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Randwick: G1 Queen Elizabeth S., $5,000,000, 2000m
Secretariat (USA) anyone? Or Vo Rogue (Ivor Prince {USA})? It is never easy to make comparisons with horses of other generations but today’s 6 and a half-length victory by Pride Of Jenni (Pride Of Dubai) was one for the ages!
One of the 23 stakes winners for her Coolmore Stud based G1 Blue Diamond S. and ATC Sires Produce S. winning sire, she was bred by Trelawney Stud and the Taylor Family Trust and sold by Segenhoe Stud to Cape Schanck Stud for $100,000 at the 2019 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.
Her dam is the four times winner Sancerre (NZ) (O'Reilly {NZ}) whose dam is the G1 Queensland Oaks heroine Vouvray (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}).
Vouvray is also the grandam of the Listed Calaway S. winner Champ Elect (Choisir) and her dam is the triple Group winner Real Success (Success Express {USA}) who also produced the LIsted Victoria Cup winner Bolton (Zabeel) as well as the dam of the G1 Thorndon Mile winner A Touch Of Ruby (NZ) (Pins) and the G1 NZ 1000 Guineas winner Loire (NZ) (Redoute's Choice).
Ancestress of this family is the influential broodmare Pocahontas (USA) (Roman {USA}).
Served last spring by Hello Youmzain (Fr) having missed the previous season, Sancerre foaled a Per Incanto (USA) filly in 2022 - and her 3-year-old son Awatere (NZ) by that same stallion won his maiden at Matamata in January.
G1 Sydney Cup, $2,000,000, 3200m
He was impressive winning the G2 Chairman’s H. last weekend and all the more so today, Circle Of Fire (GB) (Almanzor {Fr}) out-staying his rivals to win by over two lengths.
Bred by The Queen, Circle Of Fire is one of the 15 stakes winners for his Cambridge based shuttling sire.
He is a half-brother to the G3 San Francisco S. winner Evening Sun (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}) out of the winner Fiery Sunset (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) whose half-brother Absolutely Win (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) is a Listed winner in Macau.
Fiery Sunset’s dam is the G3 Prix Corrida winner Diese (USA) (Diesis {GB}) whose three stakes winners include the dual Group 1 winner Senure (USA).Diese’s grandam is the famed matriarch Best In Show (USA) (Traffic Judge {USA}) who has had such great influence in this part of the world as ancestress of Redoute’s Choice - and of whom Circle Of Fire’s grandam boasts another strain in El Gran Senor (USA).
Circle Of Fire is yet another nice horse boasting a cross of the great mare Special (USA) (Forli {Arg}), Circle Of Fire via Nureyev (USA) and Sadler’s Wells (USA).
G1 Queen Of The Turf, $1,000,000, 1600m
“They are good mates at the stables,” Chris Waller joked as he enjoyed providing this Group 1 quinella with Zougotcha (Zoustar) holding off a late dive from Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel).
A $500,000 graduate of the 2012 William Inglis Easter Yearling Sale (purchased by Chris Waller Racing and Mulcaster Bloodstock), Zougotcha bred by Widden Stud (home to her sire who has been well represented by 53 stakes winners) with the Rma Bloodstock Trust.
She is one of three stakes winners for her dam, the stakes placed triple city winner Fast Talker (Fastnet Rock) whose dam is the Listed winner Crystal Wit (Distorted Humor {USA}).
Also dam of the Listed winners Persuader (Zoustar) and The Actuary (Sebring) as well as the city winner Campaign (Sebring), Fast Talker was again served last spring by Zoustar having missed to him the previous year.
Her yearling - a son of Written Tycoon - was purchased by MG Price Racing and Breeding and Dermot Farrington for $500,000 at Easter last week.
Fast Talker is a half-sister to the G3 Heath S. winner Crystal Dreamer (Stratum) from the family of the G1 Golden Slipper S. winner Crystal Lily (Stratum) and the stakes winners Amaethon (Al Maher), Crystal Web (Hard Spun {USA}) and Carrara.
G1 Australian Oaks, $1,000,000 2400m
Autumn Angel (The Autumn Sun) was so brave under a big weight last weekend and tough on the back-up.
Bred by Arrowfield and Jungle Pocket, Autumn Angel was sold by Arrowfield to Dalziel Bloodstock and Moody Racing for $230,000 at the 2022 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale.
