Cya -Art causes Boilover in group one Len Smith Mile

Cya Art (NZ) (Art major) caused a boilover when switching off the One Len Smith Mile (1609m) group in Menangle last Saturday.

The seven -year -old gelding had placed in the Group One Inter Dominion Pacing Championship Grand Final (3157m) in Albion Park in July, but was not placed in his subsequent four starts.

Despite the drawing of baitmarmen in Saturday’s mile, he was unwanted by gamblers, who let him float to $ 126 on the bag.

Cya Art was burned for early speed and returned three on the pegs where he was sent by driver Joshua Gallagher, while Kingman set a solid pace in advance.

Gallagher was able to find a path along the Marker -Pinnen, and Cya Art was able to improve the inside step by step, with the lead to go with 50 m and held to score with half a head on Captains Klop and a new race record of 1: 47.5 established.

Cya Art was initially offered via the NZB Standard Bred National Yearling Sale Draft from Wairau Farm 2019 in Karaka, where it was purchased by Stonewall Stud for $ 27,500.

In the care of trainers Steve and Amanda Telfer, he won five and placed in 17 of his 47 starts in Nieuw -Zeeland before his sale to Australia.

He won two more races for Jason Grimson about the Tasman, including the Group Three Shirley Turnbull Memorial (2790m), before he returned to New Zealand, where he became second to not stop dreaming in Group Three Junior Free-For-All (2600m).

He was then sold to Aleisha Gallagher for a $ 25,000 and joined the Kerryann Morris stable. He has proven to be a bargain for Gallagher, with the victory of Saturday who checks his income for these new connections after $ 150,000.

“He has been a real miracle. We only really bought him to chase the Carnival Cups,” said Joshua Gallagher.

“To go to Brisbane and run third (in the Inter Dominion) and come back here and win a Len Smith Mile, you don’t get much bigger.”