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Winning Week for Windsor Park Young Guns

Media Release - Monday July 2

Freshman sires ShamExpress (O'Reilly) and Charm Spirit (IRE) (Invincible Spirit) who both stand at Windsor Park Stud continue to make a deep impression with an ever-increasing list of first-crop winners.

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Mr HooperLast night, debut Singapore 2YO Mr Hooper provided ShamExpress with his sixth individual first-crop winner when successful against older horses over 1200m.

While a double for Charm Spirit with Forseti and Oberyn Martell last Thursday was followed quickly by a brace of weekend winners with debutante Aquarius scoring at Newmarket on Saturday and Early Time winning in France overnight, giving Charm Spirit four winners in five days.

Charm Spirit is Great Britain's Leading First Season sire by both winners and wins, while ShamExpress heads the equivalent tables in New Zealand.
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Another Aussie SW Sourced from Aga Khan Studs
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Private Eye’s Half-Brother King’s Secret Wins Again
Although he may never reach the heights of his older half-brother Private Eye, a Group 1 winner and earner of more than $12m to date, connections of King’s Secret (Shalaa) are sure to have plenty of their own fun with the 3yo gelding winning at Rosehill on Saturday.