One of the four stakes winners (the first at Group 1 level) for her Arrowfield based five times Group 1 winning sire, she is out of the G3 Lord Mayor's Cup winner Angel Of Mercy (Hussonet {USA}) whose dam Pieta (Clay Hero) is a city winning half-sister to the four times Group 1 winner Divine Madonna (Hurricane Sky) and the G3 Standish H. winner Blessum (Umatilla {NZ}).
Stakes winners Maternal (Street Cry {Ire}) and Live To Tell (Territories {Ire}) also hail from this family.
The dam of another two winners, Angel Of Mercy was served last spring by Hitotsu having foaled a colt by his sire Maurice (Jpn) in October.
Her 2022 foal is a full sister to Autumn Angel whilst her 2-year-old Stolen Summer (also by The Autumn Sun) has been retained by Arrowfield and Jungle Pocket and is a member of the Paul Messara and Leah Gavranich stable.
G2 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint, $1,000,000, 1200m
So game at her first run since taking out the spring’s G1 1000 Guineas, Joliestar (Zoustar) took her excellent record to three wins and three seconds from six starts.
Bred by C Barham, she was sold by Segenhoe Thoroughbreds for $950,000 at the 2022 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale. She is one of the 53 stakes winners for her Widden Stud based sire.
She is one of the five winners (from as many foals to race) for the G2 Roman Consul S. winner Jolie Bay (Fastnet Rock) whose sire is enjoying a stellar run as a broodmare sire.
Also dam of the stakes placed city winners God Of Thunder (More Than Ready {USA}) and Emperor (I Am Invincible), Jolie Bay was served by Anamoe last spring - foaling a full sister to Joliestar in September.
Joliestar has another full sister; the yet to race 2-year-old Legacy Bay, in the Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman stable. She ran third in a Pakenham jump-out late last year.
Jolie Bay is a full sister to Kooringal Stud's dual Group 1 winning sprinter Merchant Navy and the Listed winner Setanta out of the G3 Sweet Embrace S. winner Legally Bay (Snippets).
Bred on a 4 X 3 cross of Danehill (USA) with a duplication of the wonderful mare Best In Show (USA) (Traffic Judge {USA}), Joliestar is a descendant of the great mare Chelandry (GB) (Goldfinch {GB}).
And Zoustar is line-bred to Chelandry via strains of Clarion (Fr), Blockbuster, Magpie (GB) and Heroic.
G2 Percy Sykes S., $1,000,000, 1200m
It was a tough and deserved second stakes win for Eneeza (Exceed And Excel) who was close up in the G1 Blue Diamond S. and the G1 Golden Slipper S.
One of the 216 stakes winners for her retired sire, she hails from that Darley star’s 17th crop. Bred by Grant Bloodstock, she was sold by Silverdale Farm to Kia Ora Stud for $1.1 million at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.
She is the second live foal produced by the G2 Euclase S. and dual Listed winner Sweet Sherry (Bel Esprit) who recorded one of her stakes victories at her debut at two.
Her first foal is the yet to race 3-year-old Madeira (Snitzel). Also an expensive yearling - fetching $1.35 million - she is a member of the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace stable.
Served last spring by I Am Invincible, she foaled a Snitzel filly in August with her previous foal being an I Am Invincible colt - purchased by the China Horse Club, Newgate, Go Bloodstock and Trilogy for $775,000 at Easter last week.
Sweet Sherry is one of the four winners for the stakes placed multiple city winner Amoroso (Revoque {Ire}).
And her other three - all by the late Dash For Cash - also earned black-type - the triple Group winner Arinosa and the stakes placed metropolitan winners Onerous and Andaz.
Amoroso is a granddaughter of the Listed Analie H. winner St Bridget's Well (NZ) (Three Legs {GB}) whose eight winners include the G2 Bill Stutt S. winner Sarson Trail (Royal Academy {USA}).
G2 Sapphire S., $300,000, 1200m
Wee Nessy (Snitzel) had been out of the winner’s circle since her Listed Willam Crockett S.success on Cox Plate Day 2022 but was back to her best with this smart performance.
A $400,000 graduate of the 2021 Gold Coast Magic Millions - bred by Arrowfield Pastoral and sold to Flying Angels/ARJB, Wee Nessy is one of the 142 stakes winners for her Arrowfield based Champion Sire. Her dam is the stakes placed Later Gator (NZ) (More Than Ready {USA}) who foaled a full brother to Wee Nessy last spring - again served by Snitzel.
