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Powerful Filly Heading To Karaka Millions

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Precocious Karaka graduate Gift Of Power kept her unbeaten record intact when she scored a tough win in the G2 Wakefield Challenge Stakes at Trentham on Saturday.

Gift Of Power
Gift Of Power Picture: Race Images Photo

Rider Craig Grylls positioned the Power filly in third place before surging along the inside at the top of the straight. She faced a formidable late challenge from fellow Karaka graduate Hashalo (Savabeel) but held on to win by a nose.

Bred by Cambridge Stud’s Sir Patrick and Lady Hogan, the filly comes from the first southern hemisphere crop of shuttle stallion Power. She was offered by Cambridge Stud at the 2016 NZB Karaka Premier Sale, where Team Rogerson bought her for $180,000.

The ticket was signed by trainers Graeme and Debbie Rogerson’s granddaughter Bailey. "She liked her and bought her - I thought she paid too much, but she's cheap now,” Rogerson said.

“We couldn’t be more thrilled, she’s a lovely filly,” said Sir Patrick Hogan, who retained a share in the ownership. “Power is doing marvellously well in the northern hemisphere and it’s good to see him going so well here.”

Power has sired 17 winners in his first Northern Hemisphere-bred crop with four of his two-year-olds winning at stakes level including the G3 winning pair Peace Envoy and Pleaseletmewin.

Gift Of Power provided Power with his first Australasian winner when she successfully debuted at Wanganui in September and she then added the Listed Wellesley Stakes at Trentham to her record.

Gift Of Power (Power x Capital Diamond by Lucky Unicorn) has now had three starts for three wins and $93,750 in stakes. Her dam Capital Diamond (Lucky Unicorn) was placed in four stakes events including the G1 NZ 1000 Guineas.

Her second dam Diamond Smile (Zabeel) was placed and is a sister to G1-winning sire Don Eduardo and a half sister to dual G1 winner Tristalove (Sir Tristram), the dam of Viking Ruler (Danehill), Lovetrista (Rock Of Gibraltar), Kempinsky (Danehill) and Diamond Like (Danehill).

Runner-up Hasahalo was bought by owners Go Racing for $110,000 at the 2016 Premier Sale. She also has a full-sister catalogued for the 2017 Premier Sale.


Racing and Sports

Trentham

Saturday, 03rd December 2016

4
13:55
(local)

Challenge Stakes (G2)

Age: 2yo Type: OPEN
NZD $100,000
1100m TURF DEAD
4
13:55
(local)
NZD $100,000
1100m DEAD

Challenge Stakes (G2)

Age: 2yo Type: OPEN

This G2 juvenile field lacked depth and numbers but saw an unbeaten filly in Gift Of Power remain so albeit just. She disputed the pace on the inner so covered less ground than her rivals then kicked away at the 300m and was home for all money at the 150m. Gift Of Power then had a lone threat the closing 50m and in the end fell in to score by a nostril flare and clock 1:03.64, a time that can be dismissed as all chute times here (800m to 1200m) are too bionic and superior to the world so something is not ringing true at Trentham (and the same applies for the Riccarton chute too). The three-from-three by Gift Of Power including now a G2 and Listed win are the ideal advertisement for the sire Power that breeders and part owners Sir Patrick and Lady Justine Hogan stand at Cambridge Stud as a shuttle stallion. Hasahalo after sitting fourth stalking the leading trio once through and off the inside started to unleash potently but missed by a whisker of winning. Melody Belle was a game third after sitting wide on the pace throughout and covering extra ground. She was beaten just under three lengths so the winner had her covered even allowing for the different distances covered but a rematch looks a formality over summer. Mofara on debut got warmed up late from the rear and the colt has improvement to come for sure. Empress Tzu Hsi was running on okay. The rest were average but perhaps forgive Juliette as she was trapped wide fifth in the open throughout and the maiden felt the strain unsurprisingly. Many of these will be aimed at the Karaka Millions next year so some will need to chase stake earnings while the first three home should be very safe of making the final field now.



FP Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 3. GIFT OF POWER (NZ) 2yo F
POWER (GB) - CAPITAL DIAMOND (NZ)
CRAIG GRYLLS
GRAEME & DEBBIE ROGERSON
$1.8
54.5kg
Rosemont Stud Pty Ltd (Mgr: A P Mithen)

Sales Information

2nd 8. HASAHALO (NZ) 2yo F
SAVABEEL (AUS) - HALLOWEEN (AUS)
SAM SPRATT
STEPHEN MCKEE
$12.2
54.5kg
Go Racing Fright Night Breeding Partnership (Mgr Albert Bosma)

Sales Information

3rd 4. MELODY BELLE (NZ) 2yo F
COMMANDS (AUS) - MELEKA BELLE (NZ)
CAMERON LAMMAS
STEPHEN AUTRIDGE
$3.2
54.5kg
Fortuna Melody Belle Syndicate (Mgr: J Galvin)

Sales Information

4th 2. MOFARA (NZ) 2yo G
IFFRAAJ (GB) - LULLABY (NZ)
DANIELLE JOHNSON
EMMA-LEE & DAVID BROWNE
$26.2
56.5kg

Sales Information

5th 7. EMPRESS TZU HSI (NZ) 2yo F
POWER (GB) - RANSOM SUCCESS (AUS)
JOHNATHON PARKES
G SEARLE
$22.4
54.5kg

Sales Information

6th 5. DREAMS OF PLATINUM (AUS) 2yo F
DREAM AHEAD (USA) - HUSSIDORA (AUS)
ROBERT HANNAM
LISA LATTA
$18.2
54.5kg

Sales Information

7th 1. BOMBARDING (NZ) 2yo G
DALGHAR (FR) - GOLDEN EVE (NZ)
KELLY MYERS
STEPHEN MCKEE
$44.6
56.5kg

Sales Information

8th 6. JULIETTE (NZ) 2yo F
POET'S VOICE (GB) - REDSCILLA (AUS)
MATTHEW CAMERON
BRENDON HAWTIN
$9.6
54.5kg

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