From Horse Racing Only: The concept of the Aquis breeder’s bonus, which was originally offered to both announce the presence of the then stud’s new stallion, The Mission, and to keep the focus firmly on the progress of his progeny, has proved to be a resounding success.
From TDN: Mishani Mental became the second winner for Aquis’ first-season sire The Mission when victorious in the Sky Racing H. (1100 metres) at Doomben on Saturday.
From ANZ Bloodstock: Aquis Farm-based first-season stallion The Mission (Choisir) sired his second winner Mishani Mental (2 g ex Mishani Lotus by Octagonal) landed a race over 1110 metres at Doomben yesterday.
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From Breednet: Making his fifth start in seven weeks, the 2yo The Mission gelding Mishani Mental broke through for his first win in Saturday’s Sky Racing Hcp (1100m) at Doomben and banked another $100,000 Aquis bonus for owner/breeder Mike Crooks.
From Townsville Bulletin: A week after a plunge went astray on Mishani Mental, the two-year-old shocked his trainer after winning the QTIS 2YO and a $100,000 bonus at Doomben.
The plunge was on seven days earlier for no result but Mishani Mental bounced back at Doomben on Saturday, winning the QTIS 2YO (1100m) and a $100,000 bonus from Aquis in the process.
From The Advertiser (SA): A week after a plunge went astray on Mishani Mental, the two-year-old shocked his trainer after winning the QTIS 2YO and a $100,000 bonus at Doomben.
The plunge was on seven days earlier for no result but Mishani Mental bounced back at Doomben on Saturday, winning the QTIS 2YO (1100m) and a $100,000 bonus from Aquis in the process.
From TDN: The 2-year-old season continued to emerge on Tuesday, with a number of juvenile trials hosted by the Gold Coast Turf Club. First off the bat was a victory for the smart filly Perfect Mission, who gave her Queensland-based Aquis Farm sire The Mission another reason to cheer.
From TDN: The G3 Darley Ottawa S. was a celebratory result for Aquis Farm on Oaks Day, giving its Caulfield Guineas-winning stallion Divine Prophet his very first stakes winner.
The G3 Darley Ottawa S. was the first of the features on VRC Oaks Day, a sprint over 1000 metres for the juvenile fillies. It proved a busy field with 18 horses going to post, and the result went the way of See You In Heaven, who provided her sire, Aquis Farm’s Divine Prophet, with his very first stakes winner.
From Breednet: Fifteen two-year-old fillies charged down the Flemington straight in the Group III Darley Ottawa Stakes (1000m) on Oaks Day and it was the unraced division that dominated the finish.
Looking every inch a true professional, the Richard and Chantelle Jolly-trained See You in Heaven went straight as an arrow down the centre of the track to ring up the first stakes-winner for Aquis Farm’s Caulfield Guineas hero Divine Prophet (Choisir).