Winning Horse: Lyrical Lad (Aus)

4yoG Roman Emperor (NZ) - Grecian Melody (NZ)(God's Own (Aus))

9 starts - 4 wins 1 second 1 third 1 fourth $178650

Other Wins

1st Cranbourne Mazda Shooting Star (C3) 1500m (2021)

1st Cranbourne Mercedes-Benz Mornington-Bm64 1500m (2021)

1st Kilmore Mc Traffic Mdn Plate 1450m (2021)

Other Placings

2nd Cranbourne Mercedes-Benz M'gton Mile-Bm70 1600m (2021)

3rd Sale Growmaster Sale Mdn Plate 1205m (2021)

Race Result:

1st: Lyrical Lad (J Mott/P Stokes) - $2.50f

2nd: High ‘n’ Dry (M Cartwright/M Ellerton) - $6
3rd: Denero (J Richards/M Hugin) - $12

Winning Time: 1:37.93. Last 600m: N/A

Margins: 1-1/4L x 3-1/4L

Winning Trainer: Phillip Stokes

Merit of the win: “He was good today, he’s going super, Jamie gave him a beautiful ride. He summed it up good. We thought he’d be a bit closer but they ran along at a good tempo and he got him to relax. Heavy track, dry track it doesn’t matter.

Horse himself: The staff have done a really good job with him. He can be cantankerous, he’s a tough high horse, a really hard horse to train. His first run he had to go back to the trials (barrier) Foer him to be doing what he’s doing is really good

Future plans: “He’ll go up to the farm now and we’ll just keep placing him. It wasn’t a bad field today and he just played with them.

Winning Jockey: Jamie Mott

Secret to riding at Pakenham: “Just ride for Phillip Stokes really but it’s a beautiful track. They went quite solid then and all my work today on him was to get him to relax. I was a little concerned I was a fair way off them, but when I gave him a squeeze he deadset went past them like they were nailed to the fence.”

Similar feel to Cranbourne albeit different conditions: “He did. Most people thought it was the heavy 10 as to why he won so well. It wasn’t a bad field today and he played with them. He definitely on the way up, let’s hope he can keep this roll going.”