Winning Horse: Li'l Kontra (Aus)

4yoM Krupt (Aus) - Li'l Cashy (Aus)(Keltrice (Aus))

27 starts - 5 wins 9 seconds 3 thirds 1 fourth $572435

Black Type Wins

1st G3 Morphettville M&J Chickens National Stakes 1200m (2019)

1st LR Morphettville Aami Dequetteville Stakes 1050m (2019)

Black Type Placings

2nd G3 Caulfield Blue Sapphire 1200m (2019)

3rd LR Morphettville Aami Queen Adelaide Stakes 1050m (2019)

2nd LR Morphettville Cinderella Stakes 1050m (2019)

Other Wins

1st Morphettville Parks Chalk Hill (Bm82) 1000m (2020)

1st Morphettville Parks Winning Edge Presentations Hcp 1000m (2019)

Race Result:

1st: Li’l Kontra (Brett Prebble/Ryan Balfour) - $9

2nd: Yulong Storm (Craig Newitt/Nathan Hobson) - $21
3rd: Superium (Jye McNeil/Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes) - $3.70F

Winning Time: 1:05.09 Last 600m: N/A

Margins: 1¼L x Short Head

Winning Trainer: Ryan Balfour (in Adelaide)

Quinella in Adelaide followed by this win: “She was really well placed there today. I was probably a bit surprised at her odds but you don’t ever be arrogant about taking a horse to Melbourne. She’s a dual stakes winner and she was so well weighted in that grade.

“There’s only one corner and I said to Brett (Prebble) to ride her where you want, they’re your reins and he’s obviously an international superstar. It’s good to see him back riding. When I saw that he was available I went ‘wow, yeah I’ll be grabbing Brett’ and he’s always hungry for a win.

“I said to ride her where you’re happy. I don’t care if you end up three-deep or what not. Just keep her comfortable and it was an absolute peach of a ride. He put her there and she’s so competitive. Absolutely awesome.”

What’s next: “She’s got a lot of options to consider. She’s actually a chance of heading to the May Sales on the Gold Coast as a broodmare. She’s in great order, obviously, but she’s rising five (years old), she’s got the two stakes wins and that’s still something we’re discussing with the owners. She hasn’t hurt her value today.

“Obviously fourth in a Coolmore and a dual stakes winner. We’ve got races to consider here (Adelaide) or go to the sales. If we go down that path then we might even find some races on the way there.”

Winning Jockey: Brett Prebble

“It was a good buzz. A good friend of mine part-owns, Scott Leckey, and he said the sling is going to be huge.

“They all got in their positions and stayed there. They didn’t really (allow me to) get where I wanted to get. Travelled really strongly coming to the home turn and she was the best horse in the race, really.

“I was quietly confident. The only thing I read on the form was no real exposure in a wet surface but other than that when I pulled up I was pulling rein, but he (Balfour) gave a really good push after the first-up run and coming back from a listed race to this was a bit of a gift, wasn’t it.”