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 60.. Dubai World Cup: 28 Aust Stars Nominated

 20/11/2003 

Among the list of international 1st nominations for the Dubai World Cup meeting are 28 from Australasia: Abdullah; Allgunadoit; Ambulance; Ancient Song; Blur; Bomber Bill; Clangalang; Defier; Elvstroem; Exceed And Excel; Fields Of Omagh; Frightening; Gentle Genius; Grey Song; Halibery; Makybe Diva; Natural Blitz; Nips; Our Egyptian Raine; Pentastic; Platinum Scissors; Shower Of Roses; Sunday Joy; Timbourina; Titanic Jack; Vocabulary; Zagalia; Zazzman.

Dubai World Cup: 538 International Nominations
In total 538 horses have been nominated for Dubai World Cup Day from 19 separate countries, with 2nd nominations closing on January 14. The Dubai World Cup meeting (boasting US$15,250,000 prize-money) is the world’s single richest day of racing & final race day of the inaugural Dubai International Racing Carnival (a US$21 million series which begins on January 29 & encompasses 55 races, of which 17 are Group or Listed). Dubai World Cup Committee chairman Ali Saeed Bilhab said: We are very excited by the quality of the horses from around the world who have been nominated for all the races on Dubai World Cup evening.

 59.. Full Sister For Fields Of Omagh

 20/11/2003 

A full sister to Cox Plate winner Fields Of Omagh (Rubiton-Finneto) was born yesterday at Victoria’s Blue Gum Farm, reported racenet.com.au. Finneto (now aged 22) has also produced Group winners King Brian & Timeless Grace.

 58.. Collingrove's Magic Millions Draft 

 19/11/2003 

Collingrove are preparing a total of 25 yearlings for the 2004 Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale. With 12 of our own yearlings and another 13 as agent, we again present a strong lineup of yearlings by sires ranging from the legendary Danehill to up and comers like Fasliyev.

Collingrove's own draft is detailed below :-

Lot 127 Danzero - Tintagel Head colt
Second foal of a lightly raced and placed Rory’s Jester sister to Tregurrian (2d VRC Maribyrnong P. Gr.2), half sister to NEWQUAY  JOHNSON (7 wins and $204,500, M$1,762,500 inc. AJC Up and Coming S. Gr.2, 2d AJC Breeders’ P. L, 4th AJC Sovereign S. Gr.2), CIVIL LIST (13 wins and $289,195 inc. SAJC Christmas H. Gr.3), LANDS END GIBSON (7 wins and $72,400, inc. M$3,158,650 inc. VRC Concept Sports S. L, Macau Cup, Macau Star of the Sands S.).

Lot 132 Flying Spur - Trick Ski colt
Second foal of an unraced Rory’s Jester three quarter sister to LIVELIHOOD (SAJC Dequetteville S. L, dam of Gr.3 winner LIVING SPIRIT) half sister to SCHUBERT (6 wins and $417,750 inc. MVRC Bill Stutt S. Gr.2, VRC Talindert H. L, VATC Vain S. L, 2d VATCCaulfield Guineas Gr.1, SAJC Dermody S. Gr.3, 3d VRC Ascot Vale S. Gr.2, MVRC Alister Clark S. Gr.2, Hong Kong Classic Trial HK- 3, 4th VATC Blue Diamond S. Gr.1). Dam closely related to HAPPY GIGGLE (Gr.2 winner).

Lot 142 Thunder Gulch (USA) - Twist My Heart (USA) colt
Second foal of Twist My Heart (2d Colonial John D Marsh S. L). Dam is a daughter of WRAP AROUND (9 wins and $590,750, US$31,800 inc. MVRC William Reid S. Gr.1, VRC Linlithgow S. Gr.2, Hilton on the Park S. Gr.3, VATC Coles Supermarkets S. H. Gr.3, VRC Red Roses S. L, VATC Bounding Away H. L, Meadowlands Witches’ Brew S. L, 2d MVRC Manikato S. Gr.1, 3d VRC Lightning S. Gr.1, VATC Futurity S. Gr.1, 4th VRC Lightning S. Gr.1, VATC Oakleigh P. Gr.1, half sister to ROSE OF DANEHILL).

Lot 144 Grand Lodge (USA) - Unbridled Victory (USA) colt
First live foal of a winning Unbridled half sister to FAPPABURST (6 wins and US$308,504 inc. Adueduct Comely S. Gr.2, Laurel Barbara Fritchie H. Gr.3, 2d Aqueduct Interborough H. Gr.3, Belmont Finley S. L, 3d Aqueduct Distaff H. Gr.2, producer), Pamzig (3 wins and 3d Belmont Vagrancy H. Gr.3). Dam a daughter of BURST OF COLORS (7 wins and US$202,109 inc. Gulfstream Suwannee River H. Gr.3, Calder My Charmer H. L, Coral Gables H. L).

Lot 194 Fasliyev (USA) - Abbotswood filly
Half sister to dual 2YO winner Beaujolais. From a Sir Tristram sister to the dam of LIBERTY ROSE (5 wins and $121,430 inc. SAJC Lindsay Park Guineas L) and half sister to Liberty Hall (3 wins and $112,335 and 2d City Tattersall’s Club Cup L, 3d AJC Spring Champion S. Gr.1). Dam a daughter of FREEDOM FIELDS (2 wins at 2 and $84,670 inc. VATC Caulfield Blue Diamond Prelude Gr.3, Foodtown Savings P. L).

Lot 196 Danehill (USA) - Abonnement colt
Third foal of an unraced Marauding half sister to SCHUBERT (6 wins and $417,750, HK$4,596,662 inc. MVRC Bill Stutt S. Gr.2, VRC Talindert H. L, VATC Vain S. L, 2d VATC Caulfield Guineas Gr.1, SAJC Dermody S. Gr.3, 3d VRC Ascot Vale S. Gr.2, MVRC Alister Clark S. Gr.2, Hong Kong Classic Trial HK-3, HKJC Sha Tin Futurity Trophy HK-3). Closely related to Lion Hunter. Family of LIVELIHOOD, LIVING SPIRIT, RIVER DANE, PURE OF HEART etc.

Lot 284 Danehill (USA) - Camargue colt
Second foal of CAMARGUE (2 wins and $110,550 inc. VATC Thoroughbred Club S. Gr.3, SAJC Balcrest S. L, 3d SAJC Breeders’ S Gr.2, VATC Veuve Clicquot S. L), a sister to BOMBER BILL (19 wins and $1,483,924 inc. MVRC Sunicrust Australia S. Gr.1, SAJC Goodwood H. Gr.1, WATC Karrakatta P. Gr.1, AJC Challenge S. Gr.2, VRC Gilgai S. Gr.3 twice, AJC Liverpool City Cup Gr.3, SAJC RN Irwin S. Gr.3, WATC Sires’ Produce S. Gr.3). Third dam is three time Gr.1 winner SPECIAL.

Lot 306 King's Best (USA) - Chacony (NZ) colt
From an unraced half sister to ADAGIETTO (2 wins inc. VRC Waltzing Lily H. L, VATC Laurent-Perrier S. L, 2d VATC Bounding Away H. L, producer), CAPTIVA (2 wins at 2 inc. MVRC Silver Jubilee S. L, 2d VRC Edward Manifold S. Gr.2, Wakeful S. Gr.2, VATC Tranquil Star S. L, 3d VRC Oaks Gr.1, VATC One Thousand Guineas Gr.1, Quezette S. L, producer) and the dam of LUT’S CHOICE (2 wins at 2 inc. Gavea Grande Premio Luiz Fernando Cirne Lima Gr.3). From a daughter of Adagio (4 wins and 3d Atlantic City Pageant H. L).

Lot 310 King's Best (USA) - Chorus Song (USA) colt
From an Alleged half sister to PERFORMING MAGIC (5 wins and US$699,055, £15,014 inc. Sportsmans Illinois Derby Gr.2, Churchill Downs Derby Trial S. Gr.3, Remington Park Derby Gr.3), WOODBOROUGH (2 wins at 2 and £88,474, 80,000fr inc. Curragh Anglesey S. Gr.3, 2d Leopardstown Phoenix S. Gr.1, Newmarket Middle Park S. Gr.1, sire), DANCE TRICK (2 wins inc. Epsom Woodcote S. L), Choir Master (3d Ascot Autumn S. L) and Perfect Mandate (2d Santa Anita Sunny Slope S. L, sire).

Lot 379 Fasliyev (USA) - English Fantasy filly
Half sister to Lucan (3d VATC Bounding Away H. L). From a winning half sister to DR. GRACE (12 wins and $2,759,803 inc. AJC Derby Gr.1, STC BMW International S. Gr.1, AJC Chipping Norton S. Gr.1, VATC Underwood S. Gr.1, sire) and ASIA (South Australian Oaks Gr.1, 2d STC Canterbury Cup Gr.2, 3d AJC Australian Oaks Gr.1, Chairman’s H. Gr.2). Dam a daughter of ENGLISH WONDER (10 wins and $104,280 inc. South Australia Derby Gr.1, STC Storm Queen S. Gr.2, SAJC Port Adelaide Guineas Gr.3, Tattersall’s Cup L, 2d South Australian Oaks Gr.1).

