Sun Stud's Fiorente Owns the Sires'

Mark Smith, Breednet - Saturday April 18

The rich Showdown program at Caulfield is designed to showcase the best Victoria has to offer and the day finished off in style with Fiorente 3YO, Florent, producing a withering burst to capture the $430,000 The VOBIS Sires’ Guineas over 1600m.Fiorente filly Florent finished best in the VOBIS Sires Guineas image Racing Photos

Trained at Mornington by Tony Noonan and ridden by his son, Jake, Florent loomed threateningly at the 300m mark and hit the line full of running.

“That was a magnificent win from a filly who is by a high class stallion in Fiorente,” Tony Noonan enthused. “You wanted to be on Florent a long way out at Caulfield.

“We targeted the VOBIS Sires’ Guineas for some time with Florent and, let me tell you, I’ve got a bunch of very happy owners.

“We think she’s got Group One level ability and we were planning on running in the Queensland Oaks until they changed all the programming. They’re still revising their winter carnival though, so a trip to Brisbane might still be on the agenda, otherwise we might look at the Mahogany series here in Melbourne.”

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Bred by Andrews Breeding & Racing Trust, Florent was offered at the 2018 Gold Coast March Yearling Sale by Clear Mountain Fairview Stud and has since gone on to take her earnings to $284,905.Florent on a Classic trail - image Racing Photos

“Florent is a real looker and the sire produces such great types, that’s why I sent one of my best mares to him last spring. I loved this filly from the first day I saw her,” Tony Noonan adds. “She was a lot more forward as a 2YO than we would have thought and has really trained on a three. Tough as nails too after she backed up from a run at Geelong last Wednesday.

“They (the Fiorentes) are so versatile and just get better with age.”

The multiple Group One winning Fiorente is rapidly becoming a source of miler/middle distance performers with Power Scheme – a stakes winner last season at 2 – finishing third in the Group Three Carbine Club Stakes at Randwick earlier this month, while the stallion’s other stakes horses include last spring’s Melbourne Group Two winners Hawkshot and Stars of Carrum, and Group Three winning filly Moor Gait.

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Race Result - The Vobis Sires Guineas 1600m

Caulfield Track: Good(3) Time: 1:37.80
1
Florent
- 3f Fiorente (IRE) x Stockpin (NZ) (Pins (AUS))
Tnr: A W Noonan Rdr: J Noonan 56
Inglis Premier Yearling Sale $0
Seller: Vinery Stud, Scone, NSW
Buyer: Withdrawn
Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale $160,000
Seller: Blue Gum Farm, Euroa
Buyer: Bahen Bloodstock Ltd
2
0.4
Leale
- 3f Moshe (AUS) x Successfully (AUS) (Mossman (AUS))
Tnr: Catherine Hutchinson Rdr: Beau Mertens 56
3
0.9
Affair To Remember
- 3f Toronado (IRE) x St Trinians (AUS) (Black Hawk (GB))
Tnr: Dan O'Sullivan Rdr: D Oliver 56
4
1.0
Don'ttelltheboss
- 3f Street Boss (USA) x Canterbury Hill (AUS) (Haradasun (AUS))
Tnr: R D Griffiths Rdr: B Prebble 56
5
1.2
Moonlight Maid
- 3f Puissance De Lune (IRE) x Manhattan Maid (AUS) (Choisir (AUS))
Tnr: Mitchell Freedman Rdr: B Melham 56
6
1.3
Ocular
- 3g Written Tycoon (AUS) x Dowager Princess (NZ) (Savabeel (AUS))
Tnr: Shea Eden Rdr: D Dunn 58
7
1.5
Beehunter
- 3g Toronado (IRE) x Safe (AUS) (Strategic (AUS))
Tnr: J D Sadler Rdr: Jamie Kah 58
8
2.5
La Chevalee
- 3f Written Tycoon (AUS) x Hautvillers (AUS) (Flying Spur (AUS))
Tnr: C Maher & D Eustace Rdr: M J Dee 56
9
2.7
Obedience
- 3f Fiorente (IRE) x Lady La Bend (AUS) (Refuse To Bend (IRE))
Tnr: Matthew Cumani Rdr: M J Walker 56
10
4.7
Recompensa
- 3f Reward For Effort (AUS) x Cuban Gold (AUS) (Teofilo (IRE))
Tnr: S P Nichols Rdr: Jye McNeil 56
11
4.8
Hasseltoff
- 3g Toorak Toff (AUS) x Hoop (AUS) (Flying Spur (AUS))
Tnr: R D Griffiths Rdr: N Callow 58
12
8.0
Stay Gold
- 3f Toorak Toff (AUS) x Gold Lottey (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: D T O'Brien Rdr: W Egan 56
13
11.0
Score
- 3f Written Tycoon (AUS) x Another Show (AUS) (Al Maher (AUS))
Tnr: J D Sadler Rdr: M Zahra 56
14
14.3
Fournaise
- 3g Puissance De Lune (IRE) x Eruption (AUS) (Lonhro (AUS))
Tnr: Anthony Cosgriff Rdr: Clayton Douglas 58
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