Champion racemare Ladies In Red restored rightful order of proceedings after taking out the Richmond Lass Mares Free For All at Melton on Saturday night.
The Emma Stewart-trained star suffered a rare defeat at her previous start when narrowly beaten by Aardies Express in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Mile at Menangle.
Sent out a $1.22 favorite, Ladies In Red assumed the front-running from her main danger Rakero Rebel inside the final lap of the race and was untroubled to score by three metres from that mare, with First Dance a metre away third in a mile rate of 1:52.3.
Driver David Moran said Ladies In Red is inclined to conserve her energy on the racetrack.
“She’s pretty casual in front and she doesn’t really run away from them at electric speed and just does what she needs to do,” Moran said.
“And she didn’t have a complete gut-buster first time back from Sydney, which is good. She did it pretty easily and could have gone a lot quicker.”
Ladies In Red is likely to head north for next month’s Queensland carnival where she will contest the $150,000 Garrards The Golden Girl.
She will be long odds-on to maintain her undefeated status at Albion Park, having beaten the boys in the Group 1 The Rising Sun two years ago at her only start at the track.
