Trained by Lindsay Park, Ndola, a promising Justify colt, appears destined for the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) following his convincing victory at Sandown-Lakeside.
After an impressive debut win at Pakenham Synthetic in June, he placed second in a 1200-metre handicap at Caulfield last month.
In his latest outing, Ndola dominated the field in the Sandown-Lakeside Benchmark 64 (1200m), triumphing by 2.3 lengths over Pieris, with Bossy Benita finishing third.
Ben Hayes, speaking on behalf of the training team, including brothers JD and Will, expressed his satisfaction with Ndola’s performance.
“I was very impressed. I thought Luke (Currie, jockey) did a good thing, just letting him get balanced and get into a rhythm, then he was wide around the bend and his final 100 metres was very impressive as he was running right away from them,” Ben Hayes told Racing.com post-race.
“He’s a horse we believe will be much better out to 1400 metres and a mile and we think he is very, very good.”
“There are plenty of three-year-old options and in two and a half weeks we’ll look at the Exford Plate which would be a good step up to 1400 metres, but he would now be our number one seed for the Caulfield Guineas, so exciting times ahead.”
Following the win, Ndola is a +1700 winning hope with horse racing bookmakers for the Caulfield Guineas.
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