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29.
Premier 2004 -- Market Leaders |
11/02/2004 |
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The
2004 Premier Yearling Sale set new records as the highest grossing yearling
sale ever conducted in the state of
Victoria
. After two days of brisk selling,
the aggregate had soared to $18, 284,000 (up 30%) with 376 yearlings
averaging $48,627 (up 19%).
Staff
and management at William Inglis and Son are delighted by the overwhelming
success of this sale, a clear justification of our faith in the Victorian
market and its great potential.
When
the company first expanded into
Victoria
in 1994 gross receipts for the
Premier Yearling Sale totalled just $5.53 million with 291 lots selling at
an average price of $19,018.
Fast
forward ten years and Victorian breeders now have a national showcase for
their premium bloodstock attracting the leading buyers from throughout
Australia
and overseas. Some 33 yearlings sold for $100,000 or better at this year’s
sale giving many vendors a reason for post-Christmas celebrations.
Top
10 Sire Averages (3 or more sold)
| Sire |
Average |
Aggregate |
Top
Price |
| Redoute’s
Choice |
$98,000
(5) |
$490,000 |
$160,000 |
| Commands |
$90,000
(3) |
$270,000 |
$130,000 |
| Encosta
de Lago |
$85,258
(29) |
$2,472,500 |
$320,000 |
| Grand
Lodge ( USA ) |
$74,111
(9) |
$667,000 |
$140,000 |
| **King’s
Best (USA) |
$72,857
(7) |
$510,000 |
$155,000 |
| Lion
Cavern ( USA ) |
$69,500
(4) |
$178,000 |
$150,000 |
| Umatilla |
$65,833
(3) |
$197,500 |
$87,500 |
| Danzero |
$65,250
(16) |
$1,044,000 |
$150,000 |
| Fasliyev
( USA ) |
$60,500
(5) |
$302,500 |
$85,000 |
| Rory’s
Jester |
$60,045
(11) |
$660,500 |
$150,000 |
Arrowfield
Stud based Redoute’s Choice finished on top here with five yearlings
averaging $98,000, his star achiever being a colt from Courtroom Sweetie
going to
Newcastle
trainer Paul Perry for $160,000.
The Redoute’s Choice juggernaut now rolls on to
Sydney
at Easter where 36 yearlings have
been catalogued from some of the finest matrons in the land.
Woodlands
Stud featured twice in the top five, with young gun Commands again proving
popular and the ill-fated Grand Lodge (USA) enjoying an outstanding sale
with four of his stock fetching over $100,000.
The
real story of this sale in regards to stallion statistics is of course the
Blue Gum Farm based phenomenon Encosta de Lago.
Make
no mistake, this Group One winning son of Fairy King (USA) is on the fast
track to the top of the stallion tree. His 29 yearlings generated $2,472,500
in turnover at an average price of $85,258, a substantial return for
breeders who supported him at a fee of $12,000.
His
sale-topping colt from True Believer was knocked down to Bart Cummings for
$320,000, the highest price yet paid for an Encosta de Lago yearling at
public auction.
Cummings
was quoted after the purchase as being “very impressed” with Encosta de
Lago as a sire and there are certainly plenty of people in the industry who
would share that view. Predictions are rife that Encosta de Lago will be the
one to fill the void left by Danehill (USA) and if that situation comes to
pass then $320,000 will seem but a drop in the ocean.
English
2000
Guineas
winner King’s Best (USA) took
the honours among the first season sires.
The
Darley Stud based son of Kingmambo had seven yearlings average $72,857
highlighted by a good-looking colt from former brilliant juvenile Catnipped
which made $155,000 to the bid of astute bloodstock agent Mark Pilkington.
Hometown
hero Testa Rossa also made a positive impression on the market with a large
selection of 18 youngsters averaging $55,472 including two that sold for
$105,000 (filly from Novella) and $100,000 (colt from Ginette).
Top
10 Buyers by Aggregate
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Buyer
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Aggregate
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Top
Price
|
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G
Rogerson Bloodstock
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$1,135,500
(15)
|
$130,000
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Lauriston
Thoroughbred Farm
|
$537,000
(7)
|
$150,000
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M
Pilkington Bloodstock
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$524,000
(10)
|
$155,000
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J
B Cummings
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$520,000
(2)
|
$320,000
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P
Perry
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$475,000
(6)
|
$160,000
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J
Foote Bloodstock
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$385,000
(7)
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$130,000
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R
Griffiths
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$385,000
(6)
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$140,000
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R
& C McDonald Racing
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$375,000
(4)
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$180,000
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Slade
Bloodstock
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$360,000
(4)
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$150,000
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Beamish
Bloodstock
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$287,000
(6)
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$70,000
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Leading
trainer Graeme Rogerson continued his recent burst of big spending at the
yearling sales establishing another sizable tally here at Premier. He
claimed 15 youngsters for total receipts of $1,135,500 including three by
Encosta de Lago and a pair (colt and filly) by Redoute’s Choice, the sire
of his boom juvenile Not a Single Doubt.
