Having only his third career start, the Stephen McKee-trained Knight’s Tour scored an exciting win in the G2 Great Northern Guineas over 1600m at Ellerslie, New Zealand.
Holding a nomination to the G1 New Zealand Derby in March, the progressive son of the unbeaten Reset is sure to improve as he gets further into his current preparation with his main aim being the G1 classic.
Bred by Darley Australia, Knight’s Tour is out of the Machiavellian mare Hestia, and comes from the family of Octagonal’s G1 winner Laverock as well as this season’s Stakes-winning Lonhro juvenile Pierro. Hesita has a two-year-old by Lonhro in the Peter Snowden stable named Tiryns, a yearling by Commands, and foaled a filly by Medaglia d’Oro in early December.
The sire if 16 international Stakes winners, Reset has been enjoying a great season through the deeds of G1 WS Cox Plate winner Pinker Pinker, as well as the recent G3 success in New Zealand of Cassini. Having just finished covering his most recent season at Darley's Northwood Park, Reset is currently the leading Victorian-based Stakes-winning sire.
