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Go Indy Go Gets Champagne

Expectations are high for Go Indy Go after she stormed to victory in the Group 1 Champagne Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.

The Leon Macdonald-trained Go Indy Go arrived in Sydney off a clinical success in the Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Morphettville Parks a fortnight earlier.

While not a noted form line into the Group 1 Champagne Stakes, the relative ease of Go Indy Go’s success did see the filly attract her fair share of support for the mile juvenile feature at Randwick last Saturday.

Jockey Chad Schofield settled the filly back in the field, eighth and one off the fence.

Always travelling well for the young rider, Go Indy Go peeled out wider turning for home and soon after showcased her electric turn of foot.

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Go Indy Go made quick headway on the early leaders, striking the front 100m from home before drawing clear for a one length win.

Zululand and Kumaon were left in her wake while race favourite Peggy Jean after towing Go Indy Go into the race could only manage fifth.

From running second on debut in the Cinderella Stakes (1050m) at Morphettville, Go Indy Go has gone from strength to strength with her maiden Group 1 victory yielding a Timeform figure of 116+.

The effort sits an impressive 14 pounds clear of her prior win in the Sires’ Produce Stakes.

Go Indy Go’s Champagne Stakes win does sit well below the previous five-year winning average of the event.

Pierro claimed the two-year-old Triple Crown when taking out the 2012 Champagne Stakes while Helmet, Skilled and Onemorenomore also confirmed themselves stallion careers with highly rated performances during that period.

The Gai Waterhouse-trained Pierro of course was the pick of them, subsequently adding a further two Group 1 victories to his tally plus minor placings in the Caulfield Guineas, Cox Plate and the 2013 Doncaster.

The overall strength of this year’s two-year-old crop appears questionable at best with Go Indy Go’s latest master rating three pounds shy of Earthquake, Mossfun and Rubick who share the honours for this season at present.

With feature racing now heading north to Queensland, it is unlikely a youngster will come out of the pack and knock them off the top rung.

Trainer Leon Macdonald post race declared Go Indy Go as potentially the best he has ever trained.

Expectations for the Bernardini filly will be high as she enters the spring with the VRC Oaks already being labelled as her main goal.


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2014 Champagne Stakes - Go Indy Go

Randwick Saturday, 26th April 2014

7f210y TURF SLOW
AUD $405,000

Moet & Chandon Champagne Stks (G1)

AUD $405,000
Age: 2yo Type: OPEN
7f210y TURF SLOW
FP Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 9. GO INDY GO (AUS) 2yo F
BERNARDINI (USA) - ELEGANT EAGLE (NZ)
CHAD SCHOFIELD
LEON MACDONALD & ANDREW GLUYAS
$7
54.5kg
B H Perks, Ms A M Clough, L J Perks, Mrs L J Francis, H M Perks, Miss T N Perks, H S Perks & J A Perks

Sales Information

2nd 2. ZULULAND (AUS) 2yo C
FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - DREAM PLAY (USA)
STEPHEN BASTER
DAVID A HAYES
$17
56.5kg
CHINA HORSE CLUB & COOLMORE STABLE

Sales Information

3rd 4. KUMAON (AUS) 2yo G
LONHRO (AUS) - NANDA KOT (AUS)
KERRIN MCEVOY
PETER SNOWDEN
$16
56.5kg
Godolphin
4th 1. SCRATCH ME LUCKY (AUS) 2yo G
SNITZEL (AUS) - RADIANT STAR (AUS)
BLAKE SHINN
PAUL PERRY
$12
56.5kg

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5th 6. PEGGY JEAN (AUS) 2yo F
MYBOYCHARLIE (IRE) - LADY OF LOVE (AUS)
NASH RAWILLER
GERALD RYAN
$3.25
54.5kg

Sales Information

6th 8. VEUVELICIOUS (AUS) 2yo F
NORTHERN METEOR (AUS) - DEBUTANTE (GB)
DAMIEN OLIVER
BRENT STANLEY
$3.75
54.5kg

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7th 5. PROXY (AUS) 2yo G
AUTHORIZED (IRE) - SECRET WOMEN'S BIZ (AUS)
CHRISTIAN REITH
ALLAN DENHAM
$67
56.5kg
8th 10. UNKNOWN DESTINY (AUS) 2yo F
ZIZOU (AUS) - SHEZA'S DREAM (AUS)
TOMMY BERRY
JOHN RAMSEY
$151
54.5kg

Sales Information

9th 3. BACHMAN (AUS) 2yo G
ALL AMERICAN (AUS) - AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' (AUS)
HUGH BOWMAN
GERALD RYAN
$6.5
56.5kg

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10th 7. LUCKY RAQUIE (AUS) 2yo F
ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) - MONSOON WEDDING (AUS)
GLYN SCHOFIELD
GERALD RYAN
$31
54.5kg

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