Top
10 Vendors by Aggregate
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Vendor
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Aggregate
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Average
|
Top
Price
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Blue
Gum Farm
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$1,066,500
(14)
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$76,179
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$320,000
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Collingrove
Stud
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$789,500
(16)
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$49,344
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$200,000
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Yallambee
Stud
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$787,500
(12)
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$65,625
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$105,000
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Arrowfield
Stud
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$757,000
(12)
|
$63,083
|
$150,000
|
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Eliza
Park
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$702,000
(20)
|
$35,100
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$95,000
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The
Pines Stud
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$670,000
(9)
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$74,444
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$155,000
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Little
Plains Stud
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$628,000
(16)
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$39,250
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$105,000
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Kilora
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$555,000
(10)
|
$55,500
|
$110,000
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Newlands
Thoroughbreds
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$513,500
(8)
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$64,188
|
$150,000
|
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Wood
Nook Farm
|
$508,000
(11)
|
$46,182
|
$87,500
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Blue
Gum Farm cracked $1million in turnover with a classy draft of 14 youngsters
selling at an average price of $76,179 highlighted by an exceptional Encosta
de Lago colt from True Believer, which topped the sale at $320,000.
NSW
based Arrowfield Stud made a successful return to the Victorian marketplace
with a dozen yearlings fetching $757,000, their top seller being a Danzero
colt from The Roscoe Rose (USA) for $150,000.
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28.
Encosta's Quality Bunch In Adelaide |
11/02/2004 |
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Victoria’s Group One winning son of Fairy King, Encosta de Lago is the talk of the racing and breeding world at present
and rightly so!
With current racetrack stars including last weekend’s Group performers Alinghi, Lashed and Vocabulary, there is no brighter sire currently in Australia than Encosta.
At this week’s Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale his stock have been selling like hot cakes. Bart Cummings paid $320,000 for a colt from a strong West Australian family, while a swag of others sold for over $100,000.
Later this month a select group of fifteen Encosta de Lago yearlings will go under the hammer at the country’s best value yearling sale
the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale at Morphettville.
The group is relatively divided. There are seven colts and eight fillies.
Here is a short profile on each of the fifteen yearlings who are set to go under the hammer at the sale which kicks off on February 24.
Lot 15 – brown filly ex Amnykore
Full sister to the Melbourne metropolitan winner Encosta Legend (5 wins and $77,950). Half sister to two other winners including Qahira Legend (6 wins and $130,740). From a lightly raced half sister to stakes winner and Group One placed Ice Doctor. Super Vobis qualified.
Lot 20 – bay colt ex Antitheta
Full brother to recent winner Unacceptable. Half brother to two other winners including city winner New Nephew. From a lightly raced Francis Bacon half sister to former outstanding juvenile New Atlantis and stakes winning two-year-old New Logic. SABIS qualified.
Lot 46 – bay filly ex Blessed Halo
Third live foal of a lightly raced Don’t Say Halo mare who’s from a juvenile winning Godswalk mare who was Sydney placed. Dam is a half sister to four winners including Sydney winner Faith. Family of Beaches, Bletchingly, Northern Bisque, Quick Decision etc. Super Vobis qualified.
Lot 52 – bay colt ex Brave Deed
Second live foal of a six time winning (metropolitan winning) Mustin Lake half sister to stakes performed Brave Lead. Dam is a daughter of the juvenile winning and Group performed Without Fear mare Bravitian. Family of Gossips etc.
Lot 87 – bay colt ex Cosmic Queen
First foal of a two-year-old city winning Geiger Counter mare who’s a half sister to three winners including Victory Grin (13 wins and $179,370). Family of Glencannon, Astravorn etc. Top two-year-old winning family. Super Vobis qualified.
Lot 165 – bay filly ex Grande Monde
First foal of a dual winning Flying Spur half sister to stakes performers Superior Arch (8 wins and $138,305) and Sir Talaq (18 wins and $173,795). Dam is from a juvenile placed Arch Sculptor daughter of the Group winner Parisian Pomp. Super Vobis qualified.
Lot 212 – bay filly ex Lady Inti
Half sister to dual winner Letrice. From the stakes placed Red God mare Lady Inti (9 wins and $78,325). Dam is a sister to Inca (5 wins, multiple stakes performer) and three quarter sister to Solar Flame (stakes performed dam of dual Group Two winner Lord Jim). Super Vobis qualified.
Lot 222 – bay colt ex Linaria
Closely related to Melbourne stakes winner Gazania (5 wins and $303,500). From a winning El Qahira sister to former outstanding filly Alcove (AJC Oaks Gr.1, Ansett Australia S. Gr.1, producer) and three quarter sister to Viminaria, Eau Savage, Grey Alder and Maritama. Super Vobis qualified.
Lot 252 – brown filly ex Miss Brooklyn
Half sister to the Group Three winner Brooklyn Bridge (4 wins and $177,570). From a winning John’s Hero sister to Queen of Brooklyn and the dam of King of Rubiton. Dam is a half sister to Group winning sire King of Brooklyn. Dam’s two runners are both winners.
Lot 285 – bay filly ex Obsessive Angel
Second foal of a lightly raced and placed Zeditave three quarter sister to multiple Group Two winner Love of Mary (4 wins and $317,840 and dam of recent stakes placed juvenile Balalaika). Dam is from a winning half sister to Pennines.
Lot 290 – bay colt ex Our Dana
Second foal of winning Clear Choice mare who was Flemington placed. Dam is from a blood sister to Mighty Avenger (SAJC Goodwood H. Gr.1), Tree of Renown (Gr.3), and stakes placed trio Majestic Moss, Don’t Look Now, Mighty Dear. Super Vobis qualified.
