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Thursday, December 17, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here TREVOR MARSHALLSEA | IT'S IN THE BLOOD - PAGE 12 YESTERDAY'S RACE RESULTS - PAGE 18 Classy I Am Invincible filly Read Tomorrow's Issue For: Maiden Of The Week comes up trumps en route What's on Metropolitan meetings: Randwick - Kensington (NSW) to the Magic Millions Race meetings: Corowa (NSW), Two-year-old scores comprehensive win at Wyong to Warrnambool (VIC), Ipswich (QLD), ensure trip to the Gold Coast Pinjarra (WA), Ashburton (NZ) Barrier trials / Jump-outs: Strathalbyn (SA), Longford (TAS) International meetings: Southwell (UK), Chelmsford (UK), Vaal (SAF) Sales: Gavelhouse December 21 Auction ZAC PURTON MAKES AN OMINOUS CHAMPIONSHIP She’s All Class MAGIC MILLIONS STATEMENT AT HAPPY VALLEY - PAGE 11 length victory on the NSW Central Coast track, BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS was last night quoted at $4.60 alongside her MORNING BRIEFING he’s All Class (I Am Invincible) is ATC Breeders’ Plate- (Gr 3, 1000m) winning fighting out pre-post favouritism stablemate Shaquero (Shalaa). 60 for I Am Invincible for next month’s $2 million Magic She’s All Class ($7), who was ridden by I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) brought up Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m) champion jockey James McDonald, held off his 60th individual stakes winner yesterday Safter a brilliant performance at Wyong the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained when She’s All Class (2 f ex Shirra Nui by yesterday surged her to the top of betting Gleneagles (Capitalist) ($4.80 favourite) Viscount) took out the Magic Millions Wyong markets. and Swift Witness (Star Witness) ($5) in the 2YO Classic (RL, 1100m) yesterday. Yarraman The Chris Waller-trained juvenile filly, $200,000 Magic Millions Wyong 2YO Classic Park’s I Am Invincible stood for $209,000 (inc who strolled to a four and three-quarter (RL, 1100m). Continued on page 2>> GST) in 2020. Morning Briefing page 4 >> Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Classy I Am Invincible filly comes up trumps en route to the Magic Millions | 2 | Thursday, December 17, 2020 << Continued from page 1 McDonald revealed post-race that won really well today,” Waller and his team had to manage the temperamental filly so far this Hickman told Sky IT’S BEEN A LITTLE BIT UP AND campaign. She showed ability at her first start when finishing third in the Racing. DOWN WITH HIS PREPARATION Victory Vein (1000m) on October 17, a race won by Captivant (Capitalist), “Keagan gets on BUT HE WON REALLY WELL before the stable switched its attention to qualifying for the Gold Coast really well with this horse TODAY race on January 16. and he knows what he - GREG HICKMAN “She’s a hypo little filly, so Chris and his team have done a great job can do on him. He might with her,” McDonald told Sky Racing. have been a bit wide, but “We always knew she had ability, but she needed to come here today he gave him plenty of space to hit the line. and do it. “He’s the type of horse who wants to have an uninterrupted run. He’s “She wasn’t that comfortable on this track around the turns, but she not a stop-start horse and Keagan knows all that.” was still too good. She has a really good turn of foot and the six furlongs Latham rode a patient race on Eleven Eleven despite being caught will be right up her alley.” wide from barrier six in the eight-horse field, but the talented gelding She’s All Class was a $200,000 purchase from the draft of Yarraman picked up strongly around the home turn to ensure he had the major prize Park at this year’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale by Brae in his keeping. Sokolski, who races the filly under his Yes Bloodstock banner along “It was a much better performance (than first-up). He got really, really with a string of partners including Ozzie Kheir. The pair also race tired last time and I didn’t have a lot of options from a bad draw, so I multiple Group 1-winning stablemate Verry Elleegant (Zed) and enjoyed opted to go forward and it was the slightest of gut-busters but he’s a tough Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) success with Sir Dragonet (Camelot) this year. animal,” Latham said. She’s All Class is the sixth individual winner for Shirra Nui (Viscount), “He’s obviously come through that and today he quickened up really an unraced half-sister to New Zealand Listed winner Khemosabi well and put them away pretty easily but in the last 100 metres he was (Commands) and the Melbourne