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.
Three exciting runners are set to hit the track across New Zealand and Australia on Friday, including a 2-year-old by Written By who has trialled up very sharply, and staying type of 3-year-olds by Justify (USA) and Eminent (Ire) who are looking to break maiden status.
Scone, Race 1, 12.50pm AEDT, Inglis Easter Yearling Sale 7-8 April 2YO H., $30,000, 1000m
Manuscript, 2-year-old colt (Written By x Sugarparma {Snitzel})
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Manuscript will be looking to keep the stables hot 2-year-old form going when debuting at Scone on Friday. He has showed plenty of promise winning his last two trials at Randwick impressively.
This colt is bred for early speed being by the G1 Blue Diamond winner in Written By and out of Sugarparma, a juvenile winning and stakes-placed Snitzel mare.
Sugarparma has already left her mark at stud leaving two winners including Jackal (Astern) the three-time winner and Toute Sweet (Better Than Ready) who was a winner over 850 metres. There is plenty of speed in this colt’s blood and he should be ready to win as a juvenile.
Manuscript as a yearling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
Sugarparma has been given every chance at stud and in recent years has left a yearling filly also by Written By, a foal filly by Xtravagant (NZ) and in the spring was served again by Xtravagant.
Manuscript was a $85,000 purchase by Tricolours Racing and Syndication, from the draft of Newhaven Park at the 2023 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.
Scone, Race 2, 1.30pm AEDT, Emirates Park Class 1 & Mdn Plate, $30,000, 1700m
Just Immortal, 3-year-old gelding (Justify (USA) x Black Mamba (NZ) {Black Minnaloushe {USA}})
Just Immortal, a son of Coolmore Stud’s proven stallion Justify (USA), will have his second start at Scone for Randwick trainer’s Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott after running a moderate sixth on debut at Newcastle on March 8. This staying type of gelding is the eighth foal from the Black Minnaloushe (USA) mare Black Mamba (NZ), who was a seven-time winner on the track including the G1 Del Mar John C Mabee H.
She is very well-related being a half-sister to the G1 Australian Derby hero in Roman Emperor (NZ) (Montjeu {Ire}) and the talented G2 Wellington Guineas victor in Rios (NZ) (Hussonet {USA}).
Just Immortal as a yearling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
Black Mamba since producing Just Immortal has left a Capitalist filly foal and was most recently served by Stay Inside, but unfortunately missed.
Just Immortal sold for $150,000 at the 2022 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale with Gai Waterhouse, Adrian Bott and Kestrel Thoroughbreds being the successful purchaser from the draft of Evergreen Stud Farm.
New Plymouth Raceway, Race 7, 1.57pm AEDT (3.57pm local) Entain - NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race, $18,500, 1600m
Golden (NZ), 3-year-old filly (Eminent (Ire) x Aline (NZ) {O’Reilly {NZ}})
The Steven Ramsay and Julia Ritchie-trained filly Golden (NZ) will travel to New Plymouth on Friday to have her third start over 1600 metres after running two very good placings in her first two starts.
The staying bred filly by Eminent (Ire) is unfortunately as it stands the only live foal out of the O’Reilly (NZ) mare Aline (NZ), who was unraced on the track but comes from a deep family. She is related to the successful Group 1-producing sires Darci Brahma (NZ) and Burgundy (NZ) and the Group 1 winners Grand Echezeaux (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}) and Ethereal (NZ) (Rhythm (USA})
Golden has a genuine homebred pedigree being from an established Pencarrow Stud damline. She is also by Eminent, the Sir Peter Vela raced Group 2 and dual Group 1 placed son of Frankel (GB).
Looking back
Voracious (Maurice {Jpn}) flew the flag for our Looking Ahead picks winning by a dominant 2l in Race 4 at Pakenham on Thursday. Of the rest, Media World (Written Tycoon) put himself in a nice position within running at Newcastle, but didn't quicken fast enough when the gap presented but still ran a nice third. We will need to wait for another day to see Narbold (Churchill {Ire}) as he was scratched from Pakenham.
