The Danny Williams stable is about more than just Shelby Sixtysix and one of his up and comers scored a good win when returning at the Sapphire Coast on Sunday offering the potential of a swift return to Highway class Saturday racing.
Promising Nicconi three year-old Prince Nicconi was having his first run back from a spell and his first since being gelded.
Earlier this year he posted impressive wins at Wagga and Goulburn before finishing third to his high profile stablemate Shelby Sixtysix in a Highway race at Randwick on February 26.
A short priced favourite for the 1000m sprint on Sunday, he scored by a length and has now won three of six starts earning over $67,000 in prizemoney.
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Adkins recovered and is now back riding again, while the grief of Williams and his team in losing such a promising young horse struck a chord with bloodstock agent James Harron, who set about finding him a replacement.
Harron looked to the 2020 Inglis Ready 2 Race Sale where he purchased Prince Nicconi from the draft of Blake Ryan Racing for $85,000 with a big team of owners coming on board to race the youngster and James Harron Bloodstock staying in the ownership for a small share.
A big powerful chestnut in the Nature Strip mould, Prince Nicconi was bred by Tyreel Stud, who sold him at Inglis Classic as a yearling for $85,000.
He is the first winner for stakes-placed Henny Hughes (USA) mare Lil’ Red Corvette, whose fourth dam is Group I winning stayer Mapperley Heights, who was second in a Melbourne Cup.
