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G1 Neds Blue Diamond S., $1,500,000, 1200m
The old adage of a stallion getting a good one once he either dies or relocates rings true here with the Daumier being the third Group 1 winner (and one of his 17 stakes winners) for the dual Group 1 winner Epaulette (Commands) who was exported to Turkey last October.
A homebred for Godolphin, Daumier is the second foal for the unraced Illustrate (Street Cry {Ire}) whose first foal - the Newcastle winner Depiction (Exceed And Excel) - made his way to Hong Kong late last year.
Served last spring by Brazen Beau (I Am Invincible) - in 2020 foaling a colt by that same stallion - Illustrate is a daughter of the dual Group winner Parables (Lonhro) who sadly died young having produced one other foal, the Group 3-placed Metropolitan winner Marble (Exceed And Excel).
Parables' dam is the Listed winner Fairytales (Night Shift {USA}), half-sister to the dual Group winner Thackeray (At Talaq {USA}), to the dam of the Group 1 mare Politeness (Street Sense {USA}) and to the grandam of the G1 Manawatu Sires' Produce S. winner On The Bubbles (Brazen Beau).
Daumier is bred on a 4 X 5 cross of the wonderful mare Eight Carat (GB) (Pieces Of Eight {Ire}) via her grandson Commands (Danehill {USA}) and son Octagonal (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}) and he is the 11th stakes winner bred on a combination of those two stallions.
The first Group 1 winner line-bred to Eight Carat, he also carries multiple Almahmoud (USA) (Mahmoud {Fr}) family strains... Danehill (USA) (Danzig {USA}), Machiavellian (USA) (Mr Prospector {USA}), Halo (USA) (Hail To Reason {USA}) and Northern Dancer (Can) (Nearctic {Can}).
G1 Lamaro's Hotel Futurity S., $750,000, 1400m
Recording her second Caulfield 1400-metre Group 1 victory on the back of her spring carnival success in the Sir Rupert Clarke S., Sierra Sue (NZ) (Darci Brahma {NZ}) won with plenty in hand.
One of the 55 stakes winners for The Oaks Stud's five-time Group 1-winning stalwart Darci Brahma (NZ) (Danehill {USA}), Sierra Sue (bred by J.E Fokerd) has proven to be a bargain buy for connections; secured at the 2019 New Zealand Bloodstock Mixed Sale for a mere NZ$2000 having been passed in at New Zealand Bloodstock's Karaka Sale the year before.
Served in 2021 by Mongolian Khan (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), Sierra Sue's dam Centree by Centaine has produced another four winners.
She is out of the Group 3-placed Oregon (USA) mare Miss Tree, dam of the Group 3-placed successful broodmare Miss Puzzle (Citidancer {Ire}) who has produced the G1 Santa Anita Oaks winner Fashion Plate (USA) (Old Fashioned {USA}). New Zealand Horse of the Year Tit For Taat (NZ) (Faltaat {USA}) also hails from this family.
G1 Neds Oakleigh Plate, $750,000, 1100m
Remaining undefeated with this excellent performance, Marabi (I Am Invincible) is another exciting type for her Yarraman Park-based sire - one of his 75 stakes winners.
Her dam, who died in 2020 (her final foal being the unraced Siteki by Flying Artie), is the G2 Sunline S. winner Nakaaya (Tiger Hill {Ire}) - also dam of the G1 VRC Oaks and G2 Wakeful S. winner Aristia (Lonhro) who retired to stud last spring, served by Zoustar (Northern Meteor).
Marabi has strong Chelandry (GB) (Goldfinch {GB}) influence. Ancestress of I Am Invincible (and of his second dam sire Zoffany {USA}), she is also ancestress of Marabi's second dam sire Marwina (Marscay) whilst her dam is bred on a 4 X 4 cross of her descendant Dignitas (USA) (Round Table {USA}).
This I Am Invincible/Marwina cross has not been given a big chance to succeed with only four named foals - but the three to race are all winners with two successful at stakes level, the other being the triple Group winner Invincible Gem.
Marabi can boast amongst her relations the stakes winners Sir Amadi (Maizcay), Royal Purler (Hector Protector {USA}), Mishani Warrior (Show A Heart) and Calorific (Desert Sun {GB}).
G2 Carlton Draught Peter Young S., $300,000, 1800m
Last year's G1 Doncaster H. hero, Cascadian (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) put the writing on the wall with his first up G1 CF Orr S. third and was too strong recording the seventh win of his 34-start career.
One of the 58 stakes winner for his sire, a multiple Group 1 winning former Darley shuttler, Cascadian is a Godolphin homebred. He is the first foal for the G3 UAE Oaks winner Falls Of Lora (Ire) (Street Cry {Ire}), also dam of the G1 Woodbine Summer S. winner Albahr (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}).
