Monthly Archives: July 2011

Mid Summer Music takes Bletchingly

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Mid Summer Music (5 m Oamaru Force – Samsara Lady, by Nassipour) registered her first stakes win with a tenacious victory in yesterday’s $125,000 Jeans for Genes Bletchingly Stakes (Gr 3) over 1200m at Caulfield.

Mid Summer Music raced wide  to the home straight and then came with her challenge, tacking onto the back of the Darren Weir-trained  Rue Maple rounding the home turn. Slowly but surely Mid Summer Music edged closer to Rue Maple and at the line did enough to gain a short-head victory over Rue Maple (Rubiton). Stanzout (Gallo di Ferro) made up ground in the straight to finish two length off in third place.

The win capped a great season for trainer Peter Moody. “She has got a great will to win. I stood beside Darren Weir and for the length of the straight I said, ‚Äòyou’ve got me’. At no stage until the last three strides was she ever going to get to the post but she has got an unbelievable will to win. She belies her ability with her will to win.‚Äù

“I’ve got to be honest, she won a maiden at Warracknabeal and I suggested to the owners that she might have had a birthday. Thankfully, at the insistence of Linda Meech she suggested to me there was more in her than I saw.‚Äù

Mid Summer Music has won six races in melbourne this season. Overall she has won eight times from 13 starts for prizemoney totalling $308,401.

Kulgrinda strikes in lightning

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David Moodie’s homebred Kulgrinda¬†made short work of her fellow three-year-olds¬†to register an easy win in¬†the $80,400 Reliance Petroleum Lightning Stakes (Listed) over 1050m ¬†at Morphettville.

Racing first-up, Kulgrinda ¬†was still under a grip by Linda Meech turning into the home straight and once she asked for an effort, Kulgrinda bounded away to defeat Amy’s Glen (Shamardal) by two and three-quarter lengths.

Trainer Peter Moody watched the race from Caulfield and liked what he saw. “She is a high-class filly. She probably should be nearly undefeated, she has always shown us exceptional ability. I didn’t really want to travel her first-up but it was just too good a race not to run her in. It was terrific to get a stakes win with her on only her fifth run.”

Kulgrinda (3 f Exceed And Excel – River Crossing, by Bellotto) is the eighth stakes winner for Exceed And Excel in 2010/11, the Group 1 winning son of Danehill standing at Darley Kelvinside in 2011 at a fee of $66,000 (inc. GST).

Kembla dead-heat makes five for Darley

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Darley was the winner of Saturday’s Ingleburn RSL Club Maiden Handicap (1200m) irrespective of¬† the result of the race’s close photo finish.

The John O’Shea-trained Valid (Exceed And Excel – Valadon, by Woodman) and Hawkes Racing’s Jamaican Warrior (Lonhro – Nanny Maroon, by Alquoz) went to the line locked together in the $14,000 race.

The judge at Kembla Grange could not split the pair, giving Darley a double success in the race. Valid’s dead-heat win gave Exceed And Excel (Danehill – Patrona, by Lomond) a treble after the star sire produced a double at Morphettville.

As reported earlier, Kulgrinda (Exceed And Excel – River Crossing, by Bellotto) gave Exceed And Excel his 40th stakes winner when the filly demolished a smart field in the Listed Reliance Petroleum Lightning Stakes (1050m). Kissable (Exceed And Excel – Regal Kiss, by Royal Academy) took out the Reliance Minalton Handicap (1050m) to complete the stallion’s treble.

Commands (Danehill – Cotehele House, by My Swanee) continued on his merry way when his son The Barracks won the Montrose Access Charity Handicap (1200m) at Doomben.

The win was the Pat Duff-trained gelding’s third from eight starts.

Redoute’s Choice treble helps Arrowfield to five

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A pair of extremely well bred winners at Rosehill has provided the platform for champion Arrowfield sire Redoute’s Choice (Danehill – Shantha’s Choice, by Redoute’s Choice) to produce a treble of successes on Saturday.

Three-year-old colt Altius (Redoute’s Choice – Circles Of Gold, by Marscay) began his chase for a stakes success in the spring with a win in the opening race of the Rosehill meeting, H & B Cooper Glenrock Handicap (1500m).

