Second Stakes Win for St Peter's Gift (NZ)

Second Stakes Win for St Peter's Gift (NZ)

Racing in Macau on Saturday night saw the game New Zealand bred galloper St Peter's Gift notch up his second stakes win for the season in the Listed Macau Director's Cup (1500m).

Trained by J Lau, St Peter's Gift (NZ) (St. Petersburg x Royal Pass) took his fifth win in the Macau feature from only 14 career starts.

The four-year-old has been racing in good form over the season winning the Listed Macau Derby Trial over 1500 metres before running fourth in the Derby, and second in the Listed Macau Gold Cup at his last start.

New Zealand bred horses are having a strong season in Macau with four individual black-type winners taking six black-type races, making New Zealand one of the leading countries for stakes success in Macau this season.

Feature wins by New Zealand bred horses in Macau this season include the Listed Winter Trophy winner Easy Choice (NZ), the Listed Macau Guineas Prelude and Spring Trophy winner Kaaptan (NZ) who won the Group 1 Diamond Stakes in New Zealand, and the Listed Macau Guineas and Macau Derby winner Imabayboy (NZ).

St Peter's Gift was purchased by New Zealand Bloodstock as Agent from Leafland Stud at the 2008 South Island Sale of Two-Year-Olds and Mixed Bloodstock for $30,000. He was then offered at the 2008 Ready to Run Sale where he was purchased by New Zealand Bloodstock as Agent from Anzac Lodge for $100,000.

New Zealand Bloodstock's South Island Sale of Two-Year-Olds & Mixed Bloodstock will be held at Canterbury Agricultural Park, Christchurch on 12 August. Catalogues for the Sale will be available from the first week of July.
Born to Rock Gets Black-Type

The Mike Moroney trained Born to Rock showed her class at Ipswich on Saturday as she produced a tough performance to take her first black-type race in the Listed Gai Waterhouse Classic (1350m).

Ridden by jockey Mathew Palmer, Born to Rock (Fastnet Rock x Call Me Pretty) was taken straight to the front from the barriers and set a solid pace before going two lengths clear in the straight. The end result a one-and-a-quarter length win, her fourth victory from 11 race day appearances.

Formerly trained by Stephen McKee, Born to Rock contested two legs of the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series in her eight New Zealand starts this season before being transferred to the Moroney stable. The win was her second in Australia after winning first up at Ipswich in early May.

Born to Rock was offered by Esker Lodge at the 2009 Karaka Premier Sale and has now earned over $100,000 in stakes.

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