Newgate Farm's exciting
young sire Deep Field added two new stakes horses to his tally on Saturday with
Hawker Hurricane a strong finishing third in the Group III MRC Blue Diamond
Prelude at Caulfield and Cosmic Force a fine second in the Listed ATC Lonhro
Plate at Warwick Farm.
The Mike Moroney trained Hawker Hurricane won his only previous start when
taking out the $200,000 Magic Millions Clockwise Classic at Ballarat in
November last year.
He has obviously gone ahead further during his break over the summer and showed
his ability to match it with the better autumn juveniles in this assignment.
Ridden quietly by Mark Zahra from an outside gate, he found the line strongly
to be beaten only a long neck and a neck by I Am Immortal and Shotmaker in a
very competitive finish.
Bred by Heath Newton, Hawker Hurricane was a $150,000 Magic Millions purchase
out of the Widden Stud draft by Paul Moroney Bloodstock and has already won
over $130,000 in his first two starts.
He is the first foal of the Bernardini (USA) mare Bernarsini, a half-sister to
dual Group III MRC Sandown Classic winner Mahisara and Group III MRC MRC Moonga
Stakes winner Ulmann. Bernarsini had a lovely yearling filly by Super One sell
for $120,000 at Magic Millions earlier this year.
The Peter and Paul Snowden trained colt Cosmic Force was also a debut winner in
November last year and he too confirmed his stakes potential when resuming from
a spell with a solid second in the Listed ATC Lonhro Plate beaten just a length
behind the Godolphin runner Bivouac.
Held up for a run at the top of the straight, he may well have finished closer
if he'd gotten out earlier and will doubtless take a lot of improvement from
the run.
A half-brother to the Group III winner Onemorezeta, Cosmic Force was a $180,000
purchase by China Horse Club Racing / Newgate Farm / WinStar from the Ascot
Park draft at the 2018 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.
Bred by Bob Hannon, he is the sixth winner from seven to race out of the
Commands mare Little Zeta who is a half-sister to Listed ATC Ming Dynasty
Stakes winner and multiple Group placed More Than Great.
Little Zeta is now back in foal to Deep Field, who has 36 entries for the
Inglis Classic Sale.