ESWINNER NO. 6 FOR BEL ESPRITBel Esprit is clearly the best value sire in Australia with the Champion Victorian Sire notching up his sixth stakeswinner tonight (Saturday) with the victory of Mooring in the S$250,000 3YO Challenge-G3 at Singapore’s Kranji racecourse.
With only three crops of racing age, Bel Esprit is having a stellar season and in the past three months we’ve seen Bel Mer (Mooring’s full sister) take out the Robert Sangster Stakes-G1, unbeaten 2YO Black Caviar win the Blue Sapphire Stakes-LR, another undefeated performer in Work The Room wow all with an ‘impossible’ last to first win at Sandown, Tollesprit zoom right into Caulfield Guineas calculations with his Flemington win last month and Apparitions take out his second city win on Wednesday. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Mooring also puts a huge dent in the perception that Bel Esprit only gets fillies. Mooring, Work The Room and Tollesprit are all males for starters and, actually, Bel Esprit has more male winners (47) than females (46).
Bel Esprit will stand the 2009 season at a fee of just $16,500 inc. GST and for further information please phone David Somers on 0428 440 330 or Mark Lindsay on 0416 334 338.
MAGIC MILLIONS - BEL MER'S BROTHER STARS IN SINGAPORE
Mooring confirmed his status as one of the top three-year-olds of Singapore when he easily beat a classy field in the S$250,000 Three-Year-Old Challenge 1st Leg (1200m) at Kranji on Saturday.
In the absence of the region's top galloper Rocket Man, Mooring was able to show his ability and cruise home in the first leg of the time honoured championship.
Mooring, who kicked away his career in Australia with Lee Freedman, is now trained in Singapore by his brother Michael.
He raced in Australia on just three occasions and was placed twice - including a third to Wilander at Ballarat.
In Singapore he's the winner of four of his six runs.
Mooring was purchased as a yearling by Slade Bloodstock for $130,000 from the 2007 Magic Millions Yearling Sale at the Gold Coast.
A year earlier Damon Gabbedy purchased his full sister Bel Mer - who this won the Group One Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville.
Other clients of Magic Millions to benefit from the win included Patinack Farm who purchased a full sister to Bel Mer and Mooring in January this year for $260,000.
Also delighted with the result was Max and Judi Clarke of Windy Hill Thoroughbreds, who purchased a half to Drop Anchor (the dam of Bel Mer and Mooring) in foal to Bel Esprit in the past few days at the National Broodmare Sale.
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