Godolphin’s progressive ASTERN colt AFT CABIN looked to be thoroughly enjoying himself in
Saturday’s $300,000 Group 3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) at Caulfield, which was run in atrocious conditions.
With Jamie Kah in the saddle,
AFT CABIN looked the winner after the field travelled just 200 metres.
Aft Cabin and Jamie Kah battle hail and rain
Travelling sweetly in blinding rain on the outside of Zamborghini, the field strung-out.
AFT CABIN took control of the race shortly after straightening. He kept up a relentless gallop to defeat the Extreme Choice colt Meridius by three and a half lengths, with the Lonhro colt Amenable a further two lengths back in third.
Jamie Kah made no secret of what she thought of the conditions with rain and hail falling.
“That was one of the worst. I could not see anything,” Kah said.
“I would hate to be behind me as I had no horse in front of me, and I could not see.
“My boy was the ultimate professional. He had hail in his face, and he just tucked his head down and did his job. The feel he gave me was amazing. I didn’t know how far in front I was.
“Obviously, he’s a star on the rise, and it’s nice to see him back to the 1400m, and he was sharp at that trip, and further is just going to be great.”
With his stakes breakthrough, AFT CABIN advances his record to 4 starts: 2 Wins, 2 Seconds with earnings of $256,800.
Stable representative Sean Keogh said the
son of ASTERN was on track for the
Gr1 Caulfield Guineas.
“It was an extraordinary watch. In the first half of the race, you were thinking about how this will play out, but he is a quality animal and can handle the conditions today. It was a tremendous win,” Keogh said.
Aft Cabin
“It was well documented during the week that we brought him here on Tuesday, and he put in a solid piece of work.
“It was a testament to the horse to absorb that work and come here in peculiar circumstances. When Jamie slipped him a bit of rein, away he went.
“We might get a look at
Golden Mile (by ASTERN) prior to that.
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It’s a wonderful testament to the stable to have two staying colts (by ASTERN) that had no two-year-old preparations, and we see them with a strong hand in features during the Carnival.”
AFT CABIN is one of five winners from as many to race out of the Lonhro mare Shelters.
He is a half-brother to the Group 3 PJ Bell Hcp winner Multaja (Medaglia d’Oro) and Listed ATC Lonhro Plate winner Veranillo (Medaglia d’Oro).
A sister to Group 1 BRC TJ Smith Stakes winner Benfica, Shelters has a yearling colt by Harry Angel (IRE) and was covered by Brazen Beau last spring.
AFT CABIN is the sixth (6th) stakes winner for Group 1 ATC Golden Rose Stakes winner ASTERN (Medaglia d’Oro), who stands for a fee of only $11,000 at Darley Stud.
Also, on Saturday, ASTERN had the winner of the final event at Randwick when the talented BRIGANTINE resumed off a 10-month spell to win over 1200m and take his record to 9 starts: 3-2-1 and $366,600.
ASTERN - Progressive young sire
This season, ASTERN now has 8 Individual Winners from 31 runners and with $762,823 in earnings has leaped up the Third Crop Sires Premiership table, overtaking Capitalist and Maurice to now sit in second position, just $24,425 in earnings behind SHALAA.
Dynamic Syndications are thrilled with the progress to date of the ASTERN x BETTER LIFE 2YO Colt we have with RICHARD & WILL FREEDMAN at Rosehill.
OUR COLT under saddle
Our Colt’s Dam BETTER LIFE was the 4-times the Champion Racehorse of Singapore who returned to Australia for her breeding career.
BETTER LIFE - 4 -times Champion Racehorse
Whilst our colt’s 3rd DAM is STORM SONG the Champion 2yo of the USA.
STORM SONG Champion 2yo of the USA
Our colt boasts a sensational female family backing-up the fact he is by the Gr1 Golden Rose Winner ASTERN who is a son of champion Medaglia d’Oro.
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OUR COLT
5% Shares in our colossal colt are just $9,250.
This is a colt for those owners that dream about winning classics, the
time honoured blue riband races like Guineas and Derbies.
To find out more visit the website by clicking the link or call ADAM WATT at Dynamic Syndications on 02 9540 1511 or 0409 464 378.
