In The Spotlight Martin J Dwyer up The Indian Turf Invitation Cup 2012 Golden Jubilee

A superb performance from Padmanabhan's hugely talented filly In The Spotlight landed her The AKK Entertainment Golden Jubilee Indian Turf Invitation Cup (Grade I) on Sunday at Bangalore. By merely reproducing her known form, the chestnut confirmed once again that she is the best four years old in training in the country. After winning this race, In The Spotlight set a new standard. She became the first filly in Indian racing to win three Derby's and The Invitation Cup. The credit for the vast improvement that she has shown over the last six months must go to trainer Padmanabhan. He has transformed her into a galloping machine, and for those amongst us who had seen her during Bangalore Summer, it is difficult to recognize her. In The Spotlight is presently looking absolutely "perfect".
In The Spotlight started her career on a mediocre note. After losing a couple of times to Southern Bay at Mysore, she was taken to Hyderabad for The Monsoon Derby. Even though she won by a widening margin, it was felt that she had beaten poor opposition. A couple of Classic successes in Kolkata generated much excitement. Local turfites were waiting for her to clash with Dandified in The Eveready Derby. What happened that day is now part of history. Even then, she wasn't given her due recognition. The pundits remarked that "she had beaten a horse who clearly doesn't stay!!" The bookmakers at Mahalakshmi were equally cynical. They offered 5/1 against her in The Indian Derby. Those who had reposed faith in her, were benefited by their decision. By running the Indian Derby contenders off their feet, In The Spotlight confirmed that she was truly special. There was sudden respect for the filly. No bookmaker dared to offer more than half money on her in The Indian Turf Invitation Cup 2012 on Sunday.
The nine runner's jumped out smartly and made steady progress from the mile and a half marker. Southern Bay found herself in front and she led at a steady pace from In The Spotlight, Smashing and Pronto Pronto. With the others strung out in single file, there wasn't much change in the order, as they swung towards the mile marker. Finding the pace a bit slow for her liking, Martin Dwyer eased In The Spotlight into a comfortable lead near the half way stage and dictated pace thereafter. While she was travelling well within herself, the others were off their bridles. Without making much of a fuss, Dwyer reminded In The Spotlight of her task in the straight and kept pushing her till the winning post. She crossed the line ahead of Smashing, Southern Bay and Toroloco. Pronto Pronto, who ended fifth, collapsed on the race track after passing the winning post. He apparently suffered a cardiac arrest and had to be sadly put to sleep.
The connections of In The Spotlight were obviously delighted with the result. She had won everything for the asking. She had set a new record for the amount of stake money that she had won in the last six months. A modest Padmanabhan remarked that "In The Spotlight is definitely special. Martin Dwyer has struck a fine partnership with her, and they understand each other perfectly. I never give instructions to him because he knows what to do. The filly is the best that I have trained thus far in my career, but I hope I am lucky enough to train even better horses in the future." Padmanabhan is one Indian trainer who understands International Racing fairly well. It may not surprise many if he decides to take In The Spotlight across Indian shores.

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