Stakes Breakthrough for Waltz On By

Mark Smith - Sunday September 25

The I Am Invincible blueblood Waltz On By earned her chance to emulate her dam Stay With Me in the Group I MRC Thousand Guineas after winning a dramatic Listed Jim Moloney Stakes at Sandown-Hillside on Sunday.

Waltz On By so brave (image Grant Courtney)

Ridden by Luke Nolan for Peter Moody, the Arrowfield Stud homebred gained the judge's decision as five horses crossed the line locked together.

Given a positive ride on a day where the swoopers have dominated,  Waltz On By defeated the Churchill (IRE) filly, Jenny Jerome, by a nose with the Hellbent filly, Hell Hath No Fury, a nose back in third.

Assistant trainer Katherine Coleman said the lack of early pace determined Walz On By racing outside of leader Portray.

 “We would have loved to see her get a bit of cover, but it just didn’t pan out that way (and) Luke had no other option,” Coleman said.

“She obviously got there a little bit soon and was vulnerable late. My heart rate went through the roof that last little bit, but she hung on really well and was absolutely rapt with her going forward to the Thousand Guineas.

“We’ve always had the opinion that when she does get a bit of cover, she switches off.

She just want to do things a bit hard at the moment when she’s out there vulnerable in front with no cover.”

With her stakes breakthrough, Waltz On By advances her record to two wins and a second from six starts with earnings of $177,050.

A half-sister to the winning Deep Impact filly Always On My Mind, Waltz On By is the second foal of Street Cry (IRE) mare Stay With Me, the best of six winners from Arrowfield Stud’s Champion 2YO and 3YO Filly Miss Finland.

What is she worth? (Image Grant Courtnry)

Arrowfield sold a Dundeel filly from Stay With Me to Hawkes Racing for $1.7million at Inglis Easter this year. She has a yearling colt by Dundeel and is back in foal to Waltz on By’s sire I Am Invincible.

Waltz On By is the 82nd stakes-winner for Yarraman Park Stud’s reigning champion stallion I Am Invincible. 

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Race Result - Jim Moloney Stakes LR 1400m

Sandown-Hillside Track: Good(4) Time: 1:23.83
1
Waltz On By
- 3f I Am Invincible (AUS) x Stay With Me (AUS) (Street Cry (IRE))
Tnr: P G Moody Rdr: L Nolen 56
I Am Invincible
2
0.1
Jenny Jerome
- 3f Churchill (IRE) x Tortoni (AUS) (Strategic (AUS))
Tnr: Patrick Payne Rdr: H Coffey 56
Churchill
3
0.2
Hell Hath No Fury
- 3f Hellbent (AUS) x Diamond Cove (AUS) (Octagonal (NZ))
Tnr: D T O'Brien Rdr: B Shinn 56
Hellbent
4
0.4
Russian Conquest
- 3f Russian Revolution (AUS) x My Conquestadory (USA) (Artie Schiller (USA))
Tnr: P & P Snowden Rdr: Jamie Kah 57
5
0.5
Typhoon Titmus
- 3f Headwater (AUS) x Little Indian (AUS) (Not A Single Doubt (AUS))
Tnr: R Griffiths & M De Kock Rdr: D Oliver 56
6
2.5
Zoe's Promise
- 3f Swear (AUS) x Kinz Funky Monkey (USA) (The Green Monkey (USA))
Tnr: D J Cannon Rdr: Alana Kelly 56
7
2.7
Revolutionary Miss
- 3f Russian Revolution (AUS) x Purcentage (AUS) (Onemorenomore (AUS))
Tnr: P & P Snowden Rdr: Jye McNeil 58.5
8
2.9
Portray
- 3f Ribchester (IRE) x Alucinari (AUS) (Street Cry (IRE))
Tnr: James Cummings Rdr: Jordan Childs 56
9
3.4
Desiah
- 3f Pariah (AUS) x Desert Flower (AUS) (Animal Kingdom (USA))
Tnr: C Maher & D Eustace Rdr: John Allen 56
10
3.5
Street Delight
- 3f Street Boss (USA) x Whitten's Delight (AUS) (Barely A Moment (AUS))
Tnr: Symon Wilde Rdr: Craig Williams 56
11
4.0
Clarity
- 3f So You Think (NZ) x Cresta Condor (AUS) (Stratum (AUS))
Tnr: P G Carey Rdr: B Mc Dougall 57
12
4.1
She's Pretty Rich
- 3f Written Tycoon (AUS) x Pretty Snitzel (AUS) (Snitzel (AUS))
Tnr: Matthew Brown Rdr: B Higgins 56
13
6.8
Anahita
- 3f Shalaa (IRE) x Kaitlin Cove (AUS) (Snitzel (AUS))
Tnr: M M Laurie Rdr: D W Stackhouse 56
14
8.1
Wango Award
- 3f Shamus Award (AUS) x Dasoudi (NZ) (Elusive City (USA))
Tnr: K L Corstens Rdr: Beau Mertens 56
15
8.2
Berry Bubbly
- 3f Redoute's Choice (AUS) x Bubbleberry (AUS) (Statue Of Liberty (USA))
Tnr: R Griffiths & M De Kock Rdr: Ethan Brown 56
16
13.2
Foxy Gold
- 3f Shalaa (IRE) x Anapine (AUS) (Anabaa (USA))
Tnr: R Griffiths & M De Kock Rdr: M J Dee 56
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