SPICY MARTINI SET TO STIR UP THE STRADBROKE

By Graham Potter | Wednesday, June 4, 2025

It was a race to get into a race … and when that prize is a place in the $3 million Stradbroke you would expect it to be as keen as it was at Doomben on Wednesday with the hotly contested finish of the Group 3 Fred Best Classic culminating in no less than six horses finishing within two two lengths off the winner, the Toby Edmonds and Stephen MacLean trained Spicy Martini who carried the day under a masterful ride from Craig Williams.

With this hard-fought win, Spicy Martini improved her race record to four wins from six starts. Numbered amongst those victories now are this Group 3 and two Listed race wins in the Mode Plate and the Mick Dittman. She has now also extended the distance she has won over to 1350m … and was hitting the line hard.

That is another box ticked for the Stradbroke which will be contested over 1400m.

In essence, Spicy Martini, who was easy to back at $10, ran the perfect race in intense circumstances … a credit to his co-trainers and jockey.

When Media World ($11) and Stay Focussed (the second favourite at $6) cut out a strong early speed and shared the lead by two lengths in the sweep to the home turn, Williams had Spicy Martini in fourth place, in-between runners, three lengths off the frontrunners.

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