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Tivaci 3-year-olds making desired impression
Written by
Paul Vettise
4 min read
A rapid-fire winning double this week for young Matamata stallion Tivaci is proof that the apples aren’t falling far from the tree, according to Waikato Stud Principal Mark Chittick.
Cover image courtesy of Waikato Stud
Tivaci was represented by his first winner on Wednesday when 3-year-old Celevacci (NZ) was successful on debut at Belmont and a day later fellow second-season galloper Mascherata (NZ) struck impressively at Scone.
Chittick wasn’t expecting Tivaci’s first crop to star as juveniles and always tipped them to impress as 3-year-olds, just as the son of High Chaparral (Ire) did during his racing days with Flemington trainer Michael Moroney.
“As I keep saying, I really like stallions that stamp their genetics and, like leaves like, and that’s exactly what we are seeing and exactly what I was expecting,” Chittick said.
“Tivaci didn’t run as a 2-year-old and it was early in his 3-year-old year that he came out and won and then developed into a top-class 1400 and 1600-metre horse.”
“Tivaci didn’t run as a 2-year-old and it was early in his 3-year-old year that he came out and won and then developed into a top-class 1400 and 1600-metre horse.” – Mark Chittick
Tivaci was successful in his September debut and two runs later finished runner-up in the Listed UCI S. over 1800 metres before failing in the G3 Caulfield Classic at 2000 metres.
The focus returned to the shorter trips during his next preparation and he continued to bloom with success in the G3 CS Hayes S. and the G3 Sunshine Coast Guineas.
As a strong and mature 4-year-old, Tivaci placed at the elite level in the Toorak H. and Cantala S., claimed the Listed Kensington S. before he signed off with a dynamic victory in the G1 All Aged S.
“I think that’s the most severe hangover I have ever incurred after that. The way things are going now, there’s every chance I might end up with another one or two,” Chittick said.
“Tivaci wasn’t effective past 1800 metres and when he came back in distance he was at his very best. They had him sorted out and kept him around a mile after we had bought into him,” Chittick said.
“We were involved in the Group 1 races and we would have been happy to stand Tivaci at stud before the All Aged S., but obviously that was the icing on the cake.
“We were involved in the Group 1 races and we would have been happy to stand Tivaci at stud before the All Aged S., but obviously that was the icing on the cake.” – Mark Chittick
“His win was incredible at Randwick that day, you definitely had to be on the speed to win. He was second to last on the turn and showed massive acceleration to pick them up and win easily.
“He was a brilliant 1400 to 1600-metre horse and that’s what we loved about him.”
Mark Chittick | Image courtesy of Waikato Stud
Tivaci is a sizeable unit, but a kind-natured stallion and understandably a Chittick favourite.
“He’s a cool horse, he’s a big fellow and puts plenty of substance into his progeny, but he’s an absolute gentle giant,” he said.
“He has a special place in my heart, they all do, but him in particular. We bought into him as a 3-year-old and raced him on and won a Group 1 race.”
Tivaci was purchased by the trainer's brother Paul Moroney for $250,000 at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale where he was offered by Princes Farm. He is out of the Fastnet Rock mare Breccia (NZ), a half-sister to G1 Toorak H. winner Allez Wonder (Redoute's Choice).
Tivaci | Standing at Waikato Stud
Success for cross
Tivaci's son Celevacci (NZ) and daughter Mascherata (NZ) are both Waikato Stud graduates and are out of Savabeel mares.
“That’s a cross we really wanted to focus on – that High Chaparral and Fastnet Rock blood over the Savabeel mares and so far so good,” Chittick said.
Mascherata is trained by John O’Shea, who is a big Tivaci fan and went to NZ$150,000 to secure the filly at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale.
“I’m quite bullish about Tivaci, he was a super talented racehorse and seems to be putting that into his progeny,” he said.
“Mascherata has always been a talented filly, she just needed a little bit of time like most of Tivaci’s progeny do. We’ll take her into town next and then hopefully a stakes race some time this spring.”
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Family Ties: William Inglis & Son
Written by
Jessica Owers
12 min read
In the latest of our series visiting some of the greatest of family businesses in bloodstock, we look at the long-standing auction house William Inglis & Son, which has been in continual family operation since 1867.
Cover image: A sale of yearlings at Newmarket, showing the old auction ring, circa 1930 | Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Australia’s bloodstock history, from 1905 onwards, is knitted tight to the sale rings of William Inglis & Son. Since the company’s humble roots in Pitt Street, amid the noisy, colonial chaos of the horse bazaars in downtown Sydney, Inglis has been there, trading thoroughbreds and calling bids for 116 years.
But the company goes back even further than that.
In 1867, William Inglis, son of Scottish import Thomas Inglis, founded the business ‘on the sheep’s back’, auctioning livestock and produce through Sydney and surrounding country districts. Eventually there were sale yards in Camperdown and St Mary's, and further west to Homebush.
In Pitt Street, the business moved into horses, alongside old-established bazaars that sold stock the length of Castlereagh and Elizabeth Streets in chaotic, honest times.
But William, astute and seasoned as he was, knew the future of horses wasn’t behind carriages and drays, and he moved the business towards the blood horse. The company’s first catalogue of yearlings in 1905 boasted just over 100 lots, and by 1913 it boasted four times as much.
A yearling sale at Newmarket in the 1930s | Image by Sam Hood, courtesy of the State Library of NSW
In 1918, Inglis had outgrown its roots at Pitt Street and moved to Newmarket in Randwick, to the grand old house, barn and surrounds of former trainer Thomas Payten. From there, the modern William Inglis & Son emerged, a sale company that has handled, for over a century, the finest blood horses in Australia.
