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Aussie Stakes Success South Africa

Tara Madgwick - Sunday October 18

The Listed Michaelmas Handicap (1900m) at Greyville in South Africa on Sunday was won by Australian bred Camelot (IRE) gelding Crown Towers, the second Mill Park sold stakes-winner on Sunday joining All Too Huiying, winner of the Listed Seymour Cup.

The Justin Snaith trained gelding won by the bets part of a length and has the overall record of four wins from 15 starts with this victory his second Black Type success.

A $280,000 Inglis Premier purchase for Heywood Bloodstock / Mayfair Speculators from the Mill Park draft, Crown Towers is the best of four winners from Group II placed Galileo mare Miss With Attitude, a half-sister t the dams of Group II winner Peltzer and stakes-winner So We Are.

Crown Towers as a yearling

Earlier in the day another Aussie bred saluted with Share Holder (3g Zoffany x Ashanti Queen) scoring his second win from nine starts when scoring over 1600m.


 

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