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Our Boy Malachi Heading For The Top

Top Echelon sprinter Our Boy Malachi continued his remarkable rise from country sprinter to potential Group One winner with a classy first-up win in the G3 Hall Mark Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.

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From his lowly beginnings in northern Queensland, Our Boy Malachi has built the amazing record of 17 wins in 19 starts and is unbeaten in four Sydney starts since his transfer from Rockhampton to the Hawkes stable at Rosehill.

His Sydney wins include three Group and Listed races and have the six-year-old gelding set to return to his native Queensland for a Group One treble that would make him one of the hjighest rat6ing sprinters in Australia.

Co-trainer Michael Hawkes said Our Boy Malachi had earned an assault on the Brisbane sprint treble of the G1 BTC Cup (1200m), G1 Doomben 10,000 (1350m) and G1 Stradbroke Handicap (1350m) in May and June.

“He’s good enough,” Hawkes said. “He’s a marvel, he just does it himself.”

Our Boy Malachi had suffered only two losses in 13 races before his owner-breeders the Donovan family from Rockhampton decided he deserved his chance with the Hawkjes stable in Sydney.

“The boys in Rocky did a great job with him,” Hawkes said. “It’s a family affair and I’m sure everyone at Rocky would be pretty proud.”

Our Boy Malachi has amassed $474,000 prize money and is the best-performed of seven winners to race out of his dam, the winning mare Rusticate (Rustic Amber).

His fourth dam is Ada Hunter, the famed imported mare who produced six winners including the champion Kingston Town

Our Boy Malachi’s sire Top Echelon, a son of Umatilla, was an outstanding juvenile, racing six times for two wins and two placings including a second in the G1 TJ Smith at Eagle Farm.

He is out of a Kingston Rule mare that is a three quarter sister to the stakes placed Champagne Kiss and closely related to the G1 Epsom Handicap winner Regal Native.

From limited opportunities at stud he has sired 56 winners from 81 runners, including last year’s G1 Stradbroke winner River Lad, stakes winners Lady Echelon and Ellawisdom, 17-time winner Craiglea Tina and stakes placed pair Topping (8 wins) and Nickiera (7 wins).


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Randwick Saturday, 18th April 2015

5f212y TURF SOFT
AUD $150,800

Ticketek Hall Mark Stakes (G3)

AUD $150,800
Age: 3yo and up Type: OPEN
5f212y TURF SOFT
FP Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 10. OUR BOY MALACHI (AUS) 6yo G
TOP ECHELON (AUS) - RUSTICATE (AUS)
TOMMY BERRY
M, W & J HAWKES
$2.5
57.5kg
R M Donovan, Mrs K A Donovan & Miss J M Donovan
2nd 13. CRAFTINESS (AUS) 4yo G
STARCRAFT (NZ) - ROSECUTTER (AUS)
BLAKE SHINN
JOSEPH PRIDE
$8
56kg
S A Stuckey, J I Cooper, Ms M J Cooper, J R Barker & Mrs K G Barker
3rd 11. HIDDEN WARRIOR (AUS) 5yo G
HIDDEN DRAGON (AUS) - MARCOVETTE (AUS)
JIM CASSIDY
GORDON YORKE
$67
56kg
G S Heber, Mrs P A Heber, Miss K Heber, J D Beck & Mrs N L Beck

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4th 4. FAST 'N' ROCKING (AUS) 4yo G
FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - FOR THE GOOD TIMES (AUS)
KERRIN MCEVOY
D HAYES & T DABERNIG
$13
58.5kg
5th 2. CHARLIE BOY (AUS) 4yo G
MYBOYCHARLIE (IRE) - MARITIME (AUS)
TYE ANGLAND
PETER & PAUL SNOWDEN
$16
59kg

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6th 8. TARGET IN SIGHT (AUS) 5yo G
NADEEM (AUS) - XAARANTHE (AUS)
JOSH PARR
JOSEPH PRIDE
$7.5
58kg

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7th 7. RAIN AFFAIR (AUS) 7yo G
COMMANDS (AUS) - I BELIEVE (AUS)
STEVE ARNOLD
JOSEPH PRIDE
$41
58kg
8th 1. ROCK STURDY (AUS) 4yo H
FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - TZU HSI (AUS)
HUGH BOWMAN
JOSEPH PRIDE
$17
59kg

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9th 3. BIG MONEY (AUS) 5yo G
CHOISIR (AUS) - LYN'S MONEY (AUS)
ROBERT THOMPSON
RODNEY NORTHAM
$7.5
58.5kg

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10th 12. VASHKA (AUS) 4yo G
EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - ZAROYALE (NZ)
JAMES MCDONALD
JOHN O'SHEA
$12
56kg
11th 6. HEART TESTA (AUS) 5yo G
TESTA ROSSA (AUS) - GRACIELA (AUS)
DAMIEN OLIVER
CHRIS WALLER
$41
58kg

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12th 5. DECISION TIME (AUS) 7yo G
FOREPLAY (AUS) - DAUNTING THOUGHT (AUS)
BRENTON AVDULLA
CLARRY CONNERS
$51
58kg
13th 9. WOULDNT IT BE NICE (AUS) 4yo G
CHOISIR (AUS) - MIA CAT DANCER (USA)
SAM CLIPPERTON
PAUL PERRY
$101
58kg

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