Once again the vast strength and depth of stallions based in New South Wales was on show last Friday and Saturday along the eastern seaboard. Of the seventeen black-type races run over the two days, twelve fell to horses conceived in NSW with three of the remainder being overseas bred.
Of course Champion mare Winx (Street Cry) led the way but Humidor’s stunning win in the Makybe Diva Stakes provided further evidence of quality of horse Darley’s Teofilo is capable of siring. Other highlights were the maiden Australian Stakes win for the progeny of Sepoy when Alizee took the Tea Rose Stakes and reward for persistency by the connections of the late blooming eight year old Got Unders who won Friday’s Cameron Handicap at Newcastle.
The full list of Stakes successes were –
Friday
Gr.3 Newcastle Spring Stakes, Newcastle 1600m, Astoria (AUS), Medaglia dÓro (USA), standing at Darley, Kelvinside
Gr.3 Cameron Handicap, Newcastle, 1500m, Got Unders (AUS) by Southern Image (USA), formerly of Widden Stud
Gr.3 Tibbie Stakes, Newcastle, 1400m, Zanbagh (AUS), by Bernardini (USA), formerly of Darley, Kelvinside
Saturday
Gr.1 George Main Stakes, Randwick, 1600m, Winx (AUS), by Street Cry (USA), formerly of Darley, Kelvinside
Gr.1 Makybe Diva Stakes, Flemington, 1600m, Humidor (NZ), by Teofilo (IRE), standing at Darley, Kelvinside
Gr.2 The Shorts, Randwick, 1100m, Redzel (AUS) by Snitzel (AUS) standing at Arrowfield Stud
Gr.2 Tea Rose Stakes, Randwick, 1400m, Alizee (AUS) by Sepoy (AUS), standing at Darley, Kelvinside
Gr.2 Danehill Stakes, Flemington, 1200m, Catchy (AUS), by Fastnet Rock (AUS), standing at Coolmore Australia
Gr.3 Bill Ritchie Handicap, Randwick, 1400m, Comin’ Through (AUS), by Fastnet Rock (AUS), standing at Coolmore Australia
Listed Heritage Stakes, Randwick, 1100m, Viridine (AUS), by Poet’s Voice (GB), standing at Darley, Kelvinside
Listed Cap dÁntibes Stakes, Flemington, 1100m, Fox Swift (AUS), by Foxwedge (AUS), standing at Newgate Farm
Listed The Sofitel, Flemington, 1400m, Theanswermyfriend (AUS), by High Chaparral (IRE), stood at Coolmore Australia