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24.
Blevic's Morphetville
Treble
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06/05/2003 |
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Kambula
Stud’s Blevic underscored once again just what an underrated stallion he is
with a treble at Morphetville on Saturday.
The Victorian Derby winning son of Scenic produced two stakes winners, 2yo
gelding Under The Bridge (ex Wine Cask by At Talaq) successful in the $60,000
Listed Alcohol Go Easy Stakes (1522m) and 5yo gelding Exalted Lad (Alleged Lady
by Delgado) narrow winner of the $40,000 Listed Widden Stud-Adelaide City
Stakes.
The Tony Vasil-trained Under The Bridge was winning for the second time in five
starts. He had broken his maiden at Mornington just a fortnight earlier. Under
the Bridge may have earned his chance in the S.A. Sires’ Produce Stakes with
his decisive 1 ¼-length win over Outback Lad (Jeune) and Barabba Road (Snaadee).
Passed in when he failed to make his $25,000 reserve at the Adelaide Magic
Millions Sale Under The Bridge is the third named foal of the At Talaq mare Wine
Cask, which ran unplaced in her two racetrack appearances. Wine Cask died in
December last year.
Nobody could argue that Exalted Lad did not deserve to win a stakes race. A
first crop son of Blevic Exalted Lad had been stakes placed on no fewer than
seven occasions before breaking through for his first stakes victory in the
Listed Widden Stud-Adelaide City Stakes. The 5yo gelding had been runner-up in
the Listed SAJC C S Hayes Memorial Cup twice and the Group 3 SAJC Tokyo City Cup
a race in which he has also placed third.
Exalted Lad has proved a great money-spinner for his connections. His earnings
of over $220,000 comes from 7 wins 4 seconds and 8 thirds from 38 starts.
The fifth named foal of the 1990 Group 3 SAJC Auraria Stakes winner Alleged Lady
(Delgado) Exalted Lad is a half brother to Exalted Miss (Keepers), which won the
Auraria Stakes (G3) seven years after her dam.
Like Under The Bridge Exalted Lad left the Adelaide Sale’s ring unsold. He was
passed in for $37,500 at the 1999 ABCOS Bonus Yearling Sale.
The continued success of Blevic will be welcomed by Inverness Stud, which
launches the stud career of Blevic’s AJC Derby winning three-quarter brother
Universal Prince this spring.
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