New Stakes-Winner for So You Think

So You Think posted a new stakes-winner at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday when up and comer Punch Lane (4g So You Think x Cybercyn, by Staraaq) put paid to his rivals to score a commanding victory in the $300,000 Listed Glasshouse Handicap (1400m).

Eight days after slamming a field over 1400m at the Sunshine Coast, the talented 4-year-old landed a massive betting plunge when dispatching a field of talented sprinter/milers over the same track and distance.

Ridden by Kyle Wilson-Taylor for Anthony and Sam Freedman, Punch Lane relished the heavy track to defeat At Witz End by a widening two and three-quarter lengths.

Winning his first stakes race at his first attempt, Punch Lane advances his record to six wins, a second, and three thirds from 12 starts with earnings of $354,860.

“He pulled up well after last week, as they generally do on wet tracks,” said Anthony Freedman who felt the postponement of this race from last Saturday until today was a blessing.

“We did nothing with him, and I was happy with him by Tuesday, so it worked out coming to this race."

“It played out for us. We wanted to run in this race, but he would not have got a run last week, so we went the low road, and he won before the races were postponed.

“He’s had a great prep, and we will probably stop with him now, but we will find something for him in the spring.”

A $220,000 Inglis Premier purchase for Bahen Bloodstock Ltd / William Street Syndicate from the Bombora Downs draft, Punch Lane is the best of five winners from six to race for stakes-winner Cybercyn.

Tipperary Pastoral bought a sister to Punch Lane for $100,000 when consigned by Bombora Downs to the 2024 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale.

Punch Lane is the 57th stakes-winner So You Think, who is currently the third leading sire in the nation by earnings.

The ten-time Group 1 winning son of High Chaparral stands at $77,000 in 2024.