Monday, July 8, 2013

Sacred Falls Bests Pierro in the BMW Doncaster Mile

July 8, 2013
 
Dear Readers,

     As promised, I wanted to chat about the next race in the Breeders’Cup “Win and You’re In” Challenge Series. I know this is not new information, but I am familiarizing myself with the horses who are automatically made eligible to the Breeders' Cup by winning one of these races. So if you haven't been following this series, this will be new information for you.

    The last race I talked about was the T.J.Smith Stakes which was won by the amazing mare Black Caviar. The next race in the series, the BMW Doncaster Mile G1, was also run over the course at Randwick, Australia on April 20, 2013. Sacred Falls the ultimate winner of the race was a long shot, after having come off a disappointing series of losses.

    He faced a huge field of seventeen other horses, thirteen of which were Group 1 winners, and included the brilliant colt Pierro.

   Sacred Falls, a New Zealand bred three-year-old colt, broke well and was soon forced back to last place in the huge field. Tommy Berry his jockey, controlled his mount well, and in the stretch threaded a very tight needle indeed, to win through for the victory and the two million dollar purse. When hooked, the much lauded Pierro hung on gamely but was outmatched on the wet ground.

   I haven’t seen any other races for Sacred Falls, but it would be great if his connections showed up with him in the fall for the big day of racing at the Breeders Cup.

   If anybody has news about this horse, let me know and I will pass it on to all the other readers. 

Take care,
Shelley Riley

1 comment:

Raffles Racing said...

Thanks for your interest on Sacred Falls.
Below are some of the information of Sacred Falls:
1. He is unbeaten for his first six starts in New Zealand.

2. As two year old, he is unbeaten in his two starts for 1000-1200m.

3. As three year old, he is unbeaten in his first 4 starts which all are stakes races in New Zealand.
You can have a look for all races in New Zealand in the link below.
http://www.nzracing.co.nz/SystemTemplates/RaceInfoSearch.aspx?q=sacred%20falls#horse

4. After his six wins in New Zealand, we decided to send him to race in Australia. He had 4 starts in Australia and only won his final goal which is Gr.1 Doncaster Mile. He also ran second in the Gr.1 Randwick Guineas.

Sorry to inform you that he is not going for the Breeders Cup because he will be racing in Australia for the Spring Carnival.