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Flamboyant Stakes at Greyville was taken out by Roy's Riviera, a five-year-old daughter of All Too Hard.
Australian-bred scores. Thursday's Flamboyant Stakes (Gr 3, 1600m) at Greyville was taken out by the Australian-bred Roy's Riviera, a five-year-old daughter of All Too Hard (Casino Prince) who provided her sire with a Boxing Day stakes double.
Winner of the East Coast Cup (Listed, 2000m) at Greyville in May, on Thursday Roy'a Riviera defeated Vistula (Ideal World) by a length and a quarter with Silent Crusade (Crusade) in third.
Roy's Riviera was bought for $70,000 by World Wide Bloodstock from the draft of Baramul Stud at the 2016 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. She is out of the placed Anabaa (Danzig) mare Donna Amata making her a half-sister to Listed winner and Group 2 placed mare Sebring Sally (Sebring) who sold in foal to American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) at the 2018 Inglis Chairman's Sale for $400,000 to Belmont Bloodstock.
Her second dam is the Listed winner Donna Cara (Sir Tristram) who produced fellow listed winners Yesterday (Red Ransom) and Donna Dior (Marscay). Donna Cara is out of Corn (Hotfoot), dam of Maizcay (Marscay) and Fitting (Marscay) who produced Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) winning sire Catbird (Danehill).
Earlier in the day All Too Royal provided his Vinery Stud-based sire All Too Hard with his 13th stakes winner when he scored in the Christmas Stakes (Listed, 1200m) at Caulfield.
All Too Hard has 6 lots catalogued to sell at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale which begins its 6 day run on 8 January.
