Welcome to Sydney Arcadia Queen! The former West Aussie launched her trek to The TAB Everest with a dominant victory in the G2 Theo Marks Stakes (1300m).
James McDonald (Arcadia Queen): “She’s a star alright. She’s very push button, she knew it was race day today. She settled nicely in behind the leaders and gave her trademark turn of foot. She’s beautiful to ride and I love how she pins the ears back and has a good crack - a bit like the horse I won this race on (Winx).”
Arcadia Queen winning first up at Rosehill
Kerrin McEvoy (Zousain): “He overraced which didn’t give him a chance to get home.”
Andrew Adkins (Volpe Veloce): “She jumped well. She just failed to get into a rhythm with me. Maybe she goes 1400m next start with Blinkers on. She might be better suited. She still got to the line okay.”
Glyn Schofield (Tom Melbourne): “He didn’t show much early speed first up this time. From that point he was always chasing the race.”
Josh Parr (Deploy): “He was in it for a long time. The last 100m told on his fitness but it was a nice enough effort from him.”
Tim Clark (Redouble): “I thought he ran particularly well. With the early tempo he settled back a pair further than I would have liked. I thought he rounded his race off nicely and he is going to take good improvement from the run.”
Nash Rawiller (Gem Song): “I tried to get on Arcadia Queen’s back but the stablemate (El Dorado Dreaming) beat me to it. He finished it off enormous. He is a horse going places.”
Brenton Avdulla (El Dorado Dreaming): “I thought she ran okay first up. She’s probably a little bit behind where she usually is. She just wants a bit of cut out of the ground too.”
Tommy Berry (Trope): “You’ll find it hard to find a better run than him today. He is in super order. His improvement from his first start to his second start was massive. He keeps drawing bad barriers. When he can draw a gate and position up midfield and not have to loop the field every time... he is in for a great prep.”
Glen Boss (Baller): “Not good enough.”