Lot 315 – bay colt ex Plush Symbol
Half brother to five winners including Belar Hill (9 wins and $99,550), Games Gallery (4 wins), Kosice (7 wins) and Leonidas-Onlight Hero (4 wins). Dam is from a sister to Edmondo. Family of Petrify, Gairloch, Brigade Speciale, Stinging Nettle, Maid for the Hills etc.
Lot 321 – chestnut filly ex Pride of Ingenue
Half sister to Silence Prevails (4 wins and Sydney stakes placed) and recent runaway winner and Group placed kiwi juvenile Atapi and two other winners. From the former outstanding racemare Pride of Ingenue (10 wins inc. SAJC Swettenham Stud S. Gr.3, SAJC Port Adelaide Guineas Gr.3). Super Vobis qualified.
Lot 338 bay colt ex Ravaging
First foal of an unraced Marauding half sister to Flemington and Caulfield winning and Heatherlie Handicap placegetter Ankle Biter (4 wins). Dam is a daughter of triple stakes winner and Group performed Tights mare Leggings. Family of Gr.1 winners Sound Horizon, Trappings etc. Super Vobis qualified.
Lot 342 chestnut filly ex Reelia Game
From a dual winning Keepers mare who is from a winning half sister to the dam of outstanding sprinter Red Hope (20 wins and $503,710
six stakes victories). Family of Gr.1 winner Emmy Slew as well as Jenkins, Aviate, River Bounty etc. SABIS and Super Vobis qualified.
Magic Millions News
By: Mark Smith - Wednesday, 11 February 2004
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27.
First Winner For Lion Cavern |
11/02/2004 |
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The Lee Freedman-trained 2-year old Lascaux made an impressive career debut at Seymour on Tuesday when he sat three deep without cover then fought on bravely to defeat the favourite Tara’s Halls by ½-length in a 1000m maiden. He becomes the first winner in Australia for the regally related Lion Cavern who shuttled to Lynden Park Stud for three seasons.
Freedman purchased Ladcaux for just $15,000 from the Eliza Park consignment at the 2003 Classic Yearling Sale. The chestnut colt is the second foal of the Brisbane winning Zeditave mare Mutual Fund whose dam Fund is an unraced sister to AJC Sires Produce Stakes winner and good stallion Victory Prince (Imperial Prince).
A son of Mr Prospector Lion Cavern is a half-brother to Grade 1 winner and Leading Sire Gone West His stakes winning dam Secrettame (Secretariat) won 6 of 10 race starts and is a half-sister to Grade 1 winners and Leading Sires Known Fact and Tentham.
Owned by Sheikh Mohammed Lion Cavern spent a lot of his youth chasing home the likes of Arazi (Prix Morny (G1), Rodrigo De Triano (Middle Park Stakes (G1) and Kenbu (Prix de Cabourg (G3). In his juvenile year Lion Cavern won the Horris Hill Stakes (G3) at Newbury and the following season won the Greenham Stakes and placed in the Poule Diessai Des Poulains (G1) and Prix De La Porte Maillot (G3).
He was sent to the U.S as a 4yo adding the True North H. (G2) and placing in the Vosburgh S. (G1) and Frank J. Defrancis Memorial Dash Stakes where he was defeated by the excelent Florida based stallion Montbrook.
Retired to stud in 1994 Lion Cavern began his stud career in England and moved to the U.S. in 2000 the year he stood his first season in Australia. He is the sire of Clive Brittain’s champion filly Crimplene whose wins included the Coronation Stakes (G1) Irish 1000 Guineas (G1) and Nassau Stakes (G1). He is also the sire of Champion Italian two-year old filly Silent Tribute and the Cork & Orrey Stakes (G2) winner Harmonic Way.
By: Mark Smith - Wednesday, 11 February 2004
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26.
Waterhouse claims Rory's Jester colt |
10/02/2004 |
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Randwick trainer Gai Waterhouse outlasted spirited bidding at the 2004 Wm Inglis & Son Premier Yearling Sale at Oaklands yesterday, to claim a strong chestnut colt by champion sprinting Australian sire Rory’s Jester out of Volkster, by the champion New Zealand sire Volksraad. The colt was signed for by Peter Morley’s Belhus Racing Stables from West Australia and he will be trained by Waterhouse.
Volkster, a winner at 1000m, is a sister to the South African winner and Group I placed Champion Chestnut. This is the family of Group I winner Getting Closer and multiple Listed winner Instrumental.
Waterhouse Stable Racing Manager Steve Brem said:
He is a nice horse from a fresh young mare.
We have had a lot of success with the stock of Rory’s Jester in the last couple of years, he added mentioning How Funny, Time Out and the stable’s current two-year-old Tides Of Fun.
Volksraad is a sire of capacity and his mares are young.
He was definitely bought with the $1m Inglis race next year in mind and he is one of the stronger and early horses in the
sale, said Brem.
Morley has three horses in Waterhouse’s stable and he intends to syndicate the Rory’s Jester colt through his West Australian client base.
Australian Thoroughbred News
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25.
Record Breaking Premier Sale Concludes
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10/02/2004 |
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Colts
by Encosta De Lago and Danehill made $200,000 each to top the second and
final day of the select session of the William Inglis Premier Yearling Sale
at Oaklands Junction on Tuesday.
Bart Cummings added to his sales topping Encosta De Lago colt purchased on
the opening day with another son of Blue Gum Farm’s rising star. Consigned
by Brooklands Bloodstock the colt is the third foal of the Melbourne winning
Geiger Counter mare Goldberg a daughter of Taj Eclipse who was trained by
Cummings to win the 1983 VRC Oaks (G1) and Edward Manifold Stakes (G2). Taj
Eclipse is the daughter of another great Cummings-trained galloper Taj
Rossi.
