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A stylish debut performance by a two-year-old filly at Randwick on Saturday marked the first Southern Hemisphere success for Haunui Farm shuttle stallion Ribchester.
Godolphin's Plymstock began her career on the perfect note in the Heineken 3 Handicap (1000m), sprinting impressively from near the back of the nine-horse field to score by just under a length for jockey Tim Clark.
The James Cummings-trained Plymstock is the first winner from three runners in the first Southern Hemisphere two-year-old crop of Ribchester, who got underway with 16 winners in the Northern Hemisphere last year, including Flaming Rib in the Listed Doncaster Stakes (1200m).
A son of former Haunui star Iffraaj, Ribchester shuttled to Darley in New South Wales in 2018 and 2019 before switching to Haunui when Iffraaj ceased shuttling in 2020.