Coolmore stalwart
Choisir is seldom without a top class performer and added a ninth Group I winner to his tally in the UK on Saturday with his tough and consistent juvenile colt
The Last Lion capturing the
Group I Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket.
The Mark Johnston trained The Last Lion led throughout and held his rivals at bay to win the six furlong sprint by three quarters of a length over the favourite Blue Point, a Godolphin runner by Shamardal.
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UK Racing Post offered praise for The Last Lion, who has had a busy season racking up four wins and six placings from 10 starts - THE LAST LION led all the way, despite racing into the wind, and willingly fought on from the favourite, who´d beaten him into third at York. He´s proved admirably consistent throughout the season, and it says plenty for his durability that he produced his best performance so far on his tenth start. He´s a sprinter, and Royal Ascot´s Commonwealth Cup picks itself as his target next year .
The Last Lion is one of 77 stakes-winners for Choisir, who sired a smart new stakes-winner at Rosehill on Saturday in Zenalicious (pictured).
Zenalicious set a class record at 1 minute and 22.56 seconds winning the Listed Reginald Allen Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill - 10 days after winning a Warwick Farm maiden at her third start.
Choisir stands at a fee of $29,700 at Coolmore alongside his champion son Starspangledbanner at $24,750. His four time Group I wining Irish bred son Olympic Glory (IRE) stands at Arrowfield at a fee of $19,250 and has his first Australian foals on the ground this spring.
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