Monday, 28 May 2012: Australian-bred Delago Deluxe, last season's champion South African 2YO colt returned to top form on Saturday when he powered home to win the G1 Golden Horse Casino Sprint at Scottsville.
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The Charles Laird-trained son of
Encosta de Lago 
raced near the pace from barrier three for Anton Marcus and beat older horses to win the 1200m sprint by a length and a quarter, taking his overall record to an impressive seven wins from 11 starts.
It was the second GI victory for
Delago Deluxe (Encosta de Lago x Succeeding, by Flying Spur), who won the Gold Medallion over the same course last year.
Bred and offered for sale by Gerry Harvey's Baramul Stud,
Delago Deluxe was purchased by his trainer Charles Laird for $550,000 at the 2010 Magic Millions Sale where he was the fourth highest priced colt at the sale.
Raced by Mr and Mrs Markus Jooste,
Delago Deluxe is the second foal of the Flying Spur mare Succeeding, a half-sister to GI stars Duporth and Excites, plus G2 Tickets.
Succeeding was covered again by
Coolmore's champion sire Encosta de Lago last year.
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