From ANZ Bloodstock: Brave Smash’s (Tosen Phantom) good start in the breeding barn continued apace yesterday when his daughter Brave Strike (2 f ex Taste Of Money by Not A Single Doubt) became the stallion’s third individual winner when she broke her maiden at the first time of asking in the Amelia Park 2YO Plate (1100m) at Ascot.
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From ANZ Bloodstock: Aquis Farm stallion Invader (Snitzel) recorded his first stakes and Group 1 winner as a stallion in yesterday’s Surround Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m), thanks to his filly Sunshine In Paris (3 f ex Zenaida by Zabeel).
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From TDN: When James McDonald, aboard second-favourite Zougotcha (Zoustar), pushed ahead to hold Hugh Bowman, riding In Secret (I Am Invincible), against the rail as they turned for home, little did the pair realise that neither would finish in the top two, their main dangers still lying behind them.
From Breednet: There were six Group I races in Australia and New Zealand on Saturday, three of them won by first time G1 horses, while several other new 2YO stakes-winners put their hands up as having G1 potential.
From ANZ Bloodstock: In one of the tightest finishes seen so far this year, less than a head separated the first four across the line in yesterday’s Surround Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) at Randwick, with Sunshine In Paris (Invader) crowned the winner.
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