A step up in trip made all the difference to Teofilo's son Weather With You who recorded his first Stakes victory in the Listed Geelong Classic in Australia on Wednesday, 25 October.
Weather With You had run respectably in his six starts prior to coming to Geelong, but always gave the impression he would be suited to a longer trip.
Over the ten-and-a-half-furlong Classic he was always in with a chance, seizing control entering the final two furlongs and holding on resolutely to win by a short neck from Ocean’s Fourteen with Godolphin’s Astoria (Medaglia d’Oro) running on well to take third place.
Weather With You is the first winner out of the Rock Of Gibraltar mare Tarique and becomes Teofilo’s 72nd Stakes winner.
Bred in Australia by Pocket Lodge, he is trained by the leading New Zealand combination of Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman who confirmed their charge will now head for the G1 Victoria Derby.
Teofilo stands at Kildangan Stud at a fee of €40,000 Oct 1, Special Live Foal.