Lot 470 Danehill (USA) - Isca filly
Second foal of ISCA (6 wins and $647,825 inc. VRC Lightning S. Gr.1, Newmarket H. Gr.1, Cadbury Roses S. L, VATC Sir John Monash S. L), a sister to SLAPSTICK (VATC Debutant S. L, 2d AJC Canonbury S. L), half sister to STAR ALIGHT (5 wins and $134,655 inc. AJC Adrian Knox S. Gr.3, 3d Australian Oaks Gr.1) and the dam of MAIN STAGE (12 wins and $224,320 inc. WATC Detonator S. L). Family of CHAWN, KRIS KRINGLE, HEIR PRESUMPTIVE.

Lot 680 Thunder Gulch (USA) - Queensgate filly
Second live foal of a dual winning Danehill daughter of LOVING CUP (5 wins and $431,560 inc. VRC Maribyrnong Trial S. L, MVRC Silver Jubilee S. L, SAJC Balcrest S. L, 2d SAJC ABCOS Million S., 3d STC Golden Slipper S. Gr.1, NSW Tatt’s RC Tramway H. Gr.3, Newcastle JC Cameron H. L, 4th STC Magic Night S. Gr.2, AJC Keith Mackay H. L, half sister to LAUDEMIO, VINTAGE DANCE).

Yearlings being sold by Collingrove as agent are :-

Lot 198 Lujain (USA) - Academia (GB) filly
First foal of an unraced Mark of Esteem half sister to NOMADIC (7 wins inc. Punchestown Morgiana L, Gowran Red Mills Trial L), Noble State – Happy Co-Operation (6 wins and S$203,236, 31,831Rgt and 3d Singapore TC Queen Elizabeth II Cup L). Dam is from an unraced daughter of FAIR SALINIA (4 wins inc. Irish Oaks Gr.1, The Oaks Gr.1, Yorkshire Oaks Gr.1, 2d The One Thousand Guineas Gr.1, Newmarket Cheveley Park S. Gr.1, 4th Newbury Fred Darling S. Gr.3).

Lot 261 Danehill Dancer (IRE) - Bo-Archer colt
Half brother to Sir Archer (6 wins and $123,290 inc. 2d SAJC Liz Davenport Classic L). From an unraced Arch Sculptor half sister to the dam of TESTA ROSSA (13 wins and $2,943,740 inc. VRC Sires’ Produce S. Gr.1, Lightning S. Gr.1, Emirates S. Gr.1, VATC Futurity S. Gr.1, Vic Health Cup Gr.1 twice, VRC Maribyrnong P. Gr.2, AJC San Domenico S. Gr.2, Up and Coming S. Gr.2, MVRC Ian McEwen Trophy L, VATC Debutant S. L, Gold Coast TC Magic Millions 2YO Classic L) and BRIGHTER SCENE (15 wins and $405,050 inc. QTC Sir Edward Williams H. L, 3d QTC Stradbroke H. Gr.1).

Lot 271 Catbird - Brighter View colt
First foal of a winning sister to MAGNETO (11 wins and $348,720 inc. VATC Perrier Mineral Water S. Gr.2, NSW Tatt’s RC Tattersall’s P. L, 2d Carlton Draught Moe Cup, 4th VATC Sandown Cup Gr.2). Third dam the champion EMANCIPATION (19 wins inc. AJC Doncaster H. Gr.1, George Main S. Gr.1, All-Aged S. Gr.1, STC George Ryder S. Gr.1 twice, Rosemount Wines Classic Gr.1 etc).

Lot 280 Flying Spur - Bumps colt
Half brother to Wyndam Easy (3 wins and HK$2,236,500 inc. 3d HKJC Juvenile Sprint Trophy HK-3), Twin Peaks (2d VRC New Honda Civic S. L, 3d VATC Debutante S. L). From an unraced sister to Wyndam Tycoon (SP) and half sister to CATNIPPED (3 wins at 2 and $735,875 inc. VRC Maribyrnong P. Gr.2, Gold Coast TC Magic Millions 2YO Classic L, 2d VRC Maribyrnong Trial S. L), Finishing School (2 wins and 2d ARC Great Northern Foal S. L, 3d Avondale JC New Zealand Bloodstock 2YO Fillies S. L).

Lot 312 Peintre Celebre (USA) - Christies Beach filly
Second foal of an unraced Naturalism half sister to MONA LISSA (5 wins and $109,480 inc. VATC Telecom Telecard H. L, 3d MVRC Champagne S. Gr.2, William Crockett S. L, dam of SP juvenile Madame Chloe), TOURELLO (4 wins and $92,370 inc. SAJC City of Adelaide H. L, 2d VRC Winter Championship H. L, SAJC Lord Major’s Mile H. L, 4th SAJC Goodwood H. Gr.1), Afilar (2 wins and 2d VRC Red Roses S. H. L, 3d SAJC Queen Adelaide S. L), Golden Tulip (3 wins and 3d VRC ATA Bob Hoysted H. L).

Lot 341 Snippets - Dancing Girl (IRE) colt
From an unraced Priolo half sister to the dam of Benarrivo (3 wins and 3d MRC Heatherlie H. L). Dam is from Loreef (4th Newbury Ballymacoll S. L), a half sister to ON THE HOUSE (4 wins inc. The One Thousand Guineas Gr.1, Goodwood Sussex S. Gr.1, Newbury St Hugh’s S. L, 2d Newmarket Cheveley Park S. Gr.1, 3d Irish One Thousand Guineas Gr.1, dam of ART OF WAR). Family of CENTRE STALLS, REBECCA SHARP, MISS PINKERTON.

Lot 395 Grand Lodge (USA) - Final Exhibit colt
Second live foal of a four time winning Rory’s Jester mare who is from a winning three quarter sister to dam of LIBERTY ROSE (5 wins inc. SAJC Lindsay Park Guineas L, 2d MVRC WH Stocks S. Gr.3, SAJC Oaklands P. L) and half sister to EQUAL RIGHTS (2 wins at 2 inc. Curragh Futurity S. Gr.3, 3d Goodwood Vintage S. Gr.3, died at two) and FREEDOM FIELDS (2 wins at 2 and $84,670 inc. VATC Caulfield Blue Diamond Prelude Gr.3, Foodtown Savings P. L, dam of Gr.1 placed Liberty Hall).

Lot 440 Hennessy (USA) - Hasty Jest colt
Second foal of a dual winning Rory’s Jester sister to Grey Jest (2d AJC TL Baillieu H. L, 3d AJC Widden S. L), half sister to ROYALE EXIT (VATC Norman Robinson S. Gr.2, 2d VATC Schweppes Cup L, 3d VRC Anzac Day S. L) and the dam of BRORAMA STAR (13 wins and $277,215 inc. TRC Hobart Cup Gr.3) and ZERO DRAMA (5 wins and $284,550 inc. Kilmore Cup L). Dam a daughter of HASTY DEPARTURE (2 wins and $156,000 inc. Western Australian Oaks Gr.1).

Lot 474 Danzero - Jade Court colt
Half brother to Miss Martindale (7 wins and $89,000). From a lightly raced and placed Bletchingly half sister to Childwick (2d SAJC Da Costa P. L). Dam a daughter of SOBER DANCER (4 wins and $128,350 inc. VRC Waltzing Lily H. L, 2d VRC AV Kewney S. Gr.2, 3d VRC Bloodhorse Breeders’ P. Gr.2, AJC Adrian Knox S. Gr.3, VATC Sandown Blue Diamond Prelude Gr.3, 4th VATC Tranquil Star S. Gr.3, sister to REMBETICA, daughter of Crystal Dancer).

Lot 499 Rory's Jester - Key Target filly
Third foal of KEY TARGET (6 wins and $113,065 inc. WATC Belmont Guineas L, Belmont Oaks L, 2d Belmont Classic L). Dam is from an unraced sister to STRAY BULLET (5 wins and $106,775 inc. WATC Sir Ernest Lee Steere Classic S. Gr.3, All Stars S. L, 2d WATC Champion Fillies S. Gr.2, Burgess Queen S. L, Lindsay Rosenthal S. L, 3d WATC Summer S. L, dam of Blonde Jester).

Lot 524 Rahy (USA) - Laoub (USA) filly
First foal of a winning Red Ransom daughter of Lisieux (4 wins and 3d Woodbine La Prevoyante S. L), a half sister to SWEETEST CHANT (12 wins and US$414,410 inc. Arlington Matron H. Gr.2, Gulfstream Orchid H. Gr.2, Arlington Oaks L, Arlington Smart Deb H. L, Misty Isle S. L, grandam of DISTORTED HUMOR) and the dams of CASSALERIA (5 wins and US$525,662 inc. Longacres Derby Gr.3) and PLENTY CHILLY (16 wins and US$353,280 inc. Manitoba Derby Can-2).

