Sunday, March 8, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here STAKES FIELDS - PAGE 45 SINGAPORE RACING NEWS - PAGE 14 METROPOLITAN RESULTS - PAGE 29 Brilliant Bivouac claims What's on Race meetings:: Tamworth (NSW), Echuca (VIC), decisive Newmarket Stony Creek (VIC), Sunshine Coast (QLD), Bunbury (WA), Clare (SA), Canberra (ACT), Gore (NZ) Handicap International meetings: Sha Tin (HK) Godolphin three-year-old emulates sire Exceed And Excel in taking out historic race LATEST NEWS FROM THE WEEKEND'S RACING MORNING BRIEFING Farnan surges to Slipper favourite Farnan (Not A Single Doubt) rocketed to the top of Golden Slipper market after demolishing a Todman Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) field boasting Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Tagaloa (Lord Kanaloa). The Tulloch Lodge youngster controlled the race from the front and quickly beat off the challenge of Blaze A Trail (Criterion), accelerating clear to win by a length and three quarters from Tagaloa, with Blondeau (I Am Invincible) almost three Bivouac SPORTPIX lengths further back. Bookmakers reacted quickly, winner, who was also runner-up in the making him an outright $4.50 Slipper favourite BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS “stallion-making” Coolmore Stud Stakes (Gr and Adrian Bott, who trains Farnan in partnership ivouac (Exceed And Excel) was 1, 1200m) in the spring, was always in control Gai Waterhouse, said the colt had earned the tag already assured of being Darley’s of yesterday’s famous straight six race at after adding the Randwick race to his Silver Slipper hottest new stallion prospect Flemington, and had a two-and-a-half length Stakes (Gr 2, 1100m) success. "He is certainly the prior to his Newmarket Handicap margin over fellow three-year-old Loving Gaby right colt to take us there and exciting for everyone B(Gr 1, 1200m) victory, but the manner of the (I Am Invincible). involved," Bott said. "You saw today he was able to performance only enhanced the brilliant three- Black Caviar Lightning Stakes (Gr 1, 1000m) put two strong, dominant performances together. year-olds on and off-track credentials. winner Gytrash (Lope De Vega) was another He's showed his true professionalism today and The Golden Rose Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) length away in third. Continued on page 2>> his great asset, he's got that great barrier speed, that great tactical speed and certainly sustained a strong YESTERDAY'S STAKES RESULTS | PAGE 15 tempo throughout." Morning Briefing page 9 >> Follow us @anz_news: click here | 1 | Brought to you by Brilliant Bivouac claims decisive Newmarket Handicap | 2 | Sunday, March 8, 2020 << Continued from page 1 The well-backed favourite Exceedance, who had Bivouac’s measure in the Coolmore, finished sixth, four and three quarter lengths behind the winner. Darley’s champion sire Exceed And Excel won the same race in 2004 when trained by Tim Martin. This season’s three-year-olds are widely regarded as a strong crop and Godolphin Australia managing director Vin Cox believes the James Cummings-trained Bivouac deserves to be seen as the best of the lot. "It's an elite crop of three-year-olds. He's at the top of them and it's very exciting that we can own him," Cox said. "He's one of three Group 1-winning sons of Exceed And Excel in a very good crop of three-year-olds and to win as dominantly as he has in a Newmarket Handicap, I think is very special." Glen Boss and Vin Cox SPORTPIX Craig Williams, who was committed to Loving Gaby yesterday, rode Bivouac first-up in the Oakleigh Plate (Gr 1, 1100m) a fortnight earlier Randwick next start, but a trip to Royal Ascot in June for the sprinter when disadvantaged by a rails and on-pace bias. Glen Boss chased the appeared to be off the table, with Godolphin set to race the colt on at four ride in The Newmarket and was jubilant afterwards. to target October’s $15 million The Everest (1200m). "To be able to get myself on the back of this colt and feel the power and "The T J is a weight-for-age six-furlong race and an obvious target for feel the speed, it was just immense," Boss said. him, but we'll sit down and have a yarn about him," Cox said. "Thanks to James, we had a really good chat this morning, he put my Trainer Ciaron Maher indicated that Loving Gaby would return to the mind at ease and these are the moments we live for. I enjoy it so much." scene of her Manikato Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) win at Moonee Valley for the Bivouac is likely to tackle the T J Smith Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at William Reid Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) next