Aloof springs a shock

The David Wachman trained Aloof, whose two previous career successes were achieved on Dundalk’s polytrack surface, proved a shock 12/1 winner of the Denny Cordell-Lavarack & Lanwades Stud Fillies Stakes in Gowran Park yesterday.

Ridden by Billy Lee, the daughter of Galileo defeated British raider Beatrice Aurore (Johnny Murtagh) by three-quarters of a length to earn a valuable Group 3 bracket.

And, in the absence of winning trainer Wachman, Lee commented: “She’s a nice filly and has run consistently. She needs nice ground and got it today. They went a decent gallop and my filly kept going well. She’s a big filly and has been progressing through the season. I’d say there’s more to come.”