Read Tomorrow's Issue For: Week Ahead What's On Sunday 4 February 2018 @anz_news Race meetings: Narromine (NSW), Sapphire Coast (NSW), Sale (VIC), Sunshine Coast (QLD), Strathalbyn (SA), Bunbury (WA) International meetings: Kranji (SGP) International Group races: Sha Tin (HK) - Centenary Vase (Gr 3, 1800m) Sale: New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Book Three By Tim Rowe and Lydia Symonds he Gerald Ryan-trained Trapeze Artist (Snitzel) proved too strong Trapeze Artist SPORTPIX for his rivals when he ran out an impressive winner of the TRAPEZE ARTIST RESUMES TExpressway Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) at Rosehill yesterday and could now be set to clash with superstar mare Winx (Street Cry) in the Apollo WITH IMPRESSIVE Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m) at Randwick in two weeks time. EXPRESSWAY STAKES WIN The Golden Rose Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) winner Son of Snitzel could now clash was having his first start since his disappointing display in the Coolmore Stud Stakes (registered with Winx in Apollo Stakes as Ascot Vale Stakes) (Gr 1, 1200m) at Flemington in November. Continued on page 2>> Victoria...the best place to breed, buy & own a racehorse. Join TBV at: SUPPORTED BY www.tbv.com.au/join | 1 | Trapeze Artist resumes with impressive Expressway Stakes win | 2 | Sunday 4 February 2018 << Continued from page 1 The three-year-old colt, who was Ryan said after the race that he had passed the weight-for-age test ridden by Tim Clark, was able to pull clear in the final 200 metres to beat and deserved his chance to take on the champion mare Winx in the Showtime (Snitzel) by just over length with pre-race favourite Addictive Apollo Stakes. Nature (Savabeel) another head away in third. "He's won at weight-for-age now so we may well take on Winx next," Dual Group One winner Global Glamour (Star Witness) finished Ryan said. fourth, with multiple Group One winner Ace High (High Chaparral) "He probably shouldn't have gone to Melbourne for the Coolmore finishing fifth, over the unsuitably short trip. Stud Stakes but he has come back well. Trapeze Artist broke well from barrier six and was settled in second "He had about three weeks in the paddock and he's flying. behind Memes (Time Thief), who set good fractions from the front. "He trialled better than I thought he would and was very fit coming As the field rounded the turn, Trapeze Artist was asked for his into today. effort and as his rivals began "He is much stronger than he was last time and I would love to win to feel the pinch Showtime was another Group One with him while he is a three-year-old,” the trainer the only one able to live with the continued. pace. Clark was equally pleased with the colts performance and is confident However, Trapeze Artist he can continue to improve. responded impressively to “That was a really good return,” said Clark. “He is the sort of horse Clark’s urgings to eventually pull that will keep improving this prep. I had to use him a bit to get there but away with an impressive victory. once I come back he travelled well. Trapeze Artist can already “If anything the leader didn’t take me far enough so he could left there claim a small victory over Winx earlier than I would have liked but he was really strong to the line.” this season having beaten her The winner was bred and is raced by the Vieira Group and following and star sprinter Redzel (Snitzel) yesterday’s victory Trapeze Artist (3 c Snitzel - Treppes by Domesday) has when he won his Randwick won four times in ten starts with one placing for prize money earnings of Gerald Ryan SPORTPIX barrier trial on 22 January. $1,073,550. Continued on page 3>> | 2 | Trapeze Artist resumes with impressive Expressway Stakes win | 3 | Sunday 4 February 2018 << Continued from page 2 He was offered by the Vieira Group at the Performer returns with narrow 2016 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale but was passed in for $250,000 Canonbury Stakes win with a reserve of $300,000. Trapeze Artist is the second living foal out of Treppes (Domesday), a placed half-sister to Stradbroke Handicap (Gr 1, 1400m) winner Crawl (Dr Grace) and his Listed-winning brother Old Man (Dr Grace), who was placed at three before being retired to stud. Treppes is also a half-sister to Step (Grand Lodge), who is the dam of Moonee Valley Vase (Gr 2, 2040m) winner and Caulfield Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) placed Marching (Commands) and Listed winner Gait (Anabaa). One of two horses to race for Treppes, Trapeze Artist is the first winner for his dam, who missed to Foxwedge (Fastnet Rock) and Pierro (Lonhro) in 2014 and foaled a colt by Zoustar (Northern Meteor) last October