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Saturday, June 27, 2020 | Subscribe for free: Click here Mares aim for Group win What's on Stakes races: Rosehill (NSW) - McKell Cup (Listed, 2000m), Civic Stakes (Listed, 1350m). before Magic Millions Doomben (QLD) - Sapphire Stakes (Gr 3, Delectation Girl, Krone, Strome and Mewstone Rock can add 1600m), Premiers Cup (Gr 3, 2200m), Spear Chief Handicap (Listed, 1350m). Belmont one final feature to their record before they go through the Gold (WA) - Strickland Stakes (Gr 3, 2000m) Coast sales ring next month Metropolitan meetings: Rosehill (NSW), Caulfield (VIC), Doomben (QLD), Morphettville Parks (SA), Belmont (WA), Darwin (NT), Riccarton (NZ) Race meetings: Newcastle (NSW), Gundagai (NSW), Casterton (VIC), Gatton (QLD) International meetings: Sha Tin (HK), Hanshin (JPN), Tokyo (JPN), Hakodate (JPN), Turffontein (SAF), Kenilworth (SAF), Newcastle (UK), Newmarket (UK), Redcar (UK), Lingfield (UK), Curragh (IRE) International Group races: Curragh (IRE) - Irish Derby (Gr 1, 1m 4f), Vintage Crop Stakes (Gr 3, 1m 6f), Alleged Stakes (Gr 3, 1m 2f). Newcastle (UK) - Chipchase Stakes (Gr 3, 6f), Hoppings Fillies’ Stakes (Gr 3, 1m 2f). Newmarket (UK) - Criterion Stakes (Gr 3, 7f). Turffontein (SAF) - Premier’s Champions Challenge (Gr 1, 2000m), Computaform Sprint (Gr 1, 1000m), Empress Club Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m), SA Nursery (Gr 2, 1160m), SA Fillies Nursery (Gr 2, 1160m), Camellia Stakes (Gr 2, 1160m), Gold Bowl (Gr 3, 3200m). Kenilworth (SAF) - Legal Eagle Stakes (Gr 3, 1800m). Belmont (USA) - Just A Game Stakes (Gr 1, 1m), Krone RACING PHOTOS New York Stakes (Gr 2, 10f), True North Stakes (Gr 2, 6.5f), Vagrancy Handicap (Gr 3, 6.5f) next month’s Magic Millions National Broodmare BY ANDREW HAWKINS | @ANZ_NEWS Sale, with all of them likely to be having either oday’s Sapphire Stakes (Gr 3, their penultimate or their final start here. 1630m) at Doomben shapes as the Black-type racing will continue in last opportunity for a number of Brisbane over the next three Saturdays, with mares to add a Group win to their one further Group race - the Winx Guineas recordT before they are retired to stud. (Gr 3, 1600m) for the three-year-olds at the Delectation Girl (Delegator), Krone Sunshine Coast - but for the older mares, this (Eurozone), Strome (Smart Missile) and is their last opportunity to add a Group win or Mewstone Rock (Fastnet Rock) are all entered for placing to their page. Continued on page 2>>
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<< Continued from page 1 The one who could most benefit from takes the ride on Strome, will be aiming to cap a breakout season by a win today is Strome who, for all her consistency throughout her career, scoring her first Group win too, having ridden her first Listed winner in is yet to add black type - either a win or a placing - to her record. She has November. Thornton and Strome will jump from barrier seven. only lined up in stakes races twice, with a first-up sixth in the Hawkesbury "Stephanie is a patient rider and the barrier looks ideal for Strome's Crown (Gr 3, 1300m) behind Sweet Scandal (Sepoy) and In Her Time style of racing," Portelli said. “Her work on Tuesday morning suggests she (Time Thief) giving Gary Portelli confidence that she can gain that elusive will be right in the race. She worked brilliantly on Tuesday and that was on black type today. a firm surface. Her form is pretty ordinary on the wet. “She’s probably a horse that’s “She will be retired to stud soon and I tell you what, it will be a job well She will be underrated in this race,” Portelli done if we’re able to get a Group 3 win before she’s retired, that’s for sure.” told Perth’s TABRadio. “I know Mewstone Rock has a Listed placing to her name, but the John Symons retired to stud she’s at big odds but if you go and Sheila Laxon-trained eight-year-old is yet to record a black-type win. soon and I tell you through her form, she’s matched it A victory today would make her a valuable commodity, as a Fastnet Rock what, it will be a job against some pretty handy horses mare that is from the family of multiple Group 1 winners Danzdanzdance well done if we’re in town down here. (Mastercraftsman) and Lucia Valentina (Savabeel). able to get a Group “I don’t think this race in Krone is a two-time Listed winner who also boasts a Group 2 placing Brisbane looks like it is a genuine to her name. The Tony Gollan-prepared mare has only had three runs in 3 win before she’s Group race. I think it’s a pretty his care, the best of those a second in the Helen Coughlan Stakes (Listed, retired, that’s for sure handy race, don’t get me wrong, 1350m) to stablemate Shalwa (O’Reilly). - Gary but if she gets any luck at all on "Her first run for us was at the Gold Coast and it was pretty ordinary, Portelli a track that should be a lot better but we made a slight change to her race gear and her other two runs than what she’s been racing, she here have been very good,” Gollan said earlier this week. "She has been should have her chance.” getting back in her races but the pace is usually on in 1600-metre races at Stephanie Thornton, who Doomben so that should suit her." Continued on page 4>>
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<< Continued from page 2 For the Kris Lees-trained Delectation will be Ryan Maloney, Girl, a Group 3 winner in the UK and Germany, a win in today’s Sapphire who has been called Stakes would be a bonus at the end of a globetrotting career. upon by trainer David Australian Bloodstock bought Delectation Girl off a Thirsk maiden as Vandyke to ride a two-year-old in 2016, with the filly heading up to Scotland to take out the Baccarat Baby (Casino Firth Of Clyde Stakes (Gr 3, 6f) at Ayr. Prince). “They’ve been hugely important to our stable, they’ve been great The Maloney- supporters,” Lees told SEN. “Jamie (Lovett) and myself go back a long Vandyke partnership way, back to our teenage years. They are a growing influence in racing and has already struck it’s been great for us that we’ve been able to build that relationship with success with Australian horses like this.” Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) Switched from Bryan Smart to Andreas Wohler, she made it three from winner Alligator three when winning the Schwarzgold-Rennen (Gr 3, 1600m) at Cologne Blood (All Too Hard) Baccarat Baby RACING PHOTOS before facing defeat for the first time in the French 1,000 Guineas (Gr 1, this season. Vandyke 1600m). is hoping that a change of rider may help Baccarat Baby, with Maloney At three, she added one more win, a runaway success in the Grosse replacing Micheal Hellyer, who has ridden the four-year-old at 19 of her Europa Meile des Porsche Zentrum (Gr 3, 1600m) at Dusseldorf, while she 22 starts. also finished fifth in the Falmouth Stakes (Gr 1, 1m) at Newmarket. "She pulled up so well we decided to have another shy at the stumps," She subsequently had five starts in the United States, joining the Vandyke said. "She was three deep in the Dane Ripper so it was a very Wesley Ward yard, and then she was passed in at the 2018 Arqana good run considering and this race is easier." December Sale before heading to Australia and to Lees’ stables. Winless Baccarat Baby was the $3.60 favourite with TAB last night, with Krone from 13 starts, she has been runner-up in two Group 3 contests. at $4.80 and Delectation Girl at $10. Strome and Mewstone Rock are Trying to upset the apple cart for the Magic Millions-bound horses considered among the outsiders at $34 and $51 respectively.
