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Monday, December 14, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australiasian bloodstock industry subscribe for free: Click here DIRECT TO YOUR INBOX EVERY MORNING SEE PARIAH’S FIRST 28 YEARLINGS AT MAGIC MILLIONS IN JANUARY Monday, December 14, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here NEW SERIES: THE RON HUTCHINSON STORY (AND AUSSIES ABROAD) - STEVE MORAN, PAGE 12 Aushorse launches Read Tomorrow's Issue For: Investors’ Guide as Stallion Watch What's on Race meetings: Kempsey (NSW), Orange Golden Sixty sizzles (NSW), Dalby (QLD) The Hong Kong Mile goes to Queensland-bred superstar as Sha Tin’s Barrier trials / Jump-outs: Kempsey international meeting is held behind closed doors (NSW), Orange (NSW), Scone (NSW), Gold Coast (QLD), Lark Hill (WA), Te Aroha (NZ) International meetings: Kempton (UK), Greyville (SAF) Sales: Inglis Digital December Sale MORNING BRIEFING Acrobat on the Slipper path Golden Sixty HKJC ‘All roads lead to the Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m)’ was the message from connections The Francis Lui-trained Golden Sixty of Acrobat (Fastnet Rock) yesterday following BY ANDREW HAWKINS & PAUL EACOTT (5 g Medaglia d’Oro - Gaudeamus by the colt’s headline-grabbing debut win at olden Sixty’s electrifying win in the Distorted Humor), bred by Queensland Randwick on Saturday. The Ciaron Maher Hong Kong Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) at operation Element Hill, took his record to and David Eustace-trained juvenile produced Sha Tin yesterday could not have 14 wins from 15 starts with a scintillating a stunning display to take out the Inglis come at a more opportune time win in the Hong Kong Mile, leading Nursery (RL, 1000m) by two and three- Gfor Aushorse, with the Australian thoroughbred home an Australian-bred quinella with quarter lengths and put himself among the industry’s marketing arm launching its 2021 Southern Legend (Not A Single Doubt) in leading fancies for the Rosehill contest on Investors’ Guide late last night. second. Continued on page 3>> March 20. Morning Briefing page 9 >> FRI 11TH - WED 16TH DEC 2020 INGLIS DIGITAL DECEMBER SALE SALE LIVE - VIEW HERE Follow us @anz_news | 2 | Brought to you by Aushorse launches Investors’ Guide as Golden Sixty sizzles | 3 | Monday, December 14, 2020 << Continued from page 2 Japan’s defending champion Admire Mars (Daiwa Major) was third, while Hong Kong’s all-time leading prize- money earner Beauty Generation (Road To Rock) - a two-time Hong Kong Mile winner - finished a game fifth and will retire to Living Legends in Melbourne. “He’s amazing, isn’t he?” Golden Sixty’s jockey Vincent Ho said, moments after he crossed the line with a two-length margin on his rivals. “When I hit the top of the straight, I knew. I was just cruising and I didn’t think anyone could beat him in that sort of sprint. “He’s a horse that really wants to compete, he’s the best horse in Hong Kong at the moment. Today is all about him.” Added Lui: “I can have a good sleep tonight! I’m very happy – at the moment, I don’t know what to say, my heart is still pumping. As a jockey, as a trainer, as an owner, you’re dreaming of this. “I was worried about the horses from Japan and Ireland but now, after this race, he has shown me that he’s a champion.” It was the standout success of a day that saw Ryan Moore become just the second jockey, after Zac Purton, to complete the Hong Kong Danon Smash HKJC International Races (HKIR) grand slam with his win in the Hong Kong Sprint (Gr 1, 1200m) on Danon Smash (5 h Lord Kanaloa - Spinning sets them apart. But also, with horses that can go on a winning run, we’ve Wildcat by Hard Spun). He also rode the Aidan O’Brien-trained Mogul (3 had it before with champions like Able Friend, I think they are horses that c Galileo - Shastye by Danehill) to win the Hong Kong Vase (Gr 1, 2400m), people get behind. a third win in the event for both rider and trainer. “He is clearly the best horse in Hong Kong at the moment. He was For good measure, Purton was able to cement his record as the top super impressive again today. We are incredibly lucky that there is a really HKIR rider of all-time with his second Hong Kong Cup (Gr 1, 2000m) strong connection between Australia and Hong Kong.” win aboard Japanese mare Normcore (5 m Harbinger - Chronologist by While Australian hopes were dashed in the Hong Kong Sprint as The Kurofune). Everest (1200m) winner Classique Legend (Not A Single Doubt) and local “It’s something I’m very proud of, it’s a great achievement,” the four- favourite Hot King Prawn (Denman) disappointed, nine-year-old Jolly