Shamardal, Europe’s leading first-season sire, recorded two Black type winners within minutes of each other in Australia on 3 October when two-year-old colt Run For Wilson landed the Listed NSW Breeders Plate on his racecourse debut at Randwick, shortly followed by victory for Shamoline Warrior in the UCI Stakes at Flemington.
Patinack Farm’s Run For Wilson became Shamardal’s first Australian Stakes winner, flying down the straight to record a length-and-three-quarter win in the five-furlong NSW Breeders Plate. His paternal half-brother Jigsaws took second in the race to provide their sire with the quinella.
Minutes later at Flemington, Shamoline Warrior established himself as a leading contender for the Victoria Derby with a half-length victory in the nine-furlong UCI Stakes.
Also on Saturday, Cape Cross recorded a new Stakes winner when his son Who Knows landed the G3 GR Kelt Memorial at Hastings in New Zealand.
