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3 POINT MOTORS
WILLIAM REID STAKES
The Contenders
By Ben Caluzzi
Media & Content Executive -Racing
The narrative for this year’s 3 Point Motors William Reid Stakes will be built on the rematch between
Newmarket Handicap hero Cylinder, and the runner-up Imperatriz, Te Akau’s nine-time Group 1 winning
superstar. Imperatriz won the race last year, the first of four unbeaten efforts here at The Valley, but
as well as the three-year-old Godolphin colt, will bump into 2023 runner-up Bella Nipotina, Ladbrokes
Manikato Stakes runner-up I Am Me, the Newmarket placed The Astrologist, and Oakleigh Plate quinella
Queman and Hypothetical. Imperatriz is the first horse in history to claim The Valley’s Group 1 Sprint Triple
Crown in the same year, and victory on Saturday would mean she had also done it in the same season.
5. IMPERATRIZ (10) – $1.80
T: MARK WALKER J: OPIE BOSSON – 56.5KG
Imperatriz pulled up with EIPH following her
brave second in the Newmarket Handicap.
Now back to Weight For Age conditions,
she meets the winner Cylinder 6kg better
at the weights, and the third placegetter
The Astrologist 7.5kg better. She drew out
in barrier 10 on Saturday and will need to
circle the field to win, but that is when she
has been at her electrifying best, which
we’ve seen at The Valley four times on end.
She is the deserved favourite and will be
hard to beat with Opie Bosson on board.
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