Daughter of Astern returns in style in G3 Toy Show Quality

Parisal won her second Stakes race and rewarded her sire Astern with another Stakes success when she resumed from a spell on Saturday, 19 August to win the G3 Toy Show Quality over 1,100m at Royal Randwick.

First-up after finishing second in the G3 P.J. Bell Stakes at Randwick on 1 April, Parisal survived a wide run to grab Queen Of The Ball in the shadows of the past to win by a half-neck. Parisal triumphed over a high-class field that included the G1 winner, Zougotcha.

A Stakes winner at Moonee Valley in March, Parisal took her record to four wins and two placings from seven starts for prize money earnings of $444,875.

Out of the Stakes winner Circular - the dam of exciting colt Cylinder, has a yearling filly by Bivouac and is in foal to Brazen Beau - Parisal ran right up to her recent excellent trials.

Godolphin head trainer James Cummings said he would target “low-hanging fruit” with the four-year-old mare during the spring.

Astern won five races - including the 2016 G1 Golden Rose (1,400m) - and was placed twice from just nine starts.

His progeny include G1 winners Golden Mile and Affaire A Suivre, and G2 winners Aft Cabin, Seradess and Sail By.

Last season, Astern was the only stallion in Australia to sire two G1-winning three-year-olds.

Astern has sired nine Stakes winners of 18 Stakes races and will stand at Kelvinside for a service fee of $22,000, GST inclusive.