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October
1 – Southern Cross Breeders is always a well-known vendor at the yearling sales
and two of their graduates saluted at Randwick on the holiday Monday in Merlin
Mustang and Elusive Lad.
Promising four year-old Merlin Mustang returned to top form at his second run
back from a spell, scoring a nose win in the Benchmark 80 event over 1550
metres.
Now trained by Mick Tubman, having previously been prepared at Gundagai by
Michael Murphy, Merlin Mustang looks set for a good campaign and has the
overall record of five wins from 12 starts with prizemoney in excess of
$150,000.
Merlin Mustang has proven a great investment, the talented gelding purchased for
just $12,000 from the Southern Cross Breeders draft at the 2010 Inglis Classic
Yearling Sale.
Merlin Mustang is the first winner for Octagonal mare Petulant Moments, a
half-sister to stakes-placed Chosen to Fly from the family of Group I winner Mr
Innocent.
Also successful earlier in the day was seven year-old Elusive Quality (USA) gelding
Elusive Lad(pictured as a yearling) , a $35,000 Inglis Premier purchase from the Southern Cross draft.
Now trained by Terry Robinson, Elusive Lad seems to have found a new lease on
life following a very long spell of more than a year and has had three starts
for his new trainer for two wins and a second.
He took the restricted event over 1000 metres by a short neck and has the
overall record of five wins and six placings from 22 starts with prizemoney
nearing $90,000.
Bred by Flame Tree Stud, Elusive Lad is the best of four winners from
stakes-winner Little Pattie.
Southern Cross Breeders will be selling at all the major sales in 2013.
Class: Benchmark 80. Track: Good. Time: 1:31.46. Sectional Time: 0:36.91 at 600m. Prizemoney: $42,250 - 1st: $26,000 2nd: $8,000 3rd: $3,600. |
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| 1 | 3. Merlin Mustang | M P Tubman | B Avdulla (10) |
$10
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58.0 |
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4g Nothin' Leica Dane
x Petulant Moments
(Octagonal (NZ)
) Lot 226; 2010 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale; Vendor - Southern Cross Breeders, Hunter Valley ; Buyer - M Murphy $12,000 |
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| 2 | NS | 4. Mon Soleil (NZ) | C J Waller | C W Brown (5) |
$3.75
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57.5 |
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5g Savabeel
x Soleil Etoile (NZ)
(Star Way (GB)
) Lot 251; 2009 NZB NZ Premier Yearling Sale; Vendor - Blandford Lodge; Buyer - Psd $160,000 Res $200,000 |
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| 3 | SHH | 12. Oh My Papa | Greg Bennett | Tommy Berry (4) |
$7
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54.0 |
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5m Dane Shadow
x Kas Nediym
(Nediym (IRE)
) Not Offered |
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| 4 | 0.5 | 7. Merchandise (GB) | C J Waller | J R Collett (2) |
$12
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55.5 |
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| 6g Beat Hollow (GB) x Phone West (USA) (Gone West (USA) ) | |||||||
| 5 | 1.4 | 10. Big Time | C J Waller | B Shinn (3) |
$13
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55.5 |
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| 4g Danewin x Salameh (Secret Savings (USA) ) | |||||||
| 6 | 2.5 | 2. Bay Window | Ms G Markwell | G Schofield (6) |
$12
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58.0 |
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| 8g Nothin' Leica Dane x Vicajemi (White Bridle (USA) ) | |||||||
| 7 | 3.3 | 8. Guderian | P M Perry | N Rawiller (1) |
$5
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56.5 |
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| 7g Untouchable x Festival Queen (GB) (Quiet American (USA) ) | |||||||
| 8 | 5.0 | 6. Slick Sniper | T J Bartley | J B Mc Donald (9) |
$21
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57.5 |
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| 8g Bite The Bullet (USA) x Yallah Terrace (Yallah Prince ) | |||||||
| 9 | 10.1 | 13. Isle Be Ready (NZ) | E B Murray | Nathan Berry (7) |
$17
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54.0 |
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| 4g Perfectly Ready x Jesmonds Gift (NZ) (Magic Of Sydney ) | |||||||
| 10 | 17.6 | 5. Pitt Street | K A Lees | J A Cassidy (8) |
$13
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57.5 |
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| 5g Street Cry (IRE) x Princess Delight (Agnes World (USA) ) | |||||||
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