First Stakes win for Rightson

Strategic, one of the stalwarts of the Darley Australia roster, was provided with his 23rd individual Stakes winner on November 13, when the Barry Baldwin-trained Rightson sat up on the pace and careered away for a three length victory in the Listed All Hallows Handicap at Eagle Farm.

As honest as they come, Rightson has earned a prize money cheque at each of his last ten consecutive starts and was rewarded for that utter consistency with a dominant victory over the Eagle Farm mile.

Bred by Mr FA Coorey and Ms M L Johnson, Rightson is out of the Stakes performed Volcanic Prince mare Volcanic Mist. A full-brother to the G1 Galaxy Handicap winner Mistigec, Rightson is the winner of 10 starts and just shy of $500,000 in earnings for his connections.

The sire of G1-winning Champion two-year-old Meurice, Strategic (pictured) has been represented by three individual Stakes winners this season; Rightson, Illuminates and Haddle McDaddle.

One of the last sire sons of the recently deceased Newhaven Park-based Zeditave, Strategic is a record-breaking Champion sprinter that offers breeders an old-fashioned speed influence, while being a proven foil for international bloodlines.