Horse of the Week: Single Gaze

Published: 28 Mar 2016

Little warrior - Single Gaze showed her heart winning the Group One Vinery Stud Stakes on Saturday

Just about every racing analyst had her down as "doesn't run 2,000 metres" ahead of the Group One Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill Gardens, a race that included classy fillies from Sydney, Melbourne and New Zealand.

But the pint-sized filly SINGLE GAZE defied her diminutive frame and sprinting blood-lines to beat home Kiwi VALLEY GIRL in an exciting finish. Kathy O'Hara found the perfect on-pace position and the little warrior did the best, sprinting to the lead and fighting right to the finish.

There is even talk of her going to the Oaks now over Randwick's mile and a half!

Either way, her Group One winning performance is worthy of this week's Horse of the Week.

Breeding

Sired by Not A Single Doubt, from Redaluca’s Gaze (Sire of Dam Intergaze)

Type

Four year old Chestnut Filly born 21/09/2012

Features

Adaptable, Tough, Reliable & Genuine

Weaknesses

None noted

Record

3 wins, 3 seconds, 2 thirds from 13 starts. Total Prize-money of $1,178,300

Career Wins

26/03/16 – Vinery Stud Stakes (G1) at Rosehill over 2000m – Jockey Ms K O’Hara
11/03/16 – Arrowfield Classic (G3) at Kembla Grange over 1600m – Jockey Ms K O’Hara
01/11/14 – Cfmeu/West Tradies Plate at Rosehill over 1100m – Jockey Ms K O’Hara

Quick Facts

The win was Canberra based trainer Nick Olive’s first Group1 win
Purchased at the 2014 MM Gold Coast Yearling Sale by Nick Olive for $70,000, she has now won over $1 million!
She's the fourth Group I winner for Arrowfield Stud's Not A Single Doubt, a sire of very resilient gallopers
She was only 3.8 lengths behind Vancouver in the Golden Slippper last year!

Happy Kathy - Single Gaze returns to scale after her biggest ever win