Group I Goal for Zoustar Colt

Tara Madgwick - Saturday May 14

Winner of the Magic Millions Adelaide 2YO Classic back in March, promising Zoustar colt Twin Stars confirmed his potential with a determined victory in the Group III SAJC Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) at Morphettville on Saturday earning a trip to Brisbane.

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Twin Stars wins the G3 SA Sires Produce  - image Magic Millions Twitter / Makoto Kaneko

Trained by Tony and Calvin McEvoy, Twin Stars improved on his last start second to See You in Heaven in the Group III SA Breeders Stakes to post a tenacious long neck win under Barend Vorster.
 



“He was very good first up in the Magic Millions, then great the other day when second behind what looks a smart 2YO and then fabulous today at 1400m,” said Tony McEvoy.

“He’s a big striding horse and this inner track is not his track, but he was still able to get away with it.

“He will go to Melbourne on Monday and then Brisbane on Wednesday for the Sires Produce (1400m) worth a million dollars and then the JJ Atkins (1600m).”

Twin Stars was a $225,000 Magic Millions purchase.

A $225,000 Magic Millions purchase for McEvoy Mitchell Racing/Belmont Bloodstock Agency P/L from the KBL Thoroughbreds draft, Twin Stars has two wins and a second from just three starts and has already won over $200,000 in prizemoney.

Bred by Bowcock Bloodstock, Twin Stars is the best of two winners from stakes-winning Star Witness mare Pearl Star, who comes from the family of Group I winning 2YO Spectatorial.

She has a weanling colt by Shalaa (IRE), but missed last year so will have no foal this spring.

Twin Stars is the 28th stakes-winner for Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar, who stands at a fee of $198,000.



 

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Race Result - South Aust. Sires' Produce Gr3 1400m

Morphettville Track: Good(4) Time: 1:25.21
1
Twin Stars
- 2c Zoustar (AUS) x Pearl Star (AUS) (Star Witness (AUS))
Tnr: T & C McEvoy Rdr: B Vorster 57.5
Zoustar
2
0.4
Hope At Hand
- 2f Impending (AUS) x Angel Of Hope (AUS) (Choisir (AUS))
Tnr: L Macdonald & A Gluyas Rdr: J Holder 55.5
3
0.8
Miss Dunsford
- 2f Dissident (AUS) x She Chose Me (AUS) (Foxwedge (AUS))
Tnr: Ben & J D Hayes Rdr: John Allen 55.5
4
1.0
Kings Consort
- 2g Ilovethiscity (AUS) x Peckish (AUS) (Snitzel (AUS))
Tnr: A & S Freedman Rdr: M Zahra 57.5
5
3.5
Street Delight
- 2f Street Boss (USA) x Whitten's Delight (AUS) (Barely A Moment (AUS))
Tnr: Symon Wilde Rdr: D Oliver 55.5
6
4.2
Sandpiper
- 2f Rebel Raider (AUS) x Amphlett (AUS) (Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE))
Tnr: L Macdonald & A Gluyas Rdr: Jessica Eaton 55.5
7
4.6
Sirius Princess
- 2f Hooked (AUS) x Cosmic Choice (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: T J Andrews Rdr: Carleen Hefel 55.5
8
6.6
Solar Blast
- 2g Palentino (AUS) x Gale Force Sun (NZ) (O'Reilly (NZ))
Tnr: R & C Jolly Rdr: Jake Toeroek 57.5
9
6.8
Spencer's Spirit
- 2g Wandjina (AUS) x Fly Higher (AUS) (Lonhro (AUS))
Tnr: David Tootell Snr Rdr: Kayla Crowther 57.5
10
8.4
Cold One
- 2c Akeed Mofeed (GB) x Blue Yonder (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: C Vidotto & C Beasy Rdr: D Moor 57.5
11
12.8
Aesculus
- 2f Spill The Beans (AUS) x Zip Top Tezza (AUS) (Top Marc (AUS))
Tnr: Chris Bieg Rdr: P Gatt 55.5
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