A half-brother to G1 VRC Oaks winner Kirramosa by boom sire So You Think. Purchased from Amarina Farm’s Inglis Easter Yearling draft for A$100,000, he fits the mould of both his sire and Group One winning half-sister.
Trained by John Sargent, Randwick
Purchased by Duncan Ramage and trainer John Sargent for A$100,000 from Amarina Farm’s yearling draft, this colt represented excellent buying in the boom Easter market.
He has a pedigree both Duncan and John are very familiar with. Duncan purchased his 10-time Group One-winning sire So You Think as a yearling and John trained his half-sister Kirramosa to win the G1 VRC Oaks and G2 VRC Wakeful Stakes.
His sire So You Think currently sits in 4th place on the Australian General Sires’ Premiership and is the sire of seven individual Group One winners, including recent G1 George Ryder Stakes winner, Think It Over.
This colt is a half-brother to three winners, including the aforementioned Kirramosa, plus three-time winners Casino Jack and Te Karaka.
With only two dams on his page, this colt has an exceptional pedigree. His grand dam Olga’s Pal was crowned Joint NZ Filly of the Year following wins in the G1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas, G2 Desert Gold Stakes and Listed Wayne Wilkinson Insurance Mile.
She was an excellent broodmare, producing nine winners, including G2 STC Tulloch Stakes winner Zareyev and Stakes performers Holy Grail and Olgavich.
Duncan and John couldn’t fault him during their physical inspections and felt he possessed many similarities to his sire and half-sister.
“When we inspected this colt, John could see a strong likeness to his VRC Oaks winning half-sister Kirramosa and I thought he presented physically in a very similar manner to his sire So You Think when I bought him as a yearling,” said Duncan.
“This seems like a winning combination at a truly bargain price.”
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An outstanding filly by leading New Zealand sire Per Incanto from Winter Sky (IRE), an Invincible Spirit half-sister to Transfers, the dam of Group 1 winner Tom Kitten and stakes winners Va Via and Promotions. This filly was bred and raised at one of New Zealand’s very best nurseries, Little Avondale, a stud famed for producing 41 individual Group 1 winners.
By leading 2yo sire Extreme Choice from the multiple Group winner Istanford (USA), this filly was raised at the top Golden Slipper-producing nursery of Newgate Farm and will get every opportunity of success under the guidance of Anthony Cummings, the trainer of her sire’s best daughter and DGR’s up-and-coming 2yo Group placegetter Extreme Diva.
In the make and shape of his leading sire, So You Think, this colt is from the 3yo stakes performer Valley Sweetheart. Hailing from a front-running family, he represented great buying very early on at Inglis Classic and is a type that is destined to follow in the footsteps of So You Think’s best progeny.
With loads of natural muscle, strength and a top pedigree on her side, this filly was a compelling buy for DGR’s Duncan Ramage. By the Group-winning Invincible Spirit stallion Ancient Spirit, she is from an impeccably related mare from one of New Zealand’s most distinguished nurseries.
A beautifully bred filly by exciting freshman So You Think stallion Peltzer. Her Not a Single Doubt dam was unbeaten as a juvenile and is already doing an excellent job at stud, producing a stakes-winning 2yo in Lord Cosmos.
Duncan's Comments
“When we inspected this colt, John could see a strong likeness to his VRC Oaks winning half-sister Kirramosa and I thought he presented physically in a very similar manner to his sire So You Think when I bought him as a yearling. ”