2nd Stakes Win For Vivacious Spirit.
September 22nd, 2008
Bel Esprit snapped up his second stakes winner for the season with the emphatic victory of Vivacious Spirit in the Group 3 Hocking Stuart South Yarra Stakes (registered name: How Now Stakes) at Caulfield on Saturday (20 September), securing a black type double for Eliza Park stallions at the Heath. It was a much deserved win for Vivacious Spirit who, prior to Caulfield, had won two and placed in six from 10 starts. This includes seconds in the Yallambee Classic-G2, Perri Cutten-G2 and Thoroughbred Club-G3, plus a third in the Kevin Hayes-LR. Indeed, Vivacious Spirit has only been out of the money once when she had no luck in this year’s Group One Goodwood Handicap in Adelaide. Vivacious Spirit showed that after being ridden off the pace and sprinting way too well for her rivals in the straight, the performance was very impressive. Now connections have worked out that the mare can be ridden more quietly to good effect, this very talented daughter of Bel Esprit can go right on with it. To underline the effort it was Vivacious Spirit’s third run back from a spell and she jumped from barrier 18 in the 18 strong field.
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