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European-bred Knights Order lands City Tattersalls Club Cup
The Irish-bred Knights Order (6 g ex Lamanka Lass by Woodman) grabbed his first win at stakes level when he took out the City Tattersalls Club Cup (Listed, 2400m) at Randwick on Saturday and in the process became the 29th stakes winner for the often underrated Coolmore Stud-basd So You Think (High Chaparral).
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained gelding was last seen finishing sixth in the Port Macquarie Cup (2000m) and he clearly appreciated the step out to 2400 metres, staying on well to repel the advances of Rondinella (Ocean Park), eventually beating her by a quarter of a length, while Djukon (Jukebox Jury) was another two and a quarter lengths further away in third.
The gelding is from the second European crop of So You Think, who shuttled to Coolmore’s Irish base for four seasons. Knights Order began his life in Newmarket with trainer William Jarvis for whom he won four of his nine starts when known as Knight Errant.
The gelding is no stranger to a sales ring and was purchased by Redbarn Farm and Stud for €5,000 at the Goffs Ireland February Sale in 2016, before selling to Jarvis for 6,000gns at Book 3 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale later that same year. The gelding was then snapped up by Waterhouse and McKeever Bloodstock for 250,000gns at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses-In-Training Sale in 2018.
The six-year-old is one of nine winners out of winning Woodman (Mr. Prospector) mare Lamanka Lass and she is also the dam of Grade 2 winner Dark Islander (Singspiel).
Lamanka Lass is herself a half-sister to dual Group 3 winner Far Lane (Lear Fan) and the dams of Ascot Summer Mile (Gr 2, 1m) winner Arod (Teofilo) and Listed winner Mutate (Octagonal).
So You Think’s progeny is headed by top-flight winners, including Quick Thinker, who won the Australian Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) in the Autumn and he stands for a fee of $38,500 (inc GST).
