Our Hail Mary reigns in Trentham Stakes.
Waikato Stud-based sire Ocean Park (Thorn Park) sired his 13th stakes winner when Our Hail Mary (5 m ex Repenting by Ekraar) took out the Trentham Stakes (Gr 3, 2100m) on Saturday.
Coming into the race off the back of two victories, the five-year-old mare continued her good form when she beat Fiscal Fantasy (Skilled) by a quarter of a length, while Dr Velocious (Haradasun) was the same distance away in third.
"I think she's cemented herself as a future broodmare now," trainer and part-owner Allan Sharrock said.
"She's by Ocean Park out of a sister to Shez Sinsational, so she's got the pedigree behind her and the family is really firing at the moment.
"I'm proud of the mare, it wasn't easy for her today. There was a lot of pressure on all the way and she had to work hard, but to her credit, she really kept on giving."
Our Hail Mary is now the winner of six of her 13 starts, with the prospect of much more still to come.
"Over ground, I believe she'll get to the top level.
"But I'm not going to ask too much of her this time. I've got things like the Waikato Cup in mind for next season. There are a couple of fillies and mares' races coming up over the next few months, those could be nice options for her."
Those include the Manawatu Breeders' Stakes (Gr 3, 2000m) on April 9 and the Travis Stakes (Gr 2, 2000m) on May 1.
Purchased by her trainer for NZ$35,000 at the 2017 New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka National Yearling Sale, Our Hail Mary is out of winning Ekraar (Red Ransom) mare Repenting, who is herself a sister to multiple Group 1 winner Shez Sinsational.
Shez Sinsational is herself the dam of Listed winner Sinarahma (Darci Brahma).
In 2019 Repenting produced a colt by Ocean Park's barmate Tivaci (High Chaparral).
Ocean Park has 17 lots catalogued at the New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka 2021 - Book 1 Sale.
