First Light Racing - Group 1 winning stable ensuring racehorse owners enjoy all the great thrills of racehorse ownership Instagram📸: @first_light_racing
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💥TRACKSIDE WINNER OF THE WEEK 💥
Our #WinnerOfTheWeek presented by Trackside Photography is Brindavan.
5yo gelding Brindavan (Belardo x Cork Harbour) won the Open Handicap 1600m at Eagle Farm on Saturday for @FirstLight_FLR ridden by Ben Thompson & strapped by Shania Lyons.
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Bonny mare Surfin' Bird delivered stakes win no. 7 on The Autumn Sun's record this Spring with victory in @TheValley Crystal Mile G2 on Cox Plate Day at Flemington for @FirstLight_FLR, @GaiWaterhouse1, Adrian Bott & breeder @MakybeS! 👏👏👏
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Another G2 winner! #MoreMagic
Surfin' Bird (The Autumn Sun-Summer Surf) was a $120,000 Strawberry Hill Stud Dispersal Sale buy for @GaiWaterhouse1, Adrian Bott & @bruceaslade. Carries the @FirstLight_FLR colours to victory!
#ClassOf2023
SURFIN' BIRD HOLDS OUT BUCKAROO🏄♀️
Another Cox Plate Day second for Buckaroo as Gai and Adrian's Mare with the Group 2 Kia Ora Stud Mile!
@JChilds47 @GaiWaterhouse1
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No turning back … after capturing her first stakes victory (at start #11) in the Group 3 Vase two weeks ago, favourite Surfin’ Bird has repeated the dose in the Group 2 Crystal Mile over 1600m at @FlemingtonVRC.
Trained by @GaiWaterhouse1 & Adrian Bott, the 5YO mare is by @ArrowfieldStud’s The Autumn Sun from a half sister to Golden Slipper winner & sire, Farnan and Listed winner & sire, Sandbar.
Originally sold by @Milburn_Creek to Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott / @bruceaslade at the 2023 Gold Coast Magic Millions Yearling Sale, Surfin’ Bird was subsequently knocked down to Waterhouse/Bott/Kestrel and @FirstLight_FLR at the 2023 Strawberry Hill Dispersal.
#ItPaysToBuyAustralian
@mmsnippets
SURFIN' BIRD HOLDS OUT BUCKAROO🏄♀️
Another Cox Plate Day second for Buckaroo as Gai and Adrian's Mare with the Group 2 Kia Ora Stud Mile!
@JChilds47 @GaiWaterhouse1
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RIDING THE CREST OF A WAVE! 🌊
SURFIN’ BIRD 🏄♀️ (5m The Autumn Sun x Summer Surf) is building serious momentum! Backing up her Group 3 Vase victory, the progressive mare makes it consecutive stakes wins with another impressive display in the G2 KIA ORA STUD MILE (1600m) 🏆
she was a $280,000 yearling purchase before changing hands for $120,000 at the 2023 Strawberry Hill Stud Dispersal, secured by @GaiWaterhouse1 & Adrian Bott / @bruceaslade / @FirstLight_FLR 💛💙
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Syndicators had a day out last Saturday in feature races with their Magic Millions purchases! Can they do it again tomorrow?
Best of luck to all ownership groups around Australia tomorrow.
#MoreMagic
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🏇 Another Magic Millions G1 winner!
✨Saintly Dancer (St Mark’s Basilica-Thinkyoucandance) has landed the G1 MRC Thousand Guineas over 1600m!
💰 Purchased for $100,000 at the 2025 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, she has now earned $1,183,960. Bred by Llanhennock Trust and trained by Ciaron Maher.
🎉Congratulations to all connections!
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There were tears and cheers and when Saintly Dancer scored a dashing win in Saturday's Group One Thousand Guineas for @FirstLight_FLR, @cmaherracing, @blake_shinn and connections. She was a @WentwoodGrange Gold Coast Yearling Sale buy for connections!
