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Blueblood Filly Bolts In for Emirates Park

Tara Madgwick - Monday June 17

A $1.7million Inglis Easter purchase for Emirates Park, Snitzel filly Estijaab won the 2018 Golden Slipper for Emirates Park before embarking on a stud career in the Northern Hemisphere and her first born Frankel filly Ejaabiyah is making good progress in the UK and scored an impressive win overnight at Salisbury.

Stakes placed at her previous start when second in the Listed Newbury Fillies Trial Stakes (1m2f), the Roger Varian trained filly was dropped back in grade for a novice stakes at 1m2f and bolted in by nearly  five length as a short priced favourite.

 

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Ejaabiyah has won two of three starts and holds an entry for the Group I Irish Oaks next month.

 

 

Estijaab is now back in Australia and has fillies to follow Ejaabiyah by Night of Thunder and Gun Runner.

She was covered last spring by Tassort, who is jointly owned by Emirates Park and Newgate Farm.

 

 

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