Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Australian Group winners - Week ending 29 November 2009 28/11...WINTERBOTTOM STAKES (G2) ASCOT 1200M
1. ORTENSIA 4m Testa Rossa - Aerate's Pick (Picnicker)
O-A D & A Fraser, E Ridley; B-L Rhodes
T-Tony Noonan (Mornington); J-Craig Williams
$50,000 - 2007 Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale; V-Riverside Stud
2. Idyllic Prince 7g Scenic-Uma Princess (Umatilla)
3. Black In Time 5m Blackfriars-Stop In Time (Tenby
Ortensia disappointed when stretched out to 1600m in the G1 Railway Stakes at Ascot but she made amends a week later with a barnstorming victory at weight-for-age. The Testa Rossa mare appreciated the drop back in distance and the quicker tempo to score a last-to-first victory under Craig Williams.
Trainer Tony Noonan has campaigned the mare extensively starting with a G3 victory in the 2008 Thousand Guineas Prelude at Caulfield. She was a Listed winner of the P.J.Bell Hcp at Randwick in April and added the G2 QTC Cup at Eagle Farm and Listed Glenlogan Park Stakes at Doomben during the winter carnival.
Ortensia's dam Aerate's Pick has a 2yo colt by Kempinsky and a filly foal by God's Own. www.thoroughbredexpress.com.au |
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