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.
Wednesday at Sandown-Hillside we turn to two promising gallopers looking to break their maidens at start two, while at Warwick Farm, John Sargent will debut a son of Contributer (Ire).
Sandown-Hillside, Race 1, 1pm AEST, Remembering Mikaela Claridge, $55,000, 1300m
King Of Fighters, 3-year-old colt (Street Boss {USA} x Go Straightandhard {Medaglia D'Oro {USA}})
Cranbourne-based trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr will take the Street Boss (USA) colt King Of Fighters to Sandown-Hillside for start two.
King Of Fighters was placed on debut at Geelong behind Southport Tycoon (Written Tycoon) and will have the benefit of Damien Oliver in the saddle on Wednesday.
The colt is the first foal from the Medaglia D’Oro (USA) mare Go Straightandhard. She was a dual winner and is a half-sister to So We Are (So You Think {NZ}), who won the Listed Adelaide Guineas.
King Of Fighters as a yearling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
Furthermore, this is the family of the G1 Coronation S. heroine Watch Me (Fr) (Olympic Glory {Ire}).
King Of Fighters was a $320,000 purchase by Golden River Investments and All Winners Thoroughbreds from the draft of Mill Park Stud at the 2022 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.
Sandown-Hillside, Race 1, 1pm AEST, Remembering Mikaela Claridge, $55,000, 1300m
Yototsu, 3-year-old filly (Maurice {Jpn} x Partout {More Than Ready {USA}})
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace hope Yototsu can improve on her debut run in March at Pakenham, where she finished fourth over 1200 metres.
Harry Coffey will ride the daughter of Maurice (Jpn) on Wednesday at Sandown-Hillside.
Yototsu is the first foal from the More Than Ready (USA) mare Partout. She is a daughter of Sugar Babe (NZ) (Exceed And Excel), who won the G3 HDF McNeil S. and the Listed Debutant S.
Yototsu as a yearling | Image courtesy of Inglis
Sugar Babe was also placed in the Magic Night S. and the G3 Blue Diamond Prelude (Fillies).
Yototsu hails from the family of Bellevue Hill, who claimed the G3 The Schweppervescence H. and placed in the G2 Todman S.
Yototsu was a $110,000 purchase by Ciaron Maher Bloodstock from the draft of Kulani Park at the 2022 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale.
Warwick Farm, Race 1, 1.25pm AEST, James Squire H., $60,000, 1400m
Coto De Caza (NZ), 3-year-old gelding (Contributer {Ire} x In A Frenzy {NZ} {Keeper})
Randwick-based trainer John Sargent will debut Coto De Caza (NZ), a son of Contributer.
Coto De Caza is the third foal from the Keeper mare In A Frenzy (NZ). She was a winner over 1600 metres and is from the family of So Casual (NZ) (Casual Lies {USA}).
So Casual won nine races, including the G1 New Zealand Derby.
Coto De Caza (NZ) as a yearling | Image courtesy of New Zealand Bloodstock
Furthermore, this is the family of the G2 Linlithgow S. victor Justacanta (NZ) (Per Incanto {USA}).
Coto De Caza was a NZ$75,000 purchase by Mark Newham Bloodstock from the draft of Mapperley Stud at the 2022 New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale.
Looking Back
Tuesday's selections fared okay. Mickio (Tosen Stardom {Jpn}) was placed at Donald, while Drums Of War (Amercian Pharoah {USA}) was also placed at Newcastle. Rounding out Tuesday's selections was the 3-year-old filly Study (Sidestep) who failed to run a place at Newcastle.
