saga’s g1 bound duo!
Real Saga finished his debut stallion season last year as one of the most promising prospects in the land and in front of some very big names on the Australian 2YO Sires table. In fact, in finishing 4th nationally, there were only 3 in front of him and they are three of the very best – Exceed And Excel, Northern Meteor and Snitzel.
Saturday’s results confirmed that Real Saga is far from a one season wonder though and he can truly be classified as a sire on the rise as the young Glenlogan Park resident continues to go from strength with strong performances across the entire country.
At Eagle Farm Real Saga registered another city winning double with the ‘tough as teak’ 2YO No Problem proving unstoppable and the very promising 3YO stayer Solo Saga stepping out against the older horses over the 2100m to deliver the performance of the day in Brisbane.
Couple this with the excellent run by Real Surreal to finish a closing 2nd in the G2 Surround Stakes at Warwick Farm and the future is looking very rosy indeed for the young stallion.
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Real Surreal, who was having only her second run back from a 13 month break, showed she is right on track to peak at her next outing, the $600,000 G1 Coolmore Stakes due to be run on March 22 with a very gutsy performance to finish a neck behind Thump.
The classy filly is just getting fitter and fitter and will be a force to be reckoned with if she can draw a favourable barrier in 2 weeks’ time.
Her jockey, James McDonald, was full of praise for her after the race and will be entering the Coolmore confident he is on board a filly with the right credentials to figure in the finish.
Another Real Saga youngster headed for a G1 date over the Sydney Autumn Carnival is the Bevan Laming trained Solo Saga.
solo saga “grew wings” to come from the tail of the field to beat the older horses .
Photo Courtesy Trackside Photography
Solo Saga has just been crying out for distance this whole preparation and his effort at Eagle Farm on Saturday against the older horses over 2100m was nothing short of astounding.
“I’ve been saying for a long time now that I think this fellow is a very good horse,” Laming said not long after the race. “All we have needed is 2000m or further, an opportunity to ride him quietly and then let him attack the line – and that’s exactly what he got on Saturday.
“We have always had the ($2million G1) AJC Derby in mind as his target and I can see no reason to deviate from that now.
“We know he will relish the distance and we know he has a really good turn of foot when he is allowed to relax into his races.
“He will probably have one more start in 3 weeks and then, all going well, it will be another 2 weeks into the Derby (run on April 12).”
Solo Saga’s effort to come from the rear of the field and reel off an astonishing burst of speed over the final 300m came just 2 races after his paternal sibling No Problem had claimed yet another impressive victory.
real saga’s consistent 2yo, no problem, kept on his winning way .
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No Problem can lay claim to being one of the toughest 2YO’s seen this season as he is still in his first racing prep – which kicked off back in November of last year.
However, the Len Trelour prepared youngster keeps taking all before him and has already pocketed almost $200,000 in prizemoney with the promise of much more to come.
From his last 5 starts, the Real Saga colt has won 3 times and finished in the placings the other 2.
