Cristal Magnum Shines At Sha Tin (February 17 2010)

The well-related Cristal Magnum struck his first winning blow in Hong Kong last night when he was successful at Sha Tin. The WS-bred and sold Pins three-year-old is trained by Tony Cruz and was ridden to victory over 1400 metres by Felix Coetzee.

A half-brother to Gr 2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes winner Irlanda (O'Reilly), Cristal Magnum is out of the Centaine mare Cenphic who was a winner in Australia. She is from a strong tail female line with her mother Seraphic the Gr 3 winner of the Rotorua Challenge Stakes and Gr 1 placed while third dam Torquay won the Gr 2 Great Northern Oaks.

Cristal Magnum was a $120,000 purchase for the Hong Kong Jockey Club from WS's 2008 Premier Sale consignment. Victorian bloodstock agent Robert Roulston bought the half-brother by O'Reilly out of the Matamata farm's draft for $60,000 at Karaka earlier this month.