Thoroughbred Breeders Australia November 2002 Latest News Items

17. Clangalang & Distinctly Secret Nominated For Japan Cup	21/10/2003
Meanwhile Saturday’s Caulfield Cup place-getter Distinctly Secret, dual Gr1-winner Clangalang & injured Helenus are the only 3 horses from Australia & NZ nominated for the US$4 million Japan Cup in Tokyo on November 30, reported aap racingand sports. com.au. Gr1 AJC Derby & Gr1 Epsom Handicap winner Clangalang has already had his required inoculations in preparation for a possible overseas assault on either the Japan Cup or the Hong Kong international meeting in December; trainer Gerald Ryan has stated a preference for HK where Clangalang is entered for the HK Cup (2000m) & the HK Vase (2400m). However if Clangalang was to win the $3 million Cox Plate at Moonee Valley next Saturday, the Japan Cup could take priority as the 4YO would be eligible for a US$1 million bonus by winning that event. The Japan Cup has attracted 50 entries from overseas, including 24 from the US, 8 from the UK & 6 from France; a maximum 10 foreign-trained horses are permitted to start in the final field against 8 locals.
16. Enforced Retirements For Classy Mares	21/10/2003
High class mares The Big Chill, Lovely Jubly and White Mist all member of the Brian Mayfield-Smith stable have been retired to stud after suffering injuries at Caulfield last Saturday. Despite criticism of the Caulfield track Mayfield-Smith said it was not entirely to blame for their injuries. "They all came to me with soundness problems and the track was only a contributing factor," Mayfield-Smith said. Dual Group One winner Lovely Jubly, a daughter of Lion Hunter who was passed in an at auction early this year for $700,000 after failing to make a $1 million reserve, suffered a cannon bone injury. She is likely to be served by boom sire Encosta De Lago before the end of the breeding season. The Big Chill, a New Zealand-bred daughter of O’Reilly, was retired after suffering a serious hock injury. She may go to Australia’s international sprint star Choisir in his first season at Coolmore Stud in NSW.
15. Jeune Australia’s Number One Sire	20/10/2003
Lindsay Park sire Jeune has shot to the top of the General Sires list with the win of his outstanding performer Mummify in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup on Saturday. The $1,350,000 first prize lifted Jeune's progeny earnings for the current season to over $2 million, eclipsing Danehill as the leading stallion. Both Danehill and Jeune have sired 21 winners this season with both stallions neck and neck in terms of stakes winners with Danehill on four and Jeune on three. Mummify was sold for $41,000 at the 2001 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sales. His dam Cleopatra's Girl is by At Talaq, another WFA performer and Melbourne Cup winner who was trained and then stood at Lindsay Park. The win propelled At Talaq above Lindsay Park’s Golden Slipper winner Rory’s Jester to the top of the broodmare sires lists with the At Talaq Jeune cross now proving to be one of the most potent combinations in Australian Racing. Stakes winners Jameela and Jeune’s Mark come from exactly the same cross as Mummify (dam by At Talaq, grand dam by Without Fear) resulting in a host of At Talaq mares returning to Jeune again this year, including Cleopatra’s Girl who has an early positive test. Standing at a service fee of $8,800 at Lindsay Park, Jeune is close to having a full book in 2003 after covering and average of 90 mares in the last three seasons’.
14. Paris Conference 5: Uniform International Penalties	10/10/2003
UK Jockey Club director Christopher Foster warned world racing leaders that litigation is "an accident waiting to happen" if punishments for offences in the sport are not made uniform internationally, reported racingpost.co.uk. Foster said introducing reciprocal penalties throughout racing remains one of the IFHA’s chief goals, but warned that ambition remains one of the hardest to achieve. And former HKJC chief steward John Schreck stressed the need for reciprocal arrangements to be put in place: "It's imperative to establish & enforce integrity in our sport, & that includes making sure rules are honoured by other racing authorities. We all know our sport does not have a single set of rules governing everybody, as is the case in most international sports. It seems to me that reciprocity is simply a matter of having faith in fellow authorities & giving credit to their decisions. It would be terribly unfair if other racing authorities on each occasion have to re-visit & re-examine decisions, when another recognised authority takes action. For many years I have been convinced the challenge is to recognise the importance of preserving the integrity of the industry, & to give full effect to the automatic consequences, so that all racing nations acknowledge & enforce the decisions taken by others. To do otherwise will surely weaken the integrity of our sport, which we simply must not allow to happen."
