Lady Shenandoah (Snitzel) continued her extraordinary and unbeaten autumn campaign with a tenacious victory in Saturday’s Gr1 Coolmore Classic at Rosehill.
The 3YO filly’s start to her career is nothing short of phenomenal – Lady Shenandoah has now won three Gr1 races from just seven starts and earned A$1.8m in prizemoney.
Lady Shenandoah (Jame McDonald, centre, green cap) wins the Coolmore Classic at Rosehill (Pic – Martin King/Sportpix)
She’s a A$525,000 Easter Yearling Sale purchase for Hermitage Thoroughbreds from the draft of Arrowfield, who bred her with Planette Thoroughbreds, and is one of 103 Gr1-winning Inglis graduates since 2018.
Overall Lady Shenandoah has won five of her seven starts with two minor placings.
Arrowfield’s John Messara was in awe of Lady Shenandoah’s tenacity following today’s victory.
“She’s good, she’s very good, you can’t do more than what she’s done so far,’’ Messara said. “You just don’t see it. You don’t see horses winning three Group 1s in their first seven starts. She’s unbelievable. She’s had a tough little campaign and really been tested but she’s delivered at every point.
“It’s also another big result for Snitzel, he’s having a bumper season yet again. There’s not a week goes by without another Stakes horse for him and it didn’t surprise me to see this filly come out and do what she did today.’’
Arrowfield will offer Lady Shenandoah’s Maurice half brother (ex Star Pupil) at next month’s Easter Sale at Riverside, as part of a draft that also includes siblings to the likes of Switzerland, Shoals, Super Seth, Kenedna, Profondo, Estriella and others.
“He’s going to be popular, isn’t he,’’ Messara said. “We’ve got some lovely horses coming to Easter, gee it’s a nice draft and I’m really very excited to get back to Riverside in a couple of weeks to offer them to the buying bench.’’
As well as Lady Shenandoah, Arrowfield graduates of the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale in recent seasons include the likes of Switzerland, Autumn Angel, Estriella, Tutta La Vita, Makarena, Cap Ferrat, Autumn Ballet and a number of other high-class horses.
The Easter Yearling Sale will be held on April 6 and 7.
To view the catalogue CLICK HERE.
On Lady Shenandoah’s win, trainer Chris Waller said: “She’s a superstar. I wouldn’t say it’s scary but it’s unchartered territory for me to run a filly against the older girls, I don’t normally do it… but we got away with it.
“When the barrier draw came out… I thought she doesn’t owe us anything so if she doesn’t win this race, she’s still going to be a good filly in the future and we’ll look after her but to come out and do that, it blew me away to tell the truth, hence why I got a bit emotional.
“I don’t know what else she’s got to prove this time in so she might go for a break now, that’s an option.’’
Click here for more from Inglis.
