Brian Seimsen’s Black Soil Bloodstock colours were to the fore at Doomben on Saturday, as trainer Tony Gollan showcased stakes credentials for two more of the group’s horses.
Miami Fleiss was back in the winning groove, while The Move further punctured his previous reputation as a bookies’ pin-up with a dominant first up win.
The Move continued his rise through the grades when a dominant first up winner of the Benchmark 75 Handicap (1050m).
Having won at Warwick Farm and Doomben to round out his previous campaign, The Move picked up where he left off when taking a sit behind flying stablemate Lyrical Girl and then putting her and his other rivals to the sword in the straight.
He clocked a sizzling 59.14 seconds for the journey, which wasn’t far outside Houtzen’s 58.83 course record.
The Move had previously been a good horse for bookies, beaten as favourite five times before putting this current winning sequence together.
Gollan las long maintained The Move was “a work in progress” and that his true potential would eventually shine through.
He said he is uncertain whether The Move will prove strictly a short course performer or be able to stretch to 1200m, but he’s certain he will now prove himself up to better races.
Miami Fleiss won her first two starts by panels and was immediately pegged as a feature race winner of the future, before bad luck intervened at her next two starts.
Kyle Wilson-Taylor, who also rode The Move, made sure luck played no part this time, taking the Spirit Of Boom mare to the front, controlling and then accelerating away in the straight.
Gollan believes Miami Fleiss can be at her peak by this summer, where he has a number of black type options available to him.
Meanwhile, stakes placed filly Deep Sceiva returned in winning form when she got the better of a duel with Next Dimension in the Class 3 Plate (1350m).
The filly had trialled well leading into her return and with Leah Kilner using her inside barrier to advantage, was able to take the shortcuts to get down the favourite.
Trainer Rob Heathcote feels Deep Sceiva is a little above average and thinks she could even be effective out to 2000m.
