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G1 Lightning S., $1,000,000, 1000m
The first filly since 2004 (Regimental Gal by General Nediym) to win this prestigious dash down the Flemington straight, Coolangatta (Written Tycoon) was brilliant recording the fifth win of her eight start career.
Having her first run since the spring, last year's G1 Moir S. winner is one of her Yulong-based Australian Champion Sire's 52 stakes winners and 12 Group 1 winners.
Bred by Highclere Stud in Australia and purchased by Ciaron Maher Bloodstock for $280,000 from the 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale draft of Milburn Creek, she is the second foal for the lightly raced mare Piping Hot (More Than Ready {USA}) who, from just four starts, won two races in Sydney.
Her first foal is the dual city winner Snitzonfire (Snitzel) (a $425,000 Magic Millions graduate) whilst her third is the yet to race Paradise Point (Dundeel {NZ}) who is a Cranbourne jump-out winner for the Lloyd Kennewell stable.
Served last spring by I Am Invincible after foaling a full sister to Coolangatta, Piping Hot is a daughter of the G2 Moonee Valley Oaks winner Ribe (Danehill {USA}) whose other seven winners include the G1 Blue Diamond S. winner Reaan (Hussonet {USA}). Ribe’s grandam is the G3 Colin Stephen H. winner Pontiac Lass (NZ) (Pevero {Ire}).
With his strong Mumtaz Mahal (GB) (The Tetrarch {GB}) influence, Written Tycoon picks up well with further strains and it is interesting to note that Coolangatta’s third damsire, Kaapstad (NZ) (Sir Tristram {Ire}), is a descendant.
G3 Vanity S., $200,000, 1400m
Wollombi (Extreme Choice) faced a leap in grade contesting this Group 3 but she was again too strong, making it three wins in a row on a couple of Warwick Farm benchmark successes.
The ninth stakes winner (from just 61 runners) for her remarkable Newgate Farm-based sire, Wollombi was bred by Kingstar Farm and sold by them to Snowden Racing for $200,000 at the 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.
She is the first foal produced by the city-placed Coffs Harbour maiden winner Hazlebrook (Hinchinbrook) whose half-sister, Everage (Zizou), won the Listed Keith Mackay H.
Served last spring by Tiger Of Malay after previously missing to Extreme Choice, Hazlebrook also has yet to be named colts by Winning Rupert and Tassort.
Hailing from the family of the high-class race and broodmare Bold Promise (Luskin Star), Wollombi boasts a fascinating pedigree - her dam bred on a close 3 X 2 cross of Snippets whilst her grandsire Not A Single Doubt is closely related to that stallion, providing for a 4 X 5 X 5 cross of the terrific mare Easy Date (Grand Chaudiere {Can}).
She is also 4 X 4 Danehill (USA) and 4 X 4 Rory's Jester - being the third stakes winner line-bred to that speedy chestnut.
G3 Tony Bourke Memorial S., $200,000, 1400m
Always in control as a short-priced favourite, Annavisto (NZ) (Reliable Man {GB}) did a great job saluting at her first run since last winter.
The winner of seven of her 17 starts including the 2021 Listed Bendigo Guineas and last year's G3 Frances Tressady S., Annavisto was bred by Nearco Stud Limited. One of her Westbury Stud-based sire's 20 stakes winners, she is a daughter of the dual Listed winner Avisto (NZ) (Tavistock {NZ}).
Also dam of the Hong Kong winner Happy Jai Jai (NZ) (Savabeel), she was due to foal last spring (no Stud Book return recorded as yet) to Vadamos (Fr)) having previously produced yet to be named colts by Ocean Park (NZ) and Almanzor (Fr).
Avisto is out of the stakes-placed Miraculous Miss (Exceed And Excel) whose son Celtic Tiger (NZ) (O'Reilly {NZ}) won the Listed Morphettville Guineas. Her stakes-placed grandam Galway Lass (NZ) (Rhythm {USA}) is a half-sister to the Listed Anzac Day S. winner Outdo (Exceed And Excel).
Annavisto is bred on a 3 X 4 cross of Sadler's Wells (USA) - damsire of Reliable Man (GB) and grandsire of Tavistock (NZ).
