Casting off maiden status at Kenilworth in South Africa on Saturday was three year-old Stratum filly Freedom Seeker, an $80,000 Inglis Premier purchase for World Wide Bloodstock from the draft off Grenville Stud.
Trained by Patrick Kruyer, Freedom Seeker was having her third start and scored a two and a quarter length win as favourite.
A half-sister to Group I placed Scarlet Dream, Freedom Seeker was bred by Tara Farm and is the fourth winner from South African bred Asylum Seeker (SAF), the Champion 2YO Filly of 2005/2006 and winner of the Group I Greyville Golden Slipper.
Her dam Asylum Seeker has a yearling colt by Zoustar and produced a filly foal this year by Your Song.
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