Severino Predicts Chinese to Continue Huge Thoroughbred Investment | 2 | Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Severino Predicts Chinese to Continue Huge Thoroughbred Investment | 2 | Tuesday, June 30, 2020

CAMBRIDGE STUD COLIC CLAIMS VALE LOOKS AHEAD FIGHTING SUN DANZERO AFTER HORROR PAGE 6 PAGE 6 YEAR - PAGE 2 Tuesday, June 30, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here STALLION WATCH - PAGE 16 DOMESTIC BLACK-TYPE CALENDAR - PAGE 21 Severino predicts Chinese What's on Race meetings: Gosford (NSW), Ballarat to continue huge (VIC), Bundaberg (QLD), Mackay (QLD) Barrier trials / jump-outs: Caulfield (VIC), Bendigo (VIC), Gold Coast (QLD), Sunshine thoroughbred investment Coast (QLD), Morphettville (SA), Devonport (TAS), Arawa Park (NZ) Yulong trainer in hotel quarantine after initially riding out International meetings: Doncaster pandemic in Covid-19 epicentre (UK), Musselburgh (UK), Leicester (UK), Chepstow (UK), Vaal (SAF) International sales: Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2YOs In Training Sale MORNING BRIEFING Group 1 winner Rollout The Carpet Rui Severino offered on Gavelhouse Mongolia Rider Horse group, believes the Australian-based Group 1-winning mare BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS appetite from an increasing number of Rollout The Carpet (Holy Roman Emperor), in he world may be in a state of wealthy individuals from the world power foal to The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice), is ongoing uncertainty and non- wanting to buy and breed thoroughbreds is on offer in the unreserved dispersal sale live essential product and service on the increase. now on Gavelhouse Plus. The winner of the New sectors could bear the brunt of An East Timor-born Australian, who Zealand 1000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m), Rollout theT economic downturn, but an expatriate is previously trained in Darwin before stints as The Carpet is offered alongside her weanling confident that demand for bloodstock from the an assistant to Lloyd Kennewell and Stephen colt by Pierro (Lonhro) and her two winning key market of China will continue to grow. Theodore in Adelaide and Victoria respectively, half-sisters Vendella (Exceed and Excel) and Rui Severino, a trainer for Yulong in Severino believes the coronavirus pandemic and Out Of Friendship (Tale Of The Cat) who is in China who has also worked for another its implications “won’t stop” China’s growing foal to No Nay Never (Scat Daddy). prominent owner in Lin Lang’s Inner interest in racing. Continued on page 2>> Full report in Morning Briefing page 11 >> Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Severino predicts Chinese to continue huge thoroughbred investment | 2 | Tuesday, June 30, 2020 << Continued from page 1 “This year has been a big setback for But compatriots Zhiqiang all the big investors like Mr Wolf (Rider Horse) and Mr Zhang (Yulong) An, who races exciting juvenile who have put in so much money into the sport in China, but there’s also Wisdom Of Water (Headwater), many, many others - small club owners and owners - that own racing and Gu Tao’s Breeze Up stables, for example, inside the Yulong Jockey Club and some have quite Bloodstock have also been big teams of 40 and 50 horses,” said Severino, who is midway through his significant buyers at Australasian 14-day quarantine stint in a Sydney hotel as he awaits being reunited with sales in recent times. his family in Melbourne. “In China, the number of “They spent so much money tracks being built is still growing. In China, the on horses last year, but that hasn’t As we speak, there’s a new stopped them looking forward racetrack going in now and it is number of and keeping on investing. huge,” Severino said. tracks being built is “At the moment many of them “It is in Shanxi Province Yuesheng Zhang RACING POST still growing. As we are racing horses here in Australia (where Yulong Racecourse is also speak, there’s a new as they haven’t been able to get located) in a city called Xi’an. They make big trucks look like little cars and racetrack going in them back to China.” it is only half way through construction. Lin Lang, known as Mr Wolf, “The bigger owners, like Mr Zhang and Mr Wolf and the others, have now and it is huge and Yuesheng Zhang are arguably long-term projects especially Mr Zhang who has invested immensely in - Rui the highest-profile Chinese his own Yulong operation. Severino owners who have significant “He is still growing his broodmare band whether it is in Australia, Ireland international racing and breeding or China. He is breeding a lot of horses in China itself as well as Australia, as interests, primarily in New we know, and it’s not something that’s going to slow down. I have no doubt Zealand and Australia. that (the Chinese