Lucha Libre Leads All the Way in South Pacific

A soaking wet Randwick on Saturday saw a tough performance from the Anthony Cummings trained kiwi Lucha Libre in the Listed Comedy for Kids South Pacific Handicap (1400m).

Leading the pack in transit and taking the field into the roomy Randwick straight, jockey Craig Williams kept Lucha Libre (Pins x Libre) fighting all the way, holding off the challenges from Levi's Choice and Kirinata to win by a short head.

With only two career starts, the three-year-old filly remains unbeaten after winning her debut performance in Wyong in late March on a good track. She looks to have plenty of ability on the turf and showed a lot of determination to win the Listed event in what was a big rise in class.

A daughter of Waikato Stud's sire Pins, she is the stallion's 39th individual stakes winner. Having a successful 2010/2011 season, Pins is also the sire of the HK-1 Hong Kong Derby winner Ambitious Dragon, the talented two-year-old Antonio Lombardo who ran Anabandana to a nose in the Group 1 Manawatu Sires Produce Stakes, the Group 2 Avondale Guineas winner Ice Pin, and the two-year-old Listed Welcome Stakes winner Bespoke.

Lucha Libre was bought by Anthony Cummings from Ardsley Stud at the 2009 Karaka Premier Sale for $45,000; she has now won over A$70,000 on the track.