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 having their first or second start, a promising galloper returning to the track or a horse which has trialled particularly well, we’ll aim to give you something to follow.
Today, we are focussing our efforts on Racing.com Park where we like the chances of half-sister to a multiple Group 1 winner, a 2-year-old who has the pedigree to suggest a step up to a mile will be ideal and we’re also expecting a bold showing from a 3-year-old back from a spell.
Racing.com Park, Race 1, 11.50am AEST, Racing.com Mdn Plate, $20,700, 1600m
Miss Tenthousand (Spirit Of Boom) has done everything but win a race in her brief career for trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace. The filly has finished runner-up in all three appearances and, against a field of modest quality, a major reward beckons.
Spirit Of Boom, sire of Miss Tenthousand | Standing at Eureka Stud
The 3-year-old is a half-sister to seven winners and among them is the five-time Group 1 winner Boban (Bernardini {USA}) and the dam of the stakes performer Let’s Twist (Statue Of Liberty {USA}). Miss Tenthousand is a daughter of Kenbelle (Kenmare {Fr}), a talented mare who won the G1 Australian Oaks and the G2 Queen of the Turf S.
Racing.com Park, Race 2, 12.25pm AEST, Red Gem Packers & Growers Mdn, $20,700, 1600m
Alloway (Wandjina) was a $120,000 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale purchase and is a half-sister to three multiple winners. Their dam Special Melody (Encosta De Lago) is an unraced daughter of the three-time Group 1 winner Special Harmony (Spinning World {USA}).
Alloway as a yearling
Special Melody is also a sister to the multiple black type winner Little Miss Surfer Girl and the family of the G2 Karrakatta Plate winner Redwoldt (King Of Kings {Ire}). Alloway made late ground for trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr on debut and the step up to 1600 metres should suit the well-related filly nicely.
Racing.com Park, Race 4, 1.45pm AEST, Ultrasigns Mdn Plate, $20,700, 1200m
Time Warrior (Time For War) has improved with each of his outings and followed up a debut fifth with a fourth placing, after making the play out in front, at Tatura ahead of a break. He has the services of Jamie Mott and looks a decent each way hope in an open line-up.
The late Time For War, sire of Time Warrior
Trainer Richard Laming purchased Time Warrior for $60,000 at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale and he is a half-brother to four multiple winners. They are out of Cellar Edition (Brocco {USA}), who won on six occasions, and she is a half-sister to the winner and G3 SAJC Sires’ Produce S. runner-up Dai Ichi (Fuji Kiseki {Jpn}). The second dam is the dual Group 1 winner Imposera (NZ) (Imposing), who produced the G1 Spring Champion S. winner Teranaba (Anabaa {USA}).
