Annabel and Rob Archibald have high hopes for Wild Ruler 3YO Priory Park, who confirmed their good opinion of him when scoring a dominant win at Warwick Farm on Wednesday with James McDonald in the saddle.
Priory Park had three starts last season for a win at Muswellbrook which was sandwiched between good efforts in strong races won by stakes class juveniles I Am Dirty and Extremely Tempted.
The horse he beat at Muswellbrook, Dr Hook was able to open his account at Scone today, further franking the merit of Priory Park.
A facile winner when returning from a spell as a gelding last month at Kembla, Priory Park made a smooth transition to Benchmark 68 company in town.
He bounced straight to the front and gave James McDonald an easy steer, leading all the way to win as he pleased, taking the 1200m contest by nearly two lengths eased down.
Priory Park makes it 3 wins from 5 starts for Wild Ruler Priory Park (3g Wild Ruler x Incredulous Dream) for @archibaldracing 220k buy from @Riverstone113 at @mmsnippets Gold Coast 20 winners this season for the sire @NewgateFarm https://t.co/CaKaRr3i6i
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“He’s a beautiful horse, takes everything in his stride and is such a dude,” McDonald said.
“He rides beautifully and is well above average.”
Priory Park was a $220,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Riverstone Lodge draft for Neasham & Archibald Racing/William Johnson Bloodstock (FBAA)/Eric Lucas and has three wins from five starts with prizemoney just shy of $100,000.
“I thought that was very pleasing and he put the writing on the board first up with a really nice performance and to back it up here against some stronger company is a good stepping stone for him as he is a horse we have plenty of time for and is headed in the right direction,” said Rob Archibald.
“James knew what he had underneath him and rode him accordingly, he relaxed beautifully and has matured a lot now that he is a gelding.”
Bred by Morning Rise Stud and partners, Priory Park is the first foal of stakes-winning Press Statement mare Incredulous Dream, who was bought off the track through 2022 Inglis Digital August Sale by James Bester Bloodstock for $465,000.
A half-sister to Group II winner Global Exchange, Incredulous Dream owes her grey colouring to her female line which traces back to fourth dam Pure of Heart (IRE), an imported daughter of Godswalk that won the Group I STC George Ryder Stakes back in 1982.
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