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.
Sunday will see a well-related progeny of two promising sires look to break their maidens at start two.
Hawkesbury, Race 3, 2.50pm AEDT, Linmark Airconditioning Mdn, $45,000, 1300m
Preordain, 3-year-old colt (Maurice {Jpn} x IL Mio Destino {Nadeem})
Arrowfield Stud's Maurice (Jpn) will be represented by his son Preordain, who will look to become his next race winner at Hawkesbury on Sunday.
The Gary Portelli-trained 3-year-old colt ran third on debut over 1200 metres at Gosford in November, Preordain will be the benefactor of an extra 100 metres on Sunday.
His dam IL Mio Destino was a tough and talented performer winning nine races.
Preordain as a yearling | Image courtey of Inglis
Preordain is related to the Listed-placed Royal Esprit (Bel Esprit), while further down the page this is the family of outstanding Songbird (USA) (Medaglia D’Oro {USA}), a 13-time winner of races the calibre of the G1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies and the G1 Coaching Club American Oaks and was a narrow second in the G1 Breeders’ Cup Distaff behind the Champion Beholder (USA) (Henny Hughes {USA}).
Preordain was a $250,000 purchase by Portelli Racing from the draft of Cannon Hayes Stud at the 2022 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
Werribee, Race 3, 2.35pm AEDT, Wyndham City Council Mdn Plate, $37,500, 1400m
The Autumn Belle, 3-year-old filly (The Autumn Sun x Winning Belle {NZ} {Zabeel {NZ}})
Henry Dwyer’s The Autumn Belle is set to have her second career start on Sunday at Werribee in Victoria. The daughter of The Autumn Sun was third at Swan Hill over 1200 metres in August this year.
The Autumn Belle is the penultimate foal from Winning Belle (NZ). A G2 Queensland Guineas-winning daughter of Zabeel (NZ). Winning Belle also recorded places in the G1 Australian Cup and the G1 Chipping Norton S. and the G1 Queensland Oaks, in addition she ran fourth in the G1 Queensland Derby.
The Autumn Belle as a yearling | Image courtesy of Inglis
The Autumn Belle is a half-sister to the Mossman mare Plucky Belle, a victress of the G1 Coolmore Classic and placegetter in the G2 Millie Fox S.
Henry Dwyer Racing paid $210,000 to secure The Autumn Belle from the draft of Tartan Fields at the 2022 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
Looking back
Parkour (Extreme Choice) ran on strongly from last at Ballarat to grab second, while Jupiter Hills (Exceedance) and Naughty Nurse (Russian Revolution) were unplaced at Randwick and Eagle Farm respectively.
