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IT’S IN THE BLOOD Thursday, November 5, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here IT CAN TAKE A LIFETIME TO WIN A MELBOURNE CUP, AND THEN THEY COME ALONG ALL AT ONCE - PAGE 11 Teofilo aims What's on Stakes races: Flemington (VIC) - VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m), Ottawa Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m), Red Roses Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m), Century for rare double Stakes (Listed, 1000m). Hawkesbury (NSW) - Ladies Day Cup (Listed, 1600m) Metropolitan meetings: Flemington (VIC) Race meetings: Hawkesbury (NSW), with Goddess Pakenham (VIC), Ipswich (QLD), Gawler Nizami, in 1947, was the last to have both the Melbourne Cup (SA), Otaki (NZ) and VRC Oaks winner in the same year Barrier trials / Jump-outs: Matamata (NZ), Ashburton (NZ) International meetings: Kempton (UK), Chelmsford (UK), Vaal (SAF) International sales: Goffs Autumn HIT Sale (Online) MORNING BRIEFING Julius hopes Harry Teofilo, Tyche Goddess inset DARLEY can honour Girl 3200m) and one of the two Classics, the Victoria Ultra-consistent Highclass Harry (Magnus) BY ANDREW HAWKINS | @ANZ_NEWS Derby (Gr 1, 2500m) or the Oaks. will bid to land the $500,000 Melbourne Cup or the third time in four years, the Last year, Declaration Of War (War Front) Carnival County Cup (1600m) at Flemington sire of the Melbourne Cup winner had both Derby winner Warning and Cup today and trainer Josh Julius said victory for will be hoping to add the winner victor Vow And Declare, while the late High connections would be like “winning the lotto”. of one of the Flemington Classics Chaparral (Sadler’s Wells) had Ace High and The six-year-old gelding has run six times this whenF Tyche Goddess (Teofilo) contests today’s Rekindling complete the same double. Before season and has not finished outside the top-two, VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m). that, it was Sir Tristram (Sir Ivor) in 1982, with winning on three occasions, and Julius is excited It has been a rare feat for a sire to have Derby hero Grosvenor and Cup conqueror by the prize on offer if Highclass Harry can make both the winners of the Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, Gurner’s Lane. Continued on page 2>> the frame. Morning Briefing page 6 >> Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Teofilo aims for rare double with Goddess | 2 | Thursday, November 5, 2020 << Continued from page 1 The Derby-Cup double is rare enough, Personal bids for VRC Oaks but the Cup and Oaks duo has been even more rare. Should Tyche Goddess win, it would be the first time since 1947 that a stallion has sired both the Melbourne Cup and the VRC Oaks winner; Nizami (Firdaussi) had Hiraji and Nizam’s Lady land the double. The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained three-year-old, third in the Wakeful Stakes (Gr 2, 2000m) on Saturday, is one of five fillies backing up into the Oaks.Joining her are runner-up Personal (Fastnet Rock), fourth Miravalle (Redoute’s Choice), fifth Salto Angel (Sacred Falls) and seventh Succeed Indeed (Akeed Mofeed). “Teofilo’s progeny in Australia have shown more speed than those bred in the northern hemisphere, which is probably to do with the speed in our female lines compared with northern hemisphere mares,” Alastair Miami Bound SPORTPIX Pulford, head of sales at Darley Australia, told ANZ Bloodstock News. “He’s been capable of siring stayers, like Queensland Derby winner The Wakeful Stakes-VRC Oaks double has been completed the last two Sonntag, but he’s best known here for his milers like Happy Clapper and years with Aristia (Lonhro) and Miami Bound (Reliable Man). Kermadec. While this year’s Wakeful Stakes winner Victoria Quay (Dundeel) is “Overall though, we’re all very proud of him. He’s not the world’s most already in the spelling paddock, runner-up Personal will lead the quintet fertile stallion, so he doesn’t have huge numbers out there racing every out of Saturday’s contest into today’s Oaks. year, but he’s been an extremely capable stallion in both hemispheres The Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig-trained filly, who already boasts over a long period of time.” Group 1 placings in the Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) and the For more on Teofilo, read Trevor Marshallsea’s It’s In The Blood feature Thousand Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m), will aim to finally break through for a first today, highlighting the pedigree of Twilight Payment. stakes win - and a first top-level feature - today. 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MAGIC MILLIONS 17-19 NOVEMBER ONLINE SALE www.magicmillions.online Personal bids for VRC Oaks | 4 | Thursday, November 5, 2020 << Continued from page 2 "The Wakeful has been a good guide to Montefilia on trial the Oaks so hopefully it is again," Dabernig said."We're on our home turf for next year’s Cup and have been able to stick with our routine. The important thing is that Odds-on Oaks favourite she has pulled up well. We can't fault her. Montefilia (Kermadec) could be "Since Saturday, she’s done very little. We've kept her fresh and put lining up at Flemington next year in her on the water walker, and just ticking over. I reckon there is some the week’s feature, the Melbourne improvement to come also, she blew up a bit over the back." Cup, should David Payne’s filly Personal is by Fastnet Rock (Danehill) out of the Galileo (Sadler’s thrive at her first attempt in Wells) mare Personify, who holds the extraordinary title of being her sire’s Melbourne today. only stakes winner at shorter than six furlongs or 1200 metres; her sole win Montefilia was considered a David Payne SPORTPIX came in the Queen Adelaide Stakes (Listed, 1100m) on debut. legitimate Oaks contender at the One son, Laser Flash (Redoute’s Choice), won up to 1900 metres and start of the spring, but wins in the Flight Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) and the contested a Queensland Derby (Gr 1, 2400m), while another, Trope (More Spring Champion Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) ensured that she would almost Than Ready), is an out-and-out sprinter. certainly be sent out as an odds-on elect by punters. Often, an Oaks filly doesn’t need to see out the 2500 metres strongly, "To be honest, we didn't have the Flight Stakes and Spring Champion but Dabernig isn’t too concerned. in mind. We were just going to prepare her for the Oaks," Payne told “The 2500 metres is always a slight query but every start she's had Racing.com. she's been solid in," he said. "When she ran fourth over 1400 metres and I knew how fit she was, I It would be a first Group 1 win for Dabernig and Hayes since the third thought, 'We've got to have a go at the Flight Stakes.' It progressed to the member of their training partnership, Hayes’ father David, departed for Spring Champion and on to the Oaks. Hong Kong mid-year. "If you looked at her last run over 2000 metres, she was doing her best work at the finish. I don't think (the trip) will be an issue STAKES FIELDS AND FIRST SEASON SIRE RUNNERS - PAGE 23 for her." Continued on page 5>> AUTUMN SALE 14 & 16-19 NOVEMBER DEAUVILLE © Z. 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Yankee Rose finished 14th as a hot favourite in the 2016 Oaks, struggling under the brutal tempo set by eventual winner Lasqueti Spirit (Beneteau), while Maid Of Heaven did not race again. Meanwhile, only four horses have achieved the Flight Stakes and VRC Oaks double: inaugural Flight winner Nizam’s Ring and champion fillies Montefilia SPORTPIX Research (Imperial Prince), Slight Chance (Centaine) and Samantha Miss (Redoute’s Choice). "I know she is in good hands, but it's not the same. I'll just have to sit But as Montefilia bids for history, Rosehill-based Payne only wishes on the couch and watch it. It's just one of those things, what can you do?" that he could be trackside as However, if Montefilia performs to expectations today, she will pass he attempts to add a second the first ballot clause for next year’s Melbourne Cup and could be set to I'M NOT NERVOUS.