With it came some of the deftest, most legendary auctioneers in the business.
There was John T. Inglis, eldest son of William who was widely known as ‘Jack’. He was 17 when he joined his father in the company, a man of remarkable foresight, judgement and salesmanship and who was credited with hauling the business to huge proportions from the late 1800s.
There was also Reg Inglis Snr, who was 25 when he assumed the company from his father Jack, and who was a pipe-smoking, golf-playing, six-foot character with little hair and a poor memory for horses' names. Reg was immensely popular at Newmarket through the 1930s and ‘40s, rattling through 220 Easter yearlings in six hours on little more than a sandwich and 50,000 words.
"Reg (Inglis Snr) was immensely popular at Newmarket through the 1930s and ‘40s, rattling through 220 Easter yearlings in six hours on little more than a sandwich and 50,000 words."
Since then, William Inglis & Son has evolved into its modern shoes.
The Easter Sale is still around but different, and the company is at Warwick Farm instead of Newmarket. There are new legends to add to the fray, like Reg Inglis Jr, who commanded the company as managing director from 1989 to 2006.
By most accounts, Reg was a tactful, inspired leader during difficult years at Inglis, including the collapse of the Cummings empire in the late '80s and the botulism outbreak of 1993. He was a mentor to current bloodstock leaders like Jonathan D'Arcy and Godolphin Australia’s Managing Director Vin Cox.
Today, there are strong names at the company like Mark Webster, current managing director, and Sebastian Hutch, but the fifth generation of Inglises is there too, the sixth since Thomas, in an exceptional and rare feat of family endurance.
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Leaving Randwick
Arthur Inglis is the deputy chairman of William Inglis & Son, and he was raised at Newmarket, under the eaves of the old Moreton Bay Fig tree.
When the company moved from Randwick to Riverside Stables in 2017, Arthur was the most qualified of anyone to recall the history of the old complex and to feel overwhelmed by such things as legacy and nostalgia. But he wasn’t.
“It felt to me like it was time,” Arthur said. “The whole area had changed enough. It didn’t have the same magic that it used to have, and Easter was a good example of that. Easter used to be the Easter Show and the routine around Easter Sunday, the sales and the racing. It might seem like a minor thing, but that had all changed, as had the surrounds.”
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In the last few years before the move, Newmarket had been gradually swamped by schools, the University of New South Wales and the Prince of Wales Hospital. The landscape was an urban picture where, increasingly, horses were a nuisance.
“There used to be racing stables all around that area,” Arthur said, mentioning Tubby Turner, Tommy Smith and John Drennan. “By the end, it was just the sale complex. But I also felt that we had so long to get our head around it in creating the new premises at Riverside, so it wasn’t just one moment where I had to deal with it.”
"There used to be racing stables all around that area. By the end, it was just the sale complex." - Arthur Inglis
Arthur said the recreation of Newmarket into what is now; apartments restaurants and a playground, is bittersweet.
The site, bought and redeveloped by Cbus, is reverent to history, with the old house and barn protected by heritage orders, but it’s silent of horses. The gardens aren’t maintained in the same way, and Arthur hasn’t seen the inside of the big stable for a while.
“Any old building like that needs constant love to be maintained, and I’d hate to think what condition it’s like inside now,” he said.
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What is legacy?
Arthur Inglis is the grandson of Reg Inglis. His father was John and, along with his cousin Jamie at Inglis Rural Property, he is the family’s fifth generation in the business.
Arthur has many of the traits that his ancestors were known for across Sydney bloodstock, including good manners, splendid integrity and personal charm, and his aptitude for accounts and figures gave him a useful place within the family business in his early days.
“My parents certainly didn’t steer me towards the business,” he said. “We were well served with people in our family to continue it, and my strengths were in figures, accounts and admin, so I could have gone towards something in banking or accounting if I hadn’t gone this way.”
Clive Inglis (left) speaking with Mr. J. Brown at a Sydney race meeting, 1932 | Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Arthur said the weight of family legacy isn’t something that he thinks much about.
“To be honest, I don’t even like the word legacy,” he said. “It gets used a lot, and I don’t think it has positive connotations all of the time. Just the fact that something has survived a long time is not the sole reason for celebrating.”
“To be honest, I don’t even like the word legacy. It gets used a lot, and I don’t think it has positive connotations all of the time. Just the fact that something has survived a long time is not the sole reason for celebrating.” - Arthur Inglis
William Inglis & Son is pushing 154 years in constant, family-owned trade, and Arthur’s point is less about celebrating that fact and more about looking ahead to keep things going.
“We’ve got to keep thinking about the future, and always improve,” he said. “What is legacy anyway? I don’t know that that should be our focus.”
Arthur and Charlotte Inglis in 1993 | Image courtesy of Inglis
Acknowledging the past
In Dubbo, Jamie Inglis is the director of Inglis Rural Property. In a way, he chairs the very roots of the company, which are deep through livestock, land and produce.
In the last financial year, Inglis Rural sold in excess of $100 million in property, which followed a record result the financial year before, and the forecast is similar for the year upcoming.
As a young Inglis, Jamie only wanted to be in the family business, and he lived in awe of his father Dick (son of Reg) who was a lively auctioneer on the rural circuit.
