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.
Thursday, we look at a gelding at Hawkesbury whose second dam was a half-sister to the brilliant Triscay (Marscay), plus a Corumbene filly whose second dam was the wonderful race filly Wager (Flying Spur). At Ballarat, we pay attention to an unraced daughter of the Group 3 winner Cavalry Rose (Charge Forward).
Hawkesbury, Race 3, 2.25pm AEDT, Grange Growing Solutions Pty Ltd 4YO&Up Mdn, $40,000, 1500m
Vincenzo, 4-year-old gelding (Real Impact {Jpn} x Vintner {Hennessy {USA}})
Four-year-old Vincenzo is from the Hennessy (USA) mare Vintner, who won the Listed Maybe Mahal S. and was placed at Group 3 and Listed level. She was a useful racehorse and an equally useful broodmare, this gelding being a half-brother to the Street Cry (Ire) filly Fitou, who won the Listed Mona Lisa S. and was second in the G3 Tibbie S. at Newcastle. The second dam on this page is a half-sister to the brilliant Triscay.
Vincenzo was consigned by Davali Thoroughbreds to the 2020 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale and was passed in with a reserve of $50,000.
Vincenzo as a yearling | Image courtesy of Inglis
He is trained by Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou at Rosehill and he’s had three trials to date. In the latest on October 4, he was a promising second. Vincenzo has jockey Andrew Adkins in this debut from barrier nine.
Hawkesbury, Race 4, 3.05pm AEDT, Sid Kelly & Bruce Thorne Memorial Mdn, $40,000, 1000m
Melissa, 3-year-old filly (Not A Single Doubt x Anatola {More Than Ready {USA}})
This unraced filly was bred by George Altomonte’s Corumbene Stud and she will race in the Corumbene colours. She is trained by Mark Newnham at Randwick and this will be her first race. She has barrier 12 with Tyler Schiller.
Melissa debuted in trials on September 26, and she won her latest outing on October 10 at Randwick, coasting away by 1.9l over 780 metres.
Not A Single Doubt when standing at Arrowfield
She is a daughter of the Listed GCTC Silk Stocking H. winner Anatola, who herself is a daughter of the Flying Spur mare Wager. Wager was twice a Group 2 winner but was notably second in the G1 Champagne S., G1 Sires’ Produce S. and G1 Blue Diamond S., as well as the G2 Tea Rose S., G2 Silver Shadow S. and G1 Furious S. On the third line there is plenty of black type here, including the top-rated Blue Diamond winner True Jewels (Brief Truce {USA}) and her Listed-winning son, Villain (Carnegie {Ire}).
Sportsbet-Ballarat, Race 1, 1pm AEDT, Rogers Bloodstock Fillies & Mares Mdn, $37,500, 1200m
Girl, 3-year-old filly (Zoustar x Cavalry Rose {Charge Forward})
This filly is a daughter of the good mare Cavalry Rose, who was a winner of the G3 Thoroughbred Club S. at Caulfield and second in the G2 Magic Night S. The dam of Cavalry Rose was a full sister to the dam of the Listed winner Testarythm (Testa Rossa), and a half-sister to both the Kiwi Group 2 winner Te Akau Rose (NZ) (Thorn Park {NZ}) and the dam of Brutal (NZ) (O’Reilly {NZ}).
As such, this is a decorated pedigree and Girl was consigned by her breeder, Emirates Park, to the 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. She was purchased by Malua Bloodstock for $200,000.
Girl as a yearling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
Girl is trained by Leon and Troy Corstens at Flemington and she is unraced. She was much improved in a recent jump-out at home, finishing second in a six-horse field. She will have jockey Blaike McDougall in this debut from barrier two.
Looking Back
Our Looking Ahead selections on Wednesday fared well enough. At Warwick Farm, Oriental Tycoon (Written Tycoon) was second and Saturn Star (Zoustar) was scratched. At Wagga, Cliff House (Starcraft {NZ}) was a winner.
