Tuesday, August 25, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here STALLION WATCH | DARLEY’S EPAULETTE REGISTERED HIS SECOND GROUP OR GRADE 1 WINNER - PAGE 10 Go Bloodstock to Read Tomorrow's Issue For: have a strong spring Steve Moran What's on Race meetings: Scone (NSW), Ballarat hand in feature races (VIC), Rockhampton (QLD) O’Connor praises team effort for acquisition of talent under Sir Barrier trials / Jump-outs: Randwick Owen Glenn’s ownership (NSW), Scone (NSW), Caulfield (VIC), Swan Hill (VIC), Sunshine Coast (QLD) International meetings: Catterick (UK), Yarmouth (UK), Cork (IRE), Vaal (SAF) International sales: Hokkaido Summer Yearling Sale (JPN), Tattersalls August Sale (UK) Dame Giselle (left) SPORTPIX 2020 GLOBAL SALES DATES - PAGE 15 Dame Giselle is set to continue on the BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS Darley Princess Series path, culminating in the winner Wild Ruler (Snitzel), who is being he victory of Dame Giselle (I Am Flight Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m), but Go Bloodstock’s aimed towards the Coolmore Stud Stakes (Gr Invincible) in Saturday’s Silver Steve O’Connor yesterday revealed that there 1, 1200m) at the Flemington carnival, and filly Shadow Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) could was a plethora of talent set to make their mark Land Ahoy (Dundeel). be the pipeopener to what promises on the racecourse in the coming months under The John Sargent-trained three-year-old toT be an exciting spring for Sir Owen Glenn who Sir Owen’s ownership. signalled she was better than a Scone maiden, has live chances being aimed at races ranging They include one of the forgotten three- with the merits of her June 22 1300-metre win from the Coolmore and the Oaks as well as the year-olds, the Newgate-China Horse Club colts putting her immediately on a VRC Oaks (Gr 1, Melbourne Cup. syndicate-owned Inglis Nursery (RL, 1000m) 2500m) path. Continued on page 2>> ENTER NOW JULY 24 -29 ONLINE SALE ENTRIES CLOSE JULY 22. Featuring broodmares, yearlings and racing stock. FRICatalogue 21ST available at inglisdigital.com - WED 26TH AUGUST 2020 INGLIS DIGITAL AUGUST (LATE) SALE SALE LIVE - VIEW HERE Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Go Bloodstock to have a strong spring hand in feature races | 2 | Tuesday, August 25, 2020 << Continued from page 1 A homebred for Sir Owen, Land Ahoy “It makes it a lot easier to get up early in the morning to watch these ran fifth in a Randwick 1080-metre synthetic barrier trial on August 11 horses work when you are dealing with such good bloodstock. At one while the likes of Yardstick (Criterion) and the Gerald Ryan-trained point or another, there’s always one of them heading towards a good race. Cultural Amnesia (Snitzel) capable of figuring in stakes It’s exciting.” races up to 2000 metres. While Sir Owen’s operation has invested heavily in stallions and Aim (Star Witness), another colt Sir Owen young stock with the attributes to be up and racing as two-year-olds and races in partnership with Newgate and China the big spring three-year-old races, he also has a Melbourne Cup runner Horse Club, is also on a stakes race path despite pencilled in for this year’s race. finishing unplaced at Canterbury last week. O’Connor yesterday confirmed that the European, Andrew Balding- “He’s a colt with good acceleration who is trained stayer Dashing Willoughby (Nathaniel) would be on the plane to best suited to 1400 metres-plus Melbourne for the first Tuesday in November. now. Forget his last run and he is “He ran fourth in the Lonsdale Cup over the weekend at York and he is HE’S A COLT WITH on track for the Ming Dynasty,” very much on track for the Melbourne Cup in 2020,” he said. GOOD ACCELERATION O’Connor said. Sir Owen has also been slowly putting together a high-class WHO IS BEST SUITED While discussing the various broodmare band in recent years, with Group 2-winning sprinter TO 1400 METRES-PLUS programs of the Go Bloodstock Heatherly (Lonhro) producing a Russian Revolution (Snitzel) colt at NOW. FORGET HIS LAST team yesterday, O’Connor Newgate Farm recently. RUN AND HE IS ON acknowledged the fortunate The first foal out of Heatherly, who was purchased by Go TRACK FOR THE MING position he finds himself in Bloodstock and Paul Moroney Bloodstock for $1.5 million at the 2018 DYNASTY working under Sir Owen. Magic Millions Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale, has been named - SIR OWEN GLENN “For me, it’s fantastic. It’s Miss Glenn (Written Tycoon). One of a number of two-year-olds pretty much where you want to O’Connor has high hopes for, Miss Glenn is currently in pre-training be,” he said. with Matthew Vella at Hawkesbury. Continued on page 3>> FIRST CROP FOALS LOOK THE PART… Colt ex. 