Secret Spirit wins 2015 Bonecrusher Stakes Group 3 NZ$70,000 at Ellerslie (NZ) 3yo, 1400m.
Secret Spirit was buffeted coming out of the gates and settled well back early but moved up on the inside to be midfield rounding the turn. Before straightening, she worked off the rails and by the top of the straight was widest of all the runners. In a relentless run, she kept running at the leaders and caught them with 100m to go and then held them at bay by a half-length at the line. There is not much of her but she is tough, scoring her fourth consecutive stakes win.
Massa Lu was slow to get going but moved up wide as they rounded the corner to then challenge for the lead as they straightened. He took the lead momentarily but was headed by the winner at the 100m and looked beaten only to grab the bit and fight back to hold second.
Thunder Down Under tracked Massa Lu, but wider, until just before the straight and went widest of all except the winner. He then battled his way into contention but was outstayed by the first two.
