G1 Neds CF Orr S., $750,000, 1400m
She had never won first up before but there was no doubting the quality of Tofane (NZ) (Ocean Park {NZ}) who was dominant on pace recording her fourth win at Group 1 level.
Successful at eight of her 27 starts - amassing in excess of $3.3 in stakes, Tofane was bred by G R Cunningham. She is the second foal produced by the lightly raced Goulburn maiden winner Baggy Green (Galileo {Ire}) - also dam of the stakes placed winners Benaud (Reliable Man {GB}) and No Compromise (NZ) (Pins).
Baggy Green is one of six winners for Starspangled (Ire) (Danehill {USA}) who is still at stud - served last spring by Yes Yes Yes (Rubick). Three of her progeny have earned blacktype including the G1 Flight S. winner Funstar (Adelaide {Ire}) and the G1 Queensland Oaks winner Youngstar (High Chaparral {Ire}).
Also dam of the stakes placed Eleven Seconds (Encosta De Lago), Starspangled is a daughter of the five times Group 1 winner User Friendly (GB) (Slip Anchor {GB}) who Australians may remember starting favourite in the G1 Japan Cup in which Naturalism (NZ) (Palace Music {USA}) ran a gutsy second.
One of the 17 stakes winners sired by Waikato Stud's G1 W.S Cox Plate winner Ocean Park (NZ) (Thorn Park), Tofane is line-bred to Special (USA) (Forli {Arg}) with Ocean Park carrying two strains of her son Nureyev (USA) (Northern Dancer {Can}) whilst Baggy Green is a granddaughter of her grandson Sadler's Wells (USA) (Northern Dancer {Can}). She is also line-bred to the top mares Natalma (USA) (Native Dancer {USA}) and Lalun (USA) (Djeddah {Fr}).
G2 McCafe Rubiton S., $300,000, 1100m
Good market support for Marine One (Capitalist) was justified as he broke through for his first stakes success - recording the fourth win of his 10 start career.
A $500,000 2020 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale graduate bred by China Horse Club Racing Pty Ltd, SF Bloodstock and Blake Sandblom, he is the sixth stakes winner for his G1 Golden Slipper S., Newgate-based sire.
He is the second foal and first named foal for the Listed Merson Cooper S.-winning, G1 VRC Oaks-placed Golconda (Snitzel) whose dam is the G2 Kewney S. and G3 Adrian Knox S. winner Eureka Jewel (Semipalatinsk {USA}) - also dam of the Listed Cranbourne Cup winner Sermon (Octagonal {NZ}).
Last spring paying a return visit to Capitalist (having foaled a Written Tycoon filly), Golconda is also dam of the $975,000 Magic Millions colt Cannonball, a 2-year-old Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained colt who showed ability contesting two nice spring races.
Marine One is bred on a 4 X 4 Danehill (USA) (Danzig {USA}) cross, also boasting crosses of the great mares Best In Show (USA) (Traffic Judge {USA}) and Natalma (USA) (Native Dancer {USA}).
G2 Hyland Race Colours Autumn S., $300,000, 1400m
An excellent return from Coastwatch (Fastnet Rock) whose form around some of the country's best 3-year-olds last spring held him in good stead.
Recording the second Group victory on the back of his G3 Ming Dynasty S. success last August, Coastwatch is one of the 183 stakes winners sired by his high-class Coolmore Stud-based sire.
Bred by Cobra Bloodstock, he is the second Caulfield feature race winner for his city-winning dam Bullion Mansion (Encosta De Lago) whose son Mighty Boss (Not A Single Doubt) won the 2017 G1 Caulfield Guineas.
A $750,000 purchase for Mulcaster Bloodstock at the 2020 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, Coastwatch is also a half-brother to the stakes-placed Shiralee (Stratum). His grandam is the G1 Australasian Oaks winner La Volta (Laranto) who is also grandam of the Group 2 gallopers Catch A Fire (Sebring) and Seaburge (Sebring).
