Impressive Winner For Bernicio
Saturday, 31 July 2010: The Benicio gelding produced an explosive turn of foot to record a comfortable win over 1400m at Warwick Farm on Friday.
Private Label was having his third start and first time over 1400m and it seems he may only get better the more he races.
“It was a very good win and he'll obviously appreciate a little bit further. He's by a Derby winner, he'll even run beyond the 1400m” trainer John O'Shea said.
“I think he'll probably run 2000m and if they can do that it opens a lot of avenues for them.”
Private Label's dam Centrefold Spread was a handy race mare whose career highlight came when second in the G2 AJC Silver Shadow at Randwick splitting Angst and Bint Marscay.
Centrefold Spread has produced nine foals to race for eight winners.
The mare subsequently returned to Benicio in 2008 and produced a yearling full brother to Private Label which sold for $27,500 at this years inglis Classic Sale.
Benicio had already tasted early metropolitan 2YO success with Bernadecio and his first crop give every impression of improving further during their classic season.
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