Matching the $200,000 of the Encosta De lago colt was one of only two
Danehill’s in the sale. Consigned by Collingrove Stud the bay colt is a
full brother to the SAJC St Leger (G3) winner Kilspindie and the Listed
stakes winner Brackenbury and a half brother to Rullene a two time stakes
winning son of Rory’s Jester. The colt is the ninth foal of the stakes
placed Sir Tristram mare Jullene a daughter of Champion 3yo filly in N.Z. in
1973/74 Jandell (Shifnal).
John Symonds paid $150,000 for a half sister to Tristarc Stakes winner
Infinite Grace (Prince Of Birds) by former shuttle stallion Lion Cavern.
Consigned by Lynden Park Stud as agent the filly is the fourth foal of the
stakes-placed Tristino mare Infinite Charm a half sister to W.S. Cox Plate
(G1) winner Fields Of Omagh (Rubiton). She equalled the highest price paid
for a filly at the sale, sharing the honour with the Belong To Me filly out
of Bolcetto that was purchased by Slade Bloodstock on the opening day.
Five yearlings by Encosta De Lago made more than $100,000 on the second day
to take the total number of six figure yearlings by the son of Fairy King to
ten. His 29 yearlings to sell grossed $2,472,500 and averaged over $85,000.
Recently deceased stallion Grand Lodge had a fine sale. Nine of his 12
yearlings offered sold at an average: $74,111 with four bringing over
$100,000
The leading sire on averages for 3 or more sold was Redoute’s Choice who
had five of his six yearlings sell at an average of $98,000.
King’s Best (Kingmambo) was leading first season sire on averages with 7
of his 11 yearlings averaging $72,857. Testa Rossa had a large draft of 21
with 17 selling at an average of almost $57,000.
In total 376 yearlings sold for a gross of $18,284,000 at an average of
$48,627. Thirty-three yearlings sold for $100,000 or more compared to 14 in
2003. The median increased from $30,000 in 2003 to $40,000
Though the interstate buying bench was strong, particularly at the higher
levels, local trainers, attracted by the Super Vobis scheme, dominated
proceedings.
Top Lots Day 2
Lot No: 305 b c Encosta de Lago / Goldberg
Purchaser: J B Cummings NSW Price: $200,000
Lot No: 350 b c Danehill / Jullene
Purchaser: J Blackledge VIC Price: $200,000
Lot No: 267 b c Encosta de Lago / Factor
Purchaser: R & C McDonald VIC Price: $180,000
Lot No: 337 br f Lion Cavern / Infinite Charm
Purchaser: J Symons VIC Price: $150,000
Lot No: 433 br c Rubiton / My Muse
Purchaser: Lauriston T'Breds VIC Price: $150,000
Lot No: 384 ch f Grand Lodge / Like Madonna
Purchaser: Lakeview Resources Price: $140,000
Lot No: 445 b c Danzero / Northeast Sheila
Purchaser: R Griffiths VIC Price: $140,000
Lot No: 290 b or br c Encosta de Lago / Fun In The Chateau
Purchaser: Foote B'Stock Qld Price: $130,000
Lot No: 329 br or blk f Commands / Hula Guest
Purchaser: J Shannon VIC Price: $130,000
Lot No: 476 b f Encosta de Lago / Pleasure Island
Purchaser: R G Hore-Lacy VIC Price: $115,000
Lot No: 389 ch f Encosta de Lago / Loud And Clear
Purchaser: D L Freedman VIC Price: $110,000
Lot No: 455 b f Flying Spur / Our Sousy
Purchaser: G Rogerson B'Stock NSW Price: $110,000
Lot No: 479 b f King's Best / Political Asylum
Purchaser: Colin Little Price: $110,000
Lot No: 448 gr f Testa Rossa / Novella
Purchaser: R & C MacDonald VIC Price: $105,000
Lot No: 411 br c Grand Lodge / Midnight Mist
Purchaser: B Mayfield-Smith VIC Price: $100,000
Lot No: 298 b or br c Testa Rossa / Ginette
Purchaser: Murray Livestock NSW Price: $100,000
Top Lots Overall
Lot No: 83 ch c Encosta de Lago / True Believer
Purchaser: J B Cummings NSW Price: $320,000
Lot No: 305 b c Encosta de Lago / Goldberg
Purchaser: J B Cummings NSW Price: $200,000
Lot No: 350 b c Danehill / Jullene
Purchaser: J Blackledge VIC Price: $200,000
Lot No: 267 b c Encosta de Lago / Factor
Purchaser: R & C McDonald VIC Price: $180,000
Lot No: 217 b c Redoute's Choice / Courtroom Sweetie
Purchaser: P Perry NSW Price: $160,000
Lot No: 184 ch c King's Best / Catnipped
Purchaser: M Pilkington VIC Price: $155,000
Lot No: 72 br c Danzero / The Roscoe Rose
Purchaser: R Croghan NSW Price: $150,000
Lot No: 239 br f Belong To Me / Dolcetto
Purchaser: Slade B/StockVic Price: $150,000
Lot No: 97 ch c Rory's Jester / Volkster
Purchaser: Belhus Racing WA Price: $150,000
Lot No: 337 br f Lion Cavern / Infinite Charm
Purchaser: J Symons VIC Price: $150,000
Lot No: 433 br c Rubiton / My Muse
Purchaser: Lauriston T'Breds VIC Price: $150,000
Statistics Sessions 1 & 2
No. of Lots Catalogued 510
No. of Lots Withdrawn 37
No. of Lots Passed In 97
No. of Lots Sold 376
Top Price $320,000
Top Filly Price $150,000
Top Colt Price $320,000
Gross Value of Sale $18,284,000
Average Price $48,627
Median Price $40,000
The one day Premier 11 Sale begins on Thursday
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24.
