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.
Three exciting, well-bred 3-year-olds will debut across Australia on Saturday. Among them is a $675,000 yearling colt by Written Tycoon from the family of Captivant and Headwater.
Horsham, Race 3, 2.06pm AEST, bet365 Mdn Plate, $27,000, 1100m
Princess Pia, 3-year-old filly (Maurice {Jpn} x Defender {Redoute’s Choice})
The powerful Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable will head to Horsham on Saturday to debut Princess Pia, a daughter of Maurice (Jpn).
Princess Pia is the fifth foal from the Redoute’s Choice mare Defender. She is a daughter of Alinghi (Encosta De Lago), the Champion 3-Year-Old Filly in Australia in 2004/05. In an outstanding career, Alinghi won 11 races, including the G1 Newmarket H. and the G1 Blue Diamond S.
Princess Pia as a yearling | Image courtesy of Inglis
Princess Pia is related to the late Beneteau, a brilliant juvenile who claimed the G3 Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts and Geldings) and was placed in the G1 Blue Diamond S.
Princess Pia was a $260,000 purchase by Ciaron Maher Bloodstock from the draft of Arrowfield Stud at the 2022 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
Kembla Grange, Race 1, 12.45pm AEST, Carlton Draught Mdn Plate, $42,000, 1000m
Mailata, 3-year-old colt (Written Tycoon x River Pebbles {Al Maher})
Warwick Farm-based conditioner Bryce Heys will debut a son of Written Tycoon, Mailata, at Kembla Grange on Saturday.
The colt is the third foal from the Al Maher mare River Pebbles. He is closely related to Kulgrinda (Exceed And Excel), a nine-time victress winning the G3 RN Irwin S. and running fourth in the G1 Robert Sangster S.
Mailata as a yearling | Image courtesy of Inglis
Mailata is from the family of the G1 Oakleigh Plate heroine River Dove (Hurricane Sky) and her outstanding son Headwater, who won the G2 Silver Slipper S. and ran fourth in the G1 Moir S.
Furthermore, this is the family of the G1 Champagne S. winner, Captivant.
The colt was a $675,000 purchase by Ellerslie Lodge and Bryce Heys from the draft of Sledmere Stud at the 2022 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
Kembla Grange, Race 1, 12.45pm AEST, Carlton Draught Mdn Plate, $42,000, 1000m
Miss Bayles, 3-year-old filly (Exceed And Excel x Ol’ Fashion Gal {USA} {Sky Mesa {USA}})
Randwick-based trainers Peter and Paul Snowden will head to Kembla Grange on Saturday to debut a daughter of Exceed And Excel, Miss Bayles.
The filly is the first Australian-bred foal of the Sky Mesa (USA) mare Ol’ Fashion Gal (USA). She won three races as a juvenile, including the G3 Jimmy Durante S. at Del Mar and the G3 Selene S. at Woodbine.
Miss Bayles as a yearling | Image courtesy of Inglis
Miss Bayles is related to Street Sense (USA), the Champion 2-Year-Old Colt in the United States of America in 2006. He claimed the G1 Kentucky Derby and the G1 Travers S.
Furthermore, this is the family of Vekoma (USA), a winner of the G1 Metropolitan H. and the G1 Carter H.
Miss Bayles was a $340,000 purchase by Snowden Racing and William Johnson Bloodstock (FBAA) from the draft of Newgate Farm at the 2022 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
Looking Back
On Friday only one of our selections hit the track. At Goulburn, Casablanca (Snitzel) was unplaced, while Audrey's Lane (Pierro) was scratched from her engagement. The Mornington card was abandoned due to high winds, so we will have to wait another day to see Too Much Gold (The Autumn Sun) debut.
