Zoustar 2YO Wins VOBIS Gold Rush

Tara Madgwick - Saturday March 27

The famed colours of Hong Kong based Everest winning owner Bon Ho were carried to victory in the  $250,000 VOBIS Gold Rush (1000m) at Bendigo on Saturday by exciting Zoustar colt Starry Legend .

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Starry Legend wins the $250,000 VOBIS Gold Rush - image Grant Courtney

Trained by John Sadler, Starry Legend was brilliant winning easily on debut at Sandown late last month and proved the potential of that outing when trouncing this field to win with authority.



He led all the way for Michael Dee to win by a length and a quarter and has now banked over $210,000 from his first two starts.

“He’s a very smart horse with plenty of upside,” said Dee.

“He learned a lot from his first start, but he just wanted to overdo it a bit today in the first half of the race. He just needs to learn to relax a bit more, but he’s a horse on the up.”

A $500,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Segenhoe draft for his trainer, Starry Legend was bred by Phil Wilton and is a little light on pedigree being the third winner, but first metro winner from five to race from Darley bred Savsenga.

She was a minor winner by Reset, whose grand-dam Intrepidity was a triple Group I winner rated the Champion European 3YO Filly of 1993.

Savsenga has a yearling filly and colt foal by All Too Hard and was covered last spring by Magna Grecia (IRE).

 

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Race Result - Apiam Animal Health V.G. Rush 1000m

Bendigo Track: Soft(5) Time: 0:57.76
1
Starry Legend
- 2c Zoustar (AUS) x Savsenga (AUS) (Reset (AUS))
Tnr: J D Sadler Rdr: M J Dee 58
2
1.3
Frostin'
- 2c Frosted (USA) x Patina (AUS) (Anabaa (USA))
Tnr: P & P Snowden Rdr: Jack Hill 58
3
3.3
Scissor Step
- 2g Toronado (IRE) x Watch Your Step (AUS) (Sepoy (AUS))
Tnr: M Ellerton & S Zahra Rdr: D Moor 58
4
3.5
Cloudy
- 2f Frosted (USA) x Applegate (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: James Cummings Rdr: D W Stackhouse 56
5
5.3
Rusheen
- 2c Toronado (IRE) x Irish Rose (AUS) (Fastnet Rock (AUS))
Tnr: A W Noonan Rdr: Beau Mertens 58
6
6.8
Gulf Of Suez
- 2g Fighting Sun (AUS) x Pan Jinlian (AUS) (Fastnet Rock (AUS))
Tnr: C Maher & D Eustace Rdr: Jye McNeil 58
7
7.0
Matao Ma
- 2c Brazen Beau (AUS) x Fortune's Choice (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: M Price & M Kent Jnr Rdr: Jamie Kah 58
8
7.1
Run And Tell
- 2g Rich Enuff (AUS) x Dubai Gal (AUS) (Dubai Destination (USA))
Tnr: M Price & M Kent Jnr Rdr: Damian Lane 58
9
7.2
Irish Mist
- 2f Manhattan Rain (AUS) x Cahira (NZ) (O'Reilly (NZ))
Tnr: Nick Ryan Rdr: Ben Allen 56
10
7.3
Scream Queen
- 2f Holler (AUS) x Sallanches (AUS) (Bon Hoffa (AUS))
Tnr: K L Corstens Rdr: Will Price 56
11
11.5
Gossitino
- 2f Palentino (AUS) x Leica Gossip (NZ) (One Cool Cat (USA))
Tnr: R Griffiths & M De Kock Rdr: D Yendall 56
12
17.5
Super Aurora
- 2f Super One (AUS) x Arctic Light (AUS) (More Than Ready (USA))
Tnr: Brent Stanley Rdr: Michael Poy 56
13
20.5
Mobamba
- 2g Stryker (AUS) x Mo'shelley (AUS) (Moshe (AUS))
Tnr: M Sell Rdr: Jarrod Fry 58
14
23.5
Dempster
- 2c Written Tycoon (AUS) x Star Via Strada (USA) (Street Boss (USA))
Tnr: L & T Corstens Rdr: Lachlan King 58
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