Thursday, 2nd May 2024
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Western Sydney nursery Tyreel Stud provided its principals with a terrific start to the new racing season on Saturday. In what was a case of '10 memorable minutes' Tiger Of Malay (Extreme Choice) and Behemoth (All Too Hard) resumed with nail-biting Group victories. First, star 3YO Tiger Of Malay (Extreme Choice), first up since a successful Brisbane winter campaign, railed to win the feature Gr3 Up And Coming Stakes (1300m) at Kembla Grange. Just minutes later, popular sprinter Behemoth (All Too Hard) had to do it the hard way via the stewards room, scoring a deserved win in the Gr3 Spring Stakes at Morphettville after successfully protesting his initial second placing. Both Tiger Of Malay and Behemoth were sold by Tyreel's Linda and Laurence Monds, who also bred Behemoth, subsequently resold by Riversdale through Magic Millions. "It's days like this you just stop and say 'yep, I love my job','' a delighted Linda Monds said. "Tiger Of Malay, we foaled him down and raised him and sold him on behalf of his breeders and he was a beautiful colt, so strong from even the earliest of days and it's no surprise at all to see him doing what he's doing on the race track. Behemoth, I think everybody has a soft spot for Behemoth and he was so brave again today and it certainly looks like the spring carnival is going to be very exciting for both these horses."
