UNDER THE LENS 2021 ROYAL ASCOT COVERAGE SPONSORED BY TATTERALLS - PAGE 7 Tuesday, June 15, 2021 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here STALLION WATCH - PAGE 15 KIWI CHRONICLES - PAGE 10 Lucky Vega to close out Read Tomorrow's Issue For racing career at Royal Ascot Focus Asia What's on Yulong to retire Group 1-winning son of Lope De Vega after St Race meetings: Albany (NSW), Scone James’s Palace Stakes ahead of standing at Victoria stud (NSW), Ballarat Synthetic (VIC) Barrier trials / Jump-outs: Hawkesbury (NSW), Caulfield (VIC), Cranbourne (VIC), Townsville (QLD), Hobart (TAS), Avondale (NZ) International Group races: Ascot (UK) - Queen Anne Stakes (Gr 1, 1m), King’s Stand Stakes (Gr 1, 5f), St James’s Palace Stakes (Gr 1, 1m), Coventry Stakes (Gr 2, 6f) International meetings: Ascot (UK), Beverley (UK), Brighton (UK), Thirsk (UK), Sligo (IRE), Fairview (SAF) Lucky Vega winning the Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh RACING POST One of six stallions on the Yulong roster, led BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS by Written Tycoon (Iglesia), Lucky Vega will stand uropean Group 1-winning two- for an introductory fee of $22,000 (inc GST). MORNING BRIEFING year-old Lucky Vega (Lope De Vega) Troy Stephens, Yulong’s nominations and will end his brief yet successful sales manager, yesterday confirmed that the UK: Waterhouse and Bott on race career in the St James’s Jessica Harrington-trained Lucky Vega would a Mission at Goffs London EPalace Stakes (Gr 1, 1m) at Royal Ascot tonight be retired after the St James’s Palace Stakes on Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott are set to (Australian time). the opening day of the Royal Meeting. train Military Mission (Mastercraftsman) Yulong Stud owner Yuesheng Zhang will “It was definitely a hard decision to make after purchasing the northern hemisphere resist the temptation to extend the three-year- and there was a lot of talk around it, but we three-year-old from the Goffs London old’s career beyond an eighth start and instead want to be a premier stallion farm and we Sale yesterday. From the Kremlin Cottage stick to the plan of bringing the son of Lope want to stand champion stallions, so the draft, the son of Mastercraftsman (Danehill De Vega (Shamardal) to his Victorian stallion decision to bring him down (this year) was Dancer) was bought for £170,000 (approx. operation in August ahead of the 2021 breeding pretty easy when we look at it that way,” AU$310,800) in conjunction with McKeever season. Stephens said. Continued on page 2>> Bloodstock. Morning Briefing page 6 >> Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Lucky Vega to close out racing career at Royal Ascot | 2 | Tuesday, June 15, 2021 << Continued from page 1 “He’s a Group 1-winning two-year-old son of Lope De Vega. He ran second in another Group 1 in the Middle Park Stakes up there as a two-year-old and now he’s got Group 1 form as a three-year-old, so bringing him down here, he’s an out-cross to Danehill, and we think he’s going to be a IT WAS DEFINITELY A really good chance (of making it HARD DECISION TO as a stallion).” MAKE AND THERE The Jim Bolger-trained Poetic Flare (Dawn Approach) is WAS A LOT OF TALK the 4-1 favourite for the St James’s AROUND IT, BUT Palace Stakes after finishing WE WANT TO BE A runner-up to stablemate Mac Lucky Vega RACING POST PREMIER STALLION Swiney (New Approach) in the Stephens would not dismiss the prospect of Lucky Vega bowing out as FARM AND WE WANT Irish 2,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1m) at a dual Group 1 winner after tonight’s Group 1 race. TO STAND CHAMPION the Curragh. “He came back as a three-year-old first-up in the 2,000 Guineas STALLIONS, SO THE Lucky Vega, on the fifth line at Newmarket where he ran a very courageous third, beaten by a short DECISION TO BRING of betting as a 13-2 chance, ran margin. He then went to the Irish Guineas where he absolutely hated the HIM DOWN (THIS YEAR) fourth in the Irish 2,000 Guineas track,” he said. WAS PRETTY EASY while also finishing third at his “It was blowing a gale and bucketing down with rain over there, but he WHEN WE LOOK AT IT previous start to Poetic Flare in held on for a strong fourth, so they are really happy going into (tonight’s) THAT WAY the 2,000 Guineas Stakes (Gr 1, run. - TROY STEPHENS 1m) at Newmarket on May 1, his “I think if he can go back to producing what he did at Newmarket he first start as a three-year-old. will be very hard to beat.” Continued on page 3>> Nature’s Light, delivered using smart Stable Lights and mobile Light Masks. 