Windsor Park goes back to the Wells with Circus Maximus

Written by

Bren O'Brien

6 min read

Windsor Park Stud's proven record in backing shuttle stallions from the Sadler's Wells (USA) sireline gives it plenty of confidence in what its new addition Circus Maximus (Ire) can do when he starts out his Southern Hemisphere breeding career at the Cambridge-based operation in 2021.

Cover image courtesy of Windsor Park Stud

Windsor Park confirmed on Thursday it had done a deal with Coolmore to bring the triple Group 1-winning son of Galileo (Ire) to New Zealand, following in a tradition which has yielded remarkable success in the past.

Montjeu (Ire) and High Chaparral (Ire), sons of Sadler's Wells, enjoyed fruitful spells at Windsor Park, while Galileo's son and Sadler's Wells' grandson Rip Van Winkle (Ire) spent nine years shuttling to Windsor Park, before his death ahead of last year's breeding season.

The new blood

The ability to shuttle horses to New Zealand is something Windsor Park has embraced, and something which Till feels re-invigorates the industry in Australasia with new blood.

"The reality is that we wouldn't be able to buy a stallion of his quality on our own, so that is the great thing about the shuttle process. It gives the breeders access to that level of performance and bloodlines, that they wouldn't otherwise have," he said.

"The reality is that we wouldn't be able to buy a stallion of his quality on our own, so that is the great thing about the shuttle process. It gives the breeders access to that level of performance and bloodlines, that they wouldn't otherwise have." - Steve Till

"There's no doubt that blood suits our environment, and in particularly in New Zealand, to get another top-draw stallion, a son of Galileo, is a real fillip for us.

"In our own broodmare band, we have got a good spread that will suit him, and in the gene pool throughout Australasia, there is that strength there.

"There is that opportunity there to breed back to Sadler's Wells-line mares, as well. You can do that quite closely with him, as evidenced by Enable, who was a Champion European mare and closely inbred to him."

Steve Till

A star on the track

Bred by Flaxman Holdings from the Danehill Dancer (Ire) mare Duntle (Ire), herself a dual stakes winner at Royal Ascot, Circus Maximus won his first race as start number two for Aidan O'Brien in a maiden at Gowran before elevating to finish third at Group 3 level at his third start, and then finishing fourth in the G1 Futurity Trophy S. at his final 2-year-old appearance.

He returned to win the Listed Dee S. at his first start as a 3-year-old, and after running sixth in the G1 Derby at Epsom, announced himself a star by winning the G1 St James's Palace S. at Royal Ascot.

Later that season, he added further Group 1 glory by winning the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp in France, to gain the title of Champion 3-Year-Old Miler in that country.

After rounding out his 3-year-old season with a fourth in the G1 Breeders' Cup Mile, Circus Maximus returned to Royal Ascot in 2020 and won the G1 Queen Anne S. at his first start as a 4-year-old. He would then be placed in a further four Group 1 races over that year, including in his final start, his second attempt at the Breeders' Cup Mile last November.

"One of the things we really like about this guy is that he was a cracking miler, and we have had a lot of success with mile stallions, starting way back with Star Way, who was one of our first," Till said.

"We love to see that good form at two, which then trains on to that top form at three and at four, and to have that Group 1 performance at the elite level.

"It really shows that they don't have many chinks to their armour, that they are genuine and they have a great attitude. They are all the attributes you want them to pass on to their progeny."

Circus Maximus (Ire)

The Niarchos Family, who bred Circus Maximus and raced him in partnership with the Coolmore syndicate, has supported him heavily in the Northern Hemisphere. The renowned operation sent him European Champion 3-year-old filly Alpha Centauri (Ire), who was named Horseracing Ireland's Horse of the Year in 2018.

Among the other well-credentialed mares covered by Circus Maximus are Group 2 winner Banimpire (Ire) and Bunditten (Ire), the dam of G2 Coventry S. winner Rajasinghe (Ire). Other mares on his Northern Hemisphere book included the dams of Group 1 winners Rip Van Winkle (Ire), Trip To Paris (Ire) and Canford Cliffs (Ire).

He joins a Windsor Park Stud roster that also includes Turn Me Loose (NZ), Charm Spirit (Ire), Mongolian Khan, Rageese, Shamexpress (NZ) and Vanbrugh.

Circus Maximus

Windsor Park Stud

Steve Till

Galileo

Sadler's Wells

Breakout season leads to fee boost for Toronado

Written by

Bren O'Brien

6 min read

A breakout season from the progeny of Toronado (Ire) on the track has seen Swettenham Stud boost his service fee for 2021 to $49,500 (inc GST), as he is joined by high-profile recruit Rubick on the Victorian farm's stallion roster for the upcoming season.

Toronado recently marked his first Group 1 winner, when Masked Crusader won the G1 William Reid S. while he has had six other stakes winners in Australia with only three crops of Southern Hemisphere-bred stock on the track.

As well as his local flagbearer, Masked Crusader, who recently ran second in the G1 TJ Smith S., Toronado has also had Group 2 winner Affair To Remember, recent stakes winners Laverrod and Senor Toba, the star Tasmanian mare Still A Star, WA filly Solaia and emerging talent Shelby Cobra all successful at black-type level this season.

Rubick adds balance to emerging roster

Swettenham had announced earlier this week that it had struck a deal with Coolmore to secure Rubick to stand at the Victorian farm at $27,500 (inc GST).

The son of Encosta De Lago, and sire of three stakes winners, including The Everest winner Yes Yes Yes, offers a new string to the bow when it comes to Swettenham's roster.

He was Australia's Champion Second Season Sire in 2019/20 and like Toronado will be entering his seventh season at stud in Australia, with substantial upside yet to come through big foal crops of 174 in 2019 and 2020.

Puissance De Lune (Ire), the spectacular grey son of Shamardal (USA), also enters his seventh season with considerable momentum behind him with his progeny averaging $69,125 through the yearling sales this season. That included the top price ever paid for one of his yearlings, $195,000 by Aspen Bloodstock a filly out of Chausson Dore (Ire) (Hawk Wing {USA}) at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale in March.

On the track, Puissance De Lune had had 31 winners from 62 runners so far in 2020/21, including the stakes-placed Lunakorn and Chantrea. Chantrea is one of two Australian-bred stakes winners for the sire, with the other being Group 2 winner Moonlight Maid.

After books of 154 and 155 mares in the past two seasons, Puissance De Lune will remain at his 2020 fee of $19,800 (inc GST) in 2021.

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Global racing star and son of Galileo (Ire), Highland Reel (Ire), will shuttle to Australia again in 2021, having been met with strong support in his three seasons at Swettenham Stud to date, including a book of 161 mares last year.

His first Australian yearlings sold for up to $180,000 and averaged over $100,000 between the Inglis Premier and Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling sales.

With his first runners set to hit the track in 2020/21, Highland Reel stays at $16,500 (inc GST).

I Am Immortal served his first book at Swettenham Stud in 2020, with 116 mares and the dual stakes-winning son of I Am Invincible stays at his fee of $13,750 (inc GST) in 2021.

I Am Immortal | Standing at Swettenham Stud

Also staying at his 2020 price is Trust In A Gust, the multiple Group 1-winning son of Keep The Faith, who has had seven winners from 18 runners this season, with his first stakes performer, Tempest Charm. He is priced at $6600 (inc GST).

Sangster said he is very pleased with how the roster has balanced out, especially with the addition of Rubick.

"They are all very fertile stallions as well. Rubick himself is incredibly fertile, which has allowed him to serve big books," he said.

"We have found that with Toronado as well and to have those professional, workmanlike stallions in the service barn, that helps in so many ways.

"We are in an envious position at the moment, and long may it last."