#MoreMagic #MagicMoments
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Saintly Dancer had some help from above on Saturday 😇
Xander caught up with part owner Lee Smith before his first ever horse raced to Group 1 glory in the Thousand Guineas!
@FirstLight_FLR
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💃Saintly Dancer caps a brilliant spring with a G1 Thousand Guineas triumph!
🤩 The $100,000 yearling buy delivers Group 1 glory for @FirstLight_FLR while breeder Wentwood Grange celebrates a remarkable run of black-type success. 🍀
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🔵St Mark's Basilica 🔵
Saintly By Name, Sensational By Nature!
@CoolmoreAus
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📰 Saturday's G1 Thousand Guineas winner Saintly Dancer has pulled up well. Tim Wilson from @FirstLight_FLR has confirmed she will go to the paddock. Races like the Angus Armanasco and Kewney in the Melbourne autumn are on the radar before a planned trip to Sydney.
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Saintly by name 😇 Sensational by nature ✨️
Saintly Dancer produces a dominant front-running display to land the Gr.1 Thousand Guineas in emphatic style for @cmaherracing and owners @FirstLight_FLR 🙌
More G1 winners at the same stage than NIGHT OF THUNDER, FRANKEL, SHAMARDAL, KINGMAN, LOPE DE VEGA, SIYOUNI, TOO DARN HOT etc 🔷
A Classic winner from his first Australian crop, just like in Europe with French Guineas and Oaks heroine Diamond Necklace 💎
ST MARK'S BASILICA 👑
@CoolmoreAus | buff.ly/MRSXAHA
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"How she won today was nothing short of devastating."
Bargain buy Saintly Dancer crowned a brilliant first preparation with Group 1 Thousand Guineas success at Caulfield. @gilbertgardiner @cmaherracing @blake_shinn
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"She's a serious filly" 😇💃
Another Group 1 winner for Team Maher, and they get the quinella in the Thousand Guineas with Saintly Dancer and Icelady 🤯
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"We told the owners 'she'll probably have one run and go the paddock'." 😅
Owner Tim Wilson reflects on Saintly Dancer's incredible first preparation, which ends in G1 Thousand Guineas glory 🙌
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Saintly Dancer runs her rivals ragged in the Group 1 Thousand Guineas, handing Ciaron Maher a quinella and @blake_shinn his first G1 victory since returning from injury! 🏆🙌
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Wet or dry, Saintly Dancer doesn't care.
Two weeks ago she bolted in by six lengths on a Heavy 10 at Flemington. Today on a Good 4 she won the Thousand Guineas, turning the tables on Icelady, who beat her in the Prelude.
Paid $4.60 SP. Who was on?
First Light Racing retweeted
She's done it again - now a Group One winner!
Saintly Dancer (St Mark's Basilica-Thinkyoucandance) was a $100,000 Gold Coast Yearling Sale buy for @FirstLight_FLR & @cmaherracing from the draft of @WentwoodGrange.
#ClassOf2025
SAINTLY DANCER ALL THE WAY 😇💃
Blake Shinn goes back-to-back in the Thousand Guineas as Ciaron Maher's filly leads throughout!
@blake_shinn @cmaherracing
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A SAINTLY PERFORMANCE 👑
SAINTLY DANCER 💃 (3f St Mark’s Basilica x Thinkyoucandance) dances her way to Group 1 glory at Caulfield, producing a brilliant performance to claim the G1 THOUSAND GUINEAS (1600M) 🏆
A bargain $100,000 purchase for @FirstLight_FLR / @cmaherracing from the @WentwoodGrange draft at the 2025 @mmsnippets Gold Coast Yearling Sale 💰
SAINTLY DANCER ALL THE WAY 😇💃
Blake Shinn goes back-to-back in the Thousand Guineas as Ciaron Maher's filly leads throughout!
@blake_shinn @cmaherracing