One to Watch – Canterbury

Tara Madgwick - Saturday Nov 26

Godolphin don’t have a lot of horses by Frankel in their Australian stable, but they had a winner at Canterbury on Friday night by the champion sire that is very much appreciating getting off wet tracks, while his half-brother may make it a family double at Rosehill this afternoon.

Frankel has sired 15 winners in Australia this season including four stakes-winners!

The James Cummings trained three year-old gelding Tradition was unplaced in four starts on wet ground this year, but broke his maiden last start at Newcastle over 1900m when performing on a good track for the first time.

He stepped straight into a Benchmark 64 event against older horses again over 1900m and made it back to back wins when scoring by a long neck.

Tradition is the first foal of unraced Dubawi mare Wedding Veil, a half-sister to Group I winner Ibn Khaldun and to the dam of Mischief Magic, who won the Group I Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint for Godolphin in Kentucky this year.

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Wedding Veil has a two year-old Fastnet Rock colt called Diabelli that runs at Rosehill this afternoon.

She has a yearling colt by Mischief Magic’s sire Exceed and Excel and had a Street Boss (USA) filyl this spring before being covered by Victor Ludorum (GB).

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Race Result - Bowermans (Bm64) 1900m

Canterbury Track: Good(4) Time: 1:55.80
1
Tradition
- 3g Frankel (GB) x Wedding Veil (IRE) (Dubawi (IRE))
Tnr: James Cummings Rdr: Zac Lloyd 54
2
0.4
Whangaehu
- 4g Proisir (AUS) x Pinot Grieve (NZ) (Pins (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: Tommy Berry 60
3
2.2
Taraashoq
- 5g Maxios (GB) x Tassina (GER) (Galileo (IRE))
Tnr: Mark Newnham Rdr: Tom Sherry 62
4
3.3
Darlamax
- 7g Rebel Raider (AUS) x Magooey (AUS) (Hidden Dragon (AUS))
Tnr: Andrew Homann Rdr: Reece Jones 60
5
4.8
Kypreos
- 6g Adelaide (IRE) x Teralani (AUS) (Danehill Dancer (IRE))
Tnr: J A O'Shea Rdr: Regan Bayliss 59
6
9.1
White Boots
- 8g Animal Kingdom (USA) x Princess Pedrille (AUS) (Desert Prince (IRE))
Tnr: Ms K Waugh Rdr: R Hutchings 58.5
7
9.2
Angel Of Light
- 5m Adelaide (IRE) x Scarletini (AUS) (Bernardini (USA))
Tnr: M, W & J Hawkes Rdr: B Avdulla 58.5
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