Legislate gelding Good For You gives Chad Little his first Gr 1 victory in the Gold Medallion at Hollywoodbets Scottsville
Glen Kotzen is excited about the Gr 1 Gold Medallion winner Good For You’s season considering the fine comeback he made at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Wednesday in a 1250m Progress Plate.
The Legislate gelding drifted right out from 14/10 to 7/1 but failed by just 0,30 lengths at the expense of a horse who went into many watchers’ notebooks as a three-year-old to follow, the Candice Bass-trained Rafeef colt All The Rage.
Glen said, “Good For You had a long layoff, because he had raced quite hard as a two-year-old and you’ve got to fit in with the program. I didn’t want to run him straight into the Gr 2 (The Punters Cup on November 22), so I was looking for a prep run and this was the right race being a Progress Plate. He had only had a little half pace on the grass, so he was underdone, but his class prevailed and he went and ran a super race.”
Good For You bounced out of the pens well from draw five in the eight horse field and Chad Little took him to the front. His natural speed saw him opening up a three length lead in the straight, but All The Rage showed a fine turn of foot in effortless fashion to haul him in. Good For You did not go down without a fight though and All The Rage had to be driven to get past him.
Talking about having a crack at the Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas Glen said, “He’s bred to go further. If he can get the Guineas trip, he will be brilliant. But we don’t know, because he’s just got loads of natural speed at the moment. Our jockey said if he had gone harder he probably would have beaten the other horse, but having a prep run, we didn’t want him to fall in a hole halfway up the straight. However, Chad felt in retrospect if he had not eased him and allowed him to come back he probably would have beaten the other horse.”
Glen continued, “In the Punters Cup he will have to carry a 2kg Gr 1 penalty But it’s more that we’re not there to win that race, we’re there to see if he gets the trip.”
He added, “We’re probably going to have a chat to the owners and probably take the blinkers off. Or we can keep him sprinting while he’s got this natural speed and have a look at the sprint program. So that’s all to be decided and discussed.”
Glen concluded, “But everybody wants to have a crack at the Guineas when you’ve got a good one.”
