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.
Racing fans are set for a super Saturday at Randwick alongside the time-honoured features such as the G1 Epsom H., the G3 Gimcrack S., and the G3 Breeders' Plate will be run and won. The events each may unveil another Pierro or Coolangatta (Written Tycoon).
Randwick, Race 2, 12.30pm AEST, Keeneland Gimcrack S., $250,000, 1000m
Invincible Madison, 2-year-old filly (I Am Invincible x Super Too {Hinchinbrook})
The outstanding juvenile trainers, Peter and Paul Snowden, will be represented by a strong hand in the first juvenile stakes race on Saturday. The Snowdens will debut Invincible Madison, a daughter of Australia’s reigning Champion Sire I Am Invincible.
The filly was an impressive 2.68l victress on September 18 at the first official 2-year-old trials.
Invincible Madison is the first foal from the Hinchinbrook mare Super Too. She won five races and was placed in the G2 Caulfield Sprint and the G2 Challenge S.
Invincible Madison as a yearling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
Super Too is a half-sister to Super One, the Champion 2-Year-Old in Singapore in 2015. Like his half-sister, he won five races, including the G3 DC McKay S.
Invincible Madison was a $1.2 million purchase by Tammy Rigney from the draft of Glenlogan Park at the 2023 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.
Randwick, Race 3, 1.05pm AEST, Arrowfield Breeders’ Plate, $250,000, 1000m
Scampi, 2-year-old colt (Blue Point {Ire} x Sistonic {Bel Esprit})
Scampi attracted attention at Sydney’s first official juvenile trials earlier in the month, winning his heat by 2.64l. He is a son of Darley's hugely exciting first-season sire, Blue Point (Ire).
Scampi, trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, will debut in the G3 Breeders’ Plate on Saturday at Randwick.
The colt is the fourth foal from the Bel Esprit mare Sistonic. She won twice and was fourth in the G3 Typhoon Tracy S.
Scampi as a yearling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
Scampi is a half-brother to G3 Kindergarten S., and R. Listed Inglis Banner victor Semillion (Shalaa {Ire}).
Furthermore, Scampi is from the family of the undefeated Black Caviar (Bel Esprit) and her Group 1-winning and-producing half-brother All Too Hard. Group 1 winners Ole Kirk and the late Magnus are also related to Scampi.
Scampi graduated from Bhima Thoroughbreds' 2023 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale draft, where Ciaron Maher Bloodstock picked up the colt for $750,000.
Randwick, Race 3, 1.05pm AEST, Arrowfield Breeders’ Plate, $250,000, 1000m
Bodyguard, 2-year-old colt (I Am Invincible x Tumooh {Fastnet Rock})
It will likely surprise nobody that Champion Sire I Am Invincible has a robust set of juveniles representing him on Saturday. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Bodyguard will be one such representative in the Breeders’ Plate for the sire.
Bodyguard as a yearling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
Bodyguard is the first foal from the Fastnet Rock mare Tumooh. She was unraced but is royally bred, being a daughter of the G1 Golden Slipper heroine Mossfun (Mossman). In addition, Tumooh is a half-sister to the Listed winner Dajraan (GB) (Frankel {GB}).
The James Harron Bloodstock Colt Partnership paid $1.6 million for Bodyguard from the draft of Emirates Park at the 2023 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.
Looking Back
There was no luck for Friday's selections at Benalla on Saturday. Frottoir (Ribchester {Ire}) and Establish (Dundeel {NZ}) were both unplaced, while Quickster (Shamus Award) was scratched from her engagement at the venue.
