Two
blue-blooded fillies filled the quinella in the 1600 metre maiden at Kilmore on
Tuesday, both of them out of Oaks winners.
First to the post was the Mick Price trained Street Cry (IRE) filly Shropshire
Lass, whose dam Gallica won the Group I MRC Thousand Guineas and the SAJC
Australasian Oaks.
Having her third start, Shropshire Lass has shown good improvement with each
appearance and ran out a length and three-quarter winner over the Gai
Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Princess Mia, who started favourite.
A three-quarter sister to Hong Kong Group III winner Thewizardofz, Princess Mia
is by Fastnet rock from Champion NZ 3YO Filly, Princess Coup, whose four Group
I wins include the New Zealand Oaks.
Retained to race by her breeders, Shropshire Lass is the second foal and second
winner for Gallica, who has already foaled this spring producing a filly by
Sebring.
Her current two year-old, a colt by Pierro, was bought by Alan Bell Racing for
$450,000 at the Magic Millions this year and has been named Petrus.