Winning Debut Spirit Of Boom's Keshi Boom

Mark Smith - Wednesday July 19

Following a pair of barrier trial wins at Lark Hill, Keshi Boom went off a short-priced favourite at her debut over 1200m at Belmont on Wednesday and got the job done with a minimum of fuss to ring up 23rd 2yo winner of the season for Spirit Of Boom.

All's well that ends well (image Western Racepix)

Ridden by Willie Pike for Grant and Alana Williams, Keshi Boom made a sluggish start and had just one of the ten starters behind her on the turn.

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She needed the skill of her champion rider to weave a passage down the straight to run out an impressive length and a quarter winner over the Oratorio filly Ilgiro Delmondo with the Impending gelding Cool Memory a length back in third.

Keshi Boom was a $120,000 buy for Williams Racing from the Eureka Stud draft at the 2022 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale.

The daughter of Spirit Of Boom is a sister-in-blood to Prince Of Boom, a dual Group II winner of over $1.2million.

She is the third winner from as many to race for the Red Dazzler mare Perarls For Me, a half-sister to Group II Queensland Guineas winner Express Air (Piccolo), the dam of Spirit Of Boom’s Listed      BRC Chief De Beers Quality winner and $846,725 earner, Simply Fly.

Keshi Boom a $120,000 March Magic Millions yearling

Pearls For Me has a weanling colt by Encryption and was covered by Dubious last spring.

With just two weeks of the season to run, Eureka Stud’s Spirit Of Boom looks like a lock for the leading sire of 2yo winners. 

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Race Result - Free Entry To Belmont (Rs0mw) 1200m

Belmont Park Track: Soft(7) Time: 1:14.43
1
Keshi Boom
- 2f Spirit Of Boom (AUS) x Pearls For Me (AUS) (Red Dazzler (AUS))
Tnr: G & A Williams Rdr: W Pike 55
2
1.3
Ilgiro Delmondo
- 2f Oratorio (AUS) x Quirimbas (AUS) (Street Boss (USA))
Tnr: Greg Cave Rdr: S O'Donnell 55
3
2.3
Cool Memory
- 2g Impending (AUS) x Fo' Shizzle (AUS) (Universal Ruler (AUS))
Tnr: D T McAuliffe Rdr: Joseph Azzopardi 57
4
5.3
Rocket Juice
- 2c Bondi (AUS) x Juice (NZ) (Bertolini (USA))
Tnr: N D Parnham Rdr: B Parnham 57
5
6.7
Dancin' Devil
- 2g Sessions (AUS) x Forced To Tango (AUS) (General Nediym (AUS))
Tnr: D & B Pearce Rdr: Chris Parnham 57
6
6.8
Correct Choice
- 2g So You Think (NZ) x Celebrities Choice (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: Ms D Riordan Rdr: Brayden Gaerth 54.5
7
6.9
Khutos
- 2g Santos (AUS) x Khutulun (AUS) (Soldier's Tale (USA))
Tnr: G & A Williams Rdr: P Harvey 57
8
8.0
Extreme Love
- 2f Xtravagant (NZ) x Anamour (AUS) (Anabaa (USA))
Tnr: A G Durrant Rdr: C Johnston-Porter 55
9
8.9
Claireann
- 3f Mendelssohn (USA) x Elite Circle (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: Fenella Martin Rdr: Keshaw Dhurun 53.5
10
9.3
Bondi's Future
- 2g Bondi (AUS) x Futurism (AUS) (Lonhro (AUS))
Tnr: A G Durrant Rdr: Michael Poy 57
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