Aussie Thoroughbreds Star in South Africa

Tara Madgwick - Sunday January 28
Australian thoroughbreds starred at Kenilworth in South Africa on Saturday with Street Cry (IRE) filly Oh Susanna claiming her second Group I win in the Sun Met Celebrated with GH Mumm, while promising two year-old Traces landed the Listed Tattersalls Summer Juvenile Stakes for Arrowfield Stud.

Prepared by Justin Snaith, Oh Susanna won the Group I Cartier Paddock Stakes at her previous outing and was the only three year-old filly in the 18 horse field.

She powered to the line to win the 2000 metre feature by half a length becoming the first three year-old filly to win the race since 1905.

Another freakishly good daughter of Darley's much missed Street Cry, who has also given us Winx and Zenyatta, Oh Susanna has won three of eight starts more than justifying the big price paid for her dam Sharp Susan (USA) in 2012.

Oh Susanna as a foal at CoolmoreWhen US Group II winner Sharp Susan was offered at the 2012 Inglis Australian Broodmare Sale by Tyreel Stud she attracted plenty of global attention with Badgers Bloodstock securing the prized mare for $1,050,000.

Purchased on behalf of South African based Drakenstein Stud, Sharp Susan was sent to stud initially in Australia before being sent to the Northern Hemisphere in 2016.

Foaled and raised at Coolmore before being sent to South Africa as a yearling, Oh Susanna is the third winner for Sharp Susan, whose first foal Indiano Jones was Group II placed in the US and whose second, Biblical Susan, is a winner in South Africa.

The current two year-old from Sharp Susan, a colt by Exceed and Excel, was sold at Inglis Easter last year for $300,000 to Snowden Racing and was consigned by Coolmore. He has been named Signore Fox and is trained by Peter and Paul Snowden for Waratah Thoroughbreds.

Sharp Susan's last Australian bred foal is a yearling filly by Fastnet Rock.

Snitzel is the sire of stakes-winning 2YO TracesTwo year-old Snitzel colt Traces made it a stakes double for the Aussie breds when he scored a dominant two and a quarter length win in the Listed Tattersalls Summer Juvenile Stakes over 1000 metres at his second start.

Not offered at auction, Traces runs for his co-breeder Arrowfield Stud in partnership with Ridgemont Racing and is the first foal of unraced Traceability, a half-sister to Group I winners Master of Design and Suntagonal.

Arrowfield Stud sold a t here-quarter brother by Redoute's Choices to Traces at the rcenet Magic Millions Yearling Sale for $750,000 to Hawkes Racing.

Traces is the 77th stakes-winner for champion sire Snitzel.



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