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.
We begin on Friday in New Zealand with a Satono Aladdin (Jpn) juvenile. From there, we look at a well-related Manhattan Rain filly at Ballarat, before finishing up at Tamworth, where a Mikki Isle (Jpn) 2-year-old will be looking to go two from two.
Wanganui, Race 1, 9.48am AEST (11.48am local), 2YO Mdn, NZ$14,000, 800m
Bozo (NZ), 2-year-old filly (Satono Aladdin {Jpn} x So Ard {High Chaparral {Ire}})
This filly is from a 2200-metre winner who is a half-sister to the Group 1 victress Even So (Ire) (Camelot {GB}).
Satono Aladdin (Jpn) | Standing at Rich Hill Stud
Bozo’s (NZ) second dam, Breeze Hill (Ire) (Danehill {USA}), won over 2100 metres and is a sister to the stakes performer Hill Country (Ire). Other close relations include the stakes winners Sumora (Ire) (Danehill {USA}), Maybe (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Promise To Be True (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Dr Devious (Ire), Shinko King (Ire) and Archway (Ire).
The Kevin Myers-trained filly will be ridden by apprentice Lily Sutherland.
Ballarat Synthetic, Race 1, 1pm AEST, Whitford Liquid Waste 3YO Mdn Plate, $37,500, 1000m
Let Her Rain, 3-year-old filly (Manhattan Rain x Glenmaura {Bel Esprit})
The Melody Cunningham-trained filly is out of a three-time winner who is a sister to the stakes performer Little Bit Ditsy, a blood-sister to the stakes performer Esprit De Bullet and a half-sister to the Listed scorer Vienna Miss (Snitzel).
Manhattan Rain | Standing at Geisel Park
Let Her Rain’s second dam, Miss Doopsy (Bite The Bullet {USA}), won eight races and is a sister to the seven-time scorer Beat The Bullet and she herself has thrown the Group 1 heroine Hollow Bullet (Tayasu Tsuyoshi {Jpn}), as well as the stakes winners Last Bullet (High Chaparral {Ire}) and Red Hot Mama (General Nediym).
Jarrod Lorensini has been booked for the filly’s debut.
Tamworth, Race 8, 4.35pm AEST, Elite Sand & Soil Country Boosted Showcase BM58 H., $35,000, 1000m
Perennial, 2-year-old gelding (Mikki Isle {Jpn} x Rose Campion {Starcraft {NZ}})
This gelding, who was a winner on debut at Muswellbrook earlier this month, is a homebred for Arrowfield Stud.
Mikki Isle (Jpn) | Standing at Shadai Stallion Station
Perennial is from a winless mare who is a half-sister to the stakes performer Gibraltar Girl (Manhattan Rain).
The gelding’s grandam is the Listed scorer Gibraltar Campion (NZ) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}), and she is a half-sister to the Group 2 victress Only Words (NZ) (End Sweep), who in turn has thrown the stakes winners Chat (Deep Field) and Holy Snow (Fastnet Rock). Other close relations include the Group 3 winners Babylon Berlin (All Too Hard), and Darci Be Good (NZ) (Darci Brahma {NZ}).
The Paul Messara-trained gelding will be handled by Aron Bullock.
Looking Back
Estriella (I Am Invincible) was an impressive winner first time out (at Gosford), while Gumdrops (Written Tycoon) was third on debut at Sale.
