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.
There’s some well-bred 3-year-olds debuting on Thursday and we’ve found three - two at Bendigo and one at Northam. In Victoria, a well-related Dundeel (NZ) colt steps out for Matt Laurie, before a son of Snitzel runs for the state’s premier stable. In Western Australia, a Sessions gelding from a successful Aga Khan Studs family lines up for Adam Durrant.
Bendigo, Race 3, 2pm AEST, Bendigo Mazda 3YO Mdn Plate, $37,500, 1000m
Hypeman, 3-year-old colt (Dundeel {NZ} x Personalised {Snitzel})
This colt was consigned by his breeder - Musk Creek Farm - at the 2022 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale. Trainer Matt Laurie and ARJB Racing went to $520,000 to secure him.
Hypeman is the second foal of a four-time winner who is a three-quarter sister to the stakes performers Selectify (Redoute’s Choice) and Laser Flash (Redoute’s Choice), and a half-sister to the Group 1 heroine Personal (Fastnet Rock) and the stakes performer Trope (More Than Ready {USA}).
Hypeman as a yearling | Image courtesy of Inglis
The colt’s grandam, Personify (Galileo {Ire}), won in Listed grade and she is a half-sister to the South African multiple Group 1 victress Laisserfaire (Danehill {USA}), the Listed winners and Group-producing sires Foreplay and Time Thief, and the Group 3 scorer A Time For Julia (Redoute’s Choice).
Damien Oliver takes the ride aboard the debutant.
Bendigo, Race 4, 2.30pm AEST, Catanach’s Jewellers Mdn Plate, $37,500, 1100m
Barker, 3-year-old colt (Snitzel x Port Vendres {Jpn} {Daiwa Major {Jpn}})
This colt was offered by his breeder - Arrowfield Stud - at the 2022 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale. He was knocked down to Rosemont-Victorian Alliance, Suman Hedge Bloodstock (FBAA) and David Redvers Bloodstock for $500,000.
Barker is the first foal of a Group 3 placegetter who is a half-sister to the stakes performer Les Planches (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}).
Barker as a yearling | Image courtesy of Inglis
The colt’s grandam, Lady Deauville (Fr) (Fasliyev {USA}), won six stakes races, including one at Group 3 level. She is a half-sister to the Listed victress Fabulous La Fouine (Fr) (Fabulous Dancer {USA}) and she was named Japan’s Champion 3-Year-Old Filly in 1996. Fabulous La Fouine has thrown the Group 2 winner Gustave Cry (Jpn) (Heart’s Cry {Jpn}).
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Barker, who won a Cranbourne trial on August 7, will be handled by Ethan Brown.
Northam, Race 4, 5.27pm AEST (3.27pm local), 1978 Cup Winner - Caduceus Mdn, $25,000, 1300m
The Candy Kid, 3-year-old gelding (Sessions x Canndiyara {Fr} {Sinndar {Ire}})
Neville Duncan’s Oakland Park Stud bred this colt and they have retained him to race in partnership with trainer Adam Durrant.
The gelding hails from a successful Aga Khan Studs family
The Candy Kid’s dam placed as a 3-year-old in France and she is a half-sister to the stakes winners Candarliya (Fr) (Dalakhani {Ire}), Canessar (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) and Canndera (Fr) (Dalakhani {Ire}). Candarliya has produced the stakes performer Carini (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}).
Sessions | Standing at Oakland Park Stud
Other stakes winners on this page include the Group 1 heroines King’s Rose (NZ) (Redoute’s Choice) and Anabandana (Anabaa {USA}).
The gelding, who will be partnered by apprentice Zephen Johnston-Porter, debuts after four trials.
Looking Back
In Race 1 at Sandown-Hillside, King Of Fighters (Street Boss {USA}) placed second, while Yototsu (Maurice {Jpn}) was unplaced. In the opener at Warwick Farm, Coto De Caza (NZ) (Contributer {Ire}) finished fifth.
