A sister the most expensive yearling sold in 2021, Yearning was off the mark at her fifth start with a dominant performance over 1400m at Newcastle on Friday.
Ridden by Koby Jennings for Michael, Wayne, and John Hawkes, the 3yo daughter of Snitzel enjoyed the run of the race, third on the fence as Unique Vision cut out the early sectionals. Switched to the centre of the track, Yearning finished off strongly under her topweight of 61kgs to defeat the heavily backed equal favourite Left Reeling (Dundeel) by a half-length with Poetic Impact (Real Impact) a length back in third.
It was a 1-2-3 for Arrowfield stallions, which was appropriate as the winner sports the Arrowfield silks.
“She did it so easy. She is not stressed at all,” Jennings told Sky Racing.
“She just had a look around, is not blowing much, so there are better things to come.
‘She has a future for sure.”
Yearning has acquitted herself well in stronger company. In April, she was beaten just over a length when fifth behind Jamaea (Headwater) in the Group II Percy Sykes Stakes at Randwick.
Yearning was beaten just over two lengths at her most recent start by the same filly when a troubled ninth in the Group II Furious Stakes at Randwick.
Yearning is the first foal of the 2014 ATC Australian Oaks heroine Rising Romance (Ekraar).
Her 2yo brother named Magic was the most expensive yearling sold in 2021 when Hawkes Racing went to $2,500,000 to secure the son of Snitzel out of the Arrowfield draft at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
After foaling a brother to Yearning and Magic last spring, Rising Romance made her fourth consecutive visit to Snitzel.
