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Wall Street on the way upWall Street on the up 18 Sep 2010by Jeff Dore
Wall Street and Michael Coleman seal the deal. www.raceimages.co.nz
Kilgravin Lodge will be represented at this years Ready to Run sale by Lot 139 No Excuse Needed ex Wahaha who is a half sister to Wall Street.
For any New Zealand thoroughbred to contemplate taking on the Australians on their home turf, considerable amounts of ability is a prerequisite while the addition of size and strength also becomes a key component in the heat of battle.
Wall Street (6 B. G. Montjeu – Villa Wanda, by Grand Lodge) has got the lot.
Trainer Jeff Lynds will meet with the owners, G G Syndicate Ltd, G K V Holdings Ltd & M A Head, in Auckland next week to discuss whether or not the strapping athlete would return to Hastings for a crack at the Group I Kit Ormond Memorial, or embark on an Australian campaign aimed at a possible Cox Plate tilt.
This, following his impressive win in the $200,000, Group I, Windsor Park Plate, raced under weight-for-conditions over 1600-metres on slow ground at Hastings on Saturday.
Lynds said, “He’s a lovely horse, a real pleasure to train”, while rider Michael Coleman added, “He’s a special horse. A smart galloper and it’s a real honour to be riding him.”
Wall Street is now a dual group one winner, having already won the Thorndon Mile in a slick 1:33.86 at Trentham in January, and his record now rests at nine wins from sixteen starts, for $535,000 in earnings.
While thought to be at his most proficient with the jar out of the track, Wall Street had previously coped admirably when winning on slow track conditions, shown to powerful effect when he cruised up to challenge for the lead rounding the home turn before kicking clear at the 300-metres.
In a shuffle of positions from the way the same three horses finished in the Group I Mudgway at Hastings three weeks ago, Wall Street beat Fritzy Boy (Brilliance) by three-quarters-of-a-length, Keep The Peace (Keeper) was a long-neck away in third, while Veloce Bella (Volksraad) closed solidly to be camped in fourth.
The time was 1:41.24 for the mile, with Wall Street heavily bet to close at $2.20 & $1.10 on the tote.
The Mudgway had seen Keep The Peace defeat Wall Street by a nose, with Fritzy Boy third.
Lynds said, “I think we all know that he’s a good horse, it’s just a question of implementing the technical parts of it to get him to Australia. We’re halfway there, it's a question now of sizing up which races best suit him. But there is a lot of good form over there (Australia), so we have to take that into account in seeing what is best suited to the horse.”
Lynds is no stranger to conditioning a horse to contest the heavyweight weight-for-age Australasian classic, having trained Marconee (McGinty) to finish sixth to Octagonal (Zabeel) in the 1995 Cox Plate.
The $250,000, Group I, Kit Ormand Memorial Spring Classic (2040-metres) is run at Hastings on October 2.
Wall Street has an enviable record on the Hastings course with four wins and a second from five starts.
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