Lady Shenandoah wins the G1 Flight Stakes

Source: Arrowfield

The Friday morning scratching of Flight Stakes favourite Autumn Glow was, to say the least, very disappointing for her owners Hermitage Thoroughbreds & Arrowfield Stud.

But Saturday afternoon brought swift and welcome consolation, when Lady Shenandoah swept to a 3-length victory in the $750,000 Sydney fillies’ Classic over Randwick’s famous mile, defeating Harlem Queen and Snow In May (The Autumn Sun’s 7th Group 1 performer).

She brings up a series of milestones as the:

• 20th Group 1 winner for multiple Champion Sire Snitzel
• 84th graduate Group 1 winner for Arrowfield
• 2nd Group 1 winner bought by Hermitage from Arrowfield (after The Autumn Sun)
• 12th Group 1 winner bred by Arrowfield & John Leaver’s Planette Thoroughbred
• 17th Group 1 winner from Arrowfield’s Inglis Easter drafts, 2013-2023

Lady Shenandoah was joined by Land Legend (The Metropolitan G1) & Via Sistina (Turnbull S. G1) to deliver a Group 1 treble on the day for champion trainer Chris Waller, and her jockey Zac Lloyd also piloted Airman to an upset victory in the Premiere S. G2.

Lloyd enthused about Lady Shenandoah, “What a filly and obviously I am very lucky to land on her…It was scintillating.

“She travelled like the winner the whole way and I just had to count to five before I let her go. But I don’t think it mattered, she is very good.”

Purchased from Arrowfield for $525,000 by Hermitage at Inglis Easter, Lady Shenandoah is the fifth foal of Star Pupil, a Paul Messara-trained winning daughter of Starcraft and the grand racemare & producer Ain’t Seen Nothin’.