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Monday, May 31, 2021 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here BELMONT GUINEAS BECKONS I’M ALL THE TALK - PAGE 12 THE WEEK AHEAD - PAGE 13 Yearlings to bring marathon Read Tomorrow's Issue For Kiwi Chronicles selling extravaganza to a Stallion Watch close on the Gold Coast What's on November-born American Pharoah filly with mouth-watering Race meetings: Port Macquarie (NSW), pedigree is one of the star attractions at Magic Millions Pakenham (VIC) Barrier trials / Jump-outs: Gosford (NSW), Port Macquarie (NSW), Gold Coast (QLD), Lark Hill (WA), Devonport (TAS), Cambridge (NZ) International meetings: Fairview (SAF), Leicester (UK), Chelmsford (UK), Windsor (UK), Redcar (UK), Roscommon (IRE), Santa Anita (US), Lone Star Park (US) International Group races: Santa Anita (US) - Hollywood Gold Cup (Gr 1, 10f), Shoemaker Mile (Gr 1, 8f), Gamely Stakes (Gr 1, 9f). Lone Star Park (US) - Steve Sexton Mile Stakes (Gr 3, 8f) Lot 1502 American Pharoah - Pretty Penny filly MAGIC MILLIONS Yearling Sale of 616 lots, features some well-bred BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS fillies and well-credentialled colts who will go Sky Darci snares Lion elling yearlings in June, as a rule, under the hammer, bringing down the curtain on Rock Trophy Handicap is not the first port of call for many a massive three weeks of trade on the Gold Coast. Caspar Fownes regained the trainers’ breeders and pinhookers but as Yearlings by big-name stallions such as championship lead and celebrated the successful often happens with horses timing I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit), Dundeel race-track return of BMW Hong Kong Derby Scan be everything and if for various reasons (High Chaparral), Exceed And Excel (Danehill), (2000m) winner Sky Darci (Darci Brahma) in one they could not be sold at earlier sales it leads to Capitalist (Written Tycoon), Deep Field fell swoop with a pivotal treble, crowned by Lion opportunities for astute buyers. (Northern Meteor) and Sebring (More Than Rock Trophy Handicap glory (Gr 3, 1600m), at Sha As a result, this week’s Magic Millions National Ready) will be on offer. Continued on page 2>> Tin yesterday. Hong Kong News page 10 >> Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Yearlings to bring marathon selling extravaganza to a close on the Gold Coast | 2 | Monday, May 31, 2021 << Continued from page 1 Coolmore has an American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile)-Pretty Penny (Encosta De Lago) filly, a half-sister to four stakes winners and three stakes-placed horses, to be offered tomorrow as Lot 1502, while Widden Stud has a Zoustar (Northern Meteor) sister to this season’s Reisling Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) winner Glistening, Lot 1688. Widden also has a colt by Zoustar (Lot 1777), the first foal out of Group 2-winning mare French Emotion (Snitzel), who had to be withdrawn from the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale. Coolmore’s American Pharoah filly, a half-sister to Group winners Sertorius (Galileo), Pretty Brazen (Brazen Beau), Dollar For Dollar (High Chaparral) and Clifton Red (Sebring), was also withdrawn from the Easter sale. “She is going to furnish and improve a lot over the next six months to a year. She is a late November foal, so it’s all ahead of her and her pedigree keeps improving,” Coolmore Australia’s sales and nominations manager Lot 1481 Caravaggio - Orontes filly MAGIC MILLIONS Colm Santry said yesterday. “A lot of her siblings are very good older horses, Pretty Brazen, Dollar “It is all ahead with American Pharoah, it’s all going to happen with For Dollar, Sertorius, they’re all horses who have trained on later in their his three-year-olds over seven furlongs and a mile-plus.” careers and proven to be very high-class racehorses.” Santry bought Pretty Penny, who was carrying Pretty Brazen at the Santry did not put a value on the filly yesterday, but suggested the Dr time, for $570,000 at the 2016 Magic Millions National Sale for his long- Denis O’Brien-bred yearling held significant residual value. time client O’Brien of Clairden Racing. “If she walked through the ring last week (at the National Broodmare O’Brien more than recouped his investment when the Tony and Calvin Sale) God only knows what she would have made as an unraced four-year- McEvoy-trained Pretty Brazen made $700,000 at the 2018 Australian old?” he asked. 