Mongolian Falcon & Ringo were Fastnet Rock stakes-winner at the Hastings meeting in New Zealand on Saturday taking the Coolmore Stud Super Sire up to 99 Stakes Winners (24 Gr1) in a remarkable career.
FASTNET ROCK - 99 Stakes Winners
MONGOLIAN FALCON Wins Hawkes Bay Guineas
Fastnet Rock colt Mongolian Falcon emerged as the next star performer for his sire with a resounding win in the Group 2 Hawke's Bay Guineas at Hastings in New Zealand on Saturday.
Owners - Inner Mongolia Rider Horse Industry, enjoyed the highs of racing with their now retired triple Group 1 winner Mongolian Khan and have an able replacement in Mongolian Falcon.
The colt upstaged his rivals with a runaway victory in the 1400 metre feature.
The event had been widely billed as a match race between the unbeaten pair of Heroic Valour and Stephen Marsh's Ugo Foscolo but it was Mongolian Falcon who left them all in his wake.
"He was very happy in front and he kicked really well," rider Leith Innes said. "More ground will help him and bring on a drier track as well."
Innes allowed Mongolian Falcon to stride to the lead and they strolled away in the run home for a sublime victory.
Jon Snow (horse – not GOT character) turned in an encouraging effort for second ahead of Heroic Valour with Ugo Foscolo, who raced keenly, back in sixth spot.
"I said to Leith don't fight him if he wants to roll forward," Logan said. "That was impressive, wow."
Mongolian Falcon's 2000 Guineas odds have been cut from $18 to a $5 favourite.
"I'll have to talk to the owner, he might want him to go to Australia," said the trainer of the colt who has a nomination for the Gr.1 VRC Derby. "The further he goes the better, I've always said that."
A $150,000 Inglis Easter purchase from the Coolmore draft for Inner Mongolia Rider Horse Industry, Mongolian Falcon has won three races and placed three times from seven starts.
Foaled and raised at Coolmore, he is the first foal of Group 3 placed Galileo mare Amazing Beauty (IRE) and is the
98th stakes-winner for champion sire Fastnet Rock.
RINGO hits the Right Note and makes it 99 for FASTNET ROCK
Well-bred Ringo (Fastnet Rock) picked up the biggest win of his career when he claimed the $70,000 Group 3 Red Badge Spring Sprint (1400m) at Hastings on Saturday.
The gelding bravely outfought the hot favourite Get That Jive (Street Sense) and scored by a head.
Ringo finished second in the Group 2 Coupland's Bakeries Mile (1600m) at Riccarton last November and is now likely to return to try to go one better.
"He was only just beaten a nose in the Coupland's last year and it's always been the plan to go back," his trainer said.
"He's a big, heavy horse so we're hoping to get a couple of runs on ground like today and then he can get away with one on top of the ground."
A $150,000 purchase, Ringo from the draft of Wellfield Lodge at the 2011 Premier Sale.
Ringo has now had 28 starts for eight wins, six placings and more than $250,000 in stakes.
Ringo is out of the Zabeel mare Akris, the dam of four winners from four foals to race. Ringo is the second of the mare's progeny to win at stakes level. His full-sister Planet Rock won five races including the Group 1 New Zealand Bloodstock 1000 Guineas (1600m), the Group 2 Eight Carat Classic (1600m) and the Group 3 Lowland Stakes (2100m).
Dynamic Syndications currently have just 5 Shares remaining in a superb FASTNET ROCK colt from the mare SEVRGUA being trained by legendary Lady Trainer GAI WATERHOUSE.
Adrian Bott & Gai Waterhouse are Co-Trainers
Bred on a SPEED on SPEED cross our colt has broken in and been in early pre-training and the wraps are huge.
5% Shares are $10,997 and ongoing costs average $8.20 per day. Our colt was bred and raised on the magnificent COOLMORE STUD in the Hunter Valley and is a Top Shelf Racing Prospect and has a magnificent Stallions Pedigree.
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