The appearance of pure white filly Frozen Princess in the mounting yard at Pakenham on Monday was certainly an eye-catcher and while she didn’t win, she does warrant further investigation given she is a third generation pure white.
Bred and retained by Yulong, Alabama Express filly Frozen Princess was having her third start for Nathan Dunn and finished third beaten two lengths in the 1400m maiden won by Flying Artie three year-old Clansman.
She is the third foal and second to race for the winning Charm Spirit (IRE) mare Utzon (NZ), who was bought by Yulong as a yearling back in 2018 from the Windsor Park draft at Karaka Book 1 for $120,000.
Utzon’s first foal to race is Grunt filly Pipi Road, a winner at 1600m, but Frozen Princess is her first white foal and the following year she produced another white filly also by Alabama Express that has been named Ghost Train.
She has a yearling colt by Alabama Express that is bay and is due to foal again to him this spring after slipping the season before.
Utzon is one of three white foals from the original white wonder The Opera House (NZ), whose sire Zabeel was bay and her dam Carmina Burana chestnut.
She popped out of nowhere and was a showstopper all the way back in 2008 when she was offered by Windsor Park in the Amarina Farm draft at Magic Millions and snapped up by Kris Lees for John Singleton at $270,000.
The Opera House won a race and ended up having a couple of normal coloured foals in Australia before returning to her birthplace at Windsor Park in New Zealand.
She had four white foals in a row and while a filly by Mongolian Khan died, the other three all went on to win races – Utzon and Grand Bernini (gelding)winning in Australia, while Casta Diva won in Japan and has also produced a white winner there called Aoraki.
The Opera House is still going and produced a brown filly by Shamexepress last year and was then covered by him again.