Lot 645 - Rory's Jester - Paradise Park filly
First foal of PARADISE PARK (4 wins and $160,050 inc. WATC Sires’ Produce S. Gr.3, Perth S. L, 2d WATC Gimcrack S. L, 4th WATC Karrakatta P. Gr.2), a half sister to Propel (3 wins and 3d WATC Supremacy S. L). Dam is from an unraced half sister to the dam of ROGAN JOSH (13 wins and $2,635,135, HK$231,000 inc. VRC LKS Mackinnon S. Gr.1, Melbourne Cup Gr.1, VATC Perrier Mineral Water S. Gr.2, Bunbury Cup Gr.3, 2d WATC CB Cox S. Gr.2, Perth Cup Gr.2, Bunbury Cup Gr.3).

Lot 690 Marju (IRE) - Reigning Belle colt
Third foal of REIGNING BELLE (5 wins and $86,910 inc. SAJC Morphettville Guineas L). Dam is out of an unraced daughter of MARTELOMEO (4 wins inc. CJC South Island 2YO S. L, 2d Ashburton CRC Inglewood S. L, 4th WRC Cuddle S. Gr.3). Dam is from a half sister to DANAIDES (VATC Blue Diamond Prelude Gr.3, 2d VATC Bounding Away H. L, producer). Family of REGAL CROWN.

Collingrove Stud Media Release

 57.. Byron Rogers Resigns At Arrowfield

 19/11/2003 

Arrowfield Stud’s manager of stallion nominations Byron Rogers resigned yesterday. Rogers explained: I have had 8 great years at Arrowfield & enjoyed every moment of it, but it is time to move on & do other things. Being involved in some way in developing the careers of Flying Spur & Danzero from the ground up, & making Snippets into a perennial leading sire was rewarding. The continual rise of End Sweep in Australia is personally satisfying, as he was a horse that I placed a lot of faith in from the start. I am sure that young guns Hussonet, Orientate & French Deputy will continue the Arrowfield tradition of producing leading Australian stallions, as they have been specifically selected for our country.

 56.. Bullets go off in Sydney & Melbourne

 18/11/2003 

Bite the Bullet, the Baramul Stud, Widden Valley based source of winners on Saturday at Sandown (Mythological) and Rosehill Gardens (Magic Marvo), is a close relation of Honor Grades, the sire of Adoration, a dominating winner at California’s Santa Anita on October 25 of the $2million Breeders’ Cup Distaff, a race for females three and up. 

A sire who has also had good winners in Australia from visits to New Zealand, Honor Grades is a son of Danehill’s sire Danzig and the good Secretariat filly and superb producer Weekend Surprise. She is also dam of top American racehorses and sires A.P. Indy and Summer Squall. 

On top of this Weekend Surprise is a half-sister to Lassie’s Lady, the Alydar mare who has supplied two stakes winners including Bite the Bullet and who was a half-sister to Spectacular Spy, a sire who was just starting to make a name when he died prematurely at Clearvale Stud, Bylong. 

As both Bite the Bullet and Spectacular Spy are by the same giant of American racing, the Bold Ruler male line sire Spectacular Bid, they are three-quarter brothers. Like their sire, they both have been responsible for tough, sound horses. 

Bite the Bullet was a more superior racehorse than Spectacular Spy, and also Honor Grades, winning five races including the Group 2 Sanford Stakes for two-year-olds at Saratoga and finishing third in the Group1 Arlington-Washington Futurity. 

Used initially at Kingmaker Farm near Scone and only having restricted early opportunity, Bite the Bullet has risen up to be one of the most successful sires in NSW standing at fees under $10,000. 

So far he has had some 159 winners, nearly 70% of his runners, for earnings of over $9.3million. He has16 stakes winners to his credit including Pleasure Giver (four Group wins including the AJC Hobartville Stakes and STC Theo Marks Stakes), Mica’s Pride and Perak Gold (both Group 3 winners) and Beaver (two Listed wins and runner up in the Group1 Canterbury Guineas). 

 55.. NSW Racing Supports TAB Merger ‘With Conditions

 18/11/2003 

Tony Hartnell, chairman of NSW Racing Pty Ltd (the representative body of the 3 racing codes in NSW), announced yesterday that NSWR would support the merger of Tab Limited with either UniTAB, TABCorp or both, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions designed primarily to protect the position of the NSW racing industry. The main conditions are:

• current agreements between Tab Limited & the NSW racing industry are faithfully translated into principal obligations of the listed parent company;

• Governance of the NSW racing industry is not affected without the approval of NSWR;

• A product fee is paid on fixed odds race wagering, in line with totalisator wagering;

• Any changes to legislation are not detrimental to & maintain equivalent protections for the NSW racing industry; &

• Sky Channel & Radio 2KY are divested from the merged organisation to another business acceptable to the NSW racing industry.

 54.. Inglis Melbourne December Thoroughbred Sale

 18/11/2003 

Catalogues are now available for the Inglis December Thoroughbred Sale (at Oaklands in Melbourne on December 5) featuring 214 mixed lots including 78 broodmares, 21 yearlings, 2 stallions, 7 unbroken stock & 106 tried racehorses. A highlight of the sale will be the reduction of racing stock from the Lloyd Williams Group (16 lightly-raced colts & geldings including metropolitan performer Applicant). Lindsay Park Stud will also offer a selection of young tried racehorses by popular sires such as Danzero, Fasliyev, Flying Spur, Hennessy, Jeune & Marauding. And the racehorse section includes metropolitan winners Legend Of Ace, Go Crazy & Unbridled Smile.

 53.. Inglis Graduates' HK Double

 17/11/2003 

Inglis Sale graduates landed an impressive double at HK’s Sha Tin:

• Expatriate Australian trainer John Size added a victory with the 4YO Anabaa-Snippets’ Show galloper Perfetto (a $120,000 buy at the 2001 Inglis Easter Sale); it was Perfetto’s 4th win to take his earnings past $430,000 in prize-money.

• And racing for the 1st time in blinkers, San Lorenzo (a $40,000 purchase at the 2001 Inglis Premier Sale) added an impressive victory to his run of minor placings in his 5th race start; he is from the 1st Australian crop of Torrential (a US-bred Gr1-winning son of Gulch) & is also a half-brother to stakes-winning sprinter Winning Hand from prolific producer Tipped To Top (a daughter of Golden Slipper winner Vain).

 52.. $4 Million HK Offer for Clangalang

 17/11/2003 

AJC Derby winner Clangalang will remain in Australia after his owners knocked back an offer from Hong Kong for the dual-Gr1 winner yesterday, reported aapracingandsports.com.au. Trainer Gerald Ryan confirmed a substantial offer had been made for the 4YO, but he would remain in Australia & be prepared for a late autumn campaign after a well deserved spell. Clangalang won the Gr1 Epsom Handicap at Royal Randwick in Sydney 2 months ago, before heading to Melbourne for a 5th in the weight-for-age Gr1 Cox Plate; but unplaced recent runs in the Emirates Stakes & then Saturday’s Sandown Classic prompted connections to abandon plans to run him at the HK International meeting next month. However The Sydney Morning Herald reported managing part-owner Mick McDonald confirming the offer was $4 million & there was a fair chance the horse would be sold. We’ve told the prospective buyers that if they raised it a little, we would certainly be interested.

 51.. Fields Of Omagh Heads For Asia

 17/11/2003 

Meanwhile this year’s Gr1 Cox Plate winner Fields Of Omagh leaves Australia today with $7 million waiting if he wins the Japan & Hong Kong Cups, reported The Daily Telegraph. Fields of Omagh (trained by Tony McEvoy) will run in the $6.8 million Japan Cup (2400m) on November 30 where, as well as the $3.5 million 1st prize, there’s a $1.2 million bonus if he can complete the Cox Plate-Japan Cup double. A fortnight later, the 6YO will compete in the HK Cup which offers a $2.3 million winner’s cheque. McEvoy commented: He worked as well at Lindsay Park last week as he did before the Cox Plate. He’s going as good as he can go.

 50.. Aust’s Elegant Fashion Wins HK International Cup Trial

 17/11/2003 

In Hong Kong, former Australian mare Elegant Fashion (Danewin-Wily Trick, by Clever Trick) stormed home to win the Gr2 International Cup Trial (2000m) at Sha Tin, reported thoroughbredinternet.com. The 5YO mare (ridden by Douglas Whyte for expatriate Australian trainer David Hayes) defeated former French Group winner River Dancer & Raider. A triple Gr2 winner in Australia, Elegant Fashion won the Gr1 HK Derby earlier in the year & looks to peaking nicely for the HK International meeting in December. Elegant Fashion has now won 3 of her 9 HK starts since January, netting connections almost HK$17 million (A$3.4 million). Her 5-time Gr1-winning sire Danewin (Danehill-Cotehele House, by My Swanee) stands at Nasser Lootah's Emirates Park Stud in NSW.

