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Thursday, February 6, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here COMMENT: MICHAEL CHANNON JNR - MY TEARS FOR THE FUNNIEST BUGGER TO EVER LOOK THROUGH A BRIDLE - PAGE 12 Toronado most popular What's on Metropolitan meetings: Doomben (QLD) Victorian stallion of 2019 Race meetings: Grafton (NSW), Kilmore Yulong’s foundation sire Grunt also favoured by breeders in first (VIC), Pakenham (VIC), Albany (WA), season at stud Tauranga (NZ), Tauherenikau (NZ) Barrier Trials / Jump-outs: Randwick (NSW), Tauranga (NZ) MORNING BRIEFING Rosehill on standby for Millennium meeting Rosehill racecourse is on stand-by to host Saturday’s valuable Inglis Millennium meeting Toronado SWETTENHAM STUD if Warwick Farm becomes waterlogged. Racing in his first crop, with 197 mares in 2019, the NSW says it has been monitoring the forecast BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS most mares covered by any stallion domiciled for western Sydney and will continue to do wettenham Stud is coming off a in the southern state. so in the lead-up to raceday. The Bureau of record breeding season for the Adam The most popular sire was not the only Meteorology is predicting up to 85 millimetres Sangster-led operation while fellow success story for a rejuvenated Swettenham of rain could hit Warwick Farm over the next Victorian farm Yulong’s foundation Stud, with Toronado’s barnmates Puissance three days. "In consultation with the Australian Sstallion Grunt (O’Reilly) also covered a near De Lune (Shamardal) (153) and the relocated Turf Club, as a contingency, the Rosehill benchmark number of mares for a first season Akeed Mofeed (Dubawi) (133) also covering Gardens racecourse has been placed on stand- sire in the state. their biggest books by some margin. by to conduct the meeting should the Warwick Victorian breeders backed Toronado Swettenham Stud’s Sam Matthews believes Farm track be deemed unsafe to race on," (High Chaparral), the sire of inaugural The the farm’s strong season, and that experienced Racing NSW stewards said. The stewards will Showdown (1200m) winner Prince Of Sussex, by many of their rivals, bodes well for the future also keep a close watch on the condition of the who also has boom Tasmanian filly Still A Star of the industry. Continued on page 2>> Rosehill surface. Morning Briefing page 4 >> Follow us @anz_news: click here | 1 | Brought to you by Toronado most popular Victorian stallion of 2019 | 2 | Thursday, February 6, 2020 << Continued from page 1 “From our point of view, the more “Breeders supported him well and we’re really pleased. For our first success in Victoria, whether its Swettenham Stud or our counterparts stallion, he was the dream horse because he did everything so easily and around the traps, we quite enjoy seeing that,” Matthews said yesterday. he was popular. “I haven’t looked at the numbers but I would say less mares travelled “Every person who came and looked at him wanted to send their mare to the Hunter because of the increased quality in Victoria. Fingers crossed because he is a good-looking horse - they just loved him. That made it we can continue that.” easier as well.” The implementation of the Vobis Sires race day at Caulfield in April, Grunt’s fertility was a big factor and as news of his early pregnancies featuring the $1 million The Showdown, won last year by the Matt Laurie- got back to breeders, more mare owners booked into the son of O’Reilly trained Prince Of Sussex, and $500,000 Vobis Sires Guineas (1600m), is (Last Tycoon). another boost for the Victorian industry. “That is a big factor for breeders knowing that they are going to send “Vobis, Vobis Gold, Vobis Sires, so there are so many additional sums of their mare and their mare’s got a high chance of going in foal,” he said. prize-money to race for in Victoria and the market’s strong,” Matthews said. “It is very frustrating for them having to send mares back time and “Our stallions, we follow closely and they have sold incredibly well time and again.” and people are getting the returns on the track, which means they come Another Victorian operation with a relocated stallion on its roster was back and buy more. Rosemont Stud through Shamus Award (Snitzel), the sire of Queensland “We’re over the moon in Victoria as a whole and it was definitely a Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) winner Mr Quickie. record season for us.” After standing his first five seasons at Widden Stud, the Cox Plate (Gr Yulong Investments Yuesheng Zhang’s entry into the stallion ranks 1, 2040m) winner Shamus Award moved to Rosemont last year where he via the Australian Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) and Makybe Diva Stakes (Gr 1, covered 149 mares, up on the 84 he served the previous season. 1600m) winner Grunt also proved popular in the spring. Aquis Farm’s maiden Victorian stallion, the Group 1-placed Lean The Mick Price-trained Grunt, who covered 178 mares at a fee of $13,750 Mean Machine (Zoustar), was also well patronised by breeders, covering (inc GST), came close to the 186 mares Darley’s Impending (Lonhro) served 147 mares at Aquis’ Seymour property. in 2018, while he surpassed His success was in stark contrast to Siege Of Quebec (Fastnet Rock), From our point the number shuttler Toronado who was withdrawn from service early in the breeding season due to a of view, the more achieved in 2015. lack of breeder support. success in Victoria, Yulong chief operating Sun Stud’s first season shuttler National Defense (Invincible Spirit) whether its officer Sam Fairgray was covered 159 mares, while Palentino (Teofilo) covered 146 and stalwart Swettenham Stud delighted with the number of Magnus (Flying Spur) also hit triple figures with 111. Melbourne Cup (Gr or our counterparts mares Grunt covered in his 1, 3200m) winner Fiorente (Monsun) covered 141 mares. around the traps, we debut year. Victoria’s premier stallion, the 17-year-old Woodside Park Stud-based quite enjoy seeing “He’s got 160 mares in foal Written Tycoon (Iglesia), covered 135 mares last year at a fee of $110,000 that and he ended up with about (inc GST), down from 162 in 2018. SAM 90 per cent fertility which is Darley’s Brazen Beau (I Am Invincible) covered 126 mares, while his MATTHEWS fantastic for his first year at stud,” Northwood Park barnmates Impending and Frosted (Tapit) covered 175 he said. and 104 mares respectively. HEADWATER Stakes winning sprinter at 2 and 3. Sire of 2 first crop city winners already. 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There's a couple Larimer Street to strike first-up in Orr of quick horses in it, which is going to suit him in Millennium because he likes the pace on, and there's a few Connections of Larimer Street (Brazen Beau) are 1400-metre to mile horses resuming and they hoping he will be able to make the most of the can always run well fresh. But I think he has got inside gate when taking on the red-hot favourite to be amongst them again." Cellsabeel (Hinchinbrook) in the $2 million Inglis Millennium (RL, 1100m). After a delayed trip from Light autumn for Chivalry Sydney, the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young- Age Of Chivalry (He’s Remarkable) will have his trained colt had his final gallop for Saturday's race first-up run in Saturday's Rubiton Stakes with on a heavy track at Warwick Farm on Tuesday. connections planning to restrict his autumn "We would normally go up on Saturday night Mirage Dancer SPORTPIX workload. "A lot of these autumn races are but because of the heat up in Sydney we left on Mirage Dancer (Frankel) will have a first start weight-for-age races and whether he's quite Sunday night," Young said. "He travelled up over a trip shorter than 1600 metres since ready for that, time will tell," said Mark Zahra, really well and galloped over 800 metres with winning on his debut as a two-year-old in the who trains the four-year-old in partnership with Hugh Bowman on.