Winning Horse: Unique Artist (Ire)

3yoF Ivawood (Ire) - Shamarlane (GB)(Shamardal (USA))

8 starts - 3 wins $161800

Other Wins

1st Flemington Sir Henry Bolte Hcp 2000m (2021)

1st Pakenham Synthetic R&C Asphalt Mdn Plate 1600m (2021)

Race Result:

1st: Unique Artist (D Moor/P Stokes) - $10

2nd: Brasada (D Oliver/L & T Corstens) - $8.50
3rd: Running Cloud (L Neindorf/N Dunn) - $31

Winning Time: 2:02.75 Last 600m: NA

Margins: 2-½ L x neck

Winning Trainer: Phillip Stokes

On the performance: “She’s going really well, the team have done a great job with her at home. We came here pretty confident , she worked with the horse I’ve got in the next race (Good Idea) on Tuesday and went pretty good so we had a good feeling coming into this.

Really happy for Jack (?), he’ll be cheering at home and is a good supporter of the stable.

The ride: “Daniel gave her a peach of a ride, he’s watched the replays and knew when to get off the rail and gave her every chance.

Future plans: “We did that last time (step up in distance) to 2500 but she led that day and it didn’t suit. I think she’ll get further and obviously I’ll be trying to get some black type at some stage. Maybe over the Adelaide carnival - she can stay, there’s a 2000 metre mares race in Adelaide in May which might suit but it’s just good to win a race at Flemington.

Winning Jockey: Daniel Moor

Best part of the win: “Just the ease of it really, we ended up in a beautiful spot, it was a bit of an uncomfortable tempo early and I had to give Jye (McNeil) a little call to move on and build the tempo but then she got into a great rhythm. I identified this morning that she needs to be away from the other runners, last time she was cluttered up and didn’t get a chance to build, today proved effective and really, it was never in doubt.

On a successful 2021: “I copped a couple of weeks suspension so had a bit of reflection there and was able to spend a bit of time with the family and kids which was good.