Plan comes to fruition

A plan by trainers Tony & Calvin McEvoy came to fruition when Hiatus scored an impressive win in the $65,000 Rural City of Murray Bridge – Moorundi Classic (900m).

The Classis has been introduced by the Murray Bridge Racing Club on their Cup day and is growing in stature.

The McEvoy Mitchell racing team selected the event as the perfect kick off for Hiatus, a daughter of top sire Snitzel after the filly won a barrier trial at Cranbourne in September.

Brazilian jockey Manoel Nunes, who was the top jockey in Singapore, was booked for the ride and the filly gave him a perfect ride.

Hiatus ($3.80) began well and Nunes was happy to sit parked in the run to the home turn.

After a battle up the straight, the filly drew clear to win by three-quarters of a length from Meisho ($3 fav) with Horseback Heaven ($26), a distant 6-1/4 lengths away third.

Rayan Moore, McEvoy Mitchell Racing Manager, said Hiatus had turned in a very professional effort at her first run.

“We targeted this race,” Moore said.

“Wayne Mitchell is a big supporter of racing in South Australia, so it was great to win the Moorundi.

“Wayne owns the filly in partnership with the Arrowfield team, so it is an important ownership group.

“They are two loyal supporters of the stable and obviously Tony and Calvin have their roots here in South Australia, so it is always good to come across.

“Both the winner and the runner up were well educated fillies and cleared out from the rest of the field.

“Hiatus should go on with in as she is out of a Galileo mare so we will probably stop now and give her a rest at Angaston Park, have a couple of weeks off, then come back to Victoria for a fruitful autumn campaign.

“She is in the Magic Millions but not be ready and need a little more time, but we will let the dust settle.”

Winning jockey Manoel Nunes was impressed with Hiatus on debut.

“I was very fortunate to get a filly so well educated, it made the job a little easier,” Nunes said.

“She was very straight forward, very professional.

“She jumped well and put herself into a good spot and was too good for them.

“I had plenty of horse underneath me and in the home straight she was just too good.”