Placed in three previous starts, the John Sargent trained gelding was overdue
to record a win and did so in style, surging clear to snare the 1200 metre
feature by three-quarters of a length.Magic Shaft was a $60,000 purchase for his trainer from the Te Mania Thoroughbreds draft at the 2011 NZB Select Yearling Sale and was a successful pinhook having been originally purchased for $26,000 from the Chatsworth Park draft at the Inglis Select Weanling Sale.
He is one of three winners, but the first stakes-winner from the Marauding mare Adaptable Lass, a grand-daughter of West Australian Oaks winner Adaptable.
A Group II STC Silver Slipper winner by Flying Spur, Shaft (pictured) is the sire of four winners from 10 runners and stands at a fee of $7,700.
