One to Watch – Randwick

Tara Madgwick - Wednesday August 25

She hasn’t won a stakes race yet, but we’re tipping this progressive four year-old mare will have by the end of this season.

Trained by Chris Waller, Brookspire was a very short priced favourite to make a winning return following a winter spell at Randwick on Wednesday and duly got the job done with a minimum of fuss.

The daughter of Hinchinbrook was a troubled eighth in the Group I SAJC Australasian Oaks at her previous start when beaten two lengths and never tested, so always looked a good think in the Benchmark 72 event over 1400m.

Drawn in gate one, she surged up the fence for Hugh Bowman to win running away by three and a half lengths.
 


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Brookspire runs in the Yes Yes Yes colours of Brae Sokolski and was a $300,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Bhima Thoroughbreds draft for Chris Waller Racing/Brae Sokolski.

Brookspire as a yearling.

With three wins and two placings from seven starts and prizemoney just shy of $160,000 the best is still to come for Brookspire, a half-sister to Group I winner Inspirational Girl, who kicks off her spring campaign in the Group I MRC Memsie Stakes at Caulfield this Saturday.

Brookspire is also a half-sister to stakes-winner Ruettiger and is one of five winners from good producing Zabeel mare Be Inspired, a sibling to Group III winners Rainbow Styling and Zingaling.


 

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Race Result - Tab (Bm72) 1400m

Randwick-Kensington Track: Heavy(8) Time: 1:24.93
1
Brookspire
- 4m Hinchinbrook (AUS) x Be Inspired (AUS) (Zabeel (NZ))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: J Bowman 58.5
2
3.5
Bluff 'n' Bluster
- 5g The Brothers War (USA) x Miss Hathaway (AUS) (Spectrum (IRE))
Tnr: J C Coyle Rdr: Rachel King 56
3
5.8
Shibli
- 5g Muhaarar (GB) x Gharbeya (USA) (More Than Ready (USA))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: Brock Ryan 54.5
4
7.0
Armatree
- 4g Vancouver (AUS) x Miss Occhilupo (AUS) (Octagonal (NZ))
Tnr: P & P Snowden Rdr: Tommy Berry 57
5
8.4
Dhakuri
- 4g Contributer (IRE) x Nanda Kot (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: James Cummings Rdr: J B Mc Donald 57
6
9.2
Fields Of Honour
- 4g Tavistock (NZ) x Fashions Afield (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: Bjorn Baker Rdr: J R Collett 58
7
9.3
Grenado
- 4g Pierro (AUS) x Military Rose (AUS) (General Nediym (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: K Mc Evoy 55
8
10.6
Secretly Awesome
- 5g Snitzel (AUS) x Street Secret (USA) (Street Cry (IRE))
Tnr: G Ryan & S Alexiou Rdr: Tom Sherry 57
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