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New Zealand: Gordon Calder Tel:+64 218 41612. www.coolmore.com Follow us @anz_news | 2 | Brought to you by Go Bloodstock to have a strong spring hand in feature races | 3 | Tuesday, August 25, 2020 << Continued from page 2 Mystic Mermaid (Fastnet Rock) (Chris Waller), Australian Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m) winner Gust Of Wind’s (Darci Brahma) first foalSirocco Gale (Snitzel) (Waller), Bright Flight (Zoustar) (Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott) and Bundchen (I Am Invincible) (Waterhouse and Bott) are also promising new season two- year-olds which bodes well for the future, says O’Connor. The success enjoyed by Go Bloodstock and the prospect of more to come is a function of the facilities WE FEEL IF WE KEEP and support staff Sir Owen has DOING THAT, THEN WE ensured that he has around him. O’Connor says: “It’s a WILL GET THE RESULTS product of what a big team AND HOPEFULLY effort it is. It’s from everyone we THAT’S WHAT’S Ruud Awakening and her I Am Invincible filly NEWGATE FARM STUD trust at Coolmore, Newgate and HAPPENING NOW. Segenhoe who look after the - SIR OWEN GLENN young horses and stallions and mares, to the people selecting the horses like Paul Moroney and to our pre-training operation with Matt Vella. “We think we are buying and breeding the right product and we think we have the right process with Glenn Haven as well as the trainers we choose. “We feel if we keep doing that, then we will get the results and hopefully that’s what’s happening now. We’re getting some nice horses coming through.” Go Bloodstock’s bluechip broodmares Group 1 winner Ruud Awakening (Bernardini) - recently gave birth to an I Am Invincible filly and will be covered by Snitzel this year Dual Group 2 winner Pure Elation (I Am Invincible) - is in foal to Pure Elation SPORTPIX Snitzel and will return to the Arrowfield Stud champion sire this year. High-class sprinter Heatherly (Lonhro) - in recent days had a good Russian Revolution colt and she will be bred back to I Am Invincible this year. Mica’s Pride (Bite The Bullet), the dam of Sir Owen’s champion Criterion (Sebring), is in great health and due to foal to Zoustar. Gust Of Wind (Darci Brahma), the last horse to beat Winx, is due to foal to Snitzel and will be bred back to I Am Invincible in 2020. Look To The Stars (I Am Invincible), the BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m) winner in 2015, is in foal to Snitzel and will be bred back to stallion again this year. Asavant (Zabeel), the dam of Sir Owen’s two-year-old Mystic Mermaid, is in foal to Fastnet Rock and due to be bred back to the champion Coolmore stallion this year. Heartherly SPORTPIX Logo (without secondary wording) MAGNUS Champion Victorian Based Sire Follow us @anz_news | 3 | Brought to you by Morning Briefing -Sponsored by Woodside Park Stud Tuesday, August 25, 2020 2020 VIRTUAL ONLINE STALLION PARADE NOW MORNING BRIEFING Mamaragan aims to over 2500m so The Bart Cummings should be a AUSTRALIA measure up race that suits him ideally." Moody returns Dual Group 1 placegetter Mamaragan (Wandjina) to Group 1 action will be out to progress from his juvenile campaign Schabau to run at Caulfield when he returns as a three-year-old in the San Schabau’s (Pastorius) intended starting point Domenico Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m). The John at Moonee Valley fell by the wayside when the Thompson-trained Mamaragan won the Skyline meeting was abandoned due to rain, but trainer Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) at his first outing before Robert Hickmott is not too concerned given Racing finishing third in both the Golden Slipper (Gr 1, Victoria has added a 2000-metre quality handicap 1200m) and the ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr to Saturday’s Caulfield meeting. "It's good of them 1, 1400m). "It's a really interesting year with the to put it back on.