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.
Thursday at Bendigo we look at the promising debutant half-brother to The Everest winner Yes Yes Yes, along with a half-brother to the brilliant multiple Group winner Faatinah (Nicconi) in the same race. In Western Australia, we head to Northam where a well-bred gelding makes his debut as a sibling to a pair of well-known stakes winners.
Bendigo, Race 2, 2pm AEST, The Big Screen Company 3YO Mdn, $37,500, 1000m
Grand Larceny, 3-year-old colt (Zoustar x Sin Sin Sin {Fantastic Light {USA}})
This fine colt is the sixth foal from the Fantastic Light (USA) mare Sin Sin Sin, making him a half-brother to The Everest winner and now sire Yes Yes Yes. He is also a half-brother to the stakes-placed Dee Nine Elle (Duporth), while Sin Sin Sin packs a pedigree of her own. She is a half-sister to the stakes winners Hot As Hell (County), Flaming Hot (County) and Craig’s Dragon (Catbird), and a half-sister to the dam of the dual Group 1 winner In Her Time (Time Thief).
Grand Larceny was bred by Arlington Park Racing and consigned by Kitchwin Hills to the 2022 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. He fetched $800,000 when selling to PR Funds.
Grand Larceny as a yearling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
The 3-year-old colt is trained at Flemington by the Hawkes team and, so far, he’s been very promising in jump-outs. In the latest over 800 metres at headquarters on September 1, he was a winner. Grand Larceny heads into this debut with jockey Damien Oliver from an ideal barrier two.
Bendigo, Race 2, 2pm AEST, The Big Screen Company 3YO Mdn, $37,500, 1000m
Tulsa King, 3-year-old gelding (Kermadec {NZ} x Alqwah {Ire} {Danehill {USA}})
This debutant gelding is a son of the good producer Alqwah and, as such, is a half-brother to the excellent Faatinah, who was a triple Group 2 winner and Group 1-placed in Australia before competing, and winning, in Dubai. He is also a half-brother to the Group 3-placed Jalsah (Elusive Quality {USA}).
As a foal, Tulsa King was part of the Shadwell Australasia Unreserved Dispersal at the 2021 Magic Millions National Weanling Sale. He was bought for $300,000 with a mind for Hong Kong by Justin Bahen’s Bahen Bloodstock.
Tulsa King as a weanling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
The gelding is trained by Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr at Cranbourne, and he’s been in work for much of 2023. His trials have been only fair through August, but he comes into this debut with a good pedigree, jockey Ethan Brown and barrier 10.
Northam, Race 1, 2.57pm AEST (12.57pm local), Family Reunion Mdn, $25,000, 1000m
Insyde Success, 3-year-old gelding (War Chant {USA} x Brocky’s Ace {Surtee})
This unraced gelding has a household pedigree in Western Australia. As a son of the stakes-placed Brocky’s Ace, he is a half-brother to the dual Group winner Quilista (Scandal Keeper {USA}), whose wins included the G2 Sapphire S. in Sydney, and the Gingerbread Man hero Red Can Man, whose three stakes wins included the G3 Sir John Monash S. in Melbourne.
Insyde Success was consigned to the 2022 Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale by Ruby Racing and Breeding as agent for Korilya Stud. He was picked up for $180,000 by Commercial Bloodstock Services and sent into training with Steve Wolfe at Albany.
Insyde Success as a yearling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
The gelding has been promising, running third and second in a pair of recent barrier trials. The most recent was over 1000 metres at Belmont, so he’s in good form ahead of this debut. He will commence his career in this race with jockey Shaun McGruddy and barrier three.
Looking Back
Our Looking Ahead selections on Wednesday were luckless. At Canterbury, Doradus (Adelaide {Ire}) was unplaced in the opening race, as was Sting In The Tail (NZ) (Savabeel) in the same event. Also at Canterbury in the fourth race, Menuhin (Not A Single Doubt) was unplaced.
