Fastnet Rock Filly Breaks the Ice

Mark Smith - Wednesday October 5

The three-year-old Fastnet Rock filly Cabaca wiped $36,000 off her $300,000 purchase price when breaking her maiden over 1580m at a rain-sodden Canterbury on Wednesday.

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Ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, Cabaca led home a 1-2-3 for Chris Waller in the 5-horse field.

Placed once in her previous four starts, Cabaca defeated the Redoute’s Choice colt Ignacio by one and a quarter lengths with the Sebring gelding Ring Ahoy a half-neck back in third after being backed into an odds-on favourite.

Magic Bloodstock & Associates bought Cabaca for $300,000 from the Bhima Stud draft at the 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.

She is the third foal of the stakes-placed Shamardal mare Berimbau.

Cabaca a $300,000 Magic Millions yearling

Cabaca had a big pedigree update on the eve of the sale when her half-sister Imperatriz won the Group II ARC Eclipse Stakes.

The daughter of I Am Invisible then added the Group 1 NZ Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes and Group 1 Levin Classic.

Raffles Racing purchased Berimbau for $180,000 from the Godolphin draft at the 2016 National Broodmare Sale.

Berimbau had her first live foal since Cabaca when she foaled a Capitalist filly on August 20. 

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Race Result - Acrobat @ Coolmore Mdn Hcp 1580m

Canterbury Track: Heavy(10) Time: 1:47.07
1
Cabaca
- 3f Fastnet Rock (AUS) x Berimbau (AUS) (Shamardal (USA))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: K Mc Evoy 54.5
2
1.3
Ignacio
- 3c Redoute's Choice (AUS) x La Fouine Tail (JPN) (Neo Universe (JPN))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: Tommy Berry 57
3
1.5
Ring Ahoy
- 3g Sebring (AUS) x Hoybell (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: J B Mc Donald 56
4
9.3
Ruinart
- 4m Hallowed Crown (AUS) x Tempt Me Not (AUS) (Strategic Maneuver (AUS))
Tnr: J A O'Shea Rdr: B Avdulla 59
5
14.4
Skyhawk
- 4h Air Force Blue (USA) x Big Birdie (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: A J Cummings Rdr: J R Collett 57
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