“All I knew, and all I wanted to do, was work in the firm,” Jamie said. “From when I was old enough to be taken to a sale, I was going with my father. And back then he was a livestock boss, predominantly cattle, and we had four sales a week. We serviced the many, many dairies in the Cobbity area, so I was going with my father, sometimes to five sales a week through the school holidays, and I just loved it.”
Jamie Inglis pictured in 1974 | Image courtesy of Inglis
Jamie was in awe of the people, the stock and the auction life. When the thoroughbred sales were on at Newmarket, he and his father were there too. But when it comes to grasping the generational importance of his family, Jamie said it’s something that settled on him only as an adult.
“A person really starts to cherish and understand the family legacy the older you get,” he said. “You begin to understand, accept and acknowledge the job our forefathers did, in conducting a business, keeping it profitable and moving with the times.”
“You begin to understand, accept and acknowledge the job our forefathers did, in conducting a business, keeping it profitable and moving with the times.” - Jamie Inglis
Like Arthur, Jamie said old businesses still need to move with the times, that legacy alone wasn’t enough.
“Luckily our forefathers did just that, and my great-grandfather (Jack) was a great example,” he said. “He progressed into thoroughbreds because he could see a few motorcars starting to move around.”
Watch: Shannon being sold by Reg Inglis at Newmarket in 1947
Over a century of stories
With five generations of a family business come the heirlooms and surviving items.
Arthur has old catalogues belonging to his father, with scribbles and prices dotted throughout. He also mentions photographs and a delivery wagon. Jamie said there is an old bell that still survives from Pitt Street, which was rung across the bazaar to signal the start of a sale.
However, Jamie also mentions the heirlooms that you can’t put your hands on, like stories and character.
“We learned that we not only had to be perceived to be trying hard, whether we were selling a high-priced yearling or a poddy calf, but we had to be trying our very best, whatever it was,” he said. “That was knocked into us. Whatever we were selling, we had to get market value. If you got market value, you were doing your job.”
Jamie still hears it ringing in his ears today. He remembers his father and uncle John trading in difficult times, and before them the Inglises auctioning through the Depression and the war.
“You’re dealing with people’s livelihoods, be it yearlings or anything else,” Jamie said. “There’s a certain responsibility that comes with that, a responsibility to do your very best.”
Inside the old Inglis auction ring at Randwick | Image courtesy of Inglis
It’s a long-standing mantra in the company, and one passed from generation to generation. At 67 years old, Jamie has lately had the opportunity to pass it to the sixth generation, with his son Richie joining him at Inglis Rural Property.
And throughout, few have any complaints about working with family for over 150 years. It's not always perfect, but Arthur said it has largely been a smooth and tractable thing. Jamie said the positives of it have far outweighed any negatives.
In complement, William Inglis & Son has always kept good staff that have stayed for long periods of time.
When Jack Inglis died in 1914, the Sydney Stock and Station Journal described him as having good commercial instincts but also as being old fashioned, ‘in that he kept his employees through the years, some for 20 years, some over 30 years’.
Jamie said the ‘school of Inglis’ is long-standing, and mentions Ossie Roberts and Trevor Lobb, and Bob Murdoch who was in the livestock division. He said there were, and are, people that have been with the company for 40 years or more.
“I think that’s one of the reasons why we’ve had longevity,” he said. “We’ve really employed phenomenal people, and the industry today is full of outstanding ex-Inglis employees, like Glenn Burrows (of Willow Park Stud) and Vin Cox.”
"I think that’s one of the reasons why we’ve had longevity. We’ve really employed phenomenal people, and the industry today is full of outstanding ex-Inglis employees." - Jamie Inglis
In a way, the company is little different to what it was 115 years ago.
The family is the same, even if the buildings are different and the bloodstock more expensive. The attitude is still about progress, which has seen William Inglis & Son migrate from downtown Pitt Street to Young Street in Randwick and now Governor Macquarie Drive in Warwick Farm.
The stories remain, like the one about Jack Inglis waxing so beautifully on a lady vendor’s horse in Pitt Street that she refused an offer significantly above reserve because she had no idea, until Jack’s eulogising, of her horse’s true value. She took the animal home.
There’s also the story of Reg selling Phar Lap (NZ) (Night Raid {GB}) in 1928 at Trentham, New Zealand.
In the 1950s, Clive Inglis, son of Jack, wrote that his father was the best he had ever seen in the business, and that his counsel stayed with him for life, in particular the rule that old age was a terrible thing in man and stock, and one should always buy youth.
“I have always cherished the opinion that my father was the best auctioneer I have ever heard,” Clive wrote in 1950 of Jack Inglis. “I admit that this praise may be prejudiced, but I think such pride is pardonable.”
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Mr Mozart working on Group 1 theme tune
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Cover image courtesy of Ashlea Brennan
Written by Paul Vettise
The racing and breeding success of imported mare Polish Princess (GB) (Polish Precedent {USA}) led Jamieson Park to successfully pursue one of her offspring, even after the filly had been sold, and subsequently an ownership interest in a potential Group 1 contender.
Jamieson Park is enjoying a 30 per cent holding in the John, Michael and Wayne Hawkes-trained Mr Mozart (Snitzel), who will make his 3-year-old debut in Saturday’s G3 Neds Vain S. at Caulfield after a short and sweet juvenile preparation.
High spring hopes are held for the colt and he will open his campaign in Melbourne after the stable had also accepted with him in a BM72 sprint at Kembla Grange.
“He’s a lot more mature now and a very well-bred colt who is heading toward the Caulfield Guineas if he proves good enough,” Jamieson Manager Sam Munro said.
