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.
On Sunday, three well-related 3-year-olds will make their debuts at Bendigo, Victoria and Hawkesbury, New South Wales.
Bendigo, Race 4, 3pm AEDT, Happy 90th Adrian 3YO Mdn Plate, $37,500, 1300m
Dirty Weekend, 3-year-old gelding (So You Think {NZ} x Gemini Miss {Encosta De Lago})
Flemington-based trainer Simon Zahra will debut Dirty Weekend at Bendigo on Sunday.
The son of So You Think (NZ) is the sixth foal from the Encosta De Lago mare Gemini Miss. She was unraced and is a half-sister to the dam of the multiple Group 3 winner Night’s Watch (NZ) (Redwood {GB}).
Dirty Weekend as a yearling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
Dirty Weekend’s second dam, Penny Gem (NZ) (Pentire {GB}), won the G1 Captain Cook S. and the G2 Counties Cup.
The gelding was a $105,000 purchase by Simon Zahra from the draft of Willow Park Stud at the 2022 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale.
Hawkesbury, Race 2, 2.10pm AEDT, Hospitality Supplies Fillies and Mares Mdn Plate, $42,000, 1100m
Inquisitive Legend, 3-year-old filly (Zoustar x Ask Me How I Know {Not A Single Doubt})
A 3-year-old filly by Zoustar, Inquisitive Legend will debut for Lee and Cherie Curtis at Hawkesbury on Sunday.
Inquisitive Legend is the third and final foal from the Not A Single Doubt mare Ask Me How I Know. She won four races from 1200 to 1600 metres.
Inquisitive Legend as a yearling | Image courtesy of Inglis
Ask Me How I Know is a half-sister to the Listed winner, Made Of Diamonds (Made Of Gold {USA}). She has produced the Listed-winning filly Untamed Diamond (Snitzel).
Inquisitive Legend was a $200,000 purchase by Legend Racing from the draft of Widden Stud at the 2022 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.
Hawkesbury, Race 2, 2.10pm AEDT, Hospitality Supplies Fillies and Mares Mdn Plate, $42,000, 1100m
Deebuz, 3-year-old filly (Dundeel {NZ} x Absolute Pleasure {Trade Fair {GB}})
On Sunday at Hawkesbury, local trainer Brad Widdup will unveil Deebuz, a daughter of Dundeel (NZ).
The filly is the seventh foal from the Trade Fair (GB) mare Absolute Pleasure. She was placed in the G2 Karrakatta Plate.
Deebuz as a yearling | Image courtesy of Inglis
Deebuz is from the family of Gallant Tess (Galileo {Ire}), who claimed the G2 Chelmsford S. and was placed in the G1 Epsom H.
Deebuz was a $150,000 purchase by Cross Park Stud from the draft of Rushton Park at the 2022 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale.
Looking Back
Saturday's selections did not have much luck. Our best result was Altermatum (Zoustar) placing in the Listed Maribyrnong Trial S., while our second runner in that race - Dublin Down (Exceedance) finished fourth. To round out our selections at Eagle Farm was Sambuca (Dubious) who was unplaced.
