Breeders Crown night of nights

By Tim O’Connor (HRV)

Very Pretty overcame a flat tyre in the home straight to extend her unbeaten record to five starts with success in the Pebble Beach Breeders Crown final for two-year-old fillies at Melton last Saturday night.

Pitt went straight to the front with the daughter of American Ideal and she never looked in any danger until Lux Aeterna clipped her wheel approaching the home straight. But, despite the blowout, Very Pretty had enough of a margin on her rivals and coasted home to score by over 4m.

“She was super, especially with that fast 43 (second) lead time. It can take a lot out of these babies, but she showed us how good she is,” Pitt said.

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New South Wales reinsman Luke McCarthy made a flying visit to Victoria and teamed up with Perfect Class to win the Woodlands Stud ‘Lather Up’ Breeders Crown final for three-year-old colts and geldings.

An early mistake from favourite and stablemate Oliver Dan prompted some fireworks, with four different leaders inside the formative stages of the race. Perfect Class proved the last of those and from there was never headed on his way to victory over fellow peg-line runners Final Collect and Little Louie.

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David Moran and Timmy Rictor kick-started the Stewart-trained Quaddie when they found the front and sizzled home in a 55.2sec last half to beat Some American and The Bigboss.

The result completed a flawless IRT Breeders Crown series for two-year-old colts and geldings, with the son of Modern Art winning his heat, semi-final and final throughout November.