Animal Kingdom 3YO Gives Kris Lees Another Provincial Championship Contender

Tara Madgwick - Tuesday March 31

Kris Lees will have a third of the field in the $400,000 Provincial Championships Final following Animate's dominant win in the rescheduled $150,000 Wyong heat at Newcastle on Tuesday.

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ANIMATE (Animal Kingdom x Flower Child) storms home late to win the @ChampionshipsRR Provincial qualifier! A brilliant ride by @gibbo7822 and @Leesracing doing it again! @mmsnippets and @ArrowfieldStud 1??0??/1??0??. Huge congratulations to our connections ???? pic.twitter.com/bjweWmcGSn
— Australian Bloodstock Updates (@ausbloodstock2) March 31, 2020

Animate as a yearling Animate is the fifth horse from Lees' powerhouse Newcastle stable to book a spot in the rich final next week after claiming the last heat in the series.

Lees had seven of the 16 starters in the heat, which had to be moved to his home track after being washed out at Wyong and got the prize with progressive gelding Animate.

The son of former Arrowfield shuttler Animal Kingdom (USA) charged home from back in the field to win by three-quarters of a length taking his overall record to four wins and two placings from six starts with prizemoney in excess of $155,000.

A $115,000 Magic Millions purchase for Australian Bloodstock from the Arrowfield draft, Animate is the second winner from stakes-placed Redoute’s Choice mare Flowerchild, a three-quarter sister to Group II winner Wild Rain, whose first foal is in Inglis Easter for Cressfield as Lot 285.

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Race Result - Prov Championship Qualifier-C5 1350m

Newcastle Track: Soft(5) Time: 1:19.00

1

Animate

- 3g Animal Kingdom (USA) x Flowerchild (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))

Tnr: K A Lees Rdr: A Gibbons 56

2

0.8

Oxford Tycoon

- 4g Written Tycoon (AUS) x Miss Monashee (AUS) (Monashee Mountain (USA))

Tnr: Ms K Waugh Rdr: D Mc Lellan 56

3

2.3

Oakfield Captain

- 5g Testa Rossa (AUS) x Oakfield Beauty (AUS) (Danewin (AUS))

Tnr: D Lane Rdr: S Lisnyy 57.5

4

2.6

Celer

- 4g Excelebration (IRE) x Amalfi Cat (NZ) (Catbird (AUS))

Tnr: Ms K Waugh Rdr: J Penza 57.5

5

2.8

Bubbles Ball

- 4m Zoustar (AUS) x Dance Girl Dance (AUS) (Made Of Gold (USA))

Tnr: K A Lees Rdr: Ms L Day 54

6

3.0

Bombasay

- 4g Rothesay (AUS) x Bomba (AUS) (Last Tycoon (IRE))

Tnr: K A Lees Rdr: Mitchell Bell 56

7

3.7

Juventus

- 5g Hard Spun (USA) x Sexy Siren (AUS) (Excites (AUS))

Tnr: K A Lees Rdr: Ms S Clenton 57.5

8

3.8

Lifetime Quest

- 4g Exceed And Excel (AUS) x Matras (NZ) (Zabeel (NZ))

Tnr: K A Lees Rdr: C Reith 56

9

4.5

Esteem Spirit

- 5g Shrapnel (AUS) x Belle Esteem (AUS) (High Regard (AUS))

Tnr: Ms G Markwell Rdr: K S Latham 57.5

10

5.8

Fanciful Dream

- 3f Zoustar (AUS) x Chimerique (AUS) (Choisir (AUS))

Tnr: P M Perry Rdr: Tom Sherry 54

11

6.1

Margie Bee

- 4m Dreamscape (AUS) x Strategic Escape (AUS) (Strategic (AUS))

Tnr: Ms K Buchanan Rdr: Jenny Duggan 54

12

6.4

Defeat

- 4g I Am Invincible (AUS) x Shepishir (AUS) (Shepherd's Field (USA))

Tnr: T J Bartley Rdr: G Buckley 57.5

13

6.6

The Crimson Idol

- 4m Hinchinbrook (AUS) x Ruth's Secret (AUS) (Noverre (USA))

Tnr: J N Englebrecht Rdr: Ms R Murray 54

14

8.0

Siesta Key

- 3f So You Think (NZ) x Sarasota (AUS) (Danehill (USA))

Tnr: K A Lees Rdr: L Cumberland 54

15

9.7

Albert's No Pussy

- 4g Magic Albert (AUS) x Cathead (AUS) (Catbird (AUS))

Tnr: K A Lees Rdr: C G O'Brien 59

16

9.8

Miss Scorcher

- 4m Fighting Sun (AUS) x Special Mention (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))

Tnr: G W Murray Rdr: L Magorrian 56

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