STEADY READY IS THE KING OF THE MOUNTAIN
By Graham Potter | Friday, March 28, 2025
Steady Ready gave the Tony and Maddysen Sears training partnership their second success in the King Of The Mountain, in only the third edition of the race, when he followed his script to perfection to claim a thoroughly deserved victory.
The speedy son of Better Than Ready was always going to find the lead early and when young apprentice Cody Collis then rated the five-year-old like a seasoned professional, Steady Ready was sitting right in the pound seats as he brought the field into the home straight.
And then he kicked again … and suddenly the gap back to the chasing pack was three to four lengths.
The only possible question mark before the race was how Steady Ready would cope with the 1200m trip in the heavy race conditions as he arguably could be expected to feel the pinch over the concluding stages, but having that early cushion back to his rivals to work with … the gap was more like five lengths halfway up the straight … meant that the race would remain in Steady Ready’s control for a long way.
And courtesy of Steady Ready and Collis’ combined focussed determination, that turned out to be all of the way!
Russian Alliance kept chasing hard down the centre of the track and Millane surged up late, coming from far back and flying out wide, to get to within 0.20 and 0.30 lengths of Steady Ready at the line respectively, but, with their superbly scripted and carried out gameplan, Steady Ready, Teams Sears and Cody Collis got the job done, ultimately in a thrilling fashion. Read more ... STEADY READY IS THE KING OF THE MOUNTAIN
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