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Benedetta, a new sprinting star!

4th Mar 2023

Exciting filly Benedetta (Hellbent) announced herself as a star on the horizon of Australian racing with an explosive victory in today’s $750,000 Inglis Sprint at Flemington.

At just her fifth career start, Benedetta made it win No.4 with a devastating turn of foot down the Flemington straight to annihilate her opposition.

She joins an illustrious honour roll of past Inglis Sprint winners, with the last five winners being She Will Reign, Fiesta, Rubisaki, Rocketing By and Overpass.

Benedetta is a fabulous Inglis story – she’s by Inglis graduate Hellbent, she was purchased from the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale by Laurence Eales (who enjoyed such amazing success with fellow Inglis graduate and Caulfield Guineas winner Whobegotyou) and a 5% share in her sold through Inglis Digital to David Wilson just last month.

Bred by Brenton and Liz Parker, Benedetta (pictured) was offered in the Mill Park Stud draft at the 2021 Premier Sale at Oaklands, where Eales purchased her for $75,000.

Today’s win took her earnings to almost $600,000.

Trainer Jason Warren – who also won a pair of Swarovski Optik binoculars for being the trainer of an Inglis Race Series victor – was thrilled with the result.

“Winning these big races is what makes the stable work, it gives us a profile, gives us a chance to go to the next level, these are the races that we target and to win one couldn’t be a bigger thrill,’’ Warren said.

“It’s really exciting, great to win a big money race. She’s always shown us she’s well above average but to put away a good field like she did, it’s brilliant.

“I buy a lot of horses off Inglis and this result is really satisfying. It’s been a bit of an effort to get her here, four weeks between runs and prep her up for this race, it’s satisfying for the whole team.

“I watched her trial against [Everest winner] Giga Kick last week and I thought she trialled better than him and he ran out of his skin today in Sydney. She’s going places, I think she’ll get some black type pretty soon.’’

Eales was equally satisfied with the result.

“It’s awesome, it’s the most exciting win I’ve had for many years,’’ Eales said.

“Inglis has been a great supporter of mine throughout the years and they’re a great supporter of racing. It’s a great thrill to win a race sponsored by them with a horse we bought from their sale.

“I really liked her at the Premier Sale… we bought her, put her out for a spell for three or four months and I was blown away, it really looked like she was turning into a real sort of machine.

“It’s all about the ticker and she seems to have the professionalism and the maturity to go on with it.’’

The next opportunity to purchase a horse to be part of the Inglis Race Series is the Premier Yearling Sale at Oaklands, which begins at 10am tomorrow.

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