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Prime Dispatch PRIME DISPATCH Edition 88 – 21/10/2015 Compiled by Joe o’Neill Annaman as a yearling. He was a solid winner at Ipswich on Friday He now heads to Doomben on Melbourne Cup Day Annaman’s 3rd win at Ipswich on Friday topped of a very good week for the Prime team. I wrote a couple of weeks ago we are in a transitional phase where quite a number of our older horses which have served us so well have moved on and we are now we are starting to step out some of the younger horses we have in our team and in the main they look to have plenty of ability which is what we want. In many ways I see myself as a talent scout at a football club, moving around trying to get the best possible players within our salary cap. I’m confident we have done a pretty good job during the past few years. Page 1 On Wednesday at Warwick Farm Miss De Vega had her first run and she looked very good coming home from last on the turn to run 4th. She is a beautifully bred filly being out by Lope de Vega out of the very well related mare Blonde Mafia. On Saturday Isthmian had her first run at Randwick finishing 4th after setting the pace in a race where the winner broke Sweet Idea’s race record. Isthmian drew poorly and had to be used up early causing her to over race. If she drew a decent marble our feeling is she would have gone close to winning the race. She looks to have a great future. Her run follows the debut of Flying Jess in the MRC Debutante Stakes at Caulfield where she started favourite but jarred up during the race. Both Flying Jess and Isthmian have gone to the paddock. OWNERS AREA AT CAULFIELD OUTSTANDING In last week’s dispatch I was critical of the firm track served up at Caulfield and rightly so. But I must give credit where credit is due and the owner’s area and the manner in which the owners who have runners on the day at Caulfield are treated are both first class. Well done to those responsible for implementing these initiatives. Other clubs could learn a lot by having a look at the good job the MRC are doing in this area. The tracks served up for the final two days of the Caulfield Carnival were very satisfactory. BRIGADIER JPA DEIGHTON MC AM On Tuesday I attended the funeral of Brigadier John Deighton. He was an outstanding Australian and lived a full life where he gave so much service to his country while he was in the Australian Army and after working with the RSL and their associated organisations. I first came into contact with JPA at Singleton as a fresh faced, brash young officer. He soon put me in my place and I enormous Page 2 respect for him. He was a great soldier, leader and mentor to so many young men and women in the Defence Force and later on after he retired from the Army. I was very lucky to have had people of the calibre of John Deighton help me at a young age when I, like most young men in their early 20’s was very impressionable. Looking around the church at Mornington I saw many faces of men I had come across during my 20 years of service in the Australian Army. I felt very fortunate and a sense of real pride to be in such fine company and the genuine feeling that we had lost a true champion was quiet evident. Australia needs more men and women of John’s ilk at this time when we are confronted with the ‘ice’ epidemic and other challenges that threaten the very heart of our culture. WE MOVE TO MOONEE VALLEY AND THEN FLEMINGTON The Melbourne Spring Carnival moves to Moonee Valley for two great days racing starting on Friday night. The shape of the Moonee Valley circuit provides a natural amphitheatre where the patrons feel they are right on top of the race. I have some great memories of the Cox Plate with Makybe Diva’s win in 2005 being very special. She was an outstanding mare and while I won’t compare horses of years gone by she was as good a mare as I have been lucky enough to watch race. This year’s Cox Plate is very open and very difficult to line up. It will probably be a high pressure race which could well suit Happy Trails, so unlucky last year. Hugh Bowman has given us all a ‘leg’ up choosing Winx over Chris Waller’s other runner Preferment. Good luck to all the participants in the great race. I spoke with an official of the VRC and ticket sales for Flemington’s big week are up 10% on last year which is great. This year the racing has been very strong and this will continue into the four days at Flemington. If you are planning to go to any of the days at Flemington I recommend you get your tickets earlier rather than later. For more information go to: https://www.flemington.com.au/racing-and-events/ticketing-guide ON THE TRACK We have a quiet week ahead with Shining Brooke our only runner on Friday. We are continuing to build up our racing stocks with a host of horses ready to trial in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania. Many of our better gallopers are being aimed at the Magic Millions Carnival in January on the Gold Coast which effectively put the Melbourne Carnival out of play for most of them. I’m really looking forward to our horses racing through the next few months. Some of the horses not far off racing include Husson Eagle, Atalanta Miss, Raido, Unique, Savoureux, Bella Venus, Awasita Lomazzo, Page 3 Bridie’s Brook and Stimuli. On top of these we have some of the best credentialed two year olds we have ever had on our books. MAGIC MILLIONS RACEDAY If you are planning to head up for the Magic Millions and want to enjoy the day get in touch with the Gold Coast Turf Club and book your tickets or lunch packages. Check out the link: http://www.gctc.com.au/event/2016-jeep-magic-millions/january-2016/406 TASMANIA ON FIRE Tasmanian bred Mongolian Khan’s win in the Caulfield Cup continues the great run horses on from the Apple Isle have experienced over the past 12 months. Other notable performers include The Cleaner, Banca Mo, Iggimacool and Valiant Warrior. The economy in Tasmania seems to be really picking up with the Tasmanian Racing Club hosting the best racing function I have attended in Tasmania in the 15 years I have been racing in the state on Caulfield Cup Day. Well done to all concerned. Annaman winning at Ipswich on Friday, a possible Magic Millions Stayers Cup runner!!! Page 4 HINCHINBROOK – PRINCESS ANNA FILLY I wrote last week that I had purchased two fillies to be the start of our 2016 team. The first of these is a Hinchinbrook filly out of the Encosta de Lago filly Princess Anna. See the details on her below: Hinchinbrook filly out of Princess Anna 2014 John Thompson to train at Randwick 10% shares $7,900 5% shares $3,950 The Filly This filly is a strong nicely balanced athlete that gets around well and has a real presence about her. She is very strong behind and through the hocks which is a characteristic of the progeny of Hinchinbrook. She vetted out without any issues and was reared at Yarraman Park one of Australia’s most well respected boutique nurseries. The filly is an August foal and will be broken in in February/ March of 2016 with a view to giving her every chance to run as a two year old. She comes from a very precocious family with her dam’s ½ sister winning stakes races twice as a two year old and being placed in the $1million Gold Coast Page 5 Magic Millions Two Year Old Classic. Hinchinbrook After I inspected the yearlings by the first season sires in 2013 I made the prediction that Hinchinbrook would be Australia’s leading first season sire. He didn’t let me down winning the title in a field of over 50 contenders for the title. This was a wonderful effort considering the horse didn’t serve a big book of mares and stood at a modest fee. A lot of the credit for his success goes to the team at Yarraman Park. The farm consistently punches above its weight with the yearlings coming off the farm setting the benchmark across our industry. It should be remembered Yarraman Park’s I Am Invincible won the title in the previous season. In winning the title Hinchinbrook not only got early runners but high class juveniles including the Group 1 winner Press statement and multiple stakes winner Flippant. Hinchinbrook was a top class juvenile winning the Group III AJC Skyline Stakes and Listed Canonbury Stakes before being the first colt home when fourth to Crystal Lily in the Group I STC Golden Slipper and was then third in the Group I AJC Sires Produce Stakes. He then trained on at three for Group I placings in the AJC All Aged Stakes, MRC Oakleigh Plate and MVRC William Reid Stakes, before being injured in the UK while preparing for Royal Ascot and retiring with earnings in excess of $590,000.
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