Friday, July 3, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here INTERNATIONAL SALES NEWS - PAGE 20 MORNING BRIEFING - PAGE 5 Night Of Thunder to What's on Race meetings: Muswellbrook (NSW), serve mares to southern Nowra (NSW), Bendigo (VIC), Ipswich (QLD), Carnarvon (WA) hemisphere time Barrier trials/ Jump-outs: Rosehill (NSW), Muswellbrook (NSW), Nowra (NSW), Dubawi's heir apparent available from Cranbourne (VIC) International meetings: Busan (KOR), Darley's Kildangan Stud in Ireland Haydock (UK), Chepstow (UK), Hamilton (UK), Wolverhampton (UK), Navan (IRE), Fairview (SAF) International sales: Hong Kong International Sale Night Of Thunder DARLEY of Dubawi (Dubai Millennium) has already BY JAMES THOMAS | RACING POST produced 14 stakes winners worldwide, with SALES NEWS ntipodean breeders are to be his debut northern hemisphere three-year- granted sought-after access to old crop including seven stakes winners, Frankels to the fore at Darley's rising star sire Night Of such as Royal Ascot’s Jersey Stakes (Gr 3, Inglis Easter Thunder (Dubawi) this year, with a 7f) scorer Molatham and No Limit Credit, Sunday’s Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale limitedA number of mares due to be covered to who landed the Karin Baronin von Ullmann Round 2 will not only be a strange occurrence southern hemisphere time at Kildangan Stud. Schwarzgold-Rennen (Gr 3, 1800m) in in a strange environment, capping off a strange The 2,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1m) -winning son Germany. Continued on page 3>> year, but it will also offer a catalogue unlike any other Easter Sale in history. YESTERDAY'S RACE RESULTS FROM | CRANBOURNE | PAGE 26 Sales News page 17 >> Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Quality types & pedigrees First crop includes progeny of Champions JAMEKA & GUELPH and half-brothers to PIERRO & IN HER TIME colt x Hell It’s Hot IMPENDING Lonhro – Mnemosyne $19,800 inc GST Night Of Thunder to serve mares to southern hemisphere time | 3 | Friday, July 3, 2020 << Continued from page 1 His debut northern hemisphere crop representatives have recorded an impressive winners-to-runners ratio of 55 per cent, with his second crop of two-year-olds - which include Qaader, runner-up in the Coventry Stakes (Gr 2, 6f) at Royal Ascot - currently operating at a strike-rate of 57 per cent. Night Of Thunder previously shuttled to Darley's Northwood Park in Victoria, and his first Australian-bred juveniles have also made a notably strong start despite his crop numbering just 58 foals. From 16 runners, he has sired eight individual winners for a strike- rate of 50 per cent, with two of those having struck in stakes company, making him the only first-season sire in Australia to supply more than one stakes winner. His southern hemisphere-bred runners include the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained A Beautiful Night, winner of the Blue Diamond A Beautiful Night SPORTPIX Preview (Fillies) (Gr 3, 1000m) at Caulfield in January, and River Night, who took out the Redoute’s Choice Stakes (Listed, 1000m) at the same hemispheres to date is propelling him to an elite stallion status with global track for Matthew Ellerton and Simon Zahra in March. He has also been appeal. represented by unbeaten Cherry Tortoni, a recent winner at Flemington "He has just finished covering an exceptional book of mares and is and Blue Diamond Prelude (Gr 2, 1100m) fourth Riverina Storm. now receiving a lot of interest for a limited number of southern Eamon Moloney, nominations manager at Kildangan, said: "The hemisphere nominations, which will be covered from his base in standards that Night Of Thunder's progeny have achieved in both Kildangan Stud." Follow us @anz_news | 3 | Brought to you by 11 of the past 12 Group One Derby winners have been Australian-bred. That’s a success rate of 92%. It pays to buy Australian. QUICK THINKER captures the Group One Australian Derby Aushorse.com.au Morning Briefing -Sponsored by Woodside Park Stud Friday, July 3, 2020 FOXWEDGE CLOSE TO #PROVENPROGENY STAKES inc. $11,000 GST 50 PERFORMERS MORNING BRIEFING Choisir (Danehill Dancer) and Stratum Vassilator out for further AUSTRALIA (Redoute’s Choice) during their racing careers. stakes success at Flemington Nine for Headwater Colin Little is banking on Vassilator's The late season form of Vinery Stud’s first Plutocrat to take advantage (Zacinto) liking for Flemington proving to season sire Headwater (Exceed And Excel) of good draw be a key factor when the gelding chases a continued at Hawkesbury yesterday when Mr Chris Anderson believes promising