 49.. River Mist wins W.A. Guineas

 17/11/2003 

When leading West Australian trainer George Daly outlaid $35,000 for a grey colt by Sir Pekan at the 2002 Magic Millions Adelaide Sale he was not paying a premium for a page of black-type or a pedigree dominated by commercial stallions. 

But is no surprise that that colt, named River Mist, became a stakes winner himself when successful in the $125,000 Group 2 W. A. Guineas (1600m) at Belmont Park on Saturday. 
What Daly was signing the ticket for was a colt by a stallion who now stands in Turkey out of a female family by stallions such as Kala Dancer and Old Crony where you needed to go back three generations to find the first stakes winner. But what Way also purchased was a colt from a true running family. His dam Dance Misty For Me (Kala Dancer) was a Sydney winner of five races who had enough class to finish runner-up in a Fernhill Handicap (LR). Her dam Misty Crony (Old Crony) was also a very useful racetrack performer winning five races in Sydney and the prized country two-year old feature theWellington Boot. 

Misty Crony produced nine foals before earning her retirement in 2000. Eight of those nine foals reached the racetrack and all won. While none were stakes winners three, Dance Misty For Me, Misty Power (Papal Power) and Another Misty (Al Hareb) were stakes placed. While non of her foals were by stallions which the height of commerciality Misty Crony through tough, durable racehorses. The eight runners racked up a total of 275 starts between them with 49 wins led by Copper County (County) who has made 97 starts over eight seasons on the track for 18 wins and 29 placings for earnings of $250,220. 

Misty Crony is out of the non-winning Swiftly Morgan mare Misty Kinneil the dam of eight winners from nine foals to race including Misty Crony’s sister Lady Violet (Old Crony), winner of four races in Melbourne. Before River Mist’s Guineas triumph this is where the first stakes winners showed up in the catalogue page. 

Leading Newcastle based trainer Paul Perry ventured to the 1993 Inglis Premier sale where he purchased for $10,000 the first foal of Violet Lady, a colt by The Pug. Named Well Known he was a blistering fast if unsound galloper that won 12 0f his 18 starts including the AJC June Stakes (LR) and STC Civic H. (LR). Perry thought enough of Well Known to venture back to the same sale two years later to purchase his half brother, Notoire, a colt by Export Price. True to his breeding Notoire is still racing as a ten-year old. He has won eight of his 76 starts while earning $851,793. The highlight of his career came in the 1997 VRC Salinger Stakes (G1) where he defeated Rock You and another grand old warhorse Flavour. Notoire has won five stakes races in total including the VATC Schillaci Stakes (G2) while he has been runner-up in the VRC Lightning S. Gr 1 and AJC The Galaxy (G1). 

River Mist’s sire Sri Pekan was a top-class two-year old in England winning five, including the Champagne Stakes (G2) and Richmond Stakes (G2), and running second once in his six starts. The son of Red Ransom did not get the take-up in Australia of most of the Coolmore stallions serving 65 mares in 1996 and 74 in 1997. He did not return the following year but when his first crop hit the ground running in Europe he returned to Australia in 1999 where he met a more enthusiastic response serving 135 mares. Unfortunately neither his European crops nor his first Australian crop went on to further success. He never returned to Australia and was eventually sold off to Turkey. River Mist comes from his final crop of foals. 

The only stakes winner sired in Australia by Sri Pekan before River Mist was the MRC City of Glen Eira Cup (LR) winner Napping. 

While River Mist may not have the most commercial of pedigrees his family has an enviable reputation of visiting the winners stall. 

 48.. Dangerous Makes Great Start to Stud Career

 17/11/2003 

Deafen’s performance to win at Rosehill on Saturday was first season sire’s Dangerous, first 2yo to race this season. 
Judging the young gelding, on type alone, Deafen is a prime example of the majority of progeny by Dangerous, which has been widely admitted particularly during the sales period earlier this year as one leading bloodstock agent was overheard as saying I’m yet to see an ordinary type by him!. 

Owned and raced originally by Woodlands Stud, Dangerous stands in partnership with Chatswood Stud. Chatswood have had enormous success in recent years with their stallions kick-starting the careers of Flying Spur, Danzero, Ashkalani (IRE) (all since relocating to the Hunter Valley). 

Dangerous looks set to continue the studs wonderful legacy of producing quality racehorses from the property which is nestled next to the Goulburn River (outskirts of Melbourne). 

Dangerous has been extremely popular to breeders all over Australia, as well as locally and with the first of which the stud promises to be of many winners in the future. 

There is nothing Dangerous with owning one, just racing against one of his progeny!

 47.. 2004 Aushorse Thoroughbred Media Awards

 17/11/2003 

The Sydney Morning Herald turf columnist Max Presnell has won the 2nd annual Aushorse Thoroughbred Journalist-Of-The-Year trophy. Presnell’s winning story Breeder Comes Back From Critical List was about a $1.4 million Danehill colt retained by Ron Gilbert of Queensland’s Highgrove Stud, after failing to pass X-rays at a yearling sale. Among the other awards:

• Matt Stewart of Melbourne’s Herald-Sun won the Young Thoroughbred Journalist-Of-The-Year Award for his report At Your Service for a cool $30,250 on international star Choisir’s career at Coolmore Stud in the NSW Hunter Valley.

• Best Thoroughbred Photograph-Of-The-Year was awarded to Vince Caligiuri of Melbourne’s Age newspaper for his image titled Godolphin.

• Best Thoroughbred Magazine Story went to Breeding&Racing’s Ric Chapman.

• Best Thoroughbred Metropolitan Press Story went to Jennifer Stynes.

• Best Thoroughbred Radio Story went to Matt Harrington.

• Best Online Thoroughbred Journalism went to Jo Adams.

• Best Thoroughbred Television Story went to Brendan Parnell & Andrew Bensley.

• Thoroughbred Photograph Outstanding Achievement Award went to Martin King.

 46.. End Sweep’s 50 Wins In 44 Days

 14/11/2003 

Arrowfield Stud’s ill-fated stallion End Sweep (a grandson of Mr Prospector) has had an extraordinary run since October 1: his progeny have won 50 races world-wide (including 4 stakes races plus a further 5 stakes placings). As a result, End Sweep (whose final Australian-bred crop will go through the yearling sales in 2004) has surged into the leading divisions of stallions in all countries where he has sired progeny:

• In Australia & NZ, End Sweep is now Leading Australasian 2nd Crop Sire by winners, with 15 individual winners including stakes-winners Light Sweeper (Listed VRC The Seppelt Great Western) & Sarah Vee (Listed NZ Soliloquay Stakes & 2nd Gr1 NZ 2000 Guineas).

• In Japan, End Sweep is Leading 1st Season Sire with 15 individual winners among his Japanese-conceived juveniles: including unbeaten 2YO filly Sweep Tosho (winner of the Gr3 KBS Kyoto Sho Fantasy Stakes).

• Also in Japan, End Sweep’s 7YO US-bred son South Vigorous notched a Gr1 win in the JBC Sprint (1190m) on November 3 to become his sire’s 5th individual Gr1 winner.

• Rounding off his spectacular year worldwide, End Sweep is destined to be crowned Leading North American Sire by winners in 2003: as the season comes to a close, End Sweep has sired 135 individual winners who have earned US$4.4 million prize-money.

 45.. HKJC Cautious On EPO Test

 14/11/2003 

Hong Kong Jockey Club senior racing chemist Terence Wan See-ming has warned that a test for the antibodies of erythropoietin is a "presumptive test" that could fall short of the required standard of proof for action against a trainer, reported the South China Morning Post newspaper. The warning follows developments in North America, where thoroughbredtimes.com reported New York, Delaware & Ontario have begun official tests for the antibodies associated with EPO; if found, horses are barred from performance until their systems are clean of the EPO antibodies. But the HKJC’s Wan warned: "Testing the reaction of the horse to a foreign protein is purely a presumptive test. There is always the possibility some other protein could have triggered a similar reaction." HKJC executive director of racing Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges added EPO’s effect in horse racing is exaggerated: "EPO is extremely harmful & even fatal to horses. We think there are a number of more imminent dangers (among drugs) & without going into detail, there are a number of tests we can do already for EPO. The US has this new confirmation method, but there are already a number of other methods in place. Australia has actually led the way & is ahead of the field in this regard. Engelbrecht-Bresges & Wan noted HK has not confirmed a single case of EPO usage.

