Ad Valorem off and running in the southern hemisphere

Ad Valorem celebrated his first winner in Australia when 2YO colt Tax Evader saluted at Toowoomba today

Tax Evader broke through to win today after two previous placings at his first two starts but found the 1100m to his liking, scoring by nearly two lengths in a two-year-old handicap at Toowoomba. The Mick Nolan-trained colt is giving connections something to cheer about after they purchased the colt for $16,000 from last year’s Inglis Classic sale.

Ad Valorem, a G1-winning son of Danzig, has winners already in the northern hemisphere including Stakes winner Samaden and will have half a dozen yearlings offered at the upcoming Inglis Classic Yearling Sale in Sydney. Ad Valorem himself was an undefeated champion juvenile who went on to win the G1 Queen Anne as a four-year-old and now stands at Darley’s Kelvinside stud. In 2010 he covered a strong book of 112 mares.