Third Winner in a Week for Charm Spirit

Tara Madgwick - Saturday May 19
Windsor Park shuttler Charm Spirit (IRE) is wasting no time in kick starting his stud career, posting his third Northern Hemisphere winner overnight with a debut victory at Newbury for two year-old colt The Paddocks.

The Paddocks - Tweenhills TwitterTrained by Richard Hannon and ridden by Tom Marquand, The Paddocks tracked the leaders and was tenacious to the line to win the six furlong maiden by a head with two and a half lengths back to the third horse.

"The Paddocks is a nice colt we've been waiting to run and we hoped he'd be an Ascot horse. This is always a very good race and ours improve massively," Hannon said.

"He's a six-furlong horse, but if he's got the speed for five we might enter him in the Norfolk."

A 120,000 euro purchase from the ARQANA Yearling Sale, The Paddocks is the first winer for Miss Plimsoll, a sister to Group II winner Pomology.

The Paddocks is the third winner this week for Charm Spirit joining Diviner and Charming Kid.

A triple Group I winning son of Invincible Spirit, Charm Spirit made a positive impression at Australasian yearling sales this year with his first Southern Hemisphere bred yearlings.

Charm Spirit had 30 yearlings average $112,000 at Karaka Book 1 and also had four yearlings average $2616,250 at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale on the Gold Coast.

His yearlings sold for up to $400,000 with his top seller a filly from Lady Kipling sold by Windsor Park at Karaka and bought by Ciaron Maher / Waterford Bloodstock.

Charm Spirit stands at a fee of $18,000.


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