market) will get bigger.” Continued on page 4>> 5 WINNERS IN EUROPE ALREADY! BELARDO Champion 2YO & Dual G1 winner LOPE DE VEGA’s only son at stud in Australasia First crop 2YO’s 2020 $10,000 + GST Follow us @anz_news | 2 | Brought to you by B/BR COLT 7 B COLT 77 BRAZEN BEAU - LAUGHEN HARD EXCEED AND EXCEL - DUHALLOW By boom young sire Brazen Beau, Australia’s leading second A son of Champion sire Exceed And Excel, the world’s number one season stallion by Stakes winners. This stunning colt is the first foal source of 2yo speed. Very much in the mould of his sire, this sharp out of a daughter of former star juvenile How Funny, winner of colt is a three-quarter brother to Stakes-winning juvenile Sabie, the Listed Tommy Smith Slipper and runner-up in the G1 Golden who herself is a half-sister to Stakes-performed 2YOs Ankaret and Slipper as well as the Magic Millions 2yo Classic. It is a pedigree Graskop. that screams speed and precocity. B FILLY 83 CH COLT 84 EXCEED AND EXCEL - FLASH OF INNOCENCE SEBRING - GWENELLA (IRE) Bred on the hugely successful Exceed And Excel/Lonhro cross A striking colt who is the image of his sire Sebring. His dam is a which strikes at an amazing 10% Group winners/runners. This half-sister to G1 Queensland Oaks winner Allow, as well as the gorgeous filly has significant residual value being a three-quarter extremely talented Stakes-performer Galician, a course record sister to a G1- winning Champion in the star Hong Kong sprinter holder over 1400m at the famous Ascot in the UK. Amber Sky. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: CODIE O’NEILL - STUD MANAGER M: +61 455 773 773 [email protected] facebook.com/aliststud Severino predicts Chinese to continue huge thoroughbred investment | 4 | Tuesday, June 30, 2020 << Continued from page 2 Severino was caught in the Covid-19 in Beijing, but they have since crisis in Wuhan where he was training a stable of horses for Mr Zhang closed it. They had expats from before returning north to Yulong Racecourse in Shanxi Province where he all over the world training there, also cared for his team under strict quarantine restrictions. but that track has produced a lot “I am in Sydney at the moment. They’ve placed me in a nice hotel, so I of guys who have since become can’t complain. You’ve got to be here for 14 days and I’m walking the box trainers. big time. I have got seven days to go,” he said. “I was pitted against Chinese “I have done my fair bit of quarantine this year. Wuhan was quite a trainers who had been to Ireland, Mr Wolf (centre) RACING POST tough time, but I had it easy compared to a lot of people because I wasn’t America and Australia before locked in an apartment. I was at our training centre, so we were able to returning to train. work every day. “They are very knowledgeable trainers, so it’s really satisfying to see “We were just confined to our training centre. Nobody could get out, the younger generation coming through and that’s where companies like nobody could get in. I kept myself busy and the horses ticking over, so that Yulong and Rider Horse play a big role. was quite good. “Yulong, particularly, focuses on young kids by giving them a lot of “After Wuhan we went back to Yulong Jockey Club up north in the support to come through ranks. Mr Zhang is always looking to the future.” hope that racing would start soon, but it doesn’t Meanwhile, Severino is excited about being back in Australia which seem that it will resume this year.” potentially could become a more permanent move with Chinese racing Not only is the prominence of Chinese remaining grounded. owners on the rise, Severino predicts the “It was the boss’s idea to come back and see my family. I haven’t seen country’s horse people would also come to my kids for a long time, so that is why I’ve made the move back as my kids the fore in the years to come. are in Melbourne,” he said. He said: “About 20 years ago, one of "I'm still assessing a few different options and I will make a decision the biggest racecourses they built in Asia was after the quarantine period." Join us at Woodlands to inspect our 2020 Magic Millions National Broodmare draft Monday, 29 June to Friday, 3 July Monday, 6 July to Friday, 10 July 9am and 2pm daily by appointment only. To book contact John Sunderland 0427 437 455 or Woodlands Reception 02 6547 3000 Follow us @anz_news | 4 | Brought to you by ` Group One winner Rollout The Carpet, in foal to The Autumn Sun, for unreserved sale on Gavelhouse Plus now. AUCTION CLOSES FROM 7PM (NZ) TUESDAY 7 JULY. Also offered for unreserved sale are Rollout The Carpet’s quality weanling colt by Pierro plus her winning half-sisters Vendella (by Exceed and Excel, currently empty) and Out Of Friendship (by Tale of the Cat, in foal to No Nay Never).

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