13. Paris Conference 4: Race Grading Committee	10/10/2003
To current sub-committees that advise on doping, veterinary & technical matters, the IFHA has added the international grading & race planning advisory committee (IRPAC), which promises to be among the most significant groups because it will undertake international quality control in grading races, reported racingpost.co.uk. IFHA chairman Louis Romanet emphasised: "I'm personally convinced this cannot be done on a national basis. It has to be approached by continents, which, after all, is the spirit of the IFHA." IRPAC (which met for the 1st time under Romanet's chairmanship last Saturday) has 2 vice-chairmen (HK-based Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges & the US Jockey Club’s Carl Hamilton) & 16 members (including 3 breeders' representatives). Its initial activity (via the IFHA website www.horseracingintfed.com) details more than 400 Gr1 races in 18 countries; Gr2 & Gr3 races are expected to be accommodated next year, & in time ratings compiled by the official handicappers will be available & updated every month. IRPAC is also taking responsibility for the International Classifications Committee, which previously came under the banner of the European Pattern Committee; the new-style ICC (jointly chaired by Nigel Gray & Ciaran Kennelly) met for the first time on Monday & confirmed its deliberations over the 2003 classifications will take place in HK in December. (Oct 10)
12. Paris Conference 3: IFHA Vice Chairmen	10/10/2003
Appointing an executive director will be the last piece in the administrative jig-saw pieced together by the IFHA over the last year, noted racingpost.co.uk. The new executive council this week re-elected France’s Louis Romanet as chairman for 3 years & added 3 vice-chairmen: Christopher Foster (from the UK Jockey Club), Alan Marzelli (from the US Jockey Club) & Larry Wong (from the HK Jockey Club). Romanet explained the choice of vice-chairmen from Europe, America & Asia reflects the development of the IFHA structure itself: "We have split the world into 3 parts & all our committees draw them together."
11. Paris Conference 2: IFHA Seeks Paid Staff	10/10/2003
Headhunters have been commissioned to find the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities's 1st paid employee: a commercial director who will speak English & French, have the ability to communicate on equal terms with 65 members representing 54 countries, & be based in Paris but regard the world as his or her "office", reported racingpost.co.uk. The decision to make the 3-year commitment is part of a bigger turning point for the organisation, according to chairman Louis Romanet, who noted: "The IFHA was created out of the Paris conference in 1993 & we have spent 10 years setting its foundation, growing in strength & bringing together the interests of racing authorities in all parts of the world, but always principally in the area of regulation. Now, if we are to take on the other major issues that affect us all, we must move some of our attention from regulation to commercial matters." Hans Stahl (who as IFHA vice-chairman has been responsible for developing the commercial policy) added: "Modern world racing demands that we apply basic business rules & practice to the conduct of the sport, if we are to continue to enjoy it." The commercial director, who will cost IFHA members around €200,000 (A$340,000) a year, will play a major role in advancing the Good Neighbour Policy, which is intended to protect & develop individual betting markets; an appointment is expected by early in the New Year.
10. Paris Conference 1: Good Neighbour Betting Plea	10/10/2003
Pleas for authorities in the West to ally with members of the Asian Racing Federation in signing-up to a Good Neighbour Policy (aimed principally at protecting each country's betting operations) are likely to fall on partially deaf ears, in Britain at least, reported racingpost.co.uk. Original signatories HK & Japan were joined last month by another 6 countries (Australia, India, Korea, NZ, Singapore & Turkey) in putting their names to the policy. The intention is to crack down on illegal & unauthorised off-shore betting in GNP countries, which have pledged not to provide wagering to residents of signatory jurisdictions without express permission, "nor to solicit, market or advertise wagering without prior authorisation from that other signatory jurisdiction". HKJC chief executive Larry Wong (who initially warned about the threat from illegal & off-shore betting more than 4 years ago) made his appeal to jurisdictions in Europe & America during a presentation at the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities conference in Paris. France-Galop director-general Louis Romanet said France is likely to become a signatory in time. But British Horseracing Board secretary-general Tristram Ricketts said: "We have always had a good deal of sympathy for the principle of protecting the racing product & extracting the proper value that every jurisdiction is striving for. However, we do have a different regulatory & legislative structure to the Asian countries. Unlike them, we have no control over the betting operations in Britain. We also have to be aware that, when the Government changed the general betting duty structure to a gross profits system, it did so in the hope & expectation that Britain would expand into becoming a global centre for betting."
9. Inglis Graduates Win 5 At HK National Day	8/10/2003
Inglis Sale graduates collected 5 of the 10 races on Sha Tin’s HK National Day program: Danehill’s 4YO son Floral Dynamite ($650,000 at the 2001 Inglis Easter Sale) recorded his 5th win, taking his prize-money past $600,000; Encosta de Lago’s 4YO son Natural Echo ($37,000 at the 2001 Inglis Classic Sale) opened his winning account with a solid staying performance over 1800m; The other winners were Songs Of Praise ($70,000 at the 2000 Inglis Easter Sale), Eternal Start ($90,000 at the 1998 Inglis Easter Sale) & Fortune Maple ($28,000 at the 1999 Inglis June Weanling Sale).
