Looking Ahead puts the spotlight on runners of interest across Australia and New Zealand. Whether they are a particularly well-bred or high-priced runner having their first or second start, a promising galloper returning to the track or a horse which has trialled particularly well, we’ll aim to give you something to follow.
Our three Looking Ahead runners for Tuesday are all 3-year-olds on debut. We kick off at Stony Creek with a Capitalist colt, then head to Taree with an Impending filly and a Vancouver gelding.
Stony Creek, Race 2, 2pm AEDT, Pink Roses Mdn Plate, $27,000, 1000m
Rich Glow, 3-year-old colt (Capitalist x Glistening Light {Exceed And Excel})
This colt was first bought by P Moffatt and Mitchell Williams Bloodstock for $40,000 from the Huntworth Stud draft at the 2021 Inglis HTBA May Yearling Sale before Moffatt Breaking and Pre-Training offered him at the 2021 Inglis Ready2Race Sale. There, Blueblood Thoroughbreds paid $170,000 for him.
Rich Glow as a yearling | Image courtesy of Inglis
Rich Glow is the first foal from a Goulburn placegetter at three, who is out of the former good mare Glowlamp (Encosta De Lago) - a Group 1 placegetter and winner of $300,350 in stakes. Glowlamp is a sister to Cutting Remark - who is the dam of the Group 2 winner Spanish Whisper (Lope De Vega {Ire}), and a half-sister to the Group 3 victor Offenbach (Danehill {USA}).
Trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, Rich Glow, who hasn’t trialled publicly, will be ridden by Michael Poy.
Taree, Race 4, Saxbys Soft Drink Mdn H., 3.25pm AEDT, $26,862, 1250m
Giving Joy, 3-year-old filly (Impending x So Much Joy {Red Ransom {USA}})
This filly was bred and is raced by the Esplin Family, having been passed in at the 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast National Yearling Sale.
The Kris Lees-trained Giving Joy is the fifth named foal of Canberra maiden winner, So Much Joy. The filly’s grandam, So Gorgeous (Brief Truce {USA}), was a Group 2 victress who has thrown the Group 2 winner Tipungwuti (Fusaichi Pegasus {USA}).
Giving Joy as a yearling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
Crowning Jewel (Bletchingly) is Giving Joy’s third dam and, as well as So Gorgeous, she has produced the stakes winners Cumbria (Lake Coniston {Ire}) and Wild Queen (Loup Sauvage {USA}). The latter has thrown the Listed victress Varda (Lonhro) and is the grandam of the Group 1 winner Kementari (Lonhro).
Giving Joy was unplaced in two trials and will be handled by Jeff Penza.
Taree, Race 5, 4.05pm AEDT, Ladies Day Sun 19th Feb 23 Mdn H., $26,862, 1250m
Pasqualino, 3-year-old colt (Vancouver x Champagne Ready {More Than Ready {USA}})
Bred by Greg Perry of Greenwich Stud, this colt is raced by a host of owners, including his breeder, as well as his trainer, Sam Kavanagh.
Pasqualino is the first foal of a city-winning mare, and his grandam is the Group 2 victress Champagne Harmony (Choisir), who has thrown the Listed winner Grace And Harmony (NZ) (Sebring).
Vancouver | Standing at Woodside Park Stud
This family includes the multiple Group 1 winners Champagne (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}) and St Reims (NZ).
Pasqualino has placed in two of his three trials and will be partnered by Ashley Morgan.
Looking Back
Going back to Saturday, Hachiman (Brave Sash {Jpn}) was unplaced at Randwick, while at The Valley, Extremely Wicked (Zoustar) ran second on debut, while Miss Magnifico (Magnus) was scratched.
