Talented
Sebring filly Whiskey Shooter won on debut at Canterbury in January and was so
impressive she was immediately dispatched to the Gold Coast for the Magic
Millions 2YO Classic won by Sunlight - not sighted since then she reappeared at
Randwick today.
Well tuned for her return by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott with three barrier
trials, Whiskey Shooter was easy in the market, but proved far too good.
Burdened with 60kg, she was ridden forward by Tim Clark and scored a length win
in the 1100 metre Benchmark 64 event setting a new record for the Kensington
track.
Whiskey Shooter will target the rich Brisbane Summer Carnival with a return to
the Gold Coast for Magic Millions day her main target.
A $180,000 Magic Millions purchase for her trainers and Blue Sky Bloodstock
from the Coolmore draft, Whiskey Shooter is one of four winners for Group II
winning Encosta de Lago mare Rocha, a daughter of Group I South Australian Oaks
winner Larrocha.
It's also the family of Group I winner and Champion WA Sire Blackfriars, who
died last year.