Sunday, July 26, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here MORNING BRIEFING - PAGE 6 GORESBRIDGE REVIEW - PAGE 14 YESTERDAY'S RACE RESULTS - PAGE 17 Parlophone lands Read Tomorrow's Issue For: Lightning Stakes for The Week Ahead What's on Metropolitan meetings: Devonport (TAS) Price and Kent Race meetings: Coffs Harbour (NSW), First black-type win for regally bred filly caps off sensational Sapphire Coast (NSW), Echuca (VIC), Sale season for I Am Invincible (VIC), Sunshine Coast (QLD), Kalgoorlie (WA), Gawler (SA), LATEST NEWS FROM THE WEEKEND'S RACING International meetings: Kranji (SGP), Ascot (UK), Curragh (IRE), Munich (GER) International Group races: Ascot (UK) - Princess Margaret Stakes (Gr 3, 6f), Valiant Stakes (Gr 3, 1m) Munich (GER) - Grosser Dallmayr-Preis Bayerisches Zuchtrennen (Gr 1, 2000m) Curragh (IRE) - Tattersalls Gold Cup (Gr 1, 1m 2f) Mick Price RACING PHOTOS home to win by three lengths ahead of Streetcar BY GEORGIE DENNIS | @ANZ_NEWS Stranger (Stratum), with Just Zerene (Zoustar) a INTERNATIONAL NEWS egally bred filly Parlophone (I Am neck away in third. Invincible) landed her first stakes It was the first stakes win for Eaton, who Enable rules in historic success at Morphettville yesterday, began her career under the guidance of Price King George romp showcasing a blistering turn of and recently relocated to Adelaide in search of The Queen may have missed her regular visit to footR to take out the Lightning Stakes (Listed, more opportunities. Ascot last month, but the queen of the turf lit 1050m). “The main objective today was getting up the royal racecourse yesterday when Enable Trained by Mick Price and Michael Kent her out of the gates smoothly and fortunately (Nathaniel) registered a history-making win in Jr, Parlophone raced midfield under Jessica that happened and then she got a great run in the King George and Queen Elizabeth Stakes Eaton and was widest on the turn before flying transit,” said Eaton. Continued on page 2>> (Gr 1, 1m 4f). International News page 13 >> Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Parlophone lands Lightning Stakes for Price and Kent | 2 | Sunday, July 26, 2020 << Continued from page 1 “She was just too good. She still does Viridine brings up a things wrong, so there is a lot to improve on. She’s going to be a classy million in Bletchingly mare for sure. "I started my apprenticeship for Mick Price and I never rode a winner for him so to get the opportunity today and ride a Listed winner for him is massive for me.” Bred and raced by Geoff Walsh, in conjunction with long-term partners Lindsay Maxsted and Simon Tuxen, Parlophone (2 f I Am Invincible - Roulettes by Flying Spur) has had four starts, for two wins and a placing, amassing $111,550 in prize-money. She is the fourth named foal out of St Albans Stakes (Listed, 1000m) winner Roulettes, making her a sister to Skyline Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) runner-up Spin and a half-sister to Telemon Stud’s first-season sire Sun City (Zoustar). Roulettes herself is a half-sister to two-time Group 3 scorer and All Aged Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) placegetter Royal Discretion (Royal Academy) Viridine RACING PHOTOS and a full-sister to the dam of Vezalay (Shamardal), who was purchased by Widden Stud and David Redvers Bloodstock for $1 million at last year’s Godolphin gelding Viridine (Poet’s Voice) made up for his last start Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale. defeat in the Sir John Monash Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m) with a win in the The daughter of Flying Spur (Danehiil) has a Deep Field (Northern yesterday’s Bletchingly Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at Caulfield, and in the Meteor) yearling colt who was purchased by Alan Bell for $800,000 at this process, hit the million dollar mark in prize-money. year’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, while she is currently in Given a brilliant ride from Damien Oliver, Viridine settled midfield on foal to Dundeel (High Chaparral). the rails and the champion jockey bided his time in the straight before Parlophone becomes the 56th individual stakes winner for Yarraman sneaking through on the inside of Great Again (Viscount) to win by three- Park Stud’s leading sire I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit), while she quarters of a length. is his 29th two-year-old stakes winner, joining the likes of Loving Gaby, Futurity Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) winner Streets Of Avalon (Magnus) ran Invincible Star and Catch Me. on well to finish second with Great Again holding on to finish a neck away With less than a week left of the 2019/20 season, I Am Invincible sits