News - PARIAH (AUS)
The Darling Downs’ historic Oaklands Stud is excited to announce former explosive juvenile and electrifying sprinter Prague will stand at their farm from this spring.
Slippin’ Jimmy took his meteoric rise through the ranks to the big stage of the Magic Millions Raceday at the Gold Coast on Saturday, where he showed his rivals a clean set of heels to win the $500,000 Gold Coast Turf Club Magic Millions Country Cup (1200m).
His sire Pariah has been on a winning roll of late with stakes-winners Lady in Pink and Ostraka and while three year-old gelding Pantoja has a ways to go to equal the deeds of his famous sibling Giga Kick, he is now a winner after bolting in at Mornington on Friday.
It proved a red-letter day for Oaklands Stud’s Pariah, as Lady In Pink opened her stakes account in the Group II Sharp Eit Solutions Tristarc Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield, while Ostraka solidified his chance in the $10 million Golden Eagle with an impressive win in the $1,000,000 Group III Silver Eagle (1400m) at Randwick.
Three days into a brand new racing season and the winners are flowing for the usual suspects, but six winners in three days for this Queensland based sire is reason enough to shine a little light on a value sire that could all too easily be overlooked.
As stallions progress through their stud careers we learn more and more about them and a close look at the third season sires table is well worth consideration given the top 10 sires are all standing in either Australia or New Zealand this spring, albeit some not at the farms where they started.
With two of his three stakes-winners, Annabel Neasham has a good handle on the stock of Oakland Stud’s recruit Pariah, the latest coming with Ostraka, who put a competitive field of three-year-olds to the sword in Saturday’s Listed Ascot Green Queensland Day Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm.
There might be a black-type race in the not-too-distant future for Lady In Pink as the 3-year-old daughter of Pariah returned from a 17-week break to capture the Sportsbet Fast Form (Bm64) (1300m) at Sandown-Hillside on Wednesday.
Following wins at Caulfield and Flemington, the 4-year-old Pariah mare Vagrant made it three on the bounce with a first stakes success in Saturday's Group III Lamaro's Hotel Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.
The decision of Annabel Neasham to bypass the 1200m maiden in favour of the 1400m maiden for Ostraka at Rosehill paid off spectacularly when the son of Pariah cruised to a two-and-a-half length win.
In the past seven years, winners of the Fred Best Classic have gone on to win multiple stakes races with earnings averaging out too well over $1,000,000, so the capacity field for Saturday's Group III feature at Eagle Farm has a bit of living up to.
The two-year-old Pariah filly Lady In Pink broke her maiden with authority in Sunday’s Ladbrokes Odds Surge Hcp (1200m) at Sandown-Lakeside providing a timely update for her half-sister catalogued for the National Broodmare Sale.
There were six heats for juveniles at Rosehill on Friday morning that included an unraced heat winner for Trapeze Artist and two winners by Pariah, who has packed his bags and departed Arrowfield to stand at Oaklands Stud in Queensland.
Queensland will gain only its second son of the great Redoute’s Choice when dual Group winner Pariah transfers to Oaklands Stud for the 2023 breeding season. He will stand at a fee of $8,800 inc. GST.
The juvenile maiden at Murray Bridge on Wednesday produced a debut winner for Pariah with victory going to talented filly Cherokee Miss, whose half-brother will be offered at the 2023 Magic Millions Yearling Sale by Riversdale.
Arrowfield Stud’s Pariah had two three-year-old fillies at the head of betting for a 1200m maiden at Geelong on Sunday, and they finished first and third.
Swiss Exile chose the right spot to break his maiden in Saturday's $250,000 Group II Spirit Of Boom Classic (1200m) at Eagle Farm to credit Pariah with his first stakes winner.
It only seems fitting that the first metropolitan winner for promising young stallion Pariah should carry the same colours as his sire with Latvian racing to a commanding win at Moonee Valley on Friday night for the James Harron Bloodstock Colts Partnership.
After a fading fourth on a heavy track at Canberra when on debut, the Nick Olive-trained Nalabelle made no mistake at her second, cruising to an 8-length win over 1000m at Wagga on Thursday to credit Arrowfield Stud’s Pariah with his first winner.
There was plenty of two year-old action at Canterbury on Tuesday morning with seven heats for juveniles including two won by the progeny of first season sires and one heat taken out by a $1.4million colt.