From TDN: Mishani Mental became the second winner for Aquis’ first-season sire The Mission when victorious in the Sky Racing H. (1100 metres) at Doomben on Saturday.
TDN: Daily News Wrap – Second winner for The Mission
ANZ Bloodstock: Morning Briefing – Two for The Mission
From ANZ Bloodstock: Aquis Farm-based first-season stallion The Mission (Choisir) sired his second winner Mishani Mental (2 g ex Mishani Lotus by Octagonal) landed a race over 1110 metres at Doomben yesterday.
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Breednet: Second $100,000 Bonus for Crooks as Mishani Mental Breaks his Maiden at Doomben
From Breednet: Making his fifth start in seven weeks, the 2yo The Mission gelding Mishani Mental broke through for his first win in Saturday’s Sky Racing Hcp (1100m) at Doomben and banked another $100,000 Aquis bonus for owner/breeder Mike Crooks.
Townsville Bulletin: Mishani Mental finds form at Doomben after failed plunge
From Townsville Bulletin: A week after a plunge went astray on Mishani Mental, the two-year-old shocked his trainer after winning the QTIS 2YO and a $100,000 bonus at Doomben.
The plunge was on seven days earlier for no result but Mishani Mental bounced back at Doomben on Saturday, winning the QTIS 2YO (1100m) and a $100,000 bonus from Aquis in the process.
The Advertiser (SA): Mishani Mental finds form at Doomben after failed plunge
From The Advertiser (SA): A week after a plunge went astray on Mishani Mental, the two-year-old shocked his trainer after winning the QTIS 2YO and a $100,000 bonus at Doomben.
The plunge was on seven days earlier for no result but Mishani Mental bounced back at Doomben on Saturday, winning the QTIS 2YO (1100m) and a $100,000 bonus from Aquis in the process.
TDN: The Mission with another juvenile trial winner on the Gold Coast
From TDN: The 2-year-old season continued to emerge on Tuesday, with a number of juvenile trials hosted by the Gold Coast Turf Club. First off the bat was a victory for the smart filly Perfect Mission, who gave her Queensland-based Aquis Farm sire The Mission another reason to cheer.
TDN: First stakes winner for Divine Prophet on Oaks Day
From TDN: The G3 Darley Ottawa S. was a celebratory result for Aquis Farm on Oaks Day, giving its Caulfield Guineas-winning stallion Divine Prophet his very first stakes winner.
The G3 Darley Ottawa S. was the first of the features on VRC Oaks Day, a sprint over 1000 metres for the juvenile fillies. It proved a busy field with 18 horses going to post, and the result went the way of See You In Heaven, who provided her sire, Aquis Farm’s Divine Prophet, with his very first stakes winner.
Breednet: First Stakes Winner for Divine Prophet
From Breednet: Fifteen two-year-old fillies charged down the Flemington straight in the Group III Darley Ottawa Stakes (1000m) on Oaks Day and it was the unraced division that dominated the finish.
Looking every inch a true professional, the Richard and Chantelle Jolly-trained See You in Heaven went straight as an arrow down the centre of the track to ring up the first stakes-winner for Aquis Farm’s Caulfield Guineas hero Divine Prophet (Choisir).
Breednet: The Mission Off The Mark
From Breednet: Aquis Farm’s The Mission became the third first crop stallion to put a winner on the board when the Les Ross-trained Mishani Warfare scored a richly deserved win in the Moet & Chandon Hcp (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
A close-up second on debut in the $75,000 Pat O’Shea Stakes at Toowoomba on September 5, Mishani Warfare clocked in third in the $105,000 Widden – Basil Nolan Jnr Plate (1000m) at Eagle Farm on October 9.
Breednet: Aquis Farm – It’s All Happening
From Breednet: It’s a fairly safe bet that, come 2.23pm Saturday, everyone associated with Aquis Farm will be either at Toowoomba racecourse or parked in front of a TV somewhere.
For the first 2YO race of the season in Queensland, Aquis Farm has a close interest in four of the nine runners: each of them by first season sire, The Mission.