Picture: Bruno Cannatelli
The Moonee Valley Racing Membership (MVRC) has introduced the introduction of a brand new race in honour of twin Cox Plate champion So You Assume. The inaugural So You Assume Stakes will happen on Saturday, September 7, including one other spotlight to the Group 1 Moir Stakes Night time.
This new race will function a prize pool of $200,000 and might be contested over 1500 meters underneath set-weights-and-penalties circumstances.
So You Assume’s exceptional profession consists of victories within the 2009 and 2010 Cox Plates. In 2009, he triumphed as a three-year-old with Glen Boss as his jockey, and he secured his second victory in 2010 with Steven Arnold driving. All through his profession, So You Assume amassed 10 Group 1 victories—5 in Australia and 5 in Eire and the UK—incomes a complete of $10.7 million in prize cash underneath the steering of legendary trainers Bart Cummings and Aidan O’Brien.
Charlotte Mills, MVRC Head of Racing, commented on the strategic timing of the brand new race: “With the transfer of the Group 2 Ladbrokes Feehan Stakes to Friday, September 27, the So You Assume Stakes is strategically positioned as a key goal early in spring.”
“So You Assume is taken into account one of many greatest-ever winners of the W.S. Cox Plate, a two-time champion who might need gained three or 4 instances had he remained in Australia. Now could be the right time to honor him along with his personal race right here at The Valley.”
Mills additionally highlighted So You Assume’s enduring legacy: “His on-track capacity was matched by his gorgeous seems and charisma off the observe, and it’s no shock that he continues to supply Group 1 winners at stud.”
The So You Assume Stakes guarantees to be a becoming tribute to a horse whose affect on racing continues to be felt each on and off the observe.
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