Redoute's Choice produced a treble of successes on Saturday

Redoute's Choice produced a treble of successes on Saturday

 The Chris Waller-trained blueblood is a half-brother to Haradasun (Fusaichi Pegasus РCircles Of Gold, by Marscay) and a three-quarter sibling to Elvstroem (Danehill РCircles Of Gold, by Marscay), who are both dual-hemisphere Group 1 winners.

Rosehill trainer David Payne prepared Redoute’s Choice’s second win of the Sydney fixture in the next race when Florentina (Redoute’s Choice – Celebria, by Peintre Celebre) claimed the Inglis Bonus Handicap (1300m). Florentina is a half-sister to the Patinack Farm-owned Group 1 winner Gathering (Tale Of The Cat – Celebria, by Peintre Celebre).

Stalingrad (Redoute’s Choice – Sakhalin, by Kingmambo) completed a treble for Redoute’s Choice when the gelding posted a 5-3/4 length win in the Channel 9 Welter (1900m) at Fannie Bay in Darwin.

Winners to Arrowfield stallions Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice – Snippets’ Lass, by Snippets) and Not A Single Doubt (Redoute’s Choice – Singles Bar, by Rory’s Jester) completed a quintet of success for the breeding operation. The Matthew Dale-trained Jackpot Queen (Not A Single Doubt – Cash Crazy, by Secret Savings) claimed the Timothy Hunter Handicap (1000m) at Caulfield while Zelaating (Snitzel – Donating, by Octagonal) took out the Mater Dei Special School Handicap (1200m) at Kembla Grange.

Red Arrow’s first foal

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North American Grade 3 winner Red Arrow (Red Ransom – Lady Jakeo, by Last Tycoon) has sired his first foal.

Born on July 25th, the filly from Miabondialee is a half-sister to the 2010 Champion Griffin of Hong Kong, Entrapment, who was undefeated in all seven of his starts that season.

The filly was born at at Trevannah in the Upper Hunter, with Dennis Roberts reporting she is “a well made, quality filly with good size and is very correct.‚Äù

Red Arrow stands at Blue Gum Farm in Euroa in 2011 at a fee of $6,600 and is one of several sons of Red Ransom who will have their first foals this spring.

Rocket Man to skip Flemington clash

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Singapore’s champion sprinter Rocket Man (Viscount – Macrosa, by Mr McGinty) will miss a showdown with the unbeaten Australian superstar Black Caviar (Bel Esprit – Helsinge, by Desert Sun) in the Group 1 Patinack Farm Classic (1200m) at Flemington in November.

Rocket Man’s trainer Patrick Shaw abandoned any hopes of a clash of the two Australian-bred sprint giants in 2011. Shaw blamed Australia’s tough quarantine requirements for the decision to bypass the Patinack Farm Classic.

“If he is to go to Australia, he would have to be there a month before the race,” Shaw told the Singapore Turf Club.

“Then he would have to go straight to Hong Kong from Melbourne, meaning he would have to be outstationed for his preparation towards the Hong Kong Sprint.

“All in all, he would spend more than 60 days overseas, which means he would have to return to Singapore as a newcomer and be quarantined for two weeks at the SEQS (Singapore Equine Quarantine Station) which has no training facilities.

“That would then affect his preparation towards his main target – the Golden Shaheen in March. This is a race he should have won twice already, but I still want him to become the first horse to win that race back-to-back.”

Shaw said the Group 1 Sprinters Stakes (1200m) at Nakayama in Japan would become Rocket Man’s primary target before a tilt at the Group I Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin in December.

Commands leading Darley charge to finish

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Darley sire Commands (Danehill – Cotehele House, by My Swanee) continued to churn out the winners with a double for the second time in three days on Friday.

Commands produced a double at Wednesday’s Randwick Kensington meeting. The prolific stallion’s winning Friday began when Kukri (Commands – Zacheline, by Zabeel) claimed the Power Of Destiny Maiden Handicap (1300m) at Goulburn.

The Brian Guy-trained Oak Street (Commands – Restless Dream, by Rory’s Jester) completed Commands’s double with his win in the Northern City Finance Handicap (1200m).

Elusive Quality (Gone West – Touch Of Greatness, by Hero’s Honor) provided able support to Commands when the Peter Snowden-trained Caline (Elusive Quality – Daanet Al Dunya, by Rahy) cruised to victory in the Centrebet Geelong Cup Packages Maiden (1300m) on the Geelong Synthetic track.

