vittoria (NZ) | M C Kent | G Boss (8) |
$21
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55.0 |
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| 3f Postponed (USA) x Eurotec (Marauding (NZ) ) | |||||||
| 17 | 20.8 | 14. Express Warrior | B R Guy | M Rodd (6) |
$201
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57.0 |
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| 3g Brave Hawk x Sahara Express (Green Line Express (USA) ) | |||||||
| 18 | 99.9 | 13. Tickled | L M Treloar | L V Cassidy (13) |
$201
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57.0 |
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| 3g Excites x Altezza (Rigoletto ) | |||||||
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