Highland Reel	Galileo	$16,500	$16,500
I Am Immortal	I Am Invincible	$13,750	$13,750
Puissance De Lune	Shamardal	$19,800	$19,800
Toronado	High Chaparral	$49,500	$27,500
Trust In A Gust	Keep The Faith	$6,600	$6,600
Rubick	Encosta De Lago	$27,500	$27,500

*All prices inclusive of GST

Swettenham Stud

Toronado

Rubick

Adam Sangster

Puissance De Lune

I Am Immortal

Highland Reel

Trust In A Gust

Berry true to his word for the late Neville Layt

Written by

Jessica Owers

8 min read

With the passing last week of Queanbeyan trainer Neville Layt, Sydney jockey Tommy Berry had cause to reflect on a relationship that was more friendship than professional in the last handful of years.

On Saturday last at Royal Randwick, in the Vale Neville Layt Highway race on All Aged S. Day, Tommy Berry donned gold silks and a black armband, and climbed aboard the very last runner for the late trainer Neville Layt. It was a horse called Redicon, a Deep Field gelding from the Listed winner Royal Babe (Rory’s Jester). The pair finished unplaced, but it didn’t change the occasion a single bit.

“Regardless of the result, it was so good to ride Neville’s last runner at the races in his name,” Berry said. “I’ve had a great association with Neville for such a long time, so it was very special not only for me, but for the Layt family too.”

It was the first time Berry had piloted Redicon, a winner of three races for the late trainer. But the jockey was fulfilling a promise last Saturday, one he had made to Layt the last time he had seen the ailing trainer.

“About five or six weeks ago, I had gone down to have lunch with Neville, and he told me about Redicon heading up to the Highway at Randwick,” Berry said. “He mentioned it might be the last time I’d ever get to ride for him, and I said it would be a pleasure.”

“He (Neville Layt) mentioned it might be the last time I’d ever get to ride for him, and I said it would be a pleasure.” - Tommy Berry

When Layt passed away on April 20, Berry had little idea if Redicon was still nominated. He said it happens, you lose communication with trainers on an everyday level as life goes on. But on the night of Layt’s death, Berry got a call that confirmed the gelding would run in Sydney and, as is his way, the jockey was true to his word.

“I actually had another ride in the race for Kurt Goldman, but he released me from that so I could ride Redicon,” Berry said. “Kurt was great to do that, because it meant I could fulfill my last promise to Neville.”

Kings and Queen

Tommy Berry is one of the good guys in racing. In his early riding days, he kicked around the southern districts of New South Wales, which was how he struck a kinship with Layt at Queanbeyan.

One of the pair’s early associations was the gelding One More Grand (Snitzel), who won nine races for Layt across 60 lifetime starts. Berry’s first ride on the horse was at Rosehill in 2010, when they won a 2-year-old H. by nearly 4l.

“Neville was one of the trainers that really supported me early in my career, when I was claiming three and even four kilograms in the bush,” the jockey said. “I rode a lot of bad races for him, as you do when you start riding, but we struck up a good association and had a couple of really good horses along the way.”

Tommy Berry and Karuta Queen winning the R. Listed Magic Millions 2YO Classic

One such was Karuta Queen, the ginger pocket-rocket by Not A Single Doubt who won her first four starts, including the $2 million R. Listed Magic Millions 2YO Classic. Berry was her regular pilot through much of her scintillating career, which fell just shy of $2 million in prizemoney, and included the G3 Red Anchor S. at Moonee Valley, and a second behind Black Caviar (Bel Esprit) in the G2 Schillaci S.

“I remember the first time Neville asked me to ride her for her first start,” Berry said. “He said she might be the best 2-year-old he’d ever had, but I got to Rosehill and this tiny pit-pony walked into the yard with a mane down her to knees and a rough coat. I remember cantering down to the gates, and I said to Peter Robl next to me that I wasn’t sure how good a judge Neville was, because she didn’t look like a very good 2-year-old.”

“He (Neville Layt) said she (Karuta Queen) might be the best 2-year-old he’d ever had, but I got to Rosehill and this tiny pit-pony walked into the yard with a mane down her to knees and a rough coat." - Tommy Berry

Karuta Queen, with the blonde locks and ginger coat, towelled the field by 3.8l that October day in 2010. It was the first of 18 rides on her back for Tommy Berry.

“She was a real fast filly, and she always put herself on the speed,” he said. “It’s exciting when you get horses that quick that can lead all the way in races. You’re holding your breath the whole way down the straight, hoping they can get the job done.”

The jockey credits Karuta Queen with so much in his career, saying she’s the reason he landed a riding gig for Gai Waterhouse in 2011.

“Gai approached me after the Magic Millions win, saying I’d handled the pressure really well from the front, and that I’d be a good suit for her stable,” Berry said. “And that role with Gai really kicked off my career.”

Layt’s tremendous filly continued to kick goals, even in retirement.

Lodged at Strawberry Hill Stud, her first foal arrived in 2014, and her second, Eawase (Sebring), won a Listed race in Brisbane in 2015. In 2020, Karuta Queen’s fifth foal was sold at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale for $1.5 million to Sheamus Mills Bloodstock. Named Queen Of The Green (Written Tycoon), she is unraced with trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy.

Better Layt than never

For Berry, Layt’s passing was one of those things that sits heavy on memory.

“Neville wasn’t a father to me, and he wasn’t family, but he was a good friend,” the jockey said. “Some people just have an impact on your life, and you don’t really know what that impact is until they’re gone. When I started riding, he was just someone I rode for, but in the last four to five years it’s been more a friendship than anything to do with riding.”

Until recently, when illness beset him, Layt was still calling Berry to remind him he was watching from Queanbeyan. He’d tell the jockey how well he was riding, or how poorly.

“He wore his heart on his sleeve,” Berry said. “He always told you what he thought, but the good part about riding for Neville was that he was a jockey once upon a time, so he could read a race and the advice he’d give you was always warranted and appreciated.”

Tommy Berry and the late Neville Layt

Berry said the trainer was respectful at the same time as being firm. Layt knew what it was like for apprentice riders, and accepted that mistakes would be made. Widely, it is one of the reasons why riding for ex-jockeys in the training game can be an insightful experience for young riders.

“When I’d go back and explain things that happened in a race to Neville, he’d get it,” Berry said. “And it’s the same with John Hawkes, who I ride for regularly. John was a jockey himself, so I’m very similar with the way I talk to him about races after I ride.”

Berry is big-time in Sydney these days, a heavy hitter in the tough and competitive environment of the Sydney jockeys’ room. He has won Golden Slippers, Doncasters and Sydney Cups, and ridden in Hong Kong a few times over.

Nevertheless, he has never lost the common touch, and doesn’t feel too far removed from his modest beginnings on the bush circuit.

"I’ll always remember the people that started me off. Without them, I wouldn’t be where I am, and Neville (Layt) was one of those key participants in my career." - Tommy Berry

“It doesn’t really concern me too much where I’m at now,” he said. “I’ve been able to make a pretty good go of it, but I’ll always remember the people that started me off. Without them, I wouldn’t be where I am, and Neville was one of those key participants in my career.

“Going back to Country Cups, or riding for these guys again, I’m more than happy to do that if I can get it done. They’re still the same people as they were when I was growing up, and I’d like to think that I am as well.”

The generation game

Berry’s class is one of his finest assets and, in a career that has spiralled to the top in Australia, it has earned him rides on some of the best young horses in the game. Among those was Ole Kirk, who retired to Vinery Stud recently for the upcoming season.

The well-bred colt will head the Vinery roster at $55,000 (inc GST) and, trained by the Hawkes team throughout his career, he’s a familiar face for Berry. The pair partnered to win the G1 Golden Rose last year, as well as the G2 Run To The Rose.

