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'I Had the Bit Between My Teeth and Fillies Like That Are Quite Rare' DELIGHTFUL LAOS EMERGES KARAKA DAY 5: ANZ AS A HONG KONG DERBY BLOODSTOCK NEWS’ TOP CONTENDER AS TONY CRUZ LOTS - PAGE 12 POSTS A TREBLE - PAGE 16 Thursday, January 28, 2021 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here NZB KARAKA YEARLING SALE STATS - BOOK 2 | PAGE 7 IT'S IN THE BLOOD: DOSH - PAGE 14 ‘I had the bit between Read Tomorrow's Issue For my teeth and fillies like Maiden Of The Week What's on Metropolitan meetings: Eagle Farm (QLD) that are quite rare’ Race meetings: Scone (NSW), Ararat (VIC), Roger James takes shine to $200,000 daughter of Churchill as Pakenham (VIC), Albany (WA), Hastings first Book 2 session produces pleasing metrics at Karaka (NZ) Barrier trials / Jump-outs: Scone (NSW), Geelong (VIC) International meetings: Meydan (UAE), Southwell (UK), Newcastle (UK) International Group races: Meydan (UAE) - Cape Verdi (Gr 2, 1600m) Sales: Karaka Premier Yearling Sale - Book 2 (NZ) 'Lot 725 Churchill - Astrid filly NZB Robert Wellwood, James’ co-trainer, BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS identified the filly during on-complex rominent trainer Roger James’ inspections and his senior partner gave the tick MORNING BRIEFING admiration for champion European of approval to go to the session-high $200,000 racehorse Churchill (Galileo) for the Berkley Stud-bred-and-consigned filly. Enthaar holds combined with South Island She was one of nine lots to make $100,000 Chairman’s aces Pbreeders’ foresight to buy a mare from Australia or more on a day in which the quality Leading Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) in foal to the Coolmore shuttle sire has paid a big yearlings stood out and drew domestic and contender Enthaar (Written Tycoon) will face five dividend, with the resulting youngster topping international competition, leading to an rivals when she makes her second outing in the the first Book 2 session at the New Zealand average of $43,240, up 25 per cent on the same Chairman’s Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m) at Caulfield on Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale yesterday. session last year. Continued on page 2>> Saturday. Morning Briefing page 8 >> WED 27TH - THURS 28TH JAN 2021 NZB KARAKA YEARLING SALE BOOK 2 SALE LIVE - VIEW HERE Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by ‘I had the bit between my teeth and fillies like that are quite rare’ | 2 | Thursday, January 28, 2021 << Continued from page 1 James described his latest acquisition as “a star filly”. “I haven’t got an owner for her yet, but that is the next job, trying to find one,” he said. “She has got everything. She is by a great racehorse and she has got the ability to be a Karaka Million horse. “I only saw her this morning. Robert stayed up last night and he did the shortlist. “I didn’t think I would have to pay that money for her, but I had the bit between my teeth and fillies like that are quite rare.” James, who was underbidder on $1.85 million worth of yearlings in Book 1, is well aware of the racetrack credentials of Churchill, a European champion two-year-old and dual Guineas-winning miler. “I followed his whole career,” the trainer said. “He was a very fast horse for a Galileo. People normally associate Galileos with a bit of time, but he was a great two- and three-year-old and he held a world ranking at some stage. “They don’t get that without being pretty special.” Catalogued as Lot 725, the filly is the first foal out of five-time winner Lot 713 Proisir - All Can Party colt NZB Astrid (Pins), herself a half-sister to talented Australian-raced, Listed- winning filly Astronomia (King’s Best). The filly’s second dam, Astralita (Kenny’s Best Pal), was also a Group 2 winner in Adelaide. Proisir colt makes $180,000 The session-topper’s price tag was a big result for Berkley Stud’s Meanwhile, a colt by Rich Hill Stud’s Proisir (Choisir), the sire of four Edwina Morris and Alan Jones, who bought Astrid in foal to the sire from stakes winners including the Group 1-placed and Saturday’s impressive Willow Park Stud at the 2019 Inglis Great Southern Sale. Westbury Classic (Gr 2, 1400m) winner Levante, also came in for strong “We bought the mare, one of two we got in Melbourne. We have always liked competition yesterday, with Cambridge trainer Alex Oliveira winning out Pins mares and she has a lot of quality, a big eye and is very tidy,” Morris said. at $180,000 for the Highline Thoroughbreds-offered yearling. “She was in foal to Churchill and we liked his chances too, being a fast The highest-priced yearling ever sold by