Another Golden Slipper has been run and won, and this year it was another son of Snitzel who was victorious. The bay colt out of the Blue Diamond winning Samaready was an impressive victor by over a length from Cylinder and King’s Gambit. Sadly in the race, the favourite, the unbeaten filly Learning To Fly lost her rider. Interestingly the Irish powerhouse Coolmore shared ownership of both of these runners which were trained by Chris Waller. For readers of the magazine, you may remember last month that we published a table of past winning sires and damsires. If you had studied that list, the breeding pattern will come as little surprise. But back to the Shinzo.
The colt rather surprisingly did not go through a sale. Instead he was retained by Tom Magnier who had purchased his dam in foal to Snitzel at the 2020 Inglis Chairman’s Sale. Nonetheless, his ownership group includes some of the biggest names