“He was the star colt of his generation,” Berry said. “He’s very well-bred himself, and he’s a stunning-looking colt. He’s got a lot of attributes that will go really well if they’re passed on.”

Berry found Ole Kirk a tough customer in a race, and who loved a fight.

“He never gave up until he got to the end, and that’s a great characteristic to have as a horse,” he said.

He recalled that Pierata was similar and, while the jockey is looking forward to seeing if any of the new stallions’ progeny will boast similar tactics of trade, he added that the passing of time is a funny thing.

“You do start to feel old when you see progeny of horses you rode start running around,” he said. “It really does make you feel your age.”

Tommy Berry

Neville Layt

Ole Kirk

Wandjina heads south to Larneuk Stud

4 min read

Written by Jessica Owers

Larneuk Stud in Euroa has announced that Wandjina will join its stallion roster in Victoria for the upcoming breeding season, at a fee of $8800 (inc GST). A winner of the G1 Australian Guineas through a strong track career, the stallion has spent the last six seasons standing at Newgate before this week’s announcement of his relocation.

Bred by Arrowfield Stud, Wandjina was a million-dollar yearling for James Harron in 2013, by Snitzel from the exceptional broodmare La Bamba (Last Tycoon {Ire}).

Trained by Gai Waterhouse, the horse was a barnstorming Guineas winner, an acclaimed 9l above standard with an additional victory in the G3 C.S. Hayes. He was also second to Dissident in the G1 All Aged S.

Throughout his career, Wandjina defeated the likes of Stratum Star, Kermadec (NZ) and Testashadow (Testa Rossa), and retired to Newgate in 2015 with a respectable and proven career behind him.

A VOBIS option

“We had discussions with Newgate last year about bringing him down,” said Neville Murdoch, studmaster at Larneuk Stud. “I thought he’d be a beautiful horse for Victoria.”

Newgate opted to keep Wandjina in the Hunter Valley last year with the emergence of G2 Skyline S. winner Mamaragan, but the stallion arrives at Larneuk this week to join fellow stallions Cluster, who has done so well with boom country 2-year-old Rocket Tiger, and first-season sire Wolf Cry.

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Murdoch said Wandjina was a top prospect for the local market.

“Where else are you going to go for a horse like him at $8800?" the studmaster said. “He’s a very good option for our VOBIS scheme in Victoria, and he’s had winners and stakes-placed horses. We’ve priced him accordingly and he’ll go very well, I should think.”

“Where else are you going to go for a horse like him at $8800? He’s a very good option for our VOBIS scheme in Victoria." - Neville Murdoch

With just three crops of racing age to date, Wandjina has kicked goals. Skyline winner Mamaragan came from his second crop and, in addition to his prolific win, Mamaragan was placed in Farnan’s Golden Slipper and in King’s Legacy’s G1 Sires’ Produce S.

In addition, Wandjina got the five-time stakes-placed Wandabaa, who is trained by Kris Lees and was a last-start third in the G2 Sapphire S. during The Championships.

There’s also Group 2-placed Express Pass and Rocky My Wand, along with black type 2-year-olds Deep Chill, Grand Scholar and Wanaroo.

Plans afoot

Wandjina’s arrival at Larneuk will spike an exciting upcoming season for the Gooram operation, which is punching heavily in its market. Murdoch has more plans afoot, so he moved along O’Lonhro this year to Wagga, to the Murray Cod Thoroughbreds home of good friend Noel Penfold (who co-owns Rocket Tiger).

“O’Lonhro is a very smart horse, and Noel is an absolute superstar,” Murdoch said. “We’ve done a lot of business together over the years, and we race a few horses together.”

Rocket Tiger has been the highlight recently for Cluster, running second in the G2 Silver Slipper S. and third in the G3 Black Opal S., but Cluster also had an impressive 2l winner at Sale on Tuesday by the name of Serious Sarah.

Meanwhile, first-season sire Wolf Cry has had only three runners hit the turf, but among them is Group 2-placed Wolves and the 5.5l winner General Wolffe.

Both Cluster and Wolf Cry will stand the upcoming season at $6600 (inc GST).

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“We’ve got a pretty exciting future ahead with our stallions,” Murdoch said, “and overall we’re really happy with the way the farm is going. We’ve got a lot less value-type horses here, but better type-pedigree racehorses for what we do.”

Murdoch added that as a second-standing stallion, Wandjina would be among the most high-profile stallions to arrive at Larneuk.

“I’ve bought a number of first-season stallions, including O’Lonhro, who I bought and who was very high-profile at the time of his retirement,” the studmaster said. “Wandjina has already got winners and stakes horses to his name, so for us, and for Victoria, he’s a very good get.”


Cluster	Fastnet Rock	$6,600	$5,500
Wandjina *	Snitzel	$8,800	$11,000
Wolf Cry	Street Cry	$6,600	$3,300

*All prices inclusive of GST

Larneuk Stud

Wandjina

Cluster

Wolf Cry

Rocket Tiger

Neville Murdoch

Group 1-winning filly added to National Broodmare Sale

2 min read

Cover image courtesy of Race Images

Written by Bren O'Brien

Group 1-winning filly Bonham (NZ) (Per Incanto {USA}) highlights the first batch of supplementary lots for the Magic Millions Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale.

View the catalogue

Bonham will be presented as a racing and breeding prospect through the draft of Willow Park Stud.

She has won four of her six starts for Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard, including the G1 Levin Classic at Trentham in January, while she was last seen when second in the G2 Wellington Guineas in March.

She is out of the Redoute's Choice mare, Fortune's Choice, who is a daughter of Listed winner Banc De Fortune (Galileo {Ire}) and granddaughter of multiple Group 1 winner Danendri (Danehill {USA}).

Also included among the supplementaries is the Steven O'Dea and Matthew Hoysted-trained filly Gotta Kiss (Not A Single Doubt), who has won three of her 14 starts and was second behind Rothfire (Rothesay) in the G1 JJ Atkins S. last year. She is offered by Yarraman Park Stud.

Burgundy Belle (NZ) (Burgundy {NZ}), who was placed in the G1 Telegraph S. behind star Kiwi mare Avantage (Fastnet Rock) at her most recent start, is also an addition to the Sale.

She won four of her 15 starts for Jamie Richards and is offered by Blue Sky Premium Consignment on behalf of the Fortuna Syndicate, who also offers 14-time Group 1 winner Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) through the Sale.

Recent G3 Western Australian Oaks winner Lunar Impact (Real Impact {Jpn}) is also set to be offered for sale by Attunga Stud on behalf of her owners.

Melody Belle (NZ)

There are 11 additional race fillies or maiden mares which have been added to the catalogue and which will be sold on the opening day of the Sale on Tuesday, May 25.

There are a further 10 mares being sold in foal. covered by the likes of Trapeze Artist, Written Tycoon, Dundeel (NZ), Vancouver, Justify (USA), So You Think (NZ), Saxon Warrior (Jpn) and Churchill (Ire), which will be offered later in the Sale.

The National Weanling Sale, to be held on Thursday, May 20 and Friday, May 21, has attracted three supplementary lots already - a colt by Better Than Ready and fillies by Pierro and Spirit Of Boom.

Final supplementary entries for the National Weanling and Broodmare Sales will close at 10am AEST on Monday, May 10.

Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale

Bonham

Melody Belle

Burgundy Belle

Lunar Impact

Gotta Kiss

Huddys eye the prizes at Morphettville on Saturday

5 min read

Cover image courtesy of Bronwen Healy

Written by Jessica Owers

Queensland breeder Linda Huddy, of the Sunshine Coast’s Peachester Lodge, is a South Australian native. On Saturday, she will be trackside at Morphettville, cheerleading her colours in two of the day’s Group races. Shop Til I Drop (NZ) (Savabeel) goes around in the G3 Queen Of The South S., while the 4-year-old dynamo Pretty Brazen (Brazen Beau) tackles the big names in the G1 Robert Sangster S. (G1 TAB Classic).

Both mares are trained at Angaston by the Tony and Calvin McEvoy partnership. In particular, Pretty Brazen has been a useful horse.

Purchased for $700,000 from Coolmore Stud at the 2018 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, the mare has almost earned herself out with over $660,000 in prizemoney. She won the G2 Sandown Guineas in 2019 and G2 Let’s Elope S. the following year, and was placed in a further three Group races, including the G1 Sir Rupert Clarke S.

She has a very respectable pedigree too, a daughter of the four-time stakes-producing mare Pretty Penny (Encosta De Lago). It makes Pretty Brazen a half-sister to Group 3-winning Clifton Red (Sebring) and two-time Group 3-winning Dollar For Dollar (High Chapparal {Ire}), plus Sertorius, the son of Galileo (Ire) who won the G2 Zipping Classic, G3 Easter Cup and Listed Bendigo Cup.

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Girl power

On the Sunshine Coast, Renée Huddy is the manager of Peachester Lodge. Largely, the operation is a breaking and pre-training facility, with the breeding mares dotted around farms as they approach foaling. On Saturday, Huddy will have her television set tuned to Adelaide.

“The horses that we have that are more staying types, we tend to send them south, because there are more races for them in those areas,” she said. “Linda used to work with Tony McEvoy and they’re still good mates, so she likes to send horses to him. He’s a good trainer, and it works well.”

Pretty Brazen will contest a hot field in the Sangster, one that includes Instant Celebrity (Not A Single Doubt), the in-form Mizzy (Zoustar), Sisstar (Zoustar) and Flit (Medaglio D’Oro {USA}).

Huddy doesn’t think the mare is out of her depth.

“She’s been consistently good herself, and keeps performing every time we step her up a level,” she said. “There’s no reason not to have her in this race.”

“She’s (Pretty Brazen) been consistently good herself, and keeps performing every time we step her up a level. There’s no reason not to have her in this race.” - Renée Huddy

Shop Til I Drop will head into the mile-long Queen Of The South S. with four wins and two placings in just nine starts, a brilliant record for a lightly raced 5-year-old mare. She’s inside the first five for Saturday’s betting, which doesn’t surprise Huddy.

“Tony is really, really happy with her this time around,” she said. “She had an injury, which is why she was out for so long, but they’ve got that sorted out and she’s come back nice and strong.”

Shop Til I Drop had a break of nearly a year, returning to the trials last month. She stepped out a fortnight ago at Morphettville, where she ran second to Surreal Image (Akeed Mofeed {GB}) over a mile.

Huddy has a soft-spot for the mare, whom she claims was a doll in her early life.

“She was a complete sweetheart to break in,” she said, “and I wasn’t expecting her to be that way. I didn’t know much about the Savabeels, but I was expecting them to be a little bit of a handful like the Zabeels were. But she was really lovely.”

Eyes on all the prizes

Peachester Lodge has had a good and busy year.

Things kicked off in January with the sale of a Lonhro colt at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale on the Gold Coast, a $200,000 buy for Edmonds Racing and Bruce Slade’s Kestrel Thoroughbreds. At Inglis Easter, they were forced to withdraw a daughter of the well-related mare Gogoreilly (O’Reilly {NZ}).

Next week at Riverside, on account of Torryburn Stud, the Huddys will sell a Merchant Navy colt from Darkening (Encosta De Lago), a family that has produced no less than Peeping (Redoute's Choice) and Eurozone.

View pedigree

“He’s a really strongly built fellow, that one,” Huddy said. “We’ve got the half-brother to him by Scissor Kick in-work with Tony Gollan, and Tony really likes him. Hopefully we’ll start racing him soon."

Lot 121 - Merchant Navy x Darkening (colt)

Additionally, at the upcoming Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale, Fastnet Rock mare Piccatric will sell for Peachester through the draft of Lime Country. She is from a family that produced the dashing Guineas winner Light Fantastic (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) and Champion New Zealand 3-year-old Leica Guv (NZ) (Deputy Governor {USA}).

View pedigree

Piccatric was trained by the Ciaron Maher-David Eustace partnership at Ballarat last year, and started only 10 times. She won twice and was placed twice before her retirement in October.

“You just can’t keep them all,” Huddy said. “We’ve got some really nice ones coming in as broodmares soon, so we’ve got to make room. Piccatric has a nice record and she’s not a badly bred mare at all. She’s another one that had an injury that ended her career, so she didn’t have many starts either.”

On Saturday, while most eyes will be cast toward Morphettville, the Huddys will also be watching Eagle Farm when Get Stuck In (Lucas Cranach {Ger}) carries the Peachester colours in Race 3.

The 6-year-old gelding, trained by Gollan, has won 10 races, but cost the Huddys just $5000. He has won 80 times that sum in prizemoney, with over $400,000 in the kitty.

Peachester Lodge

Linda Huddy

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Pretty Brazen

Muntaseera looks to add Group 1 stamp

5 min read

Written by Bren O'Brien

Muntaseera (I Am Invincible) will be aiming to give her looming breeding career a massive boost, when the 3-year-old Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained filly tackles the G1 TAB Classic at Morphettville on Saturday.

Bred and owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum, Muntaseera always shaped as the ideal candidate to bolster his substantial Australian broodmare band, and last-start she secured the black-type victory to put the stamp on that progression when she won the Listed Redelva S.

Prior to that, Muntaseera who is out of Moosirra (Redoute's Choice), the sister of South African Group 1 winner Musir, had been runner-up four times in stakes company, but having broken through last time out, Sheikh Khalifa's Racing Manager, Tim Stakemire, believes she can measure up to Group 1 level.

"She's done very well for us. She's out of a mare that we have bred from a good family what we have had a lot of success with, and she is by I Am Invincible, who is one of the best sires in Australia. We are very happy with her and she will be a great asset to the broodmare band when she finally gets there," Stakemire told TDN AusNZ.

"Obviously, if we can get a big win, like a Group 1, it will be very helpful to her."

"Obviously, if we can get a big win, like a Group 1, it will be very helpful to her (Muntaseera)." - Tim Stakemire

Muntaseera debuted with a second in the G3 Ottawa S. as a 2-year-old, and having subsequently broken her maiden in impressive style at Rosehill, she was targeted at the best juvenile races in the autumn.

She was runner-up in the G2 Blue Diamond Prelude (Fillies), then a fast-finishing fifth in the G1 Blue Diamond S. before finishing second in the G3 Thoroughbred Breeders' S. at Flemington. She would then head to Sydney where she finished 10th in the G1 Golden Slipper S. and was unplaced in the G2 Percy Sykes S.

Muntaseera's 3-year-old spring campaign began with a win at Caulfield before she was narrowly beaten in the G3 Thoroughbred Club S. and then finished a very creditable fifth in the G1 Coolmore Stud S. This campaign has seen her build nicely through a fourth at Flemington, then a third at Moonee Valley, before she finished over the top of her rivals in the Redelva S. last time out.

Tim Stakemire | Image courtesy of Bronwen Healy

Saturday is the fourth time she has contested a Group 1 race, and Stakemire believes she can measure up well against a field of well-performed fillies and mares.

"I'm not sure how much deeper we can go in this preparation but her races have been spaced and I know Ciaron and David are very happy with her. I don’t think we are aiming too high. She has been competitive at Group 1 level before," he said.

