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Charge Forward filly blitzes opposition in Wyong MM 2YO event

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Trainer Clarry Conners thought about scratching Assail from Thursday’s Magic Millions Wyong 2YO Classic (1100m) but the filly showed brilliant speed to score a comprehensive win in the $200,000 event.

The master two-year-old trainer has won four Golden Slippers but was confident Assail could give him a second Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) win in January after Mirror Mirror won the $2 million Gold Coast event for the stable in 2006.

“I was asked the other day to compare her to Mirror Mirror that won the Magic Millions and she’s a better horse than Mirror Mirror,” Conners said.

“She’s raw this filly. She’s had two trials and two starts; she hasn’t done much at all.”

Assail won her last run in brilliant fashion at Rosehill on November 10 but barrier 12 threatened to for the trainer to change the youngster’s plans. However, Conners heeded jockey Peter Robl’s advice to send the juvenile around at Wyong.

“I was thinking of not running her today because of the wide barrier but Peter said ‘run her because she’ll still win’,” Conners said.

Robl and Assail countered the awkward draw quickly after the daughter of Charge Forward crossed the field to lead after 200 metres. Assail maintained her high speed throughout the middle stages to have her rivals under pressure rounding the home turn.

Assail flew down the short Wyong straight to score by three lengths, prompting Robl to declare he had ridden the 2013 Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner.

“She’ll win the Magic Millions,” Robl said.

“Brilliant, that’s all I can say.

“She showed blistering speed to get there in the lead, she relaxed in the middle stages and then she put six lengths on them.”

Conners paid just $40,000 for Assail at the 2012 Gold Coast Magic Millions Yearling Sale.  Assail’s dam Emanday is a sister to Swettenham Stud stallion Master Of Design as well as a half-sister to South African Group 1 winner Suntagonal.

Assail is also closely related to former Australian Racehorse of the Year Typhoon Tracy as well as Group 1 winners Danasinga and Tracy’s Element.

Magic Millions will offer a sister to Assail at the 2013 Gold Coast Yearling Sale.

Darley filly out to emulate dam in 1000 Guineas

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Darley-owned filly Zydeco (Zabeel – All Time High, by Flying Spur) has a chance to emulate her dam with a win in Wednesday’s Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield.

All Time High (Flying Spur – All Sold, by Northern Spring) won the race in 2000 while in the care of Flemington trainer Russell Cameron.

Cameron will saddle a runner of his own in this year’s Thousand Guineas, the dual stakes winner Lady Of Harrods (Dubawi – Royal Conspiracy, by Strategic) while Adelaide filly Molto Bene (Royal Academy – Benevolent, by Generous) will probably start favourite in the $500,000 event.

Brilliant filly Atlantic Jewel (Fastnet Rock – Regard, by Zabeel) led home a Fastnet Rock (Danehill – Piccadilly Circus, by Royal Academy) quinella when she defeated Mosheen (Fastnet Rock – Sumehra, by Stravinsky) easily last year. Atlantic Jewel’s three-quarter sister Commanding Jewel (Commands  – Regard, by Zabeel) will attempt to keep the Thousand Guineas trophy in the family.

TAB No. RUNNER TRAINER JOCKEY BR. WGT SIRE
1 DEAR DEMI Clarry Conners Jim Cassidy 18 55.5kg Dehere
2 LONGPORT John P Thompson Craig Newitt 12 55.5kg Casino Prince
3 LADY OF HARRODS Russell Cameron Jamie Mott 3 55.5kg Dubawi
4 MAYBE DISCREET Phillip Stokes Luke Nolen 9 55.5kg Shamardal
5 MEMBERS JOY Robert Smerdon Nicholas Hall 11 55.5kg Hussonet
6 JADE MARAUDER Chris Waller SCRATCHED 1 55.5kg SCRATCHED
7 MAMA’S CHOICE David Hayes Dwayne Dunn 16 55.5kg Redoute’s Choice
8 COMMANDING JEWEL Leon Corstens Damien Oliver 8 55.5kg Commands
9 MOLTO BENE Will Clarken Craig Williams 5 55.5kg Royal Academy
10 BIG CHILL Mathew Ellerton & Simon   Zahra Hugh Bowman 4 55.5kg Artie Schiller
11 LOVE FOR RANSOM Greg Eurell Glen Boss 15 55.5kg Red Ransom
12 STELLA LANTE John Hyam Vlad Duric 2 55.5kg Starcraft
13 DAZZLER Peter Snowden SCRATCHED 6 55.5kg SCRATCHED
14 BALACLAVA LADY Nigel Blackiston Michael Walker 10 55.5kg Charge Forward
15 ZYDECO Anthony Freedman Michael Rodd 14 55.5kg Zabeel
16 LA ZUMA Michael Moroney Luke Currie 17 55.5kg Zabeel
17e MEDITRINA Shane Nichols Steven King 7 55.5kg God’s Own
18e EXCITUS Ken Keys 13 55.5kg Excites

 

Shrapnel set to fly at Kooringal Stud

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His older half-brother Wanted (Fastnet Rock – Fragmentation, by Snippets) has made a strong first impression with the quality of his stock at recent weanling sales and Kooringal Stud will welcome his well-performed half-brother Shrapnel (Charge Forward – Fragmentation, by Snippets) to its roster for the 2012 season.