start. Continued on page 4>> Follow us @anz_news: click here | 2 | Brought to you by The Bostonian (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) winner of the Gr.1 Canterbury Stakes (1300m) Visit. Invest. Win. www.nztm.co.nz Brilliant Bivouac claims decisive Newmarket Handicap | 4 | Sunday, March 8, 2020 << Continued from page 2 "She seemed to pull up really well, no Fifty Stars gives Lindsay Park perfect excuses, but the other horse was better on the day," Maher said. ten in Australian Cup "She'll probably now go to The Valley, back to where she was able to break through and win her Group 1, so back around a bend she might be just that little bit more at home." Jockey Dwayne Dunn, who rode Exceedance, said the colt ended up “in an awkward spot for the first half of the race”. "I went back left to get the bit better going and it was a good effort. If it had've worked out better, then he would have finished better," Dunn told Racing.com. Bivouac (3 c Exceed And Excel - Dazzler by More Than Ready) has won six of his 13 starts with a further four placings for $2.147 million in earnings for Godolphin who bred the colt. By Darley’s champion sire Exceed And Excel (Danehill), he also has the pedigree to feature prominently on Darley’s stallion roster, being a brother to two other winners including the stakes-placed Coruscate. His dam Dazzler Fifty Stars SPORTPIX is a half-sister to champion three-year-old Guelph (Exceed And Excel) and Todman Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) winner Ghibellines (Shamardal). European import Fifty Stars (Sea The Stars) provided the famous Lindsay Guelph is also the dam of Danehill Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) winner Park operation, currently led by David Hayes, with its tenth Australian Cup Encryption (Lonhro) who stood his first season at Eureka Stud in (Gr 1, 2000m) and arguably one of the family-run stable’s most important. Queensland last year. Hayes, the son of Australian Racing Hall Of Fame member and late Dazzler has a yearling filly by Medaglia d’Oro (El Prado) and a Lindsay Park founder Colin, is set to train in Hong Kong later this year, weanling colt by Lonhro (Octagonal). She returned to Exceed And Excel leaving the Australian base in the charge of his current training partners, with an October service date last year. nephew Tom Dabernig and son Ben. Continued on page 6>> Tattersalls October Yearling Group 1 Winner FIFTY STARS AUSTRALIAN CUP, Group 1 sold Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Book 2 by Airlie Stud, Ireland Craven Breeze Up Sale to John Foote Bloodstock April 13 - 15 for 110,000 gns Jenny McAlpine Tel:+61 411 504803 [email protected] www.tattersalls.com Follow us @anz_news: click here | 4 | Brought to you by Congratulations to the connections of Australian-bred AVANTAGE for capturing her fourth Group One victory in Saturday’s Group One New Zealand Stakes at Ellerslie. Fastnet Rock - Asavant by Zabeel Owners: Te Akau Avantage Syndicate (Mgr: KW Fenton-Ellis MNZM) Breeder: Mr W Calder & Mrs K N Calder Trainer: Jamie Richards It pays to buy . Aushorse.com.au Australian Fifty Stars gives Lindsay Park perfect ten in Australian Cup | 6 | Sunday, March 8, 2020 << Continued from page 4 Lindsay Park has now won the past Son of a gun becomes three Australian Cups and four in the past six years. Randwick Guineas Hero "It's a real thrill," David Hayes said. "The whole team at Lindsay Park are here today, so to win the tenth is just a fantastic effort by everyone for a lot of years, over 50 years.” Backing up after taking out the Blamey Stakes (Gr 2, 1600m) the previous Saturday, Fifty Stars ran down Perth visitor Regal Power (Pierro) to score by half a length with John Allen in the saddle. Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) winner Vow And Declare (Declaration Of War) left trainer Danny O’Brien satisfied with his first-up third, three quarters of a length behind Regal Power. Owned by Gerry Ryan’s Ryco Equine, Fifty Stars has the option of taking his place in the $5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) at Caulfield next Saturday, but Hayes said connections elected to stick to the original Australian Cup goal. "We planned this race for a long time and those carrots can sometimes Shadow Hero SPORTPIX throw you off," Hayes said. "But Gerry, in his wisdom, said let's go for the Group 1. We had set him Mark Newnham has made comparisons between his stable star for it and it paid off." Shadow Hero, triumphant in yesterday’s Randwick Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m), Dabernig said Fifty Stars relished the short time between starts. and that of the three-year-old’s sire Pierro (Lonhro).