From ANZ Bloodstock: Aquis Farm stallion Invader (Snitzel) moved into joint third on the list of leading first season sires by winners when his son Nishikado (2 g ex Mediation by Azamour) became the sire’s eighth individual winner of the season yesterday.
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From Breednet: A flying start to the day for Aquis Farm’s first crop sires Kobayashi, Invader, and Jukebox with Midnight In Tokyo (Kobayashi) winning at Randwick, Nishikado (Invader) making a winning debut at Gawler, and Jukebox Flyer (Jukebox) a fighting second at Caulfield.
From Thoroughbred News: Jockey Sam Clipperton did not want to be at the rear of the field entering the main straight on the $5.50 favourite Midnight In Tokyo in the $150,000, Home Affairs At Coolmore Handicap (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday, but he need not have worried as the filly came home well for the win.
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From Breednet: Aquis Farm’s Kobayashi is the sire of smart filly Midnight in Tokyo, who powered home from back in the field to win the open juvenile event at Randwick on Saturday.
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From ANZ Bloodstock: Widden Stud stallion Jukebox (Snitzel) sired his fifth individual southern hemisphere winner, from just 12 runners when the Justin Bowen-trained Play My Song (2 f ex Anastasia Winni by Strada) got the better of favourite Secret Revolution (Russian Revolution) to win a 1000-metre two-year-old handicap at Muswellbrook yesterday.
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From Breednet: Showing the experience earned from three previous starts, the Justin Bowen-trained Play My Song overpowered the favourite Secret Revolution in a hotly contested 1000m 2yo handicap at Muswellbrook on Friday to credit Jukebox with his fifth winner and fourth in Australia.
From ANZ Bloodstock: And now for Snitzel’s next trick: siring sires… But when a son of his son Jukebox – Johnny Rocker – took last Saturday’s Oxlade Stakes (Listed, 1300m) at Eagle Farm, it meant four Snitzel stallions stood in the top 14 among first-season sires this season.
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From TDN: It would appear fate, and perhaps some good luck, played a part in Johnny Rocker’s (Jukebox) Oxlade S. triumph at Eagle Farm.
From Breednet: Young Aquis Farm stallion Jukebox received a huge boost when the Barry Lockwood-trained Johnny Rocker went coast to coast in Saturday’s Listed Oxlade Stakes (1300m) at Eagle Farm.
From Breednet: Pierata also had a $200,000 sale with his Newhaven Park consigned colt from Plastered (USA) bought by Bahen Bloodstock. Dubious made his mark with a colt from Chit Chat making $150,000 for Kenmore Lodge when bought by Aquis Stallions.