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2012 Golden Slipper winner Pierro who now stands at Coolmore Stud. PREVIEW Golden Slipper leaves lasting legacy on Australian industry Few races can match at Rosehill on Saturday. But for a select starting with the inaugural winner few there will be more than the $3.5 (Star Kingdom) in 1957. the Golden Slipper for million in prizemoney at stake. The Slipper meeting has grown in the impact it has on the Should one of the six colts come out importance over the past decade and it greater thoroughbred on top, their value will soar well beyond ranks among the best days Australian anything they will be able to win on the racing can offer with five Group One industry. racetrack. races. For more than 50 years, the Golden And having on the undercard ixteen of the fastest two-year- Slipper has typified racing while will only add to the theatre when she olds in , all trained to shaping the future of our breeding tries to win the Group One George Ryder the minute, will chase the richest industry. Its honour roll is a celebration Stakes for the fourth time as the end of Sjuvenile purse in the world over 1200m of Australia’s fascination with speed, her racing career draws closer.

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Microphone fights off Cosmic Force to win the Skyline Stakes. LISA GRIMM

Out-and-out speed is one of the wettest Slippers on record. in Australian racing. An inside gate has unlikely to be the only Since 2007, the Golden Slipper has been further enhanced Cosmic Force’s claims worth $3.5 million. in the eyes of bookmakers. prerequisite to win this When it was held under the auspices Trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, year’s Golden Slipper. of the now defunct Sydney Turf Club, Cosmic Force has been favourite for it figured in a prizemoney war of sorts most of the week since Tuesday’s nchallenged as the world’s with the Cup. barrier draw ahead of the Godolphin richest race for two-year- The fact the race’s purse hasn’t pair Microphone (Exceed And Excel) and olds and the most influential been lifted for 12 years has in no way Tenley (Medaglia D’Oro). Uon Australia’s breeding industry, the diminished its importance and the best Microphone defeated Cosmic Force Golden Slipper seems certain to be run 16 juveniles in training will take their at their only clash in the Group Two on a rain-affected track. place in Saturday’s field. Skyline Stakes but that victory came on And with that prospect of soft Fillies will outnumber the colts by a a firm surface. ground will come a survival-of-the- ratio of almost 2:1 and Godolphin runners Tenley accounted for her Magic fittest showdown, ensuring the fastest make up almost half of the field. Millions-winning stablemate Exhilarates will be vulnerable to the strongest. But it is a youngster from outside the (Snitzel) in the Group Two Reisling Golden Slippers decided on testing aforementioned demographics that has Stakes to stay unbeaten in three starts. surfaces are commonplace in a race that captured most attention since the final Chris Waller’s chances of a first is run over 1200m at Rosehill and is a qualifying races were run last week. Golden Slipper win suffered a setback at signature event of the Sydney calendar. In the space of a few days, Cosmic the barrier draw. The most recent wet-track triumph Force (Deep Field) has gone from Yes Yes Yes (Rubick), the colt who belongs to She Will Reign (Manhattan outsider to the horse to beat after arrived at his stable after starting out Rain) who kept saving ground along the storming his way into the field with one with disqualified trainer Darren Weir, inside after landing closer to last than of the easiest lead-in wins in the Group will start from the extreme outside. first. Three Pago Pago Stakes. Such is the importance placed on Her win revived memories of the 2009 Significantly, the second victory of Golden Slipper barriers, Yes Yes Yes lost edition when Phelan Ready (More Than the colt’s four-start career came on a his place as favourite and he is now on Ready) won in similar circumstances in surface with a rating that is the heaviest the third tier of most betting markets.

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Winx after winning the 2018 George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill. LISA GRIMM

Winx will have up to eight Group One Queen Elizabeth Stakes at They are stable newcomers Prompt rivals when she races at Randwick on April 13. Response (Beneteau) and Ringadingding As always, Winx is a prohibitive (Sebring) and Group One winner Egg her home track for the favourite to extend her winning Tart (Sebring). final time on the Golden sequence to 32 victories and post her The horse rated closest to Winx Slipper undercard. 36th overall win from 42 starts. in first markets is Land Of Plenty Her world record mark for Group (Stratum), the former Darren Weir- One wins will stretch to 24, a string that trained sprinter-miler who is having his hasing her fourth successive win started with her breakthrough in the first start for Peter and Paul Snowden. in the Group One George Ryder 2015 Queensland Oaks. Under Weir’s training, Land Stakes, Winx (Street Cry) will be Trainer Chris Waller accepted Of Plenty won the Group One Cmaking a farewell to Rosehill in the $1 with three stablemates to keep Winx Toorak Handicap during last year’s million weight-for-age race. company in the race named for the man spring carnival, claiming the scalp It comes three weeks before her behind the introduction of the Golden of Godolphin stalwart Hartnell planned swansong race in the $4 million Slipper. (Authorized).

