Spirit Of Boom's Champagne Tastes Breaks Maiden - Half-Sister Heading to the Inglis Classic

Mark Smith - Wednesday December 8

Showing the benefit of a first-up fourth at the Gold Coast, the Lee Freedman-trained Champagne Tastes opened her winning account in an 1100m maiden at Ipswich on Wednesday.

Champagne Tastes (image Ipswich Turf Club)

Ridden by Samantha Collett, the daughter of Spirit Of Boom was eased out of the early speed battle up front before peeling three-wide to mount her challenge.

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After fighting off the speedsters Hypothesize and Never Been Better, Champagne Tastes held the challenge of the Kobayashi by a length. The runner-up had been under hard riding for some 600m but did not shirk his task to finish a length ahead of the Capitalist colt Hypothesize.

“She is just a little professional,” stable representative Matt O’Sullivan said.

“Lee was very impressed with her first run. We have worked a few things out, and she did well today. She ran right through the line – she is just a little ripper.

“Lee has a stack of two-year-olds coming through, so hopefully that kicks off a big few weeks for us.”

Bred by Blake Sandblom Pty Ltd and Henry Field Bloodstock Pty Ltd, Champagne Tastes races for Hollymount Stud and Newgate Bloodstock after failing to make her $200,000 reserve at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale.

Champagne Tastes failed to make her $200,000 reserve at Inglis Easter

The daughter of Spirit of Boom is the third winner from four to race out of the Hussonet (USA) mare Your Life Style, who was one of five daughters of Redoute’s Choice’s half-sister Monsoon Wedding purchased by Newgate from the Teeley Asset Dispersal.

Purchased for $1.2million, Your Life Style is a three-quarter sister to the dam of Shoals and Groundswell and a half-sister to Precious Lorraine and lucky Raquie.

Newgate Farm will consign a Rubick filly out of Your Life Style to the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.

Your Life Style foaled a Deep Field filly on October 29.

Eureka Stud’s Spirit of Boom has 41 catalogued for the Magic Millions and 14 at the Inglis Classic.

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Race Result - Follow @ipswichturfclub Mdn 1100m

Ipswich Track: Good(4) Time: 1:05.13
1
Champagne Tastes
- 2f Spirit Of Boom (AUS) x Your Life Style (AUS) (Hussonet (USA))
Tnr: D L Freedman Rdr: S T Collett 55
2
1.0
Mishani Monsieur
- 2g Kobayashi (AUS) x Caressable One (AUS) (Jet Spur (AUS))
Tnr: L G Ross Rdr: Ben Thompson 57
3
2.0
Hypothesize
- 2c Capitalist (AUS) x Theorize (AUS) (Snitzel (AUS))
Tnr: Kacy Fogden Rdr: Ryan Maloney 57
4
2.3
Never Been Better
- 2g Better Than Ready (AUS) x Testy (AUS) (Testa Rossa (AUS))
Tnr: Chris Anderson Rdr: J Byrne 57
5
5.8
Lola Star
- 2f Spieth (NZ) x Starry Light (NZ) (Danehill Dancer (IRE))
Tnr: S B Lee Rdr: Ms S Thornton 55
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