Excellent Beauty scores breakthrough win

Craig Brennan
Friday, November 20, 2009

A well judged ride from the front saw Excellent Beauty breakthrough for her first win in the $65,000 Restricted Maiden over 1400m on Friday night.

Ridden by Eric Legrix, Excellent Beauty held on to score by a neck over Eternal Rose (Soo Khoon Beng). Zambezi Rush (Joao Moreira) and Mary’s Success (Barend Vorster) shared third place, a length-and-three-quarters further back.

Trainer Steven Burridge described Excellent Beauty as “gutsy” and praised the winning ride of Legrix.

Excellent Beauty (Eric Legrix) on the inside holds off Eternal Rose (Soo Khoon
Beng) to take Race 2 on Friday night.

“It was a good ride by Eric,” said Burridge. “I’m happy for him as he hasn’t been having a lot of luck of late.

“I was a little worried that he might have gone a bit hard early, but he stacked them up nicely and kicked clear at the right time.

“But it is a long way up the straight on the outer course and I was hoping the line would come up quicker than it did.”

A veteran of just three starts, Burridge said Excellent Beauty had been a victim of poor barrier draws but was able to overcome it on Friday night.

“She hasn’t had a lot of luck at the barriers but has performed very well,” said Burridge.

“She didn’t draw all that well again tonight, but she showed good pace to get across. She’s a gutsy little filly and hopefully she will continue to go forward from here.”

Excellent Beauty was bred in New Zealand and was a NZ$40,000 yearling purchase. She’s by No Excuse Needed from the Desert Prince mare Chatto Creek and has now won around $55,000 for Kelvin’s Stable.

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