Wall Street to Doncaster after Weekend Win

A dominant performance at Trentham on Saturday has further justified Jeff Lynds taking Karaka graduate Wall Street to Sydney for Randwick's richest race, the Group 1 A$1.5 million Doncaster Handicap (1600m).

Sir Slick and Bruce Almighty made sure that the Group 3 WRC Rich Hill Thompson Handicap was run at a genuine pace, with Wall Street (Montjeu x Villa Wanda by Grand Lodge) outclassing his rivals when asked to lengthen for Opie Bosson, winning by one-and-a-quarter lengths from Cassini (Reset x Mathematical by Honor Grades). An eye-catching run by All In Tempo (Shinko King x All In Tune by Grosvenor) saw him finish a further head back in third position.

The five-year-old mile specialist recorded his eighth win from 13 starts, adding the Group 3 scalp to his collection of stakes successes which also includes the Group 1 WRC Thorndon Mile and Group 2 CJC Couplands Bakeries Mile.

Bred by CW Wong, he was purchased by Paul Moroney Bloodstock for $100,000 at the 2006 Karaka Premier Sale from Jo Wilding's South Island operation, Te Mania Thoroughbreds. Racing in eye-catching bright purple colours with stars, he's now accrued $370,025 for his owners the GG Syndicate, GKV Holdings and MA Head.

Training out of Awapuni, Lynds reported today that Wall Street has come through the race well and will head to the Group 2 Awapuni Gold Cup (2000m) on 3 April before heading to Sydney with stable-mate Vosne Romanee (Electronic Zone x Madison Avenue by Morcon) who's aimed at the Group 1 A$350,000 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) a week later on 24 April. Sticking to his winning formula, Lynds will keep Opie Bosson on board both horses for the trans-Tasman trip.

Bosson had a magic day at Trentham winning four of the ten-race card including the day's feature, the Group 1 Wellfield NZ Oaks on Keep the Peace (Keeper x Peace of Mind by Wild Rampage). The Oaks marks the final race in New Zealand Bloodstock's Filly of the Year Series with the title already secured by Katie Lee (Pins x Miss Jessie Jay by Spectacularphantom).

Currently second favourite for the Doncaster is fellow Karaka graduate Rangirangdoo (Pentire x She Wishes by Kenfair) who's looking to crack his Group 1 hoodoo after finishing three times second, including his last two performances, at the elite level. Trained by Chris Waller he finished just behind Theseo in the Group 1 STC Ranvet Stakes (2000m) on Saturday. Expatriate Kiwi Waller will be looking for his second win in the feature having trained Triple Honour to win in 2008.

Last year NZ-bred Vision and Power won the race for Joe Pride. He's also nominated for this year's race.