 44.. Danewin Adds Dubai Winner

 14/11/2003 

Emirates Park Stud stallion Danewin (Danehill-Cotehele House, by My Swanee) added an overnight winner at Dubai’s Nad Al Sheba track when his 6YO gelding Mr Magistrate (Danewin-Wild Thunder, by Our Poetic Prince) won over 1200m. Mr Magistrate (bred by Alex Cheung & Sunny Yam) is raced by Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed Al Maktoum. 

 43.. Winning Family Around The Globe 

 14/11/2003 

The last month has seen Group races around the world won by offspring of stallions from the same family, noted thoroughbredinternet.com. Australian Gr1 winners Flying Spur & Encosta de Lago plus South American pair Lode & Golden Voyager all trace directly to Fanfreluche (3 through her Listed winning daughter Grand Luxe).

• Encosta de Lago (by Fairy King out of a half-sister to Flying Spur) has enjoyed a great run this year in Australia with 2 Gr1 winners: Delago Brom & last weekend's Emirates Stakes winner Titanic Jack. And his son Delzao is bidding for 6 straight wins in tomorrow's Sandown Guineas, while he’s also recorded an early season 2YO stakes-winner in Alinghi. Encosta De Lago stands at Blue Gum Farm in Victoria.

• Arrowfield-based Golden Slipper winner Flying Spur has been among Australia’s leading sires since retiring to stud. In 2003 he has sired Gr2 Caulfield Sprint winner Blur & has stakes-winners in Europe (his son Steenberg landing the Wentworth Stakes at Doncaster in England on the final weekend of the UK turf season).

• Argentine-based sire Lode’s son Que Expresion won the Star Prince Challenge in Singapore last weekend, while he has another 3 Group winners in Argentina (including As De Pink & Paulistinha).

• And Lode’s Chilean-based 3/4 brother Golden Voyager in Chile has US Gr3 winner Mister Acpen to go with his Chilean Gr1 winner Santiago Matias.

 42.. Full Sister To Lonhro Born At Woodlands

 14/11/2003 

Shadea, dam of 8-time Gr1 winner Lonhro & this season’s Gr1 winning 3YO Niello, foaled their full sister (by Octagonal) at Woodlands Stud in the NSW Hunter Valley early yesterday morning. Woodlands bloodstock manager Trevor Lobb told aapracingandsports.com.au the filly has more of Niello’s characteristics than Lonhro, her 2YO brother Spikes or unraced sister Perfect Eight & noted: She’s not as leggy as Perfect Eight, but a little more solid with a strong head rather than pretty." 

 41.. Sunline Tested In Foal

 14/11/2003 

Champion mare Sunline has tested positive to Rock Of Gibraltar at Coolmore Stud according to Racing Radio. 

The highest stakes earner in Australasian history failed to conceive at her initial attempt in September. 

Meanwhile Sunline’s half sister Song Of Songs made a low key introduction to racing when beating two runner home in a 14 runner maiden at Seymour on October 19. The daughter of Danehill was passed in at the 2002 Magic Millions Yearling sale when bidding halted $200,000 short of her $1million reserve. 

Sunline’s dam Songline (Western Symphony) is due to produce a foal by Sadler’s Wells champion son Galileo at Dr Jack and Sue Woolridge’s Inverness Stud, near Bowral NSW.

 40.. Racing’s $4.2 Billion Boost To NSW Economy

 14/11/2003 

Meanwhile an independent survey has revealed the NSW economy receives an annual boost of more than $4.2 billion from the racing industry & TAB wagering, reported aapracingandsports.com.au. Overall 55% of the economic benefit ($2.3 billion) is generated in the Sydney metropolitan area & the remaining 45% ($1.9 billion) across the State’s 11 regional districts. The economic impact flows back into the community through industries such as retail, food & beverages, recreation, technological services, tourism, transport & government. TAB wagering services provide $614 million of the economic boost & racing industry operations $3.6 billion. TAB spokesman Peter Kadar said the survey (conducted by EIR Pty Ltd) clearly underscores the interdependence between racing & TAB wagering operations, & how that working relationship positively impacts on regional areas. The survey found the combined activities of the racing industry & TAB wagering:

• Generated 40,000 full-time jobs (18,000 in regional NSW).

• Returned $720 million in taxation revenue to the NSW & Federal Governments.

• Involved 44,000 participants behind the scenes (72% in non-metropolitan areas) in roles including trainers, jockeys, drivers, stable-hands, track-riders, farriers, race club staff & committee, medical & veterinary, bookmakers & assistants, administration staff, on-course tote staff, off-course tote staff, float operators & contractor staff.

 39.. Shogun Lodge’s Alice Springs breeder

 14/11/2003 

Although he was raised in a Woodlands Stud paddock, the sterling versatile galloper Shogun Lodge who shocked the nation when he collapsed and died while contesting the $502,000 Group1 Emirates Stakes at Flemington on Saturday, was bred by former Alice Spring’s newsagents, Mr and Mrs Ian Millard, and was sold on their behalf by Newhaven Park Stud for $200,000 at the William Inglis Sydney Easter sale. 

A son of the Woodlands Stud dual hemisphere sire Grand Lodge and the unraced Best Western mare Pride of Tahnee, the seven-year-old Shogun Lodge was having his 58th start when he ran in the Emirates Stakes.To that date he had picked up some forty prize cheques for his connections including13 wins,12 seconds and eight thirds. 
His best wins included three Group1 successes at Randwick, the AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Epsom Handicap and George Main Stakes, and the Group 2 events, the Pago Pago Stakes, Tulloch Stakes, Canterbury Stakes and the Gold Coast Hollindale Cup -twice. 

However, the earnings of $4,640,314 of this Bob Thomsen, Randwick, trained galloper may have been nearly doubled if he had not galloped awkwardly early in many of his races for his driving finishes saw him second on nine occasions in Group1 races including the AJC and VRC Derbys, the AJC Doncaster Handicap, STC George Ryder Stakes and Doomben Cup. 

Shogun Lodge was beaten less than a length also when third as favourite in the1999 Golden Slipper won by Catbird and at his next start was similarly placed in the AJC Champagne Stakes. 

Highly fancied to win Saturday’s race, he had gone into it with two good lead ups, a win in the Lightning Handicap at Randwick on October 18 and then a half head and a nose third after being 14th on the turn in the Group 3 Yallambee Stakes at Flemington on November 1. 
Brian Russell 

 38.. Recent Winners Highlight Adelaide MM Lots

 13/11/2003 

Several recent winners & major race performers have highlighted relations being offered in the Magic Millions February Adelaide Yearling Sale at Morphettville (February 24-29):

• Tom’s First recorded a strong weekend win in Hong Kong; a full relation to Tom’s First by top young shuttle sire Danehill Dancer (from top producer Potent, also the dam of last year’s Melbourne Cup Carnival stakes winner Tarcoola Diamond) is among the Ducatoon Park draft (acting as agent for the colt’s owner Gerald Schlink).

• Also among 10 Danehill Dancer lots at Adelaide are a colt from Dreambird, a filly from Angel On High & a filly from Unwrapped.

• Apticon (bred & raced by Ian Barton’s Kanowna Stud in the Adelaide Hills) won in Adelaide last Saturday; Apticon is from well bred mare Aptitude & the latest yearling bred by Barton from Aptitude (a colt by Peintre Celebre) is included at Morphettville.

• Kanowna’s other yearlings are by sires including Fasliyev, Agnes World, Woodman, Singspiel, Thunder Gulch, Hennessy & Gilded Time.

• Twisted Dream & Tiona extended the winning run of SA-based sire & former VRC Derby winner Blevic over the past week with impressive city wins in Adelaide; among the Blevic yearlings catalogued for the February sale is a cracking colt from former talented racemare Deborah’s Daughter.

• Victorian sire Archway continues to land winners around the country; among the Archway yearlings in the Barree Stud draft at Morphettville is a full relation to King’s Arch & a 3/4 sister to recent Gr1 winner Roman Arch.

• Barree’s draft also includes yearlings by the world’s hottest freshman sire Fasliyev.

• Kanowna Stud-bred Moon Shadow (by Bellotto) ran 2nd behind top performer Zirna in the weekend’s Singapore Gold Cup; 18 yearlings by Lakewood Stud-based Bellotto will go under the hammer in February, including an outstanding colt from Keswa, a cracking colt from Dhokeep, a filly from Queen’s Revelry & a colt from Sixpence.

 37.. Royal Trainer Calls For ‘Freezing & Future Testing’

 12/11/2003 

In the UK, a formal Royal trainer is the latest British advocate to propose the Jockey Club freeze post-race samples from group stakes events to protect against new designer drugs that cannot be tested, reported bloodhorse.com. With the recent discovery of the designer steroid tetrahydrogestrinone in human athletics, some racing jurisdictions are taking steps to counter its possible use in racehorses. Racing NSW has begun testing for THG, & now trainer Lord Huntingdon of England has told London’s Daily Telegraph the designer drugs are a potentially huge problem for the industry: "It (freezing & future testing) needs to be done because the miscreants are always ahead of the police. If there are not miscreants in racing here, it will be the only sport in the world without them." Huntingdon added: "The Jockey Club could remove the black type from a horse & it would act as a deterrent." Asked if he wasn’t concerned that removing black-type would wreak havoc in the bloodstock market, he replied: "Doesn't it cause chaos in the art world when someone finds a painting which has been sold 3 or 4 times is a fake?" 

