CERTAIN RISE IMPRESSES

They say the cream always rises to the top and Certain Rise showed her class with a dominant performance at Mornington today.

Breaking smartly, Certain Rise quickly took the lead and from there it was an armchair ride for Blake Shinn, coasting home to score eased down at the end of the 1200 metres for an impressive win.

Co-trainer Glen Thompson was understandably delighted with the win.

“She’s a filly we’ve always had a good opinion of,” Glen said. “She showed that on debut and has backed it up with natural improvement today.

“We were confident going into the race, Blake took bad luck out of the equation taking advantage of her early speed and the filly did the rest.

“It’s very pleasing to get the win for a good supporter of the stable in Yulong and I’d like to think there are more wins in store for Certain Rise.”

Blake Shinn echoed those sentiments.

“She put the writing on the wall on debut and she was well-placed by the stable today,” Blake said.

“She’s a nice filly and I’ve got a lot of time for her - it’s great to see her win a strong maiden like this in the way she did.

“She’s a strong girl with nice cruising speed and if she continues to improve I think she can win some nice races.”