Date posted June 13, 2010 | Posted by Michele Cullen | Filed under
Racing and BreedingLove Conquers All made it back to back wins this preparation when he downed his older rivals in Saturday’s listed $100,000 June Stakes (1100m) at Randwick.
The highest priced galloper ever sold at auction by Vinery stallion, Mossman, Love Conquers All was sent out the hot favourite following his runaway five and a half length first up victory a fortnight ago.
This time around the margin wasn’t as great, as he finished too well for former boom West Australian sprinter Hay List (Statue of Liberty - Sing Hallelujah by Is It True) , but the performance was again outstanding.
Co-trainer Michael Hawkes was suitably impressed with the performance of the colt to win the feature Sydney sprint.
“He took a class rise today and drawing that awkward gate was also a concern,” Hawkes told TVN.
“He is all class and all guts this horse and he deserves to win.”
“His set back this time was probably a blessing in disguise that we did not go to Queensland at this stage.”
“He can only win and keep improving and that is all he has to do,” Hawkes added.
For surgery bound jockey Jim Cassidy the performance was first class. The proven big race rider is expecting bigger and better things from the top three-year-old.
“He is a lovely horse. The Hawkes team have done a great job with him and he is certainly a horse going somewhere,” Cassidy said.
“He was travelling really well coming to the corner. The plan was to wait until we straightened and get balanced at the top of the rise, but I could not afford to let him get too far in front of me. He really knuckled down in the last 100 metres”, he said.
Love Conquers All, a $400,000 Magic Millions purchase for co-trainer John Hawkes on behalf of well known owner and businessman Nick Moraitis, has a lovely pedigree.
As well as being by Success Express’ Group One winning son Mossman, Love Conquers All is one of three winners (two at stakes level) for the former outstanding race mare She’s a Meanie.
A daughter of Prince Salieri, She’s a Meanie won seven racews during her career at distances from 1200 to 2200 metres. Her career highlight was a win in the Group 1 Avondale Gold Cup, along with a win in the Group 3 Thames Valley Stakes.