 36.. 2004 Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions Sale Launch

 13/11/2003 

2004 Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions Yearling Sale catalogue will be launched at a cocktail party at Circular Quay on November 14, and glamour youngsters by first season sires such as Fusaichi Pegasus and Testa Rossa are set to take the limelight at the January sale on the Gold Coast.

Magic Millions managing director David Chester is quietly confident the 2004 will continue the dramatic growth of the Gold Coast-based sale company, which has recorded a 58 per cent increase in average since prominent trio Gerry Harvey, John Singleton and Rob Ferguson took the reins in 1997. Last year, Magic Millions posted an 8 per cent average increase, to $91,951, and a remarkable 14.6 per cent gross increase for 552 sold. The sale also boasted the highest clearance rate by far of any of the 11 Australasian majors  84.4 per cent against an across-the-board average clearance of 76 per cent.

The catalogue features 38 Danehill yearlings including a brother to Catbird and Danbird, and a colt from Lake Alexandrina, whose sister fetched $725,000 at the sale last year when knocked down to international purchaser Adrian Nichol. Yearlings by Group One winners such as Jezabeel, Chlorophyll, Isca, In Joyment and Canny Lass are also likely to figure prominently at a sale where the top price in 2003 was $900,000 for a Sunday Silence colt.

Overall the catalogue is simply so superior to anything we’ve had before now, and I think our sale is accepted as one of the major sales on the global yearling sale circuit, said Chester. We had five individual Oaks winners last season and the first three across the line in the Crown Oaks last week were Magic Millions horses, he added.

In 2003, Magic Millions averaged $91,951 for 552 sold for gross receipts of $50.7 million.

The second annual Aushorse Thoroughbred Media Awards, sponsored by Magic Millions, will be held to coincide with the catalogue launch at a cocktail party at Circular Quay on Friday evening.

We have been absolutely inundated with more than 200 entries for the awards, said Aushorse spokeswoman Bronwyn Farr. This year we introduced a new award for best thoroughbred photograph and entries for that have been incredibly strong.

Prizes for award winners include cash and trophies as well as five nights at Jupiters Casino including return airfares for the Aushorse Thoroughbred Journalist of the Year, and a Deluxe overnight package at Sydney’s Observatory Hotel for the Young Thoroughbred Journalist of the Year.

We’re delighted to have Magic Millions as sponsor of our awards and it’s going to be an action packed night with the catalogue release and award presentation, as well as great entertainment with 2KY racing personality Greg Radley in charge of proceedings, she said.

For more information:
Bronwyn Farr, Aushorse 02 6545 9329 or 0417 680 443 or Bronwyn@aushorse.com.au

 35.. Fields Of Omagh Prepares For Japan

 12/11/2003 

Australian trainer Tony McEvoy is putting the finishes touches of his Japan Cup preparation on Cox Plate winning 6YO gelding Fields Of Omagh (Rubiton-Finneto, by Cerreto) at South Australia's Lindsay Park before the horse leaves for Japan on Monday, reported aapracingandsports.com.au. McEvoy said Fields Of Omagh has thrived on a light preparation & he is seriously considering the Hong Kong Vase as a follow-up to Japan. The Japan Cup is the penultimate leg of the 2003 World Series.

 34.. Inglis Xmas Thoroughbred Sale

  12/11/2003 

Catalogues are now available for the Inglis Christmas Thoroughbred Sale (November 28 at Newmarket in Sydney) featuring 178 mixed lots including 59 broodmares, 9 yearlings, 6 unbroken stock & 104 tried racehorses:

• The broodmare section features the Meringo Stud dispersal (many offered with foals at foot) including: Verdict Declared (stakes-winning full sister to Mr Innocent) with a bay filly at foot from the 1st crop of champion 2YO Viscount & served by Rhythm; Ms Gatecrasher (an unraced sister to both Mr Innocent & Verdict Declared) with her 1st foal (a colt by Xaar) at foot & also covered by Rhythm.

• The tried racehorse section boasts substantial drafts from Emirates Park, Kendel Park Stud & Macquarie Stud & includes: Gr3-placed filly Quiet Smytzer; & metropolitan performers Thirio, Mississippi River, Danefull, Hail Stone, Colin The Brave, Prosecution, Tara Success, Mystical Lad & last-start Randwick winner Shamrock Shore.

• Well-bred fillies include: Lady Lover (an unraced half-sister by Thunder Gulch to Bel Esprit); Soundless (an unraced half-sister by Zabeel to stakes-winner Britt’s Best); Jewel of Dubai (an unraced 3YO filly by Zabeel from Marquillo, a 3/4 sister to stakes-winner Chingquillo); an un-named 2YO half-sister by Danzero to Gr2-winner Courvoisier; & Info Miss (by Carnegie from Gr3-winner Sneetch, from the family of this season’s top filly Spurcent).

• Well-bred colts include: Diera Creek (a lightly raced 4YO half-brother by Snaadee to leading sire Encosta de Lago); & an un-named 3YO half-brother by End Sweep to Oaks winner Sunday Joy.

 33.. Magic Millions January Gold Coast Sale

  12/11/2003 

Meanwhile the 2004 Magic Millions January Gold Coast Yearling Sale (January 8-13) catalogue will be launched on Friday, with glamour youngsters by 1st season sires such as Fusaichi Pegasus & Testa Rossa set to take the limelight. The catalogue features 38 Danehill yearlings, including: a brother to Catbird & Danbird; & a colt from Lake Alexandrina (whose sister fetched $725,000 last year when knocked down to international buyer Adrian Nichol). Yearlings out of Gr1 winners Jezabeel, Chlorophyll, Isca, In Joyment & Canny Lass are also likely to figure prominently.

Recent Winners Highlight Gold Coast Lots
Several recent winners & major race performers have highlighted relations being offered in the Magic Millions January Gold Coast Yearling Sale catalogue:

• Secret Savings-Amwaj filly: Sir Dex produced an amazing finish to win the Gr3 Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Victoria Derby Day; his filly half-sister by Secret Savings is among the Emirates Park draft.

• Shovhog-Light Me Up filly: Light Sweeper won the Listed Great Western (1400m) on Melbourne Cup Day; her half-sister by Danehill’s exciting young sire-son Shovhog, from top young producer Light Me Up is on offer.

• Lion Hunter-Chiara colt: Leone Chiara won the Canon Sprint (1100m) at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day; Almavale Stud is offering her full brother in January’s sale.

• Catbird-Lusso colt: Glasos won last week at Kembla Grange & his half-brother by Catbird is set for sale at the Gold Coast.

• Our Maizcay-Fiometta filly: Imposts won last week on the Queensland Sunshine Coast & her half-sister by Our Maizcay is also entered.

• Rory’s Jester-Key Target filly: Rego’s Girl won last week at Wangaratta & a Rory’s Jester full sister is also on offer.

• Danehill-Super Seleccion colt: Harvey Mudd (from Super Seleccion) won a Class 4 over 1400m in HK on the weekend; a full brother to Harvey Mudd (Brooklyn Lodge draft) is catalogued for January.

• Danehill-Subterfuge filly: And on the same HK program, Scintillation won a Class 4 over 1200m; a full sister to Scintillation is a member of the Coolmore Stud draft.

• Admiralty-Lady Macedon colt: Awesome Warrior (a $2,700 bargain buy at the Magic Millions Tamworth Yearling Sale) won the Sa..Ka..Ta Plate (1600m) at Flemington on Victoria Oaks Day; his half brother (by Admiralty) is a member of the Tamanar Stud draft (as agent for L&B Stud) in January’s sale.

• Danehill-Fayfa filly: Love Jeddah ran a slashing 2nd on debut in Saturday’s Gr2 Maribyrnong Plate at Flemington; a full sister is sure to be among the more admired Danehill yearlings in January’s catalogue.

• Catbird-Bendara Lass colt: Group performer & multiple city winner Silver Birch (11 wins & 5 placings from 21 starts for $270,000) ran 2nd at Flemington on Emirates Stakes Day; his half-brother (by Danehill’s Golden Slipper winning son & hot young 1st season sire Catbird) is being offered by Eliza Park Stud (as agent for Leneva Park). 