Mr Mozart | Image courtesy of Ashlea Brennan
The story of the James Chapman-owned nursery’s involvement in the progressive colt has its roots back in England nearly two decades ago.
Mr Mozart’s grandam Polish Princess was purchased by Windsor Park Stud’s Nelson Schick for 75,000 gns (AU$144,110) at the 2004 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.
Quality import
She was imported to New Zealand and starred on the track with a quartet of wins, including one at Listed level, and also finished third in the G1 Champions’ Mile at Ellerslie before a decorated breeding career.
Her daughter and Mr Mozart’s dam Euro Angel (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle {Ire}) was offered at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale at Karaka where she drew the serious attention of Team Hawkes and Jamieson Park with the former landing the final blow at NZ$200,000.
"We were trying to buy her (Euro Angel) outright as a yearling, but the Hawkes team got her." - Sam Munro
“We were trying to buy her outright as a yearling, but the Hawkes team got her. We went and saw them afterwards and bought what was remaining in her, which was 30 per cent,” Jamieson Park Manager Sam Munro said.
Euro Angel was Polish Princess’ fourth foal with the G2 Tulloch S. winner and G1 Australian Derby runner-up Polish Knight (NZ) (Encosta De Lago) her first and followed by the dual G3 winner and G1 Doomben Cup second Leebaz (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}).
Euro Angel (NZ) as a yearling
Success with family
They were both trained by Team Hawkes, who prepared Euro Angel to win three races with victory in the G3 Ladies’ Day Vase her career highlight.
Mr Mozart is her first foal and raced by Jamieson with clients of the Hawkes stable, who were involved in Euro Angel.
She also has a Snitzel 2-year-old, Angel Flight, for the same ownership group and the mare will be returning to Arrowfield Stud’s Champion resident once she has foaled to Pierro.
Mr Mozart showed an early glimpse of the family ability when he won on debut at Warwick Farm last season and was then put aside to develop after finishing fourth in the G3 Baillieu S. at Rosehill in the autumn.
“He’s a very promising colt and won his first start really well and didn’t have much luck in his second, but he wasn’t really a 2-year-old type,” Munro said. “Saturday will give us a guide on him, even though it (1100 metres) is probably a little bit short for him.”
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Middle distances to bring out best in Montefilia
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Written by Paul Vettise
Rosehill trainer David Payne isn’t expecting early fireworks from his two-time Group 1 winner Montefilia (Kermadec {NZ}) when she resumes next month.
The 4-year-old furthered her upcoming spring campaign on her home track on Friday morning when she finished runner-up in her Group trial over 1000 metres on a Good 4 surface.
“She has come back well and I’m very pleased with her. She’s going along nicely and needed that trial,” Payne said.
Montefilia, who hasn’t raced since she finished fifth in the G1 ATC Oaks, will return to action in the G2 Chelmsford S. over 1600 metres at Randwick on September 4.
“Her first run will be in the Chelmsford, but she’s only going to be effective until she gets over 2000 metres and further,” Payne said.
Cup entries
Montefilia has been nominated for the G1 Caulfield Cup and the G1 Melbourne Cup and her third-up performance in the G3 Kingston Town S. is likely to decide her feature spring aims.
“We’ve put her in the Cups, but she has to put her hand up if she’s going to go there. She will run in Sydney and after the Chelmsford she will run over 2000 metres and if she is shaping up she will head to Melbourne,” Payne said.
"We’ve put her (Montefilia) in the Cups, but she has to put her hand up if she’s going to go there." - David Payne
“I’ve always believed she’s the type of filly that would improve again at four so I think there’s still good things ahead.”
Montefilia won the G1 Flight S. and the G1 Spring Champion S. last season and placed at the top level in the VRC Oaks and Rosehill Guineas.
Montefilia when winning the G1 Flight S.
She travelled easily in front in her trial for work rider Stuart Rankin and was under a strong hold to finish a close second behind the Chris Waller-trained Dashing Willoughby (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}).
He was a multiple stakes winner in England from Andrew Balding’s stable and finished well back in the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups before transferring to Waller’s team.
Gleneagles impresses
Montefilia’s gifted stablemate Gleneagles (Capitalist) was also in good form and the colt was untroubled to win his 892-metre open heat for Rankin. He settled in third spot before running to the lead before the turn and had 1.37l to spare at the post.
Gleneagles was successful in his first two appearances for Payne before an unplaced run over 1400 metres in the G2 BRC Sires’ Produce S.
“I am going to keep him to the sprints because I don’t think he really gets a trip. He’ll be around the 1000 and 1200-metre mark,” Payne said.
“He raced in Brisbane so it will take a little while before he gets to the races. I’ll see how he is and if he needs another trial or we’ll look for a Rating race for him first-up and see how he does.”
Everest hope coasts home
Team Hawkes’ The Everest contender Masked Crusader (Toronado {Ire}), who broke through at Group 1 level last term to win the William Reid S., cruised home down the outside of the track to win his 900-metre Group heat by 2l under Courtney Van Der Werf.
He is currently an $8 chance in The Everest for slotholders Max Whitby and Neil Werrett.
The Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou-trained Villami (Foxwedge) was runner-up in the trial ahead of High Supremacy (NZ) (Savabeel) with R. Listed Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Shaquero (Shalaa {Ire}) fourth.
Shaquero’s stablemate Home Affairs (I Am Invincible) had earlier led all the way for Yusuke Ichikawa to win his 900-metre outing to continue his path toward a possible crack at the G1 Golden Rose S.
