Black Type for Stryker Filly

Two year-old Stryker filly Miss Nymeria produced a great run on debut when not beaten far in the Group III MRC Blue Diamond Preview last month and showed improvement from that to snatch Black Type on Saturday at Caulfield when finishing third in the Group II MRC Blue Diamond Prelude.

 

Drawn awkwardly in 12, she settled at the back of the field for Ryan Maloney and charged late to be third behind Samara Dancer and spring stakes-winner Concealer.

“She got back and hit the line well,” said Maloney. “She’s tough and hopefully she draws a gate in the Diamond.”

Miss Nymeria is trained by Robbie Griffiths and was a modest $20,000 Inglis VOBIS Gold Yearling purchase for her trainer and Peter Ford from the Three Bridges Thoroughbreds draft.

Miss Nymeria is the first foal of Typhoon Tilly, a half-sister by Ferocity to dual Group I winning sprinter Typhoon Zed.

Typhoon Tilly has another yearling filly by Stryker and produced a colt by Magic Millions winner Unencumbered last spring.

Stryker has eight entries for the 2016 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, click here to see them.