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Toofane

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Coast auction last month, ran on well to ﬁnish runner-up to Emerald Kingdom (Bryannbo’s Gift) in the BRC Sprint (Gr 3, 1350m) on May 22, a performance that convinced her owners to race her on during the Queensland winter carnival.

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tradbroke Handicap (Gr 1, 1400m) contender Tofane (Ocean Park), whose racetrack career was extended

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VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m) winner Personal (Fastnet

Rock) is moving to the US to be trained in New York by Chad Brown. e Coolmore-raced three-year-old ﬁlly, who ﬁnished runnerup to Media Award (Shamus Award) in the Australasian Oaks (Gr 1, 2000m) last month, will leave Australia today after 14 starts with edged opportunity to sell the valuable mare at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale, could still be traded before this year’s breeding season.
“ere’s no doubt that she was highly sought after. We had a lot of enquiry for her leading into the sale and the day beforehand, but at the end of the day it was the decision by the majority of the owners that they’d like to (continue to) race her,” part-owner Rupert Legh told ANZ Bloodstock
e Mike Moroney-trained Group 1 winner, one of the high-end attractions in a star-studded

race ﬁllies and mares session at the Gold

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“A lot of these people (in the ownership)

well, there’s no reason why we can’t negotiate with some of the major

studs,” he said.

haven’t had good horses before and I don’t think it was their primary objective

to be selling her as a broodmare as they have more fun racing her.
“We’ve been fortunate to have good horses and if it was my choice I would have put her through the sale ring and put a high reserve on her, but they’re all friends of mine, so I didn’t want to deny them the opportunity of winning another Group 1.
“For example, Yulong, the boys down at Cotton On (Rosemont Stud), obviously Arrowﬁeld, Newgate and there’s also a Japanese stud who is very keen, so that’s still a possibility.
“She can still be sold between now and August.” Tofane ($9) drew barrier 12 at last night’s Stradbroke barrier draw. “She’s a very lightly raced mare and that’s a good thing. Her work today was particularly pleasing (at Eagle Farm),” Legh said yesterday.
“As a matter of fact, the reports were that it was as good as, if not better than, when she won the All Aged Stakes (last year).
“At the end of the day, I know money’s important, but it’s not everything when it comes to racing, particularly when you do have a mare of her quality.
“Hopefully she can go and win another Group 1 and justify that we

didn’t bring her to the sale.”

“She’s enjoying the environment up here and she made her intentions

very clear with her last run at Doomben a couple of weeks ago.
“If she comes through the race with a fair degree of luck, I have no doubt that she will be fighting out the finish hopefully with our other horse. at would be a bit more fun.”
Legh revealed of high-profile domestic and international breeders had

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AT THE END OF THE DAY, I KNOW MONEY’S IMPORTANT, BUT IT’S NOT EVERYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO RACING, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU DO HAVE A MARE OF HER QUALITY

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expressed interest in Tofane and connections could again reach out to those parties if the decision is made to sell the mare privately before the start of the new stud season on September 1.
e “other horse” Legh is referring to is his Stradbroke Handicap second favourite Wild Planet (Animal Kingdom) who last night drew barrier 15, causing him to ease in the market to $6.50 and be displaced at the top of betting by Vega One (Lope De Vega) ($5.50).
e Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes-trained gelding has not raced since ﬁnishing second to Eduardo (Host) in the Doomben 10,000 (Gr 1, 1200m) on May 15, his ﬁrst start back since the Continued on page 4>>
“If she came out on Saturday and won it or ran particularly

Another first crop 2YO winner in Europe…

Following on from Il Grande Gatsby winning in Italy by 1½ lengths on 2^ndJune The Acropolis is pictured winning impressively for Aidan O’Brien by 3½ lengths in Ireland on Sunday

His quality first Australian yearlings in 2021 sold for:

$250,000, $225,000, $205,000, $200,000, NZ$200,000, $180,000, $180,000, $180,000, $170,000, $160,000, $160,000, NZ$160,000, $155,000, $150,000 etc.

His full-sister Clemmie, and grandam Airwave, were both Gr.1-winning 2YOs over 1200m.

Fee $22,000 (inc. GST)

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Cantala Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) on Victoria
Derby day last October.
e gap between his first and second-up run was a deliberate ploy by the Hawkes’, believing he performs best being kept fresh.
“ey jumped him out between races at the Gold Coast on Saturday with three other horses after race one and that just took the edge off him,” Legh said.
“He was a bit toey and ready to race, but that would have taken the edge off him and had him ready for Saturday’s encounter.
“He’s obviously enjoying the warmer climate up here, as we all do. He doesn’t have the best of coats, but if anything, it’s probably the best it’s ever looked.
“Dropping down to 54 kilos is a massive reduction in weights compared to what he has been used to.
“Hopefully once again with some luck in running he’ll be thereabouts in the finish.”
Legh will also have two runners in the inaugural running of the $1.2 million e Q22 (Gr 2, 2200m) at Eagle Farm, the rejuvenated Chris Wallertrained Reloaded (Snitzel) and the Moroney-trained Hang Man (Windsor Knot).

