Cavalry Rose (2 f Charge Forward - Alberton Rose, by Danske) made a winning debut at Rosehill to double her purchase price at Rosehill with a gutsy victory over Diamond Earth in the $250,000 Inglis Classic (1200m) on Saturday.

The Gerald Ryan-trained filly ran about under pressure and took the entire length of the straight to run down Diamond Earth but with Glyn Schofield riding hard, Cavalry Rose kept on chasing Diamond Earth, who was stretching out to 1200m for the first time,  and went on to win by a half-neck.

“She was all over the shop, she has only had two jumpouts and one trial. I was tempted to give her another trial on Tuesday and halfway down the straight I was cursing that I hadn’t.” Ryan said. ”But she’s only a two-year-old and I think she has natural improvement.”

“Not often a two-year-old has to come through the adversity that she had to in the run,” Schofield said. ”She had to stop, start, stop, start two or three times. It was a good effort.”

Cavalry Rose picked up a cheque for $150,000 and collected a $20,000 BOBS bonus in the race restricted to graduates of last year’s Inglis Classic sale to double her purchase price of $85,000.

Arrowfield stallions past and present registered a winning treble in successive races at Gosford on Thursday.

Without Doubt (5 g Not A Single Doubt - Wave Hello, by Molokai Prince) got the ball rolling when winning the $16,000 Class 1 Handicap over 1600m, followed by Mounted (4 g Charge Forward - Empire Bay, by Polish Navy) who won the Benchmark 65 Handicap over 1000m and then King’s Dominion (3 g Danzero - Fizzi Lizzi, by Royal Academy) took the Class 1 Handicap over 1000m.

Mounted is trained on track by Albert Stapleford and defeated Negombo by half a length. Stapleford paid $50,000 for Mounted as a yearling at the 2009 Inglis Classic Sale and yesterday was the third win for the four-year-old.

Without Doubt is trained by Bindi Cheers, who also shares in the ownership of the five-year-old who was winning his second race from 33 starts.

Golden Slipper Stakes winner Danzero now stands for Anthony Mithen at his Rosemont Stud near Geelong in Victoria.

Premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller trialled more than $1 million worth of bloodstock at Tuesday’s set of heats held at Rosehill.

Waller’s charges took out seven of the dozen heats contested on Tuesday morning, including two of the three two-year-old trials with a pair of Ingham Racing-owned colts.

Fundido (Lonhro - Red Fever, by Red Ransom) posted an outstanding eight-length win in the third heat of the morning in the time of 53.98 seconds for the 900 metres.

Fundido was a $70,000 purchase at the 2011 Gold Coast Magic Millions Yearling Sale from the same family as the juvenile stakes winners Way West (Danehill - Prospect Fever, by Mr Prospector) and Jumlah (Catbird - Marlow Waters, by Marauding)

Fob Dubai (Charge Forward - Barsha, by Redoute’s Choice) cost Ingham Racing $150,000 at the 2011 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale. Fob Dubai showed he would go a long way to recouping his owners’ investment with a 2.8-length success in the fifth heat of the morning.

The colt’s stablemate Rastro (Mossman - Raise A Dane, by Danehill), a $120,000 2011  Gold Coast Magic Millions sale purchase, worked home nicely to finish second in the heat.

Access Code (Pins - Lilakyn, by Danehill) cost Ingham Racing $260,000 at the Inglis Easter sale. The three-year-old got home narrowly to claim the 11^th heat of the day. The $600,000 yearling purchase Valhussle (Hussonet - Ribe, by Danehill) finished fifth in the sixth trial as he prepared for his return to the track.

Arrowfield Stud sires teamed up for a big day on Saturday with six winners at the day’s Melbourne and Sydney meetings.

The Darley-owned colt Galah (Redoute’s Choice - Rinky Dink, by Distorted Humor) gave Redoute’s Choice (Danehill - Shantha’s Choice, by Canny Lad) his 79th individual stakes winner when he charged home from last to claim the Listed Lightway Australia Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.

Master trainer Bart Cummings produced Flying Spur (Danehill - Rolls, by Mr Prospector) filly Gliding (Flying Spur - Marrego, by Marscay) to win the Listed Ethereal Stakes (2000m).  The half-sister to the outstanding galloper Eremein (Timber Country - Marrego, by Marscay) began a double for Flying Spur, which concluded when Satin Shoes (Flying Spur - Star Satire, by Volksraad) won the Carlton Draught Plate (1100m).

Sabrage (Charge Forward - Galroof, by Maroof) as a Group 1 Victoria Derby contender with his success in the Group 3 Norman Robinson Stakes (2000m) to complete a quartet of successes in Melbourne.

