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Dual city success for Dylan Thomas

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Smart colt Zahee (Dylan Thomas – Zaheeya, by Encosta De Lago) provided the first leg of a city double for Coolmore Stud stallion Dylan Thomas (Danehill – Lagrion, by Diesis) with his comfortable victory at Wednesday’s Melbourne Racing Club meeting at Mornington.

The talented three-year-old has graduated from a maiden win to a city victory in the space of four starts. The colt had little trouble in posting a three-length win for the Mick Price stable in the Centrebet Handicap (1500m).

Dylan Thomas won three Group 1 races over 2400 metres, giving Price the confidence Zahee could develop into a stayer of promise.

“He is by Dylan Thomas. He showed a good deal of stamina today so we might want to do something with him,” Price said.

“His mother was by Encosta De Lago and we had a really good opinion of her but she had an accident and couldn’t race. He has got a little pedigree there and we see today that he showed something under pressure and we’ll continue on from here.”

The Chris Waller stable produced Dylan Thomas’s second winner of the day just a short time later when Agon (Dylan Thomas – Stravinsky’s Image, by Stravinsky) won the Chamber of Commerce Handicap (1300m) at Wyong.

Ingham Racing paid $80,000 for Agon at the 2011 Gold Coast Magic Millions Yearling sale. Agon had a half head to spare on Savabeel’s (Zabeel – Savannah Success, by Success Express) half-brother Shawano (Redoute’s Choice – Savannah Success, by Success Express).

Double for Dylan Thomas

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Coolmore Stud stallion Dylan Thomas (Danehill – Lagrion, by Diesis) opened his account for the 2012/13 season with a winning double at Thursday’s Kilmore and Gosford meetings.

The Gai Waterhouse-trained Agon (Dylan Thomas – Stravinsky’s Image, by Stravinsky) started the stallion’s double when the three-year-old filly posted a comfortable win in the Walker Brothers Timber Maiden Handicap (1200m). Agon is the first foal to race out of the multiple metropolitan winner Stravinsky’s Image (Stravinsky – Off Stage, by Theatrical).

Ingham Racing paid $80,000 for Agon at the 2011 Gold Coast Magic Millions Yearling Sale.

Caulfield trainer Mick price prepared Dylan Thomas’s second winner of the day when Zahee (Dylan Thomas – Zaheeya, by Encosta De Lago) disposed of two rivals in the KRC Fashion Pavilion 28/10 Handicap (1207m).

The Sheik Mohammad Bin Khalifa al Maktoum homebred scored a comfortable 2-3/4 length win on heavy ground.

Dylan Thomas’s double took the six-time Group 1 winner’s Australian winner tally to six.

The stallion will stand for $13,750 (inc GST) in the spring.

 

Third winner for Dylan Thomas

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Coolmore shuttle-sire Dylan Thomas (Danehill) was represented by his third first-crop winner last Saturday  at Tipperary in Ireland,  when trainer Aidan O’Brien unleashed Furner’s Green who won impressively.

Sent off a well backed favourite on the back of some promising homework, Furner’s Green was held up at the back of the 10 horse field in the early stages by jockey Joseph O’Brien.  Angled to the outside with a furlong to run, he quickened up smartly to win going away by a widening three lengths in the style of a horse destined for better things.

‚ÄúHe has been showing us plenty at home, but was a little green. He quickened up well and won very snugly at the end. Dylan Thomas could be a good stallion.‚Äù Aidan O’Brien observed.

The winner holds an entry in the G1 National Stakes at the beginning of September and last week O’Brien produced well bred filly Devotion, another with a G1 entry, to take out a maiden at Leopardstown.

The first Australasian bred crop of Dylan Thomas are rising 2yos and, he is standing at Coolmore Australia this coming season at a fee of $19,800 (incl. GST)