Monday, June 15, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here HONG KONG NEWS- PAGE 13 RACING CALENDARS - PAGE 19 YESTERDAY'S RACE RESULTS - PAGE 33 Thunder Mania to Read Tomorrow's Issue For: bypass Phoenix Plate Stallion Watch What's on Race meetings: Albury (NSW), Bathurst and is off to the paddock (NSW), Pakenham (VIC) Symons and Laxon eye Melbourne Group races with Barrier trials/ Jump-outs: Hawkesbury promising two-year-old Snitzel colt (NSW), Albury (NSW), Bathurst (NSW), Cranbourne (VIC), Lark Hill (WA) International meetings: Goodwood (UK), Pontefract (UK), Kempton (UK), Chepstow (UK), Fairyhouse (IRE), Roscommon (IRE), Fairview (SAF) International sales: Tattersalls Ascot Online Sale Thunder Mania MICHAEL MCINALLY five starts, was a closing sixth in the J J Atkins BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS Plate (Gr 1, 1400m) and the Sunshine Coast- STALLION NEWS coronavirus-impacted Queensland based Symons had earmarked Saturday’s The winter carnival significantly dented Phoenix Plate (Listed, 1600m) as the race to Galileo breaks Danehill's John Symons’ hopes of a Group round out his stable star’s two-year-old career. record for Group 1 winners 1 victory with his promising But Symons, who trains in partnership with Peaceful's success in Saturday's Irish 1,000 juvenileA Thunder Mania (Snitzel) and a Sheila Laxon, revealed yesterday that Thunder Guineas (Gr 1, 1m) saw supersire Galileo (Sadler’s “concrete” Eagle Farm surface has ended plans Mania would instead head to the paddock rather Wells) become the most prolific source of Group for connections to chase a compensation win than contest the $125,000 race which is run 1 winners in thoroughbred history, with 85 of his this weekend. over the same distance as the J J Atkins Plate is sons and daughters now having won at least one The talented colt, a winner of three of his traditionally staged. Continued on page 2>> race at the top level. Stallion News page 12 >> Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Thunder Mania to bypass Phoenix Plate and is off to the paddock | 2 | Monday, June 15, 2020 << Continued from page 1 Racing Queensland, in a condensed Carbine Club that would suit him as well,” the Group 1-winning trainer winter carnival, reduced the distance of the Group 1 two-year-old race for said. this year in place of the BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 2, 1350m) due to the “There’s quite a few races he could run him in if we go south but, of Covid-19 pandemic that limited interstate participation. course, he’s a Magic Millions horse so we want to make sure we back up “We would have loved to have pushed on to the mile race, but he just into the three-year-old race up here as well.” jarred up on that track again which he did the first time he went there New Zealander Laxon is best-known as the trainer of champion (Eagle Farm).” Symons said yesterday. Melbourne Cup-winning mare Ethereal (Rhythm) while Symons has “We’ve got some races in the spring time that we’d like to aim at, so we enjoyed success at the top level with Bel Esprit (Royal Academy) who will stop now and see what we can do.” won the 2002 Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) and the 2003 Doomben Thunder Mania was considered a contender for the Magic Millions 10,000 Stakes (Gr 1, 1350m). 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m) on the back of his debut win at Doomben in mid- Like Bel Esprit, who was a $9,000 Inglis Classic bargain buy as a December but he came out of his sixth in the B J McLachlan Stakes (Gr 3, yearling, Symons was prepared to forgive some perceived conformation 1200m) a bit jaded and was afforded a break by Symons and Laxon. faults with Thunder Mania. He returned from a spell with back-to-back wins at the Sunshine “As soon as I saw him I wanted him. It was just the way he walked and Coast before his four and a quarter length fifth in the J J Atkins Plate, won carried himself and the way he was balanced,” he said. by fellow Queenslander Rothfire (Rothesay). “He has a little bit of a turned front foot, which probably put a few Thunder Mania, an $85,000 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale people off, but it didn’t worry me and I was happy to look past some of purchase by Symons’ client Micheal Kirby from the Baramul Stud draft, those defects. 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Kiwis toast Aussie win with October’s The Everest (1200m) as he followed son of Ghibellines last year. Nature Strip remains the only horse Schabau set for short spell locked in for the $15 million race, secured for German import Schabau (Pastorius) will not the TAB slot, and is likely to run in the Concorde run again during the winter with trainer Robert Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m) and the Premiere Stakes Hickmott sending the galloper to the paddock (Gr 2, 1200m) before tackling The Everest third- this week, alongside stablemate Django up. "That's when he usually races at his best," Freeman (Campanologist). Hickmott will be Waller said. "There are a couple of Melbourne aiming to earn Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) options but I don't want the horse to do too ballot exemption in The Bart Cummings (Gr much travelling." Waller’s slot was filled last 3, 2500m) with Schabau, who is set to return year by three-year-old Yes Yes Yes (Rubick) in late July or early August. "We want to keep Ghibellines WHITE ROBE LODGE and he told AAP he is considering running a him (racing) at Flemington and there wasn't three-year-old this year, with a number of his a suitable race for him so we elected not to The colours of former top Kiwi galloper rising three-year-olds “not far below” last year’s run him again," Hickmott said. "He went to Booming (Don Eduardo) were once again in the Everest winner. His stakes-winning juveniles Sandown on Wednesday for a gallop to finish winners’ circle last week when Smokin’ Romans have been Global Quest (More Than Ready), off his prep and he'll go to the paddock (this (Ghibellines) won at Ballarat on Thursday. Part- Hungry Heart (Frankel) and September Run week). They will do some water walking and be owner Don Frampton raced Booming, winner of (Exceed And Excel), while horses like Overlord under saddle three times a week, keeping their the Thorndon Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) and the Zabeel (Sebring), Achiever (Pride Of Dubai) and muscle tone up. It's more a mental break.” Classic (Gr 1, 2000m), and believes that Smokin’ Sauvestre (Hinchinbrook) look capable of Romans will improve over further than the 1500 progressing at three.