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High-class filly hands Hallowed Crown with first Group 1 winner.
Hallowed Crown (Street Sense) - who has relocated to Olly Tait's Twin Hills Stud - sired his first Group 1 winner as his daughter Colette (3 f ex Libretto by Singspiel) blew her rivals away in the Australian Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m) at Randwick on Saturday.
Coming into the race off the back of a victory in the Adrian Knox Stakes (Gr 3, 2000m) only a week ago, the James Cummings-trained Colette appeared out of the pack and showed an incredible turn of foot to pull away to beat Toffee Tongue (Tavistock), who occupied the same position in the Adrian Knox, by two and a half lengths.
Cummings trained Colette's sire Hallowed Crown to win six races in a nine start career, including the Golden Rose Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) and Randwick Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m).
"We won the Golden Rose together and he (Hallowed Crown) came back to win the Randwick Guineas," Cummings said.
"I'm only still young and hopefully I've got a few Group Ones left in me.
"But she is the first Group One winner I've trained by a Group One winner I've trained, so it's pretty special."
The filly is out of the unraced mare Libretto (Singspiel) making her a three-quarter sister to Listed winner Metastasio (Street Cry), while Libretto also produced Librettista (Elusive Quality) - the dam of Listed winner Frenzified (Yeats).
Meanwhile, the filly's second dam is Group 3 winner and high-class producer Truly Special (Caerleon) - the dam of Group 2 winner Wareed (Sadler's Wells) and Grade 2 winner Truly A Dream (Darshaan) - the dam of Group 2 winner Dream Peace (Dansili).
Truly A Dream also produced Truly Yours (Barathea), who in turn foaled Listed-winning pair True To Form (Rock Of Gibraltar) and Truly Mine (Rock Of Gibraltar) with the latter the dam of Group 3 winner Only Mine (Pour Moi).
Truly Special also foaled Solo De Lune (Law Society) - the dam of Group 1 winner Cerulean Sky (Darshaan) - the dam of Listed winner Honolulu (Montjeu).
Cerulean Sky is the grandam of Group 2 winner Royal Beach (Whipper) and Group 3-winning pair Mayhem (Whipper) and Memphis Tennessee (Hurricane Run).
Solo De Lune's other daughter Moonstone (Dalakhani) produced Group 3-winning trio Nelson (Frankel), US Army Ranger (Galileo) and Words (Dansili) as well as Listed scorers Stubbs (Danehill Dancer) and Nevis (Dansili).
Moonstone's Listed-winning three-quarter sister L'Ancresse (Darshaan) also produced Listed-winning pair Master Of Reality (Frankel) and Chamonix (Galileo).
Libretto was retired from broodmare duties last year while Colette is one of 90 stakes winners as a broodmare sire for Singspiel and she becomes his 13th Group 1 winner.
It was a great result for Olly Tait's Twin Hills Stud who will stand Hallowed Crown at his New South Wales-based stud in 2020, with the stallion having stood his first five seasons at Darley. His fee remains at $11,000 (inc GST) again this year.
