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.
Wednesday will see the first-crop sire Castelvecchio represented at Randwick-Kensington, while two other well-related debutantes will test their luck.
Randwick-Kensington, Race 1, 2pm AEDT, Drinkwise Plate, $60,000, 1000m
Sweet Treats, 2-year-old filly (Castelvecchio x Coconut Dream {Denman})
The Danielle Seib-trained Sweet Treats will be the second runner to the races for her first-season sire, Castelvecchio.
The dual Group 1 winner stands alongside his sire, Dundeel (NZ), at Arrowfield Stud.
Sweet Treats is the third foal from the unraced Denman mare Coconut Dream. She is a daughter of the G3 Blue Diamond Prelude (Fillies) placegetter Sweetener (Snitzel), who is a half-sister to the G1 Robert Sangster S. victress Secret Agenda (Not A Single Doubt).
Sweet Treats as a weanling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
The filly is also closely related to the Group 1-placed filly Tutta La Vita (The Autumn Sun).
Sweet Treats was a $72,500 purchase by Champion Thoroughbreds from the draft of Segenhoe Stud at the 2022 Magic Millions Gold Coast National Weanling Sale.
Randwick-Kensington, Race 1, 2pm AEDT, Drinkwise Plate, $60,000, 1000m
Betta Being Single, 2-year-old filly (Better Than Ready x Not A Single Woman {Not A Single Doubt})
Betta Being Single, a daughter of the outstanding sire Better Than Ready, will debut for the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable on Wednesday at Randwick-Kensington.
The filly comes into Wednesday’s event with experience from two official trials, including recently running second to Saturday’s Kirkham Plate placegetter Miss Judas (Microphone).
Betta Being Single as a yearling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
Betta Being Single is the second foal from the Not A Single Doubt mare Not A Single Woman; she won over 1100 metres.
Not A Single Woman is a half-sister to Wazzenme (Wanted), who placed in the G3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude.
Betta Being Single was a $160,00 purchase by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott Racing, Kestrel Thoroughbreds and Henderson Racing from the draft of Yarramalong Park at the 2023 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.
Eagle Farm, Race 3, 2.53pm AEDT (1.53pm local), Bay Building Group Mdn Plate, $40,000, 1000m
She’s A Ferrari, 3-year-old filly (Lean Mean Machine x Main Chance {USA} {Street Cry {Ire}})
On Wednesday, the second-season sire Lean Mean Machine will be represented by the Kelly Schweida-trained She’s A Ferrari at Eagle Farm.
The filly is the fourth foal from the American-bred Street Cry (Ire) mare Main Chance (USA). She was unraced but is a daughter of the Listed victress Fatefully (USA) (Private Account {USA}).
She's A Ferrari as a yearling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
Main Chance is a half-sister to Favourable Terms (GB) (Selkirk {USA}), a winner of the G1 Nassau S.
She’s A Ferrari was purchased by Otway Bloodstock for $40,000 from the draft of KBL Thoroughbreds at the 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast National Weanling Sale.
Kenmore Lodge reoffered the filly at the 2022 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, where Kelly Schweida Racing paid $130,000 to secure her.
Looking Back
There was no luck for Tuesday's selections. Our Kyneton selections Angelic Princess (Rich Enuff) and Ocean Mocean (NZ) (Ocean Park {NZ}) were both unplaced. While our selection at Grafton - Angry Bet (I Am Invincible) was also unable to finish in the placings.
