Melnrowley, a good looking Heston Blue Chip filly, is rated Tasmania’s top two-year-old filly this season, particularly after her success in the $50,000 Evicus, one of the season’s major juvenile classics. She has won five of her six starts.

 

In the Evicus, she was never really extended in running out the 1609 metres in 1:57.6, the last 800 in 59.4 and the final 400 in 29.5, figures which she could have easily improved.

 

She is a two-year-old by Heston Blue Chip, sire of a top filly in Eye Can Run, out of Tania Maree (2:00.8), dam also of Mister Gently (2:00.6), winner of the 2019 North West Plate at Devonport.

 

Tania Maree, who won nine races, ranks as a half-sister to the Tasmanian Golden Slipper winner Mister Tehaych 2:00 ($113,272) and the Belmont winner Brookwillrock, being by Stonebridge Regal from Gallavance, by The Unicorn from Patro Gal, by a NSW Derby winner in Gyro (a Meadow Vance horse who later proved a successful sire) from the Victoria Oaks winner Ashputtel.

 

An interesting feature of Melnrowley’s pedigree is that is combines several lines of rather noted colonial-bred blood through The Unicorn, Gyro and Swift Glade, all smart racehorses.

Melnrowley was bred and is part-owned and trained by Stowport horseman Craig Hayes.