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.
Wednesday will see three well-related juveniles make their debuts, including a full brother to an outstanding sire and racehorse, Russian Revolution.
Rosehill, Race 1, 2pm AEDT, Toyota Forklifts H., $60,000, 1100m
Everybody Rise, 2-year-old colt (Snitzel x Ballet D’Amour {USA} {Stravinsky {USA}})
Everybody Rise, a royally bred son of Snitzel, will debut at Rosehill on Wednesday for Peter and Paul Snowden.
The November-born colt is the 10th and penultimate foal from the Stravinsky (USA) mare Ballet D’Amour (USA), who died in October. Everybody Rise is a full brother to the sire sensation, Russian Revolution. The Newgate Farm-based sire was a talented racer, claiming the G1 The Galaxy and the G1 Oakleigh Plate.
Everybody Rise as a yearling | Image courtesy of Inglis
The colt is also a half-brother to the five-time winner Turbo Miss (Sebring), a victress of the G3 Frances Tressday S. Furthermore, Everybody Rise is from the family of the Champion Colt, Home Affairs, a victor of the G1 Lightning S. and the G1 Coolmore Stud S.
Everybody Rise was a $1.4 million purchase by the James Harron Bloodstock Colt Partnership from the draft of Newgate Farm at the 2023 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
Rosehill, Race 1, 2pm AEDT, Toyota Forklifts H., $60,000, 1100m
Storm Boy, 2-year-old colt (Justify {USA} x Pelican {NZ} {Fastnet Rock})
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable will debut a son of the Champion First Sire Justify (USA), Storm Boy, on Wednesday at Rosehill.
The colt is the first foal from Fastnet Rock mare Pelican (NZ). She won twice as a juvenile and is a daughter of the New Zealand Horse of the Year Seachange (NZ) (Cape Cross {Ire}). Seachange won 14 races, including the G1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas and the G1 Mudgway Partsworld S. twice.
Storm Boy as a yearling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
Seachange’s half-sister Keepa Cruisin (NZ) (Keeper) was also a talented performer, winning the G1 Levin Classic and the G3 Desert Gold S. She was also placed in the G1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas.
Storm Boy cost Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott Racing and Kestrel Thoroughbreds $460,000 from the draft of Coolmore Stud at the 2023 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.
Ballarat, Race 2, 2.10pm AEDT, Mortimer Petroleum 2YO H., $37,500, 1000m
Power Of Three, 2-year-old filly (Yes Yes Yes x Excellent Magic {GB} {Exceed And Excel})
Local trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy will unveil Power Of Three, a daughter of Coolmore’s first-season sire, Yes Yes Yes.
The filly is the first foal from the Exceed And Excel mare Excellent Magic (GB); she is a full sister to the G3 Dubai Millennium S. and the Listed Cranbourne Cup winner Folkswood (GB). Folkswood also recorded placings in the G1 Cox Plate and the G1 Jebel Hatta S.
Power Of Three as a yearling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
Power Of Three’s third dam is Balisada (GB) (Kris {GB}), a victress of the G1 Coronation S. at Royal Ascot and the G2 Falmouth S.
The filly was a $100,000 weanling purchase by Rothwell Park Thoroughbreds from Rosemont Stud at the 2022 Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale. Coolmore Stud reoffered Power Of Three at the 2023 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, where Cambridge Stud paid $325,000.
Looking Back
Tuesday's selections fared okay. Tannenburg (Russian Revolution) was placed at Gosford, while Tigon Princess (Dundeel {NZ}) was unplaced at the same venue.
