The Autumn Sun shines Read Tomorrow's Issue For: Maiden Of The Week and Sunlight is On The Watch bright for rest What's On of the carnival Race meetings: Goulburn (NSW), Moree (NSW), Warrnambool (VIC), Pakenham Peter Moody Page 14 (VIC), Beaudesert (QLD), Pinjarra (WA), Thursday, March 14, 2019 Ashburton (NZ) Barrier trials / Jump-outs: Akeed Mofeed bids farewell Randwick (NSW) to South Australia with $200,000 session-topping colt Young sires to the fore at the Adelaide Yearling Sale as progeny of Shamus Award and Shooting To Win also fetch six figure sums Morning Briefing Rosehill Guineas for The Autumn Sun Chris Waller confirmed multiple Group 1 winner The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice) will progress to Saturday week's Rosehill Guineas (Gr 1, 2000m), avoiding a potential clash with stablemate Winx (Street Cry) in the George Ryder Stakes (Gr 1, 1500m). Waller released a press statement on Wednesday Lot 254 Akeed Mofeed - Calemore colt MAGIC MILLIONS morning outlining The session-topping colt, who was plans to step the By Lewis Lesbirel catalogued as Lot 254 and consigned by colt up to 2000 he progeny of young stallions former residence Goldin Farms, is the fifth metres for the first The Autumn Sun proved popular during the foal out of the More Than Ready (Southern time at Rosehill on second and final session of Halo) mare Calemore, herself a half-sister to March 23. “He has come through his victory Book 1 of the Magic Millions Thousand Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Lady in the Randwick Guineas without issue and TAdelaide Yearling Sale yesterday, with a Of The Pines (Bluebird). recovered well from the run,” Waller said. colt by Akeed Mofeed (Dubawi) topping the Calemore has already produced two “Following discussions between the owners bill after selling to Gary Moore Racing for winners from her four foals to race, while and I yesterday, it has been decided that he will $200,000. further back this is the family of Group 1 winner now progress to the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas It was a timely farewell to South Australia for Caledonian Boy (Plush), who claimed the scalp on March 23. No decision will be made on any the former Goldin Farms resident, who is set to of the legendary Vo Rogue (Ivor Prince) when races beyond the Rosehill Guineas as we look relocate to Victoria’s Swettenham Stud where winning the 1987 renewal of the Elders Mile to use the race as a distance guide for any he will stand for an unchanged fee of $16,500 Handicap (registered as Toorak Handicap) (Gr future races he may contest in the Autumn and (inc GST) in 2019. 1, 1600m). Continued on page 2>> beyond.” Morning Briefing page 8 | 1 | Brought to you by Akeed Mofeed bids farewell to SA with $200,000 session-topping colt << Continued from page 1 Rosehill-based trainer Gary Moore was delighted to have secured the colt, whose $200,000 price tag was bettered only by a Dundeel (High Chaparral) filly that fetched $250,000 during Tuesday’s session. “I’ve been watching him for the past two days and he’ll definitely head back to Sydney,” Moore told Racing.com. “I admire the stallion and they’re good looking horses, got great bone, and I think he’ll be a nice acquisition for the stable in Sydney. “It’s nice to have him and I think there are great things destined for him.” Akeed Mofeed covered his biggest book of 98 mares in 2018 and will transfer to the Victoria’s Swettenham Stud having spent five years in the Barossa Valley, where he sired 13 first-crop winners and three stakes performers. The son of Dubawi (Dubai Millennium) finished Book 1 as the leading stallion, selling 14 yearlings for an aggregate of $865,000 at an average of $61,786. Another sire in the infancy of his stud career who enjoyed a fruitful Adelaide Yearling Sale is Shamus Award (Snitzel), with a filly by the widden Stud-based stallion drawing a winning bid of $150,000 during yesterday’s final session. That bid came courtesy of local trainers Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas, who were busy adding to their portfolio of Adelaide purchases having stretched to $110,000 to secure a filly by Mongolian Khan (Holy Roman Emperor) on Tuesday. Catalogued as lot 301 and consigned by Willow Grove Stud, the filly is a half-sister to the stakes winning pair Inner Warrior (God’s Own) and Tequila Time (Stratum), the latter of which was trained by Macdonald and Gluyas to beat subsequent Group 1 placegetter Fundamentalist (Not A Single Doubt) in the SAJC Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 3, 1400m) last year. “She’s quite a nice filly, not overly big I suppose but she’s all there and put together well,” Macdonald told Racing.com. “I was always