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Stakes Double for Choisir

Tara Madgwick - Saturday May 6
Up until Saturday, Religify had won 10 races and over $600,000 in prizemoney, but amazingly had never won a stakes race, an anomaly that was rectified at the Gold Coast with a determined victory in the Listed Prime Ministers Cup.

The Chris Waller trained six year-old rarely runs a bad race and was sent out favourite for this 1400 metre contest with champion jockey Hugh Bowman in the saddle.

ReligifyHe hit the line hard at the finish to nail Siegfried and win by a neck taking his overall record to 11 wins and seven placings from 26 starts with prizemoney now just shy of $700,000.

A $135,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Coolmore draft for Star Thoroughbreds, Religify runs in the colours of Star Thoroughbreds client Kathryn Wood, whose Titan Syndicate owns the horse outright.

Religify (image Steve Hart)  is the best of three winners for Sacred Witness, a sister-in-blood to Hong Kong sprint superstar Silent Witness from the family of Group II winners Sister Madly and Empress Rock.

The current yearling from Sacred Witness, a colt by Redoute's Choice, fetched $220,000 at Magic Millions this year. She has a weanling filly to follow by Redoute's Choice and is back in foal to the champion sire again.

Religify is the 81st stakes-winner for Choisir, whose two year-old colt Taking Aim won the Group III Ken Russell Memorial Classic earlier on the program giving Choisir a stakes double at the Gold Coast. Read about Taking Aim here.



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