News - ZOUSTAR (AUS)
A surprise debut winner by Zoustar for the Mark Newnham stable on Tuesday at Hawkesbury looks like he has more to offer.
Zoustar is not a sire we think about when looking for potential Derby contenders, but if anyone can turn that thinking on it’s head it will be Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.
A debut winner at Wyong last month, this Zoustar colt stepped straight into metro company at Warwick Farm on Monday and showed an impressive will to win to make it two wins in as many starts.
Widden Stud’s flagship sire Zoustar had a treble of three lightly raced new maiden three year-old winners on Tuesday in Northern Melody, Zoumon and Battleton, a $300,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Widden Stud draft for Bjorn Baker Racing/Clarke Bloodstock.
Dashing Zoustar colt Lightsaber is always an impressive sight in the parade ring and he delivered when it counted at Caulfield on Saturday finding his best form to win the Group III MRC Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m).
It was a remarkable Saturday of racing for Widden Stud with seven of its stallions producing 12 winners throughout Australia : eight of those in the city and stakes winners for both Nicconi and Zoustar - And just to top it off, the late and great Widden sire, Sebring, also weighed in with a Group II victory via Superstorm in the Feehan Stakes at Moonee Valley.
Punters flocked to support the Anthony and Sam Freedman trained Frankel filly Argentia when she resumed from a spell on Saturday in the Listed MVRC Atlantic Jewel Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley , but it was her stablemate Zouzarella that zoomed to a powerful two length victory.
Zoustar’s $1.46 million earning mare Haut Brion Her has been retired from racing with Chris Waller Racing making the announcement via Twitter.
A short-priced favourite earlier in the week, the Zoustar filly Zouzarella was relatively friendless on the day for her career debut in the Roll The Dice Racing Plate (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday.
Red Hawk was not the only well bred three year-old to win by a wide margin at Ballarat on Monday for the Tony and Calvin McEvoy stable with Zoustar filly Star of Chaos also looking to be a prospect for better races this spring.
Consistent five year-old gelding The Astrologist finished last season as the final stakes-winner of 2020/2021 for Zoustar and he is now the first of the new season for his sire after taking out the Group III VRC Aurie’s Star (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday.
The progressive Zoustar gelding Sunfall bounced off an honest five-start campaign at two, to make a winning start to his three-year-old season in a competitive benchmark 70 over 1410m at Flemington on Saturday
The last Sydney metropolitan race of the season for two year-olds was run on Wednesday at Randwick with victory going to talented Zoustar colt Starman.
The latest influx of prizemoney into Sydney racing by Racing NSW has reportedly prompted the decision to pull a recently retired top class mare from the paddock and back to the race track while still visiting the service barn.
The biggest foal crop so far for Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar are rising two year-olds and 100 of them have been nominated for the 2022 Golden Slipper to be run at Rosehill in March next year.
It was Christmas in July at Oaklands this afternoon as the most expensive weanling ever sold at the Great Southern Sale delivered a remarkable result for Blue Gum Farm.
Widden Stud’s flagship sire Zoustar has had a sensational year and posted his 12th Australian stakes-winner this season when tough sprinter The Astrologist scored his first Black Type success in the Listed VRC Furphy Sprint Series Final (1200m) at Flemington ion Saturday.
A homebred for David Moodie’s Hesket Bloodstock, two year-old Zoustar filly Jagar pricked a nice race in which to break her maiden after powering to victory in the $150,000 VRC Sofitel Next Generation Final (1200m).
Gelding might be the making of Zoustar two year-old Sunfall, who charged home from last to break his maiden at Geelong on Friday.
The highly anticipated dispersal of Shadwell Stud bred weanlings at the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale on Thursday delivered on the hype with 20 youngsters selling for $5,435,000.