Arrowfield Stud’s Stellar Miss Finland Family on Show

Tara Madgwick - Saturday April 1

Arrowfield Stud’s blue-blood I Am Invincible filly Waltz on By added another Black Type win to her resume when winning the $200,000 Bendigo Guineas(1400m) putting the spotlight on several of her close relations to be offered by Arrowfield at Inglis Easter.

Waltz on By wins the Bendigo Guineas - -image Grant Courtney

Trained by Peter Moody, who was in Sydney to saddle his Group I ATC TJ Smith Stakes winner I Am I Wish, Waltz on By improved at her third run back from a spell.

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She powered home to win by a long neck taking her overall record to three wins from 10 starts with prizemoney topping $320,000.

Waltz on By is the second foal and second winner from Street Cry (IRE) mare Stay With Me, who won the Group I MRC Thousand Guineas and is the best of six winners from Arrowfield Stud’s Champion 2YO and 3YO Filly Miss Finland.

The Miss Finland family is poised to impress at Riverside Stables with four colts as listed below from Arrowfield Stud.

Lot 384

They will offer the half-brother by Dundeel to Waltz on By from Stay with Me as Lot 384.

Lot 239

They will also offer Lot 239, a colt by Castelvecchio from Miss Finland.

Lot 110

Also from the family is Lot 110, a Written Tycoon colt from Earth Angel, a G3 placed daughter of Miss Finland.

Lot 423

And finally Lot 423, a Shalaa (IRE) colt from Tuusula, an unraced sister to Stay With Me.

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Race Result - Victorian Equine Bendigo Gns LR 1400m

Bendigo Track: Good(4) Time: 1:22.88
1
Waltz On By
- 3f I Am Invincible (AUS) x Stay With Me (AUS) (Street Cry (IRE))
Tnr: P G Moody Rdr: W Egan 58
I Am Invincible
Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale $0
Seller: Arrowfield Stud, Scone
Buyer: Withdrawn
2
0.3
Running By
- 3f Impending (AUS) x More Spark (AUS) (Domesday (AUS))
Tnr: C Maher & D Eustace Rdr: Ben Allen 56
3
1.1
Elkington Road
- 3g All Too Hard (AUS) x Sherbet Bomb (AUS) (Snitzel (AUS))
Tnr: M D Moroney Rdr: J Mott 60
All Too Hard
4
1.8
Lethal Thoughts
- 3c So You Think (NZ) x St Remy (AUS) (Star Witness (AUS))
Tnr: C Maher & D Eustace Rdr: H Coffey 58
5
2.2
Deekay
- 3g Hellbent (AUS) x Seagrove (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: Anthony Chibnall Rdr: Jack Hill 58
6
2.9
Marble Arch
- 3f Per Incanto (USA) x Jonquil (NZ) (Sakhee's Secret (GB))
Tnr: Ben & J D Hayes Rdr: D W Stackhouse 58
7
3.7
Meridius
- 3c Extreme Choice (AUS) x Jardine (AUS) (Stryker (AUS))
Tnr: Lloyd Kennewell Rdr: J Bowditch 60
8
3.9
Sorel Rising
- 3g Russian Revolution (AUS) x Sorel Point (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: Brent Stanley Rdr: D R Beasley 58
9
6.1
My Bella Mae
- 3f Deep Field (AUS) x Mae West (NZ) (Sir Percy (GB))
Tnr: D M Luciani Rdr: Jarrod Fry 58
10
6.4
Quang Tri
- 3f Shalaa (IRE) x Saigon Tea (NZ) (Thorn Park (AUS))
Tnr: Patrick Payne Rdr: Beau Mertens 59
11
8.2
New York Hurricane
- 3g Manhattan Rain (AUS) x Al Dhakira (USA) (Elusive Quality (USA))
Tnr: Liam Howley Rdr: J Maskiell 58
12
10.9
Is It Me
- 3g Iffraaj (GB) x Gosh (IRE) (Peintre Celebre (USA))
Tnr: Daniel Bowman Rdr: Declan Bates 58
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