time Hong Kong champion rider said. “To also now be the only jockey to Banner (Lonhro) still managed to rally for second in a career-best effort win the full set of international races twice is also for myself somewhat while Wishful Thinker (I Am Invincible) finished within three-quarters of rewarding. a length of Danon Smash in fourth. “Hopefully, I can just continue to have luck at this meeting going It was also a successful day at Sha Tin for the Australian-breds forward. It’s been a great week, I’m very thankful that I get these away from the features: Master Montaro (Toronado) maintained his opportunities.” unbeaten record at his first outing in Hong Kong; Authentic Champ While the Hong Kong Sprint is the race in which Australian-breds tend (Star Witness) swept home from near last to record back-to-back to dominate, winning the race from its inception in 1999 until 2009 and successes and Australian Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) placegetter Tourbillon again the last three years before Danon Smash broke the streak yesterday, Diamond (Olympic Glory), who raced in Australia as Eric The Eel, the Hong Kong Mile - and its predecessor, the 1400-metre Hong Kong demonstrated that he would be a Four-Year-Old Classic Series threat Bowl - has also been a race in which horses born down under have a by taking the last. terrific record. It is a factor that is touched upon in the Aushorse Investors’ Guide, Yesterday, Golden Sixty joined horses like Monopolize (Rubiton), The which highlights not only the strength of Australia’s racing industry but Duke (Danehill), Glorious Days (Hussonet) and Able Friend (Shamardal) also the fact that opportunities are there for owners - both at home and as an Australian-bred Hong Kong Mile winner. Aushorse chief executive abroad - to get their hands on quality stock at a more palatable price Tom Reilly lauded the $120,000 purchase from the 2017 Magic Millions point. Gold Coast Yearling Sale, who was then on-sold to Lui for NZ$300,000 at “Whether you look at prize-money, the availability of the best stock that year’s NZB Ready To Run Sale. being offered for auction, or the potential resale value if you get a good “Today’s race day is a huge day in Australia,” Reilly told ANZ Bloodstock colt or filly, there is no better place to invest in a racehorse,’’ Reilly said. News. “Usually there are a lot of Australians that go up. A lot of people will “In a year that has been so disrupted by Covid-19, the strength of our be celebrating Golden Sixty’s win today. thoroughbred industry has never been more apparent. While some “He has done an incredible job over a variety of distances. If you are countries slashed prize-money, returns to owners actually grew in a racing fan anywhere in the world, horses that have that turn of foot, it Australia.’’ Continued on page 5>> Follow us @anz_news | 3 | Brought to you by PROFITEER, dominant debut winner at Flemington Breeder: SF Bloodstock, Matthew Sandblom, WinStar Farm CAPTIVANT FORBES Also sire of stakes-placed MARINE ONE & MISSION VALUE Aushorse launches Investors’ Guide as Golden Sixty sizzles | 5 | Monday, December 14, 2020 << Continued from page 3 While the guide focuses heavily on prize-money opportunities in Australia - highlighting the fact there are 52 races worth more than $1 million in the country compared to 29 in the United States and seven across all of Europe, while there is higher average prize-money per race than the UK, Europe or the US - there is also a significant component dedicated to the success of the Australian thoroughbred on the international stage. For Hong Kong buyers, there is already a natural connection. As of yesterday, 671 - or exactly 50 per cent - of the 1342 horses on the books in Hong Kong were bred in Australia. Of those, 228 were imported having raced abroad with 443 arriving unraced. “Hong Kong owners sometimes buy horses as yearlings, leaving them in Australia, then they will bring them back like Classique Legend and Bon Ho,” Reilly said. “There are people buying horses to bring up to Hong Kong as griffins, or as tried horses too, so our relationship with Hong Kong is incredibly strong. It is incredibly beneficial to our industry. We have a great relationship with Hong Kong owners. “With Golden Sixty, it’s great for Hong Kong that they have got a horse that is such a superstar. I remember when horses like Sacred Kingdom and Silent Witness were running in Hong Kong, being lucky enough to go Mogul HKJC and see them at the races, and the huge following they had. Obviously, the crowds weren’t there today at Sha Tin, but he is going to have that same terrific mile-and-a-half horse at four.