First-season sire Belardo continued his flying run of form in the northern hemisphere when siring his third Stakes winner on Saturday with Lullaby Moon in the Listed Two Year Old Trophy at Redcar.
Sent off hot favourite, the two-year-old filly tracked the leaders, making headway two furlongs out under jockey Rossa Ryan, the filly kept on well to edge out her challengers and win by half a length.
Lullaby Moon is the best performer from the winning Indesatchel mare Bold Bidder, herself a half-sister to the Stakes-placed pair of Better Built and Right Answer.
Champion two-year-old Belardo has enjoyed a fantastic run of form siring three Stakes winners in the space of eight days. They are led by dual Group winner Isabella Giles, who took the Gr.2 Rockfel Stakes last week at Newmarket, with Elysium following up 48 hours later to win the Gr.3 Park Stakes at the Curragh.
Belardo was represented by his first runners in New Zealand on Saturday, with Avonallo and Roussanne finishing second and third behind impressive Riccarton winner Follow Your Dreams, a son of Contributer.
Belardo stands at Haunui Farm for a fee of $10,000+gst this season.