Waller also produced the former Stephen Marsh-trained mare Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) to lengthen stride well in the closing stages for a 1030-metre heat success. She won her last two starts in Listed company for syndicator Go Racing before relocating to Sydney.
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Najmaty to start Emirates Park’s spring party
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Written by Jackson Frantz
Exciting filly Najmaty (I Am Invincible) could kickstart Emirates Park’s spring party with success on resumption in Saturday’s 1100 metre G3 Quezette S. at Caulfield.
The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained 3-year-old burst onto the scene with a dominant 2.8l romp in April’s Listed Redoute’s Choice S. before failing to fire when sent around as favourite in the G2 Percy Sykes S. at Randwick.
And according to Emirates Park’s General Manager Bryan Carlson, the talented prospect is forward enough to make her presence felt against quality opposition such as Ole Kirk’s talented half-sister Gimmie Par (Not A Single Doubt).
“She’s heading into the race really well in herself, and she has come back bigger and stronger. However, she needed those three trials, as she did too well spelling,” Carlson told TDN AusNZ.
"She’s (Najmaty) heading into the race really well in herself, and she has come back bigger and stronger." - Bryan Carlson
“Her only downside is that she’s not the quickest out of the barriers but I’m sure she will be thereabouts in the run and be hitting the line late as she did at Caulfield last time.”
According to Carlson, the daughter of G3 Fred Best Classic and G3 Hawkesbury Guineas winner Najoom (Northern Meteor) has the scope to extend out over a mile this preparation.
“We will keep looking at those fillies and mares’ races throughout the carnival and after this race, she will come back to Sydney before we reassess where we will head moving forward,” Carlson said.
Burgeoning bloodline
Najmaty’s dam Najoom is currently in foal to young Emirates Park stallion Tassort while holding a tentative booking to Newgate Farm’s 2020/21 leading first-season sire by winners Capitalist.
They are yet to decide on whether Najmaty’s yearling full sister will be retained to race or sent through the ring at next year’s sales.
Najoom when racing
“She’s a very nice filly and she would be one of the leading yearlings that we have on the farm, a real standout type,” Carlson said.
Najmaty’s recently retired 4-year-old half-sister Najmah (Snitzel) will be served by star Yarraman Park sire I Am Invincible this upcoming breeding season.
“The I Am Invincible and Snitzel cross has worked really well in the past and she’s a multiple city winner in her own right who will be suited really well by that stallion,” Carlson said.
"The I Am Invincible and Snitzel cross has worked really well in the past and she’s (Najmaty) a multiple city winner in her own right who will be suited really well by that stallion (I Am Invincible)." - Bryan Carlson
The burgeoning family is also buoyed by a pedigree that runs deep with stakes performers, including four-time Group 1 winner Criterion (NZ), G1 Doomben Cup winner Comin Through (Fastnet Rock) and Group 1 placegetter Siege Of Quebec.
Enthaar not far off
Carlson spoke glowingly of the farm’s dual Group 3-winning filly Enthaar (Written Tycoon) ahead of her imminent return, saying the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained galloper could be targeted towards feature events such as the G1 Moir S. at Moonee Valley.
Enthaar
“She’s really well, she’s just headed back to Melbourne and at this stage, she’s on track to get back to the trials in the next couple of weeks,” Carlson said.
“Those 1000 to 1100-metre races are right up her alley, but we want to try to get her back to 1200 metres as if she can relax, she’ll be right up there.”
Enthaar is out of a full sister to G1 Robert Sangster S. winner Secret Agenda (Not A Single Doubt) and G2 Sweet Embrace S. runner-up Stellar Pauline.
She also hails from the extended family of G1 Randwick Guineas winner Kementari (Lonhro).
Spring stars coming to hand
Impressive last start G3 Gold Coast Guineas winner Marboosha (Dream Ahead {USA}) continues to impress connections as she gears up for her racetrack resumption.
“She’s come back extremely well, she’s four now and the plan is to try and get a Group 1 with her as she’s a very good mare,” Carlson said.
Marboosha’s grandam is G2 Silver Slipper S. and G2 Riesling Trial S. runner-up Boom Time Savings (Secret Savings), who herself is a half-sister to G3 Maribyrnong Plate winner Boomwaa (Mutawaajid).
Marboosha
Emirates Park-owned colt Hilal (Fastnet Rock) is profiling as a genuine G1 Caulfield Guineas contender, according to Carlson.
He said the Team Hawkes-trained galloper will head towards the Guineas via the G1 Golden Rose S. at Rosehill on September 25.
“His trials have been really nice, and I think he is a colt to keep an eye out for because he’s come back really well this time in,” Carlson said.
The dual Group 1 runner-up hails from the extended family of Champion Arrowfield Stud sire Redoute’s Choice and fellow stallions Manhattan Rain and Rubick.
Dual Group 1 winner Shoals (Fastnet Rock) also features alongside the aforementioned trio.
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The right runway
Caulfield, G2 PB Lawrence S., $300,000, 1400m
Streets Of Avalon (Magnus) looks primed here second-up after running a bold second on an unsuitable soft surface in the G3 Bletchingly S. last start.
He draws out in barrier eight but has the early speed to cross and take up a forward position under Zac Spain. So, expect a forward showing from the track and trip specialist.
Impressive G3 Bletchingly S. winner Sansom (NZ) (Charm Spirit {Ire}) profiles as one of the hardest to beat in this race after showing his class first-up over a distance short of his best.
The Phillip Stokes-trained gelding will need an ounce of luck from barrier one based on his recent racing pattern.
