Extension of Time Wins Tasmanian Dash for Cash

Wednesday, 28 February 2007 00:00

Extension of Time wins in Adelaide on debut

The rise of Dash for Cash as one of the country's most talented first season sires continued at Launceston today with his classy daughter Extension of Time winning the $100,000 Shaw Magic Millions 2YO Classic.

A member of the powerful David Hayes stable, Extension of Time sat on the speed throughout before sweeping to the lead in the straight and winning in great style.

At her fourth career run the daughter of Group winning Fraar mare Nina Haraka packed too many guns for her rivals and delighted her connections.

"It was a great win," Hayes' stable foreman Gary Fennessy said.

"She's a tough filly and I'm certain she will be better when the distances go up," Fennessy added.

Hayes elected to send the filly to Tasmania after a debut win in Adelaide and a narrow third placing at Sandown in Melbourne.

"There were a couple of nice races down here," Fennessy reported. "She could easily have stayed and won in Melbourne."

Extension of Time was purchased by prominent Melbourne bloodstock agent Mark Pilkington for $150,000 at last year's Magic Millions Yearling Sale on the Gold Coast.

The bay filly has now earned over $104,000 with the promise of plenty more to come - particularly as she matures into a three-year-old and her distances head out toward a mile.

Extension of Time is a fitting winner of a race restricted to graduates of Magic Millions Yearling Sales. As well as being a MM graduate herself, her sire Dash for Cash and dam Nina Haraka were both MM buys who raced to Group race success prior to being retired for stud.

Extension of Time

The effort of the runner-up Gelignite Speed (Partners Choice) was excellent for Jodi Borrett and Jim Mason. The multiple winner looks set to be a stakes performer in the near future.

Third place was filled by the Hemingway youngster Robevale - for the Murphy and Keys combination.

Dash for Cash, the sire of today's Classic winner Extension of Time and a resident of the Sangster family's Swettenham Stud in Victoria, has made a dream start to his siring career.

He has been represented by four individual winners from just ten runners. The four winners are all metropolitan winners. He already has two stakes performers.

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