With partners Braeden and Caroline Whitelock otherwise occupied at a rugby ground in Sydney, Phil Creighton made a lightning return trip to Melbourne on Saturday to witness Princess Tiffany score an impressive win in her Breeder's Crown semi-final.
He was pleased to hear Mark tell him everything was on schedule for the final next weekend and thrilled when Mark told an interviewer after the race he doubted he had had a better juvenile filly than Princess Tiffany, now unbeaten in eight starts and an emphatic favourite for the BC Final after an authority-stamping end to end victory home in 27.1
"Mark said to me the draw was a wee bit of a worry and he might try for the front rather than end up parked and it worked out well" said Phil who bred the filly's dam, big winner Dancing Diamonds with Stu Gillan and raced her with the Whitelocks. An earlier foal of the mare, Rock Diamonds, bred by the Whitelocks is a good winner in Perth.
"I thought I should make the effort to go and see the semi. She is a very special filly. You love to watch your own horses even if you have to make the effort and Mark's words made it worthwhile. He has had some very smart juvenile fillies, like Dream About Me and many more"
Phil, who also races Ultimate Machete a G1 winner in Australia this season, has since lost Asabella the dam of Dancing Diamonds whose two previous foals had been smart pacer Code Red and the high class pacer Ohoka's Bondy.
Phil and wife Margaret have recently cut back on their commercial breeding interests but Princess Tiffany will be claiming a lot of his attention for some time.
Courtesy of All Stars Racing Stables
2 | 5:34pm | ALWAYS B MIKI ALABAR BREEDERS CROWN SERIES 21 (2YO FILLIES) (1ST SEMI-FINAL) | 2150M |
$20,000 2YO Fillies. RBD. Mobile | Results |
Pl | Horse | Prize- money |
Row & Br |
TAB # |
Trainer | Driver (C = Concession) |
Mgn (m) |
Starting odds |
Stewards' Comments |
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1 | OUR PRINCESS TIFFANY NZ | Fr4 | 4 | Mark Purdon | Mark Purdon | $ 1.50 fav | PRS GS L 1 SWAB | ||||
BAY FILLY 2 by ART MAJOR USA out of DANCING DIAMONDS (NZ) (BETTORS DELIGHT USA) Owner(s): B J Whitelock, C J Whitelock, P J Creighton, M C Creighton Breeder(s): B J Whitelock, C J Whitelock |
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2 | KUALOA | Fr3 | 3 | Emma Stewart | Chris Alford | 5.70 | $ 3.00 | RRAS LCD B LCRT 4 | |||
3 | SWIMSUIT EDITION | Fr1 | 1 | Emma Stewart | Mark Pitt | 11.30 | $ 11.10 | RRAS WI 2 | |||
4 | ENCHANTED STRIDE | Fr7 | 7 | David Miles | David Miles | 14.10 | $ 33.00 | PRS GS INC 6 | |||
5 | LARAJAY MACRAY | Sr1 | 8 | Jess Tubbs | Greg Sugars | 17.70 | $ 35.30 | 5 RR SHO | |||
6 | MY GIRL PEARL | Fr2 | 2 | Ahmed Taiba | Monique Burnett | 17.90 | $ 76.70 | GS 3 | |||
7 | MY ANNA RANI | Fr5 | 5 | Roy Roots Jnr | Kima Frenning | 19.90 | $ 79.80 | RES 8 | |||
8 | ROSIE SAMBROSIE | Fr6 | 6 | Chris Svanosio | Chris Svanosio | 35.10 | $ 150.00 | RAS 9 | |||
9 | ILLAWONG ASTRO | Sr2 | 9 | Jodi Quinlan | Craig Demmler | 61.60 | $ 215.00 | 7 TIRE NAT |
Scratchings | |
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NO WIN NO FEED | 10 |
Track Rating: GOOD | Gross Time: 2:39:2 | Mile Rate: 1:59:1 | Lead Time: 39.5 |
First Quarter: 32.5 | Second Quarter: 31.6 | Third Quarter: 28.4 | Fourth Quarter: 27.2 |
Margins: 5.7m x 5.6m |