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Important update on 1476AMSingle Red seals Queensland trip
Joshua Smith, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk • April 26th, 2026 1:50 pm
Single Red winning at Te Rapa on Saturday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images)
The Andrew Forsman-trained Single Red secured her ticket across the Tasman with a dominant front-running win at Te Rapa on Saturday.
The winner of two of her previous five starts, Single Red also placed in the Gr.2 David And Karyn Ellis Fillies Classic (2100m) and Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) behind subsequent Gr.1 Australian Oaks (2400m) victor Ohope wins, and she was duly backed into a $1.40 favourite for her resuming run.
The daughter of Vanbrugh was ridden accordingly, with jockey Craig Grylls riding with intent out of the barriers, and while they had to spend a bit of petrol early, Single Red soon found the top.
The three-year-old filly looked full of running at the turn and quickly extended her lead down the straight, and while More Bliss was strong late, Single Red held on to win by 1-1/2 lengths over the Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained filly.
“She had to do a little bit more than we thought, especially in that first furlong or so, and was potentially soft very late, but I think that shows there is good improvement there,” assistant trainer Joe Walker said.
“She has got a bit of class, she has shown enough right from the start, and hopefully it is on to some nice Queensland targets now.
“There is a fillies series there, so on the 9th of May there is an 1800m race at the Gold Coast (Listed Gold Coast Bracelet), two weeks later into The Roses (Gr.2, 2000m) and two weeks later into the Oaks (Gr.1, 2200m).
“All going well, we would love to get her to all three, but it is certainly initially the first two.”
Bred by Ben Kwok, Single Red is by Windsor Park Stud resident stallion Vanbrugh and out of High Chaparral mare Sea Dweller, who is also the dam of Group Three winner Russian Alliance.
Kwok races the filly in partnership with trans-Tasman syndicator OTI Racing, with the filly carrying the latter’s distinctive colours. She has now won three and placed in two of her six starts to date and earned more than $186,000 in prizemoney.