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race is one of the few Sydney staying features Ground back on Home soil AUSTRALIA Waller has not managed to win, despite sitting Winner of the Geelong Classic (Listed, 2200m) Akeed Mofeed weanling atop the Sydney trainers' premiership for the past in 2018, Home Ground (High Chaparral) will tops Perth sale decade.. Waller's McKell Cup anomaly is one return to the races at Rosehill today for the The Perth Winter Thoroughbred Online Sale jockey Tommy Berry hopes to amend when he first time in over 18 months, having been sent came to a close through the Magic Millions reunites with Black On Gold (Sebring). "It would to Hong Kong but not racing in the city. The digital platform yesterday, with an Akeed be the only race in Sydney he hasn't won," Berry gelding will step out in the TAB Long May We Mofeed (Dubawi) weanling topping the sale said. "There aren't too many firsts you can get for Play Handicap (1500m). It has been a long in being knocked down to Grant and Alana him these days, so it would be good to win it for journey but John Sargent cannot fault the four- Williams for $30,000. The weanling is a half- Chris. He's been a good supporter of mine." year-old physically and is hopeful he can work brother to the stakes-placed Gratwick (Reward his way towards races like the Newcastle (Gr 3, For Effort). Former Darley mare Counterpane Innes Jr aims to join father 2300m) and Wyong Cups (Listed, 2100m). "He's (Lonhro) was passed in for $85,000, just shy of in Civic Stakes been out for a long time but I can't find anything her $90,000 reserve. wrong with him, so we're going to tick him over and see if we can get him back to the staying La Pulga to belie horse he was," Sargent said. "I don't think the pedigree in Cup time has hurt him. He will probably need this La Pulga (Dream Ahead) is closely related to one race on Saturday and another one before he's of Australia's best sprinters in the past decade really fit, he is a big horse and carries a lot of but the Gold Coast-trained gelding gets a chance weight." to confirm his rating as a future top stayer in the Premiers Cup (Gr 3, 2200m) at Doomben today. South Pacific set for The winner of seven of his 21 starts, La Pulga is by Outrageous SPORTPIX Australian debut Dream Ahead (Diktat) and out of Barcelona Girl The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained (Noverre), making him a half-brother to Group Twelve months after joining his jockey father Irish import South Pacific (Galileo) will make 1 winner Under The Louvre (Excellent Art). on the W J McKell Cup honour roll, James his Australian debut in the Neds Money Back He faces five runners from the powerful Chris Innes Jr will try to emulate the feat in another Odds Handicap (2000m) that has connections Waller stable but trainer Michael Costa is looking stakes race on the corresponding program. hoping will lead the horse towards being a forward to the challenge. "It is a step up in class Innes Jr will partner Hawkes Racing gelding Cups contender. Formerly prepared by Aidan but it will be a good test against the Waller horses Outrageous (All Too Hard) in the Civic Stakes O'Brien, South Pacific defeated the now to see where we stand," Costa said. (Listed, 1350m), hoping to etch his name Lindsay Park-trained Constantinople (Galileo), alongside that of dad James, who won the an unlucky fourth in last year's Caulfield Cup Waller after first McKell Cup 2003 edition aboard Palladium Star (Palace (Gr 1, 2400m), at Royal Ascot before finishing If Chris Waller is to continue his recent dominance Music). Innes Jr took out the McKell Cup on under ten lengths behind Stradivarius (Sea The of Sydney's off-season staying races, he will need Hush Writer (Rulership) last year to match the Stars), at Goodwood last July. "He hasn't raced to break a W J McKell Cup (Listed, 2000m) hoodoo achievement of his father, who won it 13 years for a long time but his work has been solid and at Rosehill today. Having produced the trifecta in earlier with Taken At The Flood (Bianconi). he seems to have good lung capacity," Eustace both the Lord Mayors (Listed, 2000m) and Winter Innes Jnr has five rides at Rosehill, led by said. "He's fit enough to run 2000 metres and Cups (Listed, 2400m), Waller will send around six Outrageous who sits on the third line of Civic we're looking forward to seeing him hit the line of the 14 runners in the McKell Cup. The Listed Stakes betting at $7.50. strong."
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Relations eyeing each is so excited," mum Belinda told Racing.com. The mare started favourite and finished second other at Caulfield "With a big grin this morning he said, 'Mum, last, with stewards expressing concern over Brendan McCarthy has two close relations I'm an apprentice jockey now.' It can be quite McDonald's lack of vigour between the 300 set to go head-to-head at Caulfield today. stressful as a mum watching Will ride, so I guess metres and 100 metres and his failure to shift Lucifer's Reward (Reward For Effort) and Oh it's about to become twice as bad pretty soon. out earlier to secure clear running. McDonald So Rewarding (Reward For Effort) are three- Travis has been fantastic with him already pleaded not guilty to the charges but they were quarter brothers and meet for the fourth and they have built a strong relationship. We upheld, although stewards found his decision time in the Neds Same Race Multi (1000m). all know Trav is a gentle guy, but he is not not to shift to the outside of runners earlier Both are by Reward For Effort (Exceed And frightened to let Ben know if something is not was not unreasonable to the extent of being Excel) while the dams of the two horses, right." blameworthy. Stewards took his good record Petite Briefs (Brief Truce) and Oh So Petite into consideration when handing down a (Snippets), are half-sisters. "It's the last crack Humidor on notice in three-week ban, which will begin on Sunday we'll get at a three-year-old VOBIS race with Strickland Stakes week and expire on July 26. them," McCarthy said. "Lucifer's Reward will go out for a break after this. He's backing up Rubisaki an Everest again for the third week in a row but he's candidate? done very well and coming back to the 1000 Patrick Payne’s talented filly Rubisaki (Rubick) metres again is better and I think he can run returned to work a fortnight ago and could be a creditable race." set for The Everest (1200m). While the $7.5 million Golden Eagle (1300m) had been a Deserved seeking city win spring target for the multiple Group winner, Matt Cumani is hopeful a first-up country Prime Thoroughbreds’ Joe O'Neill said he victory is the confidence-booster Deserved had fielded interest from Everest slot-holders Humidor SPORTPIX (Dundeel) needs to return to city winning about having her contest the $15 million race. form at Caulfield today. Deserved won at Multiple Group 1 winner Humidor (Teofilo) "There has been some discussion regarding Ballarat to break a 13-month winless streak could be racing for his career when he runs The Everest," O'Neill told Racing.com. "There's after the filly won on debut at Sandown in the Strickland Stakes (Gr 3, 2000m) at been a couple of parties that have mentioned last year. Cumani has picked out Take It To Belmont today, his third start for trainer it (taking an Everest slot). The Golden Eagle is The Neds Level Handicap (1440m) to see if Lindsey Smith. The gelding finished tenth still on her list, but we will just play it by ear. It's Deserved can relaunch her city career. "She first-up over 1400 metres before rising to pretty exciting. Irrespective of what happens, finished third behind I Am Eloquent in a 1600 metres when eighth in the Hyperion she has got a very exciting program ahead of stakes race and was really mapping like she Stakes (Gr 3, 1600m) at Belmont on June 13. her." was getting there,” Cumani said. "If you look Smith is hoping he can show a glimpse of his at it the form has possibly not worked out best form otherwise his racing days may be Dalasan returns to work quite like we had hoped and as soon as we numbered. "He has to run top-three," Smith South Australian Derby (Gr 1, 2500m) runner- stepped her up into proper class that was said. "As this is the last sort of race he can race up Dalasan (Dalakhani) returned to work at when she failed. Is that because she went off in in Perth, he has to run top-three to warrant the stables of Leon Macdonald and Andrew the boil or because she is not quite up to that going back. The owners might want to try him Gluyas last Tuesday to start his build up to level, I don't know, but we'll find out a little with someone else, but that is where he sits the Melbourne Spring Carnival. "He enjoyed bit more on Saturday.” with me." a deserved five-week break after his second in the Derby and did really well putting on Big week for Price family McDonald suspended for around 25 kilos," Macdonald told Racing. After outriding his country claim on Tuesday, Threeood ride com. "We've been having him led on and apprentice jockey Will Price will have his James McDonald has been suspended for three off the track in the mornings as he is feeling first Saturday metropolitan rides at Caulfield weeks over his ride on the Joe Pride-trained bright and well and a little on the playful side. today, while his younger brother Ben signed Threeood (Star Witness) at Randwick last Having said that he still retains his gentle his indentures yesterday morning to officially Saturday. Racing NSW stewards, led by Marc nature and it is a pleasure to have him back commence his apprenticeship with Travis Van Gestel, chaired an inquiry yesterday after at the stables." Dalasan is likely to begin his Doudle. At 17 years of age, Ben has been riding earlier charging McDonald for failing to take all campaign in either the Spring Stakes (Gr 3, trackwork for more than 18 months and has reasonable and permissible measures to win or 1200m) or the Penny Edition Stakes (Listed, already competed in official jump outs. "He obtain the best possible placing on Threeood. 1400m) in Adelaide.
