The Great Hoya kicked off a double for his sire Patronize with a front-running victory in the Trybooking Hcp (1300m) at Northam on Thursday.

The Yarradale Stud graduate sold for $37,500 at the 2021 Perth Magic Millions and won a Belmont nursery for Paul Jordan in July 2022.  Now he’s knocking on the door for prizemoney of $200,000 with Hopeland trainer Jade Tangaroa.

The Great Hoya (5g Patronize - Movie Queen by Bletchley Park) was rated perfectly by Brayden Gaerth for his mother Amy who has a share in the winner with Jade and Paul Boyle.  “We call him Cyril at home and he’s so consistent,” Tangaroa said.  “He’s just the hardest trier and he never runs a bad race.”

Bred by Yarradale Stud’s Bernie Hamill, he’s the final foal of Movie Queen and is one of four winners from the mare following Ladies Of London (War Chant), Miss Ellmya (Alfred Nobel) and Without Reg (War Chant).

Playhouse Patron made the most of a class edge and a strong finish to fill out the Patronize double in the Glenroy Chaff Hcp (1400m) at Belmont on Saturday.  Long-time leader Corn Cob (Awesome Rock) was being hailed the winner with a three-length advantage in the straight before wilting noticeably in the final 100 metres.

Meanwhile, the penultimate-crop foals by Patronize comprises just four 2yo fillies and the only one named so far is the Hamill-bred Miss Patronic who is the first foal from Chukyo (City Place).  The last of the Patronizes are a yearling colt from Cosmic Ballet (Northern Meteor) bred by Brad Bell and a yearling filly out of Demon Queen (Barely A Moment) bred by Darling View’s Clive Atwell.

The Great Hoya and Brayden Gaerth welcomed back to scale by Jade Tangaroa: Photo / Western Racepix