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Son of Zariz wins Listed Adelaide Guineas
MAY 7, 2012: Resident Kooringal Stud stallion Zariz continued his excellent sequence of results by supplying the winner of the Listed SAJC Adelaide Guineas (1600m) staged on the South Australian Derby program at Morphettville in Adelaide.
Sent to post the $5 third favourite of a competitive 3-year-old stakes contest, Riziz was always in contention from a very early stage of the race and loomed as the horse to beat on the home turn. And so it proved, with Riziz easily assuming control of the feature at the top of the straight before clearing out to a two-and-a-quarter length success.
Riziz has now won three of his nine career starts and took his career earnings to close on $140,000 with his Listed Race success. The Ken Sweeney-trained gelding has also placed on four occasions, his previous performance seeing him finish runner-up in the Listed SAJC HC Nitschke Stakes when only beaten a long-neck.
Riziz became the third stakes winner sired by Zariz, whose progeny also include the very recent Group 3 ATC Sebring Stakes winner Zaratone. Significantly, the offspring of Zariz have now won in black-type company at 1100, 1600 and 2500 metres. |