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Dual Everest winner Redzel. LISA GRIMM

The principal race for since becoming one of the country’s two years ago when beaten by now- sprinters on Golden benchmark sprinters. retired stablemate Russian Revolution. The two-time Everest winner with It would turn out to be Redzel’s last Slipper day has received almost $15.5 million in earnings has defeat in 2017 as he compiled a sequence a boost with Redzel a 59.5kg on a 51kg limit in the $700,000 of wins that encompassed the inaugural race over 1100m. $10 million Everest. confirmed starter in the Trainers Peter and Paul Snowden Ball Of Muscle (Dubawi) stole the Group One Galaxy. have decided to keep Redzel in Sydney spotlight from Redzel in the Group instead of sending their stable star to Two Challenge Stakes and the Joe he Galaxy will mark Redzel’s Melbourne for the Group One William Pride-trained veteran will be trying to (Snitzel) return to handicap Reid Stakes. emulate his full brother Tiger Tees as a T racing for the first time Redzel finished second in the Galaxy Galaxy winner. Rosehill Guineas at mercy of top colt Valuable colt The Autumn and the Randwick Sun will be a pronounced Guineas. His last-start Randwick Guineas favourite to add the Rosehill victory rates up with the best wins of Guineas to his growing tally the Australian season after giving the of Group One wins. leaders an almighty start. New Zealand-trained Madison he Autumn Sun (Redoute’s County (Pins) finished fourth in the Choice) hasn’t been beaten in a Randwick Guineas and the likelihood Group One race and that record is of a wet track will be in his favour at Texpected to be enhanced over a middle Rosehill. distance on Saturday. Three of Madison County’s four wins In four appearances at racing’s in New Zealand have been on soft going, highest level, The Autumn Sun has including an easy NZ 2000 Guineas win The Autumn Sun. CREDIT won the JJ Atkins, the Golden Rose, the over 1600m.

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nforgotten () will be among the favourites for the Group One , a Uweight-for-age race run over 2000m. The-four-year-old goes into the Ranvet after a last-start minor placing to Winx in the Group One Chipping Norton Stakes. She will present third-up from a spell and the fact she was pitted against Winx (Street Cry) in a track gallop this week says a lot about the stable’s confidence. As a bonus, Unforgotten will be ridden by Winx’s jockey . Bowman, fresh from winning the Group One Hong Kong Derby, has an unblemished record after two rides on the four-year-old. He teamed up with Unforgotten for the first time to win last season’s Group One ATC Australian Oaks. They were reunited during the spring carnival and duly landed the Group Two Chelmsford Stakes, a time- honoured weight-for-age race. Unforgotten after her win in the 2018 Chelmsford Stakes. LISA GRIMM WFA sprint a highlight at Moonee Valley Melbourne’s final Group One But the mare’s William Reid record race of the season will be almost pales into insignificance against (Manihi) who won the race run under lights at Moonee for five successive years between 1979 Valley on Friday night. and 1983. The outstanding three-year-old filly he William Reid Stakes is a Sunlight (Zoustar) is a warm favourite weight-for-age sprint over to beat the older sprinters for the 1200m that has a rich history of second time in as many starts. Tbeing won by the absolute best. Sunlight made the most of her Black Caviar (Bel Esprit) won in light weight to win the Group One 2011 and 2013 with the Royal Ascot Newmarket Handicap earlier this winner’s second victory coming at her month, giving South African jockey penultimate start before retiring with Barend Vorster a dream introduction to Sunlight. RACING PHOTOS 25 wins from as many starts. Australian racing.

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China Horse Club’s Teo Ah Khing and Michael Wallace.s.

