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Friday, December 13, 2019 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here FARNAN STAKES CLAIMS FOR MAGIC MILLIONS 2YO CLASSIC IN IMPRESSIVE WYONG VICTORY - PAGE 14 Farnan rockets Read Tomorrow's Issue For: into Magic Millions Steve Moran What's on Stakes races: Doomben (QLD) - Phelan favouritism Ready Stakes (Listed 1100m), Calaway Gal Not A Single Doubt colt provides Tulloch Lodge with their fifth win Stakes (Listed, 1100m). in the Wyong 2YO Classic Metropolitan meetings: Canterbury (NSW), Moonee Valley (VIC), Doomben (QLD). Race meetings: Scone (NSW), Murwillumbah (NSW), Warren (NSW), Geelong (VIC), Albany (NSW), Port Lincoln (SA), Tauranga (NZ), Wingatui (NZ). Barrier trials / Jump outs: Flemington (VIC). Sales: Inglis - December Online Sale. International meetings: Taipa (MAC). Farnan MAGIC MILLIONS The colt settled outside the leader during "He broke brilliantly and he was able to GEORGIE DENNIS | @ANZ_NEWS the run before kicking away around the bend settle for Tim (Clark, jockey) during the run. he Gai Waterhouse and Adrian and winning by a length and a quarter ahead He moved up when he needed to and showed Bott-trained Farnan (Not A Single of the Mark Newnham-trained favourite, a good turn of foot," Bott said. Doubt) booked his ticket to the with Peter and Paul Snowden’s Remorseless "Like all those good young horses and the Gold Coast in January, when he (Written Tycoon) a further three-lengths good colts in particular, he's got a great attitude. producedT an impressive performance to hold behind in third. "We kept him nice and fresh between runs off Gimcrack Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m) winner Every Co-trainer Adrian Bott said the colt has plenty getting here today and it's good to see him take Rose (Choisir) in the Magic Millions Wyong more to offer and believes his maturity is going to that next step." 2YO Classic (RL, 1100m) yesterday. take him a long way. Farnan is the fifth winner of the $200,000 Wyong feature trained out of Tulloch Lodge YESTERDAY'S RACE RESULTS FROM | WYONG | PAGE 20 and the second in as Continued on page 2>> Follow us @anz_news: click here | 1 | Brought to you by Farnan rockets into Magic Millions favouritism | 2 | Friday, December 13, 2019 << Continued from page 1 many years after Unite And Conquer’s purchased by Aquis Farm in (Hinchinbrook) victory in last year’s renewal. conjunction with Phoenix for The stable is yet to decide whether the the now-favourite for next $550,000 at the Magic Millions month’s Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m) will run again in the lead Gold Coast Yearling Sale when up to the race or head straight in. offered as part of the Vinery Stud Newham was satisfied with the performance of Every Rose despite her draft. defeat, and said the run will put her spot on for the Gold Coast on January Farnan is the sixth foal, third 10. to have raced and won, out of "She paraded quite big and five weeks from the grand final, I think Group 3-winning mare Tallow Farnan pictured I've got enough room to move to find the improvement that she needs," (Street Cry) who was a runner- as a yearling MAGIC MILLIONS Newnham said up in the Magic Millions 3YO We kept him "Rachel (King, jockey) Guineas (RL, 1400m) before retiring to stud. nice and fresh thought she had the leader He is a three-quarter brother to Sandbar (Snitzel) who won the between runs covered when she turned for Lonhro Plate (Listed, 1100m) and the Rosebud Handicap (Listed, 1100m) home and just blew out the last and was runner-up in the Roman Consul Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) and Pago getting here 50 (metres)." Pago Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m). today and it's Farnan (2 c Not A Single Tallow was purchased by David Lucas on behalf of Phoenix good to see him Doubt ex Tallow by Street Cry) Thoroughbreds for $250,000 at the 2017 Magic Millions National take that next is undefeated from two starts Broodmare Sale but has missed at her last two seasons to Snitzel step which has seen him amass (Redoute’s Choice) and Sebring (More Than