Fastnet Filly Goes Two for Two

Tara Madgwick - Wednesday June 3

Champion sire Fastnet Rock has had good success with his juveniles this season and his two year-old daughter Chequerboard kept her record perfect when scoring a stylish victory at Sandown on Wednesday over tenacious Pride of Dubai filly Insaaf.

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Chequerboard wins at Sandown - image Natasha Morello Racing Photos

A debut winner on a synthetic surface last month, the Lindsay Park trained filly handled grass just as smoothly, racing on the pace and proving a shade too good for her persistent rival Insaaf to take the 1400 metre contest by a long neck.
 



Chequerboard runs in the Coolmore navy blue having been passed in as a yearling at Karaka shy of her $300,000 reserve.

Foaled and rasied at Coolmore, she is the second winner from unraced blue-blooded Zabeel mare Chi, a half-sister to Group II winner What Can I Say, stakes-winner Wry Hero and to the grand-dam of Group I winner Invader.

The family has already worked with Fastnet Rock to produce Group II winner Holy Snow and Chequerboard looms as a promising type for next season.

Her dam Chi has a yearling colt by Pride of Dubai and is in foal to So You Think.

Champion sire Fastnet Rock stands at Coolmore this spring at a fee of $165,000.

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Race Result - Ladbrokes Hcp 1400m

Sandown-Lakeside Track: Heavy(9) Time: 1:27.77
1
Chequerboard
- 2f Fastnet Rock (AUS) x Chi (NZ) (Zabeel (NZ))
Tnr: D & B Hayes & T Dabernig Rdr: D W Stackhouse 59.5
2
0.4
Insaaf
- 2f Pride Of Dubai (AUS) x Aneeda (AUS) (Fastnet Rock (AUS))
Tnr: M Price & M Kent Jnr Rdr: M J Dee 57.5
3
2.7
Galactic Fury
- 2g Street Boss (USA) x Buratti (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: C Maher & D Eustace Rdr: Jye McNeil 61
4
4.1
Pepper's Ghost
- 2g Al Maher (AUS) x Royal Illusion (AUS) (New Approach (IRE))
Tnr: M Ellerton & S Zahra Rdr: W Egan 59.5
5
4.3
Horrifying
- 2c Shocking (AUS) x Zelt (AUS) (Red Ransom (USA))
Tnr: M A Kavanagh Rdr: J Bowditch 59.5
6
6.6
Zalmatian
- 2c Unencumbered (AUS) x Zalmara (USA) (Exchange Rate (USA))
Tnr: Daniel Williams Rdr: D Dunn 59.5
7
6.8
Glitzy Girl
- 2f Medaglia D'Oro (USA) x Steps In Time (AUS) (Danehill Dancer (IRE))
Tnr: T & C McEvoy Rdr: D Oliver 58.5
8
7.0
Newzeel Deal
- 2c Dundeel (NZ) x Baroness Gabriella (AUS) (Kempinsky (AUS))
Tnr: Ms C Alderson Rdr: M J Allen 60.5
9
8.7
Restarted
- 2c Exosphere (AUS) x Special Bid (NZ) (Alamosa (NZ))
Tnr: D T O'Brien Rdr: Craig Williams 60.5
10
13.7
Always Definite
- 2f Choisir (AUS) x Always (AUS) (Manhattan Rain (AUS))
Tnr: Tim Hughes Rdr: C Newitt 56.5
11
25.7
Point Counterpoint
- 2g Bull Point (AUS) x Parnissius (AUS) (Zabeel (NZ))
Tnr: S P Nichols Rdr: Zac Spain 59.5
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