Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm presented a draft of four yearlings at Magic Millions 2015 yearling sale last January. Among them was Lot 247 a Snitzel filly from Five Star Belle (pictured as a yearling). The filly was purchased by Mornington trainer Jason Warren (pictured below) and attracted a ladies ownership group to target the $500,000 Magic Millions 2yo bonus.
The filly was named The Seductress and debuted at Bendigo last October. The Seductress ran a credible third behind Dalradian who went on to win the $250,000 2yo Inglis Banner at his very next start. After the race The Seductress was diagnosed with a hamstring strain and provided remedial attention and a short break.
She returned in good order and impressed Jason at her first jump out who claimed “She has improved two lengths”. The plan was to trial her again before heading to Flemington for a 2yo filly’s race on New Year’s Day. But Jason identified a Bendigo 900m 2yo race that called for late nominations after attracting only six initial nominations – all were unraced. With VOBIS bonuses the race offered a total purse of more than $50,000. Jason decided to race rather than trial.
Jason commented after the race that she still has improvement and is on target for the 2yo filly’s race at Flemington on New Year’s Day.
The Seductress was the first foal from Five Star Belle. Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm is looking forward to presenting her second foal, Lot 227, a three quarter brother to The Seductress at the Magic Millions Gold Coast yearling sale in three weeks.
“The colt is by boom 2yo sire Not A Single Doubt. He is a real Magic Millions type with plenty of strength and power and like his three quarter sister should be up and running early”.
