Redzel has the Everest and a couple of group ones on hie resume and on saturday added a Randwick track record for 1000m as he stormed away with the Group 2 Challenge Stakes .After being run down by Redkirk Warrior in the Lightning Stakes first-up, Redzel returned to winning ways with another show of sustained speed. Super Too set a frantic tempo leading by five lengths around the turn but Redzel's class came through as he zoomed past her to win from Jungle Edge with Super Too holding on for third. Redzel $8.221 million surpassed Black Caviar's prize money $7.953 million with the sizzling time of 55.73s to become just the second Australasian sprinter behind Chautauqua $8.821 million to top $8million in stakes .
Redzel Challenge Stakes Win
Redkirk Warrior
David Hayes described powerful sprinter Redkirk Warrior as the “best straight horse” he had trained in his long career when he won his second consecutive Newmarket handicap.The first horse since Razor Sharp in 1982 and 1983 and only the fourth horse to do so in the sprints 135-year history. Hayes suggested that the outside rail may still have been slower than
the inside section which underlined the magnitude of Redkirk Warrior’s
win. In a tight finish,he came down the outside rail to narrowly defeat Brave Smash and Merchant Navy on the inside section of the track . Redkirk Warrior the horse that was all but written off two years ago stamped himself a world-class sprinter who is now being seduced by
British Racing officials, eager for the horse to make the trip. It will
be a complete irony if Redkirk Warrior can return to England and win
their major sprinting races later this year, after England exported him
after just one start over 2000 metres to Hong Kong to be a Derby
contender in that country. The one-time Hong Kong Derby favourite
finished down the track before the gelding’s
troublesome feet forced owner, Jenny Tam Yuk-ching, to retire him to
Hayes yard in Australia. She retains ownership along with Edmond Lee
Man-bun. Hayes said Redkirk Warrior was a big chance to return to England to run at Royal Ascot and with world champion mare Winx being considered for the same trip and young Coolmore owned colt Merchant Navy expected to go as well. It could be great year for the aussies at Royal Ascot. Hayes is now looking towards Sydney’s biggest mile race, the Doncaster, won last year by Winx, with his sprinting star.
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