{"id":16908,"date":"2017-05-06T07:17:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T07:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amarinafarm.com.au\/site\/?p=16908"},"modified":"2017-05-06T07:17:21","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T07:17:21","slug":"de-little-engine-wins-at-flemington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amarinafarm.com.au\/site\/2017\/05\/06\/de-little-engine-wins-at-flemington\/","title":{"rendered":"De Little Engine wins at Flemington"},"content":{"rendered":"

De Little Engine<\/strong> (Encosta de Lago x Arapaho Miss)\u00a0has proven too classy for his rivals over a staying distance at Flemington to break through for his first win in 18 months.<\/p>\n

The Danny O’Brien-trained gelding, who was sold as a weanling in 2011\u00a0through Amarina Farm’s Inglis draft,\u00a0was sent out the $2.40 favourite in Saturday’s Vintage Crop Handicap (2800m) and didn’t disappoint, looping around his rivals from back in the field before surging clear in the straight to score by 4-1\/4 lengths.<\/p>\n

Refectory ($15) led the chasing pack home and Lucques ($5.50) was a long head away in third.<\/p>\n

De Little Engine’s most recent win had been over the same course and distance on the Melbourne Cup day undercard in November 2015.<\/p>\n

In his most recent start, De Little Engine finished second behind well-performed Boom Time and beat import Hans Holbein.<\/p>\n

O’Brien’s stable representative Matt Harrington said it was great to see De Little Engine back in the winner’s circle and a relief given he was a short-priced favourite.<\/p>\n

“He did what he needed to do and won quite well,” Harrington said.<\/p>\n

“He’s so honest and hasn’t run a bad race in that time (since his last win).<\/p>\n

“He did run ninth in a Caulfield Cup, which was great for connections to have him in that race.”<\/p>\n

Harrington said the Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes (3200m) at Flemington was another suitable target for De Little Engine, who has won more than $600,000 in stakes from 45 starts.<\/p>\n

“He did run third in the Andrew Ramsden last year and we’ll be coming back for another crack at that in a couple of weeks,” he said.<\/p>\n

-AAP<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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