Randwick Victory for So You Think’s Oh Diamond Lil

Progressive mare Oh Diamond Lil (4m So You Think x Rare Diamond, by Redoute’s Choice) stepped up to 1600m for the first time this preparation at Randwick on Saturday and it proved very much to her liking as she scored a bold front-running win in the Benchmark 78 event.

A work in progress for Warwick Farm trainer David Pfieffer, Oh Diamond Lil has a great strike rate and was primed for success after a second at the same track last month.

Rated well in front by Jason Collett, she repelled a late challenge from smart three-year-old Puntin to win by three-quarters of a length, taking her overall record to five wins and five placings from 12 starts with prizemoney topping $360,000.

“She got such a good rhythm today and just bowled along and ran them off their feet,” said Pfieffer.

“She runs those nice sections where they should stop, but I think that really suits her and allows her to find that rhythm. I think that's her attribute, just that nice rolling tempo. She's a big mare with a big stride on her.

“I think she's still got more improving to go next preparation, but we'll just keep stepping through the grades at this stage.”

Oh Diamond Lil was a $200,000 Inglis Premier purchase from Maluka Thoroughbreds for David Pfieffer Racing / Koolman Bloodstock and is one of four winners from five to race from stakes-winning Redoute’s Choice mare Rare Diamond, who died in 2023. Her last foal is a yearling colt by So You Think.

So You Think is riding high this season with 157 winners of $12.3million, including seven stakes-winners headed by his Group I Queensland Oaks winner You Wahng.

So You Think stands at a fee of $44,000 this spring.