Why Superstorm Will Be The All-Star Mile Winner
Tuscan Queen was defeated by stable mate Superstorm (pictured) in the Challenge Stakes

Why Superstorm Will Be The All-Star Mile Winner

Jared Timms

The 2020 All-Star Mile will be contested at Caulfield on Saturday and Neds will be represented by exciting three-year-old Superstorm in the $5 million feature. 

To say that we were excited that our man Alex Wilkinson drew Superstorm at last Monday’s wildcard announcement could be the understatement of the year so far. Here, we have a horse with obvious talent and ability, and much like inaugural The All-Star Mile winner Mystic Journey, is the race’s x-factor.

Don’t take our word for it – here’s a brief run-down of his seven-start career to date:

Superstorm immediately stamped himself as a horse to follow when debuting for the leading Perth-based training partnership of Grant & Alana Williams in August last year, and it is fair to say that he has only improved with racing and as the bar has been raised.

The three-year-old son of Sebring placed at his first two career starts before recording an easy maiden win at Ascot in November. He made a competitive transition to black type company when finishing less than a length from the winner in the Group 2 WA Guineas, before ending his campaign with an enormous performance to finish fourth in the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic.

Superstorm has clearly taken huge benefit from his debut prep and a brief let-up, however, and has already gone to another level this time in.

He was well and truly identified by the punters when sent off the $1.40 favourite in the Listed Challenge Stakes at Ascot in mid-February and returned one of the easiest watches of 2020 so far, giving his rivals windburn on the way to an easy win. 

That result booked his ticket east for the Group 1 Australian Guineas.

For one reason or another, it is often the case that the greater Australian racing fraternity overlooks young stars of the west and prior to last Saturday, that certainly looked like being the case with Superstorm.

If you didn’t see it, this is how he did it in the final 500m. That’s Superstorm carrying the famous cerise silks of Bob Peters, locked away at the tail of the field.

Other than the winner, it was definitely the run of the race – absolutely no doubt about it. You also get the feeling that if he was just a little bit closer at the bend, Alligator Blood would have had a serious fight on hands.

So that is Superstorm, so far. Pretty impressive reading if you ask us and importantly, he looks to have a lot more upside than anything else in The All-Star Mile field. Here’s a few more reasons why Superstorm will be The All-Star Mile winner in 2020:

  • 56kgs heavy_check_mark
  • The race looks likely to be run at a good clip heavy_check_mark
  • In-form hoop Mark Zahra takes the ride heavy_check_mark

The combination of Grant & Alana Williams and Bob Peters has easily been one of the most prolific in Australian racing for several seasons now. From their selection of yearlings to their placement and their ability to have a horse right at the perfect moment, some of the top line results that they have recorded have been nothing short of brilliant.

Superstorm is set to continue the trend by being crowned The All-Star Mile winner in 2020.