New HK Winners - Potential for Star Turn

Breednet - Monday December 16

There were three new Australasian bred winners at Sha Tin on Sunday, a French bred Zoustar bagging his first in HK and a promising one for Star Turn taking his record to two wins from three starts.

Triumphant More (4g Star Turn x Ready To Reign (More Than Ready (USA)) took his record to two wins from three starts in a Class 4 1200m event for Frankie Lor and Zac Purton.

Triumphant More's yearling shot

He was a $100,000 purchase for The 8 Syndicate from the Edinglassie Stud draft at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale before being re-offered at the Inglis Ready2Race Sale in the Blake Ryan draft but didn’t make reserve.

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He had four trials in Queensland under the name of Turn To Reign before heading to Hong Kong and scoring on debut at Happy Valley.

He is the ninth winner from only 12 Hong Kong runners for Star Turn.

ong>Beauty Alliance (4g Starcraft (NZ) x Rezyana (Redoute's Choice)) scored his first win at start five for John Size and Zac Purton.

He was a successful pinhook as a $14,000 purchase for Bleakley Bloodstock from Rosemont Stud at the Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale before making $200,000 to Dullingham from the Highden Park draft at the NZB Karaka Book 1.

Out of a three-quarter sister to stakes winners Al Samer and Express Power, he’s from the family of Australian Derby winner Ace High and Caulfield Cup winner Diatribe.

He’d trialled twice in Australia under the name of Beauty Craft before heading to HK unraced.

New Future Folks (4g Savabeel (AUS) x Kona (AUS) (New Approach (IRE)) broke through at his fifth start, having been placed twice this season and also in his only run last season.

New Future Folks

He was a $290,000 purchase for The Hong Kong Jockey Club from Waikato Stud at the NZB Karaka Book 1 before making $HK4.2million at the Hong Kong International Sale to So Wing Keung.

He's out of a half-sister to Australian Derby and BMW Stakes winner Fiumicino and has NZ Champion Horlicks as his third dam, who also gave us Melbourne Cup winner Brew.

Manythanks Forever (4g Star Witness x Bukzel (Snitzel)) for Chris So was the other breaking through for his first win at start 13 for Chris So

A $320,000 purchase for George Moore Bloodstock from the Widden Stud draft at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale, he is the 30th winner in Hong Kong for Star Witness.

Stellar Express (Fr) (5g Zoustar (AUS) x Darinja (Shamardal (USA)) got his long-awaited maiden victory for John Size and Benton Avdulla.

He'd headed to Hong Kong as a promising sprinter in France under the name of Dariym, winning three of his first six starts, however it took until start 12 in Hong Kong to get one on the board in the Class 2 Lukfook Jewellery Cup.

He becomes the 27th Hong Kong winner from 40 runners for Zoustar.

Other Australasian bred winners included:

Grand Nova (4g Vancouver x Longing)

Tourbillon Prince (6g Rommel x Colleges)

Swift Ascend (5g Lord Kanaloa (JPN) x Believe Yourself)

Go here for all the Sha Tin results.

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