Nettoyer, 55-1, gets the biggest slice of the Doncaster Mile
Nettoyer, a pizza-eating 7-year-old mare, closed from well of the pace to record a shocking 55-1 win in Saturday’s Group 1 Doncaster Mile at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Australia. The victory was the first win at the highest level for trainer Wendy Roche and jockey James Innes Jr.
Notteyer, a Group 3 winner at Randwick on March 7, paid $112.70 to win in North American pools. Nettoyer finished a half-length in front of Star of the Seas, who was a short head in front of Brandenburg in the field of 20.
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The $910,500 Doncaster Mile was Nettoyer’s sixth win in 30 starts. A 6-year-old mare in the Southern Hemisphere, Notteyer is by Sebring. The Doncaster Mile, run under handicap conditions, was Notteyer’s fourth stakes win and first Group 1.
Nettoyer carried 114 pounds. Melody Belle and Kolding, who shared topweight of 126 pounds, finished fourth and seventh.
An elated Roche told the press that Notteyer’s diet includes pizza, although she expressed concern in an interview that it may be difficult to find an open pizza restaurant in Sydney because of the coronavirus outbreak. The Randwick races were run without spectators, a policy in place at all Australian tracks at this time.
There were four Group 1 races on Randwick’s Saturday program.
Quick Thinker ($17.20) won the $660,770 Australian Derby by a short head over Zebrowski. Quick Thinker was ridden by Opie Bosson, who was bombed by a bird during a post-race interview.
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Quick Thinker, trained by Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman, has won 4 of 11 starts. Quick Thinker and Zebrowski were first and second in the Group 2 Tulloch Stakes at Rosehill Gardens on March 28 as a prep for the Derby.
Nature Strip, rated as one of the top sprinters in Australia, won his fifth group stakes since joining trainer Chris Waller’s stable in early 2019 in the $758,750 T.J. Smith Stakes at six furlongs.
Ridden by James McDonald, Nature Strip ($8.40) won by two lengths over Santa Ana Lane. Waller mentioned $8.4 million Everest Stakes at Randwick on Oct. 17 as a long-term goal. Nature Strip, a 5-year-old Southern Hemisphere gelding, was fourth in the 2019 Everest.
King’s Legacy ($42.30) was the surprise winner of the $300,350 Inglis Sires’ Stakes for Southern Hemisphere 2-year-olds at seven furlongs, ending a two-race losing streak.
King’s Legacy, ridden by Hugh Bowman, closed from 12th of 15 to finish a half-length in front of Prague. Trained by the father and son team of Peter and Paul Snowden, King’s Legacy was ninth in the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes at six furlongs at Rosehill Gardens on March 21.