Rosehill trainer Gerald Ryan produced a pair of Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice - Snippet’s Lass, by Snippets) gallopers to win at Randwick. Hot Snitzel (Snitzel - Flames Of Paris, by Blushing Groom) earned the sire his sixth stakes win with his success in the Listed Brian Crowley Stakes (1200m) while Amorino (Snitzel - Steal My Love, by Marauding provided the stallion with a two-year-old success in the City Tattersalls Plate (1000m).

Top trainer David Hayes is out to rekindle past two-year-old performances with four nominations for Victoria’s first juvenile race of the season, Sunday’s Listed Maribyrnong Trial Stakes (1000m) at Flemington.

Sepoy (Elusive Quality - Watchful, by Danehill) won last year’s running of the race before dominating the two-year-old ranks with his wins in the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) and Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m).

Hayes was a key player in Victorian juvenile racing before the influence of the Lee Freedman, Peter Moody and Peter Snowden stables diluted the trainer’s hold on the two-year-old arena. Now based at Euroa, Hayes has nominated Bradman (Charge Forward - Portrayal, by Flying Spur) and Maraatib (Redoute’s Choice - Valadon, by Woodman).

Peter Devitt paid $325,000 for Bradman at the 2011 Magic Millions Gold Coast sale while Maraatib cost Shadwell Stud $700,000 at this year’s Inglis Easter Yearling Sale.

Prominent owner Jonathan Munz’s Pinecliff Racing provided Hayes’s third Maribyrnong Trial Stakes nomination Kangxi (General Nediym - Celadon, by Danehill) while another Shadwell Stud-owned runner Wazeer (More Than Ready - Bahja, by Zabeel) rounded out the stable’s quartet.

Click here to view the nominations for Sunday’s Maribyrnong Trial Stakes and the rest of the program, including the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m).

Patinack Farm

Patinack Farm held their stallion parade on Friday night at their Sandy Hollow stallion property. Held under lights and with Moroccan themed cuisine keeping guests fed and warm, the thinking outside the square approach was a great success and is sure to be copied in future.

The New South Wales based stallions Beautiful Crown, Casino Prince, Husson, new boy Lope de Vega, Murtajill and Raheeb were paraded in great order. All are eligible for the Patinack bonus scheme with the exception of Beautiful Crown.

Vinery

Vinery

Vinery Stud held parades on Saturday and Sunday mornings. The Saturday parade was held under overcast skies with the rain somehow kept at bay. There was a real buzz to the parade with such an outstanding selection of stallions. Peter Orton welcomed guests and commented on the need to keep the Valley free from the double threat of more coal mining and the new mining option Coal Seam Gas, before handing over to Adam White who took us through the parade in knowledgeable style.

Big Brown impressed, the Kentucky Derby winner looking every inch a super horse. The established stars More Than Ready, Testa Rossa and Mossman all have proven themselves and the up and comers like Benicio, Dubleo and Excites give real balance to the roster. Apart from Big Brown and Onemorenomore who are both in their second year at Vinery Australia, more recent additions to the team include: Congrats, the Champion First Season Sire in the US; and Prix Morny winner Myboycharlie.

Our thanks to Vinery for an excellent parade and a fine breakfast!

Arrowfield

It was then a short drive up the road to Arrowfield following the completion of the Vinery parade and here we were welcomed by Arrowfield principal John Messara. John reiterated Peter Orton’s message about land use and mining, and welcomed a special guest in local parliamentarian and Racing and Tourism Minister, George Souris.

Handing over to commentator Susan Archer, and roving interviewer Jon Freyer, the parade went like clockwork. The threat of rain was heavy in the air, but miraculously, and again, all managed to stay dry.

Beneteau was introduced as the new boy on the roster and he is truly a handsome individual. Those who have seen him at the track can attest to that. Not A Single Doubt looked physically awesome and an interesting interview by Jon Freyer with Andrew Reichard showed up some interesting statistics on his early season runners and how he was identified very early as potentially a top stallion. And that has happened.

All American has returned from his stint at Darby Dan Farm in the US and he is the first stallion to do the “reverse” shuttle from Australia to America.

Arrowfield

On a roster which also includes Flying Spur, Manhattan Rain and Starcraft, as well as the separately housed Charge Forward (the alpha male scenario has been explained many times but Charge Forward does not abide the company of other stallions, so he lives up the road at Bellerive), the last to parade was the champion stallion Redoute’s Choice who once again has had another stellar year with 2010/11 stakes winners including Absolutely and King’s Rose wining Group 1’s, Melito and Rekindled Interest winning Group 2’s and Drumbeats, Sister Madly and Zingaling winning Group 3’s.

Great roster, wonderful hospitality.

The Peter Moody trained Club Command (2 g Stepping, by Dodge) became the 11th 2yo winner this season for Commands (Danehill) when running out an impressive winner at Seymour on Sunday.

