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 Saturday, a trial winning colt at Rosehill with an impressive pedigree has our full attention while at Kembla Grange a 3-year-old looks set to successfully resume her promising career. Then we go to The Valley where we zero in on a juvenile who hails from a well-performed speed family.
Rosehill, Race 1, 1.15pm, Sky Racing Active H., $125,000, 1100m
Britain (Snitzel) is a particularly well-credentialled colt as he’s a son of the G3 SAJC Breeders’ Plate winner London Lolly (Charge Forward) who is a half-sister to the former champion sprinter and multiple Group 1 winner Chautauqua (Encosta de Lago).
Snitzel, sire of Britain
Their dam Lovely Jubly (Lion Hunter) was also a gifted short course performer and won twice at the elite level. Britain is trained by Gregory Hickman and won a trial at Warwick Farm to prepare him for his debut. Tim Clark takes the ride.
Kembla Grange, Race 3, 2.09pm, Albion Park H., $35,000, 1200m
Secretly (Sebring) is a half-sister to the G2 Australia S. and G1 William Reid S. runner-up Thronum (Snitzel) and they are out of Helena’s Secret (USA) (Five Star Day {USA}). She is a half-sister to the stakes winner Tears I Cry (USA) (Chester House {USA}) and this is the family of the multiple Group 1 winner and champion sire Street Cry (Ire).
Secretly as a yearling
A $400,000 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale graduate, Secretly was a debut winner over this course and distance last season for Team Snowden and then spelled after a runner-up finish at Hawkesbury. The 3-year-old has been given two trial outings to have her ready to excel on resuming.
The Valley, Race 1, 12.55pm, Strath Haven Preston Sprint, $125,000, 1000m
Yulong Island (Exceed And Excel) is a brother to the New Zealand stakes winner Excellent Reward, who is a multiple winner in Hong Kong as Our Folks. They come from a precocious family with their unraced dam Lindisfarne (Viscount) a half-sister to the dual Group 2 winning sprinter El Cambio (Commands) and to the dam of the G1 Blue Diamond S. winner Earthquake (Exceed And Excel).
Exceed And Excel, sire of Yulong Island
The second dam Ochultree (Twig Moss (Fr}) won the G2 Surround Stakes and was placed at Group 1 level Prepared by Team Hawkes and to be ridden by Dwayne Dunn, Yulong Island has drawn ideally, and while he hasn’t trialled, he’s sure to be ready to give a bold account.
