A Breednet 'One to Watch' when winning on debut at Seymour on February 21, the
Lee and Anthony Freedman trained Shoals stepped straight up to Group company
and showed her class when surging to the line to win the 1200 metre sprint by
half a length.Winning rider Mark Zahra was well pleased with the filly.
"She goes pretty good," he said.
"It was a strong race and she knuckled down well.
"She'll go on to better things."
Shoals is likely to head to Sydney for The Championships.
"She's a very nice filly, beautifully bred and raced by two of my great friends and clients in John Messara and Jonathan Munz," said Lee Freedman.
"John Messara is keen for her to come up to Sydney to run in the Percy Sykes Stakes, so we'll probably do that."
Shoals was retained to race by her breeders Arrowfield stud and Jonathan Munz and is the first foal of The Broken Shore, who was bought by Dean Hawthorne Bloodstock for $1.9 million at the Magic Millions Teeley Assets Dispersal in 2014.
A metropolitan winner by Hussonet (USA), The Broken Shore is a half-sister to
Group I winners Redoute's Choice, Manhattan Rain and Platinum Scissors as well
as Group III winner Sliding Cube and stakes-winner Echoes of Heaven.The Broken Shore has been to Fastnet Rock in three seasons running and was covered last spring by Medaglia D'Oro (USA).
Shoals is the 110th stakes-winner for Fastnet Rock and is his third juvenile stakes-winner this season joining Catchy and Formality.
She was the second stakes-winner on the day for Jonathan Munz, whose talented Hinchinbrook colt Derryn won the Listed ATC Darby Munro Stakes at Rosehill in the same colours as Shoals.
