11 April, 2023
by Andrew Eddy, Racing.com
Simon Zahra is happy for his flying Toronado filly Shesallshenanigans to go up in distance in Saturday’s $1 million Showdown at Ladbrokes Park Sandown on Saturday on the back of some advice from his rider.
Shesallshenanigans thrashed her rivals at Bendigo in the Gold Rush (1000m) by a widening four-and-a-half lengths and Zahra said that despite some reservations about going up to the 1200-metre trip on Saturday, he does so after some confident words from jockey Linda Meech.
WATCH: Shesallshenanigans’ win in the Bendigo Gold Rush
“She’s going good, but I suppose the 1200 (metres) is our query,” Zahra said.
“But Linda Meech thought the other day it wouldn’t have been an issue.
“I have it nominated for that stakes race in Adelaide (listed Dequetteville Stakes for fillies) and I said ‘can it run a strong 1200?’ and she said it wouldn’t have been a problem.
“She said she relaxed good and she said, ‘I could have gone slower if I wanted to’.
“That’s our query and obviously what the weather does over the next four or five days. But she’s improved again and going really good.
Shesallshenanigans has won two of her four runs so far, with her first win also coming at Bendigo over the 1100m trip.
Zahra said that while the race in Adelaide offered valuable stakes credit, the Showdown’s enormous purse was tough to overlook.
“It’s a million dollars and she has just got the race smarts,” he said. “She’s fit and this will probably be her peak run.
“It’s a restricted race, like a Magic Millions, and $550,000 to the winner, so it’s nothing to sneeze at.”
