News - FOXWEDGE (AUS)
This talented daughter of Foxwedge was frustratingly close to a stakes win last season at two, but with this commanding victory at Geelong on Tuesday has shown she is ready to be right in the thick of spring carnival racing.
Quality four year old Group 1 winning mare Foxplay has been sold by her original ownership group to the international racing and breeding operation, Yulong Investments.
Foxwedge featured in South Africa on the weekend when his progressive Aussie bred three year-old son Infamous Fox won the Listed Greyville Convention Centre Handicap.
Newgate Farm’s Foxwedge starred overnight in Ireland when his quality four year-old daughter Urban Fox downed this year’s Epsom Oaks winner Forever Together to win the Group I Pretty Polly Stakes at The Curragh.
Foxwedge has made his name with Group I winning fillies Foxplay and Volpe Veloce and a recent spate of smart winners includes two more promising girls with stakes potential.
Promising two year-old Foxwedge filly Shapita scored a brilliant debut victory at Ascot on Wednesday.
Co-trainer Graham Richardson couldn’t be happier as he gets set to send his star mare Volpe Veloce to Queensland later in the week.
By the time a stallion’s oldest progeny turn four and we move to the back end of the season it’s fair to say that judgement can be made on whether a sire can be seen as a success or otherwise.
Foxwedge had a new winner in South Africa on Thursday when Infamous Fox broke his maiden at Vaal.
The field for the $250,000 Inglis Classic race this Saturday at Warwick Farm for juveniles sold at last year’s Inglis Classic Yearling Sale has proven a glowing endorsement for Newgate Farm with six of the 16 runners sired by stallions standing at the progressive Hunter Valley nursery.
Tony McEvoy concedes he didn’t really want to send Sanctimonious to Sydney for the $250,000 Inglis Classic at Warwick Farm on Saturday but says his hand was forced by a change in Melbourne race scheduling.
Backed as if unbeatable in Friday night’s Salsas Chip Burrito Plate at Moonee Valley, the Tony McEvoy-trained Sanctimonious caused some concern when he over-raced in the early stages and looked to be a handful for Craig Williams.
Newgate Farm’s foundation sire Foxwedge sired his second Group I winner in New Zealand on New Year’s Day when his high class daughter Volpe Veloce scored a well-deserved victory at the elite level.
Matamata trainer Graham Richardson admits the nerves aren’t far from the surface as he contemplates what could be a very big day for his stable at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day.
Four runners stepped into the ring on Boxing Day bearing the DGR purchase tag and three emerged as winners headed by exciting debut two year-old winner Into the Abyss.
The two year-old maiden at Randwick on Boxing Day was a competitive affair featuring some well-bred types with the John Thompson trained Foxwedge filly Into the Abyss emerging triumphant.
Foxwedge enjoyed a winning run on Saturday with four winners in Australia and New Zealand highlighted by victories for quality mares Volpe Veloce at Ellerslie and Noire at Rosehill.
Patrick Moloney’s brief New Zealand stint got away to a cracking start on Friday when he guided the precocious youngster Bocce to victory at Otaki, the win a timely update for his full sister that will be offered at Karaka next year.
Opening his account with a win at his second start at Vaal in South Africa on Wednesday was three year-old Foxwedge colt The Rocketman.
Denise Martin’s Star Thoroughbreds have enjoyed success at the highest level with Foxwedge mare Foxplay, but with that girl now enjoying a well-earned spell they have another daughter of the Newgate Farm sire to go on with over the summer.