Windsor Park Stud shuttle stallion Charm Spirit was provided with his third stakes winner when Qatar Racing’s three-year-old colt Kick On lead throughout to land the Listed Feilden Stakes (1800m) at Newmarket.
A course maiden winner over a mile at two, the John Gosden-trained colt built on his sixth-place finish in the Gr.1 Vertem Futurity Trophy (1600m) at Doncaster in October to hold off a sustained surge from Walkinthesand by a neck, with that pair pulling four and a half lengths clear of Boerhan in third.
Kick On joins yourtimeisnow and Aretha, who landed the Gr.2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) prior to running a half-length second in the Gr.1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) as stakes winners for Charm Spirit, who is currently serving mares in the UK at Tweenhills Stud for a fee of £17,500.
The son of Invincible Spirit has also been represented by a host of trial winners in New Zealand and looks an exciting young stallion prospect.
The game Kick On makes all and gives John Gosden a third Feilden Stakes success in five years under @oismurphy for @Qatar_Racing at @NewmarketRace pic.twitter.com/bNNxnSGt0Y
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) April 16, 2019