Family sounds winning siren for Coyle
Written by Paul Vettise.
Inside knowledge landed Siren’s Fury (Myboycharlie {Ire}) in the Warwick Farm stable of part-owner Jason Coyle and she’s proved to be a smart piece of business with a brace of Group 3 wins on the board and the promise of more to come.
Coyle won four races with half-sister Storm Siren (Excites) and that prompted him to contact breeders Torryburn Stud and a private deal was subsequently done to secure the now 6-year-old.
“She won a few races and went all right so I rang the stud and we bought her off the farm and she’s doing a really good job for us,” he said.
Siren’s Fury has won six races, including the G3 Star Kingdom H. and the G3 Dark Jewel Classic and at Rosehill on Saturday will look to add the G3 Iron Jack Festival S. to her CV.
She goes into the race second-up after closing late for seventh when resuming in the $1 million The Hunter at Newcastle.
“I think she was probably a shade unlucky. It was Glen Boss’ first ride on the horse and by his own admission he was a pair or so further back than he needed to be the way she left the barrier,” Coyle said.
“Possibly, landing that pair closer might have run her into the first three. She’s showed enough that even though she’s a bit older she has come back in good order.
She has a racing pattern that isn’t ideal as she can get out of her ground and always flashing home as was highlighted first-up.
“The step up to 1550 metres will be advantageous, bearing in mind I think we’ve still got a horse that can improve again into a Villiers.
“She’s had a few little issues here and there and as a younger horse she had feet problems. Just enough to not be perfect, but overall she’s pretty straight forward.
“She’s not the best track worker in the world and the main thing about her is that she turns up on race day and performs well.
“Her form may not look fantastic on paper, but when you go through it run to run she’s generally pretty honest and not too far away. “
Siren’s Fury has attracted interest as a breeding proposition, but that has been put to one side until next year.
“I’d say she will be sold as a broodmare. There was discussion at the end of her last preparation after she got beaten 4l in the G1 Tatt’s Tiara, but we couldn’t broker a deal that both parties were happy with,” Coyle said.
“The prizemoney around is great and we’ve got an autumn carnival with her and possibly the winter and hopefully she can pick up a race more or two and put a bit more money in the account. We’ll probably look to move her as a broodmare at the end of this season.”
Siren’s Fury is a daughter of two-time winner De Chorus (Unbridled’s Song {USA}), whose dam Val De Grace (NZ) (Centaine) was a stakes winner, who has also produced the dual Hong Kong Group 2 winner Hot King Prawn (Denman).
“He might come back in and win a Group 1. I think it’s a really nice young family,” Coyle said. “What we value her at isn’t always what a buyer might value her at and it’s just a matter of finding the right ground.
“The perfect scenario would be for her to go on and win the Villiers and all of a sudden you’ve got a few more interested buyers so hopefully that’s the case.
“Obviously, I think she’s going to be competitive on Saturday and then there’ll still be a bit of improvement left and she’ll be cherry ripe third-up.”
Published by TDN Australia/New Zealand