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Source: punters.com.au
Generosity continued champion jockey James McDonald’s big day out when the Chris Waller-trained mare came out on top in a thrilling three-way go at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
With a hat-trick of stakes winners already to his name, McDonald added a fourth as he propelled Generosity home in the $500,000 Group 2 Challenge Stakes (1000m).
McDonald had Generosity poised to pounce on the leaders but Mazu and Marhoona were both up to the fight.
The trio paired off to fight it out with Generosity ($10) getting the measure of Marhoona ($9.50) by a short half head while Mazu ($8.50) was a head away in third and the 2022 Everest winner Giga Kick surged home from back in the field for fourth.
“She presented like the winner and she just jogged up,” McDonald said.
“It was a pleasant surprise landing in a good spot, she’s just a bonny little mare.”
“All three of them actually, they fought it out really well.
“Take nothing away from the second horse (Marhoona), I didn’t think I was going to get there so she’s a very good filly in her own right.”
Generosity only arrived in Waller’s yard from Western Australia last spring and showed a glimpse of her potential without winning in three starts.
She was originally slated to make her autumn return down in Victoria but Waller’s decision to bring her back to Sydney paid significant dividends.
The Challenge was her first success at Group 2 level.
“I didn’t lose faith in this mare but she didn’t really fire in Melbourne so we thought let’s get her home and have her nice and fresh for her return,” Waller said.
“She’s got very good form in Perth and she’s a talented mare.
“She was ready to go a month ago and then we thought where are we going to run her?”
Waller plans to target the $1 million Group 1 The Galaxy with Generosity with the daughter of Divine Prophet now a $6 second elect for the 1100m sprint on Golden Slipper Day at Rosehill Gardens.
“She is a lovely horse to work with, she is mentally mature now,” Waller said.
“We will go to The Galaxy now and could even look at the Sangster Stakes in Adelaide.”
McDonald acknowledged that Generosity was “probably a length or two below” the top level of sprinters but felt a crack at The Galaxy down in the weights would be a suitable assignment for the five-year-old.