Regal Heads Western Australia Quinella in Second All-Star Mile
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Sunday, March 15, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here SINGAPORE NEWS - PAGE 15 MORNING BRIEFING - PAGE 7 YESTERDAY'S RACE RESULTS - PAGE 16 Regal heads Western Read Tomorrow's Issue For: Australia quinella in The Week Ahead What's on second All-Star Mile Race meetings: Coonamble (NSW), Grafton Stablemate Superstorm flashes home to seal big payday in $5 (NSW), Benalla (VIC), Sale (VIC), Cairns million feature for Williams' and Peters (QLD), Mount Barker (QLD), Murray Bridge (SA), Pioneer Park (NT), Woodville (NZ) LATEST NEWS FROM THE WEEKEND'S RACING International meetings: Kranji (SGP) HONG KONG NEWS Simply Brilliant as Leung seals a Sha Tin treble Regal Power SPORTPIX Derek Leung capped a steely treble at Sha Tin of rides between the two talented Perth horses yesterday when Simply Brilliant (Frankel) BY GEORGIE DENNIS AND LLOYD JACKSON | @ANZ_NEWS in the $5 million race, but he opted to stick with earned just reward in the afternoon’s feature, the son of Pierro (Lonhro) whom he partnered the Class 1 Lung Cheung Handicap (1600m). t was an all-West Australian affair in to finish second in the Australian Cup (Gr 1, Leung left little to chance on the Frankie Lor- the second running of the All-Star Mile 2000m) a week earlier. trained chestnut, a lesson learned from a (1600m) at Caulfield yesterday as Grant And his decision was a correct one as luckless defeat the time before at Happy Valley. and Alana Williams landed the quinella the reigning Railway Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) On that occasion, the rider found himself withI the Bob Peters-owned pair Regal Power winner settled in a perfect position in trapped fence-side and then pocketed behind a (Pierro) coming home first, ahead of Australian fourth during the run before shooting to the wall of horses; this time, he settled his mount in Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) runner-up Superstorm front with 200 metres to go, defeating his fast- a stalking spot, with naught but air to his outer, (Sebring). finishing stablemate by three-quarters of a perfect for a centre-track rattle to the winning Stable jockey William Pike had the choice length. Continued on page 2>> post. Hong Kong News page 13 >> Follow us @anz_news: click here | 1 | Brought to you by Regal leads home Western Australian Quinella in second All-Star Mile | 2 | Sunday, March 15, 2020 << Continued from page 1 Champion New Zealand mare Melody Belle (Commands) put in a gallant performance to finish a further half- ` length away in third. "The Williams' camp, right now, I think no one is training better than them," Pike told Racing.com. "Honestly, their record in big races is just amazing. Mr Peters, the way he is able to find good horses year after year keeps us all in form and keeps us all looking good. "This horse, he's been so good for me. I wasn't at my best on him last start, so this goes some way towards atoning for that." The leading Perth rider said he was surprised that the intense tempo of the race, which was set by Godolphin’s sole runner Flit (Medaglia GROUP ONE WINNING d’Oro), didn’t ease throughout the race. "I was waiting for that mid-race steady that pretty much I've found SAVABEEL MARE in nearly every race I've ridden in over here, but it didn't come," Pike continued. "There was always going to be good pressure early, I thought. I was worried about a mid-race steady and the Blood (Alligator Blood) would steal it with a mid-race steady but that didn't happen today." AMONG 111 LOTS FOR "I was at least one or two spots closer than what I thought I'd be. It probably told on me a little late, but he was good enough. He just kept SALE ONLINE NOW. hanging in there." Grant Williams, who trains in partnership with his wife Alana, said he was grateful to Peters for giving him the opportunity to travel the horses over to Melbourne in his own name, rather than transferring them to a local stable. "At the end of the day, I think Bob was getting a bit pissed off with the horses coming back (to Perth) like they were too so I rang him after the Cox (Plate) and said, 'Listen Bob, these are our horses too. We're a team and how about we do it together?’ And that's what we've done,” he told Racing.com. "He's (Peters) been super to us. We couldn't be where we are without him so it's great he's given us this opportunity." Currently training at a strike rate of 28%, the Williams team believe that their All-Star Mile runner-up, three-year-old Superstorm, will develop into one of Perth’s best horses. "He came over as a travelling companion," Williams explained. "He had to win the Challenge (Stakes) to qualify for the (Australian) Guineas then he ran second to Alligator Blood and now run second and beat all these horses in the All-Star Mile. "He'll be a serious horse in the next 12 months." Regal Power is nominated for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) at Randwick next month, but the co-trainer doubts he or Superstorm will be continuing their campaigns in Sydney. "I reckon Bob, knowing his horses, will say bring them home and put them away and then we can bring them back later," Williams said. One horse bound for Sydney is Melody Belle who is on track for the Doncaster Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) during The Championships. Jamie Richards AUCTION CLOSES FROM described her performance in the All-Star Mile as honest, although she lacked vital galloping room. 7PM MONDAY 16 MARCH. "Opie (Bosson, jockey) thought he did the right thing getting on the back of Alligator Blood, but he didn't take him into the race as he would have liked," Richards said. "It was an Continued on page 3>> Follow us @anz_news: click here | 2 | Brought to you by Regal leads home Western Australian Quinella in second All-Star Mile | 3 | Sunday, March 15, 2020 << Continued from page 2 honest performance and she won't lose winner Arcadia Queen and Group 3 winner Arcadia Prince. any admirers from that." Regal Power is one of six Group 1 winners for Pierro and the third out Australian Guineas winner Alligator Blood (All Too Hard), who went of a Redoute’s Choice mare, joining Arcadia Queen and Australian Derby into the race as the $2.80 favourite, faded out of the race to finish tenth, (Gr 1, 2400m) winner Levendi. a poor performance that left David Vandyke longing for an explanation. Broadway Belle has a yearling filly by Pierro’s barnmate American "We know he goes better than that," Vandyke said. "When Ryan Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) and a weanling sister to Regal Power. (Maloney, jockey) asked him, he found very little.He's had a good blow, Pierro is standing at Coolmore Stud in the Hunter Valley for a fee of that shows he has put in, but I can't answer why." $88,000 (inc GST) and has swept to the lead on the Australian General Racing Victoria stewards reported its veterinary team found no Sires List with progeny earnings topping $12 million. abnormalities with the three-year-old cult favourite. RELATED LINK | ALL-STAR MILE REPLAY Regal Power (4 g Pierro - Broadway Belle by Redoute's Choice) has won seven of his 20 starts and in the process has earned $3,781,470 in career prize money. Comeback pays off for globetrotter The four-year-old gelding is the third winner out of Listed-winning Con Te Partiro Redoute’s Choice (Danehill) mare Broadway Belle, making him a brother The career of globe-trotting mare Con Te Partiro (Scat Daddy) looked to fellow Western Australian Derby (Gr 2, 2400m) winner Action. to be done and dusted six months ago as she headed to the breeding barn The gelding’s second dam is Antique (Metal Storm), who produced to be served by Zoustar (Northern Meteor). Listed winner Antique Belle (Redoute’s Choice) and blue-hen mare But a decision to return her to the stables of Gai Waterhouse and Arcadia (Redoute’s Choice). Adrian Bott after she failed to get in foal paid off when she took out the This family is a good example of the potency of the cross Coolmore Classic (Gr 1, 1500m) at Rosehill yesterday. between Pierro (Lonhro) and Arrowfield Stud’s late breed-shaping Waterhouse and Bott convinced Newgate Farm principal Henry Field stallion Redoute’s Choice, with Arcadia’s mating to the Coolmore to put the American-bred six-year-old back in work, adamant she had Stud-based sire producing 2018 Kingston Town Classic (Gr 1, 1800m) much more to offer. Continued on page 4>> Tattersalls Autumn HIT Group 2 Winner IMAGING AJAX STAKES, Gr.1 sold Tattersalls Autumn HIT Sale Juddmonte Farms by Craven Breeze Up Sale to Chris Waller Racing April 13 - 15 for 260,000 gns Jenny McAlpine Tel:+61 411 504803 [email protected] www.tattersalls.com Follow us @anz_news: click here | 3 | Brought to you by Comeback pays off for globetrotter Con Te Partiro | 4 | Sunday, March 15, 2020 << Continued from page 3 "I worked for Gai as a lad and she is making her a half-sister to stakes winner Donworth (Tiznow), and she my absolute hero," Field said. "They tag-teamed me and said, 'please put is also from the family of Grade 1 winners A Phenomenon (Tentam) and her back in training' - and I'm glad I did." Seattle Meteor (Seattle Slew).