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Stakes round up

by Racing & Sports , 2 years ago

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Power records his second Group One winner and Ilovethiscity, Exceed And Excel, Wootton Bassett, Exosphere and Invincible Spirit sire new stakes winners

Wootton Bassett.
Wootton Bassett. Picture: Haras d'Etreham

Winx Guineas to Our Playboy
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained Our Playboy (3 g ex Mischief Night by Shamardal) won Sunday’s Winx Guineas (Gr 3, 1600m), the second Group win for son of the late Widden Stud-based sire Sebring (More Than Ready). Under Robbie Fradd, Our Playboy scored an impressive five and three quarter length victory over favourite Dzsenifer (Scissor Kick), with the win the first for the gelding since he won the Vain Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m) at Caulfield last August. A possible spring target for Our Playboy, who was bought by Mick Price for $210,000 at the 2019 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale from the draft of Widden Stud, is the Cantala Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m). Our Playboy has now won four of his 14 career starts with his prize money now totalling just shy of $300,000. 

 

36th Group winner for King’s Best
Former shuttle sire King’s Best (Kingmambo) sired his 36th Group winner when Taurus Gemini (5 b h ex Erimo Etoilee by Manhattan Cafe) won Tonabota Sho (Gr 3, 2000m) at Fukushima in Japan on Sunday. Taurus Gemini was a previous Listed winner for his sire and one of his 66 stakes winners worldwide headed by eight Group One winners including Derby (Gr 1, 1m4f) winner Workforce. King’s Best died in 2019 after suffering from colic. 

 

Five for Ilovethiscity
Ilovethiscity (Magic Albert) sired his fifth stakes winner when the Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained King Of Hastings (4 g ex Handcut by Danerich) won the Glasshouse Stakes (Listed, 1400m) at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday. King Of Hastings defeated fellow Victorian-trained Charleise (Foxwedge) by three quarters of a length, with Desert Lord (High Chaparral) a further neck back in third. King Of Hastings was a $32,000 purchase by Anthony Freedman at the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale from the draft of C Rentessis. King Of Hastings is the first stakes winner in three generations of his family and is out of the city performed Danerich (Danehill) mare Handcut. Ilovethiscity stands at Noor Elaine Farm where his fee is advertised at $4,400 (inc GST). 

 

186 for Exceed And Excel
Exceed And Excel (Danehill) sired his 186th stakes winner when Choux (2 f ex Puff Pastry by Pivotal) won the Prix Yacowlef (LIsted, 1000m) at Deauville on Sunday. Choux raced on the speed and took the lead inside the final 100m and had enough in hand to hold off Pap Don’t Preach (Kodiac) by a neck. There was a further three lengths back to Royal Ashirah (Hot Streak) in third. Choux was purchased by FAH Bloodstock for €23,000 at the 2019 Goffs November Foal Sale.

 

19 for Wootton Bassett
Coolmore Stud’s Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj) sired his 19th stakes winner when Zellie (2 f ex Sarai by Nathaniel) impressively took out the Prix Roland de Chambure (Listed, 1400m) at Deauville on Sunday. The Andre Fabre-trained filly travelled well in midfield before showing a good turn of foot in the straight to draw away to a three length victory over Miss Cleopatra (Toronado) with a further length and a half back to Nirliit (Iffraaj) in third. Zellie, who is owned by Lavinia Fabre, was purchased for €140,000 as a foal from the 2019 Arqana December Sale by Bloodstock Management Services. Later in the afternoon, Speak Of The Devil (4 f ex Moranda by Indian Rocket), already a stakes winner for her sire, won the Prix de la Calonne (Listed, 1600m) to give Wootton Bassett a stakes double. 

Wootton Bassett will shuttle to Coolmore’s Hunter Valley farm for the first time this year and he will stand for a fee of $71,500 (inc GST). 

 

Second Group One winner for Power
The Oaklands Stud-based stallion Power (Oasis Dream) sired his second Group One winner when 29-1 shot Law Of Indices (3 c ex Sampers by Exceed And Excel) won the Prix Jean Prat (Gr 1, 1400m) at Deauville. Under Olivier Peslier, Law Of Indices went straight to the front and then ran on well under pressure to hold off the Joseph O’Brien-trained runner Thunder Moon (Zoffany) and score by a head. The Andre Fabre-trained favourite Midtown (Dubawi) was another length and a half back in third. Power covered a book of 100 mares last season at a fee of $11,000 (inc GST) and he will stand alongside Exosphere (Lonhro) and Prince Fawaz (Fastnet Rock), who will both stand their first season at Oaklands Stud this year, for a slightly increased fee of $13,200 (inc GST). 

 

Third stakes winner for Exosphere
Ocean (3 g ex Tevara by Compton Place) provided his sire Exosphere (Lonhro) with his third stakes winner when he won Sunday’s Prix de Ris-Orangis (Gr 3, 1200m) at Deauville. Now the winner of his last three starts and having his first start in stakes company, Ocean pulled away in the closing stages to score by a length and a quarter from Coeur de Pierre (Zanzibari). Sestilio Jet (French Fifteen) finished a close third. Exosphere’s fee at Oaklands Stud has been set at $4,950 (inc GST) this season. His first two stakes winners were Exoboom and Thermosphere. 

 

Two new stakes winners for Invincible Spirit
Invincible Spirit (Green Desert) sired two new stakes winners on Sunday and took his overall tally to 134. The first of these came when Pearls Galore (4 f ex Pearl Banks by Pivotal) scored by two lengths, going away, in the Brownstown Stakes (Gr 3, 7f) at Fairyhouse. The four-year-old has now won three of her eight career starts and beat Valeria Messalina (Holy Roman Emperor) while there was another length and a quarter back to Bipartisanship (Bated Breath) in third. 

Shortly afterwards, Irish raider, the Jessie Harrington-trained Loch Lein (3 f ex Ashley Hall by Maria’s Mon) won the Prix Amandine (Listed, 1400m) at Deauville to become the 134th stakes winner for her sire. Bred by Epona Bloodstock and raced by Mrs Joan Brosnan, Loch Lein settled in behind the leaders before being asked to quicken with 400 metres left to run. She took the lead 200 metres out and won by a length from Pamouschana (Showcasing). 

Based at the Irish National Stud, Invincible Spirit stood for a fee of €80,000 this season. 

 

Third stakes winner for Goken
O Trasno (3 c ex Mapiya by Green Tune) became the third stakes winner for the Haras de Colleville-based Goken (Kendargent) when he won the Prix Kistena (Listed, 1200m) at Deauville on Sunday. The scolt beat Millau (Wootton Bassett) by a length and a quarter, stepping up to stakes company for the first time. Goken stood his fifth season at stud this year for a fee of €15,000. 


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