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Monday, March 2, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here WEEK AHEAD - PAGE 18 HONG KONG NEWS - PAGE 16 YESTERDAY'S RACE RESULTS - PAGE 25 Blue Gum Farm and What's on Race meetings: Cowra (NSW), Sapphire Oakland Park rise to top Coast (NSW), Cairns (QLD), York (WA) with $725,000 Snitzel colt Sales: Inglis Premier Yearling Stakes (Day 2) Aquis lands session-stealer as 2020 momentum continues at Inglis Premier Sale MORNING BRIEFING Regal Power on target for Australian Cup West Australian Group 1 winner Regal Power (Pierro) is set to take his chance in Saturday’s Australian Cup (Gr 1, 2000m) at Flemington after running home well for fourth in a crucial lead-up in Melbourne. The four-year-old won the Railway Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) in Perth in November and in his Melbourne debut on February 22 hit the line strongly in the Peter Young Stakes (Gr 2, 1800m) Lot 227 Snitzel - Jestajingle colt DARRYL SHERER for a close fourth behind fellow Cup hopefuls highest-priced lot on day one, a $725,000 Miss Siska (So You Think), Kings Will Dream BY TIM ROWE AND GEORGIE DENNIS Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) colt, for loyal (Casamento) and Mirage Dancer (Frankel). "His n emotional Philip Campbell admits Western Australian breeders Neville and Susan run was great," regular rider William Pike said. "I his family’s Blue Gum Farm cannot Duncan of Oakland Park Stud. don't want to sound like a broken record with the compete on the stallion front against After a $200,000 opening bid, he was eventually track but it was hard to make ground on the day and the international conglomerates but knocked down to Aquis Farm’s Brian McGuire he ran good sectionals." Pike has a good opinion of theA Victorian stud has again demonstrated its who outlasted Boomer Bloodstock’s Craig Regal Power and said he was looking forward to capacity to prepare high-class stock at the Inglis Rounsefell to secure the colt who is out of a half- the Australian Cup. "Until we actually get the win Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale. sister to the stud’s young stakes-winning stallion on the board though, it doesn't mean much, but I The long-time leading vendor sold the Jukebox (Snitzel). Continued on page 2>> really do think he's up to them," he said. "I know it's only another 200 metres but I think he'll like that as PAGE 20 well." Morning Briefing page 12 >> Follow us @anz_news: click here | 1 | Brought to you by Blue Gum Farm and Oakland Park rise to top with $725,000 Snitzel colt | 2 | Monday, March 2, 2020 << Continued from page 1 He is the third most expensive yearling trained Jukebox and Molto Allegro (Fast ‘N’ Famous), herself the dam of ever sold in Victoria behind the $1.4 million I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) Listed winner Beethoven (Helmet). He was catalogued as Lot 227. half-brother to The Quarterback (Street Boss) who went through Oaklands Aquis Farm managing director Shane McGrath had a high opinion of the Junction in 2017 and an $800,000 Brazen Beau (I Am Invincible) colt who colt from early inspections and believes they secured him for a reasonable went through the same ring last year. price. The colt also set a new benchmark for Blue Gum Farm, surpassing the The appeal of the colt was backed up by the fact that Maher held his close $700,000 achieved for another son of Snitzel in 2016, in an opening session relation Jukebox, who won his first three starts, including two as an early which saw solid trade and a trend that was up on the 2019 sale. season juvenile. “We’ve had a long wait for that colt because we knew he was very special. “We thought that was about where he was,” McGrath said. We’ve had the privilege of selling some cracking colts here in the past and we “He’s a top level colt by a champion sire. We thought he was a super knew this fella was right up there amongst them,” Campbell said. mover, he looks a real two-year-old and he comes from great breeders as well. “To see the quality of people going after him and the amount of money “Phillip Campbell has done a lovely job preparing him and at the end of that they were prepared to pay for him, it was very, very satisfying.” the day you only need one other person to be taking you along. The fact Blue Gum Farm prepared the colt for the Duncans added to “That’s what these horses