Adelaide preview
Fri 30 July 10 2:03 AM EST

 

Darren Weir’s talented filly Broadway Harmony can enhance her value with a second stakes victory when she resumes in Saturday’s Listed Reliance Petroleum Stakes (1050m) at Morphettville..

The Dequetteville Stakes winner from the autumn has shown plenty of promise with two wins and a second from her four races to date. The miss was when she finished three lengths from subsequent Group 1 winner Pressday in the Group 2 Champagne Classic at Doomben.

And that run was excellent, too, as Broadway Harmony had to work early to take up a forward position from barrier 15.

Weir is happy with how his charge has come along since her break.

"We left her in Queensland and she had three weeks up there. Since she has come back she has done well," he explained.

Broadway Harmony has done some travelling in her brief career. She won at Moonee Valley on debut and missed out in a photo to Jesse’s Girl at her next outing.

They met again at Morphettville and Broadway Harmony turned the tables in spectacular style, cruising home by two lengths to add some black type to her pedigree before heading up to Queensland.

Weir is looking forward to her return this week.

"She will benefit from the run but is in good order," he said. Jarrod Fry will go across to ride and he is in form.

"Assuming all goes well we’ll try and find another stakes race for her in coming weeks. She appears to be purely a sprinter so we’ll keep her to five or six furlongs," Weir added.

Saturday’s race is a set weights event restricted to two- and three-year-olds. Broadway Harmony is a two-year-old filly and under the conditions of the race gets in with only 52.5kg — a five-and-a-half kilo advantage over the three-year-old males.

The race, formerly known as the Dermody Stakes, has an impressive honour roll with Redelva (1987), Clay Hero (1988), Street Ruffian (1990), Innovation Girl (2002) and Augusta Proud (2009) among the winners.

Updated Thu 9 Sep
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