Club Command came right away at the end of the $20,000 Parker Earthmoving Maiden Plate (1200m), winning by four lengths over the David Hayes trained Encoded (Rock Of Gibraltar). Club Command cost $150,000 at the 2010 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.

Moody trained both juvenile winners at Seymour, Poetic Verse (2 f Pentameter, by Pentire) the 10th 2yo winner this season for Charge Forward (Red Ransom).

Poetic Verse overcame her outside barrier to defeat And Rock (Fastnet Rock) by three lengths in the $20,000 Chatswood Stud Maiden Plate over 1200m. She was also purchased at last year’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale, selling to Moody for $65,000.

Arrowfield Stud sires Flying Spur (Danehill - Rolls, by Mr Prospector) and Charge Forward (Red Ransom - Sydney’s Dream, by Bletchingly) have each unearthed likely prospects at Wednesday’s Sandown Hillside and Canterbury meetings respectively.

The Bart Cummings-trained Sonic Blast (Charge Forward - Balmoral Belle, by Zabeel) shook off a disastrous debut run at Randwick on June 11. The colt finished strongly to win the TJ’s Champagne Bar Maiden Plate (1200m) at Canterbury.

Cummings paid $90,000 for the colt at last year’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. Hawkes Racing went to $220,000 at the 2010 Inglis Australian Easter Sale to secure Chivvy (Flying Spur - Negotiate, by Marauding),  the impressive debut winner of the Race-Tech 2YO Handicap (1000m).

Former Arrowfield stallion Hussonet (Mr Prospector - Sacahuista, by Raja Baba) also sired a two-year-old winner at Canterbury. The consistent youngster Mickelberg (Hussonet - Trail Of Gold, by Danewin) broke through for his first win in the Ascot Club 2YO Maiden (1200m).

Arrowfield Stud closed out the working week in fine style after the Hunter Valley team produced a quartet of winners around Australia on Friday.

Veteran sire Flying Spur (Danehill - Rolls, by Mr Prospector) led the strong Arrowfield performance with a double. Rocket Rhythm (Flying Spur - Hot Beat, by Snippets) took out the Viatek Handicap (2200m) on the Geelong Synthetic track before Street Jam (Flying Spur - Dance Class, by Bin Ajwaad) won the Charlton Bait & Tackle Maiden Plate (1200m) at Ipswich.

Street Jam’s win completed a running double for Arrowfield sires at Ipswich. Gold Coast trainer Gillian Heinrich produced Line Of Conflict (Charge Forward - Danetana, by Danehill) to win the J G Mullan Constructions Maiden Handicap (1200m).

Not A Single Doubt (Redoute’s Choice - Singles Bar, by Rory’s Jester) completed Arrowfield’s four-win day when Not A Dancer (Not A Single Doubt - Count The Dance, by Geiger Counter) won the Riverina Signmakers Maiden Plate (1000m).

Flemington trainer Mike Moroney has been enjoying a good run of success with his juvenile’s of late and that run continued at Caulfield yesterday when Sabrage, a son of Charge Forward, scored a strong win on debut. Moroney won with first starter African Pulse (Johannesburg) at Sandown Park on Wednesday and Sabrage, a $200,000 Easter yearling purchase, did the same.

Allowed to stride along by Lisa Cropp, Sabrage was first for home and then stayed on in determined fashion to score.

“We’ve kicked off a few this week and all very nice horses,” Moroney’s racing manager Anthony Feroche said. “Michael has always had a high opinion of this horse. He’s going to go out now and he’ll come back in the spring and hopefully be a Caulfield Guineas type.”

Sabrage is out of Galroof (Maroof), who was also prepared by Moroney to win the Group 3 Doomben Classic as a three-year-old before finishing runner-up in both the Doomben Cup and Queensland Derby before retiring.

Another father and son pair involving a Vinery Stud has enjoyed a family double at Tuesday’s Bendigo and Penola fixtures.

Arrowfield Stud sire Charge Forward (Red Ransom - Sydney’s Dream, by Bletchingly) produced a two-year-old debut winner at Bendigo when the Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained Red Rain (Charge Forward - Our Dizzy Raine, by Danehill) took out the Lest We Forget Maiden Plate (1000m). Red Rain finished strongly along the inside to deny Alinghi’s (Encosta De Lago - Oceanfast, by Monde Bleu) little brother Mega Rich (Exceed And Excel - Oceanfast, by Monde Bleu) a debut success.

