Saturday, February 8, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here DIRECT TO YOUR INBOX EVERY MORNING Wet weather fails to Read Tomorrow's Issue For: Saturday’s Stakes Reviews & Results dampen vendors’ What's on Stakes races: Caulfield (VIC) - C.F Orr Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m), Rubiton Stakes (Gr 2, enthusiasm ahead of 1100m), Autumn Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m), Blue Diamond Prelude (F) (Gr 2, 1100m), Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) (Gr 3, 1100m), Classic sale Kevin Hayes Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m), Carlyon Widespread rain welcomed despite risk of rich Cup (Gr 3, 1600m), Bellmaine Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m). Warwick Farm (NSW) - Inglis Inglis Millennium being called off Millenium (RL, 1100m), Eskimo Prince Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m), Lonhro Plate (Listed, 1000m). Pinjarra Park (WA) - Magic Millions WA 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m), Magic Million WA 3YO Trophy (1200m). Te Rapa (NZ) - Herbie Dyke Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m), BCD Sprint (Gr 1, 1400m), Waikato Guineas (Gr 2, 2000m), Fillies Classic (Gr 2, 2000m) Metropolitan meetings: Warwick Farm (NSW), Caulfield (VIC), Eagle Farm (QLD), Pinjarra Park (WA), Morphettville (SA), Te Rapa (NZ) Race meetings: Kembla Grange (NSW), Gilgandra (NSW), Yarra Valley (VIC), Inspections at Riverside Stables INGLIS Beaudesert (QLD), Cairns (QLD), Toowoomba (QLD), Alice Springs (NT), persistent in Sydney yesterday, making it difficult Riccarton (NZ) BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS for inspections in the lead up to tomorrow’s Inglis International meetings: Sha Tin (HK) nglis’ Riverside Stables was wet, the $2 Classic Yearling Sale while the adjacent Warwick million Inglis Millennium is in extreme Farm racecourse was sodden. danger of being postponed and buyers Racing NSW stewards inspected Warwick and vendors were yesterday trying to Farm and Rosehill racecourses yesterday and stayI dry, but no one was complaining. resolved to keep the meeting at the south west The widespread rain, which has fallen in vast Sydney track if possible, after initially proposing parts of New South Wales and Queensland, was to transfer it. Continued on page 2>> YESTERDAY'S RACE RESULTS FROM | CANTERBURY | PAGE 16 Follow us @anz_news: click here | 1 | Brought to you by Wet weather fails to dampen vendors’ enthusiasm ahead of Classic sale | 2 | Saturday, February 8, 2020 << Continued from page 1 A final decision on whether the races go ahead will be made first thing this morning but it would be safe to say it was doubtful with up to 200 millimetres predicted to fall in Sydney today while the weather front is also expected to hit drought-affected regions of the state. Inglis general manager of bloodstock sales Sebastian Hutch said buyers were not put off by the weather and were compiling their shortlists despite the gloomy conditions. “It is fair to say that the rain is long overdue and most welcome,” Hutch said. “We’ve had a charmed existence all week in terms of inspections. It’s been very wet today and the forecast isn’t great, but by the same token the facility is still conducive to looking at horses. “Any buyer I’ve spoken to say they are more than comfortable looking at the horses despite the conditions and I expect that to continue to be the case.” He added: “It’s a shame it’s raining but a lot of our vendors are very Sebastian Hutch happy and understandably so because it’s been very challenging for an extended period of time and hopefully the weather we have now, and are Aquis Farm’s chief executive Tubba Williams, who returned to expected to have over the next from what I am hearing three or four weeks, Australia late last year after three years in the UK, said recent rain at is going to give them some respite.” their Murrurundi property had been welcome. Most importantly, the rain was reaching many parts of “I have been up in the Hunter Valley and visited the farm up there and northern NSW including the thoroughbred breeding hub of the it is dry and the area where we are at Murrurundi has been a little drier Hunter Valley. than Scone,” Williams said. Continued on page 4>> which one is NATURE STRIP? and which one is Lot 403 selling at Inglis CLASSIC? Follow us @anz_news: click here | 2 | Brought to you by Leading 3YO Sires in Australia in 2019-2020 Rk Stallion (Sire) arnings Aus$ E 1 RUBICK (Encosta de Lago) 7,610,820 2 Exceed and Excel (Danehill) 3,550,235 3 I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) 3,389,220 4 FASTNET ROCK (Danehill) 3,253,189 Leading Sires in Aus/NZ in 2019-2020 (BY INDIVIDUAL STAKES WINNERS) Rk Stallion (Sire) SWs 1 Savabeel (Zabeel) 12 2 FASTNET ROCK (Danehill) 9 - Snitzel (Redoute's Choice) 9 4 PIERRO (Lonhro) 8 AND THEY’RE WELL - I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) 8 6 SO YOU THINK (High Chaparral) 6 REPRESENTED AT THE INGLIS CLASSIC Leading Sires in Australia in 2019-2020 Rk Stallion (Sire) arnings Aus$ E YEARLING SALE TOO… 1 I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) 9,265,845 2 PIERRO (Lonhro) 8,876,726 Rubick 19 selling Pride Of