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$250,000 Inglis Nursery This Saturday

15th Dec 2010

Breednet - Tara Madgwick - Wednesday, 15 December 2010

Last year the $250,000 Inglis Nursery at Randwick threw up a top class winner in Chance Bye, who would go on to win the Group II STC Silver Slipper Stakes and more than $500,000 in prizemoney, the lucrative dash for pre-Christmas babies this year attracting 19 nominations.

Canberra juvenile You're Canny, a $40,000 Inglis Classic purchase from the draft of Guntawang Stud, will be aiming for his second big payday from as many starts.

The Gratz Vella-trained two-year-old made an eye-catching debut at Canberra on Cup day, November 28, when he earned his connections $60,500 by winning the Inglis Bonus Black Opal Qualifier (1000m).

The gelding by Canny Lad out of the former top-class racemare Techniques, led all of the way and showed professionalism beyond his racetrack experience to record a 2-1/2 length win.

“Every time I have asked him for a little bit more he has given it to me,” Vella said.

“He raced like a real matured horse.”

Despite the supposed rise in class on Saturday, Vella is confident in his gelding’s ability to handle the metropolitan level of racing.

“Looking at the event, I give him a big chance,” he said.

“The way he has pulled up and his work has been excellent, so I am going into that race as happy as I could be with that horse who is ready to compete.

“What he has done up until now has all been good and I can't see him disappointing us on Saturday.

“We don't get the opportunity to go in a $250,000 race too often.”

An interesting entry from the powerful David Hayes stable is improving General Nediym colt Aashiq, who was last seen finishing a close second in the Group III VRC Maribyrnong Plate at Flemington on the las day of the carnival.

Bred and offered for sale by Torryburn Stud, who also bred last year’s winner Chance Bye, Aashiq was purchased by Mark Pilkington for $90,000 and is from the US import Crevice (USA).