The Australian-bred Harry’s Angel colt St Harry is led in after an impressive debut win on Tuesday at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth (Picture: Wayne Marks)
The Australian-bred Peter Muscutt-trained St Harry impressed all and sundry on Tuesday at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth when losing ground at the start before going from last to first with a devastating finishing run.
Marsh Shirtliff was breeding in Australia at one stage off a farm called Glastonbury Farms and St Harry was one of the horses he bred.
He recently sold the dam of St Harry having owned her outright.
St Harry was put on Australia’s Inglis Great Southern Sale for broodmares and weanlings in June 2024, but Marsh then decided to withdraw him.
He came over to South Africa with a batch of three others brought over by Andy Williams of Worldwide Bloodstock and he was put on the BSA National Yearling Sale, where he was purchased for R900,000.
Marsh was not sure how good St Harry was going to be but he said, “I knew it was a good stallion (Gr 1 July Cup winner Harry’s Angel), I loved the stallion.”
He was not surprised by his debut and said, “Peter was very bullish and always has been.”
There was some irony in St Harry beating home two Vaughan Marshall-trained horses on Tuesday, because Vaughan was apparently the underbidder at the Sale.
St Harry is owned by Messrs G A R Sturlese, H J Da Silva, B W Hamilton, S Perumal, S Poriazis & Dr R Rotham.
