breednet.com.au

Does Fairhill Farm Have Another Fiesta?

Tara Madgwick - Tuesday February 5
Mike and Debbie O'Donnell of Fairhill Farm sold the majority of their yearling crop as weanlings last year, but they still have some real quality at home with four lovely youngsters to be offered at Inglis Classic next week including a stunning filly by I Am Invincible.

Fiesta is an Inglis Classic star for Fairhill FarmFairhill Farm sold a filly by I Am Invincible from Now Now during the Gold Riband session at the 2017 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale to Star Thoroughbreds and Chris Waller for $150,000.

Racing as Fiesta she was an immediate success winning the Group III ATC Widden Stakes at two and finishing seventh in the Golden Slipper.

Better was to come at three with Fiesta blossoming as a spring three year-old to win the Group II ATC Silver Shadow Stakes before placing in the remaining legs of the Darley Princess Series to be crowned the inaugural winner.

With over $600,000 in prizemoney, Fiesta may add to the tally on Saturday when she runs in the $1million Inglis 3YO Sprint first up from a spell. 


She has been a massive winner for all connected with her making the 2019 Fairhill Farm draft a must inspect.

Lot 78 Filly Hinchinbrook x Desert End (USA), by End Sweep – GOLD RIBAND 




Half-sister to five winners including Group III placed Margham, the dam of Listed MRC Blue Diamond Preview winner Mohave.

Lot 90 Filly I Am Invincible x Limbo Down (NZ), by Fastnet Rock – GOLD RIBAND




Full sister to brilliant two year-old Sydney metro winner Limbo Soul from the family of Group III winner Handsome Ransom and stakes-winner Danajaya.

Lot 172 Filly Super One x Bulladini, by Bernardini (USA)




Fourth foal of an unraced half-sister to Group II winner Bound for Earth from Group I VRC Oaks winner Bulla Borghese.

Lot 430 Filly Super One x Kontiki Dane (NZ), by Danewin




First foal of a Sydney metro winning grand-daughter of US Group I winner Pen Bal Lady (GB, the dam of two time Auckland Cup winner Prized Lady.

See the horses at Barn 1 Stables 65,67 and 78 – 80.

Advertisment
More Reading...
First Group Victory For $3.5m Earner Front Page
Having raced at Flemington, Rosehill and Ascot at his last three starts, the Matthew Dale trained Front Page travelled to his fourth different state in as many starts, winning the $300,000 G2 BRC Moreton Cup at Eagle Farm.
Capitalist Colt Records Back To Back Wins
Off the back of an explosive victory last time out at Hawkesbury when breaking his maiden by just shy of four lengths, Nathan Doyle’s Hidden Motive (Capitalist) justifiably jumped the short-priced favourite in the $160,000 Precise Air Handicap (1100m) at Randwick.
New Stakes-Winner for Snitzel – Stradbroke Possible
The Listed $160,000 BRC Spear Chief Quality (1500m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday delivered a new stakes-winner for champion sire Snitzel with progressive four year-old gelding Transatlantic taking victory as a well backed favourite.
€1.85million Sale-Topping Frankel Filly Wins Epsom Oaks for Coolmore
The Group I Epsom Oaks (1m4f) had a raging hot favourite in undefeated Godolphin entry Desert Flower, but she came up short in her first try at the classic trip going down to finish third behind the Aidan O’Brien trained duo Minnie Hauk (Frankel and Whirl (Wootton Bassett).
Bold Maison Louis Resolute In Queensland Derby
The training partnership of John O’Shea and Tom Charlton continues to flourish as evidenced by a stable quinella in Saturday’s Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) as Maison Louis defeated King Of Thunder in a perfect result for the Sydney trainers.
Another Day, Another Stakes-Winner for Wootton Bassett
A homebred for Marc Chan, quality Wootton Bassett (GB) colt Green Impact closed out his juvenile season winning the Group II Champions Juvenile Stakes at Leopardstown and he bounced back into the winner’s list at the same venue overnight.
North Pacific 2YO Ready to Win
Byerley Park trainer Steven Cole will head to Ellerslie with a quartet of runners on Saturday, and he is particularly upbeat about the chances of Pacific Breeze in the Network Visuals 1200.
Kicked out of Australia - Jan Brueghel Wins G1 Coronation
The horse kicked out of Australia last spring as not having suitable scans to race in the Melbourne Cup, Jan Brueghel showed just what we missed out on seeing when taking out the Group I Betfred Coronation Cup (1m4f) at Epsom overnight.
Third Group 1 Victory For Zoustar’s Sensational Joliestar
Cambridge Stud's outstanding Zoustar mare Joliestar was simply sensational, charging late to win the $1m BRC Kingsford-Smith Cup (1300m) at Eagle Farm, her third Group 1 victory.
Group 1 Queensland Oaks For So You Think's You Wahng
With form around some of the best 3yo staying fillies in the country, the Kris Lees trained You Wahng was too strong, winning the $700,000 Group 1 BRC Queensland Oaks (2200m) at Eagle Farm.