Coolmore Acquire Share in Golden Slipper Colt Yes Yes Yes Son of Rubick Finds Home at Stud After Multimillion-Dollar Deal
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Tasmania’s Mystic Journey Read Tomorrow's Issue For: now the top Maiden Of The Week rated three- On The Watch year-old filly What's On in Australia Race meetings: Albury (NSW), Timeform page 12 Newcastle (NSW), Donald (VIC), Pakenham (VIC), Mackay (QLD), Thursday, March 21, 2019 Geraldton (WA), New Plymouth (NZ) Coolmore acquire share in Golden Slipper colt Yes Yes Yes Son of Rubick finds home at stud after multimillion-dollar deal Peter Moody More to come from Mystic Journey Mystic Journey SPOrtPIX The All-Star Mile has been run and won for the first time. Despite much debate, for and Yes Yes Yes SPOrtPIX against (and I have been on both sides of it at times), I thought it ended up being a competitive trained Yes Yes Yes was confirmed yesterday by race with a worthy winner, Mystic Journey, who By Tim Rowe the colt’s part-owner Brae Sokolski. produced an exciting effort to claim the lion’s oolmore Stud have purchased “We are ecstatic about having (Coolmore) share of the $5 million prize-money. a 50 per cent share in Yes Yes in the horse. It was the right time just prior to the The pleasing thing was that even though there Yes (Rubick), on the eve of the Slipper and they are the right partner,” Sokolski were a few low-rating horses in the field the margins colt’s run in Saturday’s “stallion- told ANZ Bloodstock News. were no greater than any other normal race. The Cmaking” Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, “There was always the option [to hold off] but thing I took most out of the race, though, is the way 1200m). we thought he had established a very strong base trainer Adam Trinder and jockey Anthony Darmanin The dominant last-start Todman Stakes value by winning the Todman, which is a stallion- have handled the winner throughout her career (Gr 2, 1200m) winner is a son of Coolmore’s making race in its own right, and it was the right which culminated in the big-time success. first season sire Rubick (Encosta De Lago) play to bring in a partner at this juncture.” They have done an outstanding job with the and was the only colt in the $3.5 million Sokolski said Coolmore was not the only way they looked after her during the spring and race not already part-owned by stud farm stud who had made a play for the $200,000 the way she has come on in the autumn which interests. Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale has come about through their patience last Coolmore’s affiliation with the Chris Waller- graduate. Continued on page 2>> year. Peter Moody page 10 | 1 | Brought to you by Coolmore acquire share in Golden Slipper colt Yes Yes Yes | 2 | Thursday, March 21, 2019 << Continued from page 1 “Some of the other leading farms in the probably as an autumn three-year-old which is pretty exciting when country had also recognised his potential to be the leading colt of his you contemplate what he has been able to do at this stage of his generation, so there was a lot of interest, particularly out of the Hunter career.” Valley,” he said. Earlier this year, Kitchwin Hills, Glenlogan Park, Neil Werrett and Max “We were in the privileged position to be able to deal with Whitby combined to secure a share in Silver Slipper Stakes (Gr 2, 1100m) the leading farms and Coolmore, to me, were the standout winner Time To Reign (Time For War) and Aquis Farm also bought a share choice.” in subsequent Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) placed Free Of Debt Yes Yes Yes made an impression at his first start, finishing runner- (Unencumbered). up to Brooklyn Hustle (Starspangledbanner) at Moonee Valley in Aquis Farm also owns ATC Breeders’ Plate (Gr 3, 1000m) winner December, before winning twice at metropolitan level in Melbourne Dubious (Not A Single Doubt) as well as Slipper third emergency Bellevue that same month. Hill (Pierro). A trip to the Gold Coast for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, Current race favourite, Pago Pago Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) winner 1200m) ensued but he was scratched after being found to be lame after Cosmic Force (Deep Field), was purchased by the Newgate Farm, the interstate float trip. China Horse Club, Winstar Farm and Horse Ventures syndicates as The colt was transferred to the Waller stable in