ANOTHER SERVING OF BEL

Tell us what sounds familiar: a filly by Bel Esprit … winner on debut … trained by Peter Moody … owned by Werrett, Madden, Hawkes, Taylor … salmon and black silks …

Rowdy Belle might have a long way to go before she catches up to Black Caviar – another 24 straight victories to be specific – but all you can do is win and this exciting 2YO did just that at Werribee yesterday, taking out the IRT International Breakfast With The Stars Maiden Plate over 1118m - with over a length to spare.

Snapped up by Moody at last year’s Melbourne Premier for $180,000 ($30,000 less than he paid for Black Caviar at the same sale four years earlier), Rowdy Belle is out of the Brief Truce mare, Quiet, a winning half sister to stakes winners Time Off and Grandiloquent.

There was another big difference between Rowdy Belle and her famous paternal sibling: as they retire the number of famous players, so too did BC’s owners when it came to some of the most famous silks in racing - instead of salmon and black spots, it’s salmon and black diamonds.

As we say, a long way to go, but it certainly was a sparkling performance.

While the Black Caviar ‘connection’ obviously steals the spotlight, it was also another notch in the girth for Bel Esprit with Rowdy Belle being his 12^th individual 2YO winner for the season, placing him equal fifth on the Leading Australian 2YO Sires by winners.