Red, yellow stars, yellow “He had everything Reasoning) – to retire undefeated. halved sleeves … it’s hard we look for in a colt and Now China Horse Club is poised to add a Golden Slipper and Australian to miss the colours. every time you went Derby to the tally following wins to back to inspect him at Cosmic Force (Deep Field) in the Group ven harder still when they spend Three Pago Pago Stakes at Rosehill on a lot of time flashing past the post the sale, he just kept Saturday and Global Exchange (Dundeel) in first place. growing on you.” in the Group Two Alister Clark Stakes at EYes, China Horse Club has become a Moonee Valley on Friday night. MICHAEL WALLACE, major force in the thoroughbred industry CHINA HORSE CLUB Trained by Ciaron Maher and David and now commands an empire on Eustace, Global Exchange – a homebred which the sun never sets: Australia, New Newgate Farm) and Madison County for China Horse Club – came into the Zealand, USA, Canada, China, France, (Pins) capture a pair of Group Ones in Alister Clark fresh from a Group Two Italy, Ireland and Singapore. New Zealand, while Yoshida (Heart’s Autumn Classic victory at Caulfield on 23 In just over six years there have Cry), Abel Tasman (Quality Road) and February and will head straight toward been nearly 500 racetrack successes, Improbable (City Zip) all won at the the $2 million Harrolds Australian Derby among them 31 Group One victories. The elite level in North America. Oh, and at Randwick on 6 April. last 12 months alone has seen Russian Justify (Scat Daddy) would win the Triple However, it was Cosmic Force’s Revolution (Snitzel) win a second Group Crown: only the second horse to do so in win in the Pago Pago that quickly had One in Australia (before heading off 40 years (13th horse overall) and also the bookmakers re-framing the Golden to an opening harem of 226 mares at second – along with Seattle Slew (Bold Slipper market after the colt’s seven and

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Cosmic Force pricks his ears as he wins the Group Three Pago Pago Stakes. LISA GRIMM a half length demolition job over the “We only started out a Slipper would be a good start!” Slipper journey last Saturday. seven years ago and Newgate’s Henry Field agrees, The Deep Field (Northern Meteor) particularly as he stands Deep Field, a youngster – purchased by China Horse covered 150 mares multiple stakes winning son of Northern Club, Newgate Farm and WinStar for that spring, but in 2018 Meteor, at his Hunter Valley nursery. $180,000 at the 2018 Inglis Sydney Classic the roster was up to 11 “He (Deep Field) is off to a great start, Yearling Sale – was considered something but to potentially have a Golden Slipper of a rank outsider for the Slipper (despite stallions and 1800 mares.” winner in your first crop is fantastic,” an impressive second behind Microphone HENRY FIELD, Field enthused. “We’ve got the last (Exceed and Excel) two weeks earlier in NEWGATE FARM Golden Slipper winning colt – Capitalist the Group Two Skyline) but is currently (Written Tycoon) – standing at Newgate on the third line of betting for Saturday’s is by Deep Field. “He’s a highly fertile and how good would it be to have the $3.5 million ‘life changer’. stallion, his progeny look terrific and, next one as well! “I reckon it’s a fairly open field for most important of all, it looks like they “We only started out seven years ago the Slipper this year … any one of six can run!” and covered 150 mares that spring, but or seven could win it and, based on the While Cosmic Force and Global in 2018 the roster was up to 11 stallions Pago Pago run, Cosmic Force is in with Exchange might be at the vanguard – including our leading first season a real shot,” China Horse Club’s Michael of China Horse Club’s autumn attack, sires Dissident (Sebring) and Wandjina Wallace points out. “There was a lot to Wallace also believes they could have a (Snitzel) – and 1800 mares. like about Cosmic Force as a yearling: strong hand in races like the Group One “There’s certainly a lot of moving very uncomplicated type, athletic and ATC Sires’ Produce or Champagne Stakes. parts and that’s why Newgate’s close strong. He had everything we look for “There’s a couple of good 2YOs association with China Horse Club is vital. in a colt and every time you went back like Strasbourg (I Am Invincible) and “We (Newgate and China Horse to inspect him at the sale, he just kept Autocratic (Wandjina) that will probably Club) usually buy around 15 to 20 growing on you. improve considerably as we get out to colts annually and China Horse Club’s “We (China Horse Club) purchase seven (1400m) or eight (1600m) furlongs founder, Teo Ah Khing has been a around 20 yearlings in Australia annually and they’ll next likely start in the (Group wonderful partner to myself, WinStar, SF and we’ve bought 18 so far in 2019 … Three) Schweppervescence over 1400m at Bloodstock and Matthew Sandblom. and that’s with Easter still to come. In Randwick in a fortnight. “I work in closely with Michael Australia and New Zealand there are “The Sires’ and Champagne are highly Wallace and we speak on a very regular about 65 racehorses on the books, along valuable races to win for prospective basis. You can’t put a price on these with some 90 broodmares. stallions too, so hopefully we’ve got a kinds of business relationships. It’s “We also have shares in 16 stallions – few big weeks coming up. worked so well for us in the past, as was a lot of those with Newgate stallions – so “2018 was a crazy, crazy year and shown on Saturday and, fingers crossed, that’s why it’s an added bonus this colt we’re not likely to match that again, but this Saturday as well!”