filly second stakes victory in tomorrow’s Winter Colorful (2 c ex Holder Sunset by Shamardal) Plutocrat (Rich Enuff) will finally be able to Championship Series Final (Listed, 1600m). became his ninth individual winner. The Gary show her true ability after drawing barrier one Vassilator's three victories have all come at Moore-trained Mr Colorful led all the way in tomorrow’s Tattersall's Club Stakes (Listed, Flemington, over 1400 metres, but the trainer under Glyn Schofield, defeating Magic Ruler 1400m) at Eagle Farm. Plutocrat has had a does not see the 1600 metres as a problem. (Snitzel) by two lengths with Winds Of War shocking run of drawing outside barriers in What Little does not want is Vassilator (Headwater) a further half-length away in third. each of her four starts to date, but still managed throwing his head around as he did when Offered by Torryburn Stud at last year’s Magic a win and a placing. "I don't think she has ever sixth in a heat of the series on June 20. "We Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, Mr Colorful seen the inside rail. I hope she doesn't take have used a bungee on him, which is elastic was purchased by George Moore Bloodstock fright at it," Anderson said. "She has yet to have and attaches to the bit, and it doesn't allow for $100,000. Headwater now sits outright third any luck in her races because we have had to his head to get up too high," Little said. "We on the table of first season sires by winners, ride her back in the field. This time we should used that on him for quite some time and he behind Spill The Beans (Snitzel) and Pride Of be able to use the good barrier in a position hasn't thrown his head up in his work for a Dubai (Street Cry). Headwater will stand for where she is comfortable. I have always felt she long time and that was a first the other day. $13,750 in the upcoming breeding season. would be suited getting out to 1400 metres to Hopefully it's only a one off because once they 1600 metres. Now we can test that theory with get their heads in the air they stop breathing Son of Snitzel offered for her having every chance." and it makes it very hard to win." stallion duties Group 3-winning galloper Perast (Snitzel) is Big winter to continue for Soft run key for Romancer on offer as a stallion prospect, having served a Love You Lucy Runner-up last year, Romancer (Redwood) small book of mares at HP Thoroughbreds last A liking for the Eagle Farm surface is expected looks to go one better in the Winter season. “With HP Thoroughbreds not set up to help overcome a drop back in distance for Championship Series Final. Trainer Grahame to accommodate a commercial stallion, Perast Toowoomba mare Love You Lucy (Love Conquers Begg expects the gelding to bounce back is seeking a new home for the 2020 season, All) when she chases her third black-type win of from his last start defeat, where he endured with his owners - which include Francis and the winter in tomorrow’s Bright Shadow Quality a torrid run in the race, and said the six-year- Christine Cook, as well as Paul Perry - happy (Listed, 1200m). Barry Squair said Love You Lucy old is ready to again turn in his best effort. to come to an arrangement with a stud farm, owed him nothing but another stakes win would "Romancer needs a better run than he got whether this is a complete or partial sale, or complete a great season. "She's been up for a long last time," Begg told Racing.com. "He had a some other agreement which can be put into time but she is a lovely mare," he said. "I always pretty tough run. He was three-wide outside place,” Randwick Bloodstock Agency principal felt she would be a good winner but she's won the leaders and didn't have a lot of joy, but he's Brett Howard said in a statement. Perast, who eight races very quickly and that has surprised trained on really well since. He ran second in had form around some of the best three-year- me." Squair said an advantage tomorrow would this race last year and he's obviously gone up olds of his generation, is rated highly by his be that Love You Lucy was unbeaten at Eagle in weight a bit. He had a soft draw last year former trainer Paul Perry, who conditioned Farm. "Some horses don't handle it but she does," (seven compared to 12 this year) but he's in successful stallions Fastnet Rock (Danehill), he added. great shape." Follow us @anz_news | 5 | Brought to you by The perfect blend. He’s the fastest son of Fastnet Rock and is bred on the same Danehill/Snippets cross as Snitzel. And he won sire-making Group 1 sprints in both hemispheres despite unfavourable weight-for-age terms at Royal Ascot.