A promising new juvenile winner at Ballarat on Tuesday for the Patrick Payne stable highlights a value sire that has had a pretty good season giving us four stakes-winners, plus a further three stakes-placed.
That stallion is Woodside Park’s Shalaa (IRE), who posted his fourth 2YO winner of the season when Shalassa beat race favourite Orchid Sky to win by more than a length in the 1000m maiden.
Fifth on debut earlier this month at Swan Hill, Shalassa took good benefit from that and is a filly to follow.
A $120,000 Inglis Premier purchase for her trainer from the Noorilim Park drat at Inglis Premier Book 2, Shalassa is the second foal and second winner from Ocean Gate, a half-sister by Sebring to Group placed Turnstiles and Golden Spin from the family of Group II winner Vangelic.
Shalaa started life shuttling to Arrowfield Stud, but is now a permanent resident at Woodside Park in Victoria and offers real bang for buck at a fee of $13,200.
His four stakes-winners this season are headed by imported Welwal (GB), who won the Group III ATC Doncaster Prelude and Aussie bred sprinter Roselyn’s Star, winner of the Group III ATC Star Kingdom Stakes, while King’s Secret and Bev’s Nine also won Listed sprint races.
A dual Group I winning Champion European 2YO by Invincible Spirit, Shalaa is free of Danehill blood and runs at 64% winners to runners with 3% SW to runner.
While he might not have done enough to remain in the Hunter Valley, Shalaa has done more than enough to be good value at his current fee.
