Saturday, 27th April 2024
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As the evenings turn a little cooler, the Sydney Autumn Carnival is slowly beginning to build, and just like a fine wine, racingnsw.com.au reports beautiful mare Verry Elleegant just gets better and better. Ace Sydney jockey James McDonald will have the privilege of riding the ever reliable daughter of the once underrated stallion Zed, and is looking forward to unfinished business, primarily exacting revenge on the English raider Addeybb who nailed two Sydney WFA Group 1’s last autumn. The rider is stoked with her condition ahead of Saturday’s Group 2 Appollo Stakes where she makes her return in a field comprising 8 individual Group 1 winners. An effervescent McDonald said, “She is a much stronger and more mature mare and if she’s got stronger she might have got faster. Hopefully! She’s maturing all the time, I know it sounds silly when she’s five years old but it’s the best she’s ever looked condition wise.” Although she’s around $4.00 for her race return, history suggests the 1400m will prove too sharp for Verry Elleegant as she works into a campaign that will culminate in the $4 million Longines Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) during The Championships.
