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Sunday, November29, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here DUBAWI'S DAY AGAIN AS GODOLPHIN SECURE 700,000GNS HEADLINE ACT - PAGE 11 YESTERDAY'S RACE RESULTS - PAGE 18 Rawiller roars as Elite Read Tomorrow's Issue For: The Week Ahead Street upsets Trekking What's on Metropolitan meetings: Hobart (TAS) Godolphin sprinter fourth again in Winterbottom but Darley Race meetings: Newcastle (NSW), Grafton tastes success with son of Street Boss victorious (NSW), Traralgon (VIC), Warrnambool (VIC), Kilcoy (QLD), Strathalbyn (SA), Geraldton (WA), Cromwell (NZ) Barrier trials / Jump-outs: Grafton (NSW), Geraldton (WA) International meetings: Sha Tin (HK), Tokyo (JPN), Hanshin (JPN), Scottsville (SAF), Aqueduct (USA), Del Mar (USA) International Group races: Tokyo (JPN) - Japan Cup (Gr 1, 2400m). Hanshin (JPN) - Keihan Hai (Gr 3, 1200m). Aqueduct (USA) - Fall Highweight Handicap (Gr 3, 6f). Del Mar (USA) - Matriarch Stakes (Gr 1, 1m), Cecil B. DeMille Stakes (Gr 3, 1m) Elite Street WESTERN RACEPIX Dan Morton-prepared Elite Street had few BY ANDREW HAWKINS | @ANZ_NEWS admirers as he stepped up to stakes company MORNING BRIEFING decision by Brad Rawiller to test the for the first time at just his eighth start. waters in Perth ahead of a full-time It was just a year ago, on the Six for Street Boss move to Western Australia has Winterbottom Stakes undercard, that Darley’s Street Boss (Street Cry) brought up paid dividends at just his second the chestnut made his first racecourse his sixth individual Group or Grade 1 winner Aweekend in the state, taking out the Winterbottom appearance, finishing fourth to We’ve Got yesterday, and just his second in Australia, Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) on Elite Street (4 g Street Boss - Dreams (Universal Ruler) in the Tourism WA when Elite Street (4 g ex Elite Ateates by Elite Ateates by Exceed And Excel) at Ascot yesterday. Trophy (1000m) for three-year-olds. It was Exceed And Excel) ran out a surprise winner Sent out at 30-1 in a race dominated later discovered that he had chipped both of the Winterbottom Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at by $1.75 hotpot Trekking (Street Cry), the knees in running. Continued on page 2>> Ascot. Morning Briefing page 6 >> Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Rawiller roars as Elite Street upsets Trekking | 2 | Sunday, November29, 2020 << Continued from page 1 Returning for start two in late May at purpose alongside 11-year-old marvel Pinjarra as an odds-on favourite, he again finished fourth, but that was the Rock Magic (Redoute’s Choice), with last time he wasn’t first past the post. Since June, between Belmont and the pair coming away at the 100 Ascot, Elite Street has put together a string of six wins, although he was metres. On this occasion, youth subsequently disqualified from a Belmont 1200-metre win in July having trumped experience as Elite tested positive for Heptaminol. Street put a margin on Rock And so it was that he entered with a picket fence, marred by a D in the Magic shortly after. form guide but still clearly a horse with plenty of upside. However, one last challenge Jumping from a wide gate, Elite Street was quickly away but was was still to come. Celebrity Queen restrained by Rawiller to sit midfield, three-deep but with cover. (Redoute’s Choice), the Colonel Meanwhile, to his inside, Trekking was enduring a torrid run, with William Reeves Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m) winner, had Pike struggling to bring the dual Group 1 winner back underneath him. sluiced through between runners from well Sitting quiet as a church mouse, Rawiller kept Elite Street out of back before switching over Elite Street’s heels to make one final bid. trouble as the race The line, though, loomed too soon, with Elite Street taking the bulk developed inside him, of the $1 million prize pool. The margin to Celebrity Queen at the wire THE WINTERBOTTOM IS ONE waiting until the field was a neck, with a length back to Rock Magic, who filled third in the OF THE GREAT SPRINT RACES had straightened and Winterbottom for the third time at his fifth run in the race. IN AUSTRALIA SO TO GET THE he was widest of all Just like last year, Trekking finished fourth, running on solidly from OPPORTUNITY IS HUGE AND before asking for more well back but also clearly outsprinted by Celebrity Queen. It was the WHEN YOU CAN DELIVER, EVEN from his charge. culmination of a difficult interstate campaign in which he started in the BETTER. With momentum Moir Stakes (Gr 1, 1000m) in Melbourne, travelled north to Sydney for The