Scenic Lodge sire Snippetson has banked another lucrative purse with Lady Sniper in the $250,000 Inglis Sprint (1100m) at Randwick.

The Bjorn Baker trained filly will head for spell following a promising first prep in Sydney.  “I told the owners she would be right in the finish,” Baker said after the filly scored by a neck despite scouting wide on Saturday.  “She will go out now and come back in the autumn.”

Lady Sniper (3f Snippetson – Lady Titus by Arena) is from a half-sister to the Mister C stakes winners Misty Dawn & Easy Landing and was a $20,000 buy for Boomer Bloodstock (FBAA) at the 2014 Inglis Classic Summer Sale.

Her connections have pocketed over $230,000 and the filly also earned her trainer a pair of Swarovski binoculars on Saturday.  “It’s a credit to Craig Rounsefell of Boomer Bloodstock,” Baker declared.  “She only cost $20,000 and look at her now – I thought she was a standout in the parade ring.”

Lady Sniper had broken her maiden at Beaudesert on Australia Day before transferring to Baker for a second-up win at Canterbury in October.  “She was a really nice type and I thought I would have had to go a lot higher to secure her,” Rounsefell recalled.  “She has come along in leaps and bounds.”

Scenic Lodge stands Snippetson for a $6,500 (plus gst) service fee.  He has sired the winners of $1.25 million this season and is second on the Sunspeed sires’ table behind Scenic Lodge champion Blackfriars ($2.32 million).