Hellbent Filly on the Up

Tara Madgwick - Wednesday April 10

Gary Portelli has had plenty of success starting talented horses off in the country before they make their way to town and one Hellbent filly following that path is Miss Hades, who resumed from a spell to win at the metro meeting at Gosford on Wednesday.

Miss Hades won her maiden at Cootamundra and her next start at Orange last year before winning in town at her final start of 2023 in a Benchmark 72 event at Rosehill.

She picked up right where she left off finishing with a rush to win the Benchmark 72 event over 1200m to take her overall record to four wins from six starts with prizemoney just shy of $130,000.

“It’s very satisfying for the whole stable as she is really rattling through the grades which is great to see,” said Portelli Racing Manager James Fathers.

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“We’ve got some very excited owners here and so they should be, they have a great filly on their hands!”

Miss Hades was an $80,000 Inglis Classic purchase.

An $80,000 Inglis Classic purchase from the Yarraman Park draft for Elite Thoroughbreds, Miss Hades is the first winner for Union Dues, a winning Fastnet Rock grand-daughter of US Group III winner Tee Kay, the dam of Japanese Horse of the Year Symboli Kris S.

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Race Result - The Coast Raceday 11th May (Bm72) 1200m

Gosford Track: Soft(7) Time: 1:11.94
1
Miss Hades
- 3f Hellbent (AUS) x Union Dues (NZ) (Fastnet Rock (AUS))
Tnr: G Portelli Rdr: Tyler Schiller 55.5
2
1
Biographer
- 4g I Am Invincible (AUS) x Precious Memories (AUS) (Stratum (AUS))
Tnr: R J Quinton Rdr: S Clipperton 58.5
MM Gold Coast Yearling Sale $550,000
Seller: Yarraman Park Stud, Scone, NSW (As Agent)
Buyer: Cunningham Thoroughbreds/Clarke Bloodstock Pty Ltd (FBAA)/Bjorn Baker Racing
3
1.2
Zouprince
- 3g Zoustar (AUS) x Moonlight Waltz (AUS) (Fastnet Rock (AUS))
Tnr: P & P Snowden Rdr: N Rawiller 57.5
4
2.1
Putt For Dough
- 5g Winning Rupert (AUS) x Margham (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: Mick Attard Rdr: Tom Sherry 58
5
3.7
Hokkaido
- 4g Satono Aladdin (JPN) x Justlikeyasister (NZ) (Gold Centre (AUS))
Tnr: Joseph Pride Rdr: J Ford 60
6
4.1
Liberty Sun
- 8g Statue Of Liberty (USA) x Sunkita (AUS) (Black Kite (AUS))
Tnr: G McFarlane Rdr: J Parr 60
7
4.1
Tags
- 6g Sidestep (AUS) x Nosey Tycoon (AUS) (Written Tycoon (AUS))
Tnr: Ms G Williams Rdr: Olivia Chambers 57
8
4.5
Cecil Street Lad
- 5g Bobby's Kitten (USA) x Just A Girl (AUS) (Not A Single Doubt (AUS))
Tnr: Ms K Buchanan Rdr: Anna Roper 58.5
9
5.8
Negotiations
- 4g I Am Invincible (AUS) x Secret Agenda (AUS) (Not A Single Doubt (AUS))
Tnr: C Maher Rdr: Ashley Morgan 60
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