Making his second race track appearance, the Bryan Guy-trained Rare Find proved too good for his opposition, winning the first race on the Ipswich seven-race card by two lengths.
Ridden by Michael Cahill, the $32,000 Magic Millions graduate powered down the home straight to become the first Australian winner, and second overall, for the Stakes-winning Gonski.
Bred by Bill Duncan Bloodstock Pty Ltd, Rare Find is out of the winning Shinko Forest mare Rare Prospect, a half-sister to the multiple Stakes winner Judge Connelly.
With all nine of the Gonski’s raced two-year-old's earning prizemoney, the two yearlings he has on offer at the upcoming Inglis Premier yearling sale are going to be well worth the wait.
Both selling on the fourth day of the sale, Lot 675, a bay colt from the Euclase mare Zip You Up comes from the family of G1 AJC Oaks winner Wild Iris.
Two lots later, a bay or brown filly from the draft of Shady Lane Thoroughbreds has received a significant pedigree update since the catalogue went to print due to the Stakes victory of Exceed And Excel gelding Canali which appears close up in the in family.
A winner of the Listed Concept Sport Stakes over G1 winner Perfectly Ready by two-and-a-quarter lengths, Gonski defeated no fewer than nine G1 winners throughout his career and was rated within four points of Champion Stratum after a wide-margin Rosehill victory debut.
