Bel Esprit - Innocent Gypsy 2 year old Bay Filly

BEL MER, winner of the Group I Robert Sangster Stakes. BLACK CAVIAR, unbeaten star, a winner at Group II level and destined for Group I glory. These top class females share the same sire, BEL ESPRIT, as the cracking type Ellerton Zahra Racing is thrilled to offer.

Blinding speed would be an applicable term to describe BEL ESPRIT’s career, with the stallion good enough to win the Group I Blue Diamond Stakes as part of a juvenile season in which he tasted defeat once in six starts. BEL ESPRIT raced and beat top class gallopers such as successful stallions DELAGO BROM, CHOISIR and DASH FOR CASH as well as superstar mares such as PRIVATE STEER and SPINNING HILL. BEL ESPRIT won stakes races at two, three and four, culminating with a gritty win in the Group I Doomben 10,000. BEL ESPRIT has sired eight stakeswinners with four of his progeny greeting the judge at Group level, all of them being fillies.
 

This filly is out of the Yeats mare INNOCENT GYPSY, the dam of four winners from five progeny to race including the city winners MY CHINESE KING and NOTHIN’ LEICA KING as well as HUMOR KING who won two of his three starts in Hong Kong. INNOCENT GYPSY is a half-sister to INNOCENT KING (AJC Australian Derby) and ROYAL SNACK (Sandown Cup and four Moe Cups). This filly boasts a 3 x 3 cross of NIJINSKY II, the sire of 47 stakeswinners and 73 stakes wins all over the world, including stars such as CAERLEON, FERDINAND, LAMMTARRA, ROYAL ACADEMY and SKY CLASSIC. This outstanding type is also bred on the same Nijinsky II / Northern Dancer cross as BLACK CAVIAR.

Why not contact Ellerton Zahra Racing to make further enquiries about this lovely rising two-year-old?
 

Churchill Downs - Cantrip 2 year old Chestnut Filly

Ellerton Zahra Racing is thrilled to offer this cracking filly to its clients.
Al Maher, Commands, Flying Spur, Danzero, Exceed And Excel, Fastnet Rock and Redoute’s Choice – what do these outstanding stallions have in common with Churchill Downs? All, including Churchill Downs, are stallion sons of the mighty Danehill, the sire of 193 individual stakeswinners in a glittering career. Churchill Downs has made a big impression with just one crop of yearlings to hit sales rings around Australia. A $950,000 yearling himself, Churchill Downs was the leading first season sire at the 2010 Melbourne Premier Sale with his yearlings selling at an average price of more than $65,000 with his progeny selling up to $150,000.

As a racehorse, Churchill Downs always raced among the best of his year. As a precocious juvenile, Churchill Downs earned more than $500,000, winning at Listed level, finishing second in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic as well as producing a fighting third to the super filly Miss Finland in the 2006 Golden Slipper. Churchill Downs raced and beat the best youngsters around such subsequent Group I winners Gold Edition, Empire’s Choice, Universal Queen, Casino Prince and Wonderful World.
Churchill Downs trained on as a three-year-old to claim the Group II Bill Stutt Stakes and run fourth in the 2006 Group I Caulfield Guineas and third in the Group I Ascot Vale Stakes. The three-year-old was competitive with the dual hemisphere Group I winner Haradasun and beat subsequent Group I winners Green Birdie, Anamato, Sirmione and Danleigh as well as matching motors with the likes of Excites, Mutawaajid and Sniper’s Bullet.

This filly is out of the Canny Lad mare Cantrip. Cantrip has three foals on the ground with Strategic Spell currently racing under the care of Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Mark Kavanagh. Cantrip was a triple city winner from just 10 race starts in the famous cerise Woodlands Stud silks. Danehill blood has mixed with the progeny of Canny Lad with stunning results in the past, throwing none other than Group I winner Platinum Scissors and the outstanding galloper, now champion sire, Redoute’s Choice.

Update - BC3 sells 2yr old Churchill Downs colt  for $120,000 to De Burgh Equine, Ireland.
http://www.inglis.com.au/sales/horse/356-21/  

Danzero - She's God's Gift 2 year old Bay Filly

Danzero is one of a select group of horses to win the Golden Slipper and sire a Slipper winner. In a brief but brilliant career Danzero raced and beat fellow quality sires St Covet, Racer’s Edge, Hurricane Sky, Marwina and Blevic. As a son of the immortal Danehill, Danzero was destined to be a success at stud and he hasn’t let his sire down with Dance Hero, Danglissa, Fairway, Jymcarew and Niconero posting Group I wins and Happy Zero forging his way as a star of the Hong Kong scene. Danzero’s progeny has scored stakes wins at distances between 1000 metres and 2400 metres, proving himself as one of the most versatile sires in Australasia.

Pins - Maicostus (Encosta de Lago) 2 year old Bay Filly

 Pins was an outstanding racehorse, a Group I winner of the Australian at three and completed the Melbourne autumn Triple Crown in 2000. The son of Snippets raced and beat stars of the turf such as Shogun Lodge, Easy Rocking, Sudurka, Diatribe and Freemason. Pins made a remarkable transition to stud and has already sired a Caulfield Guineas winner (Econsul) as well as the great El Segundo, a four-time Group I winner, including Australasia’s weight-for-age championship, the Cox Plate. Pins has produced Legs, a dual Group I winner, including New Zealand’s flagship event, the Kelt Capital Stakes and New Zealand racing’s next big thing, the dynamic filly Katie Lee who is already a dual Group I winner with wins in NZ’s 1000 Guineas and 2000 Guineas.

Testa Rossa - Angel Of The South 2 year old Chestnut Colt

Testa Rossa raced and beat the best during a career featuring five Group I wins, blazing the trail for Choisir and Fastnet Rock with a win in the Lightning Stakes at 3 to go with his Emirates Stakes and Vic Health Cup wins. Testa Rossa had victories over Redoute’s Choice, Catbird, Shogun Lodge, Pins, Falvelon, Commands, Diatribe and Intergaze in a stellar career. Testa Rossa was good enough to record Group I wins at distances from 1000m to 1600m. Testa Rossa has produced more than 20 individual stakeswinners in his nine seasons at stud at distances between 1000m and 2400m, including Group I winners Rostova and Testafiable along with the outstanding mare Ortensia and classy miler Gold Salute.