 32.. Genetic Profiling Could Alter Bloodstock Landscape

  11/11/2003 

The new frontier in bloodstock analysis could be on the horizon through a new company formed by 2 scientists from the California Institute of Technology, predicted bloodhorse.com. The concept is genetic profiling, which the founders of Equigene Research say could dramatically alter the decision-making process in buying & breeding racehorses. The company (which last year won the prestigious CalTech Business Plan Competition) has created proprietary technology it claims can identify key genes that control performance & health in racehorses. Equigene co-founder Dr Carlo Quinonez explained: "The idea is certain traits run in certain families. If a horse is a bleeder or has soft bones, there is a genetic basis for this. Our idea is: cut to the chase by finding the gene that causes this & finding out if a horse has it. Even though a horse may come from a family of bleeders, it may not inherently have that gene." Quinonez & his partners planned for the business to cater to human athletes, but decided to start with racehorses because there was little previous research on genetics & human athletic performance. Quinonez summed up: "It's surprising how many complex personality traits have strong genetic components. Scientists have already discovered genes that influence how shy or risk-seeking a person will be. Most likely, there are also genes that influence a horse's personality - certainly traits such as docileness or libido are heritable in horses."

 31.. Inglis Graduates Win 8 In HK

  11/11/2003 

 30.. Aust Tax Office Announces Racing Crackdown

  10/11/2003 

The Australian Taxation Office has shocked the horse-racing industry by foreshadowing a program to audit business activity statements & income tax returns, reported The Australian Financial Review. The ATO believes many in the industry are neither declaring prize-money nor complying with GST requirements. The crackdown is expected to target 5,200 owners, 1,340 trainers, 410 jockeys & 50 farriers in NSW as a 1st step, with a likely expansion nation-wide if warranted. ATO assistant commissioner Allan Histon confirmed: We do have a cash-economy program & the horse-racing industry deals in cash a lot  or lots of elements do anyway. We were already working with exports & we realised that a lot of entities weren’t disclosing prize-money, so we’ve done a mail-out alerting the industry that we will be conducting audits. Traditionally in this sort of business we always find a lot of non-compliance, deliberately or through oversight they always say it’s oversight.

 29.. Shogun Lodge Dies In Gr1 Tragedy

  10/11/2003 

One of Australia’s most popular gallopers, multiple Gr1-winning 7YO gelding Shogun Lodge (Grand Lodge-Pride Of Tahnee, by Best Western) collapsed & died mid-race in the Gr1 Emirates Stakes at Flemington in Melbourne. Racing Victoria’s chief veterinarian Dr John McCaffrey told racenet.com.au a post-mortem examination will be carried out, but noted: "In our experience the 2 major reasons for this are either internal haemorrhage or cardiac failure, & I'd suspect in this case it may well be cardiac failure." Shogun Lodge notched 13 wins (all group or listed) & 20 placings (13 in Gr1 races) in 57 previous starts for $4,640,314 prize-money; highlights include wins in the: 1999 Gr1 AJC George Main Stakes (1600m); 2000 Gr1 AJC Epsom Handicap (1600m); 2001 Gr1 AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m); 1999 Gr2 STC Pago Pago Stakes (1200m); 2000 Gr2 GCTC Hollindale Cup (1800m); 2000 Gr2 STC Tulloch Wine Stakes (2000m); 2001 Gr2 Hollindale Cup (1800m); 2001 Gr2 STC Canterbury Stakes (1200m); 2001 Gr2 STC Theo Marks Stakes (1300m); 1999 Gr3 NJC Spring Stakes (1600m); 1999 Gr3 STC Lone Star Food For Champions Stakes (1200m); 1998 Listed AJC Canonbury Stakes (1000m); & 2003 Listed Tatt's City Lightning Handicap (1000m).

 28.. Titanic Jack Wins Gr1 Emirates Stakes

  10/11/2003 

Blue Gum Farm’s Gr1-winning sire Encosta de Lago (Fairy King-Shoal Creek, by Star Way) notched his 2nd Gr1 winner when Alan Whittenbury's 4YO homebred gelding Titanic Jack (Encosta de Lago-Gold Tunic, by Stage Door Johnny) won a ‘bobbing-heads’ finish in the $500,000 Gr1 Emirates Stakes (1600m) at Flemington in Melbourne. Titanic Jack (ridden by Brett Prebble for trainer Tom Hughes junior) defeated fellow 4YO gelding True Glo (Brief Truce-Torelgo, by Zeditave) & 7YO gelding Crawl (Dr Grace-Traipse, by Bletchingly). Titanic Jack (a $75,000 purchase by Harry Lawton at the Inglis Victorian Autumn Yearling Sale) now has 7 wins & 4 placings in 20 starts for $999,700 prize-money. Encosta De Lago’s previous Gr1 winner was Delago Brom in the VRC Cadbury Guineas. 

 27.. Zazzman Wins Queen Elizabeth Stakes

  10/11/2003 

The 6YO gelding Zazzman (Distinctly North-Glen Iris, by Marscay) made it 4-wins-in-succession in 4 weeks with victory in the $200,000 Gr2 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2500m) at Flemington. Zazzman (ridden by Kerrin McEvoy for trainer Tony Vasil) defeated 5YO geldings Lord Erin (Lord Ballina-Erin Marie, by Catus) & Delvecchio (Green Perfume-Human Touch, by Deputy Governor). This is the race in which Gr1 Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva initially highlighted her potential with victory last year. Zazzman (a $64,000 purchase by Vasil at the 1999 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale) now has 7 wins & 6 placings in 34 starts for $395,500 prize-money.

 26.. Sanziro Wins Maribyrnong Plate

  10/11/2003 

Arrowfield Stud stallion Danzero (by Danehill) added to his imposing reputation when 2YO colt Sanziro (Danzero-Will Fly, by Will Dancer) won the $150,000 Gr2 Maribyrnong Plate (1000m) for 2YOs down the straight track at Flemington. Sanziro (ridden by Brett Prebble for trainer Lee Freedman) defeated debutante filly Love Jeddah (Danehill-Fayfa, by Slip Anchor) & gelding Insurgents (Commands-Partisan, by Canny Lad). Sanziro (a $135,000 purchase by Freedman at this year’s Inglis Easter Yearling Sale) now has a win & a 2nd from 2 starts for $115,000 prize-money. He is the 2nd foal of top racemare Will Fly, who notched 9 wins & 16 placings in 48 starts for $432,640 prize-money. 

 25.. Sweet Corn Wins Matriarch Stakes

  10/11/2003 

Ultra-consistent 4YO mare Sweet Corn (Scenic-Corn Maizcay, by Maizcay) made it 3 wins & 2 runner-ups in her last 5 starts with victory in the $200,000 Gr3 Matriarch Stakes (2000m) for mares 4YO & Up at Flemington. Sweet Corn (ridden by Brett Prebble for trainer Lee Freedman) defeated 6YO mares Sylvaner (Danasinga-Isla Bijou, by Noble Bijou) & Mrs Tendulkar (Luskin Star-Saving, by Pevero). Sweet Corn (a $28,000 purchase by Freedman at the 2001 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale) now has 7 wins & 5 placings in 19 starts for $285,350 prize-money.

 24.. Fixated Wins Interlink Stakes

  10/11/2003 

Woodlands Stud’s 3YO gelding Fixated (Canny Lad-Infatuated, by Quest for Fame) won the $125,000 Listed Interlink Stakes (1400m) for 3YOs at Flemington. Fixated (ridden by Darren Gauci for trainer John Hawkes) defeated the colts Recapitalize (Royal Academy-Blayney Breeze, by Dahar) & Buffed (Encosta de Lago-Receive, by Our Westminster). Fixated now has 3 wins & 4 placings from 8 starts for $142,300 prize-money.

 23.. Into The Night Wins Hilton International Stakes

  10/11/2003 

Top sprinting 5YO gelding Into The Night (Rhythm-Marshow, by Marscay) won the $150,000 Listed Hilton International Stakes (1100m) at Flemington for the 2nd year in succession. Into the Night (ridden by Darren Beadman for trainer Keith Dryden) defeated 4YO gelding Bulbasaur (Aliocha-Haughty Vain, by Vain) & 7YO gelding Prince Rubiton (Rubiton-My Muse, by Sovereign Red). Into The Night (an $80,000 buy at the 2000 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale) now has 9 wins & 5 placings from 23 starts for $752,200 prize-money. After the win Canberra trainer Keith Dryden revealed he will now travel overseas for the 1st time in his life by taking Into The Night to Hong Kong for the International Sprint on December 14. Dryden told aapracingandsports.com.au: "I’ve only been to Canberra, Sydney & Melbourne, so I've got to get myself a passport to get to HK.” 

 22.. Special Harmony cruises to Oaks victory

  6/11/2003 

Special Harmony provided some joy in a tumultuous week for the Lee Freedman stable when streaked away to a 2 3/4-length victory in the $625,000 Group 1 Crown Oaks at Flemington this afternoon. 

