LIFE in South Australia certainly agrees with Euryphaessa.
Sent across from Victoria in search of easier options, Euryphaessa trounced her rivals at Globe Derby last night.
Rating 2:02.9 for the 2230-metre stand, the daughter of Majestic Son is unbeaten from two starts for local trainer Ingrid Smith.
Euryphaessa was previously trained by former ‘Croweater’, Kylie Sugars, who bred and part-owns the five-year-old.
“She’s come here because of the step down in class,” Smith’s husband-driver, David said.
“Plus her national rating goes down with our system here and she has the mares’ allowance as well, which gives her a big boost.
“In Victoria she was racing against horses which are three and four classes above what she won against last night.”
Leading throughout from the pole, Euryphaessa strolled to a 10-and-a-half metre win from Hammers Law.
Muscletonian was a metre away third after coming from a 30-metre back mark.
Euryphaessa’s success was the opening leg of a double for David, who also combined with the Mal Bagnato-trained Lenny Tee to cause a minor upset.
Trailing the pacemaker before being angled into the sprint lane, Lenny Tee beat $1.10 favourite, Fireball, and Rock To Success in 2:00.1 over 1800 metres.
“His win wasn’t exactly a surprise to me,” David said. “He’s in top form and had two wins and a second from his three previous starts.”
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