The most visually impressive winner at the official two year-old trials at Randwick on Monday was the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Farnan colt North England.
Ridden by Tim Clark, he made every post a winner. North England shot to the front and kept going to score the only thoroughly dominant win of the session scoring by two and a half lengths.
A $280,000 Inglis Classic purchase from Valiant Stud for China Horse Club / Newgate Bloodstock / Go Bloodstock / Trilogy, North England was bred by Zonghli Thoroughbreds and is the third foal from Our Belisa, a metro winning Lope de Vega (IRE) mare that traces back to a fast female family that has produced Blue Diamond winner Reward for Effort and Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Catnipped.
Farnan was also trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott winning five of six starts at two including the Group II ATC Silver Slipper, Todman Stakes and Golden Slipper to be Champion 2YO.
He stands at Kia Ora Stud at a fee of $55,000.
