The evergreen Towkay (Last Tycoon-Princess Tracy by Ahonoora) has shown in recent weeks that his ability to leave genuinely good gallopers hasn’t waned.
On Friday, Paul Belsham’s four-year-old Slazenjah (Towkay-Crisp by Zeditave) scored an authorative victory in the 2100m Waipukurau Cup, and in doing so, setting himself for a tilt at the Group 3 Hawkes Bay Cup on 22 April.
Slazenjah’s win follows that of Christopher and Susannah Grace’s dual stakesplaced mare Waikaha (Towkay-Harinui by Generous) success at Trentham on Oaks Day. Waikaha’s next assignment is likely to be the Group 1 NZ Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes at Te Aroha on Easter Saturday.
Towkay’s service fee for 2015 will remain at $5,000 plus GST
A Group 3 1100m winner in Sydney and an emphatic return to the races by one of the most promising gallopers in Singapore highlighted to local breeders the weekend before last the speed Nadeem (Redoute’s Choice-Candide by Sound Reason)can inject into his progeny. The other trait that Australian trainers with his progeny know well , courage, was on display in Victoria on Saturday when the mare Nadeem Lass (Nadeem-Danrego by Danzero) was successful in the 1400m $112K Bendigo Gold Bracelet.
Coming off a third in a listed event at her most recent start, Nadeem Lass took her earnings to just shy of $350,000 with her latest win. The Robbie Griffiths trained five-year-old mare has started on 32 occasions, from which she has won or placed 15 times.
Nadeem’s service fee for the 2015 season will be announced next week after discussions with Shadwell in Sydney.
Look out for the Per Incanto’s runners in this Saturday’s Group 1 Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires Produce Stakes at Awapuni.
