Another Stakes-Winner for Blue Hen Leone Chiara

Tara Madgwick - Saturday May 1

Outstanding broodmare Leone Chiara delivered a third stakes-winner at Hawkesbury on Saturday when her five year-old Sebring gelding Embacer won the $140,000 Hawkesbury Gold Rush (1100m).

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Embracer wins the Listed Gold Rush - image Steve Hart

A half-brother to dual Group I winner Star Witness, Group III winner Nostradamus and Group I placed Lady Lupino, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Embracer has always shown ability in easier grade and was having his first run back from a spell and first run since being gelded.

Tuned up with a couple of recent trials, he was ready to rumble and with Tim Clark on board scored a dominant length and three-quarter win.

A $280,000 Inglis Easter purchase from the Widden Stud draft for his trainers, Embracer has the overall record of six wins and five placings from 14 starts with prizemoney topping $334,000.
 



“Now he’s a gelding he’s relaxing in his races that bit more as before he was inclined to overdo it, that was where he was vulnerable and what stopped him taking the next step,” said Adrian Bott.

“Hopefully now he’s ready to right on with it.”

Embracer was bred in partnership by B2B Thoroughbreds, who also bred and sold two year-old Capitalist colt Gleneagles, an impressive winner the Clarendon Stakes earlier on the Hawkesbury program.

Embracer is one of eight winners from blue hen Leone Chiara, a Group III winning sibling to Group II winners Chinchilla Rose and Ferocity as well as stakes-winner Chiaramonte.

Now, 21 years of age Leone Chiara had no foal last year after missing to Star Witness’s sire Starcraft, but appears to be in foal to Lonhro.

Embracer is the 67th stakes-winner for Widden Stud’s much missed sire Sebring, whose last yearlings are being sold this year.




 

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Race Result - Hawkesbury Gold Rush LR 1100m

Hawkesbury Track: Good(4) Time: 1:02.21
1
Embracer
- 5g Sebring (AUS) x Leone Chiara (AUS) (Lion Hunter (AUS))
Tnr: G Waterhouse & A Bott Rdr: Tim Clark 53
Sebring
2
1.8
Wayupinthesky
- 4m Snitzel (AUS) x The Darling One (AUS) (Lonhro (AUS))
Tnr: P & P Snowden Rdr: S Clipperton 54
3
2.0
Adelong
- 5m Medaglia D'Oro (USA) x Snowgums (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: Brad Widdup Rdr: K S Latham 55
4
2.2
Just Field
- 4m Deep Field (AUS) x Shoboard (AUS) (Show A Heart (AUS))
Tnr: D Lane Rdr: M A Cahill 54
5
2.5
Varda
- 4m Lonhro (AUS) x Wild Queen (AUS) (Loup Sauvage (USA))
Tnr: James Cummings Rdr: J R Collett 53.5
6
2.6
St Covet's Spirit
- 4m Uncle Mo (USA) x St. Covet Girl (AUS) (St. Covet (AUS))
Tnr: J C Coyle Rdr: Ms K O'Hara 53
7
4.3
Black Magnum
- 5g Magnus (AUS) x Titania Star (AUS) (Testa Rossa (AUS))
Tnr: Mark Newnham Rdr: R Dolan 53
8
5.4
Inanup
- 7g Bon Hoffa (AUS) x Our Slew (AUS) (Gilded Time (USA))
Tnr: J M Austin Rdr: J Innes Jnr 53
9
6.3
All Cylinders
- 4g Testa Rossa (AUS) x Star Of The Screen (AUS) (Conatus (AUS))
Tnr: Peter Robl Rdr: Ms L Day 54
10
6.4
Special Reward
- 5g Demerit (AUS) x Special Kiseki (AUS) (Special Bond (AUS))
Tnr: K A Lees Rdr: A Bullock 60
11
6.6
Blazing Miss
- 4m Sizzling (AUS) x Jahre (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: Mark Newnham Rdr: Rachel King 53
12
7.2
Switched
- 4m All Too Hard (AUS) x Sherbet Bomb (AUS) (Snitzel (AUS))
Tnr: Brad Widdup Rdr: G Buckley 53
13
8.0
Charge
- 5g Zoustar (AUS) x Queen Of The Falls (AUS) (General Nediym (AUS))
Tnr: David Payne Rdr: P Romeo 54
14
8.3
Snitz
- 6g Snitzel (AUS) x Tickle My (AUS) (Perugino (USA))
Tnr: M J Dunn Rdr: N Rawiller 57
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