"We think she deserves a little bit more than a Listed win on her resume."

Her biggest challenge on Saturday might come from the fact that her and Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Jye McNeil will have to overcome barrier 14.

"She should find cover from there and I think barrier 14 is a lot better than barrier one. She doesn't like to get cluttered up on the inside. It’s not ideal, but it could be a lot worse," Stakemire said.

"She (Muntaseera) should find cover from there and I think barrier 14 is a lot better than barrier one. She doesn't like to get cluttered up on the inside. It’s not ideal, but it could be a lot worse." - Tim Stakemire

Stakemire said a decision on whether Muntaseera heads to the broodmare paddock after this season would be made at the end of the campaign, but he does feel she is a filly with more scope for improvement, having continued to show physical development in the past few months.

"She will retire to stud at some point and make a lovely broodmare. It would be nice to finish this prep off on a good note," he said.

Muntaseera (blue and yellow silks)

A quality family

Her dam, Moosirra, was unraced, but as well as having G1 Golden Horseshoe S. winner Musir as a brother, she also boasts two other stakes-winning half-brothers in Merhee (Elusive Quality {USA}) and Mofeed (Duke Of Marmalade {Ire}).

Moosirra has a yearling filly by Pride Of Dubai and foaled a sister to Muntaseera last year.

"The I Am Invincible filly weanling is very nice. Peter O'Brien (Segenhoe General Manager) commented to me the other day that she is very much like her sister," he said.

"We raced the whole family out of Dizzy De Lago, her grandam, and there's bits of it that ended up in South Africa. It's a lovely family to have."

While Sheikh Khalifa's broodmare band is the envy of many in Australia, Stakemire will be busy at the upcoming broodmare sales in Sydney and on the Gold Coast looking to further upgrade its quality.

"We've got rid of the bottom end and we are always trying to upgrade the top end. I'll be at Magic Millions and the Chairman's Sale looking to do that," he said.

Stakemire expects competition to be tough on the top mares in what he feels is a difficult market for buyers at any level at the moment.

"It all flows through from the yearling sales to these sales. The service fees which have been announced are definitely on the steep side as well I feel, but everything has gone up. It’s all warranted, given how bullish the industry is at the moment," he said.

Muntaseera

TAB Classic

Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum

Tim Stakemire

Australian connections: Kentucky Oaks Day

6 min read

Written by Melissa Bauer-Herzog

A stacked weekend of racing on both sides of the Atlantic kicks off with Friday’s card at Churchill Downs, featuring the G1 Kentucky Oaks. The first Graded stakes of the day – the G2 Alysheba S. presented by Sentient Jet - takes place at 3.26am AEST with the Kentucky Oaks scheduled for 7.51 am AEST.

The card could provide updates for multiple Australasian residents and shuttle stallions with every field having at least one horse with a connection to this side of the world.

Frosted daughter among favourites in Kentucky Oaks

Frosted’s (USA) Travel Column (USA) lines up as one of the morning line favourites for the G1 Kentucky Oaks after an easy 2.75l win in the G2 Fair Grounds Oaks. One of two stakes horses for her stakes-winning dam Swingit (USA) (Victory Gallop {Can}), she is a half-sister to multiple Grade 1-placed Neolithic (USA) (Harlan’s Holiday {Ire}). Travel Column’s extended family includes G3 Lord Mayor’s Cup winner Duca Valentinois (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), who was retired after his run in October’s Robrick Lodge Filante H.

Out of multiple Grade 1 winner Cavorting (USA) (Bernardini {USA}), the Stonestreet Thoroughbreds-bred Clairiere (USA) (Curlin {USA}) has multiple Australian stakes winners in her family. All American son Zebulon (NZ) and Dundeel’s (NZ) VRC St. Leger winner Transact are among those winners with Transact’s dam having a Cluster filly last year before visiting Tosen Stardom (Jpn) in November.

Chess Chief represents Super Cool family in Alysheba

Coming into this race off a win in the G3 New Orleans Classic, Chess Chief (USA) (Into Mischief {USA}) hails from the family of Fastnet Rock’s Group 1 winner Super Cool. That gelding is out of the US-bred Queen Mother (USA) (Kingmambo {USA}), who was imported to Australia in 2008 and also foaled the four-time winner Royal Standing (Stratum) while in the country.

Godolphin sends out their Grade 1 winner Maxfield (USA) (Street Sense {USA}) in this spot a year after he was an early favourite for the G1 Kentucky Derby. Coming into this race off his first career loss, the colt hails from a family that includes Grade 1 winner and sire Sky Mesa (USA), who is a three-quarter sibling to this colt’s dam Velvety (USA), who is by Darley’s former Australian shuttle stallion Bernardini (USA).

Edgewood could provide Tulloch Lodge resident with update

Running in the G2 Edgewood is Declaration Of War (USA) daughter Postnup (USA), whose dam is a half-sister to the grandam of the stakes winner and Group 1-placed The Virginian (Hinchinbrook). That stakes-winning gelding saw his dam Redwood Dancer (USA) (Forestry {USA}) have four foals in Australia before being sent back to the states. The mare’s youngest born in Australia is the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained 3-year-old filly Social Distancing (Sebring).

Lope De Vega’s (Ire) undefeated 3-year-old filly Aunt Pearl (Ire) makes her 2021 debut here. Out of a Scandinavian Champion, Aunt Pearl won last year’s G1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies' Turf and hails from the family of Champion sire Monsun (Ger) and Classic winner Brametot (Ire) (Rajsaman {Fr}).

La Troienne could provide another Group 1 winner for Magicool family

G1 Queensland Derby winner Magicool (Fastnet Rock) sees family member Bajan Girl (USA) (Speightstown {USA}) line up in the G1 La Troienne on Friday’s card. The filly is out of a stakes-winning full sister to Classic winner Roderic O’Connor (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) with multiple Australian Group winner Humma Humma (Denman) and New Zealand Group 3 winner Choice (NZ) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) also among the Australasia stakes winners in Bajan Girl’s family.

Grade 1 winner Paris Lights’ (USA) (Curlin {USA}) grandam is the stakes-placed Lacadena (USA) (Fasliyev {USA}), a half-sister to New Zealand Group 2 winner Asama Blue (Ire) (Fastnet Rock). That mare is based in New Zealand and was covered by Ten Sovereigns (Ire) last year after having a filly by U S Navy Flag (USA) with her oldest foal an unnamed colt by Tavistock (NZ).

Eight Belles full of Australasian connections

Breaking from the inside post in the G2 Eight Belles is Make Mischief (USA) (Into Mischief {USA}), who is out of a half-sister to Dawn Sun (USA) (Gone West {USA}). Imported to Australia in 2006 as a 3-year-old, Dawn Sun has multiple winners in the country with her youngest foal a yearling colt out of Shamus Award. The mare also has a 2-year-old filly by the same stallion with her 3-year-old by Shamus Award named We Will Remember, who is in training with Will Clarken.

Curlin’s (USA) Souper Sensational (USA) tries to add some more Churchill Downs black type to her family’s record after her dam’s half-brother Bulletin (USA) (City Zip {USA}) won a stakes at the track as a 2-year-old. Bulletin is an Australian resident now after being imported in August 2020 and entering training with Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott. Second in both his trials after the move, the entire made his debut in January.

Out of a half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner and Darley shuttle stallion Frosted (USA) is Caramel Swirl (USA). Her unraced dam is the dam of two winners from three to race and is a granddaughter of Fleet Lady (USA) (Avenue of Flags {USA}). Another Fleet Lady daughter produced G2 Sires’ Produce winner Running Tall (Stratum) and Group 1-placed Sensibility (Redoute’s Choice) with Pierro’s Listed winner Commander out of one of Running Tall’s half-sisters.

