Remember this name – Hallowed
Crown.
Bred and raced by Eduardo Cojuangco's Gooree Stud, and trained by James and Bart Cummings, the beautifully bred 2yo colt Hallowed Crown, by Steet Sense out of Danehill mare Crowned Glory, had scored impressively on debut seventeen days earlier with a comfortable 1 ¼ length victory over 1150m at Randwick/Kensington.
Lining up for start number two in Saturday's $200,000 Group 3 ATC Kindergarten Stakes, the big step up from a Maiden to Black-Type company would usually find out most lightly raced horses, however, in Hallowed Crown's case, his win over the 1100m was even more exciting than his debut win.
A delighted James Cummings when interviewed post-race enthused, "He's a real athlete and a real professional and he loves to absorb the race day experience. We saw that two weeks ago when he won on the Kensington track on debut. We aimed at this race ever since and even though he looks like a horse that will keep getting better over further, quality goes a long way. He wanted to attack the line. This horse will be a real carnival horse for the next few years to come I think."
Hallowed Crown's Group 3 Randwick win so early in his career would have come as little surprise to David and Robyn Whishaw of Tasmania's famed Armidale Stud.
You see they stand Hallowed Crown's half-brother Needs Further (by Encosta De
Lago), a horse who also rose quickly from a Maiden win at his second start to a
Group 3 Randwick win at his fourth start in the AJC Carbine Club Stakes (1600m),
a race in which he defeated Group 1 horses Happy Trails, Shadows in the Sun and
Divorces.
Unfortunately for his owner/breeder Eduardo Cojuangco and trainer Gai Waterhouse, Needs Further was to make only one further racetrack appearance before injury curtailed his ultra-promising career.
On retiring Gai Waterhouse stated "Needs Further was a quality colt from day one. He was a natural talent that found galloping easy. It took Group 1 winner Skilled to beat him on debut at two. At three he won the Group 3 Carbine Club, and this season he was to be my Doncaster Handicap horse. That's how highly I rate his ability as a racehorse."
No one could question Gai in respect of knowing what type of horse it takes to win a Doncaster, she's won seven of them! Gai added, "He is a tremendous physical and I urge all breeders to inspect Needs Further in the flesh. Seeing is believing."
Bred and raced by Eduardo Cojuangco's Gooree Stud, and trained by James and Bart Cummings, the beautifully bred 2yo colt Hallowed Crown, by Steet Sense out of Danehill mare Crowned Glory, had scored impressively on debut seventeen days earlier with a comfortable 1 ¼ length victory over 1150m at Randwick/Kensington.
Lining up for start number two in Saturday's $200,000 Group 3 ATC Kindergarten Stakes, the big step up from a Maiden to Black-Type company would usually find out most lightly raced horses, however, in Hallowed Crown's case, his win over the 1100m was even more exciting than his debut win.
A delighted James Cummings when interviewed post-race enthused, "He's a real athlete and a real professional and he loves to absorb the race day experience. We saw that two weeks ago when he won on the Kensington track on debut. We aimed at this race ever since and even though he looks like a horse that will keep getting better over further, quality goes a long way. He wanted to attack the line. This horse will be a real carnival horse for the next few years to come I think."
Hallowed Crown's Group 3 Randwick win so early in his career would have come as little surprise to David and Robyn Whishaw of Tasmania's famed Armidale Stud.
You see they stand Hallowed Crown's half-brother Needs Further (by Encosta De
Lago), a horse who also rose quickly from a Maiden win at his second start to a
Group 3 Randwick win at his fourth start in the AJC Carbine Club Stakes (1600m),
a race in which he defeated Group 1 horses Happy Trails, Shadows in the Sun and
Divorces. Unfortunately for his owner/breeder Eduardo Cojuangco and trainer Gai Waterhouse, Needs Further was to make only one further racetrack appearance before injury curtailed his ultra-promising career.
On retiring Gai Waterhouse stated "Needs Further was a quality colt from day one. He was a natural talent that found galloping easy. It took Group 1 winner Skilled to beat him on debut at two. At three he won the Group 3 Carbine Club, and this season he was to be my Doncaster Handicap horse. That's how highly I rate his ability as a racehorse."
No one could question Gai in respect of knowing what type of horse it takes to win a Doncaster, she's won seven of them! Gai added, "He is a tremendous physical and I urge all breeders to inspect Needs Further in the flesh. Seeing is believing."
Very high praise from the Australian Racing Hall of Fame
inductee.
