Montana Flyer makes it a stakes double for Flying Spur

Gai Waterhouse came back to the limelight with the win of MONTANA FLYER (ex Montana Downs, by Bluebird (USA)) in the G3 Millie Fox Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill this afternoon.

The Flying Spur mare was fired out of the gates by Blake Shinn but had Bejewelled for company over the entire trip. At one stage they were four lengths in front of the third horse in running.

On a day of on-pacers so far, they looked to have cut each other up and Montana Flyer appeared to be weakening when fourth at the 100m mark but she fought back to score.

The win gave Waterhouse a great fillip.

“Absolutely fantastic,” was her first reaction. “She came back with such a vengeance.”

“I was so delighted to see Blake just be able to pick her up.”

Jockey Shinn, who hasn’t had the best of luck recently, lifted her late.

“Full credit to Gai. You just really can’t write her horses off.”

“Three of four times I thought I was going to get beat.”

Montana Flyer highlighted a stakes double for her sire Flying Spur on Saturday, MOTSPUR’s (ex Crusading Lil (USA), by Crusader Sword) win in the Falvelon Quality LR at Eagle Farm giving his sire his 73rd individual stakeswinner.