The Peter Snowden-trained Parables looks to be yet another potential star for her sire Lonhro after recording an impressive victory in the Group 3 Silver Shadow Stakes at Warwick Farm on Saturday.

When the barriers flew open, so did Solar Charged (Charge Forward -soul Singer by Danehill), to take up the running, with Chance Bye (Snitzel - Rouge Femme by Red Ransom)  and Obsequious settling handily.

Parables, ridden by Tim Clark, was well back near last on settling and once they rounded the home bend he stayed near the inside rail. Clark asked Parables to improve and just as she switched into gear, Dance Of The Ocean wobbled towards her causing Clark to steady. Once clear of that filly, Parables showed that much loved ‘turn of speed’ reminiscent of Lonhro’s when she sprinted quickly to pick up Solar Charged and deliver the knock out blow, in the process giving her sire his 17th stakes winner.

“She’s very exciting and hopefully she goes on from this,” Peter Snowden told TVN. “That turn of foot…..it will take her a long way,” he concluded.

The other Group 3 event on the Warwick Farm card, the Up And Coming Stakes, was taken out by Canny Lad three-year-old Blackball, another Woodlands Stud graduate out of the Grand Lodge mare Excommunicate, who was winning for the second time. Less than two lengths away in third was the Street Cry colt Sea Lord, a $400,000 yearling purchase at NZB’s Premier Yearling Sale.

The half-brother to Blackball, by Lonhro, is due to be sold at the BC3 future stars sale at Oaklands junction today.

The Listed Toy Show Quality (1400m) earlier in the day went the way of the consistent Strategic mare Illuminates, who was runner-up to Typhoon Tracy in the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes in April and already has two other stakes victories to her name.

Illuminates was bred by Gerry Harvey and is a daughter of Dazzle Light, by Danzero and has a date in New Zealand with Swiss Ace.

Tags: BC3, Darley
Permalink| Aug 22, 2010

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