A short priced favourite by Yarraman Park’s young gun Hellbent, this filly looks well worth following after casting off maiden status with a dominant win at Cranbourne on Thursday bringing a timely pedigree update for her Magic Millions bound half-brother.
Trained by Jason Warren and ridden by Daniel Stackhouse, Benedetta caught the eye with her close debut third at Moe on December 9 and ran right up to that performance in this 1200m fillies maiden.
She settled off the pace and when angled into the clear charged past her rivals to win by more than three lengths eased down
Benedetta has a great attitude and looks to be a very straight forward filly with a bright future.
She runs in the famous colours of Laurence Eales that were carried by Melbourne Cup winner Shocking and was a $75,000 Inglis Premier purchase for Eales Racing Syndications from the Mill Park draft (pictured above).
Super impressive victory by the #MillParkRaised & @inglis_sales Premier sold Hellbent filly Benedetta at just her second start! Trained by @WarrenRacing for @EalesRacingSyn, the win added a @mmsnippets pedigree update to her Rubick half-brother (Lot 544) – https://t.co/Gx6OXkUPzr pic.twitter.com/vYjwm9objv
— Mill Park Stud (@millparkstud) December 29, 2022
A half-sister to Group 2 placed Whatafox, she was bred by Brenton and Liz Parker and is the second winner from Group 2 placed Domesday mare Whatalovelyday, who comes from the family of Group 1 winners Leica Guv, Light Fantastic and Pharoah.
Mill Park will offer the current yearling from Whatalovelyday, a colt by Rubick as Lot 544 at Magic Millions and he is pictured below.
Benedetta is the 20th winner of the season from 70 runners for Hellbent, who is the equal leading second crop sire by winners with Russian Revolution, who also has 20 to his credit, albeit from 90 runners.
Footnote: The next race on the card was won by another Mill Park graduate with four year-old Shooting to Win gelding Shootoose breaking his maiden for the Simon Zahra stable. He was a $100,000 Inglis Premier purchase from Mill Park.
To view Mill Park Stud’s complete 2023 Magic Millions Yearling Sale draft, click HERE.