G3 CS Hayes S., $200,000, 1400m
The second stakes winner for the day for his Arrowfield Stud-based sire, Elliptical (Dundeel {NZ}) was game at his first outing since the spring - a deserved stakes winner on the back of his Group 1 placing in the Caulfield Guineas and the Spring Champion S.
His sire's 22nd stakes winner, Elliptical was bred by Phoenix Broodmare Farm and sold by them as a weanling for $200,000 at the 2020 Magic Millions Gold Coast National Sale. He was again put through the ring at the 2021 Magic Millions - sold by Newgate Farm to Suman Hedge Bloodstock (FBAA), Anthony Freedman Racing and Blue Sky Bloodstock (FBAA) for $380,000.
His dam is the winner Marquise Da Rossa (Testa Rossa), daughter of the city winner Make My Dane (Danehill {USA}) who did a good job producing eight winners including the city winner Danish Princess (Dolphin Street {Fr}) who has been represented by two stakes placegetters - Lordag (Any Given Saturday {USA}) and Singularity (Not A Single Doubt).
Hailing from the family of the G1 Golden Slipper hero Marauding (NZ) (Sir Tristram {Ire}), Marquise Da Rossa was served last spring by So You Think (NZ) having foaled a filly by him in late August.
Elliptical has good depth to his pedigree with strains of the three-quarter brothers Sadler's Wells (USA), Nureyev (USA) and Perugino (USA).
Listed Talindert S., $175,000, 1100m
The second stakes winner for the day for his Coolmore Stud-based sire, Maharba (Pride Of Dubai) looked to have a bit in hand recording this smart win at just his second start - and his first since November.
Bred by Newhaven Park Stud, the 17th Pride Of Dubai stakes winner is the seventh winner for the Listed Keith Mackay H. winner Blizzardly (More Than Ready {USA}) whose son Unencumbered won the G3 BJ McLachlan S. and the R. Listed Magic Millions 2YO Classic.
Also dam of the city winner Stormy Rock (Fastnet Rock), Blizzardly is out of a half-sister to the dam of the Listed Sale Cup winner First Course (Snitzel).
Served last spring by Churchill (Ire) having missed to Merchant Navy the previous season, Blizzardly has a yearling colt by Xtravagant (NZ).
Maharba boasts multiple strains of the prolific Natalma (USA) (Native Dancer)/Almahmoud (USA) (Mahmoud {Fr}) family... Halo (USA), Northern Dancer (Can), Danehill (USA) and Machiavellian (USA).
Listed Elms H., $175,000, 1400m
Racing in flying form at the age of eight, Scallopini (Snitzel) never looked in any danger of defeat as put on display his speed and heart winning his 12th race - and his fourth at Listed level.
Bred by S Gillard, he was sold for $200,000 by Yarraman Park Stud at the 2016 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale - purchased by Proven Thoroughbreds and Steve O'Dea.
One of the 131 stakes winners for his Arrowfield Stud-based Champion Sire, Scallopini is a half-brother to Shades Of Rose (Rubick), last spring's G2 Sheraco S. winner.
Also a half-brother to the multiple city winner Red Rubi (Rubick), Scallopini is out of the unraced Rose Of Mulan (More Than Ready {USA}) whose dam is the dual Group winner Lady Mulan (NZ) (Bigstone {Ire}), half-sister to the G3 Tramway H. winner Kinzaffra (NZ) (Kinjite {NZ}).
A descendant of the acclaimed matriarch Chelandry (GB) (Goldfinch {GB}), Rose Of Mulan was served last spring by I Am Invincible after foaling a filly by that stallion's son Hellbent.
Scallopini is bred on a 6 X 7 cross of the great line-breeding force Best In Show (USA) (Traffic Judge {USA}) via her descendants Redoute's Choice and Try My Best (USA).
Rosehill: G2 Hobartville S., $400,000, 1400m
Gutsy up along the inside as the hot favourite Aft Cabin (Astern) tired after working in running, Osipenko (Pierro) was a determined winner - doing a good job claiming some smart ones at just his sixth start.
Third in last year's G1 Caulfield Guineas, Osipenko has always shown plenty of talent.
Bred by Kevin Hickman, he was sold by Valachi Downs to Kaha and Chris Waller Racing for NZ$160,000 at the 2021 New Zealand Bloodstock Yearling Sale.
