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Sword of State Winner in China

Media Release - Friday Jul 24

Young Cambridghe Stud based sire Sword Of State made his presence felt on the international stage as He Li Feng Mang took out the RMB Imported Thoroughbred 2yo (1200m), a local Group 3 race in China.

A 9 length winner of his debut earlier in the month, He Li Feng Mang accounted for 10 rivals in this feature race at the Yulong International Racecourse in the Shanxi Province.

He Li Feng Mang was a $90,000 NZB Ready to Run purchase.

Out of the Guillotine mare Tricoteuse, He Li Feng Mang was bred by Geoff Taylor’s Octagon Bloodstock Ltd was sold by Curraghmore for $39,000 to Dengari Lodge at the New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling Sale before reselling at the 2025 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run sale for $90,000 though the draft of KB Bloodstock.

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He Li Feng Mang is the sixth first crop winner for Sword of State, who has three winners in Australia (two SW's Warwoven, Torture) and two in New Zealand.

The Champion 2YO by Snitzel is priced at $50,000 this spring.

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