She has produced another three winners, two of whom have earned black-type - the stakes placed Snapback (Snitzel) and Adios (Snitzel).
Later Gator’s grandam is the triple Group winner Light Up The World (Rory’s Jester) whose third dam is the wonderful matriarch Denise's Joy (Seventh Hussar {Fr}).
Listed South Pacific Classic, $200,000, 1400m
It was a running double for Dubawi (Ire) stallions with Little Avondale Stud’s Time Test (GB) following on from the success of Too Darn Hot (GB) in the first.
Panic (NZ) recorded his fourth win from just six starts with this, his first success at stakes level. Bred by JML Bloodstock, he was sold by Blandford Lodge to Mick Wallace and Paul Moroney Bloodstock for $80,000 at the 2022 Karaka Yearling Sale.
The seventh (and first in Australasia) stakes winner for his sire, Panic is the first foal for the unraced Daniela’s Magic (NZ) (Per Incanto {NZ}) who is now in Australia - served last spring by Alabama Express.
Daniela’s Magic is a full sister to the triple Group 2 winner Saracino (NZ) and this is also the family of the Group winners Sir Clive (NZ) (Bigstone {Ire}), Ascending (NZ) (Bigstone), Dopff (NZ) (Tights {USA}), Pussy Willow (NZ) (O’Reilly {NZ}), Positivity (NZ) (Almanzor {Fr}), Zourion (NZ) (Zoustar), Pearl Of Alsace (NZ) (Tavistock {NZ}), Valpolicella (NZ) (Red Ransom {USA}), Vavasour (NZ) (Redoute’s Choice), Vilanova (Commands), Celebrity Dream (NZ) (Thorn Park), Rizon (Zabeel {NZ}) and Ready To Lift (More Than Ready {USA}).
Listed Fernhill Mile, $200,000, 1600m
It was a deserved breakthrough on the back of consistent form for Godolphin home-bred Broadsiding (Too Darn Hot {GB}) who is the sixth stakes winner for his highly credentialled Darley shuttling sire - and his first in Australia.
Too Darn Hot (GB) is proving quite the international stallion - his first stakes winners coming in five different countries!Broadsiding is one of only two live foals produced by the two times winner Speedway (Street Cry {Ire}) who died young - her only other foal being the yet to race Tony Gollan trained 3-year-old No Brakes (Lonhro) who was unplaced in a Deagon trial in February.
A half-sister to the G1 1000 Guineas heroine Flit (Medaglia D’Oro {USA}), Speedway is out of the stakes placed Glissade (Redoute’s Choice) who has also produced the stakes placed multiple city winner Flow (Street Cry).
Broadsiding’s third dam is the G3 AJC Breeders Classic winner Steflara (Zabeel {NZ}) whose dam is the dual Group 3 winner Blue Storm (Bluebird {Ire}).
Morphettville: G3 R N Irwin S., $150,000, 1100m
It was a second Group 3 victory for last spring’s G3 Cockram S. winner Benedetta (Hellbent) who certainly knows how to find this line - this success her seventh from 13 starts.
Bred by the Parker family and sold by Mill Park Stud to Eales Racing Syndications for $75,000 at the 2021 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale, Benedetta is the third foal for the Group 2 placed multiple city winner Whatalovelyday (Domesday).
Also dam of the Group 2 placed Whatafox (Foxwedge) and the VOBIS Gold Stockade winner Sunset Dreaming (Impending), she is out of the Elvstroem mare Krysia whose dam Leica Or Not (Kendor {Fr}) did a great job producing three stakes winners - the G1 New Zealand Derby winner Leica Guv (NZ) (Deputy Governor {USA}), the G1 Australian Guineas winner Light Fantastic (Danehill Dancer {Ire]) and the G3 The Jansz S. winner Lectrice (Encosta de Lago).
Paying a return visit to Hellbent last spring, Whatalovelyday missed the previous season with her latest foal being her 2022 colt by King’s Legacy. Hailing from the same branch of the prolific "Leica" family as the big race winners Redding (NZ) and Pharaoh (NZ) (Sackford {USA}), Benedetta is one of the five stakes winners for her Yarraman Park based G1 William Reid S. winning sire.
