Yarraman Park had reason to be happy on New Year’s Eve with the dam of quality mare Konasana a new acquisition for the broodmare band.
Foaled and raised at Coolmore for Debbie Kepitis and her family, the Woppitt Bloodstock bred Dundeel mare Konasana was a Group winner last season at three and showed her class at Wyong on Tuesday when winning the $300,000 G3 Belle of the Turf Stakes (1625m) under the top weight of 59kg.
Ridden by Regan Bayliss, the Chris Waller-trained Konasana had to take the field up to tearaway leader Redbreast, who took some catching, but Konasana prevailed to win by half a length taking her overall record to five wins from 16 starts with prizemoney topping $574,000.
KONASANA wins the Belle Of The Turf!
The @cwallerracing mare does all the chasing and prevails in the Group 3 Gosford feature run at @WyongRaceClub cutting down tearaway leader Redbreast with Pier Pressure in third. @tabcomau pic.twitter.com/B2738ch3l3
— Racing NSW (@racing_nsw) December 31, 2024
“The win was full of merit as she had top weight and had to take the field up to the leader,” said stable representative Zane Jones.
“It was a really good win and she can go on from that.”
Konasana is the best of three winners from well-bred import Posing (USA), who Debbie Kepitis bought at the 2018 Inglis Chairman’s Sale from the Coolmore draft for $500,000 when in foal to Frankel with the resulting foal being minor winner Phosphene.
By Medicean, Posing is a granddaughter of G3-winning blue hen Magnificient Style, the dam of G1 winners Nathaniel, Great Heavens and Playful Act, and five more Group and Listed winners.
Posing was onsold in 2024 through the Inglis Australian Broodmare Sale where she made $210,000 when snapped up by Mitchell Bloodstock for Yarraman Park and she produced in November by St Mark’s Basilica (Fr).
Posing is now in foal to champion sire I Am Invincible.
