FIRST SEAL – was the Achilles heel of champion mare Winx.
FIRST SEAL has conquered Winx on 4 occasions when beating her in the Group 1 ATC Flight Stakes in 2014, the Group 2 Surround Stakes in 2015, the Group 3 Tea Rose in 2014 and also beating her home in the Vinery Stud Stakes Group 1 in 2015.
FIRST SEAL – is another high quality
Fastnet Rock mare and she was back to her very best when producing a determined finish to claim the Group 2 MRC Tristarc Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday.
First Seal defeats Tycoon Tara in Gr2 MRC Tristarc S.,
In doing so, she turned the tables on
TYCOON TARA (Written Tycoon), who had defeated her by 3.4 lengths 3 weeks earlier.
Sidelined through injury at the end of her three year-old season and then with a foot issue that required surgery, her trainer John Thompson was forced to be patient and his efforts are paying off.
At just her second run back from a spell,
First Seal surged late to score a short neck win in the 1400 metre mares sprint, her
6th win from 17 starts with earnings topping $1.2 million.
Jockey Blake Shinn shares the love with First Seal
Trainer John Thompson said "I'm very lucky the China Horse Club let me keep her going. She's a Group 1 winner by Fastnet Rock, so it would have been easy to retire her,' said Thompson.
"We've just taken her run by run but it's good to see her come back to winning form.
"She's a big gross mare - I can't work her hard enough at home and she takes a bit of getting fit.
"I know there is more to come with her so we press on now to the
Myer Classic Group 1 over the Flemington carnival and it would be fantastic if she can add another Group One to her record."
A $700,000 NZB Premier purchase for the late Bart Cummings, First Seal is owned by the China Horse Club.
First Seal is a three-quarter sister to Group 2 STC Tulloch Stakes winner BOOK OF KELLS
Gr1 Winner Book Of Kells
and is a daughter of dual Group 1 Winner EPISODE (Scenic),
Dual Gr1 Winner - EPISODE
who won both the SAJC Australasian Oaks and SAJC South Australian Oaks as well as finishing second in the Queensland Oaks.
Another three-quarter sibling to FIRST SEAL is the Redoute’s Choice mare SPECIAL EPISODE.
SPECIAL EPISODE - a winner at 1200m, is the dam of our WRITTEN TYCOON 2yo filly with leading Melbourne trainer MICK PRICE at Caulfield.
Trainer Mick Price
No sire in Australia is hotter than the exceptional Written Tycoon.
Written Tycoon - Leading Australian Sire
Fresh off his sensational season last year when he became Champion 2yo Sire with Group 1 Winner
Capitalist and Group 1 Winning Filly
Luna Rossa flying the flag, overall he finished 3rd on the General Sires Premiership. Written Tycoon is off to another sensational start to this new season with already 35 individual winners of 45 races including the likes of
TYCOON TARA who has won the ATC Golden Pendant Gr2, Missile Stakes Gr2, Show County Qlty Gr3.
Our filly will give her owners incredible racing opportunities and outstanding residual value upon retirement. She is the ultimate Gilt-Edged Investment.
In pre-training at the moment on the Mornington peninsular, the well-grown, 15.1 hand 2yo filly looks to be a perfect post-Christmas 2yo type that will continue to improve and be better again as a 3yo and better still as a 4yo.
This is one of the top female families in the Australian Stud Book and the fact we have had her in and out of pre-training on 3 previous occasions has ensured this filly will be ready to go when she moves across to Caulfield in the next few weeks.
And ….. with FIRST SEAL aiming for further Group 1 success in the Myer, an already sensational family continues to grow in value.
Our Filly's Updated Pedigree
As they say ….. timing is everything.
We had anticipated the family would continue to expand in black-type.
Our homework showed that the SPECIAL EPISODE who had 3 foals already racing at but they had limited racetrack appearances and there was
expectation that these three would perform well on the racetrack.
We also believed FIRST SEAL would continue to win races and finally
Written Tycoon (who was quite before we purchased our filly) had runners like Capitalist
set to explode !