Ready). $122,750 in career prize-money. She was Covered by The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice) in October. CO-TRAINER Bred by Phoenix RELATED LINK | RACE REPLAY ADRIAN BOTT Thoroughbreds, the colt was REGISTER TO BID DECEMBER 13 -18 ONLINE SALE SALE NOW OPEN Catalogue available at inglisdigital.com Follow us @anz_news: click here | 2 | Brought to you by Plan C works wonders for Diamond Thunder | 4 | Friday, December 13, 2019 Plan C works wonders for Diamond Thunder Diamond Thunder will have After blowing the start, Josh Parr had to come up with Plan C aboard one more run in the Vo Rogue Diamond Thunder (Dawn Approach) which worked out brilliantly as the Plate (Gr 3, 1400m) at Eagle Farm three-year-old stormed home to take out the Magic Millions 3YO & 4YO on December 28 before tackling Stakes (1200m) at Wyong yesterday. the Magic Million 3YO Guineas The gelding was slow out of the barriers and was forced to settle worse (RL, 1400m) on January 11. than midfield during the run, but once Parr got him to the outside in the Diamond Thunder (3 g Dawn home straight, Diamond Thunder rocketed home to win by a half-neck Approach - Kwinana by Lonhro) over Hightail (Written Tycoon) with Leviathan (Zoustar) a further neck has now had seven starts for five away in third. wins and has earned a total of Diamond Thunder AAP "He was just a bit hesitant in the first 50 metres of the race but there's $325,065 in prize-money. nothing like versatility, and that goes for horse and jockey," Parr said. He was a $135,000 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale Book 2 "Plan C was deployed and Plan C was a beauty." purchase for PL Bloodstock from the Oaklands Stud draft and is the first After the race, Mark Newham admitted to having some concerns in foal out of dam Kwinana (Lonhro) who herself is a three-quarter sister to the early stages of the contest but said the run should bring the gelding on Group 3 winner Trim. nicely for his grand final at the Gold Coast. Trim, who is herself out of Group 3 winner Firm (Night Shift), is the “He didn’t begin as well as he usually does, I thought he’d be up dam of How Now Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) winner Manicure (Exceed and running second or third,” said Newnham. Excel). Trim is also a sister to Stubborn who herself is the dam of this “He just got run off his feet, but he has a great will to win. Once he season’s Makybe Diva Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Gatting (Hard Spun). started to come I was confident enough he would get home over the top Kwinana foaled a colt by Darley’s young sire Astern (Medaglia d’Oro) of them. in 2019 and was again served by the stallion in September. “What it did show is that when he steps up to 1400 metres at the Gold RELATED LINK | RACE REPLAY Coast he will be well suited.” EDITOR - ANZ BLOODSTOCK NEWS ANZ Bloodstock News has an exciting opportunity for a new Editor to oversee and lead editorial operations, manage editorial resource, oversee production of both the daily publication and additional supplements, contribute to strategy, and identify opportunities to grow ANZ Bloodstock News. 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McDonald partnered Classic (RL, 1200m) after his victory in the Wyong be joined in the race by Naval Warfare (Born the colt when he flashed home for a debut fourth Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1100m) yesterday To Sea) and Alward (Aqlaam), with the latter in the Inglis Banner 2YO Stakes (RL, 1000m) at and in the process handed Arrowfield Stud having beaten High Bridge on his last start Moonee Valley and was impressed enough to stallion Not A Single Doubt (Redoute’s Choice) in the ATC Cup (Listed, 2000m) and off the make a long-range commitment to ride him his 69th stakes winner. The two-year-old colt was back of that performance Alward is ahead of in tomorrow's race. "He galloped him before purchased by Phoenix Thoroughbreds and Aquis High Bridge in the betting but Waller is not Melbourne and he said he'd get on the horse Farm for $550,000 at the Magic Millions Gold convinced punters have got this right.