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Thursday, March 5, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here DIRECT TO YOUR INBOX EVERY MORNING Expensive juveniles What's on Race meetings: Port Macquarie (NSW), breakthrough in Kyneton (VIC), Pakenham (VIC), Rockhampton (QLD), Geraldton (WA), Riccarton (NZ) Sydney and Melbourne Barrier trials / Jump-outs: Two-year-old winners make timely statement ahead of siblings’ Warwick Farm (NSW) date with destiny at Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale MORNING BRIEFING Back-to-back stakes for Free Trade Free Trade (5 g Trade Fair - Lady Xena by Dr Johnson) supplemented his last-start success in the Pinjarra Classic (Listed, 1300m) with an equally-impressive win in the Bunbury Stakes (Listed, 1400m) at Bunbury yesterday. A three Doubtalnd and Pioneer River pictured as yearlings and a half-length winner last time out, Free olds on the rise with their respective wins at Trade landed yesterday’s contest by two and a BY ANDREW HAWKINS | @ANZ_NEWS Randwick and Flemington. Both sold for $1.1 quarter lengths when beating The Celt (Planet pair of high-priced juveniles broke million at last year’s Inglis Australian Easter Five), while Platoon (Playing God) was a further through for maiden victories in Yearling Sale. nose back in third. Trained by Michael Lane, timely fashion yesterday, with Doubtland, who is the third foal to race out Free Trade is building an enviable career record, their yearling siblings a little over of the Group 3-placed mare Miss Sharapova having won eight of his 15 starts and been placed aA month away from going through the Warwick (Ustinov), was one of six lots consigned by on the other seven occasions. He has amassed Farm sales ring at next month’s Inglis Australian Arrowfield Stud to sell for seven figures last $414,685 in prize-money and is one of 14 stakes Easter Yearling Sale. year. Orbis Bloodstock walked away with the winners for the late Lynward Park Stud stallion Sydney winner Doubtland (Not A Single bay colt, who was also the most expensive Not A Trade Fair (Zafonic), who is best known as the Doubt) and Melbourne victor Pioneer River Single Doubt (Redoute’s Choice) to go through sire of Woodbine Mile (Gr 1, 8f) winner Trade (Snitzel) both stamped themselves as two-year- a sales ring in 2019. Continued on page 2>> Storm. Morning Briefing page 4 >> Follow us @anz_news: click here | 1 | Brought to you by Expensive juveniles breakthrough in Sydney and Melbourne | 2 | Thursday, March 5, 2020 << Continued from page 1 He is a three-quarter brother to the likely require another Group 2 winner and Group 1-placed Villa Verde (Not A Single Doubt) and run in the next two and a brother to Listed winner Pretty Fast. a half weeks. Unwrapped by Team Hawkes after two barrier trials, Doubtland was A little over an green and wayward down the Kensington stretch but showed a nifty turn hour later, Pioneer of foot within the last 100 metres, racing clear for a length and three- River kicked off the quarter victory under Brenton Avdulla. midweek Flemington “Today, the horse has done it all on ability alone,” said co-trainer card by scoring a tough Michael Hawkes. “He was slowly away, he got back, he was a bit left and win at his second start Inglis sales ring right and it’s very clear he's still learning. We've always known that he's for Lindsay Park. Sixth had the ability but you're just trying to help these horses along as much on debut to Ole Kirk (Written Tycoon) in the Talindert Stakes (Listed, as you can. 1100m), he took advantage of a steady early tempo and a sprint home to “These horses, they show you something from day one - you know score a nose victory under Mark Zahra. how they move and how well they perform. Until they get to raceday, Consigned by Sledmere Stud, Pioneer River was the Scone farm’s though, the further they go in their preps, the more you learn about them.” highest-priced lot in 2019 when knocked down to Sun Bloodstock. Hawkes continued: “Orbis Bloodstock have been a big supporter of His half-sister, No More Tears (Darci Brahma), was a New Zealand Group ours and it's always great to get a nice colt underway. I'm sure it will be the 3 winner, while their dam, Ocean Of Tears (Minardi), is a half-sister to Reisling first of many wins for him, especially