Saturday, September 5, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here MASTER OF REALITY WARMS UP FOR CUP BID WITH LISTED ROMP - PAGE 9 YESTERDAY'S RACE RESULTS - PAGE 13 From Randwick What's on Stakes races: Randwick (NSW) - Chelmsford Stakes (Gr 2, 1600m), Tramway Stakes (Gr 2, and Moonee Valley 1400m), Furious Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m), Concorde Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m). Moonee Valley (VIC) - Feehan Stakes (Gr 2, 1600m), McEwen Stakes (Gr 2, 1000m), Atlantic Jewel Stakes (Listed, to Kempton, spring 1200m), Chandler Macleod Stakes (Listed, 1200m). Te Rapa (NZ) - Foxbridge Plate (Gr 2, 1200m), Northland Breeders Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m). Wanganui (NZ) - Wanganui Guineas campaigns continue (Listed, 1200m) Metropolitan meetings: Randwick (NSW), The Chelmsford Stakes, Feehan Stakes and September Stakes are Moonee Valley (VIC), Doomben (QLD), Morphettville Parks (SA), Belmont (WA) all set to play their part in shaping feature markets Race meetings: Hawkesbury (NSW), Grafton (NSW), Kilmore (VIC), Gold Coast (QLD), Gatton (QLD), Toowoomba (QLD), Te Rapa LATEST NEWS FROM THE WEEKEND'S RACING (NZ), Wanganui (NZ) Barrier trials / Jump-outs: Grafton (NSW) International Group races: Sapporo (JPN) - Sapporo Nisai Stakes (Gr 3, 1800m). Haydock (UK) - Sprint Cup (Gr 1, 6f), Superior Mile (Gr 3, 1m). Kempton (UK) - September Stakes (Gr 3, 1m 4f), Sirenia Stakes (Gr 3, 6f). Baden-Baden (GER) - Preis der Sparkassen Finanzgruppe (Gr 3, 2000m). Churchill Downs (USA) - Kentucky Derby (Gr 1, 10f), Derby City Distaff (Gr 1, 7f), Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (Gr 1, 9f), Pat Day Mile (Gr 2, 8f), American Turf Stakes (Gr 2, 8.5f), Churchill Distaff Turf Mile (Gr 2, 8f), Iroquois Stakes (Gr 3, 8f). Saratoga (USA) - Woodward Handicap (Gr 1, 10f), Jim Dandy Stakes (Gr 2, 9f), Glens Falls Stakes (Gr 2, 11f), Prioress Stakes (Gr 2, 6f). Gulfstream Park (USA) - Smile Sprint (Gr 3, 6f). Monmouth Avilius SPORTPIX Park (USA) - Red Bank Stakes (Gr 3, 8f). Del Mar (USA) - John C Mabee Stakes (Gr 2, 9f). right across the card that look set to play Woodbine (CAN) - Vigil Stakes (Gr 3, 6f) BY ANDREW HAWKINS | @ANZ_NEWS a part during the spring. The Chelmsford aces on both sides of the Murray Stakes (Gr 2, 1600m) and the Tramway Stakes River and on opposite sides of the (Gr 2, 1400m) are full of horses bound for world will play an important role in Group 1 races over the coming weeks, while shaping markets for the upcoming the Concorde Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m) appears springR features in Sydney and Melbourne when the first stepping stone towards the world’s they unfold in the coming hours. richest race on turf, the $15 million The The Randwick meeting features horses Everest (1200m). Continued on page 2>> ENTER NOW JULY 24 -29 ONLINE SALE ENTRIES CLOSE JULY 22. Featuring broodmares, yearlings and racing stock. FRICatalogue 4TH available at inglisdigital.com- WED 9TH SEP 2020 INGLIS DIGITAL SEPTEMBER SALE (EARLY): SALE LIVE - VIEW HERE Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by xxx | 2 | Saturday, September 5, 2020 BEST OF LUCK To the Magic Millions graduates running in today’s feature races Surprise Baby SPORTPIX RANDWICK (ATC) MOONEE VALLEY (MVRC) FURIOUS STKS GR2 McEWEN STKS GR2 << Continued from page 1 The Chelmsford Stakes has been Stellar Pauline ...........Arrowfield Stud Despatch ....................Baramul Stud won by Chris Waller five of the last eight years, including with champion Hungry Heart........................ Yulong Bella Vella ..............Willow Park Stud mare Winx (Street Cry) in 2017, and the trainer sends out nine of the Vangelic ....................Segenhoe Stud Witherspoon .......Glastonbury Farms 15 runners, including New Zealand Group 1 winners Danzdanzdance Redoute’s Image ............ Element Hill Rulership ...........Yarraman Park Stud (Mastercraftsman) and Miss Sentimental (Reliable Man). Philizzy .......................Baramul Stud Standing in their way, according to the TAB market, are Godolphin’s Miss Canada ................Kia Ora Stud FEEHAN STKS GR2 classy Avilius (Pivotal) and last year’s Australian Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) Forbidden Love ...........Bhima T’breds Sircconi ........... Lyndhurst Stud Farm Orpheum ................ Newhaven Park Exasperate ................ J & L McGrath winner Angel Of Truth (Animal Kingdom), who sit one-two at the head of affairs. CHELMSFORD STKS GR2 TE RAPA (NZ) Angel Of Truth steps out for the second time since joining the Michael, Morton’s Form ................. Godolphin BREEDERS STKS GR3 Wayne and John Hawkes stable earlier this year. TRAMWAY STKS GR2 Need I Say More ....Burnewang North He returned with an eye-catching second in the Spring Preview Rock ........................Coolmore Stud Pastoral (1400m) behind Man Of Peace (Zariz) and he looks set for a big campaign Reloaded ..................Arrowfield Stud Unition ......................Coolmore Stud as he seeks his first win since his Derby success. "They say a change is as good as a holiday sometimes," raceday rider Tommy Berry said. "It just changes their training routine around and sometimes it can spark a little bit of life back into them. "He is no oil painting to look at and same to ride, he's a no-nonsense sort of horse. But the way he let down the other day really impressed me." Down in Melbourne, the Feehan Stakes (Gr 2, 1600m) at Moonee Valley offers a ballot-exempt position in the Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m). While the field may not include the calibre of previous winners like Fiorente (Monsun), El Segundo (Pins), Fields Of Omagh (Rubiton), Northerly (Serheed) and Sunline (Desert Sun), the eight runners include a Cox Plate placegetter in Humidor (Teofilo), Group 1 winner Streets Of Avalon (Magnus) and Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) favourite Surprise Baby (Shocking). The only trainer to have multiple runners in this year’s Feehan is Nick Ryan, who rode in the race twice and also prepared Mahamedeis (Magnus) to run second to Homesman (War Front) in this event last year. The Cox Plate was a race in which Ryan was quoted as saying, “I’m dying to get a ride,” when asked by The Age in 2005. While that ride never came, it is clear that the jockey-turned-trainer still harbours a desire to win the race often labelled Australasia’s weight-for-age championship - a journey that can begin today when he sends out Mahamedeis and www.magicmillions.com.au Sircconi (Nicconi) in the Feehan. Continued on page 3>> Follow us @anz_news | 2 | Brought to you by From Randwick and Moonee Valley to Kempton, spring campaigns continue | 3 | Saturday, September 5, 2020 << Continued from page 2 "I couldn't get a ride in the Cox Plate. It would be something special to have a runner in it so I would give it serious consideration," Ryan said, indicating that Mahamedeis was a stable favourite. "He finished second in the race last year at his second run back from a break. He's freshened up really well. He was from my first crop of yearlings I bought. He's been our banner horse.” Also daring to dream of a Cox Plate berth is trainer Matthew Brown, who sends out Exasperate (Tough Speed) in today’s Feehan. Exasperate finished third in a 1600-metre open handicap at Caulfield last start and has become a model of consistency over the last year. The six-year-old filled the same position at a big price in the Eclipse Stakes (Gr 3, 1800m) at Sandown last November, giving his trainer the confidence to be able to target races like the Feehan. "Half the reason why we thought we'd have a throw at the stumps is Exasperate SPORTPIX that every time I've raised the bar, he's gone out and produced," Brown told Racing.com. "I think he's come back better than he was last preparation, mare Enable (Nathaniel), who has her final start before next month’s Prix which is always a bit of a worry when they're in such good form, whether de l’Arc de Triomphe (Gr 1, 2400m). they come back up or improve. “Prince Of Arran had a holiday straight after Royal Ascot, he has had "From the way he ran first-up and what we've seen from him at home, a bit of a different year to last year,” Fellowes said. “I was really keen after we're pretty confident that he's going even better than he was last time. Saudi Arabia to have another crack at the Gold Cup. James (Doyle), when We were happy with his work going into the Caulfield run but everything he rode him in Saudi, just said he was staying on well at the line and that since has been a lot better, a lot sharper and you can certainly tell that he's maybe two and a half miles would be worth a crack, but sadly it rained. had a run because he's tightened up." “Australian soft ground and English soft ground are two completely Exasperate was originally down to run in the Heatherlie Handicap different things. I wondered if we should have a go and see if he would (Listed, 1700m) last week, but Brown decided to wait a week after he drew handle it, having run well in two soft ground Melbourne Cups, but it just barrier one in the Caulfield feature. wasn’t for him and Stradivarius hacked up.” "With everything that has gone on this year, there were a lot of Prince Of Arran remains a maiden on turf in the UK, although he unknowns about what horses were going to be going to the Cox Plate so has registered two wins, two seconds and two thirds from six starts in we thought we'd throw a nomination in,” he said. “The original plan was Australia on grass. However, he has a far stronger record on synthetic to run him last week and, if he ran really well, back him up this week but surfaces, including three wins on the Kempton all-weather and a third in when he drew barrier one last week, which isn't the ideal barrier for him, I the September Stakes last year.