Morphettville: G1 South Australian Derby, $1,000,000, 2500m
The good run being enjoyed by Arrowfield Stud's The Autumn Sun continued with one of his G1 Australasian Oaks winning placegetters backing up and proving too strong for the boys - Coco Sun relishing the step up to 2500 metres. A Listed winner over 1400 metres at the same track last winter, Coco Sun is one of her sire's four stakes winners amongst his first 39 winners. And she is his third recent Group 1 winning filly - Autumn Angel and Vibrant Sun the others.
Bred by Wallings Bloodstock, she was sold by Tyreel Stud to McEvoy Mitchell Racing and Belmont Bloodstock for $250,000 at the 2022 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale. Her city winning dam Miss Hufflepuff (Encosta de Lago) has also produced this season's stakes placed 2-year-old Nymphadora (Yes Yes Yes) as well as the city winner Queen Of Wizardry (Not A Single Doubt).
Again served by The Autumn Sun last spring having missed the previous season, Miss Hufflepuff had her So You Think (NZ) yearling sell for $240,000 to First Light Racing, Tony and Calvin McEvoy and Belmont Bloodstock at this year's Inglis Classic Sale.
Miss Hufflepuff is one of the five winners (from as many to race) for the imported Listed winner Miss Helga (Ire) (Alzao {USA}) whose son Liberator (Encosta de Lago) earned the title of Hong Kong Champion Stayer.
The 21st Group 1 winner for Encosta de Lago as a broodmare sire, Coco Sun has strong female line-breeding with duplications of Natalma (USA) (Native Dancer {USA}), Fairy Bridge (USA) (Bold Reason {USA}), Lalun (USA) (Djeddah {Fr}), Rough Shod (GB) (Gold Bridge {Fr}) and Flower Bowl (USA) (Alibhai {GB}).
G3 Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Formerly Port Adelaide Cup), $150,000, 2500m
He was odds-on and he won like it, The Map (Alpine Eagle) racing away to a 3 three-quarters length victory - his second at stakes level.Bred by MG Crossin and RA Sade, he was sold by Armidale Stud - home to his G2 Autumn S. winning sire - to Oopy MacGillivray for $35,000 at the 2020 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale.
One of Alpine Eagle's two stakes winners, The Map is out of the durable race mare This Moment (Savoire Vivre) who won nine races in Tasmania and Melbourne. Three of her first four foals to race are winners and she has more to come - served last spring by Quick Thinker having produced a full sister to The Map last August.
Her 2-year-old, another full sister, has been called On The Map and is also a member of the Dan Clarken and Oopy MacGillivray stable.
This Moment is a full sister to the triple LIsted winner Iggimacool and the stakes placed five times winner Love The Moment out of the winner Hidden Homent (Ladoni {GB}) whose stakes placed dam Midori Miss (Top Of The Pack) is dam of the G3 Tasmanian Derby winner Father Floyd (Weasel Clause) and grandam of Methuselah (Savoire Vivre) - winner of that same race.
The Map's sire Alpine Eagle and dam sire Savoire Vivre are bred on the same Sadler's Wells (USA)/Kris (GB) cross and he is also line-bred to the terrific mares Special (USA) (Forli {Arg}) and Mixed Marriage (GB) (Tudor Minstrel {Ire}).
Listed Adelaide Guineas, $120,000, 1600m
Poifect (Pierro) gave a good kick a fair way out and just kept going - strong to the line recording her third win from seven starts and her first in stakes company.
The 38th stakes winner for her Coolmore Stud based sire, she was bred by Katom and sold by Coolmore to Lindsay Park for $200,000 at the 2022 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
She is one of the four winners (from five to race) for Drouin picnic maiden winner Without Exception (Flying Spur) - also dam of the metropolitan winners Unanimous (Deep Field), Universally (Zoustar) and La Capita (Capitalist).
Served last spring by Yes Yes Yes after foaling an Acrobat colt in early September, Without Exception has her So You Think (NZ) yearling filly in the Amanda Turner stable.
She is one of the seven winners for the unraced Categorical (Hennessy {USA}), also dam of the G2 Todman S. winner Krupt and the Listed Talindert S. winner Anevay (Exceed And Excel).
Having the great mare Fanfreluche (Can) (Northern Dancer {Can}) as her fifth dam, Poifect is the third stakes winner (from 16 winners/21 runners) by Pierro out of a daughter of Flying Spur (also a descendant of Fanfreluche).
Ascot: G3 WA Sires Produce, $200,000, 1400m
It was another dominant performance by Bustling (Frosted {USA}) who proved a class above his rivals recording his fourth win from five starts.
The Oakland Park Stud home-bred is one of the 27 stakes winners for his sire who shuttled to Darley Victoria from 2017 to 2022.
He is one of the three winners (from as many live foals of racing age) for the stakes placed dual city winner Bisimiss (Key Business).
Also dam of the city winner Via Monte (Street Boss {USA}), she was served last spring by Sessions having foaled a filly by that same stallion in October.
Bisimiss is one of the six winners produced by the dual city winner Danana Smoothie (Danetime {Ire}) whose half-brother Pushin’ Shapes (Viscount) won the Listed Northam Cup.
Bustling's sire and dam are both descendants of the 1926 born mare Arena (USA) (St James {USA}) whose half-sister produced the G1 Kentucky Derby hero Shut Out (USA). Arena is also ancestress of More Than Ready's (USA) sire Southern Halo (USA) (and Miswaki {USA}).