Streets Of Avalon
Red Can Man (Gingerbread Man) wasn’t beaten far into sixth in the G3 Bletchingly S. before running a bold third when stepping up to 1400 metres last start.
He’s up to this class but may find it a tough ask from barrier 10 of 10.
Best Of Days (GB) (Azamour {Ire}) is a classy individual but has only won once from seven first-up runs.
Watch for him to be running on through the line late as these gallopers might be a bit sharp for him fresh.
Tick of approval
Caulfield, G3 Neds Vain S., $200,000, 1100m
Ingratiating (Frosted {USA}) is the proven class runner in this field. The G1 Blue Diamond S. and G1 Golden Slipper S. placegetter didn’t put a foot wrong during his debut campaign and has since returned with two pleasing trials.
He will be forced to settled nearest to last after drawing the far outside, barrier seven. However, if the speed is on and the track plays to suit expect him to be charging through the line late.
Ingratiating
General Beau (Brazen Beau) nosed out subsequent G1 Sires’ Produce S. winner Anamoe (Street Boss {USA}) in the G3 Blue Diamond S. Prelude (Colts and Geldings) before finishing a bold fifth in the G1 Blue Diamond S.
The Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained galloper is two-from-two first-up and could prove hard to hold out if he finds cover from barrier six.
Generation (Snitzel) won his first two career starts by a combined margin of 5.5l before being tipped out for a spell in May. This is a big rise in class but he has significant upside and untapped ability.
Expect him to get all the favours from barrier one with Jamie Kah in the saddle.
Lightsaber (Zoustar) controlled proceedings when winning over 1400 metres at Flemington last campaign.
His distant last in the G1 Sires’ Produce S. at Randwick can be ignored as he was expected to figure prominently and wasn’t his usual self.
He looks to get all the favours up on speed but will need to scale new heights to hold off a field of this class.
Najmaty (I Am Invincible) bolted in by 2.8l at this track and trip in April’s Listed Redoute’s Choice S. before failing to fire in the G2 Percy Sykes S. when sent around as favourite.
She has returned with three superb trials and looks forward enough to figure right in the finish first-up. John Allen has been booked to ride the Emirates Park-owned prospect.
Gimmie Par (Not A Single Doubt) is another classy individual stepping out for the first time since April.
On debut, she was only beaten 0.5l by G1 Blue Diamond S. and G1 Golden Slipper S. placegetter Ingratiating before breaking her maiden status at this track and trip. Jamie Kah replaces Luke Nolen in the saddle.
Arcaded
Arcaded (Street Boss {USA}) is unbeaten in three starts against her own sex.
The James Cummings-trained galloper boasts a victory over subsequent G2 Percy Sykes S. winner Jamaea (Headwater) and will take a power of beating if she gets the breaks.
Scorched Earth (Nicconi) strung two together at the back of her first preparation after finishing second behind the aforementioned Arcaded in the G3 Blue Diamond Prelude (Fillies).
The John Moloney-trained galloper has plenty of speed but will be forced to do a lot of work early to take up a position from barrier 14 of 14.
La Mexicana (I Am Invincible) was brave in defeat first-up here over 1100 metres when missing by 0.1l. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained mare is as consistent as they come and is yet to taste defeat in three attempts at this trip.
Jamie Kah sticks in the saddle and will be able to gift the lightly raced prospect the run of the race from barrier two.
Away Game (Snitzel) added a Group win to her resume when taking out the G3 WJ Healy S. in fine fashion during the Queensland winter carnival.
She presents here six weeks between runs and maps to get all the favours from barrier seven settling just off the speed. Expect her to be flashing home hard out wide if the track is playing to suit.
Away Game
Zou Dancer (Zoustar) put in a sound effort on return when giving a significant amount of weight to her rivals. She sticks to 1200 metres and can put herself up on speed in hope of running her rivals into the ground.
The progressive Pintoff (Toorak Toff) was an eye-catching 1.8l winner against the pattern at this track and trip last start. He draws superbly in barrier five but looks to be outclassed in a field of this quality.
Tiger time
Kembla Grange, G3 Darley Up And Coming S., $160,000, 1300m
Tiger Of Malay (Extreme Choice) is the clear class runner and has been weighted accordingly.
The Richard and Michael Freedman-trained galloper was last seen when running on into third in the G1 JJ Atkins S. behind Converge (Frankel {GB}) and before that he was an emphatic victor in the G2 BRC Sires' Produce S.
Expect him to exert his dominance if he turns up in the same order that we have seen previously.
Tiger Of Malay | Image courtesy of Michael McInally
Fellow Newgate Farm and China Horse Club-owned colts Concocted (Written Tycoon) and Revivalist (Shalaa {Ire}) present as the two main dangers in the race.
The pair come through nice second-placed performances and gets seven and 8kgs off Tiger Of Malay respectively.
Subterranean (Rebel Dane) hasn’t set things alight in two soft Warwick Farm trials since finishing fifth in the G1 JJ Atkins S.
He is a clear danger on form alone but looks vulnerable here with 58kgs on his back.
Rossa ready
Morphettville, G3 James Squire Spring S., $127,250, 1200m
Beau Rossa (Unencumbered) looks the most likely in a race that consists of only three realistic winning chances.
He steps up to a more suitable trip after winning by 3.3l on a Heavy 10 on resumption. Expect him to prove hard to topple with race fitness on his side.
Behemoth (All Too Hard) won this race first-up last year before going on to win back-to-back Group 1s at Caulfield.
