Within The Law (Aus) (Lucky Vega {Ire}) gained her second stakes victory in the 1000-metre R. Listed Inglis Nursery at Randwick on Saturday. Trained by Bjorn Baker, the daughter of Contract Signed (Aus) (Dundeel {NZ}) quickened up nicely in the final stages and held off Cobra Club (Aus) (Cool Aza Beel {NZ}) by just under a half-length (video).
“It has been a good week, and a great job by Bjorn and Darby [Racing] and the team to find these races,” Baker's racing manager Luke Hilton said. Owner Darby Racing Syndications also own runner-up Cobra Club, who is trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott. Former Darby Racing runner She Will Reign (Aus) (Manhattan Ran {Aus}) used the Inglis Nursery as a springboard to win the G1 Golden Slipper in 2017.
“We sent her to Melbourne the first time and had to travel, and she got away with it down there and did a really good job. She has done nothing but improve since she has come home. That was a really tough win today because she is not very big, but she showed a lot of heart.”
“We'll have to have a good think about it [the Golden Slipper],” Hilton said of the filly, who won the Listed Inglis Banner on debut at Flemington Nov. 9. “The world is her oyster at the moment. She is still improving all the time and she is such an honest filly. She handles everything and has been so professional.
“She is not one who stands out at home, but she has taken everything we have thrown at her.”
Bred by Yulong Investments, who offered her at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale, the bay was purchased by Darby Racing for A$30,000. The placed Contract Signed has a yearling colt by Tagaloa (Aus), and was bred back to Lucky Vega. Third dam So Gorgeous (Aus) (Brief Truce) was a four-time group winner in Australia, and foaled Group 1 winner Sterling City (Aus) (Nadeem {Aus}) and G2 Tulloch Stakes hero Tipungwuti (Aus) (Fusaichi Pegasus).
Yulong's Lucky Vega, who stands at the Irish National Stud in the Northern Hemisphere and shuttles to Yulong in Australia, has his first Southern Hemisphere runners this year. The G1 Phoenix Stakes hero has been represented by two winners from three to race, with Vega For Luck (NZ) already listed-placed in New Zealand.
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