BRAD RAWILLER on his side, Elite Street Everest (1200m), returned to Melbourne for the Manikato Stakes (Gr 1, bounded up with 1200m) six days later and then shipped west. Continued on page 3>> Follow us @anz_news | 2 | Brought to you by Rawiller roars as Elite Street upsets Trekking | 3 | Sunday, November29, 2020 << Continued from page 2 While success in the Winterbottom “The Winterbottom is one of the great sprint races in Australia continues to elude Godolphin, their breeding operation had plenty to so to get the opportunity is huge and when you can deliver, even celebrate after Victorian-based Street Boss (Street Cry) notched his sixth better.” Group or Grade 1 winner globally, as well as his 42nd individual stakes Morton is best known for his pair of three-time Group 1 winners, winner. King’s Stand Stakes (Gr 1, 5f) hero Scenic Blast and dual Doomben Cup Elite Street provided Street Boss with his second Australian Group (Gr 1, 2020m) victor Scenic Shot (Scenic), with Elite Street giving the 1 winner, following Newmarket Handicap (Gr 1, 1200m) hero The trainer his first success at the highest level since 2011. Quarterback, and continued a strong 2020 for the stallion. He had Blue “I’m trying not to bawl, it’s very special,” an emotional Morton said, Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) runner-up Hanseatic earlier this year, joining his father Len as a Winterbottom Stakes-winning trainer. “It’s while his current two-year-olds - headed by Merson Cooper Stakes unreal to win it for Mr and Mrs Anderson, who have been huge supporters (Listed, 1000m) victor Anamoe - look to be his strongest crop yet. for us all along the way, and mum and dad obviously. Street Boss stood for $27,500 (inc GST) at Darley’s Northwood Park “We knew where we were at. In any other year, we probably don’t gain in 2020. a start in the race so we were lucky to take our place, but he was a horse Bred and raced by Robert and Ann Anderson’s Anita Vale Stud in that I thought had the ammo to do it.” partnership with Morton’s parents, Len and Annette, Elite Street was Len Morton, who won the Winterbottom as a trainer in 1998 with retained to race after he was withdrawn from the 2018 Magic Millions Bradson (Serheed), added: “You always like to think you’ve left something Perth Yearling Sale with knee issues. behind, don’t you? I’m so proud of Dan, he’s done a great job since he’s He is the only winner from two foals to race out of Elite Ateates (Exceed taken over my licence - it’s all there for people to see. To come out and win And Excel), a five-time winner across Queensland, New South Wales and a race for the family like that, it’s great.” South Australia. She has a yearling by Dundeel (High Chaparral), a foal Elite Street took his earnings to $719,080 with yesterday’s win, with by Written By (Written Tycoon) and she is in foal to Spendthrift Farm’s five victories from eight starts. Continued on page 4>> American shuttler Omaha Beach (War Front). As her name suggests, she is out of the terrific sprinting mare Ateates (Zeditave), a four-time Group 2 winner and a Group 1 placegetter. Ateates is a sister to Newmarket Handicap winner Ruffles, while the family also includes stakes winners Notonyourlife (Sebring), Boss Lane (Dubawi) Tattersalls and True Glo (Brief Truce). July Elite Street’s tenacious victory in the Winterbottom gave Rawiller his 25th Group 1 winner and while the Perth feature may not hold the same prestige as some of the other races he has won, like the Golden Slipper Group Winner Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m), the Caulfield Cup (Gr 1, 2400m) or the Newmarket Handicap, it is unlikely there will be one as meaningful. In case there were any doubts, a Frankie Dettori-style star jump from the gelding proved just how much it meant to the 42-year-old, whose GINO SEVERINI most famous interaction with Morton before yesterday was in relegating EAGLE TECHNOLOGY STAKES, Group 3 his stable star Scenic Blast (Scenic) to second aboard Weekend Hussler sold Tattersalls July Sale Thomastown Castle Stables (Hussonet) in the Caulfield Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m). by Barberini Bloodstock/Asian Bloodstock Services “It’s come as a bit of a shock to me,” Rawiller said. “I was riding for to for 200,000 gns Lindsey Smith at Bendigo one Wednesday and I hadn’t ridden for him in Victoria since Black Heart Bart. The next day, he said, ‘Look, Brad, I think there’s an opportunity for you if you can come over to Perth and give it a trial for a couple of months.’ “I’ve always come over to Perth and been successful and I’ve always had a great time and great fun when I’ve been here.