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Rank outsider Lindsay stuns field in Fillies Trial Stakes
By Chris Hoover | 12 Jun 2004 | BANGALORE
Lindsay (David Badel up) winning the Fillies Trial Stakes (Grade I) from Blurr (Srinath up)
It just goes to show that so-called expert predictions do not always come true. The rank outsider can emerge trumps. This was what happened in the first classic of the season at the Bangalore Turf Club on Saturday in the Fillies Trial Stakes. Satish Narredu schooled Lindsay (Burden Of Proof-Sasanda), a rank outsider, was brilliantly piloted by French jockey David Badel to an amazing victory as he left the top contenders fighting for the minor places. Incidentally, it is the second classic win for the innovative owner S. Sanjay, Brown Sugar had earlier won the Deccan Derby last year where he has a part share.
With none of the assigned pacemakers having the speed, it was left to the Irfan Ghatala trainee Flightingale (Bees Prospector-Princess Of Tara) to set the pace for the mile long trip, though reluctantly. The second in demand and the Poonawalla Multi Million winner, Blurr (Srinath) chose to fall in line with the slow pace, while jockey B.Prakash astride favourite Queen Of Fashion and Gallagher ridden Pricewise chose to play the waiting game. Badel, who was given the option to ride the way he wanted to, guided the filly way off the pace until the race took a serious turn. The Hyderabad challenger, Aryanoush came into contention along with Blurr but found the Michael Eshwer ward taking control, until Badel powered Lindsay through an opening and swept past the others to clinch the verdict by three-fourth of a length. Aryanoush was very impressive, finishing third and on its return to Hyderabad will be a filly that should make waves.
"It was a dream of a race. Coming into the race, I never imagined that I could win it. The choice was mine to ride the best way I could. I chose to play the waiting game and as I noticed an opening provided by Srinath, I pounced on the opportunity and the filly responded well." Trainer Satish Narredu, who recorded his first classic victory and also hogged the limelight with a treble said, "I am on top of the world. The filly produced her best just when it was mattered most."
The opening event saw favourite Atlantic Heiress being hard ridden by Irish jockey Mark Gallagher while evading the challenge of the Irfan Ghatala ward Freebee. Being the first run of this Bee’s Prospector out of Going Free filly, maybe jockey Silva Storai did not give it a hard ride. She will be a strong contender in her next outing. Indrajit and Ikon Brown were the other two to have impressed. The duo will be hard to beat in their next outing.
Trainer Satish Narredu’s luck seemed just perfect as his ward, Just Perfect with R.K. Mahesh on the saddle came with a flutter to beat Clarentia in the shadow of the post in the Mauritius Pearl Plate. Inscription (T. Rahul up) finished an impressive third and with a better jockey, the five-year old bay gelding will be a serious contender in his next outing.
Satish completed a back to back double with Malesh Narredu piloting Water Wood to a bloodless victory in the first division of the Red Divine Plate. Benvenuta has not shown any improvement since its last run. Maybe a seven furlong trip would be suitable for the filly as she might have found the 1100 metre trip too sharp.
Jockey Suraj Narredu rode a near perfect race on Integral while taking the top honours in the Civil Service Cup, run over a distance of 1400 metres. Favourite Saratoga Sizzle, fizzled out of contention, while Ampersand and Son Of The Light claimed the minor berths.
The Dhariwal schooled Catch Fire was another surprise winner of the day in the Justice P. Medappa Memorial Cup (Div. I), where the public choices Star Angel (B. Prakash) and Amatol (Vivek) found themselves in a spot of bother. Amatol had a sluggish start, though the fault was not totally on him, while Star Angel passing the 800 metres, suddenly veered out and still managed to finish a flying fifth. Though Amatol did make a bid, it was a case of bit too late as he finished half a length adrift from the winner.
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