Stakes Success for Causeway Queen
11th February 2008
Tony Vasil’s in-form filly Causeway Queen (3f Giant's Causeway x Soul Singer, by Danehill) marched to her fifth successive win when claiming a Black Type success in the Listed TRC Strutt Stakes in Tasmania on Monday.She overcame a wide barrier to defeat smart filly Hidden Wonder, who went down by half a length in the 2100 metre event for three year-old fillies.
A maiden winner at Seymour as a two year-old, Causeway Queen has been a revelation this preparation in climbing every hurdle put in front of her to emerge as a stakes-winner with the imposing record of six wins from 10 starts and prizemoney of $165,430.
A $90,000 purchase for renowned syndicator Harry Lawton from the draft of Curraghmore Stud at the 2006 NZB Premier Yearling Sale, Causeway Queen becomes the 38th stakes-winner worldwide for former Coolmore shuttler Giant’s Causeway , now based permanently in Kentucky where he commands a fee of $US125,000.
Causeway Queen was bred by prominent Sydney owner Peter Horwitz out of his good metropolitan winning Danehill mare Soul Singer.
A half-sister to stakes-winner Sir Linford and stakes-placed performers Our Axeman and Soul Queen, Soul Singer was also bred by Mr Horwitz being from his stakes-winning mare Aretha(sold to WA in 2005), a daughter of former champion racehorse Sir Dapper, who carried the well-known Horwitz grey and red colours to victory in the 1983 Golden Slipper.
Giant’s Causeway shuttled to Australia for three seasons and then Coolmore and partners imported a number of mares to Australia in foal to him Southern Hemisphere time in late 2005.
The resulting foals from those pregnancies are now yearlings so there are a small number of Giant’s Causeway youngsters that will be offered at Australian sales in 2008 including two at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale in Melbourne and two more at the Magic Millions Sale on the Gold Coast.