MOONEE VALLEY RECAP MOIR GOES TO PIPPIE BUT EVEREST UNLIKELY Saturday, September 26, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here RACING NEWS | TASMANIA TAKES STOCKS WITH MYSTIC JOURNEY - PAGE 9 What's on UK yearling sales Stakes races: Rosehill (NSW) - Golden Rose Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m), Golden Pendant Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m), Shannon Stakes (Gr 2, 1500m), Gloaming Stakes (Gr 3, 1800m), Colin Stephen preparing for heightened Quality (Gr 3, 2400m), Heritage Stakes (Listed, 1100m). Caulfield (VIC) - Underwood Stakes (Gr 1, 1800m), Thousand Guineas Prelude (Gr 2, 1400m), Caulfield Guineas Prelude (Gr 3, antipodean interest 1400m), Testa Rossa Stakes (Listed, 1200m). Toowoomba (QLD) - Weetwood Handicap Australian purchases from English auction houses will step out (Listed, 1200m). Belmont (WA) - Birthday Stakes in Group 1s at Caulfield and Newmarket today (Listed, 1200m). New Plymouth (NZ) - NZB Ready To Run Sale Trainers Series (Gr 3, 1400m) Metropolitan meetings: Rosehill (NSW), Caulfield (VIC), Toowoomba (QLD), Morphettville Parks (SA), Belmont (WA) Race meetings: Kembla Grange (NSW), Gunnedah (NSW), Coleraine (VIC), Gold Coast (QLD), Longreach (QLD), Ellerslie (NZ), New Plymouth (NZ) International meetings: Kranji (SIN), Nakayama (JPN), Chukyo (JPN), Newmarket (UK), Haydock (UK), Ripon (UK), Chelmsford (UK), Curragh (IRE), Turffontein (SA), Durbanville (SA), Belmont (USA), Churchill Downs (USA), Santa Anita (USA), Woodbine (CAN) International Group races: Newmarket (UK) - Cheveley Park Stakes (Gr 1, 6f), Middle Park Stakes (Gr 1, 6f), Royal Lodge Stakes (Gr 2, 1m). Curragh (IRE) - Beresford Stakes (Gr 2, 1m), Renaissance Stakes (Gr 3, 6f). Belmont (USA) - Vosburgh Stakes (Gr 2, 6f), Noble Damsel Stakes (Gr 3, 8f). Churchill Downs (USA) - Ack Ack Stakes (Gr 3, 8f). Santa Anita (USA) - Awesome Again Stakes (Gr 1, 9f), Russian Camelot RACING PHOTOS Rodeo Drive Stakes (Gr 1, 10f), American Pharoah Stakes (Gr 1, 8.5f), Chandelier Stakes Camelot (Camelot) in the Underwood Stakes (Gr 2, 8.5f), John Henry Turf Championship TOMMY CHURCHYARD | @ANZ_NEWS (Gr 2, 10f). Woodbine (CAN) - Ontario (Gr 1, 1800m) at Caulfield and Zoetic (Kodiac) Fashion Stakes (Gr 3, 6f) ustralian buyers are expected to in Newmarket’s Cheveley Park Stakes (Gr 1, 6f). flock to the UK yearling sales this In October 2018, British agent Jeremy year - virtually, if not in person - Brummitt bought Russian Camelot from with owners seeking to follow a Newmarket’s Tattersalls sales for Danny O’Brien, Anew path to finding staying prospects, a formula with the yearling transferred straight to Australia that will be tested in Group 1 contests on shortly after the 120,000gns (approx. AUD$228,000) opposite sides of the planet today with Russian purchase. Continued on page 2>> PATH TO THE EVEREST - PAGE 12 Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by UK yearling sales preparing for heightened antipodean interest | 2 | Saturday, September 26, 2020 << Continued from page 1 Just over 18 months later, having had and they are the only other nation with a balanced racing programme. just four starts - including one previous stakes run at Flemington - Russian Everybody else is sprint happy and losing genes that are vital to produce Camelot became the first northern hemisphere-bred colt to win a Derby the best horses. in Australia when scoring in the South Australian Derby (Gr 1, 2500m). “It’s interesting that Mike Ryan took 24 horses to America last year out Having been bred in Ireland, Russian Camelot was 144 days younger of Book 1. than the second youngest three-year-old contesting the race and gave 172 “We sold him (Kingman colt) Public Sector, who has bolted in first time days to runner-up Dalasan (Dalakhani). out, and I’m sure there will be a lot more Australians coming, because it’s a Brummitt, who recognises fellow bloodstock agent John Foote as the first competitive business and the nature of the beast is, if they’re getting beaten, person to try this method, believes more purchasers are now likely to follow suit. they don’t like it, so they’ll come and try and find a horse to do the same thing. “I buy through Australia and send them straight to Danny - who was “Largely, the business is one of sheep, not shepherds, and they follow the first person prepared to back my judgement down there - because the trend rather than setting the trend. In spite of Covid-19, I think there I’ve been trying to persuade will be increased interest in trade from America and Australia.” THE DOMESTIC people that was the route to go Brummitt is also involved in buying yearlings for connections that are MARKET HAS BEEN for a while,” Brummitt told ANZ kept in Britain for their three-year-old season in preparation to run in the THIN FOR A LONG