News - SO YOU THINK (NZ)

Fairly safe to say we have never found a ‘One to Watch’ at Corowa, but when the last foal of a Golden Slipper winner breaks his maiden in style in the middle of winter it’s only fair to give him his moment to shine.

Leading Queensland trainer Tony Gollan took the wraps of his highly rated two year-old So You Think filly at the Gold Coast on Wednesday and you can’t help thinking he believes she might be a classic contender at the Brisbane Winter Carnival next year.

Darren Weir has had a hot run of ‘classic’ success in recent weeks and will look to add the Group I BRC Queensland Derby to his tally with exciting staying colt Heavenly Thought, a son of former champion racehorse So You Think.

Champion trained Darren Weir is fresh from the success of winning the Group I SAJC Derby (Leicester) and Oaks (Sopressa) and this winner at Sandown on Wednesday might give him another classic contender.

So You Think filly Sopressa claimed the G1 Australasian Oaks, continuing her sires phenomenal start to his stud career.

Former champion racehorse So You Think added a fourth Group I winner to his tally when the Darren Weir trained filly Sopressa scored a determined neck win in the Group I SAJC Australasian Oaks at Morphettville on Saturday.

Last Saturday Darren Weir produced So You Think filly Sopressa to score a dominant win in the Group III SAJC Auraria Stakes and on ANZAC Day unleashed another leading contender by the same sire for the upcoming Group I SAJC Australasian Oaks in Think Bleue.

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.

So You Think was in hot form on Saturday with two new Group winners after Higher Ground won the Group III ATC Frank Packer Plate at Randwick followed by a scintillating victory in the Group III SAJC Auraria Stakes in Adelaide for exciting filly Sopressa, whose yearling half-brother will be offered at the Inglis VOBIS Gold Sale today.

Progressive So You Think three year-old Higher Ground is set to make his mark on the upcoming Brisbane Winter Carnival following a tenacious win in the Group III ATC Frank Packer Plate at Randwick on Saturday.

Dual Cox Plate winner So You Think has been enjoying a hot run in Australia as a sire with new stakes-winners D’Argento, Think Bleue and The Pinnacle and added to that tally with a stakes-winner in France on Wednesday with Marathon Man winning the Listed Prix Jacques Laffitte at Longchamp.

So You Think is on a winning roll with the likes of Group winners D’Argento, The Pinnacle and Think Bleue and with maiden winners like this one we saw at Hawkesbury on Tuesday, it’s a winning run set to continue.

Dual Cox Plate hero So You Think has quite literally hit a ‘purple’ patch of form in the past 24 hours with new stakes-winners Think Bleue and The Pinnacle followed by sensational grey colt D’Argento, who stormed to an eye catching win in the Group I ATC Rosehill Guineas at Rosehill on Slipper Day.

Torryburn Stud celebrated an early stakes success on Golden Slipper day when their talented homebred So You Think mare The Pinnacle captured her first Black Type win in the Group III ATC Epona Stakes.

The Group III MVRC Alexandra Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday night was won by up and coming filly Think Bleue, a daughter of champion racehorse and dual Cox Plate winner So You Think.

So You Think had back to back winners at Canterbury on Wednesday with a pair of three-year-olds that look capable of making a mark in stakes races this autumn.

Shaune Ritchie rolled back the years on Saturday when Global Thinking won the Listed ILT Ascot Park Hotel Southland Guineas (1600m).

Dashing grey So You Think colt D’Argento kept his unbeaten record intact and stamped himself as a serious autumn stakes prospect with a stylish victory at Randwick on Saturday for the powerful Chris Waller stable.

Care To Think (So You Think – Slippery Madam) stamped himself as one of the most exciting horses in Australia with a dominant win in Saturday’s $1 million Woodford Reserve Magic Millions Cup (1400m) on the Gold Coast.

Former champion racehorse and now leading sire So You Think top and tailed the Kembla meeting on Wednesday siring two very promising maiden winners to win the first race and the last.