Diapason is the horse in question and the
resulting win at Sale on a Tuesday was impressive enough to plan for more.She'd not been seen at any official trials but was obviously well found as the short-priced favourite and after being taken back to a clear last by Craig Newitt, was brought to the middle of the track and then never really in any danger of not mowing them down with a sustained and impressive run.
She is by Shocking out of Musicanna and was offered at the 2014 NZB Select Yearling Sale in the Rich Hill Stud draft, being bought for $40,000 by Chris Waller Racing.
Interestingly though she stayed in New Zealand for a good while, not being shipped to Australia until June of last year.
Musicanna is an English mare who won at Listed level and was twice Group I placed.
A hint to the potential to fire over a short distance though comes from her half-sister Our Poppet, who did nothing on the track with just the one start but left a horse called Overdose.
Overdose had an 18 start career which saw 15 wins and by the time he finished had been awarded Champion 3YO Sprinter in Germany and Italy and Champion 2YO Colt, 3YO Colt, Sprinter & Grass Horse in Slovakia in 2007 & 2008.
Maybe tough to get a real line on the quality of all that, however one of the three defeats was notable in being a 1-1/4 length fourth to Prohibit in the Group I Kings Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot in 2011, the year Australia's Star Witness finished second.
As for Diapason, it looked more the win of a horse with a bright future than an average one winning its maiden so she'll certainly bear watching.
