Mexican Rose: From Karaka Million to Singapore Juvenile Championship

7 July 2009

Karaka Select Sale graduate and Karaka Million contestant Mexican Rose scored at her first start in Singapore�on Sunday�night en route to Singapore's $200,000 Group 3 Juvenile Championship.

Mexican Rose

Mexican Rose wins in Singapore on debut��������������

�Photo: Singapore Turf Club

Trained by Singapore-based Kiwi trainer Laurie Laxon, the filly landed in Singapore with a big reputation having won two of three starts in New Zealand for Bruce Wallace, and finishing sixth to The Heckler in New Zealand Bloodstock's $1,000,000 Karaka Million.

Mexican Rose's (Volksraad x Down View, by Gone West) professionalism and tough fighting qualities, which saw her beat the likes of future Group 1 winner Kaaptan and Group 1 placed Seven Schillings at her second start, were evident for all to see at Kranji.

Taking up the running for Saimee Jumaat as short priced favourite, Mexican Rose lengthened her stride nicely in front before Always Certain began, what ended up being a strong challenge all the way to the line, around the final bend.

Mexican Rose showed all the tenacity that New Zealand race-goers had become accustomed to, beating off all challenges to score by half-a-length from Always Certain (Not a Single Doubt), with the remainder of the thirteen horse field, headed by Another Sunday (Hurricane Sky), six lengths further back and counting.

Her time in the S$65,000 Open 2YO (1200m) of 1.10.40 was the second fastest time of six races held over the 1200m Kranji turf track, with all other races staged for older competitors.

Mexican Rose will now head for the S$200,000 Juvenile Championship on July 24 for her owners Jupiter Stable. Run by Tang Weng Fei, Jupiter Stable has had plenty of recent success with New Zealand purchases including a victory in the Second-led of the Singapore 3YO Challenge with Given Vision just last weekend.

Mexican Rose was purchased for the stable by Laxon at the 2008 Karaka Select Sale for $85,000 from the draft of Chesterfields. From an international family, Mexican Rose is the third winner for her young Gone West dam Down View. This is the family of Group 1 Arlington Million winner Mill Native (Exclusive Native) and Group 1 French 2000 Guineas placed French Stress (Sham).

Down View is due to foal to Group 1 winning juvenile One Cool Cat (Storm Cat) for the Rivermonte Stud and Watership Downs Stud breeding partnership this season.

New Zealand Bloodstock graduates claimed a further five winners in Singapore over the weekend. These include:

Horse Breeding Race Sale� Vendor Price Buyer
Msixteen Danewin x Christer Sing TC Class 5 (1000m) 06RTR Weatherly B'stock $105,000 NZB as agent
Magic Key Magic Albert x Mount the Moon Sing TC Maiden (1200m) 06RTR Anzac Lodge $140,000 Lim Siah Mong
Fuku Kitaru Ishiguru x Southern Jewel Sing TC Rest. Maiden (1200m) 08RTR Chequers Stud $37,500 Soon Hock Lee
Shinko Express Shinko King x Lady Barrister Sing TC Class 5 (1200m) 06K2 The Oaks $22,500 Grant Cooksley
Sinfive Desert Fox x Golden Diva Sing TC Class 4 (1600m) 06Wean Twin Pines $2,100 RA Roberts

New Zealand Bloodstock will offer a number of opportunities to secure the stock of Mexican Rose's sire Volksraad over the next month including two lots at the South Island Sale of 2YOs and Mixed Bloodstock.

Lot 64 - Chestnut Colt - Volksraad x Soundoration (Sound Reason) - Grange Farm

��������� By New Zealand's leading sire, this rising 2YO colt is out of a Group 1 New Zealand Cup winner Soundoration, herself the dam of seven winners including stakes placed Le Alto.

Lot 180 - Sassytrik 2004 (Volksraad x Morangie, by Cache of Gold) - Te Akau Stables

��������� A winner this season, Sassytrik is a racing and breeding proposition being from Listed Rotorua Stakes winner Morangie, thus making her a full-sister to four time winner and multiple Group 3 placed Lord Volksraad.

Your next opportunity to buy from New Zealand Bloodstock is the Winter Mixed Bloodstock Sale on Sunday 2 August followed by the South Island Sale of 2YOs & Mixed Bloodstock on Friday�7 August.

Contact reception@nzb.co.nz for more information.