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Win. www.nztm.co.nz Yearlings to bring marathon selling extravaganza to a close on the Gold Coast | 4 | Monday, May 31, 2021 << Continued from page 2 The Gold Coast-based breeder retained Pretty Penny’s unnamed two-year-old filly by American Pharoah who is in training with Chris Waller and Santry revealed feedback from the premier Sydney stable had been extremely positive so far. Pretty Penny is in foal to Coolmore’s first season sire Yes Yes Yes (Rubick). “The mare’s had seven foals, they’re all black-type, she’s had four Group 1 horses. She’s gone to seven different stallions for seven results. She’s an elite blue hen mare,” he said. “I can’t think of any other mare in Australia like her.” American Pharoah is the sire of three southern hemisphere-bred first crop winners and Santry is confident that the US Triple Crown winner’s progeny will excel in their three-year-old season. “I have seen it all before with Zabeel, High Chaparral, Montjeu, So You Lot 1724 No Nay Never - Crystal Fountain filly MAGIC MILLIONS Think and Pierro,” Santry reasoned. “They’re written off in the spring of their three-year-old year and, all of “Caravaggio’s doing an amazing job in the northern hemisphere,” a sudden, they get a couple of big horses. We’ve seen it with Pierro with his Santry said. daughter Pinot winning the VRC Oaks in Melbourne. “He was a very fast horse and his stock are very fast over five and six “I think Pierro had three (first crop) stakes winners over the Melbourne furlongs. He’s had six two-year-old winners as of today and is going really carnival that year (2017) and he just took off from there.” well. Coolmore has five yearlings by American Pharoah, three by Caravaggio “The breeze-up buyers should be looking at them as should the end (Scat Daddy) and one by No Nay Never (Scat Daddy) to be offered this users for these colts and fillies.” week. The National Yearling Sale starts at 10am tomorrow. Follow us @anz_news | 4 | Brought to you by Morning Briefing -Sponsored by Woodside Park Stud Monday, May 31, 2021 MORNINGSIDE WORLD - CLASS THOROUGHBRED PROPERTY MORNING BRIEFING Trainers keeping open mind form. It was a good run at Warrnambool but he AUSTRALIA with Heart Of Puissance just got knocked over by Heart Of Puissance, Conners sticks with Weir The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable but he's in good nick." NSW country based jockey Mikayla Weir will are keeping their options open with impressive maintain her association with Rebel Rama last start Flemington winner Heart Of Hawkes staffer tests (Dissident) in Saturday’s Queensland Oaks (Gr Puissance (Puissance De Lune). A soft three- negative to Covid 1, 2200m) at Eagle Farm. Warwick Farm trainer and-a-quarter length winner over 2500 metres Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes’ Flemington Marc Conners will remain loyal to Weir who at his last start on May 22, Heart Of Puissance stable has been allowed to reopen after a staff rode Rebel Rama to victory in a benchmark was expected to back-up at Flemington on member who was deemed to be a close contact race over 2000 metres at Rosehill on May 22. Saturday in a heat of the Banjo Paterson Series of a Covid-19 case returned a negative test to Rebel Rama, who broke her maiden at start (2500m) which carries a 2600-metre final the virus. Hawkes Racing’s Flemington stable nine at Newcastle on March 30, has won two at Flemington on July 3. However, Heart Of was placed into lockdown while test results of her 11 starts and is a $15 chance in all-in Puissance may be sent to Sydney on Saturday were pending but yesterday’s result means they Queensland Oaks markets behind the Edward to run over 2400 metres instead, or even be will be allowed at Flemington trackwork this Cummings-trained Duais (Shamus Award) held over an extra week and be Brisbane morning. Tonneofgrit (Winning Rupert) was ($4.50). bound. "Heart Of Puissance will either run at scratched from Saturday’s Caulfield meeting as Flemington or in Sydney in the (Listed) Winter a result of the drama. Love Tap back in Sydney Cup, but that will be weather dependent," Gloaming Stakes (Gr 3, 1800m) winner Love Eustace said. "Or, he could be held back a Gytrash off to the paddock Tap (Tapit) will continue his campaign in week for the Brisbane Cup (3200m).