G3 Auraria S., $150,000, 1800m
It is now seven wins from 12 starts for the talented Wings Of Song (Mendelssohn {USA}) is the fifth stakes winner for her sire who shuttled just the once, leaving 38 foals.
Racing in the red and white colours of her breeders, the Tait and Nivison family, she is a half-sister to the G2 Moonee Valley Vase winner Cherry Tortoni (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) and the stakes placed Jenny Jerome (Churchill {Ire}).
Served last spring by Churchill after foaling a filly by St Mark’s Basilica (Fr), Wings Of Song’s dam Tortoni (Strategic) is a winning daughter of the G1 1000 Guineas winner Whisked (Whiskey Road {USA}) who is best known as dam of the multiple Group 1 winner Tie The Knot (Nassipour {USA}).
Listed Adelaide Guineas, $120,000 1800m
It was a fourth stakes success for the talented and consistent Air Assault (Justify {USA}).
Raced by a group led by her breeder Harry Perks who passed him in for $100,000 at the 2022 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale, Air Assault is one of the 26 stakes winners for his Coolmore Stud based US Triple Crown winning shuttling sire.
Air Assault is one of the three stakes winners for the dual city winner Elegant Eagle (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}) who has also produced the G1 Champagne S. winner Go Indy Go (Bernardini {USA}) and the G3 DC McKay S. winner Essay Raider (Bernardini) as well as the Group 3 placegetter Battle Brewing (Medaglia D'Oro {USA}).
Retired after foaling an Omaha Beach (USA) colt in 2022, Elegant Eagle hails from a terrific local family, one which has produced the big race winners Ha Ha (Danehill {USA) and Rory's Jester and Southern Speed (Southern Image {USA}) whose son Cosmo Kuranda (Jpn) (Al Ain {Jpn}) won the G2 Deep Impact Kinen.
One of the strengths of Justify's pedigree is his 5 X 5 cross of Narrate (USA) (Honest Pleasure {USA}) who hails from the same family as Round Table (USA), dam sire of Sir Tristram (Ire).
Listed City of Adelaide H., $120,000, 1527m
Last spring’s Gawler Cup winner Chicago Storm (Trust In A Gust) did a good job recording his first win at stakes level.
Bred by G Stellato, he was sold by G23 Breeding and Racing to One 4 K Bloodstock for $5,000 at the 2019 Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale, again changing hands for $11,000 via an Inglis digital sale in June 2020.
The first stakes winner for his late sire, he is out of the winner Bent Chicago (Dash For Cash) who has also produced the six times winning steeplechaser Castrofrancaru (Americain {USA}). Amongst Chicago Storm’s relations are the Group 1 winners Shindig (NZ) (Straight Strike {USA}) and Shinzig.
Listed Redelva S., $120,000, 1100m
It was a longshot win for Sir Sway (Sir Prancealot {Ire}) whose good form did not impress punters!
The 16th stakes winner for his former shuttling sire, he was bred by the Jaensch family who also trained the 3-year-old.
He is the first live foal produced by the winner Silent Sway (Commands) whose dam is the stakes placed multiple city winner Silent Sophia (Fuji Kiseki {Jpn}).
From the family of the Group 1 winners Dowry (NZ) (Bahhare {USA}), Skew Wiff (NZ) (Savabeel), Our Sophia (NZ) (Noble Bijou {USA}) and Carnegie Express (NZ) (Carnegie {Ire}), Silent Sway has not been served the last couple of seasons - her latest foal being a 2022 born filly by Royal Symphony.
Listed Without Fear S., $120,000, 1050m
An improver at each outing, Pure Aqua (Headwater) is the seventh stakes winner for her Vinery Stud based sire.
Bred by Hall Of Fame Bloodstock she was passed in at the 2022 Inglis Australian Weaning Sale and withdrawn from the following year’s Inglis Classic.
She is the third foal and second winner for the placed Jester Jewel (Choisir), also dam of the two times winning Tasmanian Kaytee Valiente (Unencumbered).Served last spring by Cosmic Force after foaling a Nicconi colt, Jester Jewel is a full sister to the G3 SAJC Breeders S. winner Rockshaft (Choisir) out of Bella Jewel (Rory’s Jester) who is a half-sister to the triple Listed winner Marveen (Orientate {USA}).
Group 1 filly Danglissa (Danehill {USA}) hails from this family as does Newgate’s Profiteer.