Shrapnel was a $450,000 yearling that repaid his buyers’ faith with a Group 3 win as a juvenile as well as a Group 2 success as a three-year-old in the Yallambee Stud Stakes.

Shrapnel was also good enough to be placed at Group 1 level behind Star Witness (Starcraft – Leone Chiara, by Lion Hunter) in the Coolmore Stud Stakes on VRC Derby day in 2010 before injury ended his career after just 10 starts.

Wanted stood for $38,000 at Eliza Park last year but breeders can secure a place in Shrapnel’s book for their mare this season for $6600 (inc GST).

 

 

 

Kiwis out to continue Rosehill Guineas streak

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Six New Zealand-bred three-year-olds will be out to continue the winning run of horses bred in the Shaky Isles in Saturday’s Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m).

New Zealand-bred stayers have won the last three editions of the Rosehill Guineas and four of the past six runnings of the race.

The Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) winner Silent Achiever (O’Reilly – Winning Spree, by Zabeel) heads the pre-post betting on the race with another New Zealand-bred contender, Ocean Park (Thorn Park – Sayyida, by Zabeel) on the third line of the market.

Thorn Park (Spinning World – Joy, by Bluebird) produced last year’s Rosehill Guineas winner when Jimmy Choux (Thorn Park – Cierzo, by Centaine) stormed to victory.

Below is the field for Saturday’s 2012 Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m).

No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Sire
1 SANGSTER (NZ) Trent Busuttin Danny Nikolic 7 56.5kg Savabeel
2 INDUNA Peter Snowden Christian Reith 3 56.5kg Elusive Quality
3 ROCK ‘N’ POP Jason Bridgman Jim Cassidy 10 56.5kg Fastnet Rock
4 DOCTOR DOOM Guy Walter Rod Quinn 16 56.5kg Domesday
5 GALAH Peter Snowden Joshua Parr 2 56.5kg Redoute’s Choice
6 STRIKE THE STARS (NZ) Anthony Cummings Blake Shinn 4 56.5kg Savabeel
7 DARCI BE GOOD (NZ) Bede Murray Peter Robl 15 56.5kg Darci Brahma
8 SABRAGE Michael Moroney Damien Oliver 12 56.5kg Charge Forward
9 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Peter G Moody Luke Nolen 6 56.5kg Exceed And Excel
10 SAID COM (NZ) Chris Waller Dwayne Dunn 20 56.5kg O’Reilly
11 PROLIFERATE Mick Price Michael Walker 13 56.5kg More Than Ready
12 AMBIDEXTER Peter Snowden Mark Zahra 8 56.5kg Commands
13 LASER HAWK Gai Waterhouse Nash Rawiller 9 56.5kg Artie Schiller
14 MERLIN MUSTANG Michael J Murphy Brenton Avdulla 19 56.5kg Nothin’ Leica Dane
15 BIG TIME Chris Waller Corey Brown 5 56.5kg Danewin
16 OCEAN PARK (NZ) Gary Hennessy Glen Boss 11 56.5kg Thorn Park
17 HOYLONNY Chris Waller Michael Rodd 18 56.5kg Lonhro
18 SILENT ACHIEVER (NZ) Roger James Hugh Bowman 17 54.5kg O’Reilly
19e ETHIOPIA Pat Carey Rhys McLeod 14 56.5kg Helenus
20e ON EVERY LEVEL Scott Aspery Jay Ford 1 56.5kg Outback Prince

Ladies’ Day does it again

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Girls Night Out (4 m Charge Forward – Ladies’ Day, by Ascot Knight) added to her already considerable value by winning her Maiden at Scone on Tuesday.

Girls Night Out defeated Tourmalet (Anabaa) by one and a half lengths in the $10,000 SEH Intensive Care Maiden (1400m) to become the fifth winner out of her dam.

A winner as a two-year-old in the USA, Ladies’ Day (Ascot Knight) retired to stud in Kentucky where she left two winners including the stakes placed filly Ladies Night In (Peteski). Imported into Australia she is the dam of the dual Gr 1 winner He’s No Pie Eater (Canny Lad), winner of the Chipping Norton Stakes and the Rosehill Guineas.

Ladies Day has a three-year-old colt by Canny Lad called Pie Eater whi is unraced to date.

Ladies‚Äô Day is a half-sister to the Canadian Gr 1 winner Great Regent and to Show Lady, the dam of Gr 1 winners Hurricane Sky and Umatilla and the granddam of Gr 1 winner and champion sire Redoute’s Choice.

Sledmere Stud will be offering a Bernardini filly out of Ladies’ Day as lot 236 at the Australian Easter Yearling Sale next month.

Here comes the Cavalry

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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 treble at Gosford

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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.

Cerise army on show at Rosehill trials

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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 11th 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.

Big day for Arrowfield sires on Saturday

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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 РRolls, by Mr Prospector) filly Gliding (Flying Spur РMarrego, by Marscay) to win the Listed Ethereal Stakes (2000m).  The half-sister to the outstanding galloper Eremein (Timber Country РMarrego, by Marscay) began a double for Flying Spur, which concluded when Satin Shoes (Flying Spur РStar 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).

Hayes enters four for Victorian 2YO opener

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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).