The 33rd stakes winner for his Coolmore Stud-based multiple Group 1-winning sire, he is out of the stakes placed imported mare Raskova (USA) (Henrythenavigator {USA}), half-sister to the Listed winner Dogtag (USA) (War Front {USA}).
Last spring paying a return visit to Pierro, Raskova foaled a Darci Brahma (NZ) filly in mid-November.
Raskova's third dam is the G1 Irish Oaks winner Helen Street (GB) (Troy {GB}) who has well and truly made her mark as the dam of Street Cry (Ire) and the grandam of Shamardal (USA).
Bred on a 4 X 4 cross of Sadler's Wells (USA), Osipenko also boasts duplications of the excellent mares Special (USA) (Forli {Arg}), Natalma (USA) (Native Dancer {USA}) and Lalun (USA) (Djeddah {Fr}).
G2 Silver Slipper S., $250,000, 1100m
Godolphin continued its great run in feature juvenile contests with this tough performance by the exciting Cylinder (Exceed And Excel).
Breaking his maiden at his third outing, he is stakes winner number 209 for his Darley-based sire, one of the great stalwarts of Australian breeding.
He is the third foal produced by the G3 Matron S. winner Circular (Street Cry {Ire}) who has also produced the talented 3-year-old Parisal (Astern) - winner of her last two starts in Sydney.
Served last spring by Brazen Beau after foaling a Bivouac filly, Circular is out of the city winner Hexameter (Octagonal {NZ}) whose G3 Sweet Embrace S.-winning grandam Shadea (NZ) (Straight Strike {USA}) produced the Group 1 gallopers Lonhro and Niello.
What a terrific family this is, also represented at the elite level by Mahaya (NZ) (Sir Tristram {Ire}), Grosvenor (NZ), National Gallery (NZ) (Sir Tristram {Ire}), Tavago (NZ) (Tavistock {NZ}), Miss Keepsake (NZ) (Keeper) and Lankan Rupee (Redoute's Choice).
G2 Millie Fox S., $250,000, 1300m
Finishing off gamely to claim - in the final strides - last year's winner Expat (NZ) (Makfi {GB}), Electric Girl (Declaration Of War {USA}) was in the winner's circle for the first time since her G2 Hot Danish S. victory in November 2021.
One of the 46 stakes winners for her sire who shuttled to Australia just twice - represented by a G1 Melbourne Cup winner (Vow And Declare {Declaration Of War {USA}}) and a G1 VRC Derby winner (Warning {Declaration Of War {USA}}) - she is a homebred for the Superhorse Trust.
She is out of the lightly raced Electra (Zizou) who has also produced the Declaration Of War four-time winner Electrified and by No Nay Never (USA) the four times winner Arimathea.
Served last spring by Capitalist after foaling a Dubious colt, Electra is out of Winter Chalet (Redoute's Choice) whose dam is the G2 Clairwood Golden Slipper winner Autumn Lodge (Grand Lodge {USA}).
Listed Parramatta Cup, $160,000, 1900m
King Frankel (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) went to the paddock on a spring high having won two in a row and on Saturday he returned as a winner, successful at his very first crack at stakes level.
The winner of five of his 15 starts (all but one - a Pontefract maiden - coming in Australia), he was bred by Premier Bloodstock and sold as a yearling for 280,000gns (AU$514,700) to Johnston Racing at the 2019 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.
His Juddmonte-based superstar sire's 109th stakes winner, King Frankel is a full brother to the Group 1-placed, dual Group-winner Eminent (Ire) who stands at Brighthill Farm in New Zealand.
His dam is the Group 1-placed You'll Be Mine (USA) (Kingmambo {USA}), daughter of the G1 Moyglare Stud S. winner Quarter Moon (Ire) (Sadler's Wells {USA}) who also produced the G1 Pretty Polly S. winner Diamondsandrubies (Ire).
Also Quarter Moon is one of the seven winners for Jude (GB) (Darshaan {GB}), dam of the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Yesterday (Ire) (Sadler's Wells {USA}).
A descendant of the legendary matriarch Mumtaz Mahal (GB) (The Tetrarch {GB}), King Frankel is bred on a close 3 X 3 cross of Sadler's Wells (USA).
