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.
The first-season sire Yes Yes Yes will look to celebrate his first winner at Eagle Farm on Saturday, while in the same event a well-related juvenile by Spirit Of Boom will debut. Heading out to Beaudesert, a half-sister to the Group 1 winner Stronger will hit the track.
Eagle Farm, Race 2, 2.10pm AEDT (1.10pm local), Stronger At Aquis QTIS 2YO H., $85,000, 1000m
Climactic, 2-year-old colt (Yes Yes Yes x Snitzel’s Joy {Snitzel})
The Everest winner, Yes Yes Yes, is searching for his first winner as a sire and will be represented by Climactic on Saturday at Eagle Farm.
The Matthew Dunn-trained colt is the third foal from the Snitzel mare Snitzel’s Joy. She won three races, while her third dam is the R. Listed Magic Millions 2YO Fillies S. victress Dancer’s Joy (NZ) (Danzatore {Can}).
Climactic as a yearling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
Climactic is also from the family of the G2 Blazer S. and Tristarc S. heroine La Passe (Street Sense {USA}).
The colt was a $110,000 purchase by Matthew Dunn and Neil Jenkinson (FBAA) from the draft of Telemon Thoroughbreds at the 2023 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale.
Eagle Farm, Race 2, 2.10pm AEDT (1.10pm local), Stronger At Aquis QTIS 2YO H., $85,000, 1000m
Cutting Edge, 2-year-old colt (Spirit Of Boom x Noesis {Exceed And Excel})
Toowoomba-based father and daughter training duo Tony and Maddysen Sears will unveil a son of Spirit Of Boom, Cutting Edge, at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
The colt is the ninth foal for Noesis, a juvenile Listed winner by Exceed And Excel. She is a half-sister to Cuddles For Naara (General Nediym), who placed in the Listed Gold Sovereign.
Cutting Edge as a yearling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
Furthermore, Cutting Edge is from the family of the G1 Blue Diamond victress True Jewels (Brief Truce {USA}).
Sears Racing, alongside Catheryne Bruggeman and Paul Moroney Bloodstock, paid $140,000 to secure the colt from the draft of Eureka Stud at the 2023 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale.
Beaudesert, Race 5, 4.18pm AEDT (3.18pm local), Prydes Easifeed Enegrypak Mdn Plate, $20,000, 1100m
Diligente, 3-year-old filly (Pariah x Star Pupil {Starcraft {NZ}})
The well-related Pariah filly, Diligente, will debut for Annabel Neasham on Saturday at Beaudesert.
The filly is the fourth foal from the Starcraft (NZ) mare Star Pupil. She is the dam of the G1 HKJC Centenary Sprint Cup hero, Stronger, who now stands at Aquis Farm. Diligente is also closely related to the Group 3 victor Bachman (All American) and the recent G3 JRA Cup winner Ain’tnodeeldun (Dundeel {NZ}).
Diligente as a yearling | Image courtesy of Inglis
Diligente was a $150,000 purchase by Annabel Neasham Racing, Brian McGuire and Harry McAlpine Bloodstock from the draft of Arrowfield Stud at the 2022 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
Looking Back
Thunder Hawk (American Pharoah {USA}) was the sole runner of Friday's selections. The 3-year-old filly finished third at Kilmore. Moonee Valley's selections of Death Defying (Deep Field) and Indaza (I Am Invincible) were both scratched from their engagements.
