Saturday, April 25, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here Magna Grecia, Calyx Read Tomorrow's Issue For: Saturday’s Stakes Reviews & Results to join Coolmore’s What's on Stakes races: Rosehill (NSW) - Hawkesbury Guineas (Gr 3, 1400m), Hawkesbury Gold Australian team Cup (Gr 3, 1500m), Hawkesbury Crown (Gr Sons of Invincible Spirit and Kingman set to join Everest winner 3, 1300m), Hawkesbury Gold Rush (Listed, Yes Yes Yes 1100m). Flemington (VIC) - VRC St Leger (Listed, 2800m), Anzac Day Stakes (Listed, 1400m). Morphettville (QLD) - Chairman’s Stakes (Gr 3, 2000m), Breeders’ Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m), City Of Adelaide Handicap (Listed, 1400m), H C Nitschke Stakes (Listed, 1400m). Ascot (WA) - Sheila Gwynne Classic (Listed, 1400m) Metropolitan meetings: Rosehill (NSW), Flemington (VIC), Sunshine Coast (QLD), Morphettville Parks (SA), Ascot (WA) Race meetings: Gosford (NSW), Bathurst (NSW), Moe (VIC), Dalby (QLD), Emerald (QLD), Kalgoorlie (WA), Pioneer Park (NT) Barrier trials/ Jump-outs: Armidale (NSW), Bathurst (NSW), Kempsey (NSW), Murwillumbah (NSW) International meetings: Tokyo (JPN), Kyoto (JPN), Fukushima (JPN), Taipa (MAC) International Group races: Fukushima (JPN) Magna Grecia COOLMORE - Fukushima Himba Stakes (Gr 3, 1800m) The trio will join a loaded cohort that includes BY ANDREW HAWKINS | @ANZ_NEWS the evergreen Fastnet Rock (Danehill), two oolmore Stud announced last Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winners in night that European first season Vancouver (Medaglia d’Oro) and Pierro (Lonhro), sires Magna Grecia (Invincible dual hemisphere sensations So You Think (High Spirit) and Calyx (Kingman) will Chaparral) and Merchant Navy (Fastnet Rock) Cjoin The Everest (1200m) winner Yes Yes Yes and two American Triple Crown winners, (Rubick) as new additions to their Australian American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) and roster for the 2020 breeding season. Justify (Scat Daddy). Continued on page 2>> STUD NEWS | TASSORT STUD DEAL COULD BE START OF MORE FROM EMIRATES PARK - PAGE 9 Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Magna Grecia, Calyx to join Coolmore’s Australian team | 2 | Saturday, April 25, 2020 << Continued from page 1 Magna Grecia, winner of the 2,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1m) last year as well as the Vertem Futurity Trophy (Gr 1, 1m) at Doncaster as a two-year-old, will be the third winner of Newmarket’s Classic to join the Coolmore line-up this year, alongside Churchill (Galileo) and Saxon Warrior (Deep Impact). He will be the seventh son of Invincible Spirit (Green Desert) to stand at stud in Australia. His dam Cabaret (Galileo) was a Group 3 winner, while his family dates back to the influential Eyewash (Blue Peter), who counts Might And Power (Zabeel), Mosheen (Fastnet Rock) and Sariska (Pivotal) among her descendants. Invincible Spirit has already proven to be a sire of sires through the exploits of stallions like I Am Invincible, Cable Bay and Kingman. Champion trainer Aidan O’Brien wasn’t surprised by the colt’s success: “Magna Grecia always stood out for two reasons, he was such a good-looking horse and he showed so much speed even from his early two-year-old days.” After the colt’s retirement was announced, O’Brien added: “His Group 1 wins at 2 and 3 were top-class and the form of those races has turned out extremely well. His win in the 2,000 Guineas on his seasonal debut was outstanding.” Calyx COOLMORE Kingman, who is enjoying a tremendous run from just two crops to race, is already following in his father’s footsteps in producing the speedy was blessed with so much speed. Calyx - already touted as his fastest son. He was a serious horse.” Magna Grecia Winner of the event widely considered the northern hemisphere’s Calyx’s dam Helleborine is the only son Golden Slipper equivalent, the Coventry Stakes (Gr 2, 6f) at Royal Ascot (Observatory) won the Prix of Invincible Spirit to - defeating three-time Group 1 winner Advertise (Showcasing) - the John d’Aumale (Gr 3, 1600m), defeating Gosden-trained Calyx was brilliant in his first three starts, before he was dual Group 1 winner