26 days ago
Sports News Australia
Alligator Blood has sewn up a start in the All-Star Mile with his first-up win in the Group 1 Futurity Stakes at Sandown. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained galloper was sitting in second place on the vote count for the $5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) at Moonee Valley on March 18 prior to Saturday’s first-up run. But the pressure is now off with Alligator Blood, the $2.80 unibet favourite under Blake Shinn, scoring from fellow All-Star Mile contender Mr Brightside ($4.20) by 1-¼ lengths with I’m Thunderstruck ($2.90) a half-length away third. “That’s the one we really want to secure for him.”Bott said Alligator Blood was a phenomenal racehorse and that it was special to be a part of career. “I’ve only been back a relatively short time and to get the support of the trainers and owners and to ride such a headline horse like Alligator Blood, it is such a privilege.
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