Star Mare Treasurethe Second Dominates Memsie Stakes
The famous person mare Treasurethe Second has made a panoramic return to racing, stamping herself as a serious spring contender with a dominant first-up victory within the 2025 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield.
2025 Memsie Stakes winner Treasurethe Second might be Ladbrokes Cox Plate certain this spring. Picture: Final Racing Photographs.
In a efficiency that delighted racegoers, the four-year-old daughter of Alabama Categorical prolonged her outstanding profitable streak to 9 consecutive races with a strong show in opposition to a star-studded subject.
The win marked a fourth profession Group 1 victory for the mare, who final season grew to become the primary filly in 20 years to finish the VRC Oaks and Australian Oaks double.
Coach Matt Laurie was stuffed with reward for his star, who defeated a subject of older, a number of Group 1 winners at weight-for-age for the primary time.
“Among the best Memsie fields we’ve seen in a while. I wasn’t anticipating to be coming right here and profitable, however she had come up very properly and to win in such trend, is fairly unbelievable,” Laurie stated post-race.
Jockey Damian Lane, who celebrated his twentieth Victorian Group 1 win, gave the mare an ideal journey.
“She was nice,” Lane stated.
“She’s come again in actually good order. You’re by no means actually positive. Trackwork, jump-outs, they’re a special type of stress, however she’s leaping as much as the large girls and boys now. We have been hoping what we have been seeing in her trackwork, and trials would translate into at this time and it did. It was somewhat surprising the best way the race was run… I used to be in a little bit of a sticky spot on the nook, however fortunately sufficient I used to be in a position to take it, and she or he was electrifying.”
The race had some pre-race drama with Pinstriped proving tough to load, which resulted within the scratching of All-Star Mile winner Tom Kitten.
From the within gate, Treasurethe Second settled midfield as final 12 months’s winner Pinstriped set a strong tempo.
As the sphere straightened for residence, Lane discovered an ideal cut up on the rail, and Treasurethe Second exploded with a scintillating flip of foot to place the race away. She cruised to the road with 2.5 lengths to spare over the previous warhorse Mr Brightside, who ran a courageous second.
“Tremendous to see him again,” jockey Craig Williams stated of Mr Brightside. “The Hayes boys have been at all times proud of the place he was. I sat on him his final jumpout and we have been assured that he would be capable to come again as he at all times has. The winner was distinctive at this time, she drew the correct spot, acquired the correct run from Damian Lane and was very dominant, however my horse was nice, and we all know we’ve acquired extra wriggle room with him which may be very thrilling going into the spring.”
In a shock third, the Chris Waller-trained Buckaroo flashed residence from final to finish the trifecta at odds of 60/1.
Together with her dominant win, Treasurethe Second has firmed into second favorite at $4 for the Ladbrokes Cox Plate, a race Laurie has confirmed is a serious spring goal.
Laurie has additionally indicated {that a} potential Caulfield Cup run remains to be on the desk for the star mare.
2025 Memsie Stakes Outcomes
| Quantity | End | No. | Horse | Coach | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Beginning Worth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | TREASURETHE MOMENT | Matt Laurie | Damian Lane | 1 | 56.5kg | $6 | |||
| 2 | 1 | MR BRIGHTSIDE (NZ) | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | Craig Williams | 2.5L | 8 | 59kg | $7 | ||
| 3 | 5 | BUCKAROO (GB) | Chris Waller | Jye McNeil | 3L | 6 | 59kg | $61 | ||
| 4 | 9 | FANGIRL | Chris Waller | Mark Zahra | 4L | 4 | 57kg | $4.80 | ||
| 5 | 3 | ANTINO (NZ) | Tony Gollan | Blake Shinn | 4.4L | 7 | 59kg | $7.50 | ||
| 6 | 6 | ANOTHER WIL | Ciaron Maher | Ms Jamie Melham | 5.9L | 3 | 59kg | $3.40F | ||
| 7 | 4 | HERE TO SHOCK (NZ) | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | Daniel Stackhouse | 7.9L | 5 | 59kg | $16 | ||
| 8 | 8 | IS IT ME | Daniel Bowman | Billy Egan | 8.9L | 2 | 59kg | $61 | ||
| 9 | 7 | PINSTRIPED | Enver Jusufovic | Michael Dee | 10.15L | 9 | 59kg | $41 | ||
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Desk Credit score: Racing Australia.
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