in third. at the top of the leading sires by winners list while he is second behind "He wasn't brilliant away so I wanted to work on getting him relaxed Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) on the leading sires by earnings table. and let the rest of the race unfold," Oliver said. The son of Invincible Spirit (Green Desert) stands at Yarraman Park "He quickened better today when he spat the bit out. I was kind of Stud for a fee of $209,000 (inc GST) in 2020. surveying my options when we came to the turn. I could see them opening up a little bit. One of them was going to the fence and got a bit neat. The horse was going well enough to push through. "I think he's well placed around this mark just below the better ones. The short distances are the key, too. James (Cummings) has got him going really well and is placing him well." A multiple stakes winner and a Group 1 placegetter, Viridine (5 g Poet's Voice - Patina by Anabaa) has taken his overall record to eight wins from 29 starts while his career earnings now sit at $1,021,210. He is the fifth foal out of winning mare Patina (Anabaa), making him a half-brother to Listed placegetter St Edward’s Crown (Epaulette) and two other winners. Patina herself is a half-sister to Jerezana (Lonhro), who is the dam of multiple Group 1 placegetter Osborne Bulls (Street Cry) and the stakes- placed Badajoz (Commands). Viridine is one of 19 stakes winners for former Darley shuttler Poet’s Voice (Dubawi), who stood in Australia for five seasons and covered 504 mares, resulting in 335 foals. The son of Dubawi (Dubai Millennium) died at Darley’s Dalham Hall I Am Invincible YARRAMAN PARK STUD Stud in 2018 aged 11 after suffering a heart attack. Follow us @anz_news | 2 | Brought to you by Outstanding mares in foal from his first Australian book: 44 SWs including Gr.1 winners Atlantic Jewel, Savvy Coup, Global Glamour, Srikandi etc. Dams of 17 SWs including Gr.1 winners Loving Gaby, Le Romain, Mighty Boss, Go Indy Go etc. The best son of Champion 2YO sire & Gr.1 sire of sires Scat Daddy (129 SWs including Gr.1 winning sprinters No Nay Never, Caravaggio, Lady Aurelia, Sioux Nation and dual Australian Gr.1 winner Con Te Partiro. Fee $66,000 (INC. GST) His only foal (from his first northern hemisphere crop) at the recent JRHA Select Sale sold for ¥80m - $1,073,000. Colm Santry, John Kennedy, Paddy Oman, Tom Moore, Rob Archibald or Emma Pugsley Tel: 02 6576 4200. New Zealand: Gordon Calder Tel:+64 218 41612. www.coolmore.com Mugatoo back with impressive Winter Challenge win | 4 | Sunday, July 26, 2020 Mugatoo back with impressive Bowman brought up a treble on Mugatoo following earlier wins aboard Winter Challenge win Smart Image (Smart Missile) and Dancing Gidget (Al Maher). He tracked Sam Clipperton on equal favourite Order Again into the race and said Mugatoo's victory augured well for his future. "He's certainly a class horse and showed that in the final stages," Bowman said. "I think he is still very 'wintry' in the coat and has improvement in him. "He put the writing on the wall last preparation and I think he has an exciting future." Raced by Australian Bloodstock, Mugatoo (5 g Henrythenavigator - Elopa by Tiger Hill) has had 12 starts for six wins and 2 placings, earning $365,545 in prize-money. He is the sixth foal out of multiple stakes winner and Pretty Polly Stakes (Gr 1, 1m 2f) third Elopa (Tiger Hill), making him a half-brother to the Group 1 performed Wedding March (Dalakhani) and Ribblesdale Stakes (Gr 3, 1m 4f) placegetter Elik (Dalakhani). Elopa is a half-sister to Group 1 winner Epalo (Lando) and Evening Mugatoo (white cap) SPORTPIX Breeze (Surumu), who is the dam of stakes scorers Eagle Rise (Danehill), Eye Of The Tiger (Tiger Hill), Evensong (Waky Nao) and Echoes Rock If his win in the Winter Challenge (Listed, 1500m) at Rosehill yesterday (Tiger Hill). is anything to go by, European import Mugatoo (Henrythenavigator) Mugatoo is one of 23 stakes winners for former Coolmore stallion could be in for a fruitful spring. Henrythenavigator (Kingmambo). First-up since finishing sixth in the Tancred Stakes (Gr 1, 2400m) in March, the Kris Lees-trained Mugatoo settled at the rear of the field under champion jockey Hugh Bowman. The five-year-old veered out around the bend and rocketed past his rivals to score by three quarters of a length. Sambro (Fastnet Rock) was second with Taikomochi (Snitzel) a further length and a quarter away in third. Lees had been unsure if Mugatoo would be sharp enough to win the Winter Challenge and said a genuine pace helped his cause. "We probably got a better tempo than what it looked on paper but he picked up some nice horses there and he was pretty strong through the line, which is what we wanted to see," Lees said.