John Dunne
Mark Pitt completed a winning quartet when he piloted short priced favourite Bay Of Biscay to an effortless win the $150,000 Alabar Bloodstock Nutrien Equine Classic (3YO colts and geldings) final at Melton.
Bay Of Biscay was allowed to bowl along of his own accord in the lead before throwing a 27.1 last 400 metres at his rivals to score by nine metres from NSW pacer Snakeskin.
Pitt conceded the race was Bay Of Biscay’s to lose.
“He was back in grade tonight and I thought his runs up at Menangle were pretty super, so I thought he just had to go around tonight,” he said.
Pitt said it’s always satisfying to perform on feature race nights.
“These big races are the ones we all want to win and it’s been great that I’ve been able to win four on a night like tonight,” he said.
Talented NSW filly Lux Aeterna made it a one act affair scoring back-to-back wins in the $150,000 Woodlands Stud Nutrien Equine Classic (3YO Fillies) final.
Sent out the $1.28 favourite, Lux Aeterna led comfortably from her favourable barrier and reeled off a 55.7 last 800 metres to post an easy 23 metre win from Thesunandthemoon and Ignite The Fire.
The same three horses filled the placings in last year’s two year old fillies final.
Lux Aeterna had finished unplaced in the Bathurst Gold Bracelet final and Riverina Oaks at her past two starts and it was a relieved trainer-driver Rickie Alchin who returned after the race.
“Just off the back of her last three runs it’s just good to see her back and she felt pretty good tonight,” he said.
“And taking nothing away from the opposition, if she’s going to be competitive in the (NSW) Oaks next week then she had to win like that, it’s just very good to have her back.”
