A daring last to first move before the turn by Billy Egan paved the way for Cherry Tortoni to get back on track with a courageous win in Saturday’s Group II Moonee Valley Drummond Golf Vase (2040m), which lost a major player when Young Werther was scratched earlier in the day due to the deteriorating track.
There were some very happy owner breeders after the first race at Geelong on Friday which was won in style by promising Night of Thunder (IRE) filly Norbu.