Lloyd Kennewell is chasing another million dollar Magic Millions feature with talented four year-old Direct after the well bred son of Siyouni won the $175,000 Magic Millions Ballarat 3YO & 4YO Classic.
“It turned out perfect,” Kennewell reported. “Zac (Spain, rider) executed my plan perfectly. I couldn’t have asked for anything better really. It was a painless watch.”
•Direct – Yarraman Bred, Raised & Sold•
Claims the @mmsnippets 3 & 4 year old Classic under @lil_spaino96 for Lloyd Kennewell. The 4YO Gelding was Magic Millions purchase for @KennewellRacing & @MathewBecker from our 2020 Draft. Congratulations to all connections! pic.twitter.com/lFAkRPxcv8
— Yarraman Park Stud (@yarramanpark) November 19, 2022
Direct is unbeaten since a gelding operation with Kennewell saying he’s always shown above average ability.
“It’s a shame (having to geld). I thought he was one of the best colts in the sale when I bought him. I paid $400,000 for him. I specked him, I had no owners for him,” he said.
“He’s a 20 or 30 million dollar colt if he had won a Group One, but he’s not. Here we are now, everyone’s happy and he’ll be on the float to the Gold Coast.”
Kennewell said the Magic Millions Snippets, a race he won with former stable star Viddora, would be an ideal target.
Direct was a $400,000 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale buy from the Yarraman Park draft for Kennewell and was bred by Dalanna Bloodstock in partnership with Foxwood Stables.
A half sister to Direct by Yes Yes Yes is catalogued as Lot 512 for January’s 2023 Gold Coast Yearling Sale and is being prepared as part of the Yarraman Park Stud draft.
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