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WHILE many youngsters sell for inflated prices,
in the excitement and glamour of yearling sales,
Golden Fox, winner of Saturday’s Listed Richmond
Grove Padthaway Chardonnay Golden Stakes at NCF Doomben,
was not one of those.
Golden Fox (G2 Foxhound-Sweet Humam) was sold by
his breeders, Pine Lodge Stud, as a weanling at the
2002 Inglis Australian Weanling sale in Sydney for
$3,000. About a year later he was offered at the
Magic Millions National Yearling sale on the Gold
Coast.
Part-owner Michael Warren purchased the well-bred
Golden Fox at that sale for just $2,000, which was
probably a fraction of the price he would have bought
if he did not have a pronounced swayback.
In the Golden Stakes, Golden Fox, ridden by Scott
Seamer, raced in the lead and sprinted clear in the
straight to win from Star Shiraz and Heavenly Cruise,
to take his record to three wins from four starts
and prizemoney of $44,900.
“He pulled up extremely shin sore at his first
run when he failed in the Meynink Stakes but has
kept improving since he was given a spell,” trainer
Trevor Whittington said.
“I had tossed up about running him in the
Ken Russell Classic at the Gold Coast on May 15,
but will probably head towards the (Northern City
Finance) Champagne Classic (at Doomben on May 22)
before going on to the (Group 1) Sires Produce (on
June 5).
“He is a little bit swaybacked but that doesn’t
stop him from galloping and he is a good doer,” Whittington
added.
Winning rider Scott Seamer predicted that Golden
Fox was sure to win better than Listed races in the
future.
QUEENSLAND Racing web news: Ray See – May
4.
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Golden
Fox (Scott Seamer) returns to scale after his
Golden Stakes win at NCF Doomben.
(Ray See photo)
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