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Jockeys debate decision to group wanted to sell their share in the promising contributions from the repeal of the betting levy maintain minimum weight hurdler. "He will run Saturday week in the 2600 and the introduction of betting information With the announcement that the minimum metres (race at Flemington) and then we are user charges, and crucially the Government's riding weight would return to 54 kilograms in thinking of going to Pakenham for a hurdle (on support to kick-start the resumption of racing Victoria after it was raised to 56 kilograms during July 19) after that run," Lindsay Park co-trainer provided confidence for the RITA Board to the coronavirus lockdown period, there have Tom Dabernig told Racing.com. "We will be approve the organisation's budget and racing been mixed opinions from jockeys. Heavyweight mixing a bit of the flat and the jumping at this code funding for the forthcoming financial year hoop Jamie Mott admitted he's enjoyed riding stage. Obviously, you judge it after each run. Some at its meeting this week,” RITA executive chair at 56 kilograms, with it giving him the chance to of the owners in him may increase their share, Dean McKenzie said. take more rides than he normally would. "I have they are just working it out at the moment. But been able to ride 56 kilograms, which I have found he will stay in the stable, which is good, because Blair set for maiden pretty good considering I've had so long off (with he is certainly a stable favourite and well liked by Flight on heavy track injury)," Mott told Racing.com. "I haven't had everyone. I think he still has a few kilometres left The Ross Beckett-trained Blair Flight (Zacinto) to knock back rides which normally I couldn't on the clock." will meet a Heavy track for the first time when take because of the 54 kilograms.” Meanwhile, he lines up in 1400-metre handicap at Riccarton lightweight Dean Yendall said RV had made the Williams imports today, but that hasn’t deterred TAB bookmakers right call in maintaining the minimum. "(The head to new homes who have installed him as $5 favourite. Blair Flight increased minimum was) going to knock a few A handful of Lloyd Williams imports were also won on a Slow track at Gore in March but Beckett jockeys around that are natural lightweights to offered at the Inglis Digital sale and Wangaratta is interested to see how he handles the wetter pick up those easier rides,” Yendall told Racing. trainer Dan McCarthy believes he has picked surface. “He hasn’t had a race in a while, but he is com. up a bargain in Spanish Steps (Lope De Vega), well forward in his work. He won quite nicely prior who he purchased for $18,000. "We don't have to lockdown,” he said. “He got a wet track at Gore Long-serving Queensland a lot of staying stock in our stable and just the when he won last start. The breed doesn’t usually handicapper to retire opportunity to get one in was too much, especially like the wet tracks, but the Zacinto’s do, so we are Racing Queensland will bid farewell to its with his record and everything that goes with it," going to find out on Saturday.” Blair Flight will be longest-serving employee next week when McCarthy told Racing.com. "The problems he's joined in the event by stablemate Wanderin Over Lester Grimmett retires after more than 50 had is not an overly concerning thing to us. We've (Nom Du Jeu). “Wanderin Over is well forward as years in the industry. The 73-year-old got his dealt with those sorts of problems over and over, well. She trialled very well at Rangiora. My two are start in the industry in 1968, taking notes at over the years. We are excited about it. I honestly hard to split, their work has been right up there,” stewards’ inquiries for the Queensland Turf do feel like I've got a bargain. He would have cost Beckett said. Club on a part-time basis. By 1973 he had a fortune, you know. He beat Johannes Vermeer risen through the ranks to become an assistant and another Group 1 winner." Spanish Steps was Pitman team ready handicapper for the QTC, and seven years later one of four ex-Williams horses to go through to fire at Riccarton was appointed Head Handicapper. “I’ve had June's Inglis Digital Auction with Venice Beach Leading South Island trainers Michael and the pleasure of handicapping the likes of Chief (Galileo), Baritone (Camelot) and Sir Edwin Matthew Pitman have accepted for 27 horses De Beers and Vo Rogue; I think I got Vo Rogue Landseer (Galileo) also offered. at Riccarton with their team heading to the beat one day by allocating him what proved races without any trials under their belts. “I to be too much weight,” he said. “Although it think we should have been racing a couple of NEW ZEALAND won’t be remembered for the right reasons, to weeks ago,” Michael Pitman said. “We haven’t have played a part in the Fine Cotton affair is Racing code funding used the Rangiora trials and I’m not a huge fan something I will never forget, and I still have my confirmed for 2020-21 of trialling horses. My preference is to go to the handwritten notes from that day. The Racing Industry Transition Agency (RITA) races and race for prize-money. We can get yesterday advised the New Zealand racing them ready at home and there are jump outs Storm to remain codes of forecasted funding in 2020-21 of on the first Wednesday of every month that we with Lindsay Park NZ$139.6 million, which is the same level as use for education and we get barrier certificates Moonee Valley Cup (Gr 2, 2500m) winner Ventura was budgeted for the 2019-20 season before off them.” Pitman is pleased to be back racing Storm (Zoffany), a Group 1 winner in Europe, the impacts of Covid-19. This is despite fewer and said when Covid-19 hit, the stable had to will continue his career as a jumps horse with thoroughbred and harness races planned for turn out nine last-start winners: “It’s a lot of last the Lindsay Park team after being offered at this the upcoming season. "Despite the significant start winners to turn out when the team is going month’s Inglis Digital Sale. The gelding was put impact of Covid-19 on the TAB's business, well, but unfortunately that’s what happened through the auction when part of the ownership major steps taken to reduce operating costs, the and others will be in the same position.”
