She’s currently second favourite for the $3million Magic Millions 3YO Guineas at the Gold Coast on January 11 and lightly raced So You Think filly Tuileries took an important step towards that goal when scoring a scintillating win at Randwick on Boxing Day.
Trained by Peter Snowden and ridden by Tom Sherry, Tuileries found herself in a tricky spot on the fence after turning for home in the Benchmark 72 event over 1300m, but when she bullocked her way into clear running the race was over in a twinkling.
She produced a lethal turn of foot to put paid to her rivals and cruised home to win by more than two lengths and has now won two of three starts earning $102,800 which may hopefully secure her place in the MM 3YO Guineas.
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Tom Sherry was impressed with Tuileries and believes she is on her way to winning a lot better races.
“All credit to the horse, she’s really special I think,” said Sherry.
“It’s not easy to go from a maiden straight to a Benchmark race and she did it with a blistering turn of speed and attached the line extremely strong.”
A $360,000 Magic Millions purchase for Snowden Racing/William Johnson Bloodstock from the Bhima Thoroughbreds draft, Tuileries runs for a syndicate that includes her breeder Jonathan Munz’s Pinecliff Racing.
She is the second winner from Hediard, a winning half-sister by Bernardini (USA) to stakes-winners Exocet and Ready for Victory from the family of Group I winning juvenile Meurice.
Hediard has another yearling filly by So You Think and has foaled this spring producing a filly by Justify (USA).
