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Source: TTR Australia & NZ by Tom Baddock
After putting in strong performances behind star filly Lady Shenondoah at her past two starts, Lazzura (Snitzel) has earnt a valuable Group 2 victory with a dominant performance in Saturday’s G2 Phar Lap Stakes at Rosehill.
The Chris Waller-trained filly had found her stable mate a touch too classy in the G2 Light Fingers Stakes and the G1 Surround Stakes at her two previous starts this preparation, however still managed to finish within 3l. That proved more than enough form to race to an impressive 1.7l victory over Victorian visitor Wonder Boy (Cosmic Force) after a positive ride by Tommy Berry.
“I didn’t even have to give Chris a call to scratch Lady Shenandoah. So that made her job a bit easier today,” Berry said.
“You feel sorry for horses like this and you just hope it doesn’t dint their confidence chasing good horses around all the time. I think that says a lot about her attitude. She came here and she was very full of herself today and halfway around when I got an easy couple of sectionals.
“She hasn’t been in a race with a slow tempo like that since the first start where she could show that turn of speed. That turn of speed’s been dragged out of her by good horses. So a very good effort for her.”
Over the past decade, Chris Waller has successfully prepared eight winners of the 3-year-old feature, starting with his exceptional champion Winx (Street Cry {Ire}) in 2015. Considering the win, Waller indicated that this filly will get her chance again at the elite level again.
“I would say she would head towards probably a Queen of the Turf,” Waller said.
“It’s still four weeks away, but we’ve won that race with a 3-year-old before by sort of keeping a horse fresh. Today’s a really hot day, so it might take a little bit out of them as well. So we’ll have a chat to the owners, but we’ll be leaning towards that way.”
Lazzura, bought for $500,000 by B2B Thoroughbreds from the draft of Arrowfield Stud at the Magic Millions, contributes to an extraordinary 24-hours of stakes victories for horses bred and sold by Arrowfield Stud. This includes Verona Rose‘s (Castelvecchio) win in the G3 Kembla Classic on Friday, Skyhook‘s (Written Tycoon) triumph in the G3 Pago Pago earlier today, and Lady Shenandoah’s success in the G1 Coolmore Classic.