“If you said I could circle them and win in a canter, I wouldn’t have believed it. “I know they were running good sectionals (in front) but I had 15 horses to get past,” Pike said. Wilchino, who was heavily backed into $2.80, will undergo vet tests after leading and fading badly to run last. Pike had time to pose for a photo on the finishing post as Graceful Girl burst 2¾ lengths clear of Stageman ($26), who made it a quinella for Peters.Įlite Street, the $2.60 favourite, ran on from midfield to hit the front at the 200m but could only manage third. Graceful Girl ($9) rocketed home from last in a phenomenal performance that delivered Peters his first Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) triumph since Petite Amour in 1994.Īfter settling at the tail of the field from barrier 16, the Nicconi mare unleashed a powerful burst down the outside to collar reigning Winterbottom winner Elite Street inside the 100m. An unprecedented clean sweep of Ascot’s three $1m Group 1s is on the cards for WA racing’s dream team after Graceful Girl stormed home to win the Winterbottom Stakes on Saturday.Ĭhampion jockey William Pike, leading owner Bob Peters and co-trainers Grant and Alana Williams are on the verge of history with Railway Stakes hero Western Empire an odds-on favourite to give them the Group 1 hat-trick in next week’s Kingston Town Classic.
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