Shadwell
Australia put their toe back in the market at Magic Millions last year securing
slick stakes-winner and Magic Millions 2YO Classic place-getter Madeenaty and
also an exciting Street Cry (IRE) colt that bolted in by six lengths at
Pakenham on Thursday.
Third on debut last month, the Hayes/Dabernig trained Eshtiraak showed the
benefit of that outing when leading throughout to win the 1200 metre maiden as
he pleased as a hot favourite.
A $400,000 Magic Millions purchase for Shadwell from the Baramul Stud draft,
Eshtiraak is a half-brother by champion sire Street Cry to Champion South African
2YO Colt and dual Group I winner Delago Deluxe, now a highly promising young sire at Newhaven Park.
He is the sixth winner from six to race from Flying Spur mare Succeeding, a half-sister
to Group I winners Duporth and Excites from $1million earner Staging.
A member of Gerry Harvey's exclusive broodmare band, Succeeding has a yearling
filly by Medaglia D'Oro (USA), a colt foal by Sepoy and was covered last spring
by Vancouver.