February following a yearling. former trainer Darren Weir’s disqualification. Second emergency Rome (Pierro), who is owned by the James “He has always been a little bit immature and backward. He has never Harron Bloodstock colts syndicate, is the only potential stud prospect been one of these colts who is just a readymade two-year-old and when without a likely stud home should his racecourse career justify him we got him up to the Gold Coast he was never the finished product,” becoming a sire. Sokolski said. Godolphin, who has seven acceptors for the Golden Slipper, “Even that trip just matured the horse a lot. He has now furnished into own homebred Skyline Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) winning colt a magnificent, strong two-year-old in that short space of time. There is Microphone (Exceed And Excel) and the Lonhro Plate (Listed, still a lot to come. 1100m) winner Bivouac (Exceed And Excel), the first emergency “Weiry always said that we wouldn’t see the best of him until for the race. 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BEST OF THE BEST. 9 & 10 April Riverside Stables, Sydney Easter Catalogue available now inglis.com.au Morning Briefing | sponsored by Westbury Stud | 4 | Thursday, March 21, 2019 to the Sunline Stakes (Gr 2, 1600m) at Moonee after nine acceptances were received for Australia Valley on Friday night. “Sydney is just too wet,” the George Ryder Stakes (Gr 1, 1500m) Sunlight drawn wide in Stephen McKee said. “We were going for the at Rosehill on Saturday. The opposition William Reid Ranvet. We ran fourth on a heavy track last includes three stable companions - Prompt A field of 11 has been accepted for tomorrow’s year, but I think the track is going to at least be Response (Beneteau), Egg Tart (Sebring) and William Reid Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at Moonee as wet again this year. We decided we needed Ringerdingding (Sebring), while the second line Valley and Newmarket Handicap (Gr 1, 1200m) to race somewhere and we found this one in of the betting is topped by $17 chance Land Of winner Sunlight (Zoustar) will have to defy the Melbourne, so we are going there instead. It’s Plenty (Stratum), who was last seen finishing widest barrier if she is to record her third victory only for the one race. We will run on Friday night fourth in the Futurity Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) last at Group 1 level. Trained by Tony McEvoy, and then we will decide on whether we might month. Dreamforce (Fastnet Rock), So Si Bon $2.25 early favourite Sunlight has been drawn head up to Sydney and wait for the tracks to dry (So You Think), Teleplay (Written Tycoon) and in gate 11 but will jump from barrier ten after up, or we might come home and may wait to go Brutal (O’Reilly) complete the line-up. the defection of Champagne Cuddles (Not A to Brisbane later.” Single Doubt), while her nearest market rival - Weather to dictate the Anthony Freedman-trained Shoals ($3.20) Begg confident Written By Dreamforce Ryder run (Fastnet Rock) - has been handed gate five. can shine at The Valley The participation of Dreamforce, however, Written By (Written Tycoon) is next in the betting is weather-dependent with trainer John at $9.50 and he will break from gate eight under Thompson eyeing the Doncaster Mile (Gr 1, Jordan Childs. 1600m) at Randwick on April 6 for the six-year- old. "As long as it dries up a bit he will run," Embrace Me tackles Thompson said. "He will run up to probably a William Reid heavy eight, but if it's a nine or 10 he probably The William Reid field also includes the Danny wouldn't run. He is going super. He was O’Brien-trained Embrace Me (Shamexpress), probably a bit stiff first-up and then won well who will make the leap into top-flight company second-up. It was a shame we had to scratch having caused an upset in the Typhoon Tracy him last week because he was in a nice race Written By SPOrtPIX Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at the track last month - for him. We pretty much have got to run this her third course and distance success. "Every Grahame Begg has also issued an upbeat week if we want to have him cherry ripe for the time she's gone to the races, she's improved bulletin on Written By, who finished a two and Doncaster two weeks after Saturday.” and hopefully, she's still on an upward spiral," a half-length sixth in the Black Caviar Lightning O'Brien told Racing.com.