The
most expensive yearling by ill-fated Street Cry (IRE) ever sold in Australia,
blue-blooded colt Taaj opened his account at Gosford on Thursday for Team Hawkes.
Unplaced at his first three runs, Taaj appreciated a drop in grade and step up
to 1600 metres to score a three-quarter length win over older rivals.
Taaj was a $1.5 million Inglis Easter purchase from the Three Bridges Thoroughbreds
draft for Emirates Park and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum.
Bred by Gilgai Farm, Taaj is the second winner for Star on High (USA), a
half-sister by Fusaichi Pegasus to Group I winners Peeping Fawn and
Thewayyouare.
Star on High's dam Maryinsky was in the news recently when her yearling filly
by Fastnet Rock sold for $1million at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, so
it's a family held in high regard right around the world.
Star on High was exported back to Ireland in 2014.