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didn't win Black Type races on Saturday, but they soon will.
They are unbeaten three year-old Choisir colt Proisir and progressive four
year-old mare Emotional Circus, both of whom impressed for different reasons at
Rosehill on Saturday.
The Gai Waterhouse trained Proisir took another big step in the right direction
when scoring a dominant victory.
An impressive winner on debut at a midweek meeting last month, he flew the
gates from barrier 10 and surged quickly across to take up the lead.
Proisir (pictured www.stevehart.com.au) controlled the race from that point for Nash Rawiller and coasted home
to win the Benchmark 69 event over 1400 metres by more than two lengths.
"He's a very, very exciting horse," Waterhouse said. "He hasn't started
for 31 days, they don't often do that
"He had to start from the outside gate and use quite a bit of petrol to
get over there and take control of the race. When he came around the turn he
just kicked again."
Proisir was bred and retained to race by Anthony and Mario Falcone, who also
raced his mother Prophet Jewel, who was a smart Sydney metropolitan winner of
six races by Encosta de Lago.
A direct descendant of legendary Kiwi producer Sunbride (GB), Prophet Jewel has
an unnamed two year old colt by Dane Shadow, a yearling filly by Dylan Thomas
(IRE) and is due to foal to Dane Shadow again this spring.
While Proisir led from the outset, the Jason Coyle trained mare Emotional
Circus led for just a few strides, but they were the ones that counted right
next to the winning post.
Resuming from a spell, Emotional Circus settled at the rear for Christian Reith
and motored to the line to win the 1100 metre dash by half a neck under 59.5
kg.
"She was the best horse in the race and I rode her that way," Reith said.
"The runs came and she needed them too because with the big weight we
didn't want to be stopping and starting."
Emotional Circus (pictured www.stevehart.com.au) is likely to head to the Listed ATC Sheraco Stakes (1200m)
next start where a clash with champion mare More Joyous and dual Group I winner
Streama awaits.
"At this stage we'll keep her to the 1200 metres and look at 1400 metres
in time," Jason Coyle said.
"We're focussed on the race (Sheraco) in a fortnight and then we'll make
some more plans."
Emotional Circus has blossomed this year and has the overall record of four
wins from nine starts with nearly $250,000 in prizemoney.
A homebred for the Evergreen Rich Syndicate, Emotional Circus is by Elusive
Quality (USA) from Fastnet Rock's stakes-placed full sister Cirque du Soleil,
who has had four foals to race for three winners with Emotional Circus shaping
as the best to date.
While her sire Elusive Quality has achieved mixed results in the Southern
Hemisphere, he does seem to get his best performers in our part of the world
when crossed with daughters of Danehill.
There have been 54 winners from 80 runners bred this way worldwide with seven
of them stakes-winners led by Group I winners Sepoy and Camarilla.
Evergreen Stud sold the current yearling from Cirque du Soleil, a filly by
Encosta de Lago for $450,000 at the 2012 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale
and the mare has a yearling filly by Lonhro and was covered by High Chaparral
(IRE) last spring.
Class: Benchmark 69. Track: Good. Time: 1:22.71. Sectional Time: 0:34.91 at 600m. Prizemoney: $85,000 - 1st: $48,750 2nd: $16,750 3rd: $8,350. |
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| 1 | 4. Proisir | Ms G Waterhouse | N Rawiller (10) |
$1.73
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58.0 |
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 3c Choisir
x Prophet Jewel
(Encosta De Lago
)Not Offered |
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| 2 | 2.3 | 6. Norzita (NZ) | J B Cummings | C W Brown (2) |
$6
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56.5 |
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3f Thorn Park
x Visique
(Quest For Fame (GB)
) Lot 136; 2011 NZB Premier Yearling Sale; Vendor - Windsor Park Stud; Buyer - DGR Thoroughbred Services
$200,000 |
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| 3 | 2.8 | 7. Chez Harmony | David Payne | J R Collett (4) |
$31
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53.0 |
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3f Choisir
x Harmonia
(Last Tycoon (IRE)
) Lot 559; 2011 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale; Vendor - Edinburgh Park, Taree; Buyer - J Cordina
$100,000 |
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| 4 | 6.1 | 9. Red Dynamite | T R Martin | S Clipperton (6) |
$17
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52.0 |
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| 3c Red Ransom (USA) x Dyna Slam (USA) (Grand Slam (USA) ) | |||||||
| 5 | 6.4 | 8. Kristy Lee | C J Waller | D Dunn (1) |
$6.50
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54.0 |
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| 3f Encosta De Lago x Shania Dane (Danehill (USA) ) | |||||||
| 6 | 11.6 | 10. Patsy Girl | Ms W Roche | Nathan Berry (5) |
$101
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54.0 |
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| 3f Oratorio (IRE) x Broccoli (Brocco (USA) ) | |||||||
| 7 | 12.9 | 1. Turnley | C E Conners | P Robl (3) |
$21
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59.0 |
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| 3g Olympus x Katie Kerfuffle (Strategic ) | |||||||
| 8 | 14.2 | 5. Destiny Rising | B A Gentle | J Ford (7) |
$31
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57.0 |
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| 3c God's Own x Palace De Lago (Encosta De Lago ) | |||||||
| 9 | 26.6 | 2. Longport | John Thompson | C Reith (8) |
$31
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58.0 |
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| 3f Casino Prince x Ocean Bridge (Dolphin Street (FR) ) | |||||||
| 10 | 36.3 | 3. Nediym's Quest | David Pfieffer | G Schofield (9) |
$21
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58.0 |
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| 3c General Nediym x Zabere (Dehere (USA) ) | |||||||
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