First Win for Top Priced Winning Rupert

Tara Madgwick - Sunday June 6

The most expensive yearling from the first crop of another of the Newgate Farm young guns in Winning Rupert, Team Hawkes trained Tonneofgrit opened his winning account at Geelong on Sunday.

Slowly away when finishing fifth at his first start at Pakenham last month, Tonneofgrit took benefit from that outing and was more tractable this time.

He found the front and repelled a determined bid from I Am Invincible filly Forbidden City over the concluding stages to score a three-quarter length win in the 1200m maiden.
 


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A $425,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Newgate Farm draft for Hawkes Racing, Tonneofgrit runs for a big group of owners headed by Rupert Legh in whose colours he runs.

A $425,000 Magic Millions purchase, Tonneofgrit is the most expensive yearling so far by Winning Rupert.

Bred by SF Bloodstock and foaled and raised at Newgate, Tonneofgrit is the first foal of US Group II winner Istanford (USA), whose second foal, a colt by Capitalist sold for $150,000 at Magic Millions this year to Prime Thoroughbreds.

Tonneofgrit is the sixth winner for Written Tycoon’s brilliant sprinter Winning Rupert, who stands at Newgate this spring at a fee of $11,000.



 

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Race Result - Bet365 Top Tote Plus Mdn Plate 1200m

Geelong Track: Soft(5) Time: 1:12.05
1
Tonneofgrit
- 2g Winning Rupert (AUS) x Istanford (USA) (Istan (USA))
Tnr: M, W & J Hawkes Rdr: Dean Holland 58
2
0.8
Forbidden City
- 2f I Am Invincible (AUS) x Palace Talk (NZ) (Street Cry (IRE))
Tnr: P G Moody Rdr: D W Stackhouse 56
MM Gold Coast Yearling Sale $1,300,000
Seller: Yarraman Park Stud, Scone, NSW (As Agent)
Buyer: D C Ellis CNZM (BANZ)/Tom Magnier
3
0.9
Titan Of Choice
- 2c Extreme Choice (AUS) x Any Day Will Do (AUS) (Any Given Saturday (USA))
Tnr: Peter Gelagotis Rdr: C Newitt 58
4
1.3
Palani
- 2g Zoustar (AUS) x Fantasy Gal (USA) (In Excessive Bull (USA))
Tnr: D T O'Brien Rdr: John Allen 58
5
3.6
Pentegra
- 2c Rubick (AUS) x Easy Step (AUS) (Arena (AUS))
Tnr: S P Nichols Rdr: M Zahra 58
6
3.7
Hollerween
- 2c Holler (AUS) x The Gorgon (AUS) (Street Cry (IRE))
Tnr: Julius Sandhu Rdr: Beau Mertens 58
7
7.2
Figo The Great
- 2g Magnus (AUS) x Chinon (NZ) (Bertolini (USA))
Tnr: J Warren & D Krongold Rdr: J Maskiell 58
8
8.2
Smoke Winkens
- 2c Flying Artie (AUS) x Irish Smoke (USA) (Smoke Glacken (USA))
Tnr: Matthew Cumani Rdr: D Yendall 58
9
9.4
Amalfi Amore
- 2c Sweet Orange (USA) x Amalfi Scape (AUS) (Dreamscape (AUS))
Tnr: Matthew Cumani Rdr: Fred W Kersley 58
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