By Adam Hamilton
IT was just one night, but Soho Tribeca has claimed early crown to fill Lazarus’ shoes as Australasia’s best pacer.
We will know a lot more after the Group 1 Len Smith at Menangle on July 1, the Group 2 Sunshine Sprint at Albion Park on July 14 and the Group 1 Blacks A Fake at the same track a week later.
But for now, Soho Tribeca is the one they all have to beat.
There was a real stamp of arrogance and dominance about Italian Cup win at Melton last night at his first start since finishing third in the Miracle Mile on February 24.
And My Field Marshal, the horse won that Miracle Mile in record-breaking time, ran below his best when rundown after leading in the Golden Mile at Menangle last night.
He was blown away late by the much-improved Majordan, who somehow found a way to give My Field Marshal 15-20m start at the 400m and run past him.
Best known as a leader, Majordan chased down the leaders in an official 54.3sec last half. He was privately time to run 52.9sec. Yes, 52.9sec.
He’s clearly a major Len Smith player on that win.
But Soho Tribeca is the story.
Trained and driven by Mick Stanley, Soho Tribeca came from outside the back row, quickly circled the field to find the lead and was never out of second gear.
Stanley let the Rob Watson owned-and-bred entire cruise to the line to win by 5.2m in a 1min54.5sec m,ile rate for 2240m. Given the cold and wet conditions, the time compared well with Lennytheshark’s 1min52.4sec track record.
“He was ready to go, but that will top him off nicely for the Len Smith,” Stanley said. “He did that really confortable. His work at home showed he’d come back really well.”
There was a huge Miracle Mile flavour to the weekend with runner-up and Chariots Of Fire winner Jilliby Kung Fu also resuming from a spell with a narrow but impressive Shepparton win last Friday night.
Soho Tribeca, My Field Marshal and co won’t have to deal with Jilliby Kung Fu in the Len Smith Mile or Queensland with connections focused on the Vicbred 4YO series.
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