Tight finish sees Flemington performer score narrowly
Right To Party’s victory in the Group 2 Gilgai Stakes (1200m) notched a double not often completed as the tricky-to-manage mare also won the Listed Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m) at Flemington in August.
The Lindsay Park-trained Arkansaw Kid looked the winner 150-metres from the line before the Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained four-year-old stormed home to claim the win.
“We were a little disappointed the other day,” Sam said of the mare’s fourth placing in the Group 2 Bobbie Lewis Quality (1200m) at Flemington on September 14.
“We thought she was going well and probably the track condition was the reason for the performance, but you have to say, we've got a really good team of staff.
“Great farrier, a great vet, and to keep a horse up like this for a long period of time takes a lot of work. For everyone involved, it's a big thrill.
“She raced through the winter, and I think to keep spacing her runs and for her to keep turning up and attacking the line like that, we've got ambitions to hopefully get her to a group one and hopefully it's down the straight.”
That next outing could be the Group 1 Champions Stakes also down the Flemington straight on the final day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
Right To Party also provided Jye McNeil with a riding double.