stakes-placed Zyzxx (Danehill), emptying out a little bit (fitness-wise), so we are on the right course to go and again demonstrates her sire I Am Invincible’s (Invincible Spirit) back up to the Gold Coast.” remarkable ability to upgrade his mares. The filly is the Yarraman Park Hickman, who is likely to give Eleven Eleven another lead-up run Stud flag bearer’s 60th individual stakes winner. before the Magic Millions raceday on January 16, paid $230,000 for the Shirra Nui, who is owned by Gall Bloodstock, has not had a live foal horse from the Magic Millions sale from the draft of Edinburgh Park. since producing She’s All Class but was covered by Super One (I Am He is the second foal out of Ian Smith’s US-bred mare Smokin’ Alice Invincible) on September 11 this year. (Smoke Glacken) whose two-year-old colt Ovoid (Exceed And Excel) sold for $1 million to trainer Gerald Ryan at the 2020 Gold Coast sale. This year, Eleven Eleven lining up for 2021 Smokin’ Alice had a colt by Trapeze Artist (Snitzel) born on October 29. Magic Millions day Earlier, this year’s eventual Magic Millions 3YO Guineas (RL, 1400m) winner after the disqualification of Alligator Blood (All Too Hard), the Greg Hickman-trained Eleven Eleven (Fastnet Rock), shored up another trip to the Gold Coast with a comfortable victory at Wyong yesterday. The four-year-old took out yesterday’s $100,000 Magic Millions Wyong 3YO & 4YO Stakes (1200m) en route north, defeating Yao Dash (Smart Missile) by three quarters of a length. Spaceboy (Deep Field) was another one and a half lengths away in third. Eleven Eleven ran sixth first-up at Rosehill on December 5 over 1100 metres under Keagan Latham and the South African jockey was again on board yesterday. Hickman, who also won the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas with Pierata (Pierro) in 2018, cannot wait to SHE HAS A REALLY GOOD return to Queensland TURN OF FOOT AND THE SIX with Eleven Eleven. FURLONGS WILL BE RIGHT UP “It’s working out HER ALLEY OK. It’s been a little - JAMES MCDONALD bit up and down with Eleven Eleven SPORTPIX his preparation but he Follow us @anz_news | 2 | Brought to you by September Run Morning Briefing -Sponsored by Woodside Park Stud Thursday, December 17, 2020 SEE A MAGIC MILLIONS DRAFT DRAFT BY THE PROVEN & ELITE Bott for the Tait family, will spearhead the Mode Plate (Listed, 1200m) behind Isotope AUSTRALIA operation. “My brother raced horses for more (Deep Field) and Gotta Kiss (Not A Single 60 for I Am Invincible than 30 years, many with Kembla Grange Doubt) on December 5. "Unfortunately, I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) brought up trainers, and the family want to continue his she's not a Magic Millions filly so she'll chase his 60th individual stakes winner yesterday legacy,” Lavalle said of Mick, who died in 2014 black type wherever we can find a suitable when She’s All Class (2 f ex Shirra Nui by aged 50. “Our aim is to win a Group 1 in his race as her owners are breeders," Schweida Viscount) took out the Magic Millions Wyong honour. We’d like to have 16 in work at all times said. "She jarred up a bit last run, but it was a 2YO Classic (RL, 1100m) yesterday. Yarraman but with a few babies still to come through, it’s good effort. She had to go back after she drew Park’s I Am Invincible stood for $209,000 (inc exciting to be starting the new year with a horse bad and I'll be praying the track stays heavy. GST) in 2020. like Belieber who is already racing and looks I think she's quite versatile as she ran a fast very progressive.” The final sale for the year time when she clocked just over 56 seconds Conquering to Toorak Affair took 2020 turnover on Inglis Digital through when she won first-up on a Good track at the This year’s Hobart Cup (Gr 3, 2400m) winner the $50 million mark and brought the curtain Sunshine Coast." Toorak Affair (7 m Toorak Toff - Smooth Return down on what has been a breakthrough year by Redoute’s Choice) returned to form second- for the platform, with its first Group 1 graduate Two-state raid a first for up by taking out the Conquering Stakes (Listed, in Bella Vella (Commands), a new record top rookie Jennings 1400m) at Launceston last night. Given a lot in Small Minds (Canny Lad) at $410,000 Fledgling trainer Caroline Jennings will ground-saving ride by Anthony Darmanin, the and the utilisation of its features to host the experience a day of firsts, even before two Michael Trinder-trained Toorak Affair - who Great Southern Sale and the Melbourne Gold of her most talented horses attempt to settled well back in the field off a solid tempo Sale due to Covid-19.