8. White Thoroughbred Born In Queensland	8/10/2003
A rare white thoroughbred colt has been born to white thoroughbred mare The Bride (by Star Shower) at Elkington Park Lodge on the Queensland Gold Coast, reported thoroughbredtimes.com. The sire of the unnamed colt is recently deceased Lordly Looker (a bay son of El Gran Senor out of Manifesto mare Life Style). The Bride (who is out of Salomeneo, by Idomeneo) has had only 1 other foal: Belindamara, a gray filly whose sire Carry A Smile is also a gray. A stud spokesman said: "We definitely plan to race him. At the moment, we are calling him ‘Spooky.’ He has an all white body with colored ears & some color in his forelock & mane; but I believe that will disappear & he will become all white. Both he & The Bride have black eyes, not the normal brown eyes but much, much darker." Staff at the Australian Stud Book said they could not immediately recall any other thoroughbred white foal eligible for the Stud Book having been born since The Bride (foaled in 1991).
7. Hussonet to Vinery Kentucky	5/10/2003
Arrowfield Stud’s Hussonet (Mr Prospector) will shuttle to Vinery Kentucky after completing his Southern Hemisphere duties this spring in a lease deal announced last week. Arrowfield Stud acquired Hussonet early this year, after handsome chestnut 12 year-old stallion created a good impression in North America, despite having limited runners at major tracks in the US. Hussonet’s principle performer in the North has been the recent Grade 1 Ruffian Stakes winner Wild Spirit. Printemps, another daughter of Hussonet, has also etched a name for her sire away from her native Chile with a win in the Grade 2 Hawthorne Stakes, and Grade 1 placings in the Spinster Stakes. In South America, Hussonet is the sire of 12 champions and 45 stakeswinners, with 13 successful in Grade company. Through these deeds Hussonet has been crowned Champion Sire each year at stud. It’s not often a farm gets the opportunity to stand an already-established sire, especially one of Hussonet’s stature, said Vinery’s general manager Bates Newton. It is no exaggeration to say he has been a phenomenon at stud, and with the recent success he’s had here in the U.S., the time was right to introduce him to American breeders. Hussonet’s dam is the Raja Baba mare Sacahuista, an Eclipse champion 3-year-old and winner of the 1987 Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) and Spinster (G1) in addition to the 1986 Oak Leaf (G1) and two other graded stakes. Whilst Hussonet stands at $24,750 at Arrowfield, a Northern Hemisphere fees is yet to be confirmed.
6. Niello Delivers On Potential	4/10/2003
Niello after his Champion Stakes Win Photo by Racing and Sports Saturday, 4 October 2003: After promising to do so for so long, Lonhro’s little brother Niello (Octagonal) has broken through at the top level in winning today’s Group One AJC Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) at Randwick today. With Thunder Gulch colt Tsuimai setting a genuine pace in front, the Spring Champion Stakes found out then non-staying conveyances. Lacking some of his older brothers turn of foot, Niello appreciated today’s journey and solid tempo suggesting his future certainly lies at distances upwards of 2000m. Trained by John Hawkes, Niello is one of seven stakes winners sired by former stable star Octagonal. All seven are trained out of the Hawkes camp, whilst six of his seven stakes placegetters also carry the cerise silks sported by his principle earners Lonhro and Niello. Lonhro and Niello are followed by a younger two year-old brother in Spikes, whilst the trio of colts have as a yearling sister who has already been named Perfect Eight. Their dam Shadea is due to foal to Octagonal in the coming weeks. Niello now joins stablemate Ambulance (Grand Lodge) on the trail of the Group One Victoria Derby (2500m) on the 1st of November. Runner up to Niello in the Spring Champion was the Bart Cummings trained colt November Dreaming (Scenic), who like Niello looks to be a genuine stayer of the future. Cummings certainly thinks so, and will now set the colt for the VRC Derby. It’s only October, look out November, said Cummings. And next November might be even better. November Dreaming is now likely to head to Melbourne to contest the Norman Robinson Stakes (2000m) at Caulfield, a traditional lead up to the Derby. Wendy Green, who part owned the Cummings trained Rogan Josh who was victorious in the 1999 Melbourne Cup, owns November Dreaming. Like Rogan Josh, November Dreaming is a Western Australian bred acquisition by Green which was not offered at a public sale. Third in the Spring Champion was Tsuimai (ex Triscay), who battled on well after setting a strong tempo in front under boom Queensland Apprentice Zac Purton.
