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Wild Rain Flies In Lightning Stakes

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Classy filly Wild Rain became the fifth stakes winner for her sire Manhattan Rain when she won the Listed Lightning Stakes at Morphettville on Saturday.

Wild Rain
Wild Rain Picture: Racing and Sports

The Mark Kavanagh-trained 3YO Wild Rain (Manhattan Rain x North Flower by Rory’s Jester) justified favouritism to win by half a neck after breaking clear of the field turning for home.

Wild Rain is the fourth stakes winner this season for Manhattan Rain after G2 winner Moonovermanhattan and Listed winners Manapine and Ondina.

Manhattan Rain will end the season as Australia's joint leading Second Season Sire by stakes winners alongside Medaglia d'Oro.

Manhattan Rain is also the sire of 2YO stakes winner Crafty, who was Group-placed last spring.

Wild Rain's five wins from 11 starts takes her prizemoney beyond $220,000.

Bred by Arrowfield Stud with John Leaver, Wild Rain is from North Flower, a Rory's Jester 2YO city winner and a half-sister to the dam of 2003 Horse of the Year Northerly.

North Flower has also left the stakes-placed city winner Flowerchild (Redoute's Choice), and has an unraced 2YO daughter Tahlia Star (Starcraft) and a weanling filly by Animal Kingdom.

Wild Rain was a $150,000 purchase by Mark Kavanagh from Arrowfield at the 2013 Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale.

Racing and Sports

Morphettville

Saturday, 25th July 2015

7
15:58
(local)

Lightning Stakes (LR)

Age: 2 and 3 yo Type: OPEN
AUD $100,000
1050m TURF SOFT
7
15:58
(local)
AUD $100,000
1050m SOFT

Lightning Stakes (LR)

Age: 2 and 3 yo Type: OPEN

The favourite Wild Rain was smartly away from her good barrier (2) and settled well outside the leader (Burst Away). She moved up strongly nearing the home turn, dashed to the front coming to the 200m and then fought back well for a good win, her third win from her last five starts. Cashed raced in seventh place, between runners, before fanning deeper rounding the home turn. He went to third at the 200m, challenged at the 100m and kept fighting well for a good second. Trupt was back in tenth place to the 600m and was under riding at the home turn. But she responded well from the 200m and came with a late run to grab a promising third in a photo. Counter Pulse was a handy fourth to the home turn, put in a run on straightening and looked a threat at the 200m but tired a bit from that point, just missing third in a photo for (4.1 lengths) fourth, going best of the two-year-old runners in the field.



FP Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 3. WILD RAIN (AUS) 3yo F
MANHATTAN RAIN (AUS) - NORTH FLOWER (AUS)
MATTHEW NEILSON
MARK KAVANAGH
$2.5
56.5kg
Mrs I P Kavanagh, Mrs Cl Kavanagh, B N Griffith, T J Storey, S J Hunt & Mrs A Hunt, G Ma & Mrs R Ma, 1moretime (Mgr: W R McKibben), Collins St Partners Collins St Partners (Mgr: B N Griffith) & D T T M Racing (Mgr: Ms A Stenswick)

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2nd 2. CASHED (AUS) 3yo G
KRUPT (AUS) - LI'L CASHY (AUS)
JAMIE MOTT
RYAN BALFOUR
$16
58.5kg
D J Havriluk, G Lukje, J L Williams, P Kristoris, M P Connell, P K McVann, A J Collins, D Campagna, Mrs M Campagna, S W Leckey, M K Seiffert, Mrs R A Balfour, D Webster, D M Street, D Sims, D N Lofthouse & K M Lindsay

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3rd 8. TRUPT (AUS) 3yo F
KRUPT (AUS) - TIONA (AUS)
TODD PANNELL
RYAN BALFOUR
$13
56.5kg
R B R (Mgr: R W Balfour), C J McNally, J W Herraman, Ms K M Stagg & P G Steel
4th 10. COUNTER PULSE (AUS) 2yo G
HARD SPUN (USA) - COUNTER SUE (AUS)
CLARE LINDOP
LEON MACDONALD & ANDREW GLUYAS
$6
54.5kg
5th 5. I'M A FLYING STAR (AUS) 3yo F
STARCRAFT (NZ) - FLYING SINGLE (AUS)
HARRY COFFEY
MARK RILEY
$21
56.5kg

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6th 12. STOKER (AUS) 2yo G
WRITTEN TYCOON (AUS) - TROPOSPHERE (AUS)
SHAUN GUYMER
TONY MCEVOY
$8
54.5kg

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7th 1. BAY ROAD (AUS) 3yo G
COURT COMMAND (AUS) - BELLUCCI (AUS)
JAKE TOEROEK
RICHARD JOLLY
$31
58.5kg

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8th 11. OZI CHOICE (AUS) 2yo G
DENMAN (AUS) - LATE WATCH (AUS)
PAUL GATT
PHILLIP STOKES
$7.5
54.5kg

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9th 6. PRIDE ROCK (AUS) 3yo F
FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - PRIDE OF PINE (AUS)
DOM TOURNEUR
ROBBIE GRIFFITHS
$17
56.5kg

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10th 9. NICCOROSSA (AUS) 3yo F
NICCONI (AUS) - QUEEN ROSSO (AUS)
SHAYNE CAHILL
DAVID JOLLY
$41
56.5kg

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11th 13. BURST AWAY (AUS) 2yo G
BEL ESPRIT (AUS) - FILLY OF CHOICE (AUS)
JASON HOLDER
JON O'CONNOR
$12
54.5kg

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12th 14. BIG WAVE (AUS) 2yo G
BIG BROWN (USA) - PENNY OPERA (NZ)
BEN CLARIDGE
ANNETTE HARDER
$151
54.5kg

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13th 4. DOWN THE HATCH (AUS) 3yo F
FLYING SPUR (AUS) - TOAST OF THE COAST (AUS)
SIMON PRICE
ROBBIE GRIFFITHS
$26
56.5kg

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