Good things come to those who wait and that was certainly the case for one of Hong Kong’s most popular racehorses Hot King Prawn (Denman x De Chorus), who claimed a deserved maiden G1 in the Centenary Sprint Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday evening.
Yarraman Park's star sire I Am Invincible kick started the new season with a stakes double at Caulfield as I Am a Star returned from a break to take the Group 3 MRC Quezette Stakes and Voodoo Lad scored a career best win in the Listed MRC Regal Roller Stakes.
When your dad is High Chaparral (IRE) and your mum is a full sister to Fastnet Rock, it’s not hard to think that a colt like this might be well above average.
Yarraman Park’s red hot young sire I Am Invincible posted his 50th individual winner of the season at Balaklava on Wednesday and he did it with yet another two year old in Bilzerian (pictured as a yearling).
He was the second highest priced colt by Snitzel at the 2014 yearling sales and opened his career with a stylish debut victory at Hawkesbury on Tuesday for the Chris Waller stable.
A model of consistency from the Gai Waterhouse stable, four year-old Choisir gelding Frespanol (pictured as a yearling) has been allowed to work his way steadily through the grades landing his first Black Type victory at Doomben on Saturday when taking out the Listed BRC Spear Chief Quality.
Seasoned stayer Tanby hadn’t won a race since the Group II MRC Zipping Classic in 2012, but the eight year-old son of Galileo (IRE) was the Tanby of old at Morphettville on Monday, surging late to snatch victory in the Group II SAJC Adelaide Cup.
Madam Gangster was feeling the heat after plundering three consecutive races. So she went into hiding for a brief spell before emerging at Flemington to snatch the biggest haul of her life.
Having won the Listed ATC The Rosebud last time out over 1200m at Randwick, Scissor Kick returned to the scene of the crime on Saturday, stepping up to the 1300m to snatch victory from his stablemate Panzer Division in the Group 3 ATC Up And Coming Stakes.
Gooree Cup day was renamed Jeff Brasch day after the Mudgee trainer grabbed two wins and a second including the $30,000 feature race in a photo finish.