News - ZOUSTAR (AUS)
Stakes-placed earlier this year in Adelaide, three year-old Zoustar filly Sisstar has taken a little longer to hit winning form than her famous older sister Sunlight, but she claimed a valuable Black Type success at Flemington on Oaks Day when leading all the way to win the Group III VRC Red Roses Stakes (1100m).
Talented Zoustar mare Madam Rouge has been knocking on the door of a Black Type win for some time now with four previous seconds in stakes races before casting off the bridesmaid tag on Saturday at Randwick with a tenacious victory in the Group III ATC Nivison Stakes (1200m).
Ian Smith of Edinburgh Park was making news earlier this week for his stance on thoroughbred welfare (read about it here), but one of his horses carrying the IKS brand that won’t be returning home any time soon is talented sprinter Chicago Cub, who won his third race at Geelong on Wednesday.
The barrier trials at Warwick Farm on Tuesday morning featured two heats for juveniles with winners by Zoustar and Wandjina.
Zoustar’s champion mare Sunlight was in hot form at Flemington on Saturday winning the Group II VRC Gilgai Stakes as her lead up to the $14million Everest, but she wasn’t the only Group winner on the card by Widden Stud’s young super sire.
Epsom Handicap day at Randwick with the first look at the new-season two-year-olds, a full card of nine stakes races on Turnbull Stakes day at Flemington and one of the great days of world racing at Longchamp featuring the incomparable Enable in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, this is as close as it gets to racing nirvana.
Quality mare Mizzy spent much of her two and three year-old season playing the bridesmaid, but since turning four it’s been all blue sky for the daughter of Zoustar, who has reeled off three successive wins in Group races, the latest coming at Rosehill on Saturday when she scored a blazing win in the Group II ATC Golden Pendant Stakes.
Stakes-placed earlier this year in Adelaide, three year-old Zoustar filly Sisstar has taken a little longer to hit winning form than her famous older sister Sunlight, but a dominant victory at Flemington on Wednesday has her on track for a return to Black Type racing.
HEAT 11 50,79 – The last heat was won with authority by More Than Ready (USA) colt Global Quest, who always looked to be in cruise control when leading all the way under James McDonald to win as he pleased in the Aquis colours.
A colt by leading Widden Stud sire Zoustar was amongst the youngsters to shine at today's Seymour breeze-up session in preparation for next month'sMagic Millions Gold Coast 2Yos in Training Sale.
Widden Stud’s champion young stallion Zoustar delivered a Group II double in two states on Saturday courtesy of quality mare Mizzy and Zoutori, who became his tenth stakes-winner with an explosive victory in the Group II VRC Bobby Lewis Stakes at Flemington.
Stakes-placed earlier this year in Adelaide, three year-old Zoustar filly Sisstar was given an easy maiden assignment when resuming from a spell at Murray Bridge on Sunday and duly broke the ice with a resounding victory as a hot favourite.
Fourth in two Group I races during the autumn, Zoustar mare Mizzy has always threatened to win a stakes race and did so at Randwick on Saturday taking out the Group III ATC Toy Show Quality.
Zoustar was the leading sire of Australian three year-olds last season ahead of the likes of Snitzel, I Am Invincible, Redoute’s Choice and Fastnet Rock with a winning double for two of his Guineas nominated promising new crop of three year-olds at Geelong on Friday indicating further success is on the way.
Tony Gollan has been ever so patient with his talented Zoustar gelding Zoustyle, but the gloves might be about to come off with a nine length trial win at Doomben on Tuesday morning signalling a big campaign ahead.
The Coolmore team in Ireland produced an interesting maiden winner overnight at Galway with two year-old Galileo colt Emperor of the Sun saluting at his second start.
One Australian sire title not won by either Snitzel or I Am Invincible was the Champion Sire of 3YO’s and that one went to Widden Stud’s Zoustar, who has just finished serving his first Northern Hemisphere stud season in the UK at Tweenhills Stud.
An interesting wild card entry for the Tattersalls July Sale next week is three year-old Galileo filly At Last, who is a half-sister to dual Group I winner and now leading sire Zoustar.
Blue hen Listen Here was sold for a whopping $3,4million at the 2016 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale and has the perfect record of four winners from four foals to race with $1million Inglis Easter Zoustar filly Zaniah winning her second race at Scone on Monday.
A gelding operation for what co-trainer Paul Snowden described as ‘an attitude problem,’ delayed the start to the career of Leviathan but it proved worth the wait as the 2-year-old son of Zoustar came with a barnstorming finish to make a winning debut over 1100 metres on the Kensington track at Randwick on Monday.