After a breathtaking first-up win at Ascot on Saturday, Perth’s star three year old, ‘Playing God’, will be tested against the country’s best over the Melbourne Festival of Racing.
Ridden confidently by Steven Parnham, Playing God cruised home to beat ‘Luckygray’ in the $125,000 Magic Millions Perth 3YO Trophy over 1400m, at his first start since he beat the older horses in the Group 1 Kingston Town Stakes in early December.
Trained by Neville Parnham, Playing God is now set to embark on a trip to Melbourne for the Group 1 Australian Guineas at Flemington in three weeks.
“It was a pretty good win”, Parnham said with a wry smile on his face.
“Steve was able to get him into a perfect position particularly with the conditions favouring the on speed runners”,
“He put him right into the race at the corner and he was always going to win the race from that point on”.
Parnham seemed confident that he’d done enough to prove himself as a genuine contender in the Eastern states.
“He’s done it all here. Now if he’s able to go to and win a race like the Australian Guineas it would take him to another level”.
As well as the Australian Guineas, Playing God holds an entry for the Group 1 Australian Cup where he would be well suited at the weight for age conditions.
The Western Australian bred ‘Blackfriars’ colt sent his earnings past the $700,000 mark with his sixth win at just his tenth start.
Written by Isaac Chaplin
