Blueblood Golden Age Breaks Maiden

Mark Smith - Wednesday October 19

A bit of quality on show in the opener at Warwick Farm on Wednesday, with the Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes-trained blueblood Golden Age breaking his maiden over 1400m.

Ridden by Zac Lloyd, the 3yo son of I Am Invincible and First Seal led at every call to defeat the Written Tycoon colt Oriental Tycoon, a brother to Group 1 winner Booker and Listed winner Banquo, by a neck.

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Stratum Star colt Kandos Cosmos was a length and a quarter back in third.

It was the second start for Golden Age, who went off favourite after a solid fourth of 16 at Rosehill on September 28.

“He’s still learning; he still does not know what it’s all about,” Michael Hawkes said.

“The further he goes, the better he will be.

“His first run was good. He just lost a little momentum halfway up the straight. He excelled at 1400m today.”

Golden Age a $500,000 Inglis Easter yearling

Carrying the colours of Alan Bell, Golden Age was a $500,000 purchase for Hawkes Racing from the Sledmere Stud draft at the 2021 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

Bred by China Horse Club Racing, Golden Age is a half-brother to the promising Naval Seal (Snitzel).

First Seal has decisions over Winx in the Group 1 ATC Flight Stakes and Group II Tea Rose Stakes in a career that earned $1,259,060  for connections.

The daughter of Fastnet Rock has a yearling colt by Zoustar and foaled a Snitzel filly on September 22.   

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Race Result - Drinkwise Mdn Plate 1400m

Warwick Farm Track: Soft(5) Time: 1:24.79
1
Golden Age
- 3g I Am Invincible (AUS) x First Seal (AUS) (Fastnet Rock (AUS))
Tnr: M, W & J Hawkes Rdr: Zac Lloyd 53.5
2
0.3
Oriental Tycoon
- 3c Written Tycoon (AUS) x Noondie (AUS) (Flying Spur (AUS))
Tnr: P & P Snowden Rdr: S Clipperton 56.5
3
1.6
Kandos Cosmos
- 3c Stratum Star (AUS) x Cubic Cat (AUS) (Tale Of The Cat (USA))
Tnr: T P Croft Rdr: J Ford 56.5
4
1.8
Wrathful
- 4g Ulysses (IRE) x Diyavana (FR) (Pivotal (GB))
Tnr: Sam Kavanagh Rdr: Dylan Gibbons 57
5
2.6
Shihab
- 3c Zoustar (AUS) x Rosewedge (AUS) (Foxwedge (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: J Bowman 56.5
6
3.9
In Love And War
- 3f Invader (AUS) x Champagne Kisses (AUS) (Onemorenomore (AUS))
Tnr: J C Coyle Rdr: Tyler Schiller 53
7
4.1
Ring Ahoy
- 3g Sebring (AUS) x Hoybell (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: Tim Clark 56.5
8
5.0
Awesome John
- 3g Awesome Rock (AUS) x Jayquin Star (NZ) (O'Reilly (NZ))
Tnr: J A O'Shea Rdr: B Avdulla 56.5
9
5.5
Stormy Legend
- 5g Not A Single Doubt (AUS) x Stormy Hussey (AUS) (Hussonet (USA))
Tnr: L J Bridge Rdr: K Mc Evoy 59
10
5.6
Nyika
- 4g Medaglia D'Oro (USA) x Chateau Lafaite (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: A J Cummings Rdr: J Parr 59
11
6.7
Showcourt
- 3g Snitzel (AUS) x Miss Sharapova (NZ) (Ustinov (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: W Pike 56.5
12
6.9
Chesteray
- 3g Ribchester (IRE) x Sweet Nothings (AUS) (Falvelon (AUS))
Tnr: John Thompson Rdr: A Adkins 56.5
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