On Wednesday, expensive Snitzel filly Sakima showed she learnt from her debut fifth at Canterbury in March when opening her winning account in the Drinkwise Maiden Plate (1100) for 2-year-old fillies at Randwick-Kensington.
Ridden by Jason Collett for Peter and Paul Snowden, Sakima settled back near the tail of the 7-horse field. Angled out to the centre of the track, the daughter of Snizel let down impressively to defeat the game So You Think debutant Queen’s Rhapsody by a length, with the Written Tycoon filly Alinea two lengths back in third.
Sakima was a $1,250,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Newgate Farm draft for Snowden Racing/William Johnson Bloodstock (FBAA)/Trilogy Racing.
“It was good to see her do that. She’s always promised a bit, and she is a well-related filly, and it was a good win first-up,” Peter Snowden said.
“She is not the finished product. She’s from a good family, so hopefully, she can go on with it and win a good race.
The Snowdens also had the heavily backed favourite in the I Am Invincible filly Twirl, who was among the first beaten.
“She did not handle that ground at all, from the first 50 metres,” Snowden said.
A half-sister to the stakes-placed winner Russian Conquest (Russian Revolution) and the US stakes-paced winner Bourbon War (Tapit), Sakima is the third winner for the top-class Artie Schiller (USA) mare My Conquestadory (USA).
The winner of the Grade 1 Keeneland Alcibiades Stakes, My Conquestadory (USA) was a US$1,500,000 purchase for SF Bloodstock & Newgate Farm at the Keeneland 2016 November Breeding Stock Sale.
Lime Country Thoroughbreds and Ravenswood Bloodstock teamed up to buy Russian Conquest for $580,000 from the Newgate consignment at the 2024 National Broodmare Sale.
After foaling another Russian Revolution filly last spring, My Conquestadory (USA) was covered by Snitzel.
Sakima is the 14th 2-year-old winner of the season for Snitzel, who trails Written Tycoon on 17.
