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Stars of King's Theatre
12/02/2002
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Two of the better three-year-olds in the southern hemisphere this season are first Australian bred progeny of one of the best racing sons of Sadler's Well's, the Glenlogan Park Stud,
Innisplain, Queensland visitor King's Theatre.
The first son of Sadler's Wells to succeed in Group One races at two and three, a Royal Ascot King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes winner and a dual Derby second in the latter year, King's Theatre had his stature as a quality sire enhanced on Thursday night January 24 when his son Royal Code took out the $125,000 Group Two Carlyon Stakes over1200 metres at Moonee Valley.
It was the third win from five starts for the David Hall, Flemington trained colt as he had won earlier by good margins at Cheltenham and Flemington. Royal Code also landed second money in a sprint at Sandown, unwound from near the tail of the field when an impressive 2.1 lengths fifth in the Caulfield Guineas and was probably unlucky not to have succeeded when third in The Debonair at Flemington on February 9.
His efforts have obviously made a big impression on the Ireland headquartered Coolmore Group, owners of King's Theatre, as their latest European advertising for this sire is dominated by a photograph of Royal Code winning the Carlyon.
The success of Royal Code comes shortly after some very promising performances in New Zealand by another of the King's Theatre three-year-olds, I Rock My World. He has won the Group Two Wellington Guineas, finished a close second to subsequent Derby winner Leica Guv in the Avondale Guineas and a good sixth in the Group One New Zealand Two Thousand Guineas.
A half-brother to Golden Slipper winner Prowl, I Rock My World was sold by Glenlogan Park at the Sydney Easter yearling sale for $100,000, while Royal Code went for $35,000 on behalf of Lee Fleming's Eliza Park Stud, Kerrie,Victoria at the Magic Millions Adelaide
sale.
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of Brian Russell Bloodstock Media Service
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Big savings from Emirates Park
12/02/2002
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Secret Savings, the imported winner of the Doncaster Handicap now located at the Emirates Park Stud at Murrurundi, Hunter Valley, consolidated his place as one of Australia's most promising younger sires when he had a metropolitan doubles on the Saturday's of January 26 and February 9, the same two horses being successful.
Both first crop three-year-olds bred by Emirates Park, the winners are the filly Treasure Time and the colt Dash For Cash. Trained at Newcaste by Max Lees,Treasure Time was successful over 1300 metres in class record time at Randwick on the first occasion and then on Saturday (February 9) recorded a smart win at 1200 metres at Rosehill Gardens.
However, it was down in Melbourne that Secret Savings gained a big boost to his sire reputation, his son Dash for Cash showing up as one Australia's most talented three-year-olds, winning two Group Three events in succession at 1400 metres, the $125,000 Australia Day Vase at Caulfield and then on Saturday taking the $150,000 The Debonair Stakes at Flemington.
The Rick Hore-Lacy trained Dash for Cash had shown earlier class with a second behind Viscount in the Group Two Bill Stutt Stakes at Moonee Valley in October and more recently appeared unlucky when third in the $820,000 Magic Millions Plate at the Gold Coast on January 12.
Though he never won a stakes before he came to Australia,Secret Savings was no slouch in American racing, winning six races from five furlongs to a mile on major racecourses including New York's Belmont Park and Aqueduct.
He only ran four times in Australia but showed out as an outstanding galloper, winning three stakes, the Group One Doncaster Handicap and two Group Three events, the Frederick Clissold at Rosehill - less than a quarter of a second outside the course record for 1200 metres - and the Newcastle Newmarket. At his other Australian outing he was third in the Group One George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill.
Secret Savings is son of one of the best Mr Prospector runners and sires, Seeking the Gold, and is from a Damascus mare which is a sister to the very good American sire Time for a Change.
A Group One winner and nearly a three-quarter brother to Widden Stud's latest acquisition King Cugat, Seeking the Gold has had five of his American bred progeny named champion including world stars Dubai Millennium and Seeking the Pearl. He also has another good runner and tantalising sire prospect in Australia in the shape of Ustinov.This three-year-old colt out of a queen of the turf, Let's Elope, was beaten less than a neck when third in the Group Two Carlyon Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on January 24.
In the Bart Cummings stables, Ustinov in the spring took out the Group Two AAMI Vase (2020m) at Moonee Valley, finished second in the Ascot Vale Stakes and Caulfield Guineas and ran on solidly to be fourth in the Victoria Derby. In addition he was runner up at two in the Champagne Stakes at Randwick.
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$130,000 tops Brisbane sale
12/02/2002
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Queensland Bloodstock's annual Classic yearling sale conducted at the Brisbane Showgrounds at the weekend of February 2 (night session) and 3 saw the average jump by 15% on last year with 178 of the 241 lots offered finding buyers at a gross of $2,354,000 compared to last year's turnover of $2,652,500 for 215 sold.
