Newgate
Farm's promising young Northern Meteor son Eurozone broke the ice for his first
winner at Morphettville on Saturday and did it in style with talented filly
Krone taking out the Listed SAJC Cinderella Stakes.
Placed at her first two starts at Moonee Valley and Bendigo last month, the
Darren Weir trained filly had race fitness and experience on her side for this
tougher Black Type assignment.
She settled last in the field of seven and zoomed to the line to win the 1050
metre scamper by a length to give young rider Justin Huxtable his first stakes
win.
Krone is a sale ring veteran and has made money for everyone associated with
her.
She was bred by Bell View Park Stud in partnership and first sold by them as a
weanling at the Magic Millions, where she was pinhooked by Rae Louise Charlton
of Fernrigg Farm for $30,000.
Re-offered at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale by Widden Stud as agent for Rae
Louise, Krone was bought by Rosemont Stud for $60,000.
Rosemont then re-offered her at the Magic Millions 2YO's in Training Sale where
she fetched $120,000 to the bid of Roll the Dice Racing, who now have a very
nice stakes-winning filly for their owners with Rosemont electing to keep a
share.
Krone is the second winner for Soft Landing, a half-sister by Al Maher to Group
I winners Universal Prince and Universal Queen.
Bell View Park sold Soft Landing at the 2016 Inglis Broodmare Sale for $50,000
and her current yearling, another filly by Eurozone will be offered at Magic
Millions Adelaide by Krisnat Park as Lot 201.
Soft Landing was covered last spring by another son of Northern Meteor in Fighting
Sun.
A brilliant Group II winner, who was only just beaten at Group I level, Eurozone
is the third son of Northern Meteor to sire a winner joining Zoustar and
Fighting Sun.
Eurozone has four entries for Inglis Premier and six for Magic Millions
Adelaide.