Li’l Tootsie (USA) (Tapiture {USA}) is looking for her first stakes victory in her second stakes start in this spot. If she gets the win, it will be another update to the page of dual Australian Group 1 winner Con Te Partiro (USA) (Scat Daddy {USA}), whose grandam is a half-sister to this filly’s dam. Con Te Partiro was sold to David Redvers Bloodstock for US$1.6 million (AU$2,055,499) in November and was bred to Kameko (USA) for her first foal.

Frosted (USA) sends out Euphoric (USA), who makes her stakes debut here after winning her last two starts. The filly is out of the stakes-placed Super Saver (USA) mare Conquest Soprano (USA), who is a half-sister to 13-time winner Season Storm (USA) (Sidney’s Candy {USA}).

Wootton Bassett’s Guildsman among TwinSpires Turf Sprint entrants

Guildsman (Fr) represents Coolmore Australia’s new shuttle stallion Wootton Bassett (GB) and popular New Zealand shuttle stallion Almanzor (Fr) in the G2 Twin Spires Turf Sprint on Friday. The 4-year-old gelding by Wootton Bassett is closely related to his son Almanzor, who is out of a half-sister to Guildsman’s Street Cry (Ire) dam Dardiza. Also in Guildsman’s family is Australian stakes winner Daralimara (Ire) (Valamour {Ire}), who is a half-sister to Guildsman’s third dam.

Artie Schiller’s (USA) Catotari (USA) comes in to this stakes off of a March victory in a Listed race at Gulfstream. The 5-year-old gelding is a half-brother to Panama S. winner Fuerza Naval (USA) (Midshipman {USA}) and comes from the family of Caledonia Road (USA) (Quality Road {USA}).

Kentucky Oaks Day

Frosted

Fastnet Rock

Darley

Coolmore

2021 Announced Stallion Fees

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Printable service fee table by stallion

Printable service fee table by fee

To have your stallion included in the fees list table email olivia@tdnausnz.com.au

NEW TO STUD

* relocated

Australian-based stallions including GST. New Zealand-based stallions plus GST.