The fact is, everything we had forecasted came true and as a result, our filly has skyrocketed in commercial appeal and our owners do not have to pay the premium this pedigree now demands.
In human descriptive terms, FIRST SEAL is our filly’s Aunty (her mum’s ¾ sister).
SPECIAL EPISODE is doing the job as a broodmare. Her breeding record now reads: 3 to Race – 2 Winners and 1 Placed with:
(1) Astro Fame (g Encosta de Lago) a maiden at time of buying our filly. Now his record reads 8 starts: 2 wins, 2 seconds, 1 third. He had 4 starts in Australia for a placing and was purchased by Malaysian interests and was exported. He has now raced on 4 occasions in Malaysia for 2 seconds then back to back wins. The wraps on him are huge up there and they are talking about heading to black type races with him in Singapore, after his crushing 5 length win on Saturday. So any black type would add nicely to our filly’s pedigree.
(2) He joins
Special Girls (f Testa Rossa) who was a winner over 1200m at Mornington and placed at Mornington and Ballarat.
(3)
Imiyalelo (f Commands) who now has been placed at Mornington.
FIRST SEAL’s resume now reads: 17 starts: 6 wins : 6 seconds : 0 and Prizemoney $1,221,060
FIRST SEAL (f Fastnet Rock) 6 wins from 1100m to 1600m, A$1,221,060, to 2016-17, ATC Flight S., Gr.1, Surround S., Gr.2, Millie Fox S., Gr.2, Tea Rose S., Gr.2, MRC Tristarc S., Gr.2, ATC Daily Press Group P., 2d ATC Spring Champion S., Gr.1, Canterbury S., Gr.1, Coolmore Classic, Gr.1, Vinery Stud S., Gr.1, Light Fingers S., Gr.2, TAB Early Quaddie H., 4th ATC George Ryder S., Gr.1.
Since the catalogue was printed for the sales, FIRST SEAL has raced 6 times for: Victories in 2 x Group 2 Races, 2nd in a Group 1 and 4th in a Group 1 adding $386,000 prizemoney.
1st 1300m MILLIE FOX Group 2 - 2nd Telepathic, 3rd I've Got the Looks
2nd 1300m CANTERBURY STKS Group 1 - 1st Holler, 3rd Kermadec
4th 1500m GEORGE RYDER Group 1 - 1st Winx, 2nd Kermadec
12th 1600m DONCASTER Hcp Group 1 - 1st Winx, 2nd Happy Clapper
Spell
5th 1400m GOLDEN PENDANT Group 2 - 1st Tycoon Tara, 2nd Dixie Blossoms
1st 1400m TRISTARC Group 2 - 2nd Tycoon Tara, 3rd Pearls
On her pedigree, race performance and conformation, FIRST SEAL as a broodmare would be now worth $5 million or more should she be offered for sale in the first few years of racetrack retirement. However the China Horse Club will ensure this super mare will be given every opportunity in the breeding barn and the chances of this family continuing to produce elite level thoroughbreds continues to grow.
Our 2yo Filly by WRITTEN TYCOON x SPECIAL EPISODE.
This makes our fabulous filly
“Money in the Bank” and the fact she is by a Last Tycoon line stallion in
Written Tycoon makes our filly highly sought after by commercial breeders who can breed her back to a
FASTNET ROCK or his sons and create the ultimate close genetic relation to
FIRST SEAL who would be worth
mega-bucks as a yearling in the salering.
Hence why I would prefer to see this filly to be owned by existing Dynamic Syndications owners. The balancing few shares I would love to see be taken up in-house however she is on the open market.
Just $8,225 for a 5% Share on a Ready To Run 2yo filly with this pedigree is fantastic value.
Call Adam Watt asap on (02) 9587 1511 or his mobile of 0409 464 378 and chat about how well this filly has gone to date in her trips through the training stables and how she has grown, strengthened and matured since March.
Minimal downside - v- Massive upside ….. give yourself this opportunity.
For full transparency and disclosure and the avoidance of any doubt,
Dynamic Syndications intend to take up any shares that remain available. So why not join us !