Winning Double Prized Icon - Back to Gooree Stud

Tara Madgwick - Wednesday May 21

Prized Icon has returned to his birthplace of Gooree Stud to stand the coming season this spring and posted a two state metro double on Wednesday in Sydney and Melbourne.

Callmeanicon wins at Sandown - image Scott Barbour / Racing Photos

Progressive four year-old mare Callmeanicon was in top form at Sandown winning the Benchmark 70 event over 1800m by half a length for the Bill Papazaharoudakis stable.

She has four wins from 12 starts and has won over $111,000 for her owners, who include Kooringal Stud, who used to stand Prized Icon.

Good Prize wins at Warwick Farm - image Bradley Photography

Four year-old gelding Good Prize landed a Benchmark 72 event over 1600m at Warwick Farm for the Gratz Vella yard taking his overall record to seven wins from 17 starts with prizemoney topping $146,000.

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For breed to race mare owners looking for an affordable quality stallion that can get his winners Prized Icon makes appeal at a fee of $5,500.

Prized Icon stands at a fee of $5,500, click for more info.

And let’s not forget this dual Group I winning son of More Than Ready (USA) has shown he can get a good one as he is the sire of dual Group I winner Tropical Squall.

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Race Result - DrinkWise Mile (Bm72) 1600m

Warwick Farm Track: Heavy(10) Time: 1:42.90
1
Good Prize
- 4g Prized Icon (AUS) x Double Good (AUS) (Dubleo (USA))
Tnr: G P Vella Rdr: Ms C Keatings 58
2
1.3
Sounds Unusual
- 4g Unusual Suspect (USA) x Perfectlyenchanted (NZ) (Perfectly Ready (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: N Rawiller 58.5
3
4.5
Naval Commission
- 5g Merchant Navy (AUS) x Parfaits (AUS) (Strategic (AUS))
Tnr: C Maher Rdr: J B Mc Donald 61.5
4
5.2
Autumnmation
- 4m The Autumn Sun (AUS) x Little Hottie (NZ) (O'reilly (NZ))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: Benjamin Osmond 56
5
6.3
Buba
- 8m Adelaide (IRE) x Kylie (AUS) (Danehill Dancer (IRE))
Tnr: Ms K Waugh Rdr: J Ford 54
6
7
Princess Elly
- 5m Sacred Falls (NZ) x Zaburn (NZ) (Zabeel (NZ))
Tnr: S C Ivil Rdr: Regan Bayliss 58
7
8.4
Piplup
- 4m Inference (AUS) x Pipette (GB) (Pivotal (GB))
Tnr: Brad Widdup Rdr: K Mc Evoy 55.5
8
12.5
Dark Arts
- 3g Snitzel (AUS) x Zasorceress (NZ) (Zabeel (NZ))
Tnr: M, W & J Hawkes Rdr: Zac Lloyd 57
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