He then returned in the autumn and finished third over a mile in the All-Star Mile on a heavily rain-affected Moonee Valley circuit. The track conditions are no concern, but he could find Beau Rossa a touch too sharp fresh over this trip.
Dalasan (black, red and white silks)
Dalasan (Dalakhani {Ire}) went to the next level in the autumn with third-placed performances in the G1 Doncaster H. and G1 Queen Elizabeth S.
He was second behind Behemoth here last year and should again figure in the top three on class alone.
The Justin Potter-trained One More Jack (Typhon) presents as the best of the rest.
Indian Pacific (Zoustar) is the one to beat here on resumption. The Neville Parnham-trained gelding was 0.2l second behind Zoutori (Zoustar) in the G1 Newmarket H. at Flemington in March before finishing 4.9l behind Masked Crusader (Toronado {Ire}) in the G1 William Reid S. at Moonee Valley.
The 5-year-old has since won consecutive trials by 6.5l and 0.5l respectively. He boasts an impeccable three-from-three first-up record and should make his presence felt with luck in running.
Son Of A God (Playing God) isn’t in the same realm as Indian Pacific. However, he is a realistic chance to come out on top here thanks to the weight scale.
The Simon Miller-trained gelding will meet the aforementioned galloper 7.5kgs better off at the weights and is set to jump from barrier four.
He’s won four from five and placed on one other occasion over this trip.
Tellem We’re Comin (Blackfriars) put in a strong trial showing over 1200 metres earlier this month. He gets in with only 54.5kgs but should find his rivals too sharp fresh.
Western Temple (Dream Ahead {USA}) is the fit and in-form horse in this event.
The 8-year-old veteran of 43 starts proved he’s still got plenty left in the tank with a strong third-placed performance behind two classy types at this track and trip three weeks ago.
So, expect him to settle off the speed and present with a flashing late run out wide.
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Reserved approach
The connections of top sprinter Behemoth (All Too Hard) are not getting over-confident about his resuming chances in Saturday’s G3 James Squire Spring S. at Morphettville.
“His lead up has been faultless, but he goes into Saturday with improvement to come,” Behemoth’s managing owner, Sam Lyons of Grand Syndicates, told Racenet.
“We don’t expect him to go there and just win as he is not fully wound up. He will run well, but you would expect he could be vulnerable to a fit horse like Beau Rossa and you can’t discount Dalasan.”
Behemoth
Moonlight Maid sells
The well-performed Moonlight Maid (Puissance De Lune {Ire}) has been sold after she was initially passed in at the Inglis Digital Online August (Early) Sale.
She had failed to reach her $500,000 reserve but bloodstock agent Robert Roulston, who managed the mare’s sale, confirmed that a sale agreement had been reached with an undisclosed buyer for an undisclosed price.
Moonlight Maid was trained by Mitchell Freedman and won the G2 Edward Manifold S., finished runner-up in the G1 Australasian Oaks and was third in the G1 VRC Oaks.
Change of direction
Racing Victoria (RV) and the Ballarat Turf Club (BTC) have today announced the following programming changes at Sportsbet-Ballarat for the 2021/22 racing season:
Following a request from Magic Millions and consultation with trainers and industry stakeholders, Racing Victoria and the Ballarat Turf Club has announced the Magic Millions 2YO Classic on Ballarat Cup Day will revert from a clockwise to the traditional Victorian way of going.
The race will remain over 1000 metres and retain its $250,000 prizemoney pool and qualification status for January’s R. Listed Magic Millions 2YO Classic on the Gold Coast.
As a result of the change in direction, the field limit increases from 11 to 16 starters and horses are no longer required to trial on the track to qualify for the race.
Purse doubled
Prizemoney for the annual Gold Nugget has been doubled from $50,000 last year to $100,000 for the feature race at the Sportsbet-Ballarat meeting on September 19.
“The increased prizemoney for the Gold Nugget will boost the field for this annual feature event which holds a prime timeslot in early spring,” Ballarat Turf Club Chief Executive Belinda Glass said.
Bullish about mare
Trainer Peter Moody is confident about the chances of Diamonds Inthe Sky (Zoustar) in the Neds Filer Form H. at Caulfield.
"She comes in on the limit weight (54kg) after Will Price's claim, she was very good first-up the other day at Caulfield and has that run under her belt," he told Racing.com.
Diamonds Inthe Sky has fashioned the tidy record of three wins and two placings from eight appearances and was fifth when resuming over 1200 metres off a five month break.
Diamonds Inthe Sky (blue and white cap)
Smart filly back
Promising filly Scorched Earth (Nicconi) returns to action in the BECK Probuild Quezette S. at Caulfield on Saturday with the G1 Thousand Guineas on the radar.
"Is she scopey? Got the action? Has she got the genes to do it? I'm not really sure, but it has to be sorted and tried," trainer John Moloney told Racing.com.
Scorched Earth
Scorched Earth, who won last season’s Listed St Albans S. before a break, will have to overcome the outside barrier.
"If you draw bad, you make a decision, you go forward or you go back and we'll be going forward," he said.
"She's a really good beginner and that might set up okay because if we can get over in the front of half of the field and slot in, we'll land in around them and if it works out, we'll get our chance."
Eye on Guineas
Matamata trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott are eyeing a trip south to Wanganui next month with Treasure State (Trust In A Gust) if he performs well at Te Rapa on Saturday.
The 3-year-old will be aiming for back-to-back wins in the Waikato Draught 1200 and a tilt at the Listed Wanganui Guineas next month hinges on his performance.
