Exceed and Excel Wednesday

        A day where the stallion Exceed and Excel progeny put their talent on the line with three of the breed winning at Canterbury and 6yo gelding Lucky Fish winning the last at Bendigo. The one horse to watch coming from the Victorian meeting was the So You Think colt, Merchant of Venice who remains unbeaten. The lady jockey's dominated at Balaklava Cup day in South Australia with young Georgina Cartwright winning the Cup and the Flying Hcp.

• Major Wager and Exceed and Excel -- The three year old filly by Exceed and Excel, Major Wager was first up when scoring in the BM66 over the 1100m at Canterbury. She was ridden by Rory Hutchins for the Waterhouse /Bott stable and is out of the Encosta mare, Grenada Road. In the BM 70 for mares saw Excellent Design salute for the John Thompson camp first up as well. The 4 year old is also by Exceed and Excel and out of a Zabeel mare, Dezign. In the race following the Cummings/ James Mcdonald combination was successful with Coruscate. The four year old gelding was an easy winner of the 1100m BM 76.

A win yesterday at Canterbury @atc_races to the Limerick Lane (Nagambie) bred 3YO filly MAJOR WAGER. Trained by @GaiWaterhouse1 & Adrian Bott, she was bought by @marettefarrell for Speedway Stables at the @inglis_sales Easter Sale for $320k. pic.twitter.com/woJKw9nJZe

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• Wagner the four year old Godolphin colt by Bernadini out of the Redoutes Choice mare , Ringstrasse made it a double for the combination and two in a row for her in the last of the day. The colt is owned by American interests.

• Bendigo and Darren Weir -- While it was the Exceed and Excels and Godolphin having a good day in Sydney. The Bendigo track saw the Darren Weir camp and the Zabeel broodmares having a strong influence. In the first Hayes/Dabernig trained, Mickey Blue Eyes upset Black Caviar's little boy to break his maiden status. He is by Megalia D'oro out of the Zabeel mare, Carolina Bella. The three year filly,  Sizzleme by Sizzling out of the Zabeel mare, Parnissius blew her opposition away to break her maiden in the BM 70 over 1600m. Craig Williams riding for the Cindy Alderson camp won by five lengths.

• The So You Think colt, Merchant of Venice kept his unbeaten record in tact with a strong victory in the BM 64 over 1600m. He was ridden by Ben Melham who recorded a double for the day in the next as he won on the Darren Weir trained gelding, Ruamaza. While Darren Weir trained winners in the two races after this with victories going to Steel Prince in the 2400 staying event followed by a win in the 1000m event for the I Am Invincible entire , Holy Blade ridden by Jordan Childs. The final race of the day at Bendigo saw a win to Lucky Fish. The six year old gelding by Exceed and Excel struggled early in his career but has found form the last twelve months with five wins. 

What level can Merchant of Venice get to?

The son of So You Think remains unbeaten from two starts. https://t.co/MGFyIoOIbB pic.twitter.com/VUtXgTAOKx

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•  Georgina Cartwright and Temp Voleurs -- It was ladies day on the Balaklava Cup day today with Raquel Clarke and Jamie Kah scoring doubles but it was young Georgina Cartwright who took the riding honours as she scored with a gem of a ride on the Kaphero mare Showpero in the 1050m Flying Hcp and then put up a great display on that awesome Time Thief front runner Temps Voleur as they stole the 2018 listed Balaklava Cup over 1600m.

Temps Voleur was forced to draw on his reserves to win the Balaklava Cup under Georgina Cartwright.

Story: https://t.co/IsZy6Dyxjy pic.twitter.com/UzJi8omwwn

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