Blazing Glory, a daughter of Swettenham stallion Bianconi, became the thirty seventh horse to carry the Lauriston LTF brand to victory.<\/p>\n
In January Blazing Glory was unlucky to race against first starter Lights Of Heaven. Blazing Glory finished second. Like her stable mate Black Caviar, Lights Of Heaven still remains undefeated. She won\u00a0her next three starts including\u00a0today’s Group 1 SAJC Australasian Oaks and the Group 2 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic.<\/p>\n
Yesterday \u00a0Blazing Glory jumped well from her wide gate on Geelong\u2019s cushion track over 1200m. She landed outside the leaders and was caught wide. At the turn when Dean Yendall asked the filly to step up a notch, she responded. Blazing Glory won by four and a half lengths.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think she will be even better in time\u201d explained trainer Ricky Maund after the race.<\/p>\n
The race carried a VOBIS bonus for Blazing Glory. Blazing Glory is from Prego mare There\u2019s A Reason. \u201cThere\u2019s A Reason was a consistent producer of winners\u201d Lauriston\u2019s bloodstock manager Paul Eden commented.<\/p>\n
Ricky Maund had two other starters at the Geelong meeting. Both finished second. Deep Heat raced on the pace in the sixth over 1100 metres, but found one better \u2013 Zaeem, who pounced in the final stages. Lauriston bred Bedouin Express raced over 1300 metres in the\u00a0final race on the card\u00a0and despite being wide and last at <\/p>\n