Hidden Asset Too Good in The Championship Stakes

Hidden Asset Too Good in The Championship Stakes

The running of the $100,000 Group 2 Classic Hits Championship Stakes (2100m) at Ellerslie on Saturday saw a very strong performance from Hidden Asset to win his first black type race.

Trained by Shaune Ritchie and ridden by James McDonald, Hidden Asset (High Chaparral x Fragile Asset) was too strong for his competition despite racing greenly in the Ellerslie straight. The son of High Chaparral has only raced on two previous occasions for a win in his last start in the New Zealand Herald Mile, and a third on debut.

In a field that had some talented and far more seasoned runners, the win by the three-year-old was very impressive. Third home was another New Zealand Bloodstock graduate, the John Sargent trained Yourein (Reset), who very easily won the Listed Championship Stakes at his last start.

The son of High Chaparral was bought by his trainer Shaune Ritchie from Windsor Park Stud in the 2009 Karaka Premier Sale for $50,000. Hidden Asset holds a nomination for the New Zealand Derby in which he is now rated an $8 chance with the TAB.

High Chaparral has a draft of 19 colts and 14 fillies in the Karaka Yearling Sales with some very appealing young horses on offer. The 2009/2010 New Zealand Breeder of the Year, Windsor Park Stud, will offer the largest line-up of his young stock with 21 entries by the gun sire.

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