Winning Horse: Express Pass (AUS)

4yoG Wandjina (Aus) - Pass The Parcel (Aus)(More Than Ready (USA))
15 starts - 4 wins 3 seconds 3 thirds $225725

Black Type Placings
3rd G2 Flemington Danehill Stakes 1200m (2019)
3rd LR Caulfield Vale Redoute's Choice Stakes 1200m (2019) (Debut Run)

Other Wins
1st Caulfield Evergreen Turf (Bm78) 1100m (2020)
1st Bendigo Thank You Gerry Ryan (Bm78) 1100m (2020)
1st Bendigo The Bridge Hotel Mdn Plate 1100m (2019)

Race Result:

1st: Express Pass (N Ryan/M Cartwright) - $2.80F

2nd: Zorro’s Dream (M Freedman/W Price) - $6.00
3rd: High Risk (S Trolove/L Neindorf) - $31

Winning Time: 58.92 Last 600m: 34.07

Margins: Neck x Head

Winning Trainer: Nick Ryan (rep by Toby Lake)

“First time with blinkers today, he was probably half a length slow and just found himself in a sticky spot. To Matt’s credit he didn’t panic, he knew what he had underneath him and that’s what he can do on his day. He was a pretty good horse as a three-year-old and I think he’ll be able to take the next step now.”

Next: “We’ll see how he pulls up. Maybe three runs in a month might be a bit much for him. We took him to Sydney at the end of last prep more to give him a trip away and try and grow him up and we gave him a good spell after that and really wanted to target the straight races. It’s good for him to win on his home track.”

“Nick takes a close eye on this horse during the week when he’s thinking about backing him up. What we do with him now, I’m not sure, but there might be a race for him over the carnival. We’ll let him tell us.”

Winning Jockey: Matt Cartwright

“The blinkers going on, it sparked him up quite a lot. Obviously I was in a sticky spot but once he got clear he let down well and won good.

“Today he was a bit more fired up within himself. With the blinkers going on he was just a little bit more fired up. To his credit he got out well and let down good.”