Mornington colts reign supreme in Group One’s
Portland hits new height: Matt Laurie’s Portland Sky dead-heats in the Group One Oakleigh Plate with Grant and Alana Williams’ Celebrity Queen.
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IT was a day to remember for Mornington-based trainer Matt Laurie and the Pinecliff, Mt Eliza-based partnership of Anthony and Sam Freedman as they rose to the fore in two of the three Group One features at Caulfield on Saturday 20 February.
Bypassing a winnable Group Three Zeditave Stakes (1200m) on the same day, Matt Laurie masterfully pulled the right string by running his up-and-coming three-year-old colt Portland Sky in the Group One Oakleigh Plate (1100m).
Portland Sky, Celebrity Queen dead heat the Oakleigh Plate Posted by: Graham Potter+ at 5:36pm on 20/2/2021
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Portland Sky and Celebrity Queen could not be separated by the judge in the Oakleigh Plate
It literally doesn’t get any closer than the finish of the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate did at Caulfield today where Portland Sky and Celebrity Queen could not be separated by the judge.
In a driving finish, it was a case of the master versus the apprentice as the young apprentice Theodore Nugent (on Portland Sky) tried everything he could to see off the determined challenge of Celebrity Queen (with William Pike aboard) who, with the line beckoning, had suddenly forged into contention along Portland Sky’s inside.
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