Finche on song at Randwick
Finche, a 2018 private purchase by Avenue Bloodstock, showed an impressive turn of foot to land G3 Kingston Town Stakes at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Settled in behind the pacesetting Stampede, Finche devoured the ground the last furlong to win by a neck, installing him as the new favourite for the 2019 Melbourne Cup.
Winning trainer Chris Waller said of Finche’s performance: “He’s a pretty good horse. We’ll have to go home and map out a suitable plan (for the Melbourne Cup). He’s a very talented horse. We look forward to getting him there.”
Jockey Kieren McEvoy said, “He’s a lovely big horse. He put up a great performance in the Melbourne Cup last year and it was a good first run back. Today, second up, he was able to get a nice trail and get out when we wanted to. Chris said just build him up and give him a nice last 600m, which we were able to do. It feels like he will stay all day.”
Congratulations to all connections.
Listed Burradon Stakes success for Glittering Legend
Glittering Legend, a yearling purchase on behalf of Bon Ho, continued on his impressive upward trajectory on Friday when taking the Listed Burradon Stakes at Newcastle. His win opened a high-profile double for Bon Ho, whose colours were later carried to victory by breeze-up purchase Wonder Legend in the £175,000 two-mile handicap. Fresh off a […]
‘He’s a superstar’ – private purchase Arapaho dazzles in G1 Sydney Cup
Arapaho, a €140,000 purchase by Avenue Bloodstock at the 2020 Arqana Autumn Sale in conjunction with his trainer Bjorn Baker and Clarke Bloodstock, smashed through the A$3.6 million earnings barrier on Saturday when the brilliant winner of the Group 1 Sydney Cup during the second day of the Championships at Randwick. The son of Lope […]
A year of champions and G1 successes
It was a Group 1 year from start to finish for Avenue Bloodstock. 2024 will be remembered for the achievements of champion Porta Fortuna but there were also Group 1 successes for Anisette, Celestial Legend, Land Legend and Massive Sovereign. Porta Fortuna was a private purchase in conjunction with Philip Shelton of Medallion Racing on […]
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