Newgate Graduate Qualifies for $400,000 Provincial Championship

Media Release - Wednesday March 29

The powerful Kris Lees stable won the $400,000 Provincial Championship last year at Randwick with Danish Twist and will seek back to back wins with lightly raced Redoute's Choice mare Clevedon Bay, a $410,000 Inglis Easter purchase from the Newgate Farm draft for Scone Bloodstock Services.

After carrying an average of 58.5kg in her previous five starts, Clevedon Bay ended a frustrating sequence of defeats with a swooping victory under 54kg in the $150,000 qualifier at Newcastle on Wednesday over 1400 metres.

"It was great giving her an opportunity to carry a lighter weight because she's not a big mare," Lees said.

"She'd been racing very consistently but with big weights and she really let down today. She produced what we've always thought she is capable of."

Clevedon Bay as a yearling

Clevedon Bay as a yearling

Clevedon Bay runs for well-known owners Ron and Judy Wanless and has the overall record of two wins and five placings from eight starts with prizemoney of $120,000.

Bred by SF Bloodstock she is one of two winners from Group II winner Kosi Baym who has a weanling colt by Wandjina and was covered last spring by Hinchinbrook.

Newgate Farm have a stellar draft of eight for the 2017 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling sale, click here to see the pedigrees.

Advertisment

More Reading...

First Stakes Win for Burgundy Mare Sassy Merlot

An autumn trip to Canterbury has turned out to be career-defining for Matamata mare Sassy Merlot, who added a valuable black-type win to her record in Saturday’s Listed Daphne Bannan Memorial Great Easter Stakes (1400m) at Riccarton.

Ace juvenile Wins Starway Stakes

Exciting juvenile Domain Ace maintained his perfect record with a dominant win in Saturday’s Listed TAB Starway Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie.

Second G1 Victory for Hellbent Mare Magic Time

Quality mare Magic Time has won a stakes race every time she’s been sent to Sydney by Grahame Begg and with deteriorating conditions at Randwick on Saturday for the $1.5million ATC All Aged Stakes (1400m) the daughter of Hellbent powered out of the gloom to run down Amenable and win by half a length.

Broadsiding Toughs it Out in Champagne Stakes - First Australian Group 1 Winner for Too Darn Hot

A milestone first Australian Group 1 winner for Too Darn Hot (GB) as Godolphin’s progressive Broadsiding ploughed through the mud to capture Saturday’s $1,000,000 Group 1 Moet & Chandon Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Randwick.

Esti Feny Triumphs in Mornington Cup

Former Hungarian Horse of The Year Esti Feny (HUN) added Saturday’s $300,000 Listed Sportsbet Mornington Cup to his wins in the Listed Gosford Cup, Hungarian Derby and Hungarian St Leger while earning a golden ticket for the Caulfield Cup.

9YO Green Luck Wins G3 Canterbury Gold Cup

The trend of big wins for lower-profile stables during Riccarton’s autumn carnival continued in the Gr.3 Coca-Cola Canterbury Gold Cup (2000m) on Saturday, where well-travelled veteran Green Luck delivered a career highlight for Timaru trainer Stephanie Faulkner.

Huetor Back to His Best in JRA Plate

It’s a day of comebacks at Randwick, and it was the turn of dual Doomben Cup hero Huetor (Fr) to put his best hoof forward in the Group III Toyota Forklifts JRA Plate (2000m).

Frosted Gelding Bustling Dazzles in Karrakatta Plate

Bustling announced himself as the best 2-year-old in the West when he dominated from start to finish in Saturday's $500,000 Group II Amelia Park—Karrakatta Plate at Ascot.

Almanzor Filly Wins G3 Trelawney Stud Championship Stakes

Underrated three-year-old filly Moonlight Magic employed a barnstorming finish from last to secure a valuable stakes victory when she captured the Gr.3 Trelawney Stud Championship Stakes (2100m) at Ellerslie in spectacular fashion.

Pride of Dubai 3YO Wins Listed Hareeba Stakes

The Grahame Begg stable was in hot form on Saturday winning the Group I ATC All Aged Stakes at Randwick with high class mare Magic Time and also the $200,000 Listed Hareeba Stakes (1200m) at Mornington with talented Pride of Dubai three year-old Maharba.