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mannered horse. He raced professionally and established, it was announced yesterday. ASIA showed a lot of ability. We are thinking he is The organisation will bring together 20 horse Purton hungry for more quite a nice type. He is only two, so he has got betting operators, all who were members of after midweek four it all ahead.” the European Pari Mutuel Association (EPMA) Zac Purton boosted his championship claims and the Asian African Tote Association (AATA), on Wednesday night with a fantastic four-timer and it will focus on four key pillars: revenue INTERNATIONAL at Happy Valley and today at Sha Tin he is investment, technology optimisation, social aiming to draw further clear of great rival Joao Kew Gardens retired responsibility standards and the creation of Moreira with a full book of ten rides. Purton national and global pools. Australia’s Paul Cross, rode the last four winners at the Valley, all for General Manager International at Tabcorp, and trainer Francis Lui, in a sublime performance. the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Richard Cheung But Hong Kong’s reigning champion jockey will co-chair WoTA for the first two years. “We is not about to rest on his laurels even with a have created a body to represent tote operators seven-win lead at the top (136-129). “There’s globally and show people that the Association still a few races left and this weekend is going to is not created to talk a lot but to do a lot,” said be another key meeting for both of us, so we’ll Cross. see how that plays out, but if I can come out and ride another three or four winners it puts me in Kew Gardens RACING POST Kentucky Derby a good spot,” Purton said. to welcome fans Champion stayer Kew Gardens (Galileo) has The rescheduled Kentucky Derby (Gr 1, 10f), Kiwi export shines in Korea been retired and will stand at Coolmore’s to be held at Churchill Downs on September Journeyman rider Alan Munro partnered New national hunt stud from next season. Trained by 5, will be open to spectators, the racetrack Zealand-bred gelding Mighty New (Red Giant) Aidan O’Brien, the dual Group 1 winner was last announced on Thursday. The Run for the Roses to an impressive Class 4 victory in a 1200-metre seen defeating fellow champion Stradivarius is traditionally run on the first Saturday in May race at Seoul last weekend, which may pave the (Sea The Stars) in the British Champions Long as the first leg of the American Triple Crown, way for further Kiwi exports to South Korea. The Distance Cup (Gr 2, 1m 7.5f) in October last but it is now the second leg after Tiz The Law two-year-old was one of nine horses purchased year. “Kew Gardens is a big, good-looking (Constitution) won the first leg, the Belmont by the Seoul Racehorse Owners’ Association horse, clear winded and an excellent mover,” Stakes (Gr 1, 9f), last week. A usual Kentucky at the 2019 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready said O’Brien. “He has a super mind and is Derby would welcome between 150,000 and To Run Sale. Bred and prepared for sale by extremely brave. He was a top-class middle- 170,000 people to the Louisville track and, while Annabelle Johnson via the Westbury Stud distance horse.” The five-year-old had 17 starts there will be nowhere near as many patrons draft, Mighty New defeated fellow Ready To for six wins and seven placings, earning a total as that, a ticket limit is yet to be determined. Run Sale graduate Geomison (Helmet). “We of £1,399,112 in prize-money. "Our team is deeply committed to holding the thought he’d be there,” Munro said. “He had best Kentucky Derby ever, and we will take all been training really well. He’s a nice type and World Tote necessary steps to protect the health and safety he is quite impressive in the morning. Mighty Association created of all who attend and participate in the Derby,” New has a great attitude and is a really well- The World Tote Association (WoTA) has been said Churchill Downs president Kevin Flanery.
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emperatures were being taken upon entrance at the combined Tattersalls Craven and Tattersalls Ascot Breeze-Up Sales on Thursday, butT after there were decidedly mixed fortunes in the ring it was the health of the market that provided the greatest cause for concern, with one leading vendor branding trade "a disaster." By the close of trade, 70 of the 84 offered lots had sold for a clearance rate of 83 per cent. Those transactions brought turnover of 6,649,500gns, down 36 per cent on last year's results. The average was down by 22 per cent to Tattersalls staff sporting face masks at the entrance to the Park Paddocks sales ring LAURA GREEN 94,995gns and the median closed at 61,000gns, having been 85,000gns 12 months ago. It was not all doom and gloom among He added: "He showed plenty and everyone The results highlighted by key market those selling, however, and Johnny Collins of who rode him loved him. He's done very well metrics from the first post-lockdown sale in Brown Island Stables enjoyed the biggest result physically too. He's an April 28 foal and he was Europe with people in attendance tell only half of the day when a Night Of Thunder (Dubawi) bought in August as a very backward horse and was the tale, however, as vendors have been left colt he pinhooked for £72,000 was knocked maybe a little over 15 hands. He came back into trying to turn a profit in a market plainly feeling down to Blandford Bloodstock's Tom Biggs for work at 16 hands and a strong horse, so he'd really the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, having 575,000gns. developed and did what a good horse should do. pinhooked their lots for premium prices during "Amazing, brilliant," said a visibly stunned We've been lucky to sell some very good horses and a round of robust yearling sales in 2019. Collins. "Especially so in the year we're having." I think he'll be up there with them." There were plenty in attendance at Park There were a significant number of The colt is out of the winning Tamayuz Paddocks, where strict social distancing withdrawals at this year's Craven Sale, with (Nayef) mare Thurayaat, a granddaughter of measures were in place, though some major plenty of vendors having offloaded stock the Oaks (Gr 1, 1m 4f) heroine Midway Lady names were notable by their absence only, privately after the Covid-19 pandemic threw (Alleged). This is not the first touch Collins has including Godolphin, who claimed leading the breeze-up sales season into disarray. landed with the offspring of Night Of Thunder, buyer honours at last year's Craven Sale with an Collins said he had received attractive offers having sold Path Of Thunder, a 48,000gns outlay of 2,940,000gns on seven lots. for the Night Of Thunder colt, but, buoyed by pinhook, to Godolphin for 375,000gns at last When asked for his reflections on the the physical development and athletic prowess year's Craven Sale. market, John Cullinan of Horse Park Stud, he had witnessed at home, had decided to take Collins explained the success enjoyed with whose draft included a 300,000gns Kodiac his chances at public auction. Path Of Thunder had encouraged him to go (Danehill) colt, said: "It's been a disaster. "He's a lovely colt, I could have sold him in search of more stock by Darley's rising star The agents have worked very hard for the last privately a few times - I was offered a good sire, saying: "We loved Path Of Thunder and the couple of days, I've got to hand it to them, but bit of money for him - but I felt it would have Night Of Thunders all seem to have good minds, obviously they're struggling with punters. been a bad advert for the breeze-ups so I said so I felt we had to have another one." "There have been a few nice prices when we'd tough it out and go to the sales, rightly or Biggs, who saw off the attentions of Mark agents with orders have landed on the same wrongly," he said. McStay, was unable to confirm plans for the sale- horse, but it's a buyers' market for the rest. "I was prepared to take it on the chin if it topping lot, but said: "He's a lovely horse and he There's fantastic value here, I just think was the wrong decision, but thankfully it wasn't. did a very nice breeze. It was a little bit more than circumstances in the real world have gone Even the good offers I had for him privately we expected to pay, but it's that sort of market against us." weren't as much as he's brought here." where there are a few that everyone wants."
