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 Wednesday. We have a Camelot (GB) mare looking for a maiden win at Doomben. While a Per Incanto (USA) filly and a Written Tycoon are both looking to back-up solid prior form with maiden wins at Canterbury Park.
Doomben, Race 1, 12pm AEST, Cascade Mdn Plate, $40,000, 1660m
Pintura Rosa (Fr) , 4-year-old Mare (Camelot (GB) x Pink Paint (Fr) {Redoute’s Choice})
Doomben’s Wednesday meeting will serve as the venue for the Brian J Smith-trained Pintura Rosa’s (Fr) second start after running home very well for sixth on debut at Doomben over 1350 metres behind the promising filly Moonfleet (Bolt D’Oro).
Pintura Rosa is by the top class Coolmore Stud sire in Camelot (GB) and has a strong international pedigree with her page full of influential stallions including Storm Cat (USA), Sadler’s Wells (USA), Danehill (USA), Northern Dancer (Can), Alydar (USA), Canny Lad and Kingmambo (USA).
Her dam Pink Paint (Fr) is a French-bred daughter of Redoute’s Choice and was a winner over 2200 metres and metropolitan placed in France.
Pintura Rosa (Fr) as a yearling | Image courtesy of Arqana
Pink Paint’s dam Peinture Rose (USA) (Storm Cat {USA}) was successful twice including the Listed Prix Ceres. She is extremely well bred being a half-sister to Peintre Celebre (USA) the 1997 Horse of the Year in Europe. His wins included the G1 Prix du Jockey Club, G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and the G1 Grand Prix de Paris all in France.
Pintura Rose was a €185,000 (AU$299,760) purchase by Niall O’Connor / McEvoy Mitchell Racing from the 2021 Arqana Deauville October Yearling Sale. With that pedigree behind her, no matter what she does on the track she will be a valuable broodmare when she heads to the breeding barn.
Canterbury Park, Race 1, 12.50pm AEST, Golden Mile at Darley 2YO H., $60,000, 1250m
Shelstein, 2-year-old colt (Written Tycoon x Sylvia’s Mother {Snitzel})
The Annabel Neasham-trained Written Tycoon colt Shelstein will be making his second start at Canterbury Park on Wednesday over 1250 metres. Before making his debut he trialled up very smartly at Rosehill on May 17 when winning over 1030 metres, that day he narrowly beat the well-bred Shanwah (NZ) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) and third was Mellifluent (Exceed And Excel) who previously won on debut at Canterbury in February.
On debut he then ran a solid close-up fourth on the same track and over the same distance that he races over today behind the exciting colt Depth Of Character (Deep Field) who has since placed in Listed company at Eagle Farm behind the unbeaten Megastar Heart (Star Turn).
This well-bred colt is the first foal out of the Snitzel mare Sylvia’s Mother, who was a seven-time winner including the G3 Frances Tressady S., and the G3 Geoffrey Belmaine S.
Shelstein as a yearling | Image courtesy of Inglis
This family has some top-level performers a bit further back including Drop Anchor (At Talaq {USA}), the Group 1 winning mare Bel Mer (Bel Esprit), All Too Royal (All Too Hard), Ken Arok (Bel Esprit) and Generosity (Divine Prophet).
Sylvia Mother’s further progeny include a yearling colt by Wootton Bassett (GB), a weanling colt by Too Darn Hot (GB) and in the spring was most recently served by Coolmore Stud’s Home Affairs.
Shelstein was a $550,000 purchase by TFI/Kia Ora Stud/Annabel Neasham Racing from the draft of Berkeley Park Stud at the 2023 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.
Canterbury Park, Race 3, 2pm AEST, James Squire Plate, $100,000, 1250m
Grassburn, 3-year-old filly (Per Incanto (USA) x Turf Fire (NZ) {O’Reilly})
It's a solid form line for this Chris Waller trained filly who at his first start ran second at Ballina over 1106m on May 7 behind Superior Zara (Super One). At his second start he ran second behind the very promising colt Depth Of Character (Deep Field), he has since run a placing behind Megastar Heart (Star Turn) in Listed company at Eagle Farm.
Grassburn is by Per Incanto (USA) out of Turf Fire (NZ) (O’Reilly {NZ}) who was a handy sprinter and won nine-times on the track and managed a placing in the G3 Stewards S. She has left three individual winners as a broodmare including the talented sprinter Mrs Chrissie (NZ) (Per Incanto), the eight-time winner and stakes-placed gelding Don Carlo (NZ) (Per Incanto) and Acrobat (NZ) (Pins) who won five-times in Malaysia and Singapore.
Per Incanto (USA) | Standing at Little Avondale Stud
She holds a very interesting pedigree-pattern having a 4 x 4 cross of the great Mr Prospector (USA) and also a similar 4 x 4 cross of Try My Best (USA). O’Reilly (NZ) and Straight Strike (USA) also feature in the dam-line and they have proven to have a successful affinity when crossed with each other, and any more Mr Prospector lines.
Turf Fire’s further progeny include a two-year-old filly by Waikato Stud's promising sire Super Seth, and in the spring was most recently served by Haunui Farm’s stallion Ribchester (Ire).
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