Coming out of Tempted’s (Street Boss {USA}) Gr.2 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint left Skyhook (Written Tycoon) with a point to prove, and he was successful in franking that race’s form with a big win in the Gr.3 Hawkesbury Guineas at Hawkesbury’s metropolitan meeting on Saturday.
The Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou trainee cruised to the front and kicked away from his rivals to post victory by a length and a half over Burma Star (Exceed And Excel). The victory, and the colt’s desired race programming pattern, has connections thinking about a Stradbroke tilt this winter.
“Skyhook is a well-bred colt so you have to look at Group 1 options like the Doomben 10,000 (on May 16),” co-trainer Ryan said.
“But I believe this horse likes his races spaced and we might look at something like the Fred Best Classic (on May 30). If he wins that race, then he gets into the Stradbroke field.”
In 11 starts, Skyhook has amassed three Stakes wins, with his other victories coming in the Gr.3 Pago Pago Stakes and the Listed Rosebud in the spring.
Sales: Skyhook was a $575,000 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale purchase for his trainers from the Arrowfield Stud draft, and belongs to a syndicate that includes Matthew Ennis of Stallion Match.
Pedigree: Skyhook is out of Madame Pauline (Redoute’s Choice), a winning half-sister to Anders, as well as Listed winners Ostraka (Pariah) and Caffe Florian (Snitzel) and the stakes performers Battleground (Snitzel) and Satin Love (Snitzel). Their dam Madame Andree is the only daughter of the talented but subfertile War Emblem (USA) in Australia.
Written for TTRAusNZ
