A spectacular over-achiever in his racing career, Arrowfield Stud shuttler Maurice (Jpn) is exceeding his brief as a stallion too.
The six-time Group 1 winner has recorded not only his first stakeswinner, but also his first stakes quinella and he did it in a Group race with an illustrious recent history.
His strapping 3YO son Pixie Knight, with a galloping style very reminiscent of his champion dad, took early control of Sunday’s ~A$900,000 Chukyo Nikkan Sports Sho Shinzan Kinen 1600m G3 and strode to a 1.25-length victory in 1:33.3. The runner-up Rooks Nest (ex Villa by Deep Impact) becomes Maurice’s third stakes performer after last year’s Group-placed 2YO filly Infinite.
Previous winners of the race include two-time Horses of the Year Gentildonna (2012) & Almond Eye (2018) and Champion Sprinter-Miler Mikki Isle (2014).
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ith 32 first-crop 2YO winners and prizemoney of ~A$4.8 million Maurice was a close second on Japan’s 2020 First Season Sires’ premiership, and third on the 2YO Sires’ list. His first Australian runners include three city-placed 2YOs: the colt Akihiro and fillies Invinsible Tears & Morioka.
Maurice has 5 colts & 4 fillies on offer at the 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale, all but two presented by Arrowfield. Kitchwin Hills is selling the Maurice-Vicky colt, and Newhaven Park’s draft includes the Maurice-Frontalis colt.
View the Arrowfield Magic Millions 2021 Yearling Catalogue.
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