looking ahead to his three-year-old Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) winner Hips Don't Lie (Stravinsky), who herself is the days. dam of Group 3 winner Ennis Hill (Fastnet Rock) and Golden Slipper and “He reminds me of some of the nice colts we've had in the past. His Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) placegetter Lake Geneva (Fastnet Rock) attitude is fantastic - pre-race he just stood there and he didn't move a "He's a horse that, once we get over further, we'll see the best of him,” muscle and even now, post-race, he doesn't really know what's going on.” said co-trainer Ben Hayes. Next month, Arrowfield Stud will send Doubtland’s Shalaa (Invincible “He ran well over the straight on debut and that experience makes Spirit) half-sister through all the difference at start two, especially for these two-year-olds. What These horses, they show Inglis’ Riverside Stables. She is really impressed me is that he improved greatly since his debut. I think you something from day catalogued as Lot 78. the second horse (Mystery Dancer), they have a high opinion of him, so I one - you know how they Before then, Doubtland think it will hold up as a form race.” move and how well they perform. Until they get may try to add even more value This year, Sledmere Stud will present an Exceed And Excel (Danehill) to raceday, though, the to his younger sibling’s page by half-sister to Pioneer River at Inglis Easter. She is set to go through the ring further they go in their contesting either the Golden as Lot 116. preps, the more you Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) While Pioneer River also holds an entry for the Golden Slipper and learn about them on March 21 or the ATC Sires’ the ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes, Hayes also indicated that races like the Produce Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) on T L Baillieu Handicap (Gr 3, 1400m) and the Fernhill Handicap (Listed, MICHAEL April 4, with Team Hawkes not 1600m) could be other targets. HAWKES ruling out a tilt at either of the “I'll have to sit down with Tom (Dabernig) and Dad (David Hayes) and CO-TRAINER rich juvenile features. A Golden have a look ahead at the programme. We'll probably look for a 1400-metre Slipper berth, though, would plus race in Sydney coming up in the next few weeks,” he said. ENTER NOW MARCH 6 -11 ONLINE SALE ENTRIES CLOSE MARCH 4. Featuring broodmares, yearlings and racing stock. Catalogue available at inglisdigital.com Follow us @anz_news: click here | 2 | Brought to you by ENTRIES CLOSING SOON AUSTRALIAN BROODMARE AND WEANLING SALE The sale that produced Australia’s highest- priced weanling sold in Australia in 2019 85% clearance rate across all weanling sessions 29 Race Fillies or Mares sold for $100,000 or more in 2019 Mick Malone It was a lovely result for a lovely filly. I thought she could make Kitchwin Hills “ something north of $400,000 but realistically didn’t expect Vendor of the I Am $600,000. It’s a great result. Invincible/Srikandi filly ” which made $600,000. We were delighted with the colt that we got and hopefully Hannah Wall “ he is lucky! We would loved to have got more, but the market Redwall Bloodstock was very strong and we were outbid any number of times. Purchaser of the I am very glad that I came and I certainly plan to be back. Sebring/Super Swell ” colt for $180,000. Royston Murphy We’re very happy with that result. It’s been a really good sale Sledmere Stud “ to sell at. This price was above our expectations. This week, Vendor of the Zoustar/ the inspections have been very high, our busiest horse was up Kuching colt which over 100 inspections which is great for a weanling sale. That’s made $140,000 the sort of numbers we’d get at a yearling sale and be thrilled with. There were plenty of people here to buy the horses.” There was some serious money there and some great quality Mark Treweek “ weanlings too. 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"I'm just excited admitted to Werribee on Monday evening to get him back to the mile at Randwick and having suffered dehydration following his run 2000 metres at Rosehill (Rosehill Guineas) will in Saturday’s Australian Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m), be very good too," Litt told Racing NSW.