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Pharoah in favour The second-top lot is set to begin his racing career with Simon Crisford in Newmarket, with the American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) colt consigned by Star Bloodstock going the way of Harrogate-based owner-breeder Simon Chappell, who struck a winning bid of 400,000gns through Tattersalls' online platform. "I know the guys at Star Bloodstock and they've been telling me this colt is a good horse all year," said Chappell, who bred the likes of Decrypt (Dark Angel) and raced horses such as Nameitwhatyoulike (Trade Fair), Natalie's Joy (Lope De Vega) and Thesme (Exceed And Excel). Lot 51 American Pharoah - Harlan's Honor LAURA GREEN "At 400,000gns there was no way I was letting a horse like him slip through the net. one we've been waiting for and she's just a Although Browne enjoyed one of the day's He's by the sire of the moment in American lovely horse. She'll probably be aimed abroad bigger results, the general state of trade had not Pharoah, he did the third-fastest breeze and has and racing on dirt. We've got Midnight Sands passed the breeze-up sales' elder statesman by. a massive stride, so I used the online bidding going over to America, his target will be the He said of the market: "It's very sticky. Special system and bought the horse. He'll be going Breeders' Cup, and we'll have a chat with a horses still sell well but it's very difficult with into training with Simon Crisford." trainer and see where we go with this filly." the rest. The colt was pinhooked by Byron Rogers The Cool Silk team have enjoyed enormous "I knew she'd sell well but, to be honest, that and Newminster Pinhooking for $170,000 at success with their breeze-up purchases, having price is a bit of a fairy story really. It's the fifty the Keeneland September Yearling Sale and sourced the likes of Prince Of Lir (Kodiac), grand horse you can't move on, but how could prepared by Johnny Hassett of the Bloodstock Sands Of Mali (Panis) and Summer Sands you with the way everything is? Horses aren't Connection. (Coach House) from the two-year-old sales, really anyone's priority at the moment. And I The strapping individual, who reportedly and Swann expanded on what draws him to the think the breeze-up needs to be in April and clocked a two-furlong time of 20.59 seconds breeze-up model. not the end of June, too much of the season has during his breeze, is out of the stakes-winning He said: "It's a bit more of a lottery with already gone." Harlan's Holiday (Harlan) mare Harlan's yearlings but we really enjoy the breeze-ups. Honor. We use Matt Coleman and get James Given to Crisford's Kodiac "I'm delighted with the sale and I'm thrilled vet the horses, we look at times and strides and While not everyone enjoyed a fruitful with how the colt has turned out; I'm already those factors, but the horse still has to have a bit Craven Sale, Simon Crisford won't have been looking forward to seeing where he's going of character when we go around and see them." complaining afterwards, with the 300,000gns to end up on the track as he's always been an The filly, out of the Grade 3-winning Lemon Kodiac colt out of Life Of Pi (Sea The Stars) exciting prospect," said Star Bloodstock's Matt Drop Kid (Kingmambo) mare Lemonette, was offered by Church Farm and Horse Park Stud Eves, who added: "In a normal year you'd hope not sold at $70,000 at the Keeneland September also set to join his ranks after being sold to a horse like this might break the half a million Sale, and Browne explained that she had not Anthony Stroud. mark, but clearly it's not a normal year." spent long with him at his famed Country "He's been bought for Shaikh Duaij, who Tipperary farm. owns A'Ali, and will go to Simon Crisford," said Cool Silk write a fairy story "It's a great result and she's a lovely filly," Stroud. "He did a very good breeze and is by A handful of wildcard entries made it into said Browne. "I got her from America only on a very good sire, Kodiac had a great week at the sale, and among those was a Hard Spun March 1 and she was unbroken. The plan was to Royal Ascot. He passed the vet and ticked all (Danzig) filly consigned by Willie Browne's send her to Fairyhouse if she was ready because the boxes." Mocklershill who was sold to breeze-up regulars every other sale looked like being shut down. Bred by John Dance, the March-born Matt Coleman and the Cool Silk Partnership for "But in this instance Covid-19 has suited colt is the first foal out of the unraced Life Of 375,000gns. me as it's meant I was able to bring her here Pi, a daughter of Sea The Stars and the Grade "It's unusual for us to go to that sort of with the sale being pushed back. We knew she 1-placed Noahs Ark (Charnwood Forest) whose money but we really liked this filly," said Peter was going to breeze well and she didn't let us siblings include the dam of Classic candidate Swann of the Cool Silk Partnership. "She's the down. She's a real class act." Armory (Galileo).
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Despite enjoying a fine result with the Kodiac colt, Horse Park Stud's John Cullinan was left to rue a sobering session for those selling in a marketplace which has plainly not escaped the insidious effects of the coronavirus pandemic. He said: "It's been a disaster. The agents have worked very hard for the last couple of days, I've got to hand it to them, but obviously they're struggling with punters. "There have been a few nice prices when agents with orders have landed on the same horse, but it's a buyers' market for the rest. There's fantastic value here, I just think Tattersalls sales ring LAURA GREEN circumstances in the real world have gone against us." went to 250,000gns for the Shalaa (Invincible While the colt's pedigree appeal was On the Kodiac colt, he added: "He's got Spirit) half-brother to Bogart (Bahamian obvious, Brown said it was his pre-sale breeze loads of speed, a good mind and plenty of Bounty) and Blaine (Avonbridge) offered by that really caught his attention. ability. He was prepared for a client." Malcolm Bastard. "I thought his breeze was exceptional; it "He's been bought for a long-standing client was the best breeze visually, in terms of time A big brace for Blandford and will go into training with Simon Crisford," and stride, everything," he said. "That's hard to Bloodstock said Brown. "He was the horse that after the do and you have to pay for horses who can do Tom Biggs was not the only Blandford breeze, having seen him gallop and inspected that, but I'm delighted to get him." Bloodstock agent to get in on the action at the him on the sales ground, we highlighted him as Craven Sale, as his colleague Richard Brown the one we wanted." A good day for The colt, out of the winning Tagula (Taufan) team Tally-Ho mare Lauren Louise, had been due to appear Tally-Ho Stud were also among the at last year's October Yearling Sale but was consignors who registered some noteworthy withdrawn before coming under the hammer. results, with eight lots sold for a total of Brown continued: "He comes from a 740,000gns. Jake Warren signed for two of those very good consignor and I very much like the eight, including the 210,000gns Twilight Son stallion. I think Shalaa has made a good start, (Kyllachy) filly out of Laqataat (Alhaarth), who the mare has already done it, although I think had been pinhooked for €68,000. Shalaa's progeny aren't showing blistering pace "She's been bought for Bermuda so I think this colt could be more of a seven- Thoroughbreds," said Warren. "We bought Tom Biggs LAURA GREEN furlong horse." Queen Of Bermuda and Pink Sands from here
CRAVEN BREEZE-UP TOP LOTS
Lot Sex Sire Dam Vendor Buyer Price (gns) 134 c Night of Thunder Thurayaat Brown Island Stables Blandford Bloodstock 575,000 51 c American Pharoah Harlan's Honor Star Bloodstock Simon Chappell 400,000 152 f Hard Spun Lemonette Mocklershill Cool Silk Partnership / Stroud Coleman 375,000 71 c Kodiac Life of Pi Church Farm & Horse Park Stud, Ireland Stroud Coleman Bloodstock 300,000 53 c Kodiac Honeymead Grove Stud Chris Dwyer, Agent 270,000 80 c Siyouni Marsh Hawk Longways Stables & Star Bloodstock John & Jake Warren 250,000 68 c Shalaa Lauren Louise Mr Malcolm Bastard Blandford Bloodstock 250,000 96 c Kodiac Najraan Tally-Ho Stud A C Elliott, Agent 220,000 67 f Twilight Son Laqataat Tally-Ho Stud John & Jake Warren 210,000 83 f Dubawi Meeznah Egmont Stud David Redvers Bloodstock 200,000
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so we've had success with fillies bought at the "In particular we should recognise the "Even in these extraordinary times we have breeze-ups. For us, this filly was the standout patience and commitment of the breeze-up had buyers active from all corners of the world physical, she's got a nice page and she did a consignors who have worked with us every step including Australia, Bahrain, Dubai, Hong Kong, great breeze too so we think she's got great of the way and have adapted to the challenges Kuwait, Qatar and Spain, and the domestic prospects. that the global pandemic has thrown at people demand has also exceeded expectations. "Twilight Son has got off to a good start, in every walk of life. Obviously the highlight was Johnny Collins' it's still early days but I hope this filly can be a "None of us can pretend that the past few spectacular pinhooking triumph with his flagbearer for him." months have been easy, but in these times of outstanding 575,000gns sale-topping Night Of Warren also signed for a colt by Tally-Ho's adversity it has been even more pleasing than Thunder colt, but there were numerous other own sire Vadamos (Monsun) at 90,000gns on usual to see so many of the consignors well success stories and we can be confident that behalf of Highclere Racing. The purchaser said: rewarded. A clearance rate of 83 per cent, an there will be plenty of 2020 Craven Breeze-Up "We adored him, he did a brilliant time and he's average price nudging 100,000gns and a top- graduates performing at the highest level. another by an exciting first-season sire." priced colt matching last year’s highest priced "We are expecting international travel colt, are very respectable statistics and reflect the restrictions to be eased in the near future, End of sale statement outstanding professionalism of the breeze-up which will be a great relief, and as we look At the conclusion of trade, Tattersalls' consignors who, as ever, brought a fine collection forward to the Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up chairman Edmond Mahony said: "First and of two-year-olds to the Craven Breeze-Up Sale. and July Sale it has also been encouraging to foremost we would like to pay tribute to each "We should equally recognise the huge see the new internet bidding facility being and every individual who has worked so hard contribution made by today’s purchasers. They widely used by buyers at all levels of the market. to make sure that the 2020 Craven Breeze- have yet again demonstrated the enduring We have done our best to explore every possible Up Sale took place under almost normal appetite for quality European thoroughbreds way for buyers to participate at our sales in conditions, albeit more than two months later and the esteem in which the Craven Breeze-Up these unusual times and it has clearly been well than intended. is held. received."
