Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX
Victorian-bred seven-year-old gelding the Code Breaker is bred to be a good winner. He is by outstanding American sire American Ideal and is out of Alldatglittersisgold, the dam of nine winners, including Baby Bling, Bling It On and Bletchley Park.
Baby Bling raced 55 times for 21 wins, ten placings and $845,490, Bling It On earned $1,882,957 from 49 wins and 24 placings from 100 starts, and Bletchley Park had 75 starts for 20 wins, 24 placings and $418,028.
The Code Breaker, trained by Ryan Bell and driven by Kyle Symington, excelled at his third outing after a spell when he gave a bold frontrunning display to win comfortably from Magnus Victor and Solesseo Matuca in the 2130m Skyracing Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
This took The Code Breaker’s record to 83 starts for 17 wins, 30 placings and stakes of $194,816 — a good return for his purchase price of $72,500 at the 2018 APG Melbourne yearling sale.
The Code Breaker was the $4.20 second favourite, who gave his supporters little cause for concern after Symington dashed him straight to the front from the No. 3 barrier. After an opening quarter of 28.8sec. The Code Breaker got a breather with a second quarter of 30.4sec. before sprinting over the final 400m sections in 29.3sec. and 28.2sec. to beat $12 chance Magnus Victor by a length, with that pacer impressing in finishing determinedly from sixth at the bell.
“I was a bit worried after the 28.8sec. first quarter,” said Symington. “But The Code Breaker is a quality animal who got the job done. And I was a bit surprised when he dashed away at the 400m.”
Solesseo Matuca fought on grandly after working hard in the breeze, while the $3.60 favourite Youre So Fine ran home gamely from tenth at the bell to finish fourth.