Cummings Snares $320,000 Session Topper |
09/02/2004 |
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Champion
trainer Bart Cummings outlaid a session topping $320,000 to secure a colt by
Encosta De Lago on the opening day of the Inglis Premier Yearling sale on
Monday.
Consigned by Blue Gum Farm as agent the colt is the second foal of True
Believer (Is It True) a winning half sister to four-time Group 1 winner Old
Comrade.
The Premier Sale is on track to smash all records after a spirited first
session. In total 192 yearlings sold on the first day for a gross of
$9,481,500 at an average of $49,382. At the corresponding session last year
the gross reached $5,610,000 for 157 sold at an average of $35,732. The
median jumped from $30,000 to $40,000 while the number of lots passed in
dropped from 55 to 46.
The first six figures lot was a brown colt by Danzero that was purchased by
prominent owner Ron Groghan for $150,000. Consigned by Arrowfield Stud, as
agent the colt is a half brother to two winners including the Sydney winner
Southern Rose, out of the imported Thorn dance mare The Roscoe Rose.
Newcastle based trainer Paul Perry was active on the first day purchasing a
Redoute’s Choice for $160,000 and a Commands filly for $100,000.
Consigned by Kornong Stud Farm the Redoute’s Choice colt is a half brother
to two winners out of the city winning Zeditave mare Courtroom Sweetie a
sister to Edward Manifold Stakes (G2) winner Love Of Mary.
The Commands filly was consigned by Arundel Farm Estate and is the first
foal of the winning Dehere mare Call To Duty who’s granddam is the
Tranquil Star Stakes (G3) winner and VRC Oaks and Australasian Oaks (G1)
runner-up Shackle (Luskin Star).
Rory’s Jester may be in the twilight of his illustrious career however the
powerfully made chestnut still throws a saleable yearling. A colt out of the
winning Volksraad mare Volkster made $150,000 to the syndicator Belhus
Racing WA, while a half brother to three winners out of the Sir Dapper mare
Zuwanda made $110,000 to the bid of N Whitta of Victoria.
Top Lots Day 1 (over $100,000)
Lot No: 83 ch c Encosta de Lago / True Believer
Purchaser: J B Cummings NSW Price: $320,000
Lot No: 217 b c Redoute's Choice / Courtroom
Purchaser: P Perry NSW Price: $160,000
Lot No: 184 ch c King's Best / Catnipped
Purchaser: M Pilkington VIC Price: $155,000
Lot No: 72 br c Danzero / The Roscoe Rose
Purchaser: R Croghan NSW Price: $150,000
Lot No: 239 br f Belong To Me / Dolcetto
Purchaser: Slade B/StockVic Price: $150,000
Lot No: 97 Rory's Jester / Volkster
Purchaser: Belhus Racing WA Price: $150,000
Lot No: 95 b f Encosta de Lago / Versailles Pike
Purchaser: Lauriston T'Breds VIC Price: $135,000
Lot No: 252 br f Redoute's Choice / Elfenjer
Purchaser: Price: $130,000
Lot No: 171 ch c Grand Lodge / Brass
Purchaser: G Rogerson B'Stock NSW Price: $120,000
Lot No: 234 ch f Encosta de Lago / Depredation
Purchaser: G Rogerson B'Stock NSW Price: $120,000
Lot No: 192 ch f Grand Lodge / Chador
Purchaser: Pendant Realty P/L VIC Price: $115,000
Lot No: 116 b c Rory's Jester / Zuwanda
Purchaser: N Whitta VIC Price: $110,000
Lot No: 180 b c Encosta de Lago / Cantinela
Purchaser: Price: $105,000
Lot No: 188 br c Dangerous / Centrullah
Purchaser: Chefs On The Run VIC Price: $105,000
Lot No: 127 ch c Encosta de Lago / Aerate
Purchaser: Gai Waterhouse NSW Price: $100,000
Lot No: 133 b c Octagonal / Alstomeria
Purchaser: Newmarc T/Breds VIC Price: $100,000
Lot No: 179 b f Commands / Call To Duty
Purchaser: P Perry NSW Price: $100,000
No. of Lots Catalogued 255
No. of Lots Withdrawn 17
No. of Lots Passed In 46
No. of Lots Sold 192
Top Price $320,000
Top Filly Price $150,000
Top Colt Price $320,000
Gross Value of Sale $9,481,500
Average Price $49,382
Median Price $40,000
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23.
Dubai Destination latest addition to Darley Ranks |
01/02/2004 |
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Dubai Destination, one of Sheikh Mohammed’s favourite horses, will shuttle to Darley Australia in 2004.
