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 early in its career chasing maiden success, 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 runners are set to hit the track across Australia on Thursday. We have a Super Seth 2-year-old colt looking for success at the Sunshine Coast. Also we have a 2-year-old Proisir colt making his debut at Gosford and a beautifully bred daughter of Catkins (Dubawi {Ire}) racing on the Randwick-Kensington track.
Sunshine Coast, Race 5, 3.48pm AEDT, Martin Collins Australia QTIS 2YO H., $85,000, 1000m
Will It Snow (NZ), 2-year-old colt (Super Seth x Snowdrop {NZ} {Pins})
Sunshine Coast’s Thursday meeting will serve as the venue for the second-career start of Will It Snow (NZ), a well-bred son of Waikato Stud’s very exciting first-season sire in Super Seth from the Bevan Laming stable. He showed good promise when placing at Grafton on debut over 1000 metres.
Will It Snow is out of the handy New Zealand sprinter Snowdrop (NZ) (Pins). She won six races and was talented enough to manage placings in the Listed Counties Bowl H., and the Listed ARC Newmarket H.
Will It Snow (NZ) | Image courtesy of New Zealand Bloodstock
Will it Snow is well-related being a half-sister to Grand De Flora (NZ) (Savabeel) who won four-times in Australia and placed in the G2 Sunline S., and Grand Bouquet (NZ) (Savabeel) who won five-times from 1300 metres to 2100 metres and was placed in the Listed Marton Cup and the G3 Counties Cup. Will It Snows grandam is the eight-time winner Daffodil (NZ) (No Excuse Needed {GB}), she was successful in the G1 NZ 1000 Guineas, the G1 Australian Oaks and the G1 Windsor Park Challenge P.,
Other high-profile members of this very successful family are the Group 1 winner Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) and the New Zealand Group 3 winner Mazzolino (NZ) (Savabeel).
Snowdrop, since producing Will It Snow, has left a yearling colt by Noverre (NZ) and was most recently served by Noverre again last spring.
Will It Snow was a $60,000 purchase by John White Bloodstock (BAFNZ) from the draft of Waikato Stud Ltd at the 2023 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale.
Gosford, Race 2, 1.05pm AEDT, Furnace & The Fundamentals Live 11 May Super Maiden P., $60,000, 1000m
Omnic (NZ), 2-year-old colt (Proisir x Zanyetta {NZ} {Tavistock} {NZ})
Top trainer Ciaron Maher will prepare the well-bred colt Omnic (NZ) to debut at Gosford on Thursday over 1000 metres.
Omnic is by Rich Hill Stud’s top class stallion Proisir out of the Tavistock (NZ) mare Zanyetta (NZ), she was a useful staying mare winning four races from 1600 metres up to 2100 metres.
Zanyetta is a full-sister to the Listed Singapore Stewards Cup winner Titanium (NZ) (Tavistock) who won six races in total, and is out of Zanetta (NZ) (Centaine) who was an eight-time winner including the G3 Summer Cup.
Omnic (NZ) | Image courtesy of New Zealand Bloodstock
Omnic’s pedigree suggests that he is bred to appreciate a distance of a mile and further, and bringing together two strong New Zealand stallions of recent times in Proisir and Tavistock also brings a duplication of the blood brothers Sadler’s Wells (USA) and Fairy King (USA) who are out of the influential mare Fairy Bridge (USA) (Bold Reason {USA}).
Omnic was a $120,000 purchase by Ciaron Maher Racing from the draft of Highden Park at the 2023 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale.
Randwick-Kensington, Race 1, 12.45pm AEDT, The Passchendaele P., $100,000, 1100m
Rubikins, 3-year-old filly (Rubick x Catkins {Dubawi}{Ire})
The well-bred Rubick filly Rubikins is set to make her third start over 1100 metres for trainer Chris Waller on the Randwick-Kensington track. At her last start Rubikins ran on strongly from back in the field to finish fourth at Hawkesbury.
Rubikins is out of the classy and prolific winning Dubawi (Ire) mare Catkins. She won sixteen-races including ten Group races and two Listed races. Catkins was also Group 1 placed five-times in her exceptional career. Adding to this, she has also made a promising start to her stud career with her first two Medaglia D’Oro (USA) foals, Cat D’Oro and Gracilistyla both winning twice and may add to their records by the time they finish racing.
Rubick | Standing at Swettenham Stud
Catkins since producing Rubikins has left a two-year-old filly named Mignonette (Zoustar), a yearling filly by So You Think (NZ), and was most recently served by Churchill (Ire) last spring.
Looking Back
My Xanadu (Fastnet Rock) was impressive winning on debut, she looks to have a big future as more time and distance will only be of asistance being out of an Oaks winner.
At Newcastle, Royal Standard (Dundeel {NZ}) battled on well for a close-up second placing and Zoubaby (Zoustar) ran fifth, raced a bit green and looked like she will improve from the run.