who subsequently died in a paddock accident. She then produced a filly by Newgate Farm’s first season sire Wandjina (Snitzel) and has most recently been covered by Snitzel (Redoute's Choice). Performer SPORTPIX Treppes was purchased by Connolly Bloodstock from a Darley reduction at the 2011 Inglis Australian Weanling and Bloodstock Sale Odds-on favourite Performer (Exceed And Excel) caused his for $55,000 and later purchased by Vieira for $190,000 in foal to Snitzel supporters a few nervous moments yesterday but the unbeaten colt’s when reoffered at the 2014 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale. victory in the Canonbury Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m) has convinced trainer Trapeze Artist is one of 77 stakes winners and 12 Group One winners Chris Waller to stick to his Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) plan. for Arrowfield Stud-based Snitzel, who was crowned champion sire in The Breeders’ Plate (Listed, 1000m) winner, who was a one-time favourite Australia last season for the first time. for the Golden Slipper Stakes, resumed in yesterday Canonbury Stakes and Related Links | Expressway Stakes race replay appeared to have the race in his keeping before runner-up Stratosphere (Snitzel) fought back to be beaten by a nose. Continued on page 4>> | 3 | Performer returns with narrow Canonbury Stakes win | 4 | Sunday 4 February 2018 << Continued from page 3 The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained race, I wasn’t worried at the 50 metres but I was the last five metres, that’s Stratosphere ($9) led the Canonbury Stakes but Performer ($1.70 for sure.” favourite) appeared to have his measure with 150 metres to go before the Waller revealed it was some advice from rival trainer John O’Shea son of Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) almost caused an upset. who suggested keeping a two-year-old lightly raced into a Golden Slipper The well-supported first starter Exceltic (Excelebration) ($3.20), who Stakes was the best way to win the premier juvenile race. is trained by Gary Portelli, got into the clear late to finish two and a half “Putting it into perspective he has a long way to go until the Golden lengths away in third place. Slipper. He certainly wasn’t wound up today. He has had fitness building Performer’s jockey Kerrin McEvoy admitted the colt may have peaked trials and had a three-kilogram penalty from the Breeders’ Plate,” Waller on his run in yesterday’s Canonbury Stakes. said. “He doesn’t give you the normal Slipper type of feel in the way he “There is no rush to get to the next race. He is still learning his trade gallops,” McEvoy said. and probably clocked off a little bit and the second horse dug pretty deep. “He is a hard one to put your finger on. I have only ridden him once He is an athletic type. He is just where he needs to be. obviously but I said to Liam (Prior, Waller’s assistant) you can’t really “I spoke to John O’Shea and he has a bit of experience with these and pigeon hole him into one criteria because he has so many options and he said not to over-race them. I went home and had a look at the history.” avenues he could work into as he gets into his career. A $450,000 purchase by Harras Syndicate / Mulcaster Bloodstock “Whether he is just a speed horse I’m not so sure. He might have just from the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale in 2017 from the peaked a little bit. I had him out and into full stride at the top of the lane. Newhaven Park draft, Performer (2 c Exceed And Excel - Gavroche by “Lucky we got the bob in but he is a nice colt going forward.” Snippets) is a half-brother to the 2013 The Galaxy (Gr 1, 1100m) winner Performer will not race until the Todman Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) and Bel Sprinter (Bel Esprit), while his second dam La Miserable (Miswaki) is then have his fourth start in the Golden Slipper Stakes at Rosehill on 24 a half-sister to the Group One winner Always Aloof (Alleged). From two March. starts Performer has earned $192,000. “I know the horse pretty well and he is an exciting horse to be training,” La Miserable produced six winners from seven foals to race, including Waller said. the stakes-placed Azelna (Tropular), herself the dam of stakes winner “He is a good colt, as is the second horse. I was worried before the Macias (Purge). Continued on page 5>> | 4 | Performer returns with narrow Canonbury Stakes win | 5 | Sunday 4 February 2018 << Continued from page 4 His family can be traced further back (Snitzel) ($31) by a to the Group One winners Leading Light (Montjeu) and Toylsome short neck with River (Cadeaux Genereux), as well as Grade Two winner Dance Parade Bird (Epaulette) ($18) (Gone West).