Torryburn Stud Stars Make Presence Felt on HK International Day

Tara Madgwick - Monday December 11

The star studded Hong Kong International race meeting on Sunday at Sha Tin featured some outstanding performances with Golden Sixty’s crowd pleasing victory in the International Mile a highlight and chasing him home for second was the Torryburn Stud bred and sold Voyage Bubble.

A brilliant winner of the Hong Kong Derby earlier this year, Voyage Bubble was bought by his trainer Ricky Yiu for $380,000 at Inglis Classic from the Torryburn draft and is a half-brother to Group III winner Diddums and stakes-placed Brettan being the sixth winner from seven to race out of the now pensioned good producer Raheights.

A star in the sale ring and on the racetrack, Voyage Bubble topped the 2020 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.

With five wins and six placings from 14 starts, Voyage Bubble is the consummate professional and was the most expensive of 20 yearlings by Deep Field sold at Inglis Classic in 2020 topping the entire sale.
 

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Another high profile Torryburn graduate has been Straight Arron, who started his career with Chris Waller winning the Group III ATC Carbine Club Stakes before transferring to Hong Kong.

The Fastnet Rock gelding was a close fourth in the Group I HK International Cup beaten less than a length by Cox Plate winner Romantic Warrior.

Torryburn Stud have good representation at upcoming sales with 11 youngsters for Magic Millions including a filly from the Twyla branch of the Dancing Show family that has produced three Group I winners in 2023 – In Italian, Tom Kitten and Desert Lightning.

Offered as Lot 61, the King’s Legacy filly is from Street Cry (IRE) mare Progressive, a full sister to the dam of Tom Kitten.

Torryburn Stud will also offer 11 yearlings at Inglis Classic that include a Microphone colt from the family of last Saturday’s Group I WATC Northerly Stakes winner Dom to Shoot. Offered as Lot 556, he is the second foal of unraced O’Reilly mare Overjoyed (NZ).

 

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