Winning Horse: Dirty Thoughts (Aus)

4yoM So You Think (NZ) - Sheer Fantazee (Aus)(Testa Rossa (Aus))

11 starts - 4 wins 5 thirds $215450

Black Type Placings

3rd G3 Moonee Valley Piper-Heidsieck Scarborough 1200m (2020)

3rd LR Moonee Valley Ready2race Atlantic Jewel 1200m (2020)

Other Wins

1st Moonee Valley Ladbrokes Switch Hcp 1200m (2020)

1st Sandown-Lakeside Ladbrokes Odds (Bm64) 1200m (2020)

1st Geelong Allianz Insurance Mdn 1112m (2020)

Other Placings

3rd Caulfield Volvo Cars Brighton (Bm78) 1100m (2021)

3rd Caulfield Neds Filter Form (Bm78) 1100m (2021)

3rd Flemington Trevor Clarke (Bm84) 1000m (2021)

Race Result:

1st: Dirty Thoughts (D Moor/M Ellerton & S Zahra) - $6.50

2nd: The Gauch (M Cartwright/C Maher & D Eustace) - $4F
3rd: Just Folk (M Julius/T Julius) - $16

Winning Time: 1:10.05 Last 600m: N/A

Margins: Long Head x ½L

Winning Trainer: Mat Ellerton & Simon Zahra (Simon speaking)

“We were rapt to get her to 1200 metres, that’s been the key. Just took a nice sit today and got a lovely run.

“It was a ten-out-of-ten ride from Daniel.

“We’re generally slow starters to the season and this mare has finished off her three-year-old career well and had a long break so it has just taken a while to get her fit.

“We just lowered the bar a bit now and hoped to get the Saturday win being a four-year-old mare. She’s already group placed and hoping to get some black type somewhere but we’re happy to bob along and collect some prizemoney.”

Winning Jockey: Daniel Moor

<37th birthday today>

Conditons: “It’s blustery. It’s probably swirling around a little bit. It’s not a strong westerly so it is swirling around a touch.

“We identified good speed with Faretti and Hela, we thought there’d be a good speed and it gave us the opportunity to ride her just off them. That was the winning move in the finish.

“I’d say we just had a bit softer run. We had a cruisy run and was able to peel off the backs when required. She gave a good kick and sort of peaked at that. I thought ‘of we’re not going to get by’ but then she dug in for the fight and she was strong.”

Future in black type: “She probably deserves her spot. She was probably ready to go as a three-year-old but the four-year-old mares might have caught up to her a fraction but she only knows how to try.

“She’s rarely run a bad race and she puts herself in the right spot so we can be hopeful.”