A METEORIC STRIKE AT RIPON FOR OBSERVATORY STAR
OBSERVATORY STAR (ex Pink Sovietstaia) a 78,000gns Tattersalls
October Yearling became Observatory’s 4th individual winner on
Saturday 11th June when winning the Totepool Awaybet Maiden Stakes
over 6f at Ripon.
Having run a pleasing fifth on debut over the same trip at
Doncaster on May 28th, Observatory Star stalked the early pace and
was then nudged into the lead with two furlongs to run and held off
the tenacious Godolphin runner Live Fast to win by ¾ length.
The colt is a half-brother to the multiple 2003 juvenile winner
Russian Ruby (Vettori) and is the third foal of the French scorer
Pink Sovietstaia (Soviet Star).
Date:
13 June 2005