Star
Witness filly Fuhryk tasted Group III success back in February at Caulfield and
was in the frame again at Morphettville on Saturday when taking out the Group
III SAJC Proud Miss Stakes.
Narrowly beaten at her previous run at the same venue when second to Sweet
Sherry in the Group II SAJC Euclase Stakes, the Hayes/ Dabernig trained filly
quickly made amends for that defeat.
She went forward from a wide gate for Craig Williams to travel behind the
leaders and powered to the line to win the 1200 metre sprint by a length and a
quarter.
Bred by Michael Christian's Saconi Thoroughbreds, Fuhryk was a $60,000 Inglis
Premier purchase from the Rosemont Stud draft for Lindsay Park Bloodstock and
runs for a large group of owners that include her breeder.
Fuhryk has the overall record of five wins from nine starts with prizemoney
topping $430,000.
She is the best of two winners from stakes-placed Fuhrnatic, a grand-daughter
of Group I placed stakes-winner Pseudonym Miss.
Fuhrnatic was purchased by Belmont Bloodstock as agent at the 2015 Magic
Millions National Broodmare Sale for just $40,000 when in foal to All Too Hard.
She produced a colt by All Too Hard for her new owner Robert Crabtree that
fetched $500,000 when sold at Magic Millions earlier this year as a yearling to
Little Kwok Hing Hung / Bahen Bloodstock.
Fuhrnatic has since produced a weanling colt by Magnus and is back in foal to
him again.
Fuhryk is one of nine stakes-winners for Widden Stud's Star Witness, who stands
at a fee of $33,000 this spring.