Charge Forward’s sire, the late Vinery Stud champion Red Ransom (Roberto - Arabia, by Damascus), had a winner of his own when the Jarrod McLean-trained Hostage To Fortune (Red Ransom - Perfect Luck, by Danehill) took out the Must At Coonawarra Handicap (1400m) at Penola. The four-year-old mare started her career in the Danny O’Brien stable; the Flemington trainer paid $140,000 for her at the 2008 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale.

Another Vinery Stud father and son duo, Success Express (Hold Your Peace - Au Printemps, by Dancing Champ) and Mossman (Success Express - Lichen Lady, by Twig Moss) combined for a double on Monday.

Champion sire Redoute’s Choice (Danehill) will stand for $137,500 in 2011 after Arrowfield Stud announced its roster and service fees for the nine stallions it will stand. Redoute’s Choice was advertised at $176,000 in 2010 and headed the averages at last weeks Easter Yearling Sale in Sydney.

The reduction in fee for 2011 is a case of ‘meeting of the market’ according to Arrowfield Chairman John Messara.

“These fees have been set after close analysis of the Easter Yearling Sale results, and the prevailing economic conditions. We believe that our 2011 fees accurately reflect market expectations and offer breeders excellent opportunities for profit.

“The strong performance of our proven and emerging stallions – collectively responsible for 43 stakeswinners this season – gives us real confidence in the future.”

Messara confirmed that Hussonet (USA) will stand at Lindsay Park Stud in South Australia this season. As Australia’s leading active sire of Group 1 winners, he presents a significant outcross opportunity for many broodmares.

“Hussonet has been a great success story for us and we are delighted to place him in young, enthusiastic hands for the next phase of his career.” Messara says.

Arrowfield stallions 2011

ALL AMERICAN $16,500* inc. GST

CHARGE FORWARD $33,000* inc. GST

DANZERO $11,000* inc. GST

FLYING SPUR $49,500* inc. GST

MANHATTAN RAIN $41,250* inc. GST

NOT A SINGLE DOUBT $24,750* inc. GST

REDOUTE’S CHOICE $137,500* inc. GST

SNITZEL $27,500* inc. GST

STARCRAFT (NZ) $44,000* inc. GST

*Free return – conditions apply

Redoute's Choice

Response gained her second Group 1 victory with a late charge along the inside in the straight to land yesterday’s $350,000 Sportingbet Classic at Morphettville.

Response was towards the rear early with Dwayne Dunn elected to stay near the inside into the straight and the four-year-old daughter of Charge Forward came with a powerful finish to come through and defeat Beaded (Lonhro), who ran home strongly wider out on the track, at the end of the 1200 metres.

Miss Octopussy (Lonhro) finished third after threatening early in the straight with Valentine Miss making good ground late for fourth.

The win was Response second Group I success after winning the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield last September.

Response (4 m Charge Forward – Live It Up, by Match Winner) has now won four races and earned $763,675 for owners Barry and Midge Griffiths having cost $50,000 at the 2008 Inglis Easter II Yearling Sale from the draft of Alanbridge Stud.

The Mark Kavanagh-trained Shrapnel staged a major form reversal in Monday’s Group 2 Yallambee Classic over 1200m at Morphettville, leaving bookmakers reeling after being hammered in the betting from an opening quote of $12 to start around $5.

Charge Forward

Shrapnel (Charge Forward) had finished last in the Redelva Stakes (Listed) over 1000m at Morphettville on February 26 when settling well back  but yesterday Michael Rodd jumped Shrapnel straight out of the barriers and into the lead and the three-year-old was never headed.
Clear into the straight, Shrapnel went further clear with 200 metres to go and then stayed on strongly to score a comfortable win. Happy Trails (Good Journey) ran on late to claim second ahead of General Truce (Brief Truce) in third.

Shrapnel races for a heavy hitting partnership that includes Arrowfield Stud,  his breeder Ron Gilbert and Julian Blaxland’s Blue Sky Thoroughbreds.
A half-brother to last year’s Newmarket Handicap (Gr 1) winner Wanted (Fastnet Rock), Shrapnel has now won twice at Group level  and earned $288,435. Gilbert’s Highgrove Stud  will offer a brother to Wanted and half-brother to Shrapnel as lot 252 in the forthcoming Inglis Australian Easter Yearling sale in Sydney.

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This year we welcome two new stallions – the first additions to our roster in four years. All American and Manhattan Rain both are major Group One winners from prepotent sire lines and superb female families; they meet all conformation expectations. (more…)

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Muswellbrook, NSW (January 14th, 2010) -   A young presence at this year’s Magic Millions yearling sale at the Gold Coast sought out by major buyers was Stuart Ramsey’s Turangga stud at the northern entrance to the Segenhoe valley near Scone. (more…)

Melbourne, Vic (Jan 6th, 2010) - A full brother to Group One winner Headway topped Wednesday’s opening session of the 2010 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. (more…)