Waterhouse 2yo Winner At The Valley
- Monday, 14 June 2010 04:01
Gai Waterhouse trained her first Melbourne two-year-old winner of the season after Someday Somehow secured a soft victory in the $50,000 TattsBet.com Handicap (1000m) at Moonee Valley on Monday.
Ridden by Steven King, Someday Somehow bounced out of the gates quickly to gain an uncontested lead before cruising through the middle stages of the event and claiming victory with handy a turn of foot.
The outcome of the race was never in doubt.
Someday Somehow ($1.90-$3.20 fav) defeated Sussuro ($3-$4.40-$4) by two lengths with Ruby Royal ($5-$8) a further three lengths adrift.
Sussuro settled in fourth position before making ground while Ruby Royal weakened over the concluding stages.
Stable representative Steve Dennett said they had bought Someday Somehow along with Anniversary down from Sydney late last week.
“We always thought this filly would suit Moonee Valley, the way she rails like a greyhound,” Dennett said.
“At this stage she looks like she could be a sprinter.
“She’s still improving all the time so we will just take it race by race from here,” he added.
King was complementary of the daughter of Statue Of Liberty.
“It was an easy job from my point of view, she jumped had good gate speed and controlled the tempo,” King said.
“When I asked her to quicken, she did and I didn’t have to do much on her really.”
Someday Somehow finished fifth on debut behind Elimbari at Rosehill in January before finishing second at Canterbury behind Slater on May 19 when grabbed right on the line.
Someday Somehow has now accumulated over $38,500 in prizemoney.
Pictures: Fiona Tomlin
