Progressive sprinter Oxley Road claimed his biggest prize to date when taking out the Group II MRC Caulfield Sprint (1000m) last Saturday, the younger brother to Group I winner Exceedance having been raised and sold by Newgate Farm.

Trained by Peter Moody and ridden by Blaike McDougall, the son of Exceed and Excel scored a three-quarter length win over Malkovich taking his overall record to three wins and two placings from six starts with prizemoney in excess of $350,000.

“It didn’t feel like we went a gallop, he’s a fast horse,”  said McDougall.

“Just when I let All Banter go they steadied, not much but enough for him to half want to overdo it, but he’s a classy horse.

“Everyone has a high opinion of him. To do that today so easily, when we hit the front he half clocked off, so they haven’t got to the bottom of him yet.”

A $125,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Newgate Farm draft for part-owner Stephen Gray, Oxley Road was bred by Nick Vass and is one of three stakes-winners from as many to race out of stakes-winning Thorn Park mare Bonnie Mac, whose only other foals to race are Group I VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes winner Exceedance and stakes-winning filly Mac ‘n’ Cheese.

Bonnie Mac was on-sold by Newgate at the 2019 Magic Millions Broodmare Sale in foal to Capitalist fetching $375,000 when bought by Allam Racing/Andrew Williams Bloodstock.

The resultant colt was catalogued for the 2021 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale by Yarraman Park, with Hickman Racing making the final bid of $1,050,000.

Sadly, Bonnie Mac died in May last year.