Read Tomorrow's Issue For: Maiden of the week On the watch Thursday 2 November 2017 @anz_news What's On Race meetings: Gore (NSW), Sapphire Coast (NSW), Seymour (VIC), Bunbury (WA), Gore (NZ). International sales: Tattersalls (UK) - Autumn HIT Sale - Day four By Tim Rowe ewy (Street Cry) made it three Group wins from four starts in Australia Qwhen he resumed with a hard-fought Qewy SPORTPIX victory in yesterday’s Bendigo Cup (Gr 3, 2400m). Ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, who also rode the QEWY RETURNS TO gelding to wins in last year’s Geelong Cup (Gr 3, 2400m) and Sandown Cup (Listed, 3200m), Qewy ($2.50) held off the late challenge of the AUSTRALIA WITH Darren Weir-trained four-year-old Kiwia (Reset) ($2.40 favourite) by a half neck. BENDIGO CUP WIN The Lloyd Williams-owned Foundry Trainer Charlie Appleby weighing up (Galileo), who won The Metropolitan (Gr 1, 2400m) at Randwick on 30 September, was whether to run gelding in Melbourne Cup four and a quarter lengths away in third place in the field of seven. Continued on page 2>> DECEMBER Thoroughbred Sale Friday 8 December 2017 | Oaklands, Melbourne ENTRIES CLOSE FRIDAY 3 November 2017 Don’t miss the opportunity to sell your broodmares, foals, yearlings and racing stock before Christmas. Download the Inglis Sales ENTER ONLINE AT iPad App today inglis.com.au/onlineentries | 1 | Qewy returns to Australia with Bendigo Cup win | 2 | Thursday 2 November 2017 << Continued from page 1 Qewy set a new course record, running "The guys that have come down have really flourished and in the last 2:27.50 seconds for the 2400 metres race, his first victory in three starts couple of weeks Qewy's really started to blossom." since his 2016 Australian campaign. Connett said he would liaise with Appleby once he had assessed how Despite the impressive win by Qewy, his first start since an unplaced Qewy had come through his Bendigo Cup victory before deciding on run in the Goodwood Cup (Gr 1, 2m) on 1 August in the UK, trainer Charlie whether the horse would run in his second Melbourne Cup. Appleby’s travelling foreman Chris Connett was reluctant to confirm a McEvoy said Qewy was a natural stayer, but did not have the class of start in next week’s Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m). some of the other Melbourne Cup contenders. Last year, Qewy ran fourth in the Melbourne Cup after winning the Geelong "It was nice to get on the back of this horse again, he was very game Cup at his first start in Australia but the Bendigo Cup came on the radar for the in a couple of wins last spring and it was a great run in the Melbourne Cup gelding after McEvoy was suspended for last week’s Geelong feature. so I'm pleased to see him find his best form again today," McEvoy said. Appleby wanted McEvoy, who has already won the Cranbourne Cup "We got a nice trail and I stepped it up four furlongs out and got him (Listed, 2025m) for the trainer with Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) placegetter into the race, we made Kiwia chase him and we were too strong. Folkswood (Exceed And Excel) this spring, to partner Qewy for his first "It's a big call whether to run him in the Cup but he stays so well so it's spring appearance. up to Charlie and he'd have to be a top-10 chance in the Cup." McEvoy pushed up on Qewy from barrier two early, forcing Khartoum Qewy has 53 kilograms in the Melbourne Cup and was not penalised (Helenus) to work forward and take the lead, with Meet And Greet by Racing Victoria chief handicapper Greg Carpenter for his Bendigo (Champions Gallery) and Big Memory (Duke Of Marmalade) to also cross Cup victory. Qewy is now 21st in the order of entry for next Tuesday’s the eventual winner early. $6,000,000 race. Qewy settled in fourth, with Foundry on his inside and Kiwia tracking Runner-up Kiwia, a winner of six of his 11 starts for owner-breeder the second favourite in the run. Gerry Ryan of Limerick Lane Thoroughbreds, loomed up for jockey "It's great to be back at Bendigo, especially after last year, and for Damian Lane like he was going to win. Qewy to come out and win like he did is great," Connett told Racing.com. The son of Reset (Zabeel) won his first start at Warrnambool on 3 May "There was a couple of moments where my heart was in my mouth and raced through until 29 July before being freshened up for a tilt at the but he stays all day. Bendigo Cup, a race won by the Weir-trained, Ryan-owned Puissance De Lune (Shamardal) in 2012. Kiwia is likely to contest the VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Gr 3, 2600m) at Flemington on 11 November, a race