5. Magic Millions Charge	4/10/2003
Red Ransom colt Charge Forward will be spelled with the Magic Millions Two Year-Old Classic on the agenda following his solid winning effort in today’s Listed Breeders Plate (1000m) at Randwick today. The racy John O’Shea trained colt had no luck in running being posted as much nine horses wide during the two year-old dash. Despite this, Hugh Bowman balanced Charge Forward in the straight before he lengthened nicely to record a decisive two-length win. Third in the event was the Gai Waterhouse trained Dance Hero (Danzero) who had no answer for the winner in the straight, despite experiencing some self inflicted bad luck after missing the kick. Dance Hero (2.10) fav was claimed on the post for second by the Jack Denham trained Wenceslas Sqaure (Marju). He just slipped. It took me about 20 metres before he got into stride afterwards, said Dance Hero’s rider Lenny Beasley after the event. Trainer John O’Shea said that Charge Forward would now head to the spelling paddock following today’s win. I think he’s lovely horse and has a bright future. He was a Magic Millions purchase, so we will head towards that, said O’Shea. O’Shea had his first taste of Magic Millions success last season with Rory’s Jester colt Merhoob who was a close up fourth behind Regimental Gal. Charge Forward was a $100,000 yearling purchase by O’Shea at the 2003 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. O’Shea stable stalwarts Peter Horwitz and Jason Abrahams are among the partnership which now races the promising colt. Charge Forward is out of the Group One South African winning/Australian bred mare Sydney’s Dream (Bletchingly). This is the immediate family of a host of other precocious two year-olds including Marskin (Listed AJC Gimcrack Stakes) and her daughter Donna Natalia (Listed AJC Gimcrack Stakes). Sydney’s Dream is also the dam of promising Melbourne three year-old Sydney’s Quest (Quest For Fame), a three and a half length Sandown Lakeside winner at two last season for Caulfield trainer Peter Moody. Story By Grant Morgan
4. Clangalang's Dam a Gold Coast Recruit	4/10/2003
Janice Thorne picked up the bargain of the century when she bought the 19-year-old mare Little Recruit for $2,250 at the 1999 Magic Millions Winter Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast. The daughter of Staff Sergeant proved above average on the track where she grabbed black type with a win in the Group Two Championship Stakes at Avondale in New Zealand. Little did Thorne know, but the positive service the aged mare was carrying to the former smart sprinter Clang would produce a colt who in a few years would establish himself as a star on the track. The resultant foal, who now races as Clangalang, today swept away with his second Group One win and boosted his earnings to over $1,986,010 when he upstaged Grand Armee in the Group One Epsom Handicap at Royal Randwick. Not bad for a purchase of just $2,250. Sadly Little Recruit only produced one more foal, a filly by Gambler, before she died in August last year. The Winter Broodmare Sale – now known as the National Broodmare Sale – is quickly establishing itself as a preferred buying and selling agent of quality mares. The sale next year will be held following the Queensland Carnival weekend in June, a month later than its May date from earlier this year – when a number of records were broken.
3. Lonhro Full Brother Debuts At Flemington	1/10/2003
A full brother to Champion Lonhro has been nominated for his racing debut in Melbourne on Saturday, reported racenet.com.au. Spikes (also trained by John Hawkes) has not had an official barrier trial & would not have been allowed to race in NSW without it; but the rules in Victoria allow the 2YO to start without a trial. The Octagonal-Shadea colt is nominated for the $80,000 Listed Maribyrnong Trial Stakes (900m) at Flemington. Woodlands Stud manager Trevor Lobb said: "He's very like Lonhro in his looks, far more so than Niello. He's a very nice type of horse."
2. Aust & NZ Spotlight On 1st Crop 2YOs	1/10/2003
As the southern hemisphere’s early season 2YOs hit the Australian & NZ spring racetracks, much attention is focusing on the exciting 1st crop progeny of Arena, Bianconi, Cape Cross, Catbird, Commands, Dangerous, Dr Fong, Fasliyev, General Monash, Jade Robbery, Johan Cruyff, Lion Cavern, Marju, Marquetry, Medaaly, Mossman, Northern Drake, Orpen, Pins, Real Quiet, Redoute’s Choice, Second Empire, Shinko Forest, Stravinsky, Way Of Light & Xaar. That’s a quality list of 2003-04 freshman sires.
1. SA Breeders Visit Malaysia & Singapore	1/10/2003
A delegation of South Australian Thoroughbred Breeders (led by president Lynden Burns) attended the Penang Turf Club Sprint Trophy Dinner in Malaysia. Following a 5-minute video of the SA breeding industry, Burns announced an incentive package designed to attract Malaysian buyers to the Adelaide Magic Millions Yearling Sales in February 2004. PTC committee member Dato Teh Choon Beng (previously a strong supporter of the Adelaide Yearling Sales) indicated he would be returning to Adelaide in 2004 after an absence of a couple of years. The group also inspected training facilities at Batu Gantong & attended 2 Penang race meetings. The group continued on to Singapore, where Bernard Ang (president of the Association of Racehorse Trainers) arranged an inspection of track & training facilities at the new Kranji racecourse & Burns announced details of a yearling incentive package to Singapore trainers.

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