Smart mare Purple is shaping up like a major prospect for the Caulfield Cup in 2010. She showed courage and stamina to win Sat's Matriarch 2000m at Flemington. The run so impressed trainer Peter Snowden that he immediately decided to back her up in next Sat's 2400m Sandown Classic. Snowden says: 'I reckon it will be a good race and we'll see how she goes with a view to coming back for the big races next year...She raced through the autumn and winter as well as the spring so she'll only have a li
Smart mare Purple is shaping up like a major prospect for the Caulfield Cup in 2010. She showed courage and stamina to win Sat's Matriarch 2000m at Flemington. The run so impressed trainer Peter Snowden that he immediately decided to back her up in next Sat's 2400m Sandown Classic. Snowden says: 'I reckon it will be a good race and we'll see how she goes with a view to coming back for the big races next year...She raced through the autumn and winter as well as the spring so she'll only have a light autumn before we set her for a race down here.'
The Matriarch was a great result for PPD Club members. Purple $3.30 was editor Brian Blackwell's headline Daily Special tip and the amazing 'King of the Longshots' topped it in the final race of the carnival, tipping the winner Sound Journey $7.10/$2.70 and the runner-up Our Saint $12.30/$3.90 as a bracket selection! The quinella paid $42.30, the exacta $84.80.