Immortal be a Group 1 winner injured and retired after start four when second in the Sandy Lane Stakes Verse (Pivotal), while she was at two and three (Gr 2, 6f) at Haydock. runner-up in a strong edition of - Colm “Calyx always had that the Prix Marcel Boussac (Gr 1, Santry Calyx always rare brilliance you only see 1600m) on the Arc undercard. had that rare in champions,” Gosden said Calyx hails from a strong family brilliance you only upon the colt’s retirement. “His of sprinter-milers that includes performances at Ascot at both two Group 1 winners African Rose (Observatory) and Distant Music (Distant see in champions and three years were of the highest View). - John standard. He is a very similar type “We are delighted to welcome two very exciting new sires in Calyx Gosden to his sire Kingman.” His regular and Magna Grecia to Coolmore Australia,” said nominations and sales rider Frankie Dettori added: “He manager Colm Santry. “They’re both top-class racehorses from the red- hot Invincible Spirit sire line and are both out of Group winning juveniles. In fact Calyx is the fastest son of Kingman, while Magna Grecia is the only son of Invincible Spirit to be a Group 1 winner at two and three. He added: “I inspected both horses in Ireland a few months ago and they’re very good lookers. Both are strong individuals with impressive walks.” “Calyx and Magna Grecia are two important additions to our stallion roster, as is our record-breaking Everest winner Yes Yes Yes,” Coolmore Australia principal Tom Magnier said. “All three stallions demonstrated exceptional ability at both two and three. We feel very fortunate to be able to offer them to Australian breeders.” Both Magna Grecia and Calyx entered the market at €22,500 (approximately AUD$38,000) when standing at Coolmore in Ireland. Fees for all three first season sires, as well as the entire Coolmore Magna Grecia COOLMORE roster, will be announced at a later date. 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"Since that run I AUSTRALIA Lees said. "A lot of horses would be up there have seen her back to her usual ways. She has Record Inglis Digital online for other races. It's not easy to get them there come on in leaps and bounds since." Nicci’s auction catalogue to Queensland to race so you'd probably only Gold tackles today’s Hawkesbury Crown (Gr 3, A total of 564 horses have been entered for this go with very much the right horses I would 1300m). week’s Inglis Digital April Online Sale, smashing suggest. (Graff) can get to a Stradbroke if his the previous record of 376 from July 2019. form warrants it but the Scone carnival, which Indy Car sold Among the entries are 77 racehorses, 94 race is now in Sydney, there are a couple of races fillies, 22 shares, 73 weanlings, 102 yearlings, there that would suit." 189 broodmares (five 3-in-1 packages, 100 in foal, 16 foals at foot), two unbroken stock Pride trying to and five stallions. With the sheer size of the rejuvenate Archedemus catalogue, as reported yesterday, the final Known as a master of reviving the careers of countdown has now been pushed back to next older horses, Joe Pride is looking forward to Thursday. Inglis Digital Business Manager Nick Archedemus (Lope de Vega) making his stable Melmeth said: “When we saw the amount of debut in the Hawkesbury Gold Cup (Gr 3, entries coming in this week, we realised buyers 1500m) later today, a race he won a year ago Indy Car SPORTPIX and vendors will need that little bit of extra time when trained by Gwenda Markwell. "He is a to work through the catalogue and also didn’t lovely style of horse. To me, he's got the perfect Talented three-year-old Indy Car (Sebring) want to be selling horses late into Wednesday build for a thoroughbred in terms of size and was yesterday scratched from the Hawkesbury night. We are staggered by the support from strength and he is loaded with ability," Pride Guineas (Gr 3, 1400m) after owner-breeder vendors, many of whom have large drafts of said. However, he added a note of caution that Gerry Harvey elected to sell the gelding to Hong broodmares, yearlings and weanlings and we the horse may take a little time before he returns Kong interests.