Highline Thoroughbreds’ son of Galileo. I think we got her for A$50,000. Cam and Eva Heron, the colt is the third foal out of All Can Party (All “There was huge interest in the filly. She is going to be bigger than American), whose pedigree boasts Hong Kong Group 1-winning sprinter her mother and her Inspiration (Flying Spur), Australian Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m)-winning sire x-rays and scope were Wandjina (Snitzel), Lucky Unicorn (Redoute’s Choice) and three-time SHE HAS GOT EVERYTHING. SHE excellent. elite-level scorer Dracula (Quest For Fame). He was offered as Lot 713. IS BY A GREAT RACEHORSE AND “We thought “It’s a big day for us,” Cam Heron said. SHE HAS GOT THE ABILITY TO BE she'd make $50,000 to “It is not an easy game to be in and we are chipping away and trying to A KARAKA MILLION HORSE $60,000 and she has build a reputation around our business. - ROGER JAMES gone to a great stable, “We are proud of the job that we do in preparing these yearlings, so it’s so we are delighted.” justification for all the hard work that we put in. Continued on page 4>> WAR DECREE WAR FRONT X ROYAL DECREE (STREET CRY) 1st G2 VINTAGE STAKES (7f) in the second fastest time ever, faster than Pinatubo, Shamardal, Highland Reel, etc. FIRST CROP YEARLINGS SELLING 2021 Follow us @anz_news | 2 | Brought to you by Session topper at Karaka Berkley Stud’s Churchill filly ex Astrid topped the first day of Book 2 when purchased by Roger James/Robert Wellwood for $200,000. She is a star filly. She has got everything. She is by a great racehorse and she has got the potential to be a Karaka Million horse” said Roger James “I followed his (Churchill) whole career. He was a very fast horse… His yearlings at Karaka Book 1 included: Diamond Earth colt to Glen Harvey Racing for $160,000 Biscuit Biter filly to Rogerson Bloodstock for $100,000 Fond du Coeur filly to PA Willetts for $100,000 His first yearlings also sold very well at MMGC: $250,000 (Anthony Freedman/Blue Sky), $200,000 (Paul Perry), $170,000 (Danny O'Brien), $155,000 (Peter Morgan), $140,000 (Annabel Neasham/Brian McGuire), $110,000 (Danny O'Brien) etc. The only son of Galileo to win at Royal Ascot as a 2YO At 2: European Champion & dual Gr.1 winner At 3: Brilliant dual Guineas-winning miler Colm Santry, John Kennedy, Paddy Oman, Tom Moore, Rob Archibald or Emma Pugsley Tel: 02 6576 4200. New Zealand: Gordon Calder Tel:+64 218 41612. www.coolmore.com Proisir colt makes $180,000 | 4 | Thursday, January 28, 2021 << Continued from page 2 “Eva and I started Highline and our first Solid day for Little Avondale’s stallions horse went through the ring seven or eight years ago, but this is our sixth sale. Progeny of New Zealand’s current leading stallion Per Incanto (Street Cry) “We put one through and gradually built up until this year, where we and his Little Avondale barnmate, freshman sire Time Test (Dubawi), were have 11. Four Book 1 fillies, and seven Book 2 colts and fillies.” also popular yesterday, with both sires responsible for two six-figure lots apiece. Oliveira linked with Tartan Meadow Bloodstock to buy the colt. Understandably, Little Avondale has a strong hand with yearlings by “He will probably go up to Hong Kong. We will play it by ear and see Per Incanto and a filly out of the unraced Bellerama (Fusaichi Pegasus) how it goes,” Oliveira said. held top billing among that quartet of six-figure offerings when she sold “We work closely with the guys up there, they will be buying him with for $170,000 to Kiwi owner Gary Harding. me - Paul Chow (Tartan Meadow Bloodstock) and we might have another Her dam is a half-sister to the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) client or two.” winner Sarrera (Quest For Fame) and the stakes-placed Detroit Song Olveira has a rap on Proisir, who he believes can continue his rise (Carnegie). She was catalogued as Lot 735. through the New Zealand stallion ranks. Harding currently races last-start Levin Classic (Gr 1, 1600m) winner “I am a big fan of Proisir. I have had a few,” he said. Bonham (Per Incanto), a three-year-old filly who has won four of her five “I first saw (Lot starts for trainers Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard. IT'S A BIG DAY FOR US. IT IS 713) him up here a “I thought this one was the filly of the sale and I thought I got her for a couple of days ago. reasonable price,” Harding said. NOT AN EASY GAME TO BE He is a precocious, “Initially, I thought I might get her for a little less but after seeing the IN AND WE ARE CHIPPING strong, correct colt, interest in her today I thought she might be up around the $200,000 mark.
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