Nathan Tinkler’s Patinack Farm and its private trainer John Thompson broke the ice in Melbourne Cup week when Real Stolle scored a comfortable win in the Group Three Maribyrnong Plate at Flemington.
By Sepoy’s sire Elusive Quality, the two-year-old filly is out of the winning Desert King mare Lemon Ruski who is a half-sister to Listed winner and Group One-placed Chattanooga.
Real Stolle winning the Hong Kong Jockey Club Maribyrnong Plate (Group 3) at Flemington - photo by Race Horse Photos Australia
Real Stolle, backed from $26 to start at $17, benefited from race experience in Saturday’s 1000m event having run fifth to Jimando in the Debutants Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield.
The filly gave Michael Rodd his fourth win of the four-day Flemington carnival when she raced in the first four from a wide draw and went home 1-1/4 lengths clear of Andre Roo Hoo ($7.50).
Race leader Magnus Reign ($12) was two lengths away third.
“She has got the race experience under her belt and we’ve always had a bit of an opinion of her,” Thompson said.
“We were a little bit disappointed at Caulfield but she’d come on since that run and back onto her home track she didn’t shirk the task.
“She is a real two-year-old type and she will only go on from here.
“It’s early days but she will go for a spell now and come back in for the autumn.
“She is a nice filly going forward.”
Real Stolle was Patinack Farm’s second two-year-old stakeswinner of the season, with Hussousa winning the Listed Gimcrack Stakes (1000m) at Randwick on October 1.
Rodd, the equal leading rider over the four days with Damien Oliver who was under suspension on Saturday, said it helped riding for leading stables such as Patinack Farm.
“She is a really educated filly and she did everything right. She pinged out of the barriers and travelled beautifully the whole way down the straight,” he said.
“When I asked for her she gave me a couple of lengths and she kept on really strong and didn’t get distracted by the marquees or the crowd which they sometimes can do.
“She just went hard to the line.”
Stablemate Trophies didn’t fare so well, weakening to finish 11th of the 16 runners but Thompson said he was looking forward to some of the stable’s runners coming along.
“There are plenty there and things are looking up,” he said.
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