Snitzel
is the sleeping giant on the Australian 2YO Sires List and with three runners
in the Golden Slipper could shoot straight to the top of the list, but one of
his nicer colts that did not quite make the Slipper field was a winner at Newcastle
on Thursday.
The Peter and Paul Snowden trained Bondi was second to Performer in the Listed
ATC Breeders Plate and sixth in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic to Sunlight before
resuming from a break to finish third to Encryption in the Group II Canberra
Black Opal Stakes.
Winless until today, he remedied that anomaly with a stylish three-quarter length
win in the open 1300 metre maiden as favourite and connections will no doubt be
seeking Black Type with the talented colt in coming weeks.
A $400,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Strawberry Hill draft for China
Horse Club/Newgate TS/Winstar, the colt is the third winner for Bondi Blonde, a
Red Ransom (USA) sibling to Group winners Danroad and Strawberry Boy as well as
stakes-winners Newtown Jet and Tippitaka.
Strawberry Hill sold the full brother to Bondi at Magic Millions this year to
Sun Bloodstock for $350,000.