Quarterback puts family in shop window for NZB Ready to Run Sale
A timely boost for the commercial prospects of a sibling due to go under the hammer next week came at Warwick Farm on Wednesday when Quarterback scored an emphatic maiden victory for Chris Waller.
The well-backed favourite led home a stable first four in the $100,000 Super Maiden (1400m), with James McDonald steering the three-year-old clear in the closing stages to score by more than a length.
Quarterback’s breakthrough came in his third start this preparation, after showing promise with two placings as a two-year-old last season, before an unplaced run in the Group 2 BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes prompted his gelding.
He was a $120,000 Karaka Book 1 purchase from Pencarrow Stud by Mulcaster Bloodstock and Chris Waller Racing.
The result also comes at an opportune time for the family, with Apex Bloodstock preparing to offer a two-year-old half-brother by Hello Youmzain at next week’s NZB Ready to Run Sale as Lot 256.
Quarterback is the third winner from four runners out of Floating Heart, a winning daughter of Encosta de Lago and Group 3 winner Amaryllis, while his half-brother Ka Ying Lightning has made an outstanding start to his Hong Kong career, winning all three starts for trainer David Hall.
