The Would possibly And Energy 2024 outcomes noticed a mighty upset at Caulfield on Guineas Day with the Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained mare Deny Data defying her worth to assert the Group 1 on option to the Caulfield Cup.
2024 Would possibly And Energy winner Deny Data might back-up within the $5 million Caulfield Cup discipline. Photograph: Final Racing Pictures.
The $1 million weight-for-age occasion kicked off the elite degree racing in Melbourne on Saturday and noticed Pleasure Of Dubai seven-year-old Deny Data deny the odds-on elect Mr Brightside victory with the Chris Waller-trained Atishu making up floor to run third.
The bonny mare was given a masterful trip by Mark Zahra to guide from barrier to field, surging to an early lead and staying in entrance the whole 2000m journey.
It was a daring and assured Zahra trip aboard a category runner who had three-quarters of a size on the road to spare over Workforce Hayes’ runner-up Mr Brightside.
The crushed favorite was stalking in second on the straight however ran out of time, shedding few admirers on option to the Group 1 $5 million Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m) at The Valley on October 26.
For Deny Data, current winner of the Grafton Cup, a step up in journey however notable drop in weight is probably going with a fast back-up into the Group 1 $5 million Caulfield Cup (2400m) again on the monitor subsequent weekend.
“I feel she’s classier than in all probability individuals give her credit score,” declared co-trainer Sam Freedman after the victory.
The group at the moment are hoping a drop again to 50.5kg in subsequent weekend’s traditional, the opening leg of the Spring Cups’ double, can be sufficient to see Deny Data change into the primary horse since 1990 to do the Caulfield Stakes (now Would possibly And Energy) – Caulfield Cup double in the identical 12 months.
Deny Data confirmed loads of prowess in her all-the-way efficiency enhancing on a lead-up fifth to Buckaroo within the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m).
“Her run within the Underwood was superb, she took off early and was nonetheless there preventing it out in the direction of the end,” Freedman stated.
“And look, we could again up subsequent week if she pulls up effectively, possibly the frontrunner within the Caulfield Cup, yeah, why not?”
Following her Would possibly And Energy victory, Deny Data is at $21 within the pre-field Caulfield Cup odds at Ladbrokes.
Freedman additionally talked about a possible tilt on the world’s richest handicap, the Group 1 $8.56 million Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 5 for which the mare pays $34 to win.
2024 Would possibly And Energy Outcomes
| End | No. | Horse | Coach | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Beginning Worth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | DENY KNOWLEDGE (IRE) | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Mark Zahra | 6 | 57kg | $8.50 | ||
| 2 | 1 | MR BRIGHTSIDE (NZ) | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | Craig Williams | 0.75L | 1 | 59kg | $1.75F | |
| 3 | 5 | ATISHU (NZ) | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 1.5L | 8 | 57kg | $4 | |
| 4 | 4 | ADELAIDE RIVER (IRE) | Kris Lees | Ben Melham | 4.5L | 3 | 59kg | $21 | |
| 5 | 8 | COCO SUN | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | Blake Shinn | 6.25L | 2 | 56kg | $12 | |
| 6 | 3 | KALAPOUR (IRE) | Kris Lees | Damian Lane | 9L | 4 | 59kg | $41 | |
| 7 | 2 | VOW AND DECLARE | Danny O’Brien | Billy Egan | 19L | 5 | 59kg | $21 | |
| 8 | 7 | JENNILALA | Ciaron Maher | Declan Bates | 44L | 7 | 57kg | $41 |
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