It is now apparent Gai's words did not fall on deaf ears. When Armidale announced their new stallion acquisition to breeders in mid-2013 the phone rang hot.
It is now apparent Gai's words did not fall on deaf ears. When Armidale announced their new stallion acquisition to breeders in mid-2013 the phone rang hot.
At season's end Needs Further had covered 70 mares, making him Tassie's
most popular sire in 2013. Some of quality mares tested in foal to Needs
Further include:
Caralowe (by Hennessy) - dam of Melbourne & Adelaide Group 3 winning 2yo Triple Asset ($267,000 earnings).
Queen's Own (by Coronation Day) - dam of one of Tasmania's best ever race mares, the $1.1 million earner Lady Lynette.
Regal Heights (by Zabeel) - dam of multiple Sydney & Melbourne Group placegetter Queenstown ($333,000 earnings).
Wexford (by Weasel Clause) - Group 3 winner of the VRC St Leger.
Oceans (by Fastnet Rock) – Sydney winner from the family of 5 times G1 winner Theseo.
Buzzing Along (by Tough Speed) - stakes placed winner of 4 Metropolitan races.
Satin Choice (by Redoute's Choice) - Melbourne winner.
Gehenna (by Ladoni) – a stakes winning 2yo who has already produced 4 Metropolitan winners in Victoria and Tasmania.
Needs Further is by twice Australian Champion Sire Encosta De Lago, sire of last season's Australian Champion First Season Sire, the ill-fated Northern Meteor.
His dam Crowned Glory is by nine times Australian Champion Sire Danehill. She was a Group winning 2yo who just missed out on capturing the pinnacle of Australian 2yo racing the Group 1 Golden Slipper, beaten into second place by a mere half-head.
Her dam Significant Moment is by multiple Australian Champion Sire in Bletchingly and is a half-sister to another multiple Champion Sire in Zabeel. Needs Further's pedigree is hard to fault.
Armidale Stud's David Whishaw commented, "We are very much looking forward to the arrival of Needs Further's first foals this Spring. He's a lovely strong athletic horse, with a super temperament. If he can throw stock like himself then we will be over the moon."
The undefeated Hallowed Crown's recent Randwick successes will have done little to dampen the enthusiasm of both Armidale Stud and Needs Further's 2013 season supporters. In fact it's hard to wipe the smile off their faces at present. Roll on Spring 2014.
For more information please call David Whishaw, Armidale Stud, on 0407 868 269.
Caralowe (by Hennessy) - dam of Melbourne & Adelaide Group 3 winning 2yo Triple Asset ($267,000 earnings).
Queen's Own (by Coronation Day) - dam of one of Tasmania's best ever race mares, the $1.1 million earner Lady Lynette.
Regal Heights (by Zabeel) - dam of multiple Sydney & Melbourne Group placegetter Queenstown ($333,000 earnings).
Wexford (by Weasel Clause) - Group 3 winner of the VRC St Leger.
Oceans (by Fastnet Rock) – Sydney winner from the family of 5 times G1 winner Theseo.
Buzzing Along (by Tough Speed) - stakes placed winner of 4 Metropolitan races.
Satin Choice (by Redoute's Choice) - Melbourne winner.
Gehenna (by Ladoni) – a stakes winning 2yo who has already produced 4 Metropolitan winners in Victoria and Tasmania.
Needs Further is by twice Australian Champion Sire Encosta De Lago, sire of last season's Australian Champion First Season Sire, the ill-fated Northern Meteor.
His dam Crowned Glory is by nine times Australian Champion Sire Danehill. She was a Group winning 2yo who just missed out on capturing the pinnacle of Australian 2yo racing the Group 1 Golden Slipper, beaten into second place by a mere half-head.
Her dam Significant Moment is by multiple Australian Champion Sire in Bletchingly and is a half-sister to another multiple Champion Sire in Zabeel. Needs Further's pedigree is hard to fault.
Armidale Stud's David Whishaw commented, "We are very much looking forward to the arrival of Needs Further's first foals this Spring. He's a lovely strong athletic horse, with a super temperament. If he can throw stock like himself then we will be over the moon."
The undefeated Hallowed Crown's recent Randwick successes will have done little to dampen the enthusiasm of both Armidale Stud and Needs Further's 2013 season supporters. In fact it's hard to wipe the smile off their faces at present. Roll on Spring 2014.
For more information please call David Whishaw, Armidale Stud, on 0407 868 269.
