Our exciting young sire Dissident has had a flurry of winners in the past month including Pancho, who raised the bar at Flemington on Saturday to grab some Black Type with a close third in the Listed VRC Taj Rossi Final.
The Chris Waller trained youngster scored a good win at Sandown two starts ago and then was an unlucky fifth at Flemington over 1400 metres to Rubisaki when he was eased at the start.
He was close to Rubisaki again in this 1600 metre test for budding young stayers, finishing strongly for third beaten less than a length behind well regarded Rubisaki and the ultimate winner Fabulanski.
Bred by Sledmere Stud, Pancho made $150,000 as a weanling at the Magic Millions National Sale when bought by Hancock Quality Bloodstock (FBAA)/Newgate Farm and was then re-offered by Newgate at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale fetching $165,000 to the bid of Laurel Oak Bloodstock.
Pancho has won nearly $50,000 already for his lucky owners and is the first winner for Group III placed Written Tycoon mare Novel Dancer, who is now in foal to another young Newgate sire in Russian Revolution.
Already the sire of two stakes horses in Challa and Foxborough, Dissident stands at Newgate at a fee of $27,500.