Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted 9 hours ago Journalists Share Posted 9 hours ago Memo ridden by Kerrin McEvoy coming back to the mounting yard after winning the Group 3 Magic Night Stakes. Photo: bradleyphotos.com.au Kerrin McEvoy has recorded back-to-back Group triumphs at Rosehill by piloting Memo to victory in the Group 3 Magic Night Stakes, following his win on Skyhook in the previous race. The Peter Snowden-trained filly has solid formlines throughout her career, after racing Group or Listed grade in her first five starts for four placings, including a second-place finish in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic at the Gold Coast. Although she started as a +800 chance with horse racing bookmakers, the daughter of Capitalist still had admirers after opening at +900 on raceday. As expected, the race favourite with Picklebet, Strada Varenna, took up the lead at the front of the big field, ahead of Open Secret, Gambers, and Autumn Blonde, who would have been happy with their positions throughout. The leader turned around the home bend with a good lead and kicked at the 300m mark, but the challengers were coming from everywhere, with Custom and Dream Side making their runs on either side of the leader. However, it was the runners in the middle of the track that were going far better, as Memo raced up to Dream Side and took over at the 50m mark. Memo continued to pull away from Dream Side and took out the race by a long neck on the line, while Alabama Magic ran home strongly into third place. Click here for all Rosehill race replays. Peter Snowden spoke to the media after the victory. “She’s run in some very good races with close seconds and thirds, but today was the day,” Snowden said. “It’s too early to make a call yet (on the Golden Slipper). “I’ve got to talk to all the owners about it. In my mind the Percy Sykes, she’s a chance of getting there. “She’s had a long season, she’s been to every dance, and to back up again after a week and a very hot day today probably might be one bridge too far for her. “But she’s done a great job. “It was the plan to get that far back. He knew where to get to on the track today, and he was quite adamant that’s the best place to be.” After recording a riding double through four races, Kerrin McEvoy was very happy with the victory post-race. “I wasn’t too happy when she missed the start, and we were a long way further back than what we thought. But full credit to her, and Pete and his team,” McEvoy said. “They’ve done a good job because it was just a run last time but showed on Tuesday morning that she’d come on well and she did a good job there because we had to give them a start. She showed a good turn of foot. “It might be smart just to wait for the big race to go and then attack once we get to Randwick. “She’s a nice filly in the making, and she showed that in the Magic Millions when she was a nice second there. So there’s some nice options for her moving forward. “It’s nice to have a couple of winners, yeah. It’s been enjoyable so far.” Horse racing news View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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