Sunday, March 1, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here STUD NEWS - PAGE 23 SINGAPORE RACING NEWS - PAGE 24 PINHOOKING TABLE- PAGE 26 ‘Gator lands Guineas Read Tomorrow's Issue For: in milestone success for The Week Ahead What's on All Too Hard Race meetings: Armidale (NSW), Mudgee Vinery Stud resident earns maiden Group 1 win as (NSW), Colac (VIC), Wangaratta (VIC), star three-year-olds fail to fire in Flemington feature Sunshine Coast (QLD), Esperance (WA), Balaklava (WA) LATEST NEWS FROM THE WEEKEND'S RACING International meetings: Sha Tin (HK) STUD NEWS Blue Diamond winner Tagaloa to stand at Yulong Alligator Blood SPORTPIX Yulong has won the race to secure Blue Diamond first Group 1 winner for Vinery Stud stallion Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Tagaloa, who is by BY STEVE MORAN AND GEORGIE DENNIS All Too Hard (Casino Prince) having been Japan’s hottest young sire Lord Kanaloa (King avid Vandyke opted not to beaten a nose by Super Seth (Dundeel) in the Kamehameha), for stud duties just a week after label yesterday’s Australian Caulfield Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) last October the two-year-old’s breakthrough juvenile stakes Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) winner - is likely to get his chance to earn such a tag. victory. Alligator Blood (All Too Hard) An alternative career does not beckon, with It was the second major stallion coup for the Da ‘champion’ despite a stirring victory, his owner Allan Endresz confirming the three- Yuesheng Zhang-owned breeding and racing tenth from just 11 starts, in Flemington’s $1 year-old’s future lies in Australia, despite empire after it emerged earlier last week that million feature for three-year-olds. having received numerous overseas offers for the organisation had purchased a controlling However, the gelding - who became the his star turn. Continued on page 2>> interest in C F Orr Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m)-winning three-year-old Alabama Express (Redoute’s YESTERDAY'S STAKES RESULTS START ON| PAGE 27 Choice). Stud News page 23 >> Follow us @anz_news: click here | 1 | Brought to you by ‘Gator lands Guineas in milestone success for All Too Hard | 2 | Sunday, March 1, 2020 << Continued from page 1 An on-going local racing future is also likely to await the Bob Peters-owned runner-up Superstorm (Sebring), who is also a gelding. He returned the quickest closing sectionals on his first run outside Western Australia, but he was unable to overhaul the front-running Alligator Blood, who defied some early pressure - which was best labelled as an inconvenience - from 300/1 outsider Commodus (Uncle Mo). “Look, that was just amazing,” Vandyke said. “Wow, he just won with authority. He did it for Queensland, his owners, his sire All Too Hard all and for Ryan (Maloney, jockey). It was an amazing performance at Group 1 level in a top-class field. “You know you can’t quantify guts, you can look at his form and think where he should finish but his determination and will to win is incredible. “He was softened up a bit early but didn’t he want to win? Yes he did. I do Alligator Blood presentation SPORTPIX plenty of things wrong as a trainer but this bloke makes me look good, he’s special. I’m not going to call him a champion but he’s a champion to me.” “He was softened up a little bit early. I was happy to let Alabama Ryan Maloney was able to control the terms of the race even though Express go, but I knew the maiden (Commodus) would keep going the maiden, Commodus, looked to pose an early threat as he pushed forward and I didn’t want to follow a maiden, so I had to use him a little forward. The first 1000-metre split of 1.10.40 was relaxed for this level and bit. But he’s thrived since the Hayes (Stakes) and I can’t believe how easy Maloney secured two comfortable splits from the 1000 metres to the 600 he won.” metres, which sealed the victory. Maloney, a former Victorian who moved to Queensland in 2018, was “What a way to do it (win a first Group 1) on this horse, for these understandably delighted with his first elite-level win given a series of owners and back at home at headquarters,” Maloney said. setbacks before and after the relocation. 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Michael Kirwan, John Kennedy, Colm Santry, Paddy Oman, Tom Moore or Rob Archibald Tel: 02 6576 4200. New Zealand: Gordon Calder Tel:+64 218 41612. www.coolmore.com ‘Gator lands Guineas in milestone success for All Too Hard | 4 | Sunday, March 1, 2020 << Continued from page 2 “It was life changing,” Maloney said of the move. “I wouldn’t have found him (Alligator Blood) if I didn’t go to Queensland. “Eighteen months ago I had the worst day at the races I’ve ever had and today I’ve had the best one. I want to thank my wife (Shaylee), she’s been a rock.” Maloney was suspended for four months after a positive test for a banned stimulant at Caulfield in March 2018. That was not long after he lost the ride aboard Nature Strip (Nicconi), on whom he had won three successive races. He suffered four broken ribs and a punctured lung in a fall at Doomben in December 2018 and sustained further significant injuries in a fall at the Alligator Blood and David Vandyke SPORTPIX Sunshine Coast in April last year. Despite those hiccoughs he’s now entrenched in the top three riders Zealander Catalyst (Darci Brahma), who ran sixth, and the fourth-placed in Queensland and is challenging for the state’s metropolitan premiership Chenier (Medaglia D’Oro), who clipped heels and almost fell mid-race. this season. Catalyst’s trainer Clayton Chipperfield said: “It wasn’t run to suit. They Maloney’s ride drew praise from his sidelined colleague, multiple went slower and slower and he got a little bit lost. If we push on to the All- Group 1 winner Corey Brown. Star Mile, we’ll put the hood (blinkers) back on and the pace will be more “I just keep going back to Ryan Maloney, a great ride. He kept a level true you’d think against the seasoned milers.” head,” Brown said on Racing.com. Catalyst’s rider Damian Lane concurred. “The race shape turned While the early machinations of the race implied pressure, it was the out terrible for him. The outsider (Commodus) going forward and really lack of great speed that underpinned how well Superstorm performed. backing off the tempo from outside the lead really put us in a sticky spot,” Indeed, the early tempo thwarted plenty others, including the New he said. Continued on page 6>> Presenting a superb draft of yearlings at Melbourne Premier with close relations to Group 1 winners Nova Star, Defier, Laisserfaire, Bulla Borghese, Alizee, Desert Eagle and the Group One-placegetter Marie Claire. #aspiringtogreatness Inspect in Barn D twobaysfarm.com.au Follow us @anz_news: click here | 4 | Brought to you by FROSTED has EXPLODED! He is absolutely blowing his competition away! OH MY GOODNESS He’s TEN in front. Frosted’s absolutely romped home! The fastest Met Mile winner by the largest winning margin, EVER - 125 years... Yes, he was THAT fast. 15 yearlings selling at FROSTED Melbourne Premier. Tapit – Fast Cookie www.darley.com.au ‘Gator lands Guineas in milestone success for All Too Hard | 6 | Sunday, March 1, 2020 << Continued from page 4 “I had to let him stride in the race early. He just raced a little greenly when I asked him and without a horse close to him to chase, like last start, I just feel he didn't lengthen as well. We'll see how he pulls up and go from there, but it may be that he needs the blinkers back on.” Damien Oliver was prepared to be forgiving of Chenier’s performance. He said: “He just got flattened. He did a good job to pick himself up and still ran a good race.