News - RUSSIAN REVOLUTION (AUS)
Russian Revolution has been running hot with his two year-olds this season, but none of them have won more races than the Kevin Kemp trained filly Russian Alliance, who posted her fifth win from six starts when upping the ante to score a tenacious win in the Group III Ken Russell Memorial Classic (1200m) at the Sunshine Coast.
Newgate Farm’s Russian Revolution is setting the pace as the most successful sire of Australian 2YO winners this season with a juvenile double on Wednesday courtesy of talented colt The King and speedy filly Miss Joelene.
Russian Revolution has had some nice two year-olds this season but none of them have won more races than the Kevin Kemp trained filly Russian Alliance, who posted her fourth win from five starts when successful at Doomben on Saturday.
The $1million Group II BRC Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) at the end of May is on the radar for talented Russian Revolution colt General Salute, who resumed from a spell to win a very competitive juvenile maiden at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.
Newgate Farm’s Russian Revolution has had a great run on the track this year emerging as the leading Australian second season sire by winners, earnings and stakes-winners with his achievements reflected in the sale ring when he produced his first million-dollar yearling at Inglis Easter on Tuesday.
Champion sire Snitzel posted his second million colt of this year’s Inglis Easter when the Newgate Farm consigned full brother to their young champion sire Russian Revolution sold for $1.4million.
An impressive debut winner at a recent midweek metro meeting, talented Russian Revolution colt Libertad took the quantum leap straight into stakes company producing a tenacious effort to outpoint quality filly Saltaire to win the $200,000 Group III ATC Kindergarten Stakes (1100m).
A competitive juvenile colts and geldings race over 1100m at Randwick on Wednesday produced a quinella for Russian Revolution with first starters Libertad and The King fighting out the finish.
Consistent in the elite fillies races this season and second in the Group I MRC Thousand Guineas last spring, Russian Revolution filly Revolutionary Miss scored a well-deserved win in the Group II VRC Kewney Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday, but the victory was not without drama.
It was only a modest maiden at Goulburn on a Thursday, but a well-deserved victory for Russian Revolution filly Miss Faberge was an important one for her famous dam Mica’s Pride.
The $1million Group I ATC Randwick Guineas (1600m) on Saturday featured a big field of up and coming colts along with Victoria Derby winner Manzoice, but it was progressive gelding Communist that took the quantum leap to victory crediting his sire Russian Revolution and dam sire Northern Meteor with their first Group I winner.
Lindsay Park Racing have two Blue Diamond contenders in Arkansaw Kid and Little Brose, both purchased from Sledmere Stud and a third juvenile they sourced from the same Hunter Valley farm saluted for Ben and JD Hayes at Pakenham on Thursday.
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott are fans of young sire Russian Revolution, whose two year-old son The Instructor made it two wins as many starts when taking out the Listed MRC Blue Diamond Preview (1000m) at Sandown on Australia Day.
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Russian Revolution gelding Gold Revolver is loving his time in Victoria, making it two wins in five days with a dominant performance in the Deane Lester Gofundme (1100m) at Flemington.
A modest $130,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Newgate Farm draft last year, Russian Revolution colt Rush Hour provided a dream result for connections when winning the inaugural $500,000 Magic Millions Debut (900m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday.
Russian Revolution and Capitalist both produced impressive debut two year-old winners on Saturday for champion trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott as well as Ciaron Maher and David Eustace.
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott produced a runaway debut two year-old winner by Russian Revolution on Thursday at Pakenham.
The first day of Magic Millions racing at the Gold Coast on Saturday started with the $250,000 Magic Millions Maiden (1200m) and it provided a lucrative first win for Russian Revolution gelding Silentsar.
Stakes-placed at Randwick as a two year-old, talented Russian Revolution gelding Russian Roni has been on an upward spiral in recent months and made it three wins on the trot when scoring a brave victory in the Listed Tasmanian Guineas (1600m) at Hobart on Friday.
It may have only been a maiden 1100m win at Greymouth on the West Coast of the South Island in New Zealand but the speedy Russian Revolution filly is ready to take on stakes company.