“He is familiar with Te Rapa and he quickens well on the surface,” Scott told SEN. “If he can settle well, quicken, and look like he is going to run out a strong 1340 metres, he will head to the Wanganui Guineas.”
Ideal opportunity
Byerley Park trainer Danny Walker senses an opportunity at Te Rapa on Saturday with in-form winter galloper Crystalize (NZ) (Iffraaj {GB}).
The last-start winner contests the Super Seth @ Waikato Stud Mile, in which the 6-year-old will carry 52.5kgs after the claim of apprentice Ace Lawson-Carroll.
Crystalize (NZ) | Image courtesy of Trish Dunell
A now seven-time winner, Crystalize has placed at handicap level, but with resuming Group 1 performers Beauden (NZ) (Bullbars) and Sherwood Forest (Fastnet Rock) heading the weights for Saturday’s contest, Crystalize again looks hard to beat.
“He is the same as he was a couple of weeks ago and certainly hasn’t gone backwards. He is in the same sort of mode,” Walker said.
Owners fire back
Multiple Eclipse Award-winning owner-breeders Ken and Sarah Ramsey have asked a Kentucky court to oppose a recent motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit filed by trainer Wesley Ward over the married couple's alleged failure to pay US$903,274 (AU$1.2 million) in training bills.
According to the Blood-Horse, which first reported the story, the money dispute now involves Ward retaining control of 30 horses owned by the Ramseys. The couple's attorney wrote in a court filing that this is forcing the Ramseys to incur “tens of thousands of dollars in expenses” that they could have otherwise avoided.
According to the court filing, the Ramseys asked Ward around July 5 to return his horses along with their registration papers and was refused. Ward then filed on July 6 for an agister's lien in Fayette County to retain ownership of the horses until the alleged debt is paid.
Group purchase
Scott Heider has purchased the G3 Silver Flash S. winner Agartha (Ire) (Caravaggio {USA}) from breeder Annemarie O'Brien, with the 2-year-old filly set to stay in training with Joseph O'Brien.
One of three first crop stakes winners so far for Caravaggio (USA), Agartha was placed on four occasions including runner-up finishes to Sacred Bridge (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}) and Homeless Songs (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), before breaking her maiden by 2.75l in the Silver Flash.
She is the first foal out of Arya Tara (Ire) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}), with Group 1 winners Astarabad (USA)and Azamour (Ire) appearing under the third dam.
Heider, a Grade 1-winning owner in America, has campaigned stakes winners Pista (USA) (American Pharoah {USA}), Crossfirehurricane (USA) (Kitten's Joy {USA}) and My Generation (USA) (Speightstown {USA}) with O'Brien.
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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 will aim to give you something to follow.
Today, we are taking a closer look at a trio of progressive 3-year-olds in action at Kembla Grange, Caulfield and Eagle Farm with lucrative spring campaign looking to be awaiting all three of them.
Kembla Grange, Race 8, 3.35pm AEST, G3 Up And Coming S., $160,000, 1300m
Concocted (Written Tycoon) is a colt of rich promise and was a debut winner last season before he finished runner-up to his also highly regarded stablemate Silent Impact (Maurice {Jpn}) in a competitive lineup at Rosehill. He will need to go to another level here, but has a handy gate, four, and promises a bold sight.
Concocted as a yearling
Trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Concocted was offered at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale by Valiant Stud and was knocked down to China Horse Club and Newgate for $190,000. He is the first foal of Magic Obsession (Magic Albert), who is a half-sister to the G3 Summer Cup winner Red Excitement (Excites) and the family of the G1 Golden Slipper S. winner and successful young sire Capitalist.
A homebred for Emirates Park, Najmaty (I Am Invincible) is a daughter of the dual Group 3 winner Najoom (Northern Meteor) and she is out of a half-sister to black-type winners Upon This Rock (Fastnet Rock), Bhutane Dane (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) and Gaze On (Intergaze). Also prominent in the pedigree is the multiple Group 1 winner and sire Criterion (NZ), whose half-brother Comin’ Through (Fastnet Rock) won the G1 Doomben Cup.
I Am Invincible, sire of Najmaty | Standing at Yarraman Park
Najmaty is trained by Peter and Paul Snowden and won first time out last season on the Kensington track at Randwick before she was sent to Melbourne to claim the Listed Redoute’s Choice S. over this course and distance. She has been given three trial outings to fit her for this assignment and appeals as a top chance in the hands of John Allen.
She’s Heavenly (Nicconi) was offered at the Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale by breeder Eureka Stud and was knocked down to co-trainer Tony Sears for $32,000. She is bred for speed and demonstrated an abundance of pace last season when she was untested at Ipswich and Toowoomba to remain undefeated following a pair of commanding front-running performances.
She’s Heavenly as a yearling
The filly is a granddaughter of Pearly Shells (Semipalatinsk {USA}), who won eight times up to 1400 metres and is a sister to the dam of the Listed Doomben Slipper winner Diamondsontheinside (Iglesia). The family also includes the G3 Concorde H. winner, Group 1 sprint performer and sire Ardrossan, his half-brother and G3 Tattersall’s Cup winner Incentivise (Shamus Award) and last season’s G2 Spirit Of Boom Classic winner Prince Of Boom (Spirit Of Boom).
Looking Back
First Platoon (Sebring) looked half a chance at the top of the straight, but couldn’t go on with effort and ran sixth at Geelong where Romania (Redoute’s Choice) never got our hopes up and finished well back. Elected (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}) couldn’t reproduce a couple of promising trial efforts and finished midfield at Port Macquarie in his Australian debut.
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