Oloprey Another Rising Star for Fupeg & White’s
- Thursday, 06 August 0505 00:00
Oloprey is owned by prominent racing identities Geoff and Beryl White who also owned his illustrious half-siblings, Yippyio and Iglesia, out of the marvellous Marscay producer Yodells.
By highly-rated Coolmore stallion Fusaichi Pegasus, which seems nicely positioned to deliver on his enormous potential this season with the likes of Haradsun, Hachiman and John O'Shea's boom unraced filly Hollaback representing him, Oloprey is bred to be a star of the turf and will get his chance to push those credentials as trainer Jack Denham has nominated him for both the Canterbury Guineas and Victoria Derby.
"They are great people to train for, always have been and always will be," commented Allan Denham, acting on behalf of his father Jack, regarding the White's.
"He hasn't stopped improving and he's out of a very good mare as everyone knows."
"He's pretty good."
Oloprey, which started favourite ($3.90) in the field of nine, showed good speed to cruise to the front where he remained unchallenged and at the 600m mark the chestnut colt was travelling kindly for jockey Danny Beasley.
As the home straight beckoned his rivals made their moves but Oloprey was idling and he quickly let down strongly under hands and heels riding to go on and win by a convincing 2 length margin from Voltabolta and All Black Gold.
"He was never out of second gear today," said Danny Beasley.
"He's a very nice horse."
As mentioned above Oloprey is out of the Marscay mare Yodells and is half-relation to G1 Brisbane Cup and G1 Queensland Derby winner Yippyio and G2 Silver Slipper Stakes speed machine Iglesia who is now a most promising stallion for Neville Stewart's Oaklands Stud in Queensland.
Stakes winning Danehill mare Tyrolean also boasts Yodell's as her dam and has recently entered motherhood herself foaling a filly by Giant's Causeway and two colts by Encosta de Lago and Elusive Quality.
Yodell's is from the Paris Review mare Yodelling Lady who has also produced listed winner Yodelay, also by Marscay, and Queensland G3 winner Burglar of Bamff.
Other news emanating from the White-Denham camp concerns one of the anticipated spring heavyweights of the upcoming Sydney and Melbourne carnivals in mulitple G1 winner Eremein.
The son of Timber Country performed smartly in an exhibition gallop over 800m today with Allan Denham declaring he was "right on track" to resume in the G2 Warwick Stakes on August 26 with his main spring target being the G1 Cox Plate in late October.