Bosson In Group One Double At Ellerslie
- Saturday, 12 March 2011 08:15
Jockey Opie Bosson scored his second Group One win of the day at Ellerslie on Saturday with an outstanding ride on The Party Stand to capture the $NZ200,000 New Zealand Stakes.
Bosson rode Anabandana to take the Diamond Stakes (1200m) for two-year-olds and then two races later guided The Party Stand home first in the last Group One fixture at the three-day Auckland Cup carnival.
No-one wanted to lead in the 2000m weight-for-age feature so Bosson took The Party Stand to the front and strode along unchallenged.
The field closed up on the home turn but the Roger James-trained Thorn Park mare was game in the run home to win by a long neck.
Adaline, another four-year-old mare grabbed second ahead of Vosne Romanee, who won the race last year but has not scored since.
Bosson also won the Group One Auckland Cup on Titch on Wednesday.
