David Vandyke is feeling positive about Oregon Coast’s prospects at Ipswich on Wednesday, especially considering her past performances against horses like Pembrey and Chilly Girl.
While the latter two are highly fancied for the Group 2 Furious Stakes at Randwick this Saturday, Oregon Coast will be contesting the Racing and Sports Fillies and Mares Plate (1200m). Nevertheless, capitalising on established form lines, a strategy Vandyke used when purchasing her, could yield positive results in this midweek race.
Under previous trainers Brett and Georgie Cavanough, Oregon Coast debuted in the Group 3 Widden Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill, finishing sixth behind the unbeaten Chilly Girl on January 31.
In her subsequent outing, the filly secured second place at Eagle Farm, finishing 5½-lengths behind Pembrey a fortnight later.
The three-year-old was later purchased by Vandyke online for $100,000.
“One of my clients races her mother (She’s On Time) and she alerted me that this filly was up for sale,” Vandyke recalled. “I watched her two runs and it was a slashing run against Pembrey who has certainly come out and proved the form. There was a bloodstock agent selling it who I know so I rang him and he said ‘she’s fine’ so we bid on her and we were very happy to get her.”
“She’s been in work for five months so I’ve taken her along slowly and didn’t want to run her in races I didn’t think she could win. She drew badly last week so I scratched her but she has a good gate tomorrow (barrier three).”
The ride on Oregon Coast has been assigned to Ben Thompson, the current Queensland Jockey Of The Year.
“With her form, she should be very hard to beat in a maiden at Ipswich,” Vandyke concluded. Look up the latest Australian betting sites for odds on this promising filly.