Ace High	High Chaparral	Rich Hill Stud	NZ$10,000 + GST	NZ$10,000 + GST
Adelaide	Galileo	Coolmore	$5,500	$8,800
ADMIRE MARS	Daiwa Major	Arrowfield Stud	$22,000	-
All Too Hard	Casino Prince	Vinery Stud	$33,000	$27,500
Alpine Eagle	High Chaparral	Armidale Stud	$6,050	$6,050
American Pharoah	Pioneerof The Nile	Coolmore	$49,500	$55,000
ANDERS	Not A Single Doubt	Widden Stud, Hunter Valley	$16,500	-
Astern	Medaglia D'Oro	Darley, Kelvinside	$16,500	$22,000
Bel Esprit *	Royal Academy	Widden Stud, Victoria	$7,700	$7,700
Bellevue Hill *	Pierro	Aquis Farm QLD	$6,600	$11,000
BIVOUAC	Exceed And Excel	Darley, Kelvinside	$66,000	-
Blue Point	Shamardal	Darley, Northwood Park	$44,000	$44,000
Brave Smash *	Tosen Phantom	Aquis Farm QLD	$16,500	$19,250
Brazen Beau	I Am Invincible	Darley, Northwood Park	$49,500	$49,500
Brutal	O’Reilly	Newgate Farm	$27,500	$27,500
Calyx	Kingman	Coolmore	$13,750	$17,600
Capitalist	Written Tycoon	Newgate Farm	$99,000	$44,000
Casino Prince	Flying Spur	Vinery Stud	$5,500	$5,500
Castelvecchio	Dundeel	Arrowfield Stud	$33,000	$33,000
Churchill	Galileo	Coolmore	$22,000	$19,250
Cluster	Fastnet Rock	Larnuek Stud	$6,600	$5,500
Complacent	Authorized	Mapperly Stud	NZ$4,000	NZ$4,000
Contributer	High Chaparral	Mapperly Stud	NZ$22,000	NZ$10,000
COOL AZA BEEL	Savabeel	Newhaven Park	$16,500	-
Cosmic Force	Deep Field	Newgate Farm	$16,500	$16,500
Deep Field	Northern Meteor	Newgate Farm	$88,000	$55,000
Denman	Lonhro	Twin Hills Stud	$8,800	$8,800
Dissident *	Sebring	Riverdene Stud	$6,600	$11,000
Divine Prophet *	Choisir	Aquis Farm QLD	$16,500	$22,000
DOUBTLAND	Not A Single Doubt	Widden Stud, Victoria	$16,500	-
Dubious	Not A Single Doubt	Aquis Farm QLD	$13,200	$13,200
Dundeel	High Chaparral	Arrowfield Stud	$66,000	$66,000
Duporth	Red Ransom	Aquis Farm QLD	$4,400	$4,400
EARTHLIGHT	Shamardal	Darley, Northwood Park	$22,000	-
Epaulette	Commands	Darley, Kelvinside	$16,500	$22,000
Exceed And Excel	Danehill	Darley, Kelvinside	$132,000	$132,000
Exceedance	Exceed And Excel	Vinery Stud	$33,000	$38,500
Extreme Choice	Not A Single Doubt	Newgate Farm	Private	$22,000
FARNAN	Not A Single Doubt	Kia Ora	$55,000	-
Fastnet Rock	Danehill	Coolmore	$165,000	$165,000
FIERCE IMPACT	Deep Impact	Leneva Park	$16,500	-
Fiorente *	Monsun	Widden Stud, Victoria	$11,000	$17,600
Flying Artie	Artie Schiller	Newgate Farm	$33,000	$16,500
Frosted	Tapit	Darley, Northwood Park	$44,000	$22,000
GHAIYYATH	Dubawi	Darley, Northwood Park	$27,500	-
Hallowed Crown	Street Sense	Twin Hills Stud	$11,000	$11,000
HANSEATIC	Street Boss	Rosemont Stud	$17,600	-
Harry Angel	Dark Angel	Darley, Kelvinside	$16,500	$16,500
Headwater	Exceed And Excel	Vinery Stud	$16,500	$13,750
Hellbent	I Am Invincible	Yarraman Park	$22,000	$22,000
Highland Reel	Galileo	Swettenham Stud	$16,500	$16,500
Holler	Commands	Darley, Northwood Park	$7,700	$7,700
Husson	Hussonet	Aquis Farm QLD	$4,400	$5,500
I Am Immortal	I Am Invincible	Swettenham Stud	$13,750	$13,750
I Am Invincible	Invincible Spirit	Yarraman Park	$220,000	$209,000
Impending	Lonhro	Darley, Northwood Park	$22,000	$19,800
Invader *	Snitzel	Aquis Farm QLD	$22,000	$22,000
Jukebox	Snitzel	Aquis Farm QLD	$8,800	$8,800
Justify	Scat Daddy	Coolmore	$55,000	$66,000
Kermadec *	Teofilo	Darley, Northwood Park	$11,000	$13,750
KING'S LEGACY	Redoute’s Choice	Coolmore	$33,000	-
Kiss And Make Up	More Than Ready	Aquis Farm QLD	$8,800	$8,800
Kobayashi	I Am Invincible	Aquis Farm QLD	$4,400	$3,300
Lean Mean Machine	Zoustar	Aquis Farm QLD	$13,200	$13,200
Lonhro	Octagonal	Darley, Kelvinside	$66,000	$66,000
Magna Grecia	Invincible Spirit	Coolmore	$19,250	$22,000
Magnus *	Flying Spur	Widden Stud, Victoria	$15,400	$15,400
Manhattan Rain	Encosta De Lago	Blue Gum Farm	$11,000	$13,200
Maurice	Screen Hero	Arrowfield Stud	$44,000	-
Menari	Snitzel	Newgate Farm	$11,000	$16,500
Merchant Navy	Fastnet Rock	Coolmore	$33,000	$44,000
Microphone	Exceed And Excel	Darley, Kelvinside	$38,500	$38,500
Nadeem	Redoute's Choice	Little Avondale Stud	NZ$4000 + GST LFG	NZ$4000 + GST LFG
National Defense *	Invincible Spirit	Widden Stud, Victoria	$9,900	$9,000
Needs Further *	Encosta De Lago	Armidale Stud	$8,800	$13,750
Nicconi *	Bianconi	Widden Stud, Victoria	$27,500	$27,500
NORTH PACIFIC	Brazen Beau	Newgate Farm	$22,000	-
Odyssey Moon	Snitzel	Twin Hills Stud	$6,600	$6,600
OLE KIRK	Written Tycoon	Vinery Stud	$55,000	-
Outreach	Exceed And Excel	Widden Stud, Hunter Valley	$4,400	$5,500
Palentino *	Teofilo	Widden Stud, Victoria	$11,000	$14,300
Pariah	Redoute's Choice	Arrowfield Stud	$16,500	$16,500
Per Incanto	Street Cry	Little Avondale Stud	NZ$25,000 + GST LFG	NZ$15,000 + GST LFG
Performer	Exceed And Excel	Aquis Farm QLD	$6,600	$6,600
Pierata *	Pierro	Aquis Farm QLD	$44,000	$44,000
Pierro	Lonhro	Coolmore	$110,000	$137,500
PINATUBO	Shamardal	Darley, Kelvinside	$44,000	-
Press Statement	Hinchinbrook	Vinery Stud	$13,750	$13,750
Pride Of Dubai	Street Cry	Coolmore	$22,000	$38,500
Proisir	Choisir	Rich Hill Stud	NZ$12,500 + GST	NZ$9,000 + GST
Puccini	Encosta De Lago	Mapperly Stud	NZ$3,000	NZ$3,000
Puissance De Lune	Shamardal	Swettenham Stud	$19,800	$19,800
Ready For Victory *	More Than Ready	Widden Stud, Victoria	$4,400	$4,400
Royal Meeting *	Invinicble Spirit	Leneva Park	$11,000	$11,000
Rubick *	Encosta De Lago	Swettenham Stud	$27,500	$27,500
RUSSIAN CAMELOT	Camelot	Widden Stud, Victoria	$22,000	-
Russian Revolution	Snitzel	Newgate Farm	$44,000	$44,000
Santos *	I Am Invincible	Aquis Farm QLD	$13,200	$13,200
Satono Aladdin	Deep Impact	Rich Hill Stud	NZ$12,500 + GST	NZ$12,500 + GST
Saxon Warrior	Deep Impact	Coolmore	$13,750	$17,600
Shalaa	Invincible Spirit	Arrowfield Stud	$44,000	$33,000
Shocking	Street Cry	Rich Hill Stud	NZ$8,500 + GST	NZ$8,000 + GST
Shooting To Win	Northern Meteor	Darley, Kelvinside	$11,000	$16,500
Showtime	Snitzel	Arrowfield Stud	$11,000	$11,000
Sir Prancealot	Tamayuz	Cornerstone Stud	$9,900	$9,900
Sizzling	Snitzel	Riverdene Stud	$6,600	$6,600
Smart Missile	Fastnet Rock	Twin Hills Stud	$16,500	$22,000
Snitzel	Redoute's Choice	Arrowfield Stud	$165,000	$165,000
So You Think	High Chaparral	Coolmore	$77,000	$38,500
Spieth *	Thorn Park	Aquis Farm QLD	$8,800	$11,000
Squamosa *	Not A Single Doubt	Widden Stud, Victoria	$4,400	$4,400
Star Turn	Star Witness	Vinery Stud	$16,500	$16,500
Star Witness *	Starcraft	Widden Stud, Victoria	$16,500	$22,000
Strada	Danehill	Riverdene Stud	$1,100	$1,100
Stratum Star	Stratum	Widden Stud, Hunter Valley	$8,800	$8,800
Street Boss *	Street Cry	Darley, Kelvinside	$55,000	$27,500
Supido	Sebring	Widden Stud, Hunter Valley	$8,800	$8,800
Tassort	Brazen Beau	Newgate Farm	$11,000	$11,000
Territories	Invinicble Spirit	Darley, Kelvinside	$11,000	$11,000
The Autumn Sun	Redoute's Choice	Arrowfield Stud	$66,000	$66,000
The Mission	Choisir	Aquis Farm QLD	$8,800	$8,800
Thronum *	Snitzel	Widden Stud, Victoria	$7,700	$7,700
Time Test	Dubawi	Little Avondale Stud	NZ$8,500 + GST LFG	NZ$6000 + GST LFG
Too Darn Hot	Dubawi	Darley, Kelvinside	$44,000	$44,000
Toronado	High Chaparral	Swettenham Stud	$49,500	$27,500
Tough Speed	Miswaki	Armidale Stud	$2,750	$2,750
Trapeze Artist	Snitzel	Widden Stud, Hunter Valley	$66,000	$77,000
Trust In A Gust	Keep The Faith	Swettenham Stud	$6,600	$6,600
Turffontein	Johannesburg	Blue Gum Farm	$5,500	$6,600
Va Pensiero	Stratum	Riverdene Stud	$2,200	$3,300
Vadamos	Monsun	Rich Hill Stud	NZ$12,500 + GST	NZ$15,000 + GST
Valentia	Fastnet Rock	Cornerstone Stud	$7,700	$5,500
Vancouver	Medaglia D’Oro	Coolmore	$22,000	$30,250
Wandjina *	Snitzel	Larnuek Stud	$8,800	$11,000
Winning Rupert	Written Tycoon	Newgate Farm	$11,000	$16,500
Wolf Cry	Street Cry	Larnuek Stud	$6,600	$3,300
WOOTTON BASSETT	Iffraaj	Coolmore	$71,500	-
Written By	Written Tycoon	Widden Stud, Hunter Valley	$24,750	$22,000
Yes Yes Yes	Rubick	Coolmore	$38,500	$38,500
Your Song	Fastnet Rock	Widden Stud, Hunter Valley	$8,800	$8,800
YULONG PRINCE	Gimmethegreenlight	Yulong Farm	$9,900	-
Zousain	Zoustar	Widden Stud, Hunter Valley	$19,800	$19,800
Zoustar	Northern Meteor	Widden Stud, Hunter Valley	$154,000	$121,000

Daily News Wrap

Time To Reign to stand at Kingstar

G2 Silver Slipper S. winner Time To Reign will stand at Kingstar Farm in 2021.

The son of ill-fated stallion Time For War and half-brother to G1 Golden Slipper S. winner She Will Reign (Manhattan Rain), will stand his first season at $9900 (inc GST).

Time To Reign | Standing at Kingstar Farm

A $325,000 yearling purchase for Darby Racing/de Burgh Equine/Portelli Racing at the 2018 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, he won three of his 10 starts for Gary Portelli, including his debut victory over subsequent triple Group 1-winning sprinter Bivouac in the Kirkham Plate at Randwick.

He also defeated now Newgate stallion Tassort in the 2019 Silver Slipper S. at Rosehill.

He joins Bull Point, Unite And Conquer and Lord Of The Sky on Kingstar Farm's 2021 roster.

