One to Watch – Canterbury

Tara Madgwick - Friday January 6

The powerful Maher Eustace stable produced an impressive debut winner by Capitalist at Canterbury on Friday night and she has a half-brother to be offered by Newgate Farm at Magic Millions.

A big strong filly, Capitol Queen has been given time to mature and had looked good in three previous trials coming into her first start and ran up to expectation.

She travelled nicely on the fence behind the leaders and when angled into the clear was able to hit the line hard and win the 1100m 3YO fillies maiden running away by nearly two lengths.

Capitol Queen was a $180,000 Magic Millions purchase for Ciaron Maher Bloodstock from the Newgate draft and is the third winner from three foals to race from stakes-placed Not a Single Doubt mare Claudia Jean.

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A grand-daughter of triple Group I winner Miltak, Claudia Jean has a colt by Brutal that will be offered by Newgate as Lot 730 at Magic Millions.

Half-brother to Capitol Queen - Click to see his page

Capitol Queen kept the winners coming for Capitalist, who has sired 31 winners in the past 30 days!

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Race Result - Ranvet Mdn Hcp 1100m

Canterbury Track: Heavy(8) Time: 1:05.64
1
Capitol Queen
- 4f Capitalist (AUS) x Claudia Jean (AUS) (Not A Single Doubt (AUS))
Tnr: C Maher & D Eustace Rdr: Dylan Gibbons 56.5
2
1.8
Miss Adamas
- 4f Headwater (AUS) x Diamond Indulgence (AUS) (Lonhro (AUS))
Tnr: Richard & Will Freedman Rdr: J Parr 58.5
3
2.6
Sequestered
- 4f Pierro (AUS) x Abduction (AUS) (Street Cry (IRE))
Tnr: James Cummings Rdr: N Rawiller 58.5
4
2.8
Coriolis
- 4f Lonhro (AUS) x Zeehan (AUS) (Helmet (AUS))
Tnr: James Cummings Rdr: J B Mc Donald 59
5
3.4
Divots
- 4f Zoustar (AUS) x My Emotion (NZ) (Savabeel (AUS))
Tnr: M, W & J Hawkes Rdr: Tommy Berry 58.5
6
4.5
Matisse's Comet
- 4f Your Song (AUS) x Too Chic (AUS) (Haradasun (AUS))
Tnr: G R Nickson Rdr: Ms K O'Hara 56
7
4.7
Amrap
- 4f Per Incanto (USA) x On Yer Feet (NZ) (Snitzel (AUS))
Tnr: J A O'Shea Rdr: Regan Bayliss 58.5
8
5.9
Warm Glow
- 4f Sooboog (AUS) x Amber's Arion (AUS) (Fusaichi Pegasus (USA))
Tnr: A J Cummings Rdr: Tyler Schiller 58.5
9
15.5
Lowanna
- 4f No Nay Never (USA) x Kiwi Colleen (NZ) (O'Reilly (NZ))
Tnr: G R Nickson Rdr: A Adkins 58.5
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