Causeway Queen Back in Form

30th August 2008

Quality mare Causeway Queen (4m Giant's Causeway x Soul Singer, by Danehill) bounced back from an out of character failure when resuming from a spell to post a powerful win at Caulfield on Saturday in the open event over 1400 metres.

The Tony Vasil trained Causeway Queen was undefeated last preparation winning six consecutive races culminating in a stakes double in Tasmania in February, so it was good to see her recapture peak form with so many good mares races on offer during the spring.

A $90,000 purchase for renowned syndicator Harry Lawton from the draft of Curraghmore Stud at the 2006 NZB Premier Yearling Sale, Causeway Queen has won eight of 13 starts winning $300,480.

She is one of the better Australian performers for former shuttler and leading US sire Giant’s Causeway, now based permanently in Kentucky where he commands a fee of $US125,000.

Causeway Queen was bred by prominent Sydney owner Peter Horwitz out of his good metropolitan winning Danehill mare Soul Singer.

A half-sister to stakes-winner Sir Linford and stakes-placed performers Our Axeman and Soul Queen, Soul Singer was also bred by Mr Horwitz being from his stakes-winning mare Aretha(sold to WA in 2005), a daughter of former champion racehorse Sir Dapper, who carried the well-known Horwitz grey and red colours to victory in the 1983 Golden Slipper.