Acclaimed throughout his career, Dubai Destination was the last horse to beat Rock Of Gibraltar before his run of seven G1 wins. His finest day came at Royal Ascot last June when he sprinted clear of a star-studded line-up - Hawk Wing included - to win the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes (1,600m) by four lengths in a near course record. His southern hemisphere fee has yet to be announced, but he stands at £25,000 at Darley’s Newmarket base, Dalham Hall Stud- alongside Oasis Dream he is the highest-priced first season sire in Britain.
A son of Kingmambo, Dubai Destination was sold for US$1.5 million as a yearling in Kentucky. Originally named Copernicus, his name was changed by Sheikh Mohammed, provoking comparisons with the great Dubai Millennium. After his initial victory, at 3-1 on at Newmarket in the summer of his juvenile year, those comparisons looked justified. And his next start, in the Group 2 Champagne Stakes (1,400m) at Doncaster against Rock Of Gibraltar, drew rave reviews. Held up at the back of the field he quickened past the rest with spine-tingling ease. Timeform, Europe’s most authoritative race readers, wrote:
The ability to make good opponents look much worse than they actually are is the hallmark of a topnotch performer. Dubai Destination made Rock Of Gibraltar look pretty
ordinary. He was instantly installed antepost favourite for the 2,000 Guineas, but an injury picked up while wintering in Dubai, cost him his Classic bid. He returned as a four-year-old and put up two more hugely impressive performances. He won a one-mile conditions race by six lengths, beating Group 2 horses. Then came his extraordinary wide-margin Group 1 win at Royal Ascot, less than half a second outside the record. That day he stamped himself one of Europe’s finest milers and lived up to his exalted reputation as one of Godolphin’s most talented horses. Dubai Destination has a blue-chip pedigree. His dam is a half-sister to the exceptional Japan trained sprinter Agnes World, and he is from the family of world-class stallion, Red Ransom. He also inherits a remarkable tradition of sire power: the seven stallions on his three-generation pedigree chart average an exceptional 12 per cent Stakes winners to foals.
Oliver Tait, Manager of Darley Australia, said, Dubai Destination has the looks, the pedigree and the racing performance to make him an enormously desirable stallion prospect for Australasian breeders. I was privileged to see his win in the Queen Anne at Royal Ascot last year and the horse was simply dominant. With the Champion two-year-old sire Cape Cross also added to our roster, we’re doing our level best to bring the world’s finest stallions to Australia. We’re absolutely committed to standing horses that give breeders the chance to excel. It’s all part of the Darley
deal.
Darley Stud News
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Regimental Gal Follows in the Footsteps of Dad |
08/02/2004 |
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Widden Stud received the best possible promotion for new recruit General Nediym when his star first crop daughter Regimental Gal became Australia’s latest equine millionaire when, at just her eighth race start, she blitzed a field of Australia’s best sprinters in the Group 1 Lightning Stakes at Caulfield on Sunday.
In becoming the first Group 1 winner for General Nediym Regimental Gal emulated the feat of her sire who took the Lightning Stakes in 1998.
The 3yo chestnut filly is building a record that closely mirrors her sire as she also claimed the Magic Millions 2yo Classic and the San Domenico Stakes (G2), two races General Nediym had won six years previously.
With Steven King taking over the reigns from the suspended Michael Rodd Regimental Gal finished resolutely down the outside rail to defeat the favourite our Egyptian Raine by a neck with Mistegic making a pleasing return 1 3/4-lengths back in third.
Regimental Gal cost trainer Shaun Dwyer just $16,500 at the 2002 Magic Millions Premier Yearling Sale on the Gold Coast. Her record now stands at six wins and one second from eight starts for earnings of $1,171,100
Regimental Gal is the third foal produced by the unraced Yallah Prince mare Hallaya a half-sister to Narooma Guy (Genghiz) the winner of $193,140 with 14 wins from 89 starts and placed in the Listed Caloundra Anniversary Cup before finishing his career over the jumps.
While not producing a stakes winner for several generations the family of Hallaya descends from a prolific family nurtured by the Baxter of family of Macquarie Stud at Wellington NSW. Miss Alaska (Biscay), the granddam of Hallaya won four city races and was runner-up in the Black Opal Stakes. She is a sister or half sister to 7 winners including the stakes placed Biscapol and Blazing Hooves while her non-winning daughter Lady Hialeah (Tanzor) produced the multiple stakes winner and group 1 placed Red Chiffon (Sovereign Red).
Stacey Griffiths, who was working as a secretary at Ron Ashdown’s Glengarry Stud, purchased Hallaya for just $500 at a Glengarry reduction sale in 1999. When a disabling illness forced Griffiths to leave Glengarry, Ron and Jenny Ashdown rewarded their loyal employee with a free service to Nediym but when the son of Shareef Dancer was injured Hallaya was served by Nediym’s champion son General Nediym, then serving his first season at Glengarry Stud.
Following a divorce and Griffiths’ continuing health problems, Hallaya has not been sent to a stallion for three years after foaling Regimental Gal but last Spring she ventured to Widden Stud where she was served by Belong To Me.
General Nediym has seven yearlings going through the upcoming Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale:
Lot 31 b.c Smytzer's Magic (Monde Bleu): Line-bred to the mighty Northern Dancer, this colt is the third foal of a city placed daughter of the smart mare Daughter's Charm. Descendant of the fine mare Meer Rose, also ancestress of Empire Rose and Grosvenor.
Lot 58 b.c Sunday Morning (Heart Of Darkness): 3/4 brother to the Group 2 Maribyrnong Plate winner Ra Sun from the family of the evergreen Group One winning sprinter Flavour. Boasts a duplication of the influential mare Aurora, as do many of General Nediym's best to date.
