Big Saturday of racing with Group I occasions in Melbourne and Sydney throwing up a few first time Aussie G1 winners to place the highlight on the Acclamation sireline, whereas G2 occasions for 3 year-olds produced three model new stakes-winners.
The $5million Group I MVRC Cox Plate (2040m) was the richest race in Australia on Saturday with ‘the pride of Hong Kong’, Irish bred Acclamation gelding Romantic Warrior (IRE) snatching a final stride win, examine him right here.
Already a three-time G1 winner in Hong Kong earlier than Saturday, Romantic Warrior is the perfect of 66 stakes-winners sired by Acclamation, six of them G1 winners that embody main sire Dark Angel. Now aged 24, Acclamation is within the twilight of a protracted and profitable stud profession at Rathbarry Stud the place his charge this 12 months was €27,500. Interestingly Dark Angel was in his first crop of foals born in 2005 and Romantic Warrior arrived some 13 years later in 2018.
The $2million Group I ATC Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) was gained in dominant fashion by Godolphin Tom Kitten, who has a bit in widespread with Romantic Warrior when it comes to pedigree, examine him right here.
Tom Kitten is the primary G1 winner worldwide for young shuttle sire Harry Angel (IRE) and is the 23rd as a broodmare sire for Street Cry, who can also be the dam sire of Romantic Warrior, so he’s a potent power in a pedigree that may by no means be underestimated. At this time limit this pair of G1 winners are the one stakes-winners to mix the blood of Acclamation and Street Cry with the nick producing 23 winners from 46 starters.
Harry Angel was a lightning quick G1 profitable sprinter and has had good alternative in each hemispheres together with his oldest progeny 3YO’s, so the place is he going higher?
Southern Hemisphere – 18 winners from 40 starters – Tom Kitten the very best of three SW’s, the others are Streetan Angel and Arkansaw Kid – 7.5% SW to runner.
Northen Hemisphere – 74 winners from 125 starters- G3 winners Marshman and Al Dasim the very best of six SW’s – 4.8% SW to runner.
Tom Kitten traces in story feminine line to legendary blue hen Dancing Show by way of the Twyla department with this household already producing a winner of the Spring Champion Stakes in Platinum Scissors, who saluted again in 2002.
Another attention-grabbing reality in regards to the pedigree of Tom Kitten is that 4 x 3 double cross of Machiavellian. Harry Angel’s sire Dark Angel has sired three G1 winners – Althiqa, Mysterious Night and Hunt – from mares that carry Machiavellian blood and two of these are from daughters of Shamardal, whose dam is a sister to Street Cry.
The $1million Group II ATC Callander Presnell (1600m) was gained by an enormous spectacular trying colt in Chrysaor, who was over the percentages at 25-1, examine him right here.
Chrysaor is the tenth stakes-winner for Better Than Ready and comes from the household of world champion sprinter Silent Witness. He is the 29th as a broodmare sire for Choisir, who has a reasonably good file with More Than Ready. The two mix within the pedigrees of seven stakes-winners headed by G1 winner The Mission.
Better Than Ready specifically has had 9 winners from 11 starters out of mares by Choisir with Chrysaor the primary SW bred this manner.
The $400,000 Group II MVRC AAMI Vase (2040m) was gained by progressive colt Apulia, who was too sturdy for the Justify duo of Verdad and Air Assault, examine him right here.
Apulia is the ninth stakes-winner for the late Melbourne Cup profitable sire Fiorente and is the 71st stakes-winner as a broodmare sire for Epsom Derby winner High Chaparral. Given the shut presence in his pedigree of Monsun and Sadler’s Wells it’s not onerous to see why he excelled when stepped up in journey and he additionally traces in tail feminine line to Australian Oaks winner Just Now, who’s his fifth dam.
The $300,000 Group II MVRC Fillies Classic (1600m) was taken out by unbeaten filly Skybird, who flew home from final to first, examine her right here.
Skybird is the seventh stakes-winner for Lonhro’s Golden Rose profitable son Exosphere and is the fifth stakes-winner as a broodmare sire for Fastnet Rock’s G1 profitable son Wanted. While Exosphere and Wanted have slid from industrial favour, they’re properly bred stallions and likewise think about Skybird comes from one of many hottest present feminine households of the precise now.
Her second dam Forest Finch is a half-sister to stakes-winner Snippets Lass, well-known because the dam of champion sire Snitzel, however extra just lately well-known once more because the grand-dam of G1 Epsom Handicap winner Rediener and third dam of Everest place-getter and $8million incomes G1 winner Private Eye.
