Looking Ahead puts the spotlight on runners of interest across Australia and New Zealand. Whether they are a particularly well-bred or high-priced runner having their first or second start, a promising galloper returning to the track or a horse which has trialled particularly well, we’ll aim to give you something to follow.
On Wednesday, a pair of well-related 3-year-olds look to be on the verge of posting their maiden wins at Canterbury Park while at Cranbourne a representative of the John Sadler stable has our attention.
Canterbury Park Race 1, 1.25pm, Territories @ Darley H, $50,000, 1580m
The extra distance here should be ideal for Tisane (Hallowed Crown), who put in a couple of mediocre trials on rain-affected tracks before he struck a better surface on debut at Wyong. He showed his appreciation of the improved going by finishing a solid second under Brenton Avdulla, who takes the reins again.
Hallowed Crown, sire of Tisane
Trained by James Cummings, Tisane is a half-brother to the G1 ATC Sires’ Produce S. winner Camarilla (Elusive Quality {USA}), dam of champion 3-year-old Guelph {Exceed And Excel), and her brother Listed Geelong Classic winner and G1 VRC Derby runner-up Induna. Their dam Camarena (NZ) (Danehill {USA}) was a G1 Queensland Derby winner and the family of the champion 2 and 3-year-old and leading sire Sepoy (Elusive Quality {USA}).
Canterbury Park Race 3, 2.35pm, Everest Carnival Plate, $50,000, 1100m
An interesting and open line-up here and You Rang (Sebring) has a quality pedigree to fall back on and one with plenty of pace. She is the first foal of the G1 Diamond S. and Karaka Million winner Ruud Awakening (NZ) (Bernardini {USA}) and it’s also the family of the dual Group 2 winner and multiple Group 1 placegetter Ruud Van Slaats (NZ) (Van Nistelrooy {USA}).
You Rang was unbeaten in two trials before she debuted at Kembla Grange for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott. In customary stable fashion, she made the running and kicked on gamely to finish a close second. The 3-year-old will be ridden by Rachel King and is expected to give another bold sight.
Cranbourne Race 1, 1.00pm, TM Design Group Maiden, $35,000, 1200m
Pure Legend is a son of Written Tycoon and was a $300,000 Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale graduate. He is out of the unraced Splendid Thing (Encosta de Lago), who two foals to race are both multiple winners and she is a half-sister to the G2 Yallambee Classic winner Champagne Harmony (Choisir).
Pure Legend
It’s also the family of the two-time New Zealand Horse of the Year Bonneval (NZ) (Makfi {GB}) and the Group 1 winners Champagne (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}) and her brother St Reims (NZ). Trainer John Sadler gave Pure Legend one run in the summer and put him away after he boxed on well to finish fifth at Sale. With the benefit of time, he looks sure to have come back a stronger and more rounded individual and should give a strong account of himself.
