Grahame Begg is very good at nurturing a talented filly towards Black Type and it looks like he has a good candidate by Ole Kirk that won in a canter on Monday as a short priced favourite at Ballarat.
Jadzia was second on debut in the Group III VRC Ottawa Stakes behind slick filly Medicinal and then struggled on the heavy at her next run when out of a place in the Group III VRC Thoroughbred Club Stakes.
Sent for a spell after that effort, she returned bright and sharp for the 1100m three year-old maiden and gave Jordan Childs an easy steer when leading throughout to win by three and a half lengths.
A $65,000 Magic Millions National Yearling Sale purchase from Alma Vale Thoroughbreds for Flying Start Syndications/Pinhook Bloodstock International, Jadzia is the second winner from three foals to race from Jaunty (NZ), a metro winning O’Reilly mare from a revered Kiwi female family.
Her third dam Gio produced 11 winners, three of them stakes-winners and is also the grand-dam of Group I winner Dom to Shoot, while the half-sister to Gio is blue hen Escada, the dam of Group I winners Glamour Puss and Vision and Power.
It’s an awesome family that continually produces elite horses such as brilliant Group I winning mare Espiona, who was sold for $4.15million through MM Virtual Online in 2024.
Jadzia looks a lovely filly for Ole Kirk, who sired Ole Dancer to win last year’s Group I MRC Thousand Guineas.
