News - SHAMUS AWARD (AUS)
A $5,000 yearling and the first Group 1 runner for her trainer, Media Award's triumph in Saturday's $500,000 Group 1 Australasian Stakes (2000m) at Morphettville was 'bigger than Neil Armstrong walking on the moon' according to an emotional trainer Chris Calthorpe.
The purchase of a Johannesburg (USA) filly Meerlust for $22,000 at the 2009 Scone Yearling Sale is the gift that keeps on giving for the Matthew Irwin and the Harris family from Queensland.
Registering his first win since the Group 1 Toorak Handicap at Caulfield last October, Mr Quickie lumped his top-weight to a hard-fought win over the game Tasmanian Still a Star in Saturday’s Group III Elvis Thurgood Victoria Hcp (1400m) at Caulfield.
Carrying the colours made famous by her Cox Plate winning sire Shamus Award, Ethical Solution made thrip across Bass Strait worthwhile by capturing the Group III Kevin Sharkie Bow Mistress (1200m) at Hobart.
There were four Randwick winners on Saturday that have siblings in upcoming sales and one of them is yet another good winner for Shamus Award in Rich and Shameless, who scored his first metro win when successful in the Highway event over 1300m.
Les Bridge might have lost his stable star Classique Legend to Hong Kong, but gee he has a nice three year-old to attempt to fill the void and he’s a son of Shamus Award, who is a young sire that has come of age in 2020.
Rosemont resident Shamus Award continues to go from strength to strength, and his first crop son Shamino added a second stakes win to his record in Saturday's Listed Clanbrooke Doveton Stakes (1000m) at Sandown.
The spectacular rise of Shamus Award took another step forward when his first crop daughter Sovereign Award made it three wins in succession following an the way in Saturday’s Group III Powerflo Solutions (Tesio) Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley.
There was plenty against the favourite It’s Me in Saturday’s $1,300,000 The Kosciuszko (1200m) at Randwick. However, this undefeated daughter of Shamus Award is a class apart.
The Ultra Thoroughbreds colours have been carried by two champions in Shamus Award and Miss Andretti and they combine in the pedigree of progressive colt Embolism, who made it two wins from three starts when bolting in at Caulfield on Wednesday.
Saturday’s Group 1 Lexus Toorak Hcp (1600m) at Caulfield was a triumph for South Australia as Jamie Kah guided the Phillip Stokes-trained Mr Quickie to an authoritative two lengths victory.
A last-start winner of the Group III Scarborough Stakes at Moonee Valley, Shamus Award filly Swats That kept the ball rolling with a convincing win in Saturday’s Group III Thoroughbred Club Stakes at Caulfield.
A luckless second in the Cap D'Antibes Stakes at Flemington on her seasonal debut on September 13, the Leon and Troy Corstens-trained Swats That overcame a tough run to ring up her first stakes win in Friday night’s Group III Piper-Heidsieck Scarborough Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley.
It may have been lost in the plethora of stakes races on Saturday however the results of Shamus Award should be noted as he had four winners, two seconds and a third from eight starters on the day.
The Ultra Thoroughbreds colours have been carried by two champions in Shamus Award and Miss Andretti and they combined in the pedigree of this exciting debut winner at Bendigo on Wednesday.
Just minutes after the Shamus Award mare It’s Me kept her record at a perfect two for two with a hugely impressive performance in the Highway (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday, the Rosemont Farm stallion had a runaway winner on a bleak, windswept day at Wangaratta and this one is sure to resonate with fans.
Transferred to Rosemont Stud last year, Shamus Award has made every post a winner since then with four stakes-winners this season and an exciting two year-old debut winner at Ballarat on Thursday.
A one-two for Rosemont Stud’s WS Cox Plate hero Shamus Award in Saturday’s Listed Anzac Day Stakes (1400m) at Flemington with the Danny O’Brien-trained Flying Award coming from last with a barnstorming finish to deny Ironedge.
Luke Currie’s love affair with Magic Millions Raceday on the Gold Coast continued on Saturday thanks to a dominant victory aboard Etana in the $250,000 Frizelle Sunshine Magic Millions Open Quality Handicap (1800m).
If you think you have noticed Shamus Award popping up regularly in the winner’s column, you’d be right.