Simon Vivian

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“Simon has been good enough to take on the hard task of ﬁxing our

broodmare band,” he said.

Meanwhile, Legh also conﬁrmed yesterday that Simon Vivian, the

respected former Inglis Victorian bloodstock manager who retired from the auction house in April, has been called on to oversee his breeding interests.
“We’ve got a lot of them and it’s just a matter of getting the formula right and making sure that we’ve got the quality that will ensure our yearlings get into the right sales.

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“Everyone would agree that if you don’t

Legh reasoned: “I have always believed in business, no matter what

business you’re in, you’ve got to have competent people around you.
“You can’t do it all yourself, you don’t know it all yourself, so you have got to make sure that you’ve got the best people around you if you want to be successful in business.” have yearlings going to the Premier, Gold Coast or Easter sales, it is a tough gig and you will lose money, not make money, so there’s no better person to be out there looking after the broodmares and babies (than Simon) and hopefully we can turn our breeding business into a more profitable one.”
e prominent owner has shares in stallions such as Exceedance
(Exceed And Excel), Tivaci (High Chaparral), Grunt (O’Reilly), Brutal (O’Reilly) and Alabama Express (Redoute’s Choice) and, as a result, his broodmare band has increased in size in recent years.
“It was never our intention to be a breeder but we’ve been fortunate enough with the stallions we’ve been able to create (on the racetrack),” Legh said.
“We started off with Glass Harmonium, to a certain degree, then we had Tivaci, Grunt, Brutal, Exceedance and Alabama Express and I have still retained shareholdings in all those stallions.
“It just happened because you had to have mares to go to them. I am sure Simon will point us in the right direction and hopefully turn it into a more viable business than what it has been.”
At the Magic Millions Gold Coast National Sale, Legh sold dual Group
3-winning filly Chica Fuerte (Hinchinbrook), a rising four-year-old he part-owned, for $900,000 and reinvested in a number of mares at the auction under the Simon Vivian Bloodstock banner.

Rupert Legh

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Gilgai Farm’s Rick Jamieson and the breeder’s stud manager Kelly
Skillecorn, Blue Gum Farm’s Phillip Campbell and Vinery Stud’s Peter Orton have also been leaned on by Legh to help advise on his breeding interests.
“We’ll deﬁnitely be supporting our own stallions but that won’t be the be-all and end-all. Once again, it gets down to what stallions suit these mares and that will be the job of Simon and people like Philip Campbell, Rick and Peter Orton,” he said.
“ey are a great group of breeders and they have got a lot of knowledge. I think between the four of them, led by Simon, we’ll get those mares to the right stallions.”

STRADBROKE HANDICAP MARKET

$5.50 Vega One (4) $6.50 Wild Planet (15) $8.50 The Harrovian (11) $9.00 Tofane (12) $9.50 Mr Quickie (1)

$11

Apache Chase (7)

$16 $17 $21
Victorem (8) Subpoenaed (21) Imagining (17), Niccanova (14), I Am Superman (3), Emerald Kingdom (10)
$26 $31 $41 $101 $151
Amish Boy (2nd em, 5) Savatoxl (13), Signore Fox (19), Madam Rouge (16) So Si Bon (9), Outback Barbie (1st em, 20) Olmedo (18), Blazejowski (3rd em, 2) Master Jamie (6)

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of foot. We've had this in the back of our mind for quite a while. It looks like a nice handicap race for him and he's been set for this."

‘Plain’ Dragonstone heads to the races

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Oaks winner Personal to race in the US

Dragonstone (Mikki Isle) is set to make his debut at Canterbury today for Mark Newnham after finishing first and second in his two trials to date. In his first trial over 742 metres at Randwick in February Dragonstone defeated subsequent Listed winner Najmaty (I Am Invincible) and he will aim to take that form into the Blue Point @ Darley Handicap (1100m) today. “He’s only a little, plain, horse and I say that with the utmost respect for his ability,’’ Newnham told Racing NSW. “He goes quite well, he’s still a little new and green and because he’s only small I didn’t want to trial him again and bottom him out. I thought it best to just get him to the races and let his natural ability take him a long way.”
VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m) winner Personal (Fastnet Rock) is moving to the US to be trained in New York by Chad Brown. e Coolmoreraced three-year-old filly, who finished runnerup to Media Award (Shamus Award) in the Australasian Oaks (Gr 1, 2000m) last month, will leave Australia today after 14 starts with Lindsay Park, recording two wins and over $1.25 million in prize-money. "e fillies and mares' Breeders' Cup would be the ultimate goal but of course, she has to travel and show her form in lead-up races," Coolmore racing manager Rob Archibald told Racing.com. "ey think there is more racing in her and there is a very good opportunity in America for fillies and mares and given her form again this season, it is certainly worth a try. We have to thank the Hayes family and (Lindsay Park) stable for developing her into an incredible filly." On her potential location as a broodmare in the future, Archibald added: "It's not been decided yet but obviously having operations in Ireland, US and Australia, there are some good options for her.”