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RACE COUNTRY COURSE DATE DISTANCE (TURF/DIRT) AGE SEX/CONDITIONS Irish Derby IRE CUR 27 June 2020 12 Furlongs (T) 3YO Just a Game Stakes USA BEL 27 June 2020 8 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up F&M Pretty Polly Stakes IRE CUR 28 June 2020 10 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up F&M The Takarazuka Kinen JPN HSN 28 June 2020 2200 Meters (T) 3YO & Up Epsom Derby ENG EPS 04 July 2020 12 Furlongs (T) 3YO The Oaks ENG EPS 04 July 2020 12 Furlongs (T) 3YO Fillies Durban July Handicap SAF GRV 04 July 2020 2200 Meters (T) 3YO & Up Handicap Manhattan Stakes USA BEL 04 July 2020 10 Furlongs (T) 4YO & Up Metropolitan Handicap USA BEL 04 July 2020 8 Furlongs (D) 3YO & Up Handicap Coral-Eclipse ENG SAN 05 July 2020 10 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Grand Prix De Saint-Cloud FR STC 05 July 2020 12 Furlongs (T) 4YO & Up Deutsches Derby GER HBG 05 July 2020 12 Furlongs (T) 3YO Falmouth Stakes ENG NEW 10 July 2020 8 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up F&M July Cup Stakes ENG NEW 11 July 2020 6 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes USA BEL 11 July 2020 10 Furlongs (T) 3YO Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes USA BEL 11 July 2020 10 Furlongs (T) 3YO Fillies Ashland Stakes USA KEE 11 July 2020 8.5 Furlongs (D) 3YO Fillies Jenny Wiley Stakes USA KEE 11 July 2020 8.5 Furlongs (T) 4YO & Up F&M Prix Jean Prat FR DEA 12 July 2020 7 Furlongs (T) 3YO Grand Prix De Paris FR LCH 14 July 2020 12 Furlongs (T) 3YO Irish Oaks IRE CUR 18 July 2020 12 Furlongs (T) 3YO Fillies King George Vi And Queen Elizabeth Stakes ENG ASC 25 July 2020 12 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Champions Cup SAF GRV 25 July 2020 1800 Meters (T) 3YO & Up Grosser Dallmayr-Preis Bayerisches Zuchtrennen GER MCH 26 July 2020 10 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Goodwood Cup Stakes ENG GOO 28 July 2020 16 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Sussex Stakes ENG GOO 29 July 2020 8 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Nassau Stakes ENG GOO 30 July 2020 10 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up F&M Prix Rothschild FR DEA 02 August 2020 8 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up F&M Preis Der Diana (German Oaks) GER DUS 02 August 2020 11 Furlongs (T) 3YO Fillies Prix Maurice De Gheest FR DEA 09 August 2020 6.5 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Grosser Preis Von Berlin GER HOP 09 August 2020 12 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Phoenix Stakes IRE CUR 09 August 2020 6 Furlongs (T) 2YO Secretariat Stakes USA AP 15 August 2020 8 Furlongs (T) 3YO Beverly D. S. USA AP 15 August 2020 9.5 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up F&M Arlington Million XXXVIII Stakes USA AP 15 August 2020 10 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Jacques Le Marois FR DEA 16 August 2020 8 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up International Stakes ENG YOR 19 August 2020 10 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Yorkshire Oaks ENG YOR 20 August 2020 12 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up F&M Nunthorpe Stakes ENG YOR 21 August 2020 5 Furlongs (T) 2YO & Up
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RACE COUNTRY COURSE DATE DISTANCE (TURF/DIRT) AGE SEX/CONDITIONS Winx Stakes AUS RAN 22 August 2020 1400 Meters (T) 3YO & Up Prix Morny FR DEA 23 August 2020 6 Furlongs (T) 2YO Prix Jean Romanet FR DEA 23 August 2020 10 Furlongs (T) 4YO & Up F&M Memsie Stakes AUS CAU 29 August 2020 1400 Meters (T) 3YO & Up Sprint Cup Stakes ENG HAY 05 September 2020 6 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Kentucky Derby USA CHU 05 September 2020 10 Furlongs (D) 3YO Prix Du Moulin De Longchamp FR LCH 06 September 2020 8 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Grosser Preis Von Baden GER BAD 06 September 2020 12 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Makybe Diva Stakes AUS FLE 12 September 2020 1600 Meters (T) 3YO & Up St Leger Stakes ENG DON 12 September 2020 14.5 Furlongs (T) 3YO Irish Champion Stakes IRE LEO 12 September 2020 10 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Matron Stakes IRE LEO 12 September 2020 8 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up F&M Prix Vermeille FR LCH 13 September 2020 12 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up F&M Irish St Leger IRE CUR 13 September 2020 14 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Flying Five Stakes IRE CUR 13 September 2020 5 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Moyglare Stud Stakes IRE CUR 13 September 2020 7 Furlongs (T) 2YO Fillies Vincent O'Brien National Stakes IRE CUR 13 September 2020 7 Furlongs (T) 2YO George Main Stakes AUS RAN 19 September 2020 1600 Meters (T) 3YO & Up Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes AUS CAU 19 September 2020 1400m (T) 3YO & Up Handicap Moir Stakes AUS MOO 25 September 2020 1200 Meters (T) 3YO & Up Golden Rose Stakes AUS ROH 26 September 2020 1400 Meters (T) 3YO Cheveley Park Stakes ENG NEW 26 September 2020 6 Furlongs (T) 2YO Fillies Middle Park Stakes ENG NEW 26 September 2020 6 Furlongs (T) 2YO Middle Park Stakes ENG NEW 26 September 2020 6 Furlongs (T) 2YO Cheveley Park Stakes ENG NEW 26 September 2020 6 Furlongs (T) 2YO Fillies Underwood Stakes AUS CAU 26 September 2020 1800m (T) 3YO & Up Preis Von Europa GER KOL 27 September 2020 12 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Turnbull Stakes AUS FLE 3 October 2020 2000m (T) 4YO & Up Epsom Handicap AUS RAN 3 October 2020 1600m (T) 3YO & Up Handicap The Metropolitan AUS RAN 3 October 2020 2400m (T) 3YO & Up Handicap Flight Stakes AUS RAN 3 October 2020 1600m (T) 3YO Fillies Sun Chariot Stakes ENG NEW 03 October 2020 8 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up F&M Prix De Royallieu FR LCH 03 October 2020 14 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up F&M Prix Du Cadran FR LCH 03 October 2020 20 Furlongs (T) 4YO & Up Prix Jean Luc Lagarde FR LCH 04 October 2020 7 Furlongs (T) 2YO Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe FR LCH 04 October 2020 12 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Prix Marcel Boussac Criterium Des Pouliches FR LCH 04 October 2020 8 Furlongs (T) 2YO Fillies Prix De L'Abbaye De Longchamp FR LCH 04 October 2020 5 Furlongs (T) 2YO & Up Prix De L'Opera FR LCH 04 October 2020 10 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up F&M Prix De La Foret FR LCH 04 October 2020 7 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Sprinters Stakes JPN NAK 04 October 2020 1200 Meters (T) 3YO & Up Fillies' Mile ENG NEW 09 October 2020 8 Furlongs (T) 2YO Fillies Caulfield Guineas AUS CAU 10 October 2020 1600m (T) 3YO Thousand Guineas AUS CAU 10 October 2020 1600m (T) 3YO Fillies
