The breeding giant John Messara was almost lost before marking Snitzel “An absolutely amazing stallion” after third starter Marhoona the third Golden Slipper (G1) of the Arrowfield Sire became in Rosehill Gardens on March 22nd.
Snitzel, a slipper-winner broodmark father, who organized a winner of the race, has now gave three of the last eight winners of the slippers with Estijaab in 2018 followed by Shinzo in 2023 and now Marhoona, the coach Michael Michael Freedman in the world's richest 2-year breed in the world.
Marhoona was driven by Damien Lane and continued a phenomenal success in the race around Homebred's Emirates Park – and everyone connected to Snitzel. Mossfun (from a Snitzel subsidiary), Estijaab and now Marhoona has prompted the painter Rosehill to defeat the eminent green of the farm with a white sash on one of the statues that flank the profit.
Marhoona was won with 9.6% of Snitzels 23. When winning the top competition, the stut foal became the 60th winner of the stallion and the 2-year-old in the eighth group 1.
In Australia, he has 143 black winners with 10.3% – a remarkable rate to obtain 16 cultures.
“He is a multi -year super stallion – that's all I can say,” Arrowfield boss Messara told Anz Bloodstock News.
“He will be 23 years aged this year and continues to throw up high-class animals every week. Three of the last eight slippers; it is very good. He is an amazing stallion, a wonderful stallion.
“He is as good as 15 years ago today. I only wish he was half a age.”
Messara and others in Arrowfield have temporarily observed for signs of decline from the stallion in recent years. But while Snitzel is managed – it will probably serve around 80 mares this spring after they are picked up in 114 in the last year – these characters did not appear.
When he received the fifth at the General Sires table on Saturday, he is now won at the top of the 2-year-old Premiership, which he won in 2023, 2020, 2018 and 2017.
Marhoona's success was almost as basic as anyone could hope for in the Helfelter-Skelter-Slipper.
She jumped well from Gate 6 for Lane, which she had fifth on the fence in the run. The stut foal worked open on the 300 meters and ran clear on the 200 meters and looked out the winner.
But then the slip -hungry James McDonald appeared on board of Wooden. Chilly moral ownership and the Chris Waller-trained Colt were weeks after his debut victory, even though he went third and second in his two lead.
Finally, the market on Raceday jumped from him, whereby Wodton solved delayed while the Punters tried the Godolphin stut foal to favorites.
For a few seconds, it seemed as if the Punters Wodotte had left for their loss when he tore Marhoonas outside in the last 100 meters. Ultimately, the break of the stut foal was too massive and it clung to 0.14 lengths.
Another half length was in third place.
Marhoona was only on January 9, Marhoona, and only debut on February 8 with a win of 0.27 length in a 1,100-meter-canterbury Maiden. She then ran a second with 0.33 length to be tried in courageous effort into the Reisling Stakes (G2), but apparently too delayed to climb into the slipper field.
Although she had only 85,000 US dollars for her name, she scratched several competitors who had broken off. Nevertheless, Freedman had his doubts that she was ready.
“If I am candid, today I said to a few people that I thought it was nice to have another run under our belt,” said Freedman in Randwick after his third group 1 as a solo coach.
“But it is a special stut foal.
“When she won in Canterbury, she tore off half a foot from the win of this race, and I thought 'you were demanding'. She jumped back from him, went back to the rice a month later, and it is an unusual preparation, I think it is a special abundance, but it is a special abundance.
“It is a massive thrill for my team. I have a lot of newborn, up -and -coming stars in the industry, I think, and they had such a massive role, probably much more than playing.”