Puissance De Lune also won. Meanwhile, Qewy (8 g Street Cry - Princess Nada by Barathea) has now won four races in stakes company with an overall record of 28 starts for six wins, four seconds and five thirds. He has earned prize money of $874,765. Bred by Darley and a 60,000 guineas purchase by Anthony Stroud Gr.3 at the 2014 Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale, Qewy is out of Listed winner Princess Nada (Barathea), herself a half-sister to champion racehorse and leading sire Dubawi (Dubai Millennium) and stakes-placed winner QEWY Dubai Queen (Kingmambo). She is also a sister to Lancashire Oaks (Gr 2, JAYCO BENDIGO CUP, Group 3 1m 3f) winner Emirates Queen (Street Cry). sold Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale Their dam is Ireland’s champion older mare of 1999 Zomaradah by Currabeg Stables to Anthony Stroud Bloodstock (Deploy), who was a Group One winner. Qewy is also from the same family for 60,000 gns as 1998 champion three-year-old in Britain, High-Rise (High Estate) and Listed winner Supremacy (Vettori). Princess Nada’s two foals to race, Qewy and Jordan Princess (Cape Cross), are both stakes winners. She has an unraced four-year-year-old brother to Qewy called Palace Gate (Street Cry). After not being covered for two years, Princess Tattersalls Autumn Nada had a colt by Shamardal (Giant’s Causeway) this year. Horses in Training Qewy is one of 114 stakes winners for the late Darley shuttler Street Sales Cry (Machiavellian), who is also the sire of champion triple Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) winner Winx. Oct. 30 - Nov. 3 Tattersalls, Tel: +44 1638 665931 www.tattersalls.com Related Links | Bendigo Cup race replay | 2 | Morning Briefing sponsored by Westbury Stud | 3 | Thursday 2 November 2017 NEW IN 2017 Morning Briefing TARZINO Contact Dylan Johnson M: +64 27 897 8755 E: [email protected] @anz_news Melham riding Daysee booked to take the ride. "I'm a bit disappointed Australia in Myer with his barrier draw," Moroney said. "That's going 20 accept for Coolmore Former champion jockey and experienced to make it tough but we just thought he would be a The Coolmore Stud Stakes (registered as trainer Ron Quinton says his apprentice Andrew light weight chance. It's not that often you get the Ascot Vale Stakes) (Gr 1, 1200m) yesterday Adkins understands the decision to give the chance to run in a Group One handicap with 52 received a full field of 20 three-year-olds for ride on Daysee Doom (Domesday) in the Myer kilograms with a horse of his quality, because we the $1,000,000 race. The James Cummings- Classic (registered as Empire Rose Stakes) (Gr do think he's going to make his way through. He's trained unbeaten colt Viridine (Poet’s Voice) 1, 1600m) to Ben Melham. Adkins is the regular lightly raced and he's one of our better ones now drew barrier one for the straight course rider of the five-year-old mare, but Quinton said he's acclimatised." Flemington race, while stablemates Kementari the task for the young apprentice in the Group (Lonhro) and Malahat (Exceed And Excel) drew One fillies and mares’ race would be too much Busuttin unfazed by barrier 12 and barrier eight respectively. The to ask at this stage of the jockey’s career. “It’s Victoria Derby barriers Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m) winner too much for the young bloke to absorb Derby Co-trainer Trent Busuttin is unfazed by the Houtzen (I Am Invincible) drew barrier five, while day in Melbourne,” Quinton said. “It wouldn’t be barrier draws dealt to his Victoria Derby (Gr 1, the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Dracarys quite fair to put him under that pressure so we 2500m) contenders Main Stage (Reliable Man) (Snitzel) came up with the outside barrier (20). decided to put a local rider on. Andrew would and Sully (Reliable Man). UCI Stakes (Listed, have liked to have had the opportunity but he 1800m) winner Main Stage drew barrier 14 Fillies hold key to Coolmore understands the position.” in the field of 16 plus one emergency while Sydney trainer Gerald Ryan, who has Golden stablemate Sully, who ran third last start in Rose Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) winner Trapeze Artist Egg Tart tackles the Spring Champion Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m), (Snitzel) in the Coolmore Stud Stakes, says the Kennedy Mile drew barrier 15. The third of Busuttin’s Victoria Lindsay Park-trained fillies hold the key to the Toorak Handicap (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Tosen Derby runners, Johnny Vinko (Savabeel), drew Group One race.