Kintyre Gets a Well Deserved Stakes Win

Tara Madgwick - Saturday April 20

A half-brother to Golden Slipper winner and Champion 2YO Fireburn, Hallowed Crown gelding Kintyre has been threatening to win a stakes race for some time and got the job done at Randwick on Saturday taking out the $250,000 Group III ATC Frank Packer Plate (2000m), but probably not in the way connections might have liked.

Only the nose of Kintyre can be seen poking up on the fence behind Gold Bullion - image Steve Hart

Never further back than fourth in four previous runs this year, the Gary Portelli trained Kintyre was overdue for a win and after squeezing into a narrow gap on the fence for Jamie Kah it looked as though he was going to end up with another honourable placing when he got to the finishing line a whisker behind Gold Bullion.

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Stewards took an interest and after quick deliberation, Kintyre was awarded the win on protest with Gold Bullion just laying in enough to inconvenience Kintyre when it counted.

Bred by Laurel Oak Bloodstock in partnership with Goodwood Farm and retained to race, Kintyre runs for a very happy group of owners and has the overall record of three wins and seven placings from 20 starts with prizemoney topping $500,000.

He is the second foal and second stakes-winner for Mull Over, a winning half-sister by So You Think to stakes-winner Galizani from the family of Group I AJC Flight Stakes winner Danarani.

Purchased by Laurel Oak from the 2018 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale for just $22,000, Mull Over has a yearling colt by Pierata that was offered by Goodwood Farm at Inglis Easter and purchased by Laurel Oak Bloodstock for $460,000.

She appears to now be in foal to Fireburn’s sire Rebel Dane after missing to him in 2022.

Kintyre is the seventh SW for Hallowed Crown, click for more info and a Hypo mating.

Kintyre is the seventh stakes-winner for Twin Hills Stud’s Hallowed Crown, who nearly made it a race to race stakes double with his sprinting son Vilana finishing second in the Group II ATC Hall Mark Stakes.

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Race Result - Gow-Gates Frank Packer Plate Gr3 2000m

Randwick Track: Heavy(9) Time: 2:09.81
1
Kintyre
- 3g Hallowed Crown (AUS) x Mull Over (AUS) (So You Think (NZ))
Tnr: G Portelli Rdr: Jamie Kah 56.5
Hallowed Crown
2
0.1
Gold Bullion
- 3g Savabeel (AUS) x Gold Rush (NZ) (So You Think (NZ))
Tnr: G Waterhouse & A Bott Rdr: Tim Clark 56.5
3
0.5
Our Gold Hope
- 3f Lope De Vega (IRE) x Grey Queen (USA) (More Than Ready (USA))
Tnr: R & L Price Rdr: Dylan Gibbons 54.5
4
1.2
Tannhauser
- 3c Dundeel (NZ) x Luqyaa (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: J B Mc Donald 56.5
5
5.2
Jacob's Time
- 3g Trapeze Artist (AUS) x River Drift (NZ) (Myboycharlie (IRE))
Tnr: G Ryan & S Alexiou Rdr: Rachel King 56.5
6
5.6
Anderson Bridge
- 3g Savabeel (AUS) x Tricia'o (NZ) (O'reilly (NZ))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: M Zahra 56.5
7
12.1
Ravello
- 3g Savabeel (AUS) x Cover Charge (USA) (Take Charge Indy (USA))
Tnr: J A O'Shea Rdr: Tommy Berry 56.5
8
14.4
Uncle Harry
- 3c Harry Angel (IRE) x Port Elizabeth (IRE) (Danehill Dancer (IRE))
Tnr: P M Perry Rdr: Regan Bayliss 56.5
9
15.6
Texas Fireball
- 3g Zoustar (AUS) x Texas Dancer (AUS) (Zoffany (IRE))
Tnr: M J Dunn Rdr: N Rawiller 57
10
19.7
Coto De Caza
- 3g Contributer (IRE) x In A Frenzy (NZ) (Keeper (AUS))
Tnr: J G Sargent Rdr: Tom Sherry 56.5
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