Lot 74 b.c Tirol Reign (Tirol): Second living foal of a lightly raced half sister to the Listed winner Rain At Bay and to the dams of Rain Dance Lady and Magic Bird. Family of the top class stayers Rain Lover and Rain Gauge. One for pedigree enthusiasts, with duplications of the fine mares Commotion and Sister Sarah, this colt is a direct descendant of Canterbury Pilgrim.
Lot 96 ch.c Violetta (Rigoletto): Half brother to the multiple city winner Il Trovatore out of a sprint winning half sister to the Listed winner Smitten. Family of the South African Group One winners Crimson Palace and Royal Glitter.
Lot 176 ch.f Cadinski (Kinski): Three times winning dam has produced three winners from four to race, including the city winners Glint Of Heart and Just The Best and this filly's lightly raced full brother Rugger. Dam is a half sister to the dual Listed winner Miss Stephenson.
Lot 196 Cheriegal (Zeditave): Bred for pace on both sides, this filly is a 3/4 sister to the recent city winner Bold Cheree and her dam has produced six winners from her first six foals. Dam is a half sister to the Linlithgow Stakes winner Rass Flyer and this filly is line-bred to the outstanding mare Aurora.
Lot 344 ch.f Jacksonville (Jackson Square): Daughter of a half sister to the Group 3 winner Happy Cracker. Grandam is the triple Group winner Guajira and this filly is line-bred to the fine mare Commotion.
Two General Nediym colts will also grace the ring in the Premier II Sale:
Lot 529 ch.c Sweet Anchor (Sea Anchor): Half brother to two winners including the metropolitan winner Sea Attack from a New Zealand family whose members include the stakes winners Maccadons Dream, Conan and Cool Rock. Boasts a duplication of the influential mare Aurora.
Lot 558 b.c Born To Thrill (Twig Moss): Has an exciting pedigree, being line-bred to his own third dam Reticella (General Nediym's grandam) and his fifth dam, the Auckland Cup winning outstanding broodmare Froth. Family of the Group One winners Horlicks, Brew, Military Plume, Interstellar and Laelia.
Group 1 $400,000 TEAC LIGHTNING STAKES (1000m) Flemington
1 REGIMENTAL GAL (3yo CH F General Nediym - Hallaya (Yallah Prince)
2 OUR EGYPTIAN RAINE (NZ) (5yo B M Desert Sun (GB) - Egyptian Queen (NZ) (Karioi Lad)
3 MISTEGIC (5yo B G Strategic - Volcanic Mist (Volcanic Prince)
Margins: Nk, 1-3/4 len. Time: 0:57.02.
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Big Payday For Public Opinion |
08/02/2004 |
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The Queensland flag flew proudly over Flemington on Sunday with Regimental Gal and Public Opinion taking $494,000 back to the Sunshine State.
The Gillian Heinrich-trained Pubic Opinion became the most important winner from the first crop of Lomar Park Stud’s Danehill stallion Arena when he came down the outside fence to win the $337,000 2004 Inglis Premier (1200m).
Glen Colless guided Public Opinion to a 1 ¼-lengths over Courtney’s Cuddles (Brief Truce) with Here To Win (General Nediym) a ½-nech back in third place.
Having his third career start Public Opinion made his debut on October 11 when finishing third to General Patton in the Hopeful Stakes at Eagle Farm. Given a brief letup Pubic Opinion scored an impressive 2 ½-length win in an 1100m 2yo handicap at Doomben on January 17. His three starts has netted $254,000 in prizemoney a good return on the $32,500 Heinrich paid for Public Opinion at last year’s Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale. A half brother to two winners Public Opinion is the fourth foal of the Melbourne winning Last Tycoon mare Rothchild.
The victory is certain to keep interest right to the very end of the Premier Sale in Melbourne where Public Opinion’s half brother by the red hot Encosta De Lago is due to sell as lot number 508, three from the end of the select portion of the sale.
The former Woodlands stud colourbearer Arena retired to Lomar Park as the highest earning son of Danehill to go to stud in Australia. While he did not have the dazzling speed of a lot of Danehill’s he embodies all the fine qualities that made his sire the most influential stallion to stand in Australia in the latter part of the century. Arena ran five times at two with four of his starts coming in stakes races. His juvenile performances included a third to the eventual Golden Slipper winner Prowl in the Skyline Stakes (G3), third in the Pago Pago Stakes (G2), fifth in the AJC Sires' Produce Stakes (G1) and fourth in the AJC Champagne Stakes (G1).
John Hawkes sent Arena around in 15 races, 14 of which were stakes races, 8 of those Group 1 races. He raely ran a bad race defeating Sky Heights in the VRC Derby (G1) in the Autumn then bouncing back in the Spring to defeat Shinkansea and Dracula in the Group 2 Hobartville Stakes then was tenacious when defeating lawyer in a dramatic Canterbury Guineas (G1). That season he also won the Gloaming Stakes (G2) and Hill Stakes (G2) and placed in the AJC Derby (G1), Spring Champion Stakes (G1), Rosehill Guineas (G1) and the Mercedes Classic (G1).
He ran 7 times at Group 1 level as a four-year old finishing runner-up in the Australian Cup-GR1, Ranvet Stakes (G1) and Mercedes Classic (G1).