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Follow us @anz_news | 2 | Brought to you by Lucky Vega to close out racing career at Royal Ascot | 3 | Tuesday, June 15, 2021 << Continued from page 2 Shadwell’s Mostahdaf (Frankel), who year-olds, and he is out of a won the Heron Stakes (Listed, 1m) at Sandown on May 20, is second Danehill mare himself. favourite at 5-1 for trainers John and Thady Gosden while Aidan O’Brien “He is going to be the first and Ryan Moore have the third elect in Battleground (War Front) at 11-2. son of Lope De Vega to stand The early reaction to Lucky Vega from Australian breeders has been at stud in Australia, which is a positive with Stephens suggesting it was hard to ignore the southern huge thing, and breeders are hemisphere feats of his own sire Lope De Vega (Shamardal) during a four- pretty eager to see him and his year shuttling stint between 2011 and 2014. bookings are certainly going “Lope De Vega has sired four well, so we couldn’t be happier HE IS GOING TO BE Group 1 winners down here: with him.” THE FIRST SON OF Gytrash, Santa Ana Lane, Vega Lucky Vega won his first start Magic and now Vega One. Both as a juvenile at Naas last June LOPE DE VEGA TO Gytrash and Santa Ana Lane before finishing runner-up in STAND AT STUD IN are out of Fastnet Rock mares the Railway Stakes (Gr 2, 6f) at AUSTRALIA, WHICH IS Mr Yuesheng Zhang while Vega Magic’s maternal the Curragh. He then went one A HUGE THING, AND granddam was by Danewin, so better at the same Ireland course, landing the prestigious Phoenix Stakes BREEDERS ARE PRETTY he’s certainly clicked well with (Gr 1, 6f) in August. He was also runner-up to Supremacy (Mehmas) in EAGER TO SEE HIM Danehill and Danehill-line the Middle Park Stakes (Gr 1, 6f) at Newmarket in September to round AND HIS BOOKINGS mares down here,” he said. out his season. ARE CERTAINLY GOING “Even up in the northern Yulong is also launching the stud careers of Blue Diamond Stakes WELL hemisphere, he’s worked well (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Tagaloa (Lord Kanaloa) and Cantala Stakes (Gr 1, - TROY STEPHENS with the likes of Belardo, one 1600m) winner Yulong Prince (Gimmethegreenlight) this year at their of his first crop champion two- Nagambie stud in Victoria. EUROPE’S PREMIER MIDSUMMER SALE Tattersalls July Sale JULY 7 – 9 Horses/Fillies in Training, Broodmares, etc.including major consignments from Godolphin, Juddmonte Farms, Shadwell Estates, etc. HARLECH dam of HUNGRY HEART ZAAKI winner of Australian Oaks, Gr. 1, winner of Doomben Cup, Gr. 1 Vinery Stud Stakes, Gr. 1 purchased as a horse in training at purchased at Tattersalls July Sale Tattersalls for 150,000 gns for 60,000 gns Australian/New Zealand Representative: Jenny McAlpine Tel: +61 411 504803 [email protected] www.tattersalls.com Follow us @anz_news | 3 | Brought to you by Morning Briefing -Sponsored by Woodside Park Stud Tuesday, June 15, 2021 MORNINGSIDE WORLD - CLASS THOROUGHBRED PROPERTY MORNING BRIEFING "I thought we would just get them home, Hutchinson Handicap (1200m) at Mornington AUSTRALIA there's plenty of races for them down here," yesterday. Having been scratched from the Kinane ready to resume Ryan told Racing.com. "We could have sat Clanbrooke Racing Handicap (100m) at Having spent time with champion trainer around until Ipswich but that wasn't for Sandown on Saturday in preference of this, Chris Waller, Kinane (Reliable Man) is back another two weeks. Sircconi copped a firm the Jason Warren-trained Darceandermill with his original conditioner and is set to make track and didn't go a yard. Mahamedeis was defeated favourite Beagle (Pride Of Dubai) his racing return at Flemington on Saturday. in a slowly run race and pulled hard." On by three-quarters of a length at a crowdless Michael Kent has the four-year-old entered for their future targets, Ryan added: “Sircconi Mornington. "That's the second win for the the Brian Beattie Handicap (1420m) and The can go to the Winter Championship heat boys and unfortunately they couldn't be here David Bourke (1600m) on Saturday in a low-key next week and press onto the final.