Blue Gum Farm announces 2021 fees

Blue Gum Farm has announced that its marquee stallion Manhattan Rain, the sire of 2017 G1 Golden Slipper S. winner She Will Reign, will stand for $11,000 (inc GST) in 2021, while dual Group 1-winning galloper Turffontein is to demand a fee of $5500 (inc GST).

All fees are inclusive of GST and payable on Live Foal.

Weld weighs in on Cup overhaul

Irish-based Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Dermot Weld has backed the raft of Melbourne Cup safety changes made by Victorian Racing officials.

Weld had previously advocated for international runners to undergo stringent testing regimes on home soil before coming to compete in Australia.

“It is interesting that they have more or less followed through on the suggestions that I made, and I am very happy they have done so. I hope it all works out well for everybody,” Weld told Racenet.

Kruger seeks split-screen solution

Racing Victoria Chairman Brian Kruger is hopeful of reaching a solution with Sky to ensure that Victorian feature racing is no longer broadcast on a split-screen.

"There is a solution and I'd like to think we can have it sorted in a matter of weeks not months," Racing Victoria Chairman, Brian Kruger, said.

Brian Kruger

Alfa Oro retired

The Matt Laurie-trained Alfa Oro (NZ) (Bachelor Duke {USA}) has been prematurely retired, after failing to recover from an array of injuries.

The lightly raced 5-year-old won six of his 11 career starts and was placed on another three occasions.

Leading vet slams Van Dyck call

Leading vet Dr John Walker has slammed Racing Victoria’s decision to allow ill-fated galloper Anthony Van Dyck (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) to run in last year’s G1 Melbourne Cup, despite showing signs of lameness prior to the race.

"For Racing Victoria to wash their hands of any wrongdoing and putting it back on Coolmore is bad,” Walker told RSN927.

"They're simply not taking the responsibility for their decision to allow that horse to run."

Morrison unlikely to return

Leading European trainer Hughie Morrison has declared that he is unlikely to bring horses out for the Melbourne Cup Carnival, in wake of stringent new testing measures enforced on international runners.

Morrison cited the costs involved with the process and the uncertainty surrounding the new guidelines.

"Most of my owners don't have $200,000 to spend on coming out to Australia for a wasted trip,” Morrison told RSN927.

Shadwell colt on display

Last-start winner and Shadwell-owned colt Qeyaady (I Am Invincible) will line up for the Lindsay Park operation on Saturday at Sandown, ahead of going under the online hammer.

Co-trainer Ben Hayes said that he will attempt to purchase the talented juvenile for prospective clients.

“Unfortunately, with Shadwell moving on, they have to move on all their horses,” Hayes told Racenet.

“I’d love to try and buy him back but that won’t be until the end of this preparation and ideally we’d like him to grow and strengthen a bit more before.”

MRC confident in Caulfield Cup

The Melbourne Racing Club are confident that new stringent measures imposed on international Melbourne Cup runners will not affect the quality of the time-honoured G1 Caulfield Cup.

"We also believe the Caulfield Cup is a standalone, attractive event on the global scale in its own right,” MRC Executive Director - Racing and Membership, Jake Norton told Racing.com.

"Not every year do you have horses that necessarily run in the Caulfield Cup en route to the Melbourne Cup. We are going to continue to promote the Caulfield Cup as a great individual Group 1 race in its own right."

Stanley thrilled by son’s success

Caulfield Cup-winning hoop and trainer Brent Stanley was overcome with emotion when his 16-year-old son Jett claimed his first winner in the saddle aboard the Grant and Alana Williams-trained Trevello (Snitzel) at Ascot on Wednesday.

"It was absolutely amazing, moments like that are why we are in the game," Stanley told Racing.com.

"I'll tell you what, I won my first-ever race as a trainer and had my brother ride it and that was pretty special but when your son rides his first winner, that was something else."

Brunton, Hela bullish

Trainer Scott Brunton is confident in his unbeaten filly Hela (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) ahead of her biggest test to date in Saturday’s G1 Australasian Oaks at Morphettville.

The Tasmanian-based horseman has no concerns about her measuring up against a plethora of talented mainland fillies.

“I think she is pretty smart and certainly wouldn’t be coming here if I didn’t, she could win. She is one of those horses, she has that turn of foot and when she gets away from them, she idles,” Brunton told Racenet.

Sweet Deal to bow out in style

Trainer John Thompson expects a bold showing from high-class 6-year-old Sweet Deal (Casino Prince) in her final run ahead of Friday week's Inglis Chairman’s Sale at Riverside.

John Thompson

“She’s been a part of my team now for four years and she’s such a genuine and lovely mare. There’s no doubt we’ll miss her,” Thompson told Racenet.

“She needs to improve off her recent racetrack performances but her work at home is as solid as ever, so I haven’t given up all hope.”

Stradivarius wins on return

Champion stayer Stradivarius (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) prevailed in his return at Ascot overnight, taking out the G3 Sagaro S.

The John and Thady Gosden-trained entire held out a hard-finishing Ocean Wind (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}) to salute by 1l.

“The old horse has got his enthusiasm still, as you can see, but his last two races were in bottomless ground and he didn't like either of them. I've been thrilled with him all winter and the people who work around the horse have all been very pleased with him,” John Gosden told TDN Europe.

Looking Ahead - April 30

Geelong, Race 1, 1.10pm AEST, Bet365 Drift Protector 2YO Fillies Mdn, $23,000, 1112m

The Chris Waller-trained You Like (Brazen Beau) debuted at Sandown earlier this month and performed with some merit, finishing sixth, just 2.65l off the winner, having got back in the field and found some traffic in the straight. She looks suited by the rise from the 1000 metres of that race and this appears a weaker field.

You Like as a yearling

She was a $260,000 purchase for Yes Bloodstock out of the Shadow Hill Thoroughbreds draft at the 2020 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale. She is a half-sister to multiple city winner Drachenfels (Street Cry {Ire}) as well as the winner Rheingau (Animal Kingdom {USA}). Her dam, Rheinfels (Lonhro), is a city-winning half-sister to stakes winner The Rhine (Quest For Fame {GB}).

Muswellbrook, Race 4, 2.05pm AEST, Australian Bloodstock Miss Finland 2YO Fillies H., $25,000, 1000m

Innocent Party (Not A Single Doubt) looked pretty sharp in winning a recent Scone trial for her new trainer Brett Cavanough, sitting on the pace and kicking clear to win easily. Bred by Orbis, she was purchased by Ferguson Bloodstock on behalf of Bell River Thoroughbreds for $25,000 at the Inglis Digital Sale in January.

Not A Single Doubt, sire of Innocent Party | Pensioned at Arrowfield Stud

She is out of multiple stakes-winning American mare Kiss Moon (USA) (Malibu Moon {USA}) and is the first of her progeny to the track. Her second dam, Kiss The Devil (USA) (Kris S. {USA}), is also a multiple black-type winner, as is Kiss Moon's half-sister Kiss Mine (USA) (Mineshaft {USA}). English Group 2 winner Besharah (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) is also on the page.

Cranbourne, Race 3, 7pm AEST, O'Brien Real Estate 2YO Mdn, $35,000, 1200m

The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained Madame Louvre (Capitalist) was excellent on her debut at Terang last time out. She just missed a run around the 300-metre mark, and while she picked up well and powered through, she fell just short of victory in a performance which suggested she won't be long breaking her maiden.

Madame Louvre as a yearling

She is very well-related being a half-sister to Group 2 winner Xilong (Deep Field) as well as the winners Pierro Belle (Pierro) and Roomooz (Fastnet Rock). Their dam, Pane In The Glass (Testa Rossa), won a G3 Silver Shadow S. and was placed in a trio of Group 1 races. Madame Louvre was purchased for $350,000 at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale by Noorilim Park and X Factor Pedigrees.

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