Soft first up win for Acapulco Girl

​Promising New Zealand bred mare Acapulco Girl made a successful return to the track with a comfortable first up win at Ipswich for David Vandyke and Ben Thompson.

Acapulco Girl now boasts a record of 3 wins 3 second from just 7 starts, with the best yet to come for the lightly raced mare.

“We’ve always had an opinion of her, but this time in we will focus more on the 1200m-1400m distance range,” said OnTrack principal Grant Morgan.
“We hoped she maybe more a 1600m-2000m as a younger horse, but she might just be too brilliant for that in hindsight.

“She is still doing a bit wrong but she is heading in the right direction.

“Blinkers might be an option for her going forward, but we will keep them up our sleeve for now,” said Morgan.

Acapulco Girl was selected and purchased by Grant Morgan from OnTrack at the 2023 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale for $110,000.

Acapulco Girl is from the famed Denises Joy family, with her second dam the Group 1 winning Euphoria.

Congratulations to the Acapulco Girl ownership group:

Senditt Racing (Mgr: S Mauger), I R Armstrong, Est of the Late A J Halloran, G M Oleksinski, A G Cid, MGFS Racing (Mgr: S Hurford) , G X Ryan, A Grigg, G F Townsend, Slippery Thinkers (Mgr: D Sheerin) , Goldie Dreamers (Mgr: M Killian), M A Walker, M J Byrne, G M Radburn, C M Howitt, Ontrack Zihuatanejo Synd: C W Beattie, B A Browne, S E Harris, C R Harrison, D Mayne, O W I Racing (O W I Racing), G O'Sullivan, D Roberts, D Sawyers, D P Shelley, J M Vandenberg & D & J Williams

Photos by Grant Peters Trackside Photography