ACQUISITION from Western Australia this year of the awesomely bred Mosayter (USA) (Storm Cat – Bashayer, by Mr. Prospector) for her Argyle Thoroughbreds stud and agistment farm at Panuara near Orange in central western New South Wales has reaped quick rewards in the new racing year for Louise Ellis.
Two of the offspring got from Mosayter’s limited opportunity in the West were successful in a space of 24 hours in the first week of August, the 5-year-old mare Rose recording an eye-catching 2.3 lengths win at Perth’s Belmont, covering the 1000 metre journey in 0:57.60, and new 3-year-old Mickey Drippin beating 14 others in a1300m race at provincial Northam.
Appearing for only the third time, Mickey Drippin followed that win with a third at Belmont on August 14. He had been fourth on debut on this track on July 21 and had won a trial there on June 28.
Winner earlier of two trials, Rose has now been successful in both her race starts, scoring by 1.5 lengths at Northam on debut on July 22 and then winning at Belmont. She was a short priced favourite each time.
Both these Mosayter winners are from mares by sires who represent the prepotent Grey Sovereign male line. Rose, a half-sister to Group1 WATC Railway Stakes winner El Presidente, is from Cottage Rose, a mare by the good Western Australian importation Cheraw, and Mickey Drippin from Mystical Profit, a winner by the Kenmare sire Tribu and from Picnic Brook, a daughter of Lunchtime. Tribu is also sire of Borsha’s Warrior, winner for the eleventh time when successful at Doomben on Saturday.
Listed to stand his first New South Wales season on $4,400, Mosayter appeals as one of the best bred sires stand in the central west. His Storm Cat – Mr. Prospector mare cross breeding is the same as that which produced the Coolmore, Hunter valley shuttler Tale of the Cat and One Cool Cat, the sire from use in New Zealand of Winter King, a Listed winner at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Mosayter and Tale of the Cat are from the same illustrious family.