pretty interested in buying her. “I think they’re very similar (the filly and Tequila Time). If you get a video of them in the paddock they are very similar horses.” Having sold four yearlings at an average of $88,250, only Darley’s Exosphere (Lonhro) fared better than Shamus Award in the leading stallions by average standings. Yesterday’s $150,000 sale came off the back of a Golden Grove- consigned colt by the sire fetching a $160,000 winning bid from Anthony G Cavanagh & Co during Tuesday’s session. Macdonald and Guyas’s spending spree did not end there as the duo parted with $140,000 for a colt by Darley’s first-season sire Shooting To Win (Northern Meteor) later in the afternoon. Catalogued as Lot 338 and consigned by Armidale Stud, the colt is the first foal out of the multiple winner and Group 2-placed mare Gwynethanne (Handsome Ransom). The sale capped off a remarkable two days for the Tasmanian- based Armidale Stud, who sold all three of their catalogued yearlings at an average of $133,333. That figure was surpassed only by Grenville Stud, who averaged $163,333 for their three offerings on Tuesday. Continued on page 4>> | 2 | Brought to you by ENTRIES CLOSING SOON To Get The Best Result Your Mares Need THE BIGGEST BUYERS SINCE 2014 THIS IS THE ONLY AUST. MARE SALE TO SELL LOTS FOR $1.4 MILLION+ IN THE LAST 5 YEARS IN AUST. OF THE 41 MILLION DOLLAR MARES 37 WERE SOLD HERE THAT’S A DOMINANT 92.5%! CONTINUALLY GROWING AVERAGE $149,166 IN 2018 CLEARANCE TREND 2015: 80% / 2016: 83% / 2017: 84% / 2018: 84% 68 MARES IN 2018 SOLD FOR $400,000+ 2018 GROSS OF $102,050,500 291 INDIVIDUAL BUYERS IN 2018 FROM 14 COUNTRIES GOLD COAST NATIONAL BROODMARE SALE I 28-31 MAY Enter via email at [email protected] or online at www.magicmillions.com.au Akeed Mofeed bids farewell to SA with $200,000 session-topping colt | 4 | Thursday, March 14, 2019 << Continued from page 2 Despite a fall in figures on last year’s Adelaide Yearling Sale, Magic Millions managing director Barry Bowditch was positive in his assessment of the two days trade. “As I said yesterday, the good horses sold particularly well and the vendors who supported the sale with the right horses have been rightly rewarded,” Bowditch said. “The momentum has continued from yesterday. “It just shows the Adelaide breeders that if they keep their horses here Sale statistics - Book 1 and support this sale, they can get huge results.” 2018 2017 The sales season now presses on to the Gold Coast, with Magic Catalogued: 345 331 Millions set to stage its March Yearling Sale on Monday and Tuesday of Offered: 316 (+5%) 301 next week. Sold: 250 (79%) 252 (84%) “It’s a great sale for us,” Bowditch added. “Last year we had Aggregate: $9,950,000 (-10%) $11,117,000 a huge sale and we’re not expecting anything near that this year, Average: $39,800 (-10%) $44,115 but we have some 48 Better Than Readys to offer and 30 Spirit Of Median: $30,000 (-14%) $35,000 Booms, and they’re the two hot horses up in Queensland at the Top Lot: $250,000 $300,000 moment. “There’s plenty of opportunity up there at the moment and we’re Click here to contact IRT, or visit www.irt.com expecting a good solid market. It’s a great catalogue so people should get amongst it.” from the Mill Park Stud draft, while Lot 500, a colt by Wanted (Fastnet Books 2 and 3 of the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale were Rock) was the most expensive yearling to sell in Book 3, after being also conducted yesterday, with Book 2 topped by Lot 374, a Toronado snapped up Minervini Racing for $20,000 from the Ducatoon Park (High Chaparral) colt, who was purchased by John Foote for $80,000 draft. Top lots - Day two Lot Sex Sire Dam Vendor Buyer Location Price ($) 254 C Akeed Mofeed Calemore Goldin Farms Gary Moore Racing Ltd NSW 200,000 301 F Shamus Award El Milagro Willow Grove Stud Macdonald Gluyas Racing SA 150,000 338 C Shooting to Win Gwynethanne Armidale Stud, Carrick Macdonald Gluyas Racing SA 140,000 259 F Akeed Mofeed Cashcade Goldin Farms Otway Bloodstock VIC 70,000 276 C Star Witness Coral Reef Evergreen Stud Farm Bennett Racing/Anthony Freedman Racing VIC 67,500 305 C Street Boss Emilydelago Jorson Farm Exempt Bloodstock NZ 65,000 304 F No Nay Never Emerald Knight Oakwood Farm Otway Bloodstock VIC 65,000 272 C Al Maher Confidential Queen Ambergate Farm Proven T'breds/Pride T'breds/Prid NSW 62,500 251 C Rich Enuff Bridies Love Princess Park T'bred Farm Kim Harrison & Jon OConnor SA 60,000 299 C Akeed Mofeed Easterette Goldin Farms Solaway Bloodstock VIC 60,000 256 C Reward for Effort Candy Can Willow Grove Stud Stuart Gower SA 60,000 Top lots - Book 1 Lot Sex Sire Dam Vendor Buyer Location Price ($) 157 F Dundeel Swan River Rushton Park McEvoy Mitchell Rac.