Caline presented Elusive Quality with his ninth two-year-old win of the season with a comfortable 1-1/4 length win. The winning margin could have been far greater if jockey James Winks asked Caline for a full effort.

Darley sires struck again at the Geelong Synthetic meeting when The Anchorman (Street Cry – Centrestream, by Centaine) scored a narrow win in the Geelong Advertiser Maiden Plate (1300m).

The Anchorman’s win gave Darley sires four winners in a day for the third day in a row. Darley stallions have produced more than 600 individual winners of more than 1000 races, securing more than $35 million prizemoney in an outstanding 2010/11 season.

Eliza Park double

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Eliza Park Stud stallions enjoyed another winning double around Australia on Thursday.  The Gai Waterhouse trained Crystal Empire (3 f Statue Of Liberty РMy Little Girl, by Danehill) won the $16,000 PKP & Associates Maiden over 1350m at Wyong while the Robbie Griffiths trained Spirit Of Pompeii (4 m Bel Esprit РPompeii Glory, by Pompeii Court) proved a length and a half too good for her rivals in the $15,000 Come To Life Maiden over 1200m at Ballarat.

Gooree-homebred Crystal Empire came away at the finish to defeat Alta Floresta (Testa Rossa) by three and a quarter lengths on her sixth start.

A half-sister to stakes performed Solar Antiquity (Desert Sun), Spirit Of Pompeii sold for $60,000 as a yearling from the draft of Fulmen Park at the 2008 Inglis Premier Sale

Century for Magic Albert

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Yarraman Park stallion Magic Albert has enjoyed another successful year and yesterday Hot Millie (2 f Rippling Mill, by Crested Wave) became his 100th winner this season when winning her 1200m Maiden at Wyong yesterday.

Like her dam Rippling Mill, Hot Millie is trained at Randwick by Les Bridge, who paid  $60,000 for the two-year-old as a yearling at the Magic Million Gold Coast Sale from the draft of Yarraman Park Stud, where Magic Albert stands at a fee of $16,500 in 2011.

“We‚Äôre delighted to see Magic Albert get the century, that‚Äôs a good effort when you consider the quality of mare he‚Äôs had to work with over the years,‚Äù said Yarraman principal Arthur Mitchell. “In recent years he‚Äôs had stronger books of mares and that‚Äôs beginning to show on the track, so hopefully it will be onward and upward.¬†He‚Äôs been booked out since just after Easter and will cover his best ever book of mares this spring.‚Äù

Job done for Encosta De Lago 3YO at Ballarat

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The Tony Vasil stable achieved its brief when the well-bred Encosta De Lago (Fairy King – Shoal Creek, by Star Way) gelding China Delight (Encosta De Lago – Romantic River, by Irish River) won the Sportsbet Maiden Plate (1600m) at Ballarat.

China Delight is a half-brother to the Group 1-winning mare Aqua D’Amore (Danehill – Romantic River, by Irish River), the pedigree prompted his owners to outlay $500,000 for the gelding at the 2009 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

China Delight was transferred to the Vasil camp for this preparation to achieve one simple goal, qualify to race in Hong Kong. The three-year-old’s win in the $15,000 race completed the objective.

“He has a Hong Kong-based owner, who wanted us to win a race worth $15,000 to get him up to race in Hong Kong by the end of August,” Vasil’s racing manager Sam Doran said.

“We thought he would be at his top after this run so to complete the brief a run early and with more than a month to spare was very pleasing.

“He will probably head to the agistment paddock to wait for the time to head over to Hong Kong.”

Maschino (Encosta De Lago – Tahni Girl, by Redoute’s Choice) completed a double for well-bred progeny of the champion Coolmore sire when the three-year-old won the Rural Press Maiden Plate (1300m) at Pinjarra.

Maschino broke his maiden at the third attempt. The colt’s dam Tahni Girl (Redoute’s Choice – Ballroom Babe, by Citidancer) was good enough to win at Group 3 level and is a three-quarter sister to Hong Kong Group 3 winner and Queensland-based stallion Hidden Dragon (Danehill – Ballroom Babe, by Citidancer).

Michael Flannery Bloodstock paid $240,000 for Maschino at the 2009 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.