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FOCUS ASIA SUBSCRIBE FOR FREE DIRECT TO YOUR INBOX EVERY WEEK ANZBLOODSTOCKNEWS.COM/ASIA Wednesday, June 9, 2021 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here STEVE MORAN - PAGE 13 FOCUS ASIA - PAGE 11 Valuable mare Tofane Read Tomorrow's Issue For It's In The Blood could still be on the market What's on Winter carnival to determine whether daughter of Ocean Park Metropolitan meetings: Canterbury races on next season (NSW), Belmont (WA) Race Meetings: Sale (VIC), Sunshine Coast (QLD), Strathalbyn (SA), Matamata (NZ) Barrier trials / Jump-outs: Kembla Grange (NSW), Pakenham (VIC), Mornington (VIC), Wangaratta (VIC) International meetings: Happy Valley (HK), Hamilton (UK), Haydock (UK), Kempton (UK), Yarmouth (UK), Cork (IRE), Lyon (FR) Sales: Inglis Digital June (Early) Sale International Sales: OBS June 2YOs and Horses of Racing Age (USA) Toofane RACING PHOTOS Coast auction last month, ran on well to finish BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS runner-up to Emerald Kingdom (Bryannbo’s MORNING BRIEFING tradbroke Handicap (Gr 1, 1400m) Gift) in the BRC Sprint (Gr 3, 1350m) on May contender Tofane (Ocean Park), 22, a performance that convinced her owners Oaks winner Personal to whose racetrack career was extended to race her on during the Queensland winter race in the US after connections gave up a gilt- carnival. VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m) winner Personal (Fastnet Sedged opportunity to sell the valuable mare at “There’s no doubt that she was highly sought Rock) is moving to the US to be trained in New the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale, after. We had a lot of enquiry for her leading into York by Chad Brown. The Coolmore-raced could still be traded before this year’s breeding the sale and the day beforehand, but at the end of three-year-old filly, who finished runner- season. the day it was the decision by the majority of the up to Media Award (Shamus Award) in the The Mike Moroney-trained Group 1 winner, owners that they’d like to (continue to) race her,” Australasian Oaks (Gr 1, 2000m) last month, one of the high-end attractions in a star-studded part-owner Rupert Legh told ANZ Bloodstock will leave Australia today after 14 starts with race fillies and mares session at the Gold News yesterday. Continued on page 2>> Lindsay Park. Morning Briefing page 7 >> FRI 4TH - WED 9TH JUNE 2021 INGLIS DIGITAL INGLIS DIGITAL JUNE (EARLY) SALE SALE LIVE VIEW HERE Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Valuable mare Tofane could still be on the market | 2 | Wednesday, June 9, 2021 << Continued from page 1 “A lot of these people (in the ownership) well, there’s no reason why we can’t negotiate with some of the major haven’t had good horses before and I don’t think it was their primary objective studs,” he said. to be selling her as a broodmare as they have more fun racing her. “For example, Yulong, the boys down at Cotton On (Rosemont Stud), “We’ve been fortunate to have good horses and if it was my choice I obviously Arrowfield, Newgate and there’s also a Japanese stud who is would have put her through the sale ring and put a high reserve on her, but very keen, so that’s still a possibility. they’re all friends of mine, so I didn’t want to deny them the opportunity “She can still be sold between now and August.” of winning another Group 1. Tofane ($9) drew barrier 12 at last night’s Stradbroke barrier draw. “At the end of the day, I know money’s important, but it’s not “She’s a very lightly raced mare and that’s a good thing. Her work everything when it comes to racing, particularly when you do have a mare today was particularly pleasing (at Eagle Farm),” Legh said yesterday. of her quality. “As a matter of fact, the reports were that it was as good as, if not better “Hopefully she can go and win another Group 1 and justify that we than, when she won the All Aged Stakes (last year). didn’t bring her to the sale.” “She’s enjoying the environment up here and she made her intentions AT THE END OF THE Legh revealed a number very clear with her last run at Doomben a couple of weeks ago. DAY, I KNOW MONEY’S of high-profile domestic and “If she comes through the race with a fair degree of luck, I have no international breeders had doubt that she will be fighting out the finish hopefully with our other IMPORTANT, BUT IT’S expressed interest in Tofane and horse. That would be a bit more fun.” NOT EVERYTHING connections could again reach The “other horse” Legh is referring to is his Stradbroke Handicap WHEN IT COMES TO out to those parties if the decision second favourite Wild Planet (Animal Kingdom) who last night drew RACING, PARTICULARLY is made to sell the mare privately barrier 15, causing him to ease in the market to $6.50 and be displaced at WHEN YOU DO HAVE A before the start of the new stud the top of betting by Vega One (Lope De Vega) ($5.50). MARE OF HER QUALITY season on September 1. The Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes-trained gelding has not raced - RUPERT LEGH “If she came out on Saturday since finishing second to Eduardo (Host) in the Doomben 10,000 (Gr 1, and won it or ran particularly 1200m) on May 15, his first start back since the Continued on page 4>> Another first crop 2YO winner in Europe… Following on from Il Grande Gatsby winning in Italy by 1½ lengths on 2nd June The Acropolis is pictured winning impressively for Aidan O’Brien t 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) Colm Santry, John Kennedy, Paddy Oman, Tom Moore, Rob Archibald or Emma Pugsley Tel: 02 6576 4200. New Zealand: Gordon Calder Tel:+64 218 41612. www.coolmore.com Follow us @anz_news | 2 | Brought to you by Valuable mare Tofane could still be on the market | 4 | Wednesday, June 9, 2021 << Continued from page 2 Cantala Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) on Victoria Derby day last October. The gap between his first and second-up run was a deliberate ploy by the Hawkes’, believing he performs best being kept fresh. “They 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 The Q22 (Gr 2, 2200m) at Eagle Farm, the rejuvenated Chris Waller- trained Reloaded (Snitzel) and the Moroney-trained Hang Man (Windsor Knot). Simon Vivian INGLIS Vivian joins Legh’s team “Simon has been good enough to take on the hard task of fixing our Meanwhile, Legh also confirmed yesterday that Simon Vivian, the broodmare band,” he said. respected former Inglis Victorian bloodstock manager who retired from “We’ve got a lot of them and it’s just a matter of getting the formula the auction house in April, has been called on to oversee his breeding right and making sure that we’ve got the quality that will ensure our interests. yearlings get into the right sales. Continued on page 5>> Follow us @anz_news | 4 | Brought to you by Vivian joins Legh’s team | 5 | Wednesday, June 9, 2021 << Continued from page 4 “Everyone would agree that if you don’t Legh reasoned: “I have always believed in business, no matter what have yearlings going to the Premier, Gold Coast or Easter sales, it is a tough business you’re in, you’ve got to have competent people around you. gig and you will lose money, not make money, so there’s no better person “You can’t do it all yourself, you don’t know it all yourself, so you have to be out there looking after the broodmares and babies (than Simon) and got to make sure that you’ve got the best people around you if you want to hopefully we can turn our breeding business into a more profitable one.” be successful in business.” The 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.