Dubai 15 selling Leading 1st Crop Sires in Australia in 2019-2020 Rk Stallion (Sire) arnings Aus$ E Vancouver 14 selling 1 PRIDE OF DUBAI (Street Cry) 332,325 Source: bloodhound.net.au, 6th Feb Pierro 10 selling American Pharoah 6 selling Leading 2nd Crop Sires in Europe in 2019 (CUMULATIVE - BY GROUP WINNERS) No Nay Never 6 selling Rk Stallion (Sire) GSW’s So You Think 6 selling 1 NO NAY NEVER (Scat Daddy) 9 2 Australia (Galileo) 6 Fastnet Rock 3 selling - Kingman (Invincible Spirit) 6 Source: TDN Leading 2nd Crop Sires in U.S.A. in 2020 Rk Stallion SW’s Gp Hrs Earnings US$ 1 AMERICAN PH AROAH 5 9 3,091,750 Source: TDN, 6th Feb Michael Kirwan, John Kennedy, Colm Santry, Paddy Oman, Tom Moore or Rob Archibald Tel: 02 6576 4200. New Zealand: Gordon Calder Tel:+64 218 41612. www.coolmore.com xxx | 4 | Saturday, February 8, 2020 BEST OF LUCK To the Magic Millions graduates running in today’s feature races CAULFIELD (MRC) TS CARLYON CUP GR3 Levendi ........................Widden Stud CF ORR STKS GR1 Valentinno Rossa ....Willow Park Stud Begood Toya Mother ......Donnybrook Estates GEOFFREY BELLMAINE STKS GR3 BLUE DIAMOND PRELUDE (F) GR2 Spanish Reef ............. Patinack Farm Unstoppabelle .......... Rosemont Stud Fidelia .........................Attunga Stud Fresh ..........................Baramul Stud Invictus Salute .............Kitchwin Hills Letzbeglam ....................Vinery Stud Graceful Storm ..Woodside Park Stud Clean Machine ...............Aquis Farm WARWICK FARM (ATC) AUTUMN STKS GR2 Banquo .............................Mill Park ESKIMO PRINCE STKS GR3 Inspections at Riverside Stables INGLIS RUBITON STKS GR2 Wilmot Pass ...........Edinglassie Stud Bold Star .................... Brooklyn Park Quiet Riot ...................... Element Hill BLUE DIAMOND PRELUDE TE RAPA (NZ) << Continued from page 2 “Scone itself has started to look pretty (C&G) GR3 good with intermittent rain and Emirates Park-come-Aquis has had some Rathlin ........................Kitchwin Hills WAIKATO SPRINT GR1 Tanker ..................... Edinburgh Park The Mitigator ..............Amarina Farm good rain up there through the season. Hard Landing .................Vinery Stud Enzo’s Lad .................. Royston Stud “The farm at Victoria had been dry but once again there has been rain Tagaloa ....................Arrowfield Stud Volpe Veloce .............. Newgate Farm and that has put a bit of undergrowth on it, so it’s just starting to move Rulership ...........Yarraman Park Stud Glenfiddich ............... Edinburgh Park WAIKATO GUINEAS GR2 along. Winsum ..................... Fernrigg Farm Platinum Road ........ Newhaven Park “We’ve got a lot of rain here in Sydney at the sales today and we probably don’t need it here - we need it further out in the country areas - but we do need the rain, we need a lot of it. “They are starting to get it and hopefully the drought is starting to draw towards the end.” Williams, who sold his Hunter Valley property in 2016 before taking up a role with auction house Goffs in England, said the region had been ravaged by drought ever since he left. “It was torrential rain for that last week that we were there (in the Hunter) and I think it’s only been in the past fortnight that there’s been any rain since,” he said. “Really, the whole time that we’ve been away has been a horrid time in respect to the rain. But that country picks up quickly once it gets the right amount of rain. “Those that have looked after their properties will reap the rewards once we get rain.” Newgate Farm stud manager Jim Carey, who worked at nearby Coolmore before joining forces with Henry Field last year, praised the Riverside Stables complex which made parading more comfortable www.magicmillions.com.au despite the wet weather. Continued on page 6>> Follow us @anz_news: click here | 4 | Brought to you by Australian-bred or sold yearlings can race for more than $62 million in extra prizemoney through breeding and sales bonuses each year. It pays to buy Australian. Aushorse.com.au Wet weather fails to dampen vendors’ enthusiasm ahead of Classic sale | 6 | Saturday, February 8, 2020 << Continued from page 4 “The horses are parading well, there’s Wednesday should Rainfall (from 9am plenty of space, the horses aren’t melting (due to the heat) and the staff stewards deem the track Thursday to 5pm yesterday) are happy to parade and people are happy to look at them,” he said. unsafe today. “It’s a very progressive market here and it has been for the past few “My understanding NSW Sydney (Bankstown) 73.2mm years. Inglis has worked hard to get a lot of people here and I really expect at this stage is, and it is Scone Airport 19mm that it’s going to be a good sale.” a movable beast, that Murrurundi Gap 27.8mm Hutch believes the graduate success of the Classic sale, highlighted should the races not be Cessnock 52.2mm Singleton 47mm by last year’s inaugural Millennium winner Castelvecchio (Dundeel), the run on Saturday, there’s Armidale 13.8mm condensing of the catalogue from 1000 to 808 horses and to be held over a possibility that they Gunnedah 18mm three days instead of five sessions, would attract a strong contingent of are run on Wednesday,” Tamworth 9.4mm Merriwa 31.2mm buyers from tomorrow.