Qatar Racing’s Noble Protector winning the Sunline Stakes In Moonee Valley, Melbourne on Friday.
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The Qatar Racing owned Noble Protector won the Group II Sunline Stakes in Moonee Valley on Friday. It was her second Group victory in Australia, two weeks after winning the Group III Schweppervescence Trophy..
Noble Protector, who was drawn in stall one, led from pillar to post to win by two lengths. The filly has confirmed her talent in Australian races. This is the second time she has won a Group race over a mile, but looking back on her victory, she looks capable of winning over a longer trip. Noble Protector could make her next appearance in a Group 1 at Sydney’s Spring Carnival.
Her trainer Robert Smerdon, said : “If she jumped out well, she was always going to be prominent. We just wanted to take luck out of the equation. She’s in good shape. We’ve just got to keep her together and get her there (to Sydney) as well as she was tonight and I’m sure she’ll be very competitive.”