It may only have been a midweek maiden but the win on debut of the LA bred Xanadu (Elusive City-Forest Dream) at Matamata last Friday had a touch of class about it and confirmed the private reputation the three-year-old filly has had for some time. Purchased privately from the farm by our valued client John Gilbert, and trained by Ken Kelso, Xanadu can be competitive in the pattern company fillies races over the summer.
Forest Dream was represented by another winner last week when her four-year-old son Must Have (No Excuse Needed-Forest Dream) won over 2000m in Victoria. Must Have was purchased for $70,000 from our 2009 Karaka Select Sale draft by Johnston/Houlahan Bloodstock.
The legacy of one of the farms favourite mares Sound Lover looks set to continue for some time to come judging by recent results. My Quilter (Pins-Sound Lover), a $160,000 purchase from our 2009 Karaka Premier draft by John Foote Bloodstock, captured successive victories with his win over 1400m in Queensland on Sunday, while his half sister the LA owned Bellabachi (by Zabeel) was served last week in New South Wales by leading stallion Stratum. Sound Lover, a group three winner on the track, has left nine winners including two stakeswinners, from nine horses to the races.