A strongly made bay with typical Danehill colouring, Arena is rangier than most sons of his sire. He is blessed with faultless conformation, devoid of the scourge of being back at the knees, which admittedly did not seem to hinder a good deal of Danehill’s stakes winners.
Arena’s dam Lee’s Bid was tiny chestnut with a huge heart that was purchased by the Inghams after running second to the champion Triscay in the AJC Oaks. The daughter of the Blushing Groom stallion Tawfiq then won the Group 1 South Australian Oaks before finishing second in the QTC Derby and QTC Oaks again behind Triscay.
$337,000 2004 Inglis Premier (1200m) Flemington
1 PUBLIC OPINION (2yo B C Arena - Rothchild (Last Tycoon (IRE))
2 COURTNEY'S CUDDLES (2yo CH F Brief Truce (USA) - Sober Surprise (Noalcoholic (FR))
3 HERE TO WIN (2yo B G General Nediym - Born to Thrill (Twig Moss (FR))
Margins: 1-1/4 len, 1/2 nk. Time: 1:10.18
By: Mark Smith - Sunday, 8 February 2004
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Sons of Woodman Making a Mark |
08/02/2004 |
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Woodman failed to make an impact in five seasons at stud in Australia but two of his regally bred New Zealand based sons, Bahhare and Mellifont have come up with important winners in the last week.
At Morphetville on Saturday the Richard Jolly-trained Deprivation (Mellifont) scored a surprisingly easy 3-1/2 lengths win in the Group 2 Breeders' Stakes.
Having his fourth career start Deprivation made a winning debut at Murray Bridge on November 5 then ten days later finished a 3 ¼-length second to Danehill colt Way West at Cheltenham. Shortly before Depravation went to the post for the Breeders’ Stakes Way West made that form look could with an all the way win in the Blue Diamond Prelude (G3) at Caulfield. At his third race start Depravation finished third, beaten a length and a half behind two of his Breeders’ Stakes combatants Golden Pedigree (Gold Brose) and Luna Spur (Flying Spur).
That result saw Deprivation start at 20/1 but he never looked in danger of defeat running his rivals of their legs clocking 1:10.18 in defeating Barely A Moment (Gilded Time) by 3 ½-lengths with Marine D’Or ¾-length back in third.
A $42,000 purchase by Shane Moore Bloodstock at the 2003 New Zealand Bloodstock Select yearling Sale, Deprivation comes from the fourth crop of Paramount Lodge’s Mellifont. He is the third named foal and second winner out of the King’s Island mare Goodness Me who was the thirteenth and final foal produced by the prolific broodmare Cinnator (Monitor).
Goodness Me did not earn a cent in her two career starts as four-year old. She is a half sister to the Villiers Stakes (G2), Tramway H (LR) and STC Christmas Cup (LR) winner Tuna Too (Music Teacher).
Cinnator is a half sister to the magnificent looking chestnut Triton (Pakistan) the Syd Brown-trained galloper of the early seventies who staged a memorable performance to defeat local hero Gunsynd in the 1972 Epsom Handicap then added the All Aged Stakes before going on to win the Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm that year.
A lightly raced winner in America Mellifont is bred on the Woodman/Nijinsky cross that produced Champagne Stakes (G2) winner Bahhare the former Rich Hill Stud shuttle stallion that sired Successor who last week took New Zealand’s richest juvenile race the $500,000 Mercedes Super Bonus Classique at Te Rapa.
A half brother to the top class Bahri (Riverman), the top of the 1995 International 3YO Classification (Mile) with wins in the Ascot Queen Elizabeth 11 Stakes (G1) and Royal Ascot St James's Palace Stakes (G1), Bahhare is out of the stakes-placed Nijinsky mare Wasnah a half-sister to Winglet the dam of Ajina (Strawberry Road) the 1997 Champion USA 3YO Filly with 7 wins for earnings of US$1,327,915 including the Coaching Club American Oaks (G1), Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1), and Belmont Mother Goose Stakes (G1). Wasnah is also a three-quarter sister to the $19million stud success Jugah (Northern Dancer) and the Robert Sangster import Northern Plain who won the Group 3 Tetrach Stakes at the Curragh and the 1987 Listed Rosehill Cup. Unfortunately Northern Plain proved to be almost infertile producing just four live foals in his four years at stud.
Like Bahhare, Mellifont lacks for little on the female side. His dam Fairy Dancer (Nijinsky) is a three-quarter sister to Sadler’s Wells, Fairy King, Tate Gallery, Fairy Gold and Perugino.
With his fourth crop on the racetrack Mellifont has to date 54 winners from 102 starters for earnings of over $3million. He is the sire of three stakes winners, Wellington Stakes (G3) winner Native Song, CJC Canterbury Belle Stakes (LR) winner Pledge and Deprivation.
Mellifont stands at Paramount Lodge Matamata for a fee of NZ$4,500.
Group 2 $100,000 LIMERICK LANE THOROUGHBREDS BREEDERS STAKES (1200m) Morphettville
1 DEPRIVATION (NZ) (2yo CH G Mellifont (USA) - Goodness Me (NZ) (Kings Island (IRE))
2 BARELY A MOMENT (2yo B OR BR C Gilded Time (USA) - Lady Danna (Danehill (USA))
3 MARNIE D'OR (2yo CH F Dieu D'Or - Umakineara (Umatilla (NZ))
Margins: 3-1/2 len, 3/4 len Time: 1:10.18
By: Mark Smith - Sunday, 8 February 2004
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