Bloodstock News this week. major Cups and weight-for-age races down under. “The domestic market has Brummitt, explaining his thinking behind this method, said: “We TIME AND THE ONLY been thin for a long time and the are trying to prepare future Cup horses for Australia in Britain. Danny is THING THAT SUSTAINS only thing that sustains British going to saddle one on Saturday (at Caulfield) called Wyclif, who we ran in BRITISH RACING IS racing is we’ve got the best Britain and was top-weight in the King George V at Royal Ascot. WE’VE GOT THE BEST horses in the world. “We have got Australian partners in that, so he’s had five runs up here HORSES IN THE WORLD “The only racing nation and now he’s going to start his Australian campaign. It’s been handled - JEREMY BRUMMITT that competes with Britain at a with a view to doing what’s right by the horse instead of squeezing the mile and up on the turf is Japan, lemon dry.” Continued on page 3>> Introducing Starspangledbanner’s full brother… BAROOD • Magnificent type • Fabulous temperament • Strong & Powerful • A $450,000 Easter yearling • A top sprinter who won seven races from 1000 – 1200m *New for 2020 *GREAT INCENTIVES! $7,700 inc GST Perfect for the owner/breeder Sonia O’Gorman: 0407 811 411 Ph: (03) 5781 1411 Email: [email protected] Web: www.gleneden.com.au PO Box 429, Kilmore Vic 3764 Address: 200 Kilmore-Glenaroua Rd, Moranding, Vic 3764 Follow us @anz_news | 2 | Brought to you by UK yearling sales preparing for heightened antipodean interest | 3 | Saturday, September 26, 2020 << Continued from page 2 British trainer James Ferguson is Minty Farquhar, GBRI’s acting involved with similar arrangements and currently has Australian-owned general manager, said: “Over two-year-olds in training, such as Listed-winner Zoetic - who lines up the past few years, we have seen against Group 2 winners Dandalla (Dandy Man) and Miss Amulet (Sir American buyers wake up to the fact Prancealot) in the Cheveley Park tonight - and Francesco Guardi (Frankel). that the logical next step to sourcing “I’ve got a few Australian owners who have been kind enough to high-class European pedigrees is to support me from my time down there and a few syndicates have been put target the yearling market. together in order to buy yearlings in England with European pedigrees,” “With horses like Russian Ferguson said. Camelot and Fifty Stars James Ferguson SPORTPIX “I effectively act as a pre-trainer. I will run them lightly, with the demonstrating what can be ambition of finding a good horse for here, maybe getting them to Royal achieved down under with Tattersalls October yearlings, it feels as if we are Ascot next year, and then if they’re good enough to go down to Australia on the cusp of this strategy becoming the new trend in Australia, too. they will head to their prospective trainers and hopefully be a good force “Australian owners keeping their horses in training in the northern in Australia, especially in the staying races. hemisphere for the early part of their career also makes eminent sense, “I think the most attractive nature is the European pedigrees and the and I expect it’s something we will see more of in the coming years. way that horses are bought here. If a horse is good enough to run in the “Not only does it suit the horses to get an education in amongst others Melbourne Cup as a three-year-old, they get such a weight advantage. their own age group at one of Britain’s outstanding training centres or “It’s been proven that the Europeans have been good enough to go private facilities, but in a normal year, you’d like to think these owners over and do it. I think it’s another avenue of being able to find top quality would have the opportunity to travel to the UK to watch their horse horses all over the world. The fact that they’re pre-trained in England, compete at Britain’s world-famous summer racing festivals. because of the age difference, it works out better for them.” “It is just a shame that they have not been rewarded for their Ferguson, who saddled his first runner less than 12 months ago, is bold approach with such experiences in 2020, but we look forward to delighted with how the arrangement has worked so far and is hoping to welcoming them in 2021.” continue the relationship with Australian connections in the future. “It’s provided me with a Group 1 runner this year in Zoetic and I’ve got a few unraced horses in my yard for different syndicates in Australia and Tattersalls hopefully we do a good job for people and have some success,” he said. “It’s obviously a very tricky time for all buyers and vendors at the October 1 moment - prices have been down 30 per cent at recent yearling sales - and if there are horses that are suitable, of course I will be putting them up for Group Winner a few of those guys in Australia.