From the last crop of Widden Stud’s Golden Slipper winner SEBRING (More Than Ready), five year-old mare TASHI (Sebring x Ghenwaa) produced her career best performance at Eagle Farm on Saturday to win the $700,000 Group 1 Tatts Tiara (1400m).
TASHI winning the Gr1 Tatt's Tiara
The win provided jockey Tommy Sherry his first Group 1, while it was also a first elite-level victory for the five-year-old daughter of SEBRING (More Than Ready).
The mare was rewarded for her ultra-consistent displays this season – having strung together consecutive second-placed efforts in stakes company on her previous three starts.
Sent off a $7.50 chance for Saturday’s first crack at Group 1 level, TASHI proved a worthy winner as she produced a strong run down the outside of her 16 rivals
A homebred for Corumbene Stud, TASHI has been trained throughout her career by Peter Snowden.
She won on debut at Randwick on June 15 three years ago and is one of those mares that has made steady progress ever since.
TASHI worked her way through the benchmark racing before moving up to stakes company last year and began an incredibly frustrating run of seven stakes-placings until she arrived at Group 1 level on Saturday.
Finally, the recipient of a ride that gave her a true opportunity to win, the stars aligned for TASHI as she surged clear to win her first ever stakes race in the Group 1 Tatts Tiara by nearly two lengths over local rival Abounding with long shot Zoustar mare Olentia filling out the trifecta.
TASHI in full flight
TASHI now has the overall record of 5 wins and 14 placings from 26 starts with earnings $1,057,075 and Peter Snowden was ecstatic.
"She's been tremendous all prep, so nobody could begrudge her the win," Snowden said.
"She kept putting her hand up every start, so I'm really proud of her.
"There were no half measures today, she won dominantly. She kept getting beaten short half heads, it was a tremendous run last week in the Dane Ripper, I think this is her 11th run this campaign so huge credit to her."
"Tom (Sherry) rode her an absolute peach today, I think it's his first Group 1, so I'm so pleased for him and the mare.”
Sherry was on TASHI last start when she finished second in the Group 2 BRC Dane Ripper, so was delighted to get the win, his first in a G1 race.
"It's been a long time coming for me," Sherry said.
"The stars aligned today, and I can't thank Peter and his team enough. It's been a long road and it's been a tough year, but moments like this make it all worthwhile.
"When I came up outside Abounding, I got the jitters and went full bore.
"I've worked really hard to get here. Winning a Group One for a lad from Ireland is a very big deal for me.
"I'm so proud of this mare and it feels like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders. Things like this don't happen to people like me, so I'm delighted."
Bred and retained to race by the Altomonte family owned Corumbene Stud, TASHI is the first foal and one of two winners and one placegetter from three foals to race from the Shadwell bred Street Cry (IRE) mare Ghenwaa that was bought by Corumbene Stud for $300,000 from the 2018 Inglis Australian Broodmare Sale.
RAPT in action
The other winning daughter of Ghenwaa is Dynamic Syndications owned mare RAPT, herself a quality racemare who has a career of 20 starts = 5 wins : 4 seconds : 2 thirds : 3 fourths and $315,425 including a 4th in the BTC Just Now S., LR.
GHENWAA dam of TASHI & RAPT
Ghenwaa is a winning half-sister to two stakes-winners Taraayef and Haybah and to stakes placed Muraahib
TARAAYEF
HAYBAH
Muraahib
from the family of dual Derby winner and sire Rebel Raider, dual stakes winner Shamoline Warrior and stakes winner Cadillac Mountain.
REBEL RAIDER
SHAMOLINE WARRIOR
CADILLAC MOUNTAIN
Corumbene Stud sold a yearling colt by Capitalist from Ghenwaa at the Magic Millions this year for $80,000 to Ricky Yiu (HK) and she produced a colt last year by Russian Revolution before going to Toronado (IRE).
Tashi is the 83rd stakes-winner for Sebring and is his ninth Group I winner.
Sultah is the Dam of 7 foals to race, all Winners.
Followers of Dynamic Syndications will be aware that in addition to RAPT, we currently have available with Ciaron Maher the half-brother to Ghenwaa (TASHI; Rapt), Taraayef, Haybah and Muraahib.
Our Yearling Colt
He’s a colossal colt, big, strong, correct, clean on x-rays and scope, by Champion So You Think from Sultah (Exceed And Excel) who won 3 races from 5 starts.
We purchased him back in January at the Magic Millions because we have a big opinion of RAPT and think she can win black type races, and we thought that TASHI also had the ability to win a stakes race, and now she is a Group 1 winner.
The one thing that appears certain as night follows day is the way our So You Think x Sultah colt has broken-in and performed in pre-training we should be adding further to this already sensational pedigree.
This is how strong the pedigree now appears:
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Here is a recent mid-winter photo taken of our yearling colt
SO YOU THINK x SULTAH Colt on Friday 27 June.
A terrific type with huge pedigree with Australia’s Number 1 Trainer.