Kiwis Quinella Listed Macau Winter Trophy

Kiwis Quinella Listed Macau Winter Trophy

Macau's second stakes race of the 2010/2011 season, the M$750,000 Listed Macau Trophy (1800m) has seen New Zealand horses quinella the feature race of the meeting.

In a thrilling finish, Easy Choice (Howbaddouwantit x Diamond Dust) came from off the rails in the straight to run down fellow New Zealand bred St Peters Gift (St. Petersburg x Royal Pass) to win by a nose in a tight photo finish.

Trained by Stephen Chow, Easy Choice has raced on 29 occasions winning nine of his race day appearances and placing in a further four, earning his owners Kwan Kwong Cheung Evans and Tong Yiu Ming over M$2.2 million in stakes.

Easy Choice was bought by Glenn Old from Airlie Stud at the 2007 Carnival Sale for only $14,000.

New Zealand Bloodstock graduates also won four other races in the meeting, see below for full details.
Horse Breeding Race NZB Sale Details
Star Ruler Viking Ruler x Stylish Malt Perak TC Class 4 H, 1600m V. Whakanui Stud Ltd. B. WALLACE THOROUGHBREDS. 06 Premier Sale P. $52,500
Excellent Goal Black Minnaloushe x Miss Sacha Perak TC Class 5 H, 1400m V. Windsor Park Stud. B. MR BB NEO. 08 Select Sale P. $85,000
Lucky Five Stars Captain Rio - Shaadhu Macau Ranchi H, 1000m V. Phoenix Park. B. MRS MC HARKEMA. 07 National Weanling Sale P. $24,000
Sleeping Princess Handsome Ransom x Vanilla Ice Macau Salem H, 1500m V. Ashwell Farm. B. GARY MUDGWAY BLOODSTOCK. 08 Festival Sale P. $60,000

© Scoop Media