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 exciting runners are set to hit the track across Australia on Wednesday, including a promising The Autumn Sun colt and a well-bred American Pharoah (USA) filly on the Randwick-Kensington course. At Sandown we have a sharply-bred juvenile by Exceed And Excel on debut.
Randwick-Kensington, Race 1, 12.15pm, AEST, Golden Mile At Darley 2YO H., $60,000, 1400m
Mr Artemisia, 2-year-old colt (The Autumn Sun x Sultry Dreamer {Dream Ahead {USA})
The Chris Waller-trained Mr Artemisia (The Autumn Sun) will have his second start over 1400 metres on the Randwick-Kensington course on Wednesday on the back of a very good placing at Canterbury on May 1 over 1100 metres behind the stakes-performed filly Toque (Street Boss {USA}).
This well-related colt is the third foal from the Dream Ahead (USA) mare Sultry Dreamer, who was unraced on the track.
Mr Artemisia’s second dam is the Zeditave mare Hell It’s Hot, she was handy on the track winning twice and placing at metropolitan level in Sydney. She has left seven-winners but her biggest claim to fame is leaving the super talented Time Thief filly In Her Time who won $3,772,725 on the track including the G1 Lightning S., G2 Breeders C., G2 Millie Fox S, Listed Sydney S., and was placed in the G1 Sprint C., G1 Stradbroke H., G1 Manikato S., G1 Tattersall’s C., G1 TJ Smith S., G3 Hawkesbury Crown and the G2 Premiere S.
Mr Artemisia | Image courtesy of Inglis
In more recent times In Her Time sold at the 2021 Inglis Chairman’s Sale fetching $2.2 million to the bid of Yulong Investments Australia. In Her Time over the last four seasons has produced a two-year-old colt by I Am Invincible, yearling and weanling colts by Written Tycoon and was most recently served by Yulong Stud’s young-sire Diatonic (Jpn) in the spring.
Further back in the family features the Coolmore young stallion and The Everest victor in Yes Yes Yes and the stakes-winners Hot As Hell (County), Harlem River (Fastnet Rock), Flaming Hot (County), Craig’s Dragon (Catbird) and Lempicka (Rich Enuff).
Mr Artemisia was a $150,000 purchase by Hermitage Thoroughbreds from the draft of Arrowfield Stud at the 2023 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale
Randwick-Kensington, Race 2, 12.50pm, AEST, Drinkwise P., $100,000, 1400m
Wild Gypsy, 3-year-old filly (American Pharoah {USA} x Gypsy Robin {USA} {Daaher {Can})
The well-bred Wild Gypsy is set to have her second start over 1400 metres for Warwick Farm trainer Annabel Neasham on the Randwick-Kensington track on Wednesday. At her only start she ran a very good second at Kembla Grange on April 27 over 1300 metres, beating her that day was the very promising filly Pippie Beach (Maurice {Jpn}) who has won again impressively at Warwick Farm since.
Wild Gypsy is a daughter of Coolmore Stud’s former shuttling stallion American Pharoah (USA) and is out of the Daaher (Can) mare Gypsy Robin (USA). She was a six-time winner in America including the G2 Raven Run S., G2 Beaumont S., Listed Downs Inaugural S., and the Listed CERF S.
Wild Gypsy has started her stud career off in great fashion having already left three individual winners. The best of these has been Wild Ruler (Snitzel) he was the victor in the G1 AJ Moir S., G2 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint, G2 Roman Consul S., Restricted Listed Inglis Nursery, Listed Heritage S., and the Listed Fireball S.
Wild Gypsy | Image courtesy of Inglis
Pavitra (American Pharoah) has won the G3 Kembla Grange C., and placed in the G1 VRC Oaks, G1 Vinery Stud S, G2 Wakeful S, and the G3 Ethereal S. Her other winner has been the three-time winning Fastnet Rock gelding Uluru.
Further back in the pedigree page are the stakes-winners Feisty Princess (USA) (Indian Charlie {USA}), Tiger Cat Lilly (USA) (Tale Of The Cat {USA}), and Liliesformillie (USA) (Pioneerof the Nile {USA}).
Gypsy Robin, since producing Wild Gypsy, has left a two-year-old filly by Snitzel named Sakanta, a yearling filly by Farnan and a weanling filly by Snitzel.
Wild Gypsy cost Peachester Lodge Trust $200,000 at the 2022 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale from the draft of Kia Ora Stud.
Sportsbet Sandown-Hillside, Race 1, 12.25pm, AEST, Sportsbet Fast Form H., $50,000, 1000m
Cora Lynn, 2-year-old filly (Exceed And Excel x Kooweerup {More Than Ready {USA})
Cora Lynn (Exceed And Excel) is set to make her debut over 1000 metres for Ciaron Maher at Sandown on Wednesday. She is bred to be quick being by the noted two-year-old sire in Exceed And Excel and out of a two-year-old winner.
Cora Lynn is the first foal from Kooweerup (More Than Ready {USA}). She was a two-time winner as a two-year-old on the track including the G3 Breeder’s S
Her grandam is the quality Group 1 winning Redoute’s Choice mare in Allez Wonder, she was successful in the G1 Toorak H., and the Listed Keith F Nolan C. Her versatility has also been shown when placing in the G1 Victoria Oaks over 2500 metres.
Exceed And Excel | Standing at Darley
This filly’s pedigree is littered with classy performers and her great-grandam Luna Tudor was also a ten-time winner including the G2 Perth Cup. This means that Cora Lynn’s first three-dams are all Group winners.
Further Group winners back in the family are the NZ Group 1 winning stallion Tivaci and the quality stayer Pretty Pins (NZ) (Pins),
Kooweerup since producing Cora Lynn has left yearling and weanling fillies by Written Tycoon and was most recently served by Yulong Stud’s promising young stallion in Pierata.
Looking Back:
Flying Thinker (So You Think {NZ}) ran a nice race for third on debut, she showed good promise. She's All It (Starspangledbanner) ran a fair race for fifth, she wasn't beaten far.
Tatsu (Xtravagant) was scratched from his race at Moe.
