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AUSTRALIAN TURF CLASSIC SALE MAGIC MILLIONS CLUB AUTUMN BUILDING AN PERTH SALE CARNIVAL FEATURE INVINCIBLE LEGACY DELAYED - PAGE 6 - PAGE 15 - PAGE 18 Saturday, February 6, 2021 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here ALL EYES ON INGLIS AS COUNTDOWN TO CLASSIC IS WELL UNDERWAY - PAGE 1 AUSTRALIAN TURF CLASSIC SALE MAGIC MILLIONS CLUB AUTUMN BUILDING AN PERTH SALE CARNIVAL FEATURE INVINCIBLE LEGACY DELAYED - PAGE 6 - PAGE 15 - PAGE 18 Saturday, February 6, 2021 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here INDUSTRY NEWS | GOOD CHANGE FOR ALLAN AS HE EMBARKS ON NEW JOURNEY - PAGE 13 ‘We don’t feel any more What's on Stakes races: Caulfield (VIC) - C F Orr Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m), Rubiton Stakes (Gr 2,1100m), pressure than normal Autumn Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m), Blue Diamond Prelude - Fillies (Gr 2, 1100m), Blue Diamond Prelude - Colts & Geldings (Gr 3, 1100m), Kevin Hayes Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m), T S Carlyon Cup and we want to do well (Gr 3, 1600m), Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m). Randwick (NSW) - Inglis Millennium (RL, 1100m), Eskimo Prince Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m), Lonhro Plate (Listed, 1000m). Morphettville (SA) at every sale we go to’ - Birthday Cup (Listed, 2000m). Pinjarra (WA) - Magic Millions WA 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m), All eyes on Inglis as countdown to Classic is well underway Magic Millions WA 3YO Trophy (RL, 1200m). New Plymouth (NZ) - Woburn Farm 2YO Classic (Gr 3, 1200m), Taranaki Cup (Gr 3, 1800m), Oaks Prelude (Listed, 1800m). Wingatui (NZ) - White Robe Lodge Stakes (Gr 3, 1600m), Dunedin Gold Cup (Listed, 2400m), Dunedin Guineas (Listed, 1500m) Metropolitan meetings: Randwick (NSW), Caulfield (VIC), Eagle Farm (QLD), Morphettville (SA), Pinjarra (WA) Race meetings: Newcastle (NSW), Gilgandra (NSW), Yarra Valley (VIC), Gold Coast (QLD), Emerald (QLD), Toowoomba (QLD), New Plymouth (NZ), Wingatui (NZ) International Group races: Turffontein (SAF) - Gauteng Guineas (Gr 2, 1600m), Gauteng Fillies Guineas (Gr 2, 1600m), Tommy Hotspur Handicap (Gr 3, 1000m). Gulfstream Park (USA) - Suwannee River Stakes (Gr 3, 9f). Aqueduct (USA) - Withers Stakes (Gr 3, 9f). Tampa Bay Downs (USA) - Sam F Davis Stakes (Gr 3, 8.5f), Endeavour Stakes (Gr 3, 8.5f), Tampa Bay Stakes (Gr 3, 8.5f). Santa Anita (USA) - San Marcos Stakes (Gr 2, 10f), Las Virgenes Stakes (Gr 3, 1m), Thunder Road Stakes (Gr 3, 1m) Sales: Inglis Classic Yearling Sale - Inspections Sebastian Hutch INGLIS (NSW); Inglis Digital February (Early) Sale The Riverside Stables three-day BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS sale, starting tomorrow, could provide ebastian Hutch has dismissed further evidence of almost unprecedented suggestions Inglis is facing extra demand for young racing stock in Australia pressure heading into its first auction of if Classic continues the upward trend set by 2021, the Classic Yearling Sale, after the Magic Millions in January following a year Scompany’s arch-rival achieved record results at of uncertainty caused by the coronavirus the season-opener on the Gold Coast last month. pandemic. Continued on page 2>> ENTER NOW JULY 24 -29 ONLINE SALE ENTRIES CLOSE JULY 22. Featuring broodmares, yearlings and racing stock. FRI Catalogue5TH available - WEDat inglisdigital.com 10TH FEB 2021 AUSTRALIA INGLIS DIGITAL FEBRUARY (EARLY) SALE MIXED SALE LIVE VIEW HERE Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by ‘We don’t feel any more pressure than normal and we want to do well at every sale we go to’ | 2 | Saturday, February 6, 2021 << Continued from page 1 However, if the first of three select Inglis yearling sales scheduled for this year does not live up to stakeholders’ expectations, it could put the spotlight firmly on the intense battle for market share between the two Australian auction houses. Hutch, Inglis’ general manager of bloodstock sales and marketing, did not see the inevitable comparisons between the Gold Coast sale and Classic as an issue. “Genuinely, we don’t feel any more pressure than normal and we want to do well at every sale we go to,” Hutch told ANZ Bloodstock News yesterday. BEST OF “There are processes we work through to try and mitigate the risk of things not going well and we do everything that we can throughout the year to try and maximise the buying power at each of our sales. “Certainly on the evidence of inspections and the feedback from LUCK To the Magic Millions graduates running vendors, it feels like there’s going to be good representation from buyers on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.” in todays feature races The 620-lot Book 1 catalogue, which is followed by the Highway CAULFIELD KEVIN HAYES STKS GR3 La Mexicana..................... Lime Country Session on Tuesday, and the record of Classic graduates has Hutch BLUE DIAMOND PRELUDE (F) T’breds GR3 optimistic about what will occur in the coming days. Hindaam ...............................Kitchwin Hills Scorched Earth ........Lyndhurst Stud Miss Divine Em ............ Newgate Farm “It is a sale that caters for a very broad cross-section of buyers, maybe Farm Aidensfield ...................... Newgate Farm Ginibi ........................................Kitchwin Hills more so than any other sale in Australia. You can buy Group 1 winners for ten Malicorne ..............................Goldin Farms and 20 grand here and similarly buy Everest winners for $400,000,” he said. AUTUMN STKS GR2 Longduan ......................Rosemont Stud “We have a well diversified catalogue which appeals to people looking Amish Boy ........................... Widden Stud Pinkham ........................... Newgate Farm Poland ............................. Segenhoe Stud TS CARLYON CUP GR3 for any profile of horse, whether it’s a two-year-old, a stayer, a filly with a Yulong Code ........................KBL T’breds Over Exposure ...........Glenlogan Park pedigree or a colt who can go on and be a stallion and we are delighted to RUBITON STKS GR2 GEOFFREY BELLMAINE STKS see so many people here. Bold Star .............................Brooklyn Park GR3 “There are more people arriving and there are also a lot of people who Hi Stranger ...................Riverina Downs Snapdancer ..................Sledmere Stud are going to be represented from afar by agents, trainers and consultants. Prophet’s Thumb.....................Bell River T’breds RANDWICK (ATC) “At this stage the sentiment seems positive and we are looking forward BLUE DIAMOND PRELUDE (C&G) ESKIMO PRINCE STKS GR3 to a good sale.” GR3 Peltzer ...................................Mill Park Stud Melbourne Group 1-winning trainer Lloyd Kennewell, who has Extreme Warrior ........Glenlogan Park Prague ................................Bhima T’breds Construct ..................................Manx Park Global Quest ................Highgrove Stud been at Riverside Stables this week inspecting yearlings with agent Marine One ..................... Newgate Farm On the Lead ............................Aquis Farm Mathew Becker of Group 1 Bloodstock, remains uncertain about market Hitotsu ..............................Arrowfield Stud Belieber ..............................Twin Hills Stud expectations for the Sydney sale but knows the long-held view of the Classic sale has changed significantly in recent years. “At Classic you used to be able to come in and buy a cheap horse for not a lot of money, but over the past few years Classic sale prices have shot up,” Kennewell said. “This year is a different year, so I don’t know what to expect really … but having said that, I don’t think there’s any CERTAINLY ON THE stone left unturned (by EVIDENCE OF INSPECTIONS buyers) to get to a yearling AND THE FEEDBACK FROM sale now. VENDORS, IT FEELS LIKE “Everyone’s got THERE’S GOING TO BE someone with eyes there GOOD REPRESENTATION looking at horses for them FROM BUYERS ON SUNDAY, and that’s what it is all MONDAY AND TUESDAY about. No horses really get through the cracks these - SEBASTIAN HUTCH days.” www.magicmillions.com.au Continued on page 4>> Follow us @anz_news | 2 | Brought to you by Another Brilliant Juvenile Fastnet Rock Debut Winner … Fastnet Rock colt Hilal put himself into contention for the big autumn juvenile features when winning impressively on debut at Randwick on Wednesday. Champion sire Fastnet Rock has had a string of impressive two year-old winners this season and he certainly kept the ball rolling with the Team Hawkes trained Hilal. … when Tommy Berry finally got Hilal out and running he charged past the other colt to win the 1100m maiden by a long neck in an impressive display. “He’s a lovely horse and has shown us a lot at home,” said co-trainer Michael Hawkes. … Hilal is the fifth two year-old winner for Fastnet Rock this season joining stakes-winners Acrobat and Sneaky Five along with metro winners O’President and Ranch Hand. Tara Madgwick, breednet.com.au, 3rd February 2021 TIMEFORM’S TOP 2YOS OF 2020/2021 Acrobat (109) is the second highest-rated colt Sneaky Five (104) is the second highest-rated filly Multiple champion sire and an outstanding sire of sires 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 ‘We don’t feel any more pressure than normal and we want to do well at every sale we go to’ | 4 | Saturday, February 6, 2021 << Continued from page 2 James Mitchell, one half of the father- and-son Mitchell Bloodstock team, described the catalogue “as a typical Classic sale” with the opportunity for traders to enter the market. “We have had a bit of luck trading (out of Classic). We had a Capitalist gelding who we sold at the Inglis breeze-up sale (in October for $550,000),” Mitchell said yesterday. “We will probably look to do that again, but we learnt a few things from that sale and we will certainly be looking to refine our selection process this year. “Proven stallions are a key and we will probably be pretty hard on them because we’re unsure how the market is going to hold up throughout the year.