I Am Invincible had a treble of metro winners last Saturday with a bright future predicted for two year-old debut winner Counttheheadlights, who scored a dominant win at Moonee Valley for the powerful Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable.
Given a positive ride by Ben Allen, Counttheheadlights dispatched the favourite Eros rounding the home turn before comfortable holding the challenge of the royally bred Lonhro filly Sumatra to win the 1200m contest by one and a quarter lengths.
“I thought he was pretty good. He did everything very professionally and credit to the team,” David Eustace said.
“He jumped, he travelled, picked up when Ben asked him to, finished nice and strong and beat a horse who has had a start and ran well.
“A couple of conglomerates came together to race him. Rosemont Stud, nice to get a good winner for them, they bred the horse and stayed in, Ozzie (Kheir) and his team so it’s great.
“It’s a beautiful programme really – three weeks into the 1100m at Caulfield, let him have a rip around there, then two weeks into the Diamond as long as he pulls up ok.
“He’s a big, solid horse, been very sound and has plenty of condition on him so you would hope he does the job and he’ll head there all being well.”
Bred and offered for sale by Rosemont Stud, Counttheheadlights was purchased by Ciaron Maher Bloodstock for $800,000 at the Magic Millions.
He is the third foal and first winner for very talented Sebring mare Tahni Dancer who placed in the Group II Moonee Valley Fillies Classic and Group III Champagne Stakes.
Tahni Dancer is a half-sister to Group III winner Maraschino and stakes-winner Kentucky Breeze from Group III winner Tahni Girl, a daughter of Champion NZ 2YO Ballroom Babe.
