Arrowfield Stud stallion Fuji Kiseki sired a stakes winning double on the weekend
with the four-year-old mares Gun and Rose and Tenshi No Kiseki successful in Japan.
Gun and Rose (ex Lufira) won the Tochio
Tokubetsu, a 1200m race on the grass at Niigata. Set alight from the start she was never
under any pressure and drew clear by comfortable 1-½ lengths and set a new track record
time of 1:07.5. A day later, Tenshi No Kiseki (ex Be Bop a Lu) took her record to 6 wins
from 11 starts when she stormed home to win the Kokura Nikkei Open also over 1200m on the
turf.
Fuji Kisekis oldest Australian
progeny are three year olds and look set for a big spring this year. The unbeaten stakes
winner Flashed (ex Bright Light) is due to resume in the William Crockett Stakes LR at
Moonee Valley on the 17th of August, while Fuji Kisekis other Australian
stakes winner Fuji Dancer (ex Dancers Glory) is due to resume a week later along
with Its Who Deanie (ex Deanie) in the Quezette Stakes LR at Caulfield.
Promising Zembu (ex Wanice), Lana Belle (ex
Jadeva Belle), Dark Topaze (ex Speedy Topaze) and the unraced And Shintaro (ex Elevate),
are all set to start shortly with stakes campaigns in mind.
"He has proven extremely popular with
breeders here in Australia with a full book of 120 mares for this season. He has a lot to
offer given that he has proven that he can get a top class horse and they seem to cope
with the training conditions found here. Also his stud record shows that he loves the
major strains of Northern Dancer and Mr Prospector so he suits a big proportion of the
broodmare population," said Arrowfields Byron Rogers. |