a day ago
Mark and Levi Kavanagh to unveil filly owned by their wives at Sandown on Saturday
Thanks Gorgeous could be the salutations Mark and Levi Kavanagh get from wives Isobel and Cara should the family's home-bred filly saluted at Sandown on Saturday.
Cara Kavanagh bred first-starter Thanks Gorgeous, a two-year-old daughter of Peltzer, off the family-owned and operated Cityview Farm in Gisborne South.
Thanks Gorgeous, an $18 chance in the 1000m 2YO Handicap, has shown good speed and ability, winning two of three 800m Flemington jumpouts.
'I don't know if they're (mum Isobel and wife Cara) going on Saturday but certainly I might not go home!' Levi Kavanagh laughed.
'She's (Thanks Gorgeous) been pretty bright and sharp in her jumpouts.
'It's probably go to the bush or go to the city with these two-year-olds and she has shown enough toe she should be able to have a crack in town.'
Last-start winners Yolo and Oceansprint dominate the market at $3.70 and $4 respectively from unraced Street Legal ($6.50) and Demarcate ($7), who saluted on debut at Ballarat.
'A few first starters in the race and a few with a bit more experience but she's certainly shown enough to suggest she will hold her own,' Kavanagh said.
'We were weighing up whether to run down the Flemington straight but we opted to go here for the 1000m (around a bend).
'It might be a bit sharp for her but she was pretty sharp in the 800m trials … she's shown enough to us she'll be competitive.'
