Zara’s Entity stamped herself as one of the most exciting youngsters in the country with an emphatic victory at Sandown Park on Thursday night.
Following on from her brilliant seven-anda-half-length win in Sunday’s heat, Zara’s Entity improved on that effort, winning the final of the Dollars For Dinner This July final by eight lengths in a time of 29.46, the fastest time of 12 races on the night.
While her overall time was only fractionally faster than that which she recorded on Sunday, it was the manner by which she did it that turned heads.
Drawn in box three, Zara’s Entity jumping brilliantly to lead by two lengths on landing and was never in danger of defeat.
The Sandra Galea-trained Zou Star did well to finish second from the squeeze in box five, while the Ben Divirgilio-trained Missed An Earn finished hot on the heels in third place.
But the race was all about Zara’s Entity and her growing reputation in the sport.
“She’s done really well,” said handler Brad Greenough following the race.
“It was a very smart field and she did well to get out of the boxes as well as she did. She’s shown early pace in her trials but this is the first time she’s shown it in a race, she looks like she has a bright future.”
It was a view echoed by Zara Entity’s trainer Kel Greenough who believes Zara’s Entity has a chance to make it at the top level of the sport, but the experinced trainer will take his time with his exciting prospect.
“We’ll keep her in age restricted races and see how she develops,” he said.
“We may go to the Warragul St Ledger in a couple of weeks and see what else is there for her.”
It was her third win in five career starts and she has run unlucky seconds in her other two appearances.
The win took her prize money beyond $10,000. Later in the night, reigning National Sprint Champion Worm Burner won for the 44th time in his career with a powerful win in the night’s top graded race.
Trainer Andrea Dailly also had a Thursday night to remember, training a double with Rockstar Troy saluting in race five and Verne Allen getting the chocolates in race 11.
Rockstar Troy defeated his kennel-mate Rockstar Max in the fifth, with Dailly also preparing fourth-placed Fabriola Allen.
Another star trainer, Robert Britton, prepared a nice-value running double in races six and seven with Blue Gum Hill defeating Extreme Magic in the sixth before Rippin Hayne proved too strong for the Angela Langton-trained Vostok in race seven.
Blue Gum Hill started at the luxurious odds of $6.60 before Rippin Hayne saluted at $4.80.
Racing returns to Sandown Park this Thursday with the feature being the Restricted Win Final worth $6250 to the winner.
