Post from Inglis,
Beautifully-bred filly Global Goal (Pinatubo) entered rare air at Randwick today, winning a G1 at just her fourth career start when proving too strong in the Flight Stakes.
Global Goal was trained to perfection by John Sargent for today’s assignment over the Randwick mile – she resumed with a ‘flashing light’ 3rd in the G2 Silver Shadow Stakes over 1200m in August before again storming home over the 1400m at her final lead-up in the G2 Tea Rose Stakes.
Since debuting with a victory in the Inglis Challenge on Wagga Gold Cup Day in May, owner Jonathan Munz always believed he had another potential G1 horse on his hands and Global Goal proved him right today, becoming the 127th individual Inglis graduate to win a G1 since 2018.
Dean Hawthorne purchased Global Goal (pictured) – on behalf of Munz – at the Easter Yearling Sale for $250,000.
She was offered by Arrowfield, who bred the horse alongside Munz’s GSA Bloodstock.
Arrowfield’s Jon Freyer was anything but surprised by today’s result.
“She’s a really classy filly. It’s great Jonathan bought her at Easter, she was certainly very popular,’’ Freyer said.
“It’s onwards and upwards with her now, she’s still quite raw so it was a great effort.
“The mare [Tides] is an absolutely stunning mare. She’s a sister to Shoals and we thought she was going to really be A-Grade but she had a couple of setbacks and we retired her but it’s no surprise she’s making it as a broodmare.
“Global Goal was a lightly framed horse at Easter but very athletic, a lovely mover and a quality filly and it’s no surprise at all that she can gallop. She’s top class.’’
Winning trainer Sargent added: “She is going to the paddock Monday, she’ll either stay there and have a spell or we could look at the G1 Spring Champion Stakes or the G1 Thousand Guineas. There is not a lot of her and she will be better in the autumn.
“She deserved that win, she was peaking at the right time. [Jockey] Dylan [Gibbons] rode her a treat, it was always going to be tactical but he used his head, got on his bike early and she outstayed them.”
