News and Media

10 November 2010

Ready Steady Vetti looked a galloper with a future when he cruised home under Nash Rawiller to win at Warwick Farm today.

Prepared on the track by Matthew Smith, Ready Steady Vetti showed speed throughout before hitting the front in the straight and going on for a strong three quarter length win.

Smith went into today's race confident the well bred More Than Ready colt would acquit himself well.

"His work had been good," Smith noted. "His trials had been good and he's raced great."

"He's a nice horse," he added.

Smith said the win gave him extra satisfaction considering it was the first for well known breeder, owner and businessman John Singleton.

"This is my first horse from John and I'm very happy to be training for him."

Wining rider Nash Rawiller couldn't help but be impressed with the performance from Ready Steady Vetti.

"I rode him last preparation and not much went right for him - he was very green."

"He was a different galloper today. He really got the job done well."

"He jumped well and I was able to let him roll forward under his own steam."

"We ended up doing a bit of work - but he was still very strong at the finish."

At the post Ready Steady Vetti did enough to hold out a pair of talented Magic Millions purchases, Fast Ale and Iberian Pleasure. Both placegetters look certain coming city winners.

The win of Ready Steady Vetti gave Singleton extra reason to celebrate - not only does he race the homebred colt - but he has a half sister to today's winner going under the hammer at January's Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.

The filly, by Fastnet Rock, is the latest yearling from the beautifully related and top producing Hermitage mare C'yaontheotherside.

That makes the sound bound filly a three quarter sister to the Doomben Slipper Stakes winner Chickens and closely related to the likes of Group One winners Danendri and Danestorm.