Coolangatta (Aus), the winner of the G1 Black Caviar Lightning S. on her final start on home turf at Flemington, has been acquired by Coolmore Australia. The daughter of Written Tycoon (Aus) will visit her fellow Lightning S. winner Home Affairs (Aus) during Australia's forthcoming breeding season.
Bred by Highclere Stud and trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace for a partnership which included Ozzie Kheir, Coolangatta was an exciting prospect from the outset. She was the decisive winner of the G3 Keeenland Gimcrack S. on debut at Randwick before adding another pair of stakes victories to her record and finishing third in the G1 Golden Slipper.
At three, she landed the first of her two Group 1 victories under Jamie Kah in the Moir S. at Moonee Valley, in which she beat a select field of older horses, including her stable-mate and fellow Group 1 winner Bella Nipotina (Aus) (Pride Of Dubai {Aus}).
“Coolangatta is one of the premier sprinting fillies seen in Australia in recent times. She was brilliantly fast and has an extremely attractive pedigree,” Tom Moore, Coolmore Australia's head of marketing and nominations, told TTR AusNZ.
“We found her an extremely appealing prospect and we feel she will be perfectly suited to Home Affairs, both of whom were Lightning Stakes winners down the straight at Flemington as 3-year-olds, both of whom are extremely fast and good-looking. We think she's the perfect mare for one of the most exciting young stallion prospects to retire to stud in a long time.”
A trip to Royal Ascot was teed up following Coolangatta's win in the Lightning in February and, on what would transpire to be her final outing, she finished six and a half lengths behind Bradsell (GB) (Tasleet {GB}) when 11th in the G1 King's Stand S. on her sole start outside Australia.
Moore added, “She will head up to Coolmore in the near future and prepare for her life as a broodmare. Tom Magnier and Ozzie [Kheir] have a good relationship and we have had plenty of luck together through Yes Yes Yes and Sir Dragonet, who was bought out of Ballydoyle before coming to Australia and winning the Cox Plate. We hope Coolangatta can continue to be lucky for the association and we thank Ozzie and his partners for entrusting us with the next stage of her career.”
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