Storming Finish Earns Marquardt Second Listed Win

Resilient mare Marquardt put in an outstanding performance at Randwick on
Saturday to claim her second black type victory in the Listed
Starstable.com.au Nivison (1200m).

The New Zealand Bloodstock graduate was positioned towards the rear of the
field early before swinging wide in the straight and with a powerful burst
of speed stormed home to pip Dorf Command by half a length. A length away
for third was race-favorite Kiss From A Rose.

Trained by John Thompson for Patinack Farm, Marquardt gained her first
listed win as a three-year-old in the MRC Twilight Glow Stakes (1400m) in
November. The daughter of Shamardal now has $305,625 in stakes earnings to
her name and has clocked up three wins and three placings from 11 career
starts.

Thompson had high praise for the tough four-year-old.
"She is a war-horse and you would not know. She's got three steel pins in a
front leg and she broke her pelvis. You can't give this mare enough
credit."

Out of Centaine mare Centrefold Angel, Marquardt was purchased by Patinack
Farm for $100,000 from her breeder, Little Avondale Stud, at the 2008
Premier Yearling Sale.

Sire of dual Group 1 winner Faint Perfume, Shamardal has seven yearlings
nominated for Karaka 2011. The National Yearling Sales Series is set to run
from 31 January - 7 February at Karaka with catalogues available 26
November.

Karaka graduates also had success in Singapore and Hong Kong over the
weekend with five winners:

HorseBreeding RaceBreederNZB Sale Details
WindspoutPostponsed x OcarinaSingapore Maiden (1200m)Karaka Group LtdB. Mr
CP McNab V. Twin Pines S. 08 Carnival Sale P. $35,000

RotoruaChianti x TangeloSingapore Initiation (1400m)Mrs F I & F T
DrummondB. MJ See V. Cheval Stud S. 08 Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed
Bloodstock Sale P. $44,000

TransformersRossini x GoldrimSingapore Class 5 (1000m)A W Jones & Mrs E W
MorrisV. Windfield Farms Ltd S. 06 Ready to Run P. Psd. $14,000 Res.
$28,000

Mutual Friendship Bertolini x Kincaple Lass Hong Kong Class 3 (1200m)J R
DoigV. Rich Hill Stud S. 05 Select Sale P. Psd. $26,000 Res. $30,000

North HillO'Reilly x Conte PartinoHong Kong Class 3 (1600m)Rick Smith
Bloodstock (NZ) LtdB. Mr R Collett V. Wentwood Grange S. 05 Select Sale P.
$40,000