Talented gelding Gay Deceiver provided Magic Millions with a significant seasonal milestone when he rattled home to win the juvenile event at Ipswich yesterday.
A son of Falvelon, Gay Deceiver finished too well over the concluding stages under former kiwi based hoop Patrick Holmes to beat Seastra in a photo finish.
Gay Deceiver scooped $20,500 in prizemoney from the win and that figure was enough to push this season’s prizemoney in Australia earned by Magic Millions graduates over $100 million.
The win is one of 4,253 achieved on Australian tracks this season (since August 1) for Magic Millions graduates. Along with 975 achieved internationally, the MM graduate win count over the same period is a staggering 5,228.
“We are proud of the achievements of our graduates,” Magic Millions Managing Director Vin Cox said. “For our graduates to have already earned $100 million in Australia alone with over two months to run, it’s fantastic.”
“Racing is all about winning and our graduates around the world have won over 5,200 races in 10 months – that’s phenomenal.”
“I’m confident this winning trend will continue for the remainder of the season and the years ahead with Magic Millions offering outstanding graduates around the country to our loyal clients.”
Yesterday’s milestone achiever is a son of former crack sprinter and now leading Queensland based sire Falvelon. He cost $60,000 when purchased from the draft of Royston Stud at last year’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.
Fittingly he is trained by Dan Bougoure, the man who put the polish on the grand sprinter – who won multiple Group One races at both home and abroad.
Gay Deceiver is one of 230 winners for Falvelon and is one of three winners produced by his stakes winning dam Miss Terrain.
By Spartacus, Miss Terrain earned black type when she won the Merson Cooper Stakes at Sandown and she’s now making a name for herself as a producer of note.
Her son Jypsiere (Snitzel) is an accomplished runner – three wins already, including a Brisbane success, and a black type earning third in the listed Ken Russell Memorial Classic as a two-year-old.
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