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Mystic Journey creates history winning the inaugural $5 million All-Star Mile. RACING PHOTOS

The latest concept in flourishing and her jockey lives in might of the most powerful racing Victoria but can hardly get a ride in the stable on the planet. Godolphin was Australian racing has state. represented by Alizee (Sepoy) and unearthed another darling Adam Trinder, who comes from a Hartnell (Authorized) - two of the best of the turf with Mystic family that has a rich history in racing, among the established stars in Sheikh made a name for himself as a jumps Mohammed’s Australian operation. Journey winning the $5 rider in Victoria before returning to his But they were no match for Mystic million All-Star Mile. home state to open a stable. Journey who covered more ground Jockey Anthony Darmanin works as than any other runner, leaving her s the industry weighs up the a trackwork rider for Lloyd Williams’s rivals without excuses to justify her merits or otherwise of a race Macedon Lodge. favouritism. where 10 of the original 14 Until Mystic Journey came along William Buick rode Hartnell into Arunners were decided by public vote, with a record that now stands at 10 wins second placing while Alizee (Hugh the unheralded stable associated in 13 starts for more than $3.2 million in Bowman) finished third after looking with Mystic Journey (Needs Further) prizemoney, early mornings at Macedon the winner at the 200m. continues to celebrate its good fortune. Lodge provided his main source of In the absence of Winx (Street Cry) Egalitarianism has always turned the income. next season, Mystic Journey appeals as a wheels of Australian racing but in reality Now Trinder, Darmanin and owner possible heir to the throne. it has been getting harder for smaller Wayne Roser have been thrust into the At least that’s what the bookies stables and breeders to compete. national spotlight with a three-year- think with Mystic Journey an early That’s why Mystic Journey’s win is old filly who cost a mere $11,000 as a favourite to win this year’s Cox Plate, one for the romantics. yearling. the weight-for-age championship that She is trained out of Tasmania In winning the world’s richest has belonged to Winx for the past four where survives without mile race, Mystic Journey defied the seasons.

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uinton celebrated his fourth training success in the Group Q One race for fillies and mares when Dixie Blossoms (Street Sense) won on testing ground at Rosehill. And he confessed that Dixie Blossom’s first win at racing’s elite level was one of his most satisfying in a career spanning more than 50 years as a jockey and trainer. Trainer Ron Quinton and jockey Christian Reith. LISA GRIMM Quinton won multiple Sydney premierships as well as four Golden a rain-affected track on Saturday. to Darley Stud, bred Dixie Blossoms and Slippers and a Cox Plate on Kingston Ending a Group One drought for thanks to Quinton the Sydney solicitor Town () as one of Australia’s her jockey Christian Reith, Dixie has much to look forward to with his best jockeys. Blossoms traversed an inside passage breeding ventures. He was renowned for his judgment over the 1500m course to beat El Dorado Dixie Blossoms is likely to head to in the saddle and nothing has changed Dreaming (Ilovethiscity) and Princess the Group Two Stakes since he entered the training ranks. Posh (Canford Cliffs). (1600m), a race named for the winner It was Quinton who persuaded Dixie Quinton also hoped to have last year’s of the second of Quinton’s Coolmore Blossom’s owner Alan Osburg to keep winner Daysee Doom (Domesday) in the Classic victories as a jockey in 1984. the mare in training this season. race but she was scratched because of a Quinton won his first Coolmore A rising seven-year-old, Dixie wide barrier and a heavy track. Classic as a trainer in 2012 with Blossoms had been placed twice in Group Osburg, a co-owner of Exceed And Ofcourseican (Mossman) followed by One races before her moment arrived on Excel before the brilliant sprinter’s sale Peeping (Redoute’s Choice) in 2016. Kiamichi adds to Godolphin juvenile spree The first winner in a Trainer James Cummings has now produced the winners of 20 races for spectacular run of success two-year-olds, including the Magic in two-year-old races Millions 2YO Classic. this season for Godolphin Godolphin’s haul also includes the Group One Blue Diamond Stakes has left it until the 11th with Lyre (), a filly trained by hour to stake a Golden Anthony Freedman. Slipper claim. Kiamichi was sent out one of the outsiders in the Magic Night but she iamichi (Sidestep) added her put the race beyond doubt turning into name to Godolphin’s Golden the straight under Melbourne jockey Slipper contingent with a Kiamichi. LISA GRIMM Damian Lane. Kstrong win on a heavy track in the Her liking for soft ground will ensure Group Three Magic Night Stakes at filly opened the stable’s 2018-19 juvenile she backs up in the Golden Slipper with Rosehill. account with a win in an ungraded race a rain-affected track expected for the It was her second victory after the at the same track in November. world’s richest juvenile race.

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