Rockmount runners sizzle at Caulfield

Rockmount and Darley sires both enjoyed at red-letter day at Caulfield on Saturday, courtesy of the exciting three-year-olds Whobegotyou and Wilander, sons of Street Cry and Exceed And Excel who emerged as winners respectively of the Caulfield Guineas and the Schillaci Stakes.

The Caulfield Guineas is, year in and year out, one of the classiest races in the Australian calendar, with its roll of honour including the likes of Weekend Hussler, Lonhro, Redoute’s Choice, Mahogany, Grosvenor, Manikato, Luskin Star, Surround, Vain, Tulloch and Ajax.  Whobegotyou, who justified favouritism with an emphatic three and a quarter length victory over the Darley owned pair Time thief and Von Costa De Hero, showed he deserves to be ranked alongside such illustrious names.  He is now demonstrably the best of his age in the land.

Two hours before Whobegotyou’s Guineas victory, Wilander showed himself to be a young sprinter of huge potential by taking the G2 Schillaci Stakes, named in honour of the former champion sprinter prepared by Wilander’s trainer Lee Freedman.  To win at weight-for-age so early in his career is a huge feather in Wilander’s cap, who now looks set to become the latest great sprinter to emerge from Freedman’s stable.