Gratz Vella aiming Mixed Blossom for Black Opal Stakes

By David Polkinghorne
Updated February 28 2015 - 10:08am, first published February 22 2015 - 9:05pm
Jockey Richard Bensley, second from left,  rides Mixed Blossom to victory in the Inglis Bonus Lightning Ridge 2YO Plate at Thoroughbred Park in Canberra on Sunday. Photo: Melissa Adams
Jockey Richard Bensley, second from left, rides Mixed Blossom to victory in the Inglis Bonus Lightning Ridge 2YO Plate at Thoroughbred Park in Canberra on Sunday. Photo: Melissa Adams
Jockey Richard Bensley, second from left,  rides Mixed Blossom to victory in the Inglis Bonus Lightning Ridge 2YO Plate at Thoroughbred Park in Canberra on Sunday. Photo: Melissa Adams
Jockey Richard Bensley, second from left, rides Mixed Blossom to victory in the Inglis Bonus Lightning Ridge 2YO Plate at Thoroughbred Park in Canberra on Sunday. Photo: Melissa Adams
Jockey Richard Bensley, second from left,  rides Mixed Blossom to victory in the Inglis Bonus Lightning Ridge 2YO Plate at Thoroughbred Park in Canberra on Sunday. Photo: Melissa Adams
Jockey Richard Bensley, second from left, rides Mixed Blossom to victory in the Inglis Bonus Lightning Ridge 2YO Plate at Thoroughbred Park in Canberra on Sunday. Photo: Melissa Adams
Jockey Richard Bensley, second from left,  rides Mixed Blossom to victory in the Inglis Bonus Lightning Ridge 2YO Plate at Thoroughbred Park in Canberra on Sunday. Photo: Melissa Adams
Jockey Richard Bensley, second from left, rides Mixed Blossom to victory in the Inglis Bonus Lightning Ridge 2YO Plate at Thoroughbred Park in Canberra on Sunday. Photo: Melissa Adams

Gratz Vella is hoping lightning strikes twice in the group 3 Black Opal Stakes (1200 metres) as his latest two-year-old prospect bore a canny resemblance to his winner of Canberra Racing's feature event.

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