Recording his fourth winner so far this season, Wild Ruler’s first crop runners have started the new season in fine form as Annabel and Rob Archibald’s 3yo Konomie headed to Taree on Friday to record a facile victory.
A last start third over 1100m at Goulburn, Konomie was stepping up to 1250m for the first time and from barrier three, jockey Mollie Fitzgerald took the gelding forward where he settled comfortably in third position.
Parker’s Paradise took up the running just ahead of Todd Howlett’s Harry Angel gelding Raguel who had started the favourite, while Konomie was a length further back in third just ahead of Atadcheeky who has secured his place in the field as an emergency.
With the rest of the field some eight lengths away, it looked as if the leading four would likely play a hand in the finish.
Reaching the home turn, Raguel passed Parker’s Paradise to take the lead, but it was short lived as Konomie descended on the leader rapidly, and although slightly green as he raced to the middle of the track, the gelding scored by three and a quarter lengths.
Taking second was Atadcheeky just ahead of the favourite Raguel.
Purchased by Triple Crown Syndications for $120,000 from the Magic Millions yearling sale draft of Sullivan Bloodstock, Konomie was originally a $60,000 Inglis Australian weanling sale purchase by Sullivan Bloodstock and Bevan Smith Bloodstock when offered by Yulong.
The fourth winner from the last nine days for Snitzel stallion Wild Ruler, Konomie is the first runner (and winner) out of the winning Capitalist mare Madame Louvre, a half-sister to the G2-winning, G1 placed Xilong, both daughters of the G3 Silver Shadow Stakes winner Pane In The Glass.
The sire of 15 winners to date headed by the G2 ATC Silver Slipper Stakes winner Stretan Ruler and the Listed Woodlands Stakes winner Queen Regent, Willd Ruler looks to have a chance of further adding to that stakes record tomorrow with three of his four Saturday runners contesting black type races.
Caulfield R5: G3 MRC Vain Stakes (1100m) - Myhro's Ruler (ex: Myhro)
Caulfield R6: G3 MRC Quezette Stakes (1100m) - Relinquishing (ex: Forfeiture)
Rosehill R8: Listed ATC Rosebud (1100m) - Queen Regent (ex: Miss Vixen)
Wild Ruler was also represented by two trial runners at Randwick on Friday morning with Bjron Baker’s Flight Of Power winning his heat while the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott Victorious Ruler finished a solid third two trials later.
Set to cover his fifth book of mares this coming season, the G1 AJ Moir Stakes winner Wild Ruler will stand for $27,500 (inc. GST).
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