Dash For Cash
has settled into his new digs at Scenic Lodge without a hitch and the move west
has coincided with a rush of winners since April 1.
Wilscot started the month with a brilliant debut at Wodonga and trainer Brian
Cox will target him long-term for the Greys Plate at the Melbourne Cup
carnival.
He was the 300th individual winner by the ever-consistent grey stallion from
his days at Swettenham Stud.
Dash For Cash moved on from that milestone with 8 winners in as many days and
he moved past $2 million in earnings this season when Dash For Home was
narrowly beaten by Scenic Lodge bred gelding Rubin Sky at Ascot last Saturday.
Those 8 winners underlined the versatility of Dash For Cash – they ranged in
distance from 1000m out to 2430m. And the Dash For Cash progeny will
appreciate the firmer tracks in Perth with an overall higher percentage of
winners on firm tracks.
"That was a key factor in bringing him to Western Australia," Scenic Lodge
general manager Jeremy Smith said. "Along with Blackfriars, we now have
the two most successful stallions standing in the State.
"Dash For Cash will also offer our clients a totally different bloodline to
Blackfriars as he is free of Danehill line blood through Danzig and Northern
Dancer."
Scenic Lodge has enjoyed a terrific relationship with Swettenham Stud over the
years having previously purchased champion sires Scenic and Blackfriars from
the Sangster family.
The latest figures for Sunspeed based stallions show Blackfriars ($3.09
million) leads the 2013-14 premiership from Dash For Cash ($2.01m), Oratorio
($1.72m) and Danehill Express ($1.28m).
Dash For Cash heads the winners and wins table (63 – 90) followed by
Blackfriars (52 – 77), Oratorio (44 – 62) and Danehill Express (32 – 53).
Scenic Lodge will announce the 2014 service fees for Blackfriars, Dash For Cash
and Universal Ruler at the end of the month.
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