Served last spring by I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Bullion Mansion has a Pierro (Lonhro) yearling colt, a $300,000 Inglis Easter purchase in the Waterhouse/Bott stable and has fillies by Justify (USA) (Scat Daddy {USA}) and Pierro coming through.
Coastwatch is one of the 12 stakes winners with a pedigree combining Fastnet Rock (Danehill {USA}) and Encosta De Lago (Fairy King {USA}).
G2 Neds Blue Diamond Prelude (F), $300,000, 1100m
Revolutionary Miss (Russian Revolution) had been very good at her first two Sydney starts and with the benefit of that experience was so strong to the line here.
Bred by China Horse Club Racing and purchased by Triple Crown Syndications for $195,000 at the 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, the Snowden-trained filly is the first stakes winner from the debut crop of Newgates's G1 The Galaxy and G1 Oakleigh Plate winner Russian Revolution (Snitzel).
She is the fourth foal and second stakes winner for the stakes-placed Purcentage (Onemorenomore) whose son Equation won last year's Listed Canberra Guineas.
Now in New Zealand having been served by Cosmic Force (Deep Field) in 2020, Purcentage has a yearling full brother to Revolutionary Miss - secured by Danny O'Brien for $250,000 at the recent Magic Millions.
Purcentage is a daughter of the Listed Gimcrack S. winner Spurcent (Flying Spur), half-sister to the G1 Hong Kong International Mile winner Glorious Days (Hussonet {USA}) and the Listed Dunedin Guineas winner Bangalore Bullet (Hussonet {USA}).
A descendant of the G1 VRC Oaks winner Sanderae (NZ) (Oncidium {GB}), Revolutionary Miss boasts a 5 X 6 cross of her sire's high achieving fourth dam Fanfreluche (Can), arguably Northern Dancer's (Can) finest daughter. She is also third dam of Purcentage's damsire Flying Spur (Danehill {USA}) and no doubt this is a cross (one that also provides for the duplication of Danehill) that will be tried again!
Putting a seal on a lovely pedigree, Revolutionary Miss is also line-bred to the great mares Natalma (USA) (Native Dancer {USA}) and Best In Show (USA) (Traffic Judge {USA})
G3 Neds Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G), $300,000, 1100m
By a four-times Australian Champion Sire out of an Australian Champion 2-Year-Old; it is some pedigree owned by Lofty Strike (Snitzel) and he has the talent to match, so impressive gathering in his rivals from the rear of the field.
Undefeated after two starts, the eye-catching Corumbene Stud-bred colt was a $280,000 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale purchase for the Lofty Thoroughbred Group, supporters of up-and-coming Cranbourne trainer Julius Sandhu.
Stakes winner number 118 for Arrowfield Stud's star Snitzel (Redoute's Choice), Lofty Strike is the second live foal and second winner for the 2013 G1 Golden Slipper winner Overreach (Exceed And Excel), her first being Talbragar (also by Snitzel) who looked good leading throughout at his Narromine debut last spring; only recently finishing a close-up third in a Scone trial.
Served last spring by Capitalist (Written Tycoon), Overreach - who also won the G2 Moet & Chandon S. and the Listed Widden S. from just six starts - has a yearling full sister to Lofty Strike, last year foaling a Zoustar (Northern Meteor) filly.
A full sister to the G2 Expressway S. winner Standout, Overreach is out of the city winner Bahia (Snippets) whose dam is the triple Listed winner Miss Prospect (Rory's Jester) - dam of the G1 Blue Diamond S. winner Reward For Effort (Exceed And Excel) and the durable four times stakes winner Consular (Royal Academy {USA}).
A member of the prolific Gleam (GB) (Galloper Light {GB}) family, Lofty Strike boasts quite intense line-breeding with his sire and dam both being by sons of Danehill (USA) (Danzig {USA}) out of mares by Snippets (Lunchtime {GB}).
G3 Senet Kevin Hayes S., $200,000, 1200m
In Friday's edition we noted that Argentia (Frankel {GB}) could lay claim to being the best-bred filly in Australia - and she has lived up to her pedigree with this fast-finishing victory.
