In only her second start, the Gerald Ryan-trained Peggy Jean has ran down hot favourite Boomwaa to claim the $250,000 feature at Randwick yesterday. Picture: Simon Bullard Source: Simon Bullard / News Limited
THE master trainer of two-year-olds, Gerald Ryan, has a huge rap on Peggy Jean - but he has no intention of running her in the Golden Slipper.
And it's not because Ryan has the highly-touted Rubick making his debut at Randwick this Saturday.
"This filly is not a Golden Slipper horse, her race would be over a mile, a race like the Fernhill or even the Champagne if she is good enough,'' Ryan said.
Gerald Ryan has done it again with one of his babies. Source: News Limited
Peggy Jean ($10), was having just her second start, and ran down the hot favourite Boomwaa ($2.20) to win the $250,000 feature at Randwick with a big space to $61 chance Unequivocal in third.
Ryan said he's learned from the experience of two years ago when Cavalry Rose won the Inglis Classic.
"Cavalry Rose just got beaten in a stakes race and ran in the Golden Slipper after winning this race,'' he said.
"I wasn't surprised, I always said this filly could win a really nice race as a three-year-old. She could do it as a two-year-old yet.''
Ryan said he had tossed up running Peggy Jean in the Inglis Classic without her having a previous start but didn't want to risk her being balloted out.
"It's good when you're aiming at a race back in September and it comes off,'' he said.
"She was up and going early and we decided to put her away and aim at this race and it was a blessing.
"She grew and matured in the paddock and she's a nice filly who will be better over 1600m later on. She was a bit lost early, midrace she travelled a bit stronger and she wasn't sure what she was doing in the straight.''
The win brought up a race-to-race double for Ryan and jockey Kerrin McEvoy.
Peggy Jean (red silks), ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, claims Boomwaa near the post to win the Inglis Classic. Source: News Limited
"The winner set up some good fractions for me to run him down,'' McEvoy said. "I wasn't quite sure how it was going to unfold but I was able to cruise across into a good spot and I was confident turning for home.''
Boomwaa's trainer Robbie Laing will take stock when he returns home to Cranbourne and decide on a program for the beaten favourite.
Laing was far from downcast with the defeat and there's every chance he'll appear in a Blue Diamond Prelude at Caulfield next month.
Laing said it was clear that Boomwaa, whose first 600m was a cracking 33.74sec, didn't travel as sweetly as he can.
"Hugh (Bowman)'s advice after the race was exactly what I thought he might say - pull the blinkers off him,'' Laing said.
"They did the job, he was a lazy, fat two year-old and we put them on to get him going and now he has to go back a peg.
"It's a quarter-of-a-million-dollar race and you get beaten a short-neck, it's not that bad.''
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