Falls Of Lora is one of the four stakes winners produced by the Listed Prix des Sablonnets winner Firth Of Lorne (Ire) (Danehill {USA}) - also dam of the dual Group winner Master Of The Seas (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and the Listed winners Latharnach (USA) (Iffraaj {GB}) and Etive (USA) (Elusive Quality {USA}).
Firth Of Lorne's dam is the G3 Cherry Hinton S. winner Kerrera (Ire) (Diesis {GB}), ancestress of another eight stakes winners.
G2 Neds Angus Armanasco S., $300,000, 1400m
Lavish Girl (Xtravagant {NZ}) held off a late challenge from the favourite to record her first success at stakes level at her ninth start.
Bred by Newhaven Park (home to her sire who is doing a great job with this filly his third stakes winner), Lavish Girl was purchased by Ciaron Maher for $110,000 at the 2020 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.
She is the second foal and first winner for the winner Ends In Tears (Snitzel), half-sister to the Group 2-placed Snogging (I Am Invincible) from the family of stakes winners Hadabeclorka (Hurricane Sky), Songs Of Vienna (Umatilla {NZ}) and City Of Song (Bel Esprit).
Ends In Tears was served last spring by Cool Aza Beel (NZ) (Savabeel) having not had much luck at her two previous years at stud. Her most recent foal is the yet to race Immodest, a full brother to Lavish Girl.
G2 Stow Storage Solutions Autumn Classic, $300,000, 1800m
Showing plenty of heart when challenged, Castlereagh Kid (Snitzel) is yet another smart one for the prolific Denise's Joy (Seventh Hussar {Fr}) family.
A homebred for Strawberry Hill Stud, his dam is the city winner Absolute Joy (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}), also dam of the stakes-placed Happy Hannah (More Than Ready {USA}).
Served last spring by So You Think (NZ) (High Chaparral {Ire}) after foaling a Too Darn Hot (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) in late August, Absolute Joy has a 2-year-old So You Think colt in the Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock stable - a $220,000 Magic Millions graduate who has been named Aberfeldie Boy.
Absolute Joy is one of the six winners produced by the G1 Queensland Oaks winner Joie Denise (Danehill {USA}) who was represented by two Group 1 winners - Tuesday Joy (NZ) (Carnegie {Ire}) and Sunday Joy (Sunday Silence {Jpn}) with the latter being the dam of the multiple Group 1 winner More Joyous (More Than Ready {USA}).
Joie Denise is the best runner for Denise's Joy, winner of 13 races - four of those at Group 1 level.
G3 Neds Zeditave S., $200,000, 1200m
Finance Tycoon (Written Tycoon) was straight to the front and always in control, recording a dominant victory.
Bred by Boom Racing Thoroughbreds and Golden Gully Thoroughbreds and purchased by McKeever Bloodstock for $150,000 at the 2020 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, he is one of the 45 stakes winners sired by Yulong's reigning Australian Champion Sire.
He is the first winner for the winner Darook Park (Darci Brahma {NZ}), half-sister to the Group 1-placed Silk Pins (NZ) (Pins) and to the dam of the triple Group winner Gypsy Diamond (Not A Single Doubt).
A member of the prolific Ciboulette (Can) (Chop Chop {USA}) family, Darook Park foaled a Spirit Of Boom (Sequalo) colt last spring, subsequently paying a return visit to Written Tycoon.
G3 Catanach's Jewellers Mannerism S., $200,000, 1400m
It was another all-the-way Caulfield-winning favourite with Flying Mascot (NZ) (Tavistock {NZ}) further accentuating just what a loss her sire is, the high-class mare being one of Cambridge Stud's late stallion's 33 stakes winners.
Line-bred to the great mare Special (USA) (Forli {Arg}), Flying Mascot was bred by Finemore Thoroughbreds and purhased by Flying Start Syndications for $25,000 at the 2019 Magic Millions Gold Coast National Yearling Sale. She is one of seven winners for the deceased mare Lucky Mascot (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}).
A descendant of the inflential Teppo (GB) (Ladas {GB}), Lucky Mascot is also dam of the Listed Cinderella S. winner Koala Bear (Exceed And Excel) and the city winner Cruachan (Commands).
Lucky Mascot's dam is the four-time Group winner Arletty (NZ) (Centaine) whose daughters have been doing a great job at stud - she also being grandam of the dual Group 1 winner Xtravagant (NZ) (Pentire {GB}), the Group 3 galloper He's Remarkable (NZ) (Pentire {GB}) and the Listed winner Exclusive Lass (Nicconi).
Listed Neds Mornington Cup Prelude, $160,000, 2000m
Defibrillate (NZ) (Shocking): back-to-back wins in this race for this tough galloper. A homebred for the McInteer Family and G Richardson, he is a half-brother to the Listed winner Italian Princess (NZ) (Bertolini {USA}).
