Windsor
Park Stud shuttler Charm Spirit (IRE) sired his first stakes-winner overnight
with progressive filly Yourtimeisnow taking out the Group III Shadwell Dick
Poole Fillies Stakes at Salisbury.
A last start winner at Newbury, the Roger Varian trained filly produced a game
performance to hold off all challengers to win the six furlong sprint by half a
length.
"Yourtimeisnow has got so much natural speed and at the moment we'll stick to
six I would say. I was a bit worried about the ground before the race. She goes
on it, but ideally wants some dig in the ground. Mentally and physically she's
getting better and could be anything," said winning rider Andrea Atzeni.
A 120,000 guinea purchase for her trainer from the Tattersalls October Book One
Sale, Yourtimeisnow runs for Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum and is a
half-sister to two stakes-placed horses in Horse de Combat and Stroll Patrol
from the good producer Maid for Winning.
Yourtimeisnow is one of 15 first crop winners for Charm Spirit, a triple Group
I winning son of Invincible Spirit, that has 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 for fee on application.