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Racing and BreedingMelbourne, Vic (Feb 6th, 2010) - Evergreen sprint star
Here De Angels is headed for the Group One
Oakleigh Plate after his record breaking win in the
Group Three Rubiton Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield.
A member of the Mark Kavanagh stable,
Here De Angels over came a slow start and a tough three wide trip to grab the leaders near the post and take the win.
The six-year-old son of
Dehere stopped the clock in a blistering 1 minute 1.73 seconds - lowering the race and course record held by the race’s 2002 winner
Intelligent Star of 1 minute 1.86 seconds.
Here De Angels, who’s enjoyed the recent addition of ear muffs to his racing gear, has raced on eight occasions for the Kavanagh stable - for four wins, two seconds, a third and a fourth.
At the post today
Here De Angels ex Angelic Belle by Kenmare) held a head margin over
Lucky Secret (Rubiton - Won’t Tell by Rory’s Jester), while
Rostova (Testa Rossa - Space Talk by Anabaa) was another half-length back in third place.
“We’ve had our share of dramas with him with his barrier troubles,” Kavanagh said of the winner.
“But he’s really turned around.”
“We put that little hat on him. He likes those ear muffs. He’s a little bit eccentric, so me and him get along all right,” the Melbourne Cup winning horseman added with a laugh.
“All we’ve had to do is to make him happy. He’s pretty happy right now.”
“He’s a sound horse with plenty of ability.”
Now the winner of
11 races from just 28 starts,
Here De Angels was won his connections an ever increasing prizemoney haul of $682,000.
That’s a great return on investment considering he cost Slade Bloodstock just $90,000 from the draft of Yarraman Park at the 2005
Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.
Kavanagh said
Here De Angels would most likely now be aimed at the Oakleigh Plate.
“I suppose you’d have to look at the Oakleigh Plate with him,” he noted. “
Caulfield is his favourite track.”
The $402,000
Group One Oakleigh Plate (1100m) will be run at Caulfield in a fortnight, on February 20.
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