From ANZ Bloodstock: There was only one likely destination for the half-brother to top juvenile Brave Halo (Brave Smash) and that was to Western Australian trainers Sean and Jake Casey.
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From ANZ Bloodstock: Saturday was a day to remember for the connections of Sunshine In Paris (Invader) in the Surround Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m), but her win meant just as much to Aquis Farm who stand the filly’s sire Invader (Snitzel), handing him his first Group 1 win at stud.
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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 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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From ANZ Bloodstock: Para Park Chance (2 g ex First Plan, by Henrythenavigator) became the second winner for Aquis Farm’s first-season sire Performer (Exceed and Excel) from nine runners when the gelding made a successful debut in a maiden handicap over 1100 metres at Rockhampton yesterday.
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From ANZ Bloodstock: Pierata (Pierro) was the horse of a lifetime for veteran Warwick Farm trainer Greg Hickman. The astute horseman selected him from the Kitchwin Hills draft at the 2016 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale and he went on to become a $5.8 million prize-money-earning Group 1 winner, defeating the likes of Trapeze Artist (Snitzel), Bivouac (Exceed and Excel), Brutal (O’Reilly), Nature Strip (Nicconi), and Redzel (Snitzel) along the journey.
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From ANZ Bloodstock: Aquis Farm’s first season sire Santos (I Am Invincible) sired both his first winner and first stakes winner from just ten runners yesterday when his daughter Ulanova (2 f ex The Fairy’s Kiss by Elusive Quality) hacked up in the Taranaki 2YO Classic (Gr 3, 1200m) at New Plymouth.
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From ANZ Bloodstock: Chris Waller, Guy Mulcaster and owners Neville Morgan and David Devine will be hoping a pervious affinity with the Ascot Park brand can deliver more success with a son of Pierata (Pierro) after the champion trainer and agent went to $650,000 to secure a colt by the Aquis Farm first season stallion.
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From ANZ Bloodstock: Having sired yesterday’s $800,000 top lot among first season sires, the progeny of Pierata (Pierro) again impressed buyers yesterday, including Mornington-based trainer Matt Laurie, who in conjunction with Justin Bahen purchased a colt for $550,000.
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