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RACE COUNTRY COURSE DATE DISTANCE (TURF/DIRT) AGE SEX/CONDITIONS Caulfield Stakes AUS CAU 10 October 2020 2000m (T) 3YO & Up Toorak Handicap AUS CAU 10 October 2020 1600m (T) 3YO & Up Handicap Spring Champion Stakes AUS RAN 10 October 2020 2000m (T) 3YO Dewhurst Stakes ENG NEW 10 October 2020 7 Furlongs (T) 2YO Caulfield Cup AUS CAU 17 October 2020 2400m (T) 3YO & Up Handicap Champion Stakes ENG ASC 17 October 2020 10 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes ENG ASC 17 October 2020 12 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up F&M British Champions Sprint Stakes ENG ASC 17 October 2020 6 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Queen Elizabeth II Stakes ENG ASC 17 October 2020 8 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Shuka Sho JPN KYO 18 October 2020 2000 Meters (T) 3YO Fillies Manikato Stakes AUS MOO 23 October 2020 1200m (T) 3YO & Up WFA Cox Plate AUS MOO 24 October 2020 2040 Meters (T) 3YO & Up Vertem Futurity Trophy Stakes ENG DON 24 October 2020 8 Furlongs (T) 2YO Criterium International FR STC 24 October 2020 8 Furlongs (T) 2YO Criterium De Saint-Cloud FR STC 24 October 2020 10 Furlongs (T) 2YO Prix Royal-Oak FR LCH 25 October 2020 15.5 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Victoria Derby AUS FLE 31 October 2020 2500m (T) 3YO Coolmore Stud Stakes AUS FLE 31 October 2020 1200m (T) 3YO Cantala Stakes AUS FLE 31 October 2020 1600m (T) 3YO & Up Handicap Empire Rose Stakes AUS FLE 31 October 2020 1600m (T) 3YO & Up Tenno Sho (Autumn) JPN TOK 01 November 2020 2000 Meters (T) 3YO & Up Melbourne Cup AUS FLE 03 November 2020 3200m (T) 3YO & Up Handicap VRC Oaks AUS FLE 05 November 2020 2500m (T) 3YO Fillies MacKinnon Stakes AUS FLE 07 November 2020 2000 Meters (T) 3YO & Up VRC Sprint Classic AUS FLE 07 November 2020 1200 Meters (T) 3YO & Up Grosser Preis Von Bayern GER MCH 08 November 2020 12 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up Queen Elizabeth II Cup JPN KYO 15 November 2020 2200 Meters (T) 3YO & Up F&M Railway Stakes AUS ASC (AUS) 21 November 2020 1600m (T) 3YO & Up Handicap Mile Championship JPN KYO 22 November 2020 1600 Meters (T) 3YO & Up Japan Cup JPN TOK 29 November 2020 2400 Meters (T) 3YO & Up Champions Cup JPN CYO 06 December 2020 1800 Meters (D) 3YO & Up Arima Kinen Grand Prix JPN NAK 27 December 2020 2500 Meters (T) 3YO & Up
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STEVE MORAN It’s a case of Feehan versus Craiglee in Sunday’s Underwood
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f recent history is any guide, then Western Australian galloper Gatting faces a monumental task to repeat his Eastern seaboard debut in the Group 1 MaybeI Diva (Craiglee) Stakes win in tomorrow’s Group 1 Underwood Stakes at Caulfield. Saturday, September 28, 2019 | Dedicated to the Australiasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here Not only does the son of Hard Spun have READ TODAY'S STEVE MORAN COLUMN - PAGE 11 A WAY to defy the usually huge odds against longshot Nature Strip putswinners in repeating, he’d become just the third Monday, September 30, 2019 | Dedicated to the Australiasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here Read Tomorrow's Issue For: horse in 30 years to completeStakes results the and reportsdouble; 25 DIRECT TO YOUR INBOX EVERY MORNING blistering display to
have tried and only Weekend What's On:Hussler (2008) Smith rejuvenates veteran win Moir Stakes Stakes races: Rosehill (NSW) - Golden Rose and Northerly (2002) have Stakesbeen (Gr 1,successful. 1400m), Golden Pendant (Gr Read Tomorrow'sThe Issue son For: of Nicconi adds second elite level race to his CV 2, 1400m), Shannon Stakes (Gr 2, 1500m), Stallion Watch with impressive victory at The Valley Black Heart Bart to win Furthermore, none theGloaming past Stakes ten (Gr 3, 1800m),Craiglee Colin What's on Stephen Quality (Gr 3, 2400m), Heritage Race meetings: Leeton (NSW), Tamworth Stakes winners has managedStakes to (Listed, win 1100m) another - Mornington race (VIC) second Underwood (NSW), Geelong (VIC), Northam (WA) - R.M. Ansett Classic (Listed, 2400m) - Sales: Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearling Longshot retiree upsets favourite Homesman in Caulfield during the spring which is Belmontverily (WA) dumbfounding - Birthday Stakes Sale - Day 1 Group 1 and must cast some doubt over(Listed, 1200m)its Group 1 status Metropolitan meetings: Rosehill (NSW), Gatting SPORTPIX LATEST NEWS FROM THIS WEEKENDS RACING in a Melbourne carnival which,Doomben ridiculously, (QLD), Morphettville (SA) has Race meetings: Gunnedah (NSW), six Group 1 races from 1600 Kemblametres Grange to (NSW), 2040 Mornington metres (VIC), the 2017 Underwood with four-year-old mare is the only victor in recent memory [certainly in Gold Coast (QLD), Longreach (QLD), in about as many weeks. Toowoomba (QLD), Belmont (WA), Ellerslie Bonneval [who’d won the Feehan] and they the past ten years] to have had an immediate (NZ), New Plymouth (NZ) In contrast, the GroupInternational 2 Feehan Group 1 races: Stakes Newmarket saddle another four-year-old, this time male, break and he returned to run second to Black (UK) - Middle Park Stakes (Gr 1, 6f), COVERAGE FROM YESTERDAY’S RACING AT THE VALLEY MORNING BRIEFING Cheveley Park Stakes (Gr 1, 6f) - Santa Anita Nature Strip — won this year by SPORTPIX Homesman — has been a in The Chosen One — who looks the principal Caviar in the Group 1 Lightning Stakes and then (US) - American Pharoah Stakes (Gr 1, 8.5f), Dunn gets job done However, he showed he is a bona fide Group Chandelier Stakes (Gr 1, 8.5f), Rodeo Drive BY LYDIA SYMONDS | @ANZ_NEWS much better portent of things to come through danger to Homesman. went on to win a brace of Group 1 races. on Renewal 1 horse with an impressive win in the $1 Stakes (Gr 1, 10f), Awesome Again Stakes Wayne Hawkes believes the key to Renewal’s ature Strip (Nicconi) staked his million sprint. (Gr 1, 9f) - Belmont Park (US) - Jockey Listed win was Dwayne Dunn not panicking the balance of the spring carnival. The follow-up form of major race winners Trust In A Gust and Stratum Star are the claim for a potential shot at The Ridden by James McDonald, Nature Strip Club Gold Cup Stakes (Gr 1, 10f), Vosburgh despite being last and a long way off the leader Everest (1200m) when silencing began well fromSix the of inside the barrier past and was ableten FeehanStakes (Gr 1, 6f)winners have is something of a fascination and generally less only Rupert Clarke winners, in the past ten Zoustyle. "He had a terrible run in transit but Black Heart Bart SPORTPIX his doubters with an impressive to hold the inside advantage to eventually lead. the biggest thing was Dwayne didn't panic," Nvictory in the AJ Moir Stakes (Gr 1, 1000m) at The track record holder over the course won again in the coming weeks. The exceptions impressive than you might think. Examining years, to score again that spring - taking the and was asked by the horse’s owners to attempt Hawkes said. "He just saved it to the last little TO READ BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS The Valley last night. and distance from last year's McEwen Stakes to resurrect the nine-year-old gelding’s career. bit and he hit the line well." Zoustyle’s trainer The Chris Waller-trained gelding (Gr include2, 1000m) Nature Rekindled Strip kicked strongly Interest and Whobegotyou, the two major races at Caulfield last Saturday is Group 1 Toorak Handicap and Group 3 Coongy indsey Smith has pulled off Smith conceded that he was not overly Tony Gollan was ruing the fact that his smart harboured plenty of criticism after his last around the turn and was able to hold off a a remarkable