Embellish 3YO back in style

Bulb General crowned his return from serious illness with an impressive breakthrough victory at Sha Tin.

Our homebred son of Embellish had begun his Hong Kong career in encouraging style with a debut third earlier this year before he was sidelined.

“He raced very well in February and the form out of the race was strong and, unfortunately, he did get held up with a little bout of colic after his first run,” trainer Jamie Richards told the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

“He’s made a full recovery, and it looks like he’s got a few rating points up his sleeve. We’ll let the horse do the talking next season and hopefully he can work his way through the grades.”

The three-year-old delivered his first winning strike over 1200 metres under rider Zac Purton.

Bulb General was bought out of our Book 1 draft at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale for $175,000 by Richards and Andrew Williams Bloodstock and was a juvenile trial winner at Te Rapa before relocating to Hong Kong.

He is the first winner for the Fastnet Rock mare Stylish Achiever who has since produced another son, Bellish Boy, and daughter of Embellish and is back in foal to our resident sire.

Stylish Achiever is out of the G3 Irwin Stakes and G1 Robert Sangster Stakes third Flying Object.

The Peintre Celebre mare is a daughter of the five-time Group 3 winner and she has also produced Sanziro, successful in the G2 Maribyrnong Plate and G3 Blue Diamond Preview.

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