Boosting the appeal of the latest sale were yearlings in the second crop of boom Danehill sire Lion Hunter, fifteen of them selling for an aggregate of $608,000, and average of $40,000 and a sale top high of $130,000.
Two Hunter Valley studs had good response to their offerings at the Brisbane sale despite dams of modest fashion. One of them, Noel Mitchell's Cessnock based Bridgeview Stud, had a Perugino colt sell for $32,500 and Andrew and Lasca Bowcock's Alanbridge Stud, Segenhoe Valley, Scone, had a Hennessy colt head their sales at $41,000.
The Bowcocks again got respect for progeny of their resident sire Beautiful Crown, selling up to $28,000. These are very respectable returns when it is considered over half the Brisbane yearlings sold under $10,000.
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of Brian Russell Bloodstock Media Service
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Murrurundi Stud buys NZ yearling for $1million
12/02/2002
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Dr Shalabh Sahu, the former Indian army veterinary surgeon who has been the long time manager of the Dubai owned Emirates Park Stud near Murrurundi, outbid world wide opposition to acquire the jewel of the New Zealand sale ring when their annual premier yearling sales were held at the end of January.
Sahu went to $1,050,000 New Zealand, the highest price of the sale, to acquire for the stud a bay colt by the giant of New Zealand breeding, Zabeel, and from local Group One winner Marquise. Offered by Patrick Hogan's Cambridge Stud, the colt is three-quarter brother to Octagonal and his grandam is the phenomenal producer Eight Carat.
Although Zabeel provided the highest priced yearling, he was outsold for the top average at the sale by the Coolmore Stud, Hunter Valley sire Danehill. This perennial world traveler had six lots sell at an average of $410,000. They included the second and third highest priced youngsters, colts which sold at $800,000 and $550,000.
Emirates Park acquired two yearlings at the sale, the other being a filly by the new Storm Cat sire Tale of the Cat which cost $100,000. She is from Canny Asset, a mare closely inbred to Biscay being by Marscay and from a daughter of the Bletchingly champion Canny Lass, a sister to the Woodlands Stud sire Canny Lad.
Another quality filly acquired at the sale for an Upper Hunter Stud was a half-sister by Zabeel to the Paul Perry trained Oakleigh Plate winner Dantelah.The yearling cost the Scone located Arrowfield Stud $300,000.
Perry was also busy at the New Zealand sale, paying $210,000 for a Tale of the Cat colt from a daughter of the Vain stakes winner Bank Burst, $110,000 for a colt by the Hunter Valley shuttle sire Helissio and from Spangle, an unraced daughter of the Nureyev sire Pasakos, and $100,000 for a Tale of the Cat filly.
Very busy at the sale again was Scone based bloodstock agent Kieran Moore. Operating for clients, he signed for 13 lots in the Premier section including Tale of the Cats at $320,000 and $200,000 and an Octagonal colt at $210,000.
Although 41 yearlings each realised $200,000 or more, the Premier sale showed a 16.6% fall in turnover and 21.7% drop in average on last year. The final result saw 364 lots sell for $37.46million New Zealand at an average of $102,935.
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Hunter Valley youngsters in Sydney sale
12/02/2002
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An unusual feature of the William Inglis mixed sale due to be held at their Newmarket Stables , Randwick on Friday, February 22 is the appearance of yearling and weanling prospects from the Hunter Valley region which could include some very good horses.
Eight yearlings are being offered on account of the Kurrinda Stud at Gungal in the west of the Hunter Valley and include two colts and two fillies by the impressive Marscay sire Marwina, colts by Youthful Legs and Desert Style and a filly by Covetous.
The Kurrinda Stud is owned by Carael Boy's breeder and owner Ken Silverside and this is to be the first time that he has offered more than one yearling at a sale. One of the biggest country owners in the State, he points out that every horse that he has bred and raced has won.
Five weanlings by the Last Tycoon champion European miler and prominent international sire Bigstone, three colts and two fillies, have been entered for the sale by J.W. & L.E. Randle of Pine Lodge, Scone. All are early foals and could be resale prospects.
The Randles bought a quantity of mares in foal to Bigstone and have other weanlings by him in the paddock available for sale. His Australian progeny include Group Two winners Lady Mulan (three Group One placings) and Sir Clive (runnerup in the AJC Derby and New Zealand Derby) and one of his overseas progeny is Japan Cup second Meisho Doto.
The Randles are also offering several mares at the sale with filly foals at foot by Bigstone.These mares are among a number of proven breeders and fillies and mares which have not been to stud in the catalogue. In addition there is the usual collection of tried and untried geldings of various ages.
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of Brian Russell Bloodstock Media Service
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