Drakenstein Stud’s successful resident sire, and former Cartier Champion, Duke Of Marmalade enjoyed success at Sha Tin on Saturday when his son Hinyuen Swiftness won the Peridot Handicap over 1200m in fine style.
The 7yo gelding made it Hong Kong win number three when Hinyuen Swiftness stayed on to post a one and three quarter length win.
The winner pictured as a yearling
Hinyuen Swiftness raced under the name of One For One in Australia, where his victories included a triumph in the 2015 Listed Poseidon Stakes.
He was purchased off the 2014 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale Summer Book off the The Old Crossing, Singleton draft for A$ 40 000
Out of the Canny Lad mare Stolen Girlfriend, Hinyuen Swiftness is one of 44 stakes winners sired by Duke Of Marmalade, the Cartier Champion Older Male of 2008.
Sire of more than 70 stakes horses in total, Duke Of Marmalade, a five time G1 winning son of Danehill, is best known as the sire of Gr1 winners Big Orange, Nutan, Simple Verse, Sound Of Freedom and Star Of Seville.
Duke Of Marmalade, whose first two South African crops have both already produced graded stakes winners, has 16 lots on the 2020 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale at end July.