make so I was glad to get him and if you look the momentous occasion for Campbell who receives the Oakland Park Stud across the board at these top quality colts, that’s what they're going to make yearlings for the Premier sale in late November or early December each year. and they’re expensive at the moment but if they can win a nice race, it’s a “I’ll get emotional because they are just the nicest people and they are future stallion prospect for us. brilliant breeders,” he said. On the ties to Aquis’ resident stallion Jukebox, McGrath said: “We’ve had “They keep sending us quality horses year after year for this sale. It’s just a a bit of luck with him (Jukebox) and he wasn’t dissimilar to him. pleasure to work with them and I’m just so happy that we’ve been able to have “I thought looking at the horse, he had a great action as well and he looks another great result for them.” like a horse that can get up and going early. We’ve had a bit of luck in the last The leading vendor at the Premier sale twice in the past five years, Blue couple of Breeders Plates (with Dubious and Global Quest) and I think that’s Gum Farm’s presence as a stallion operation has plateaued in recent years the sort of target for him going forward.” as it became increasingly hard to compete against the likes of Spendthrift Australia and Aquis Farm. Lot 232 “We offer a broodmare service whereby we have some beautiful Breeding: Territories - Kaniana (Canny Lad) filly broodmare bands on our farm and we walk those mares out to stallions on Price: $350,000 farms like the people you are talking about and we specialise in yearling Buyer: Star Thoroughbreds / Randwick Bloodstock preparation,” he said. Vendor: Millford Thoroughbreds “Our record at this sale for the past five or six years proves that we have Denise Martin of Star Thoroughbreds chimed in late in the session, got it right. making her only purchase for the day on a Territories (Invincible Spirit) “I believe that we have got a fantastic system going at home. filly out of Group 3 winning mare Kaniana (Canny Lad) for $350,000 in “We can’t compete with those farms on the stallion front but it is all a conjunction with Randwick Bloodstock. “I thought she was the most matter of doing what you do and doing it properly and I think that is where beautiful filly on the ground,” Martin said. “She had tremendous presence we are at.” and was a real showstopper, I loved her. She’s got all the credentials of a high One of 33 yearlings to make $200,000 or more yesterday, up from 28 the quality filly. She’s very athletic and I thought she was quite special. I don’t previous year, the top-priced colt is the third foal out of the twice-winning normally pay that sort of money for a yearling but I didn’t want to lose her mare Jestajingle (Lonhro) who is a half-sister to the former Ciaron Maher- and so I just went to the maximum stretch to make sure I got her.” Follow us @anz_news: click here | 2 | Brought to you by FROSTED has EXPLODED! He is absolutely blowing his competition away! OH MY GOODNESS He’s TEN in front. Frosted’s absolutely romped home! The fastest Met Mile winner by the largest winning margin, EVER - 125 years... Yes, he was THAT fast. 15 yearlings selling at FROSTED Melbourne Premier. Tapit – Fast Cookie www.darley.com.au Maher strikes early for Teofilo colt | 4 | Monday, March 2, 2020 Maher strikes early for Teofilo colt It’s very busy down the back and it’s a lot of It didn’t take long for Ciaron Maher and training partner David pressure for them when they’re young and Eustace to strike big on day one of the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, going he seemed to handle that quite well so to $460,000 to secure a colt by Teofilo (Galileo) in the first hour of selling. he just ticked all the boxes.” There was strong competition for the Yulong-offered yearling in the The sale of the colt continued ring but Maher said he would have “went a bit more” for what he hailed as a big week on and off the track for one of the best colts of the sale. Yulong, with the six-figure yearling He was the highest-priced of nine yearlings purchased by the large- coming after the farm secured an scale operation on day one. interest in Blue Diamond Stakes “I loved him as a type, he ticked all the boxes for what I look for in a (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Tagaloa yearling and hopefully he's one for the future,” Maher said.