Fire Away relative wows on debut


Wilgerbosdrift’s well bred young sire Fire Away, who has made such a positive impression with his first yearlings this season, hails from the same family as a very impressive recent debut winner.

Promising two-year-old Major Dude, whose unbeaten third dam Personal Ensign also ranks as the granddam of Fire Away , made the perfect start to his racing career when romping home to a facile debut win at Monmouth Park on Saturday.

The 2-year-old Bolt D’Oro colt, owned by Spendthrift Farm, was bottled up behind and inside horses for the first three furlongs. When a narrow opening appeared at the top of the stretch, Major Dude shot through like a much more experienced horse and rolled home to win by 3 ¾-lengths in :59.60 on a fast main track.

Spendthrift purchased Major Dude for $550,000 out of the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling sale.

Major Dude is out of the Distorted Humor mare Mary Rita -a dual winner who ran third in the Orleans Stakes.

Fire Away’s outstanding sire War Front also made headlines on Saturday when his daughter Stolen Holiday won the G3 Eatontown Stakes at Monmouth Park.

Fire Away, whose yearlings made up to R1 600 000 at this year’s National Yearling Sale, has three lots on offer at the upcoming KZN Yearling Sale.Fire Away relative wows on debut
Wilgerbosdrift’s well bred young sire Fire Away, who has made such a positive impression with his first yearlings this season, hails from the same family as a very impressive recent debut winner.

Promising two-year-old Major Dude, whose unbeaten third dam Personal Ensign also ranks as the granddam of Fire Away , made the perfect start to his racing career when romping home to a facile debut win at Monmouth Park on Saturday.
The 2-year-old Bolt D’Oro colt, owned by Spendthrift Farm, was bottled up behind and inside horses for the first three furlongs. When a narrow opening appeared at the top of the stretch, Major Dude shot through like a much more experienced horse and rolled home to win by 3 ¾-lengths in :59.60 on a fast main track.
Spendthrift purchased Major Dude for $550,000 out of the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling sale.

Major Dude is out of the Distorted Humor mare Mary Rita -a dual winner who ran third in the Orleans Stakes.

Fire Away’s outstanding sire War Front also made headlines on Saturday when his daughter Stolen Holiday won the G3 Eatontown Stakes at Monmouth Park.

Fire Away, whose yearlings made up to R1 600 000 at this year’s National Yearling Sale, has three lots on offer at the upcoming KZN Yearling Sale.