The 10th stakes winner on Australian soil for her superstar Juddmonte-based sire (and his 84th overall), she is the second stakes winner (the Hong Kong Champion Griffin Thewizardofoz by Redoute's Choice the first) for the terrific mare Princess Coup (Encosta De Lago).
The winner of 12 of her 33 starts, she was successful at Group 1 level on four occasions - taking out two runnings of the Kelt Capital as well as the NZ Oaks and the Stoney Bridge S.
Served last spring by Snitzel (Redoute's Choice), Princess Coup has a colt foal by Dundeel (NZ) (High Chaparral {Ire}) and a yearling filly by I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) whilst her 2-year-old Golden Passport (Sebring) finished off nicely at his Canberra debut for the Waterhouse/Bott stable a few weeks ago.
Bred by Evergreen Rich and purchased by James Harron Bloodstock for $670,000 on behalf of Winx's (Street Cry {Ire}) breeder John Camilleri at the 2020 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, Argentia is a granddaughter of the triple Listed winner Stoneyfell Road (Sovereign Red {NZ}) - also grandam of the G2 Bill Stutt S. winner Sovereign Nation (Encosta De Lago).
A descendant of the acclaimed matriarch Chelandry (GB) (Goldfinch {GB}), Argentia is bred on a 4 X 4 cross of the terrific mare Fairy Bridge (USA) (Bold Reason {USA}) via her high-achieving Northern Dancer (Can) sons Sadler's Wells (USA) and Fairy King (USA).
G3 Keno T.S. Carlyon Cup, $200,000, 1600m
Making a great impression at his Australian debut, Earlswood (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) was determined running down a gutsy Callsign Mav (NZ) (Atlante) - this success his third from just nine starts; all of his wins being at Group level.
The Cheveley Park Stud-bred 4-year-old won last year's G3 Gallinule S and G3 Royal Whip S. (both at The Curragh) and looks set for a profitable Australian career.
The fourth stakes winner in Australia for Cheveley's very handsome G1 Nunthorpe S. winner Pivotal (GB) (Polar Falcon {USA}) who died three months ago (siring 157 stakes winners overall), Earlswood is out of the Group 2-placed Field Of Miracles (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).
Field Of Miracles is a half-sister to the dual Group 3 winner Solid Stone (Ire) (Shamardal {USA}) and the dual Listed winner Cameron Highland (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).
Earlswood is bred on a 4 X 5 cross of the great mare Special (USA) (Forli {Arg}) via her son and grandson - the three-quarter brothers Nureyev (USA) (Northern Dancer {Can}) and Sadler's Wells (USA) (Northern Dancer {Can}) .
G3 Lamaro’s Hotel Geoffrey Bellmaine S., $200,000, 1200m
Probabeel (NZ) (Savabeel) knew just when to make her run - getting her nose out close to home; in doing so recording the 13th win of her 29-start career and her 10th at stakes level.
Having her first run since her G1 W.S Cox Plate fifth, the reigning New Zealand Horse of the Year is one of the 125 stakes winners sired by Waikato's G1 W.S Cox Plate winning stalwart Savabeel (Zabeel {NZ}).
Bred by Garry Chittick, she is sadly the one and only foal produced by the Group 3-placed, three-times winner Far Fetched (NZ) (Pins) who died young.
Probabeel is bred on a 6 X 6 cross of Todman (Star Kingdom), also boasting a strain of his full brother Noholme II (Star Kingdom) - the terrific mare Oceana (Ire) (Colombo {GB}) duplicated.
She hails from the same branch of the Gibside Fairy (GB) (Hermes {GB}) family as the Group winners Savvy Coup (NZ) (Savabeel), Legless Veuve (NZ) (Pins), Tootsie (NZ) (Pins), Ocean Emperor (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}), Bellacontte (NZ) (Burgundy {NZ}) and Never Been Kissed (NZ) (Tivaci).
