Two-year-old Written Tycoon filly Tyresa completed a great day for trainer Kelly Schweida with a hugely impressive performance in the Listed Tattersall’s Life Members Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm.
Ridden by Larry Cassidy, Tyresa came with a barnstorming finish to defeat Honey Pot by two and a half lengths.
Making her seventh start of the season, Tyresa has been thereabouts since winning over the same track and distance on April 2.
“All her runs have been good. In the Group I the other day Larry thought she have finished closer than three lengths,” Schweida said.
“We really freshened her up. black-type is so important. She’s a three-quarter sister to Capitalist.
“Our jockey was pretty confident, and I thought she was over the odds. They are a good bunch of owners in this horse. She’s been in for a long time. This is her first prep really, but winning black type is gold for these fillies.”
Bred by Nick Vass and foaled and raised at Newgate, Tyresa was a $90,000 purchase for her trainer from the Newgate draft at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale.
She is the first foal to race out of the unraced Real Saga mare Stresa, a half-sister to Golden Slipper and Magic Millions 2yo Classic winner Capitalist, who is also by Written Tycoon.
Not surprisingly Stresa visited Written Tycoon in her first five seasons and Darby Racing purchased her yearling filly for $180,000 at the 2022 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.