Ridden forward from an outside gate, Ondina led all the way and hung on
strongly to take the 1600 metre Black Type event by a long head.A bargain $40,000 Magic Millions National Yearling Sale purchase for Star Thoroughbreds from the Tyreel Stud draft, Ondina has won three of six starts earning over $100,000 in prizemoney.
Bred by Dean Fleming, Ondina is a half-sister to smart Melbourne winner Holy Cow from the stakes-placed Irish import Mermaid Island (IRE), a half-sister to Group Irish Thousand Guineas winner Nightime.
Mermaid Island was sold last year as part of the Tyreel Stud Dispersal fetching $80,000 and is now with successful boutique Hunter Valley breeder David Bentata.
She produced a Foxwedge filly last spring and was subsequently covered by Pierro.
Ondina is the third stakes-winner for Arrowfield Stud's promising young sire Manhattan Rain, who has 10 entries for the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale. Click here to see them.
