First-season sire Epaulette recorded a new winner in impressive style on 24 May, when his son Chookie Dunedin won at the first time of asking at Ayr in Scotland.
Soon in front under jockey Dougie Costello, the Keith Dalgleish-trained colt dictated the pace throughout the 1200m contest and professional throughout, Chookie Dunedin kept to his task superbly to win by a head from the fast-finishing Bustam.
Chookie Dunedin was bred by D and J Raeburn and is out of the multiple winner Lady Of Windsor, now dam of no fewer than seven successful runners including Black type winner Chookie Royale. They are from the family of Lowther Stakes heroine Miss Demure.
Epaulette, also sire of French winner Fas le Fios, won the Black Opal Stakes and was second in the G2 Todman Slipper Trial at two. He went on to take the G1 Golden Rose in record time and the G1 Doomben 10,000, finding only Black Caviar too good in the G1 T J Smith.
Epaulette stands at Kelvinside at a fee of $22,000 including GST.