training feat by confident that Black Heart Bart would make sprinter missed the stakes win by such a narrow start in the Concorde Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m) gallantwho Miss wereLeonidas later(I Am Invincible) placed by a in Cox Plates, and Magic interesting. Handicap respectively. managing to rejuvenate the it back to the races until an encouraging margin. "It's a big learning curve for him. It's his when he failed to settle on the front end. short neck. Continued on page 2>> once retired Black Heart Bart Cranbourne barrier trial effort last month. first trip away and this was his first time racing Consol who didn’t race again that year. Begood Toya Mother was a fast and Similarly, last weekend’s Group 3 L(Blackfriars) to win his sixth Group 1 race and "Before he trialled I started to doubt, but the Melbourne way ofYESTERDAY'S going,” Gollan STAKES said. "I RACE RESULTS FROM | MOONEE VALLEY | PAGE 13 second Underwood Stakes (1800m) - three then he trialled well," Smith said. think it's important if I can just keep him in his Four of the past five Underwood Stakes spectacular winner of the Rupert Clarke Stakes Naturalism Stakes has produced just two years on from his first victory in the Caulfield "His first race was good and then his second right grade I can keep him progressing along. feature. run was plain, but we thought getting him up to We won't aim too high Follow I don't us @anz_news: think at this click here winners have| 1 | come via the FeehanBrought toincluding, you by albeit with a “fired up” Iconoclasm providing subsequent springtime winners in the past Western Australian Smith took over the the 1800 metres would be good as he wouldn't stage. And I think if we come back this time Warrnambool stables once owned by Black be chasing all the time. next year we're going to have a bona fide Group of course, Homesman who won last year after him with some unexpected cover. decade; Jameka who went on to win the Group Nature Strip puts in blistering display to win Moir Stakes Heart Bart’s disqualified trainer Darren Weir "It's a good result." Continued on page 2>> 1 horse." Morning Briefing page 12 >> | 2 | Saturday, September 28, 2019 finishing second in the Moonee Valley race and Begood Toya Mother is now expected to be 1 Caulfield Cup and December Draw who won
Follow us @anz_news: click here | 1 | Brought<< to Continued you by from page 1 Everest-bound filly Sunlight (Zoustar) "So I think it's a good reward to everybody and I hope the punters had closed strongly late to finish the same distance awayhe in third looks with Ian a superiorsomething on ashorse well and gotin a 2019.bit back from last start when apparently I spelled. Moment Of Change, a low weighted the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes before failing in McEwen Stakes winner Faatinah (Nicconi) another short-headMurray further didBaker everything and wrong." Andrew Forsman won Rupert Clarke winner like Begood Toya Mother, the Caulfield Cup. back in fourth. Waller hopes Nature Strip secures a spot in the $14 million Everest at Waller admitted after the race that the horse gets a lot of negative Randwick on October 19 and the gelding will now head to the Schillaci Smith rejuvenates veteran Black Heart Bart to win second Underwood | 2 | Monday,attention, September but this 30, win 2019 might put a stop to the bad press. Stakes (Gr 2, 1100m) at Caulfield on October 12 - the winner of that race "He's a popular horse," Waller joked. "We seem to get more criticism will represent the Melbourne Racing Club in the $14 million sprint a week with him than we ever got with later. << Continued from page 1 Black Heart Bart ($101) held off last Follow us @anz_news: click here | 11 | Brought to you by another certain horse [Winx] "I don't think 1200 metres is a problem," Waller said. "I'd say we'll just year's winner, the $2.50 favourite Homesman (War Front), to win by a HE'S A who was probably our last Group see what unfolds in the next few days. If he doesn't get an invite for The short neck. GOOD 1 winner here. Everest I guess the Schillaci Stakes is the logical choice." Fellow Warrnambool-trained veteran Gailo Chop (Deporvito) ($26) "That's racing, everyone has Meanwhile, trainer Shaun Dwyer said Miss Leonidas ran a great race was one and a half lengths away in third. HORSE AND got their opinions. He's a good while Sunlight's co-trainer Tony McEvoy could not hide his delight over The Blackfriars (Danehill) gelding ran eighth first-up in the Memsie TODAY HE horse and today he stepped away the mare's performance. Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) behind his new stablemate Scales Of Justice (Not A STEPPED well. James didn't panic he just McEvoy said he would run Sunlight the Gilgai Stakes at Flemington, Single Doubt), before running 11th in last week’s Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes AWAY WELL, got there gradually and it was a two weeks before The Everest at Randwick. (Gr 1, 1400m) behind Begood Toya Mother (Myboycharlie). good race. "I'm pumped," McEvoy said. "I feel like I've won the race. "Even though those two runs might have looked a bit plain, he was AND IT WAS "You think punters get "The risk was the 1000 meters tonight and that's all that cost her the warming up and I've been happy with him," jockey Brad Rawiller said. A GOOD frustrated, well owning a horse race." "Today, the whole way through the run I was thinking 'geez, we're RACE and training a horse when you're Passed in for $90,000 (reserve $120,000) at the 2016 Inglis Melbourne going to be in this'." Lindsey Smith and Brad Rawiller SPORTPIX running in these types of races, Premier Yearling Sale, Nature Strip (5 g Nicconi - Strikeline by Desert Sun) It was Black Heart Bart’s first win since the 2017 Futurity Stakes (Gr Chris Waller, Trainer it's a bitter pill to take when you took his record to 11 wins and two placings from 18 starts for prize-money 1, 1400m). He was retired by Weir and his owners almost 12 months ago "It's just amazing. I can't put it into words. Since coming back from my don't quite get it right. of $1,879,285. Continued on page 3>> after finishing well back in last year’s Toorak Handicap (Gr 1, 1600m). broken neck it's been a long road. An emotional Rawiller, the long-time rider of Black Heart Bart, was "At the end of the day I haven't had much to look forward to as far as delighted to see the gelding return to Group 1 winning form. rides for the spring and Black Heart Bart was always just my sole focus. It also capped Rawiller’s own comeback from a broken neck which "I've been really happy with how he has been coming along. almost ended his career, having been kept on the sidelines for nearly six "Last week after the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes when I was asked about months after being seriously injured last October. him, I said 'he lit the fire today'. But you've still got to see it. "I've won a Golden Slipper and a Caulfield Cup and I never looked like "I'm still overwhelmed myself, to be honest, even though I thought he getting teary, and I'm nearly in tears," he said. could win today." Continued on page 4>> ANZ – export as HiRes PDF, no crops/bleeds TIMEFORM TOP 4YOS: 1 ARCADIA QUEEN (Pierro) 121
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