The daughter of Spinning World stamped herself as the best staying filly in the nation by defeating the South Australian trained filly Dane Belltar (Danewin  Ameerat - Blaadi by Kenmare) with Timbourina (Timber Country - Valourina by Snippets) running her usual honest race to finish three-quarters of a length back in third. 

Damien Oliver gave Special Harmony the run of the race from her inside barrier allowing the chestnut filly to settle back on the fence in fifth place behind a moderate early pace set by Danish Peak Royal Mask Rinky Dink and Grandly. 
Danny Nikolic on Dane Belltar moved up to put Damien Oliver in a pocket on Special Harmony but the carnivals most successful jockey muscled the favourite into the clear and quickly put the race beyond doubt. 

It was the third Victorian Oaks win for Lee Freedman and Damien Oliver who teamed up to win the race in 1994 with Northwood Plume and in 1997 with Kensington Palace 

Special Harmony takes her record to 5 wins 3 seconds and 1 third from 11 starts for earnings of $1,072,600. She won two of her three starts last season at two including the Listed Silver Jubilee Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on March 22. After finishing second at Flemington on September 6 and third at Moonee Valley over 1540m a week later, Special Harmony was runner-up to subsequent Group 1 Mackinnon Stakes winner Casual Pass in the Bill Stutt Stakes (G2) at Moonee Valley before breaking through for her first victory at three in the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1620m) at Flemington on October 4. She then became Spinning World’s first Group 1 winner with a 2 ¼-length score in the $500,000 Group 1 Vinery Stud - Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield on October 15. The powerfully built chestnut could not concede 4kgs to Timbourina in the Group 2 Qantas Wakeful Stakes (2000m) at her last start but resoundingly defeated that filly at level weights in the Oaks. 

The result of the Oaks was a triumph for graduates of the Magic Millions Yearling Sales with Special Harmony a $95,000 purchase by Robert Roulston Bloodstock at the 2002 Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale, runner-up Dane Belltar a bargain $10,000 buy at 2002 Magic Millions Adelaide Summer Yearling Sale by trainer Leon Macdonald and third placed Timbourina a $310,000 buy by Tony Wildman at the 2002 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. 

A half-sister to WATC Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Gambei (Dehere) and the stakes-placed King Canute (King Of Kings), Special Harmony is the fourth foal and third winner of the Marooned mare Marooned Lady, winner of the 1992 W.A Sires Produce Stakes (G3). 

Bred in W.A. by Brian Bradley & Partners, Special Harmony descends from the stakes winning Grey Sovereign mare Matatina, the fifth dam of Marooned Lady, a half sister to the champion stallion Showdown a stalwart of the Victorian industry during the 1970’s from service at Stockwell Stud run by the late Ken Cox. Matatina is also a half sister to the unraced Hornbeam mare Cammina the third dam of Epsom Oaks winner Lady Carla (Caerleon). 

With her second Group 1 victory Special Harmony has continued the magnificent run experienced by Coolmore stallions over the carnival. 

First season sire Stravinsky (shuttles to Cambridge Stud) sired his second Australian stakes winner when the Graeme Rogerson-trained Flying Firebird scored a hard fought win in the Listed $85,000 Adam Platform Stakes (1000m). 

Desert King’s daughter Makybe Diva took Tuesday’s Group 1 $4,050,000 Tooheys New Melbourne Cup while Desert King’s sire Danehill provided the first two over the line, Elvstroem and Kempinsky in the Group 1 $1,250,000 AAMI-Victoria Derby $1,257,000 

 21.. Fasliyev Equals 1st Crop World Record

  6/11/2003 

Coolmore’s boom 6YO freshman stallion Fasliyev (Nureyev-Mr P's Princess, by Mr Prospector) equalled the world record of 33 individual winners from his 1st crop when his 2YO filly Ouimonamour won the French Prix Prestige (1200m) at Maisons-Laffitte, reported thoroughbredtimes.com. End Sweep’s record of 33 individual winners for a Northern Hemisphere freshman sire was set in 1988. Multiple Gr1 winner Fasliyev (who shuttles between Coolmore in Ireland & the NSW Hunter Valley) has also sired 4 group stakes winners & 7 stakes winners; his highest earner is Gr1 winner Carry On Katie (out of Woodman mare Dinka Raja).

 20.. Makybe Diva Rockets Up Aust Mare List

  5/11/2003 

With the Melbourne Cup only her 14th start, 5YO Makybe Diva went into the race as the most inexperienced runner in the field (alongside the year younger 4YO Zagalia) & “emerged as the 6th highest earning mare in Australasian racing history reported racenet.com.au: behind Sunline ($11,690,679), Ethereal ($4,763,107), Horlicks ($3,211,645), Belle du Jour ($3,192,836) & Dane Ripper ($3,151,833).

 19.. Anabaa 2YO Remains Unbeaten in France

  5/11/2003 

Widden Stud shuttler Anabaa received an overnight boost when Alec & Ghislaine Head’s 2YO homebred filly Dalna won the French Gr3 Prix Miesque (1400m) on a heavy track at Maisons-Laffitte, reported thoroughbredtimes.com. Following her maiden victory at Maisons-Laffitte on October 13, Dalna (ridden by Olivier Peslier for trainer Criquette Head-Maarek) defeated Malaica by 1 length with German invader La Ina 3rd. The daughter of Anabaa (out of Gr2-winning Nureyev mare Devalois) is a half-sister to Gr3 winner Beau Sultan & Gr3-placed Dissertation (dam of Gr1 winner Dedication). 

 18.. End Sweep’s 1st Aust Stakes Winner

  5/11/2003 

Ill-fated Arrowfield stallion End Sweep continued his winning week when his 1st crop 3YO filly Light Sweeper (End Sweep-Light Me Up, by Twig Moss) became her sire’s 1st stakes winner in Australia by taking the $125,000 Listed Seppelt Great Western (1400m) at Flemington in Melbourne yesterday, reported racenet.com.au. Light Sweeper (an $80,000 purchase at the 2002 Inglis Premier sale) defeated Mutate (Octagonal-Mutribah, by Silver Hawk) & Regrowth (Unbridled's Song-True Blonde, by Naturalism). 

Light Sweeper now has 2 wins & a 2nd from 4 starts. A week ago 3YO filly Sarah Vee became End Sweep’s 1st Australian-bred stakes winner when she won NZ’s Listed Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie racecourse in Auckland. And then on Monday the US-bred South Vigorous (End Sweep-Darkest Star, by Star De Naskra) won Japan’s Gr1 JBC Sprint (1190m) at Ohi racetrack.

 17.. Stakes success for half sister to Brahms

  5/11/2003 

Two-year old filly La Reina, a half sister to Vinery Stud’s Brahms, took her record to two wins and one second from three starts following a 3-length win in the $110,700 Tempted Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct on Tuesday. 

A Kentucky homebred for Emory Hamilton, La Reina (A.P. Indy-Queena by Mr. Prospector) finished second on debut in her Aug. 15 debut at Saratoga on August 15 then broke her maiden in convincing fashion with a 5-lengths win at Belmont on September 6. Trainer Shug McGaughey indicated that La Reina would be targeted at the Demoiselle Stakes (G2) on November 29. 

The champion Mr. Prospector mare Queena is proving as successful in the breeding shed as she was on the racetrack. A full sister to Ashland Stakes (G1) winner Chic Shrine, Queena won 10 of her 17 starts for earnings of $565,024. She retired at the end of her 3-year old season with wins in the Maskette Stakes (G1), Ruffian H. (G1), Ballerina Stakes (G1), First Flight H. (G2) and Vagrancy H. (G3). 

Queena made headlines in September when her colt by Danzig, a full brother to Brahms, topped the Keeneland September Yearling Sale with a bid of US$3.6 million from Demi O’Byrne. 

Vinery was in the news again today with the announcement that Grade 1 winner Trust N Luck (Montbrook) will be added to the Vinery Kentucky roster in 2004. A 5 1/4-length winner of the Fountain of Youth Stakes (G1) Trust N Luck finished second to champion 3-year old elect Empire Maker (Unbridled) in the Florida Derby (G1). 

Overall Trust N Luck started 12 times for 5 wins 3 seconds and 1 third for earnings of US$727,484. He is a son of the highly successful stallion Montbrook a 13yo son of Buckaroo who is breathing new life into the Buckpasser sireline. From his first six crops of racing age Montbrook has sired at least 22 stakes winners with earnings of over $12.5 million. The winner of five of his eight starts including the Grade 3 Riva Ridge Stakes the unheralded Montbrook entered Ocala Stud for an initial fee of just $3,000. As the leading stallion in Florida he commanded a $20,000 fee this year at the leading Florida nursery. 

Trust N Luck is an outcross for so many of the mares here in Kentucky and his sire couldn't be hotter right now," said Vinery's general manager Bates Newton. "Vinery is very excited about standing him." 

A $200,000 buy at the OBS 2-year-old in training sale, Trust N Luck will command a fee