Winning Return for Epaulette’s Oscar Zulu

Tara Madgwick - Saturday December 5

Gilgai Farm have bred and sold some amazingly good horses including current star Ole Kirk as well as Black Caviar, All Too Hard, Jameka and The Quarterback, so while the Gilgai bred and sold three year-old Epaulette gelding Oscar Zulu is not in their class yet, he is an up and comer with a lot more to offer.

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Oscar Zulu returns with a win - image Steve Hart

Easy in the market when resuming from a spell in the Benchmark 72 event over 1300m at Rosehill on Saturday, the Chris Waller trained  Oscar Zulu swept home from last in the six horse field to win by a long head under Jason Collett.



A $130,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Gilgai Farm draft for G & C Pastoral Co Pty Ltd, Oscar Zulu has won two of five starts earning over $116,000 in prizemoney and was not far away in Black Type company early in the spring finishing fourth in the Group III ATC Up and Coming Stakes and fifth in the Group III ATC Ming Dynasty Quality.

Oscar Zulu as a yearling

Given his eligibility for the rich Magic Millions race day, connections will be sure to be thinking Gold Coast with this progressive gelding.

Oscar Zulu is the second winner for Ininthree (NZ), a daughter of renowned blue hen Parfore and sibling to Group I winners Terravista and Tiger Tees, Group II winner Ball of Muscle, Singapore Horse of the Year Super Easy and stakes-winner Our Lukas.

Another of Parfore’s non Black Type winning daughters is Frustrating, the dam of Karaka Million winner Long Leaf, so Oscar Zulu has a pedigree well and truly packed with Black Type.

Ininthree produced a colt foal by Grunt this spring and was covered again by the Yulong based son of O’Reilly.

Oscar Zulu looms as a future stakes-winner for Darley’s Epaulette, who stands at a fee of $22,000.



 

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Race Result - Schweppes (Bm72) 1300m

Rosehill Track: Good(4) Time: 1:16.74
1
Oscar Zulu
- 3g Epaulette (AUS) x Ininthree (NZ) (Generous (IRE))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: J R Collett 54
2
0.2
Black Duke
- 3g Fiorente (IRE) x Empress Eleven (AUS) (War Pass (USA))
Tnr: Richard Litt Rdr: Tom Sherry 54
3
0.5
Kiku
- 3f Zoustar (AUS) x Atotori (AUS) (Haradasun (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: J B Mc Donald 55
4
1.3
Zoumist
- 3f Zoustar (AUS) x Surprise Bid (AUS) (General Nediym (AUS))
Tnr: G Ryan & S Alexiou Rdr: B Avdulla 54.5
5
1.4
Cultural Amnesia
- 3g Snitzel (AUS) x Zenon (AUS) (Super Saver (USA))
Tnr: G Ryan & S Alexiou Rdr: J Parr 58.5
6
12.1
Little Krakatoa
- 3g Epaulette (AUS) x Pentacity (NZ) (Pentire (GB))
Tnr: J M Cleary Rdr: Cejay Graham 51
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