MM Perth Winter Sale catalogue released

e catalogues for the upcoming Magic Millions Perth Winter Racehorse, Yearling and oroughbred Sale are now online. e sales, which together include over 100 lots including the Peters Investments Reduction and Warwick Racing Dispersal, will take place at the Swan Valley Sales Complex on Sunday, June 27 from 12 noon. “ere’s a great selection of stock catalogued,” Magic Millions WA manager David Houston reported. “From stakes-winning racehorses to untapped weanlings there’s something for everyone.” To view the catalogue for the entire sale, click here.

Chouxting e Mob to resume at Sandown
Members Joy up to $570,000 on Inglis Digital

Chouxting e Mob (Jimmy Choux) will return to action at Sandown on Saturday after more than a year out with a tendon injury. e Simon Morrish-trained seven-year-old finished third in the Adelaide Cup (Gr 2, 3200m) on his last start in March 2020 and was being primed for a run in the Sydney Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) before the injury. He will return in the 1800-metre handicap after contesting three recent trials, including over 1500 metres at St Arnaud last week. "He led up in that trial, he's never led up in anything in his life," Morrish said. "It was good to see him competitive and I think resuming over the 1800-metre journey is a good distance, as realistically, every run he has could be his last. I don't want to waste runs at 1400, 1600 metres. At the end of the day, he's a 2400-metre plus horse. It's a stepping stone, but I'm really pleased to have the old boy back and hopefully he can stand up."
Members Joy (Hussonet), the dam of dual Group 2 winner Pure Elation (I Am Invincible), tops the Inglis Digital June (Early) Online Sale ahead of bidding closing later today. A Listed winner during her 20-start race career, in which she also placed at Group 2 level, Members Joy has seen success as a broodmare, with a record of two winners from as many runners. Her latest yearling colt by I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) sold for $525,000 at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, while her weanling colt by Zoustar (Northern Meteor) was bought for $325,000 from last month’s Magic Millions National Weanling Sale. Members Joy is being offered by Segenhoe Stud in foal to Zoustar and her bid at the time of publication was $570,000. e final countdown on bidding will commence at 12 noon today.

Mr Quickie in perfect order

Phillip Stokes is confident Stradbroke Handicap (Gr 1, 1400m) topweight Mr Quickie (Shamus Award) can run a big race on Saturday. e fiveyear-old is a $9.50 chance for the Group 1 after winning the Victoria Handicap (Gr 3, 1400m) in April and running second in the VOBIS Gold Mile (1600m) a fortnight later. "He's never been sounder, he's a more mature horse,” Stokes told RSN. “I'm really happy with him. e biggest thing with him, he's got to step and hopefully take up a midfield position and show that turn

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a leg injury at Mcauliffe's Baldivis stables in April. In an accident that left both the trainer and veterinarians puzzled, Clairvoyance is thought to have struck a rail that caused bleeding from her knee and tendon sheaths. "She's back home recovering after her operation last week," McAuliffe said. "They found she had torn a ligament in her knee. As amazing as it sounds, it's the best outcome we could have hoped for. Before the operation we were fearing the worst. She's back home now in the stables recovering and the hard work starts. She'll have to be confined to a small area for a month which will be difficult, then it will be up to me to earn my keep as a trainer to bring her back. It's going to be a long and slow process, but there is light at the end of the tunnel."

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Invincible Caviar

David Payne has two winning chances engaged at Randwick on Saturday, including back-toback winner Dream Circle (Dream Ahead) who lines up in the Benchmark 94 over 1300
Invincible Caviar (I Am Invincible), the twoyear-old daughter of Black Caviar (Bel Esprit), will be spelled following her third-placed eﬀort on debut at Flemington at the weekend. Ridden by Brian Higgings, I Am Invincible ﬁnished two and a quarter lengths behind the winner Argentia (Frankel). "She did a good job on Saturday, bar winning," her trainer Peter Moody told Racing.com. "She's out in the paddock now, she'll have a month or so off and come back for the back end of spring into summer racing. There I think we can place her to advantage."

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Rosehill when fresh from a break and followed that up with a win over the track and distance he'll face on Saturday. He is likely to relish the expected conditions, with his six career wins all coming on wet tracks and Payne is confident he can be competitive again. "I must say I've never had him better," the trainer said. "He'll go around on Saturday and should get a light weight. He'll be competitive again. I'd like to get a little bit of black type somewhere; I'll step him up somewhere. But I like to just go through the grades first. He's come back this prep and he's just flying." Payne will also saddle European import orin (Soldier Hollow), a Group 3 winner in France, in the Racing To Win Handicap (1600m).

Dream not over with Clairvoyance

Darren McAuliffe has not given up on

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Stable mourns Pinkham

The Mick Price and Michael Kent jr-trained Pinkham (Written Tycoon) has died after suffering a perforated bowel. The threereturn to racing. The three-year-old filly, a winner of five of her six starts to date, underwent surgery last week after sustaining

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