The
$150,000 Listed Gosford Guineas is run this afternoon with blue-blooded Shamus
Award filly Rosina Kojonup looking to add a stakes win to her already
impressive record and bring further glory to her dam Courgette.
With two easy wins from three starts, the Bjorn Baker trained half-sister to
Golden Slipper winner She Will Reign has always shown above average ability and
gets her chance to turn that into Black type in this 1200 metre sprint.
A $425,000 Inglis Easter purchase from the Yarraman Park draft for Attunga
Stud / Blandford Bloodstock, Rosina Kojonup is the second foal of Charge
Forward mare Courgette, who has made a spectacular start to her stud career.
Her first foal She Will Reign (by Manhattan Rain) won six races and over $3million
in prizemoney with the Group I MVRC Moir Stakes adding to her Golden Slipper
victory.
Her third foal is undefeated two year-old Time to Reign (colt by Time for War),
who made $325,000 at the Magic Millions and has won his only two starts and
already banked over $160,000 in prizemoney.
Courgette has a yearling filly by Time for War that is entered for Inglis
Easter 2019 and produced a colt foal this year by I Am Invincible.
Courgette was sold for $2.1 million at the Magic Millions National Broodmare
Sale in foal to I Am Invincible with E Thoroughbreds signing the docket and
while it was plenty of money, subsequent events would indicate Courgette is a blue
hen in the making and a stakes win today for Rosina Kojonup would be the icing
on the cake.
Courgette
is now in foal to champion sire Snitzel…. sale topper of 2021?