Shinn to replace McDonald in Tatt’s Tiara
Jockey Blake Shinn will replace James McDonald aboard Chris Waller-trained second favourite C’Est Magique (Zoustar) in the G1 Tatt’s Tiara.
Blake Shinn | Image courtesy of The Image Is Everything
Shinn was booked to ride the Mike Moroney-trained Coeur Volante (NZ) (Proisir) but connections opted to scratch the mare after drawing barrier 16.
Decent draw for Roll On High
3-year-old filly Roll On High (Shamus Award) has drawn barrier four ahead of Saturday's G1 Tatt's Tiara at Eagle Farm. “It's weird. She never draws a good gate. One day she drew barrier 4 and another 6, but for the rest of her career she's drawn out,” syndicator Rob Slade told Racing.com.
She was unplaced in the G1 Stradbroke H. last start, and won the G3 Fred Best, the start prior.
Deepour hoping to be Campton’s first stakes winner
Trainer Adam Campton hopes Deepour (Exosphere) will be his first stakes winner in the G3 Healy S. at Eagle Farm on Saturday. “He’s going as good as last year and I want to get him out to 1400 metres eventually, possibly in Sydney towards the end of his campaign,” Campton told Racingqueensland.com.au.
“Long range, I’d like to aim him for the Stradbroke next year, but he needs to get his rating up.”
Colmar ready for Listed Oaklands Plate
Ron Daniel’s punt on an injured yearling has already paid handsome dividends and his hardy 2-year-old Colmar (Strasbourg) can further vindicate the trainer’s faith in Saturday’s Listed Oaklands Plate at Morphettville. “He was meant to go through the Premier Sale in Melbourne but unfortunately got injured the night before he was due in the ring,” Daniel told Racing.com.
“He was withdrawn from there and we got the vet to go through all the x-rays on him and check it out and we bought him privately after that.” Colmar has won two of seven starts.
Price-Kent and Schofield team up for Listed race
Jockey Chad Schofield is looking to add a second stakes victory for the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable in as many months when he rides Golden Path (NZ) (Belardo {Ire}) in the Listed WJ McKell Cup at Rosehill on Saturday. “I rode a fair bit for Mick as an apprentice in Melbourne, I won on Lankan Rupee for him along with other good races,” Schofield told Racingnsw.com.au.
Golden Path (NZ) | Image courtesy of Race Images
“He’s always been supportive of me and since he’s been travelling horses here, he’s been keen to have me on and it’s been much appreciated. We’ve struck really well, and we’ve got a good record together. They’re really good trainers and they’ve been very good at selecting the right horses to bring.” Golden Path is a last start winner who has won three of his ten starts.
Seydoux returns to Victoria
After being purchased for $25,000 at a digital auction with the aim of winning a couple in Tasmania, Seydoux (Xtravagant {NZ}) now has won 10 of her 15 starts for new trainer Adam Trinder and will head to Caulfield on Saturday. “Jack had been studying the Victorian form and thought she'd been running in pretty strong maidens,” part-owner Graeme Schaeche told Racing.com.
“I looked at the pedigree - Miss Pennymoney (winner of the 2000 G1 Newmarket H.) was her granddam and Bold Promise (second in the G1 Flight S.) was her great granddam. That was a better pedigree than anything I've had, so we bid $15,000 and she was passed in … we called them up, they wanted $25,000 plus GST, so we paid that. I bought her sight unseen, no vet checks, but Adam was great, he called Jim and he said she had the ability to win a race in Tasmania.”
Stakes aims for Deep Field filly
Trainer Tom Dabernig has stakes ambitions for his filly Whistlefield (Deep Field) who will line up at Caulfield this Saturday. “Meech has got a good record on her, she's got a light weight and a good gate, so she should run well,” Dabernig told racing.com.
She will head to the Listed Lightning S. at Morphettville on July 27 next.
Debutant juvenile winner for Written Tycoon
Yulong owned 2-year-old colt Judicial (Written Tycoon) won on debut at Ballarat on Friday for trainers Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman, and jockey Luke Nolen, winning by 2.25l. Yulong purchased him for $260,000 from Vinery Stud’s Inglis Easter Yearling Sale draft.
Written Tycoon | Standing at Yulong
A half-brother to Listed winner Happy Go Plucky (Pluck {USA}), Judicial’s dam Dirty (Hussonet {USA}) is a Listed winning half-sister to Listed winners Whitlam (Elusive Quality {USA}) and Etymology (New Approach {Ire}).
Treble for Kersley at Ballarat
Jockey Fred Kersley rode a treble at Ballarat on Friday on Mathew Ellerton trained Boys Night Out (No Nay Never {USA}), Lindsey Smith trained Mean Feat (Lean Mean Machine), and Matthew Ellerton trained She’s Xtravagant (Xtravagant {NZ}).
Gavelhouse offer top filly at next online auction
Group 2 winner Llanacord (NZ) (Contributer {Ire}) will be offered to the public through gavelhouse.com’s National Online Breeding Stock Sale, which will go live at 5pm on Friday, June 28. “She has been a wonderful mare for us, she has given us all sorts of thrills,” trainer Stephen Nickalls told Loveracing.nz.
Llanacord winning the G2 Lowland S. | Image courtesy of Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North)
“She has taken us to Australia, she was Group 1 placed and was a Group 2 winner in the Lowland. She has given us a great journey. She is there ready for an early service, and someone will have a lot of fun with her as a broodmare.”
Haunui Farm farewell Group 1 winner Perfect Fit
Group 1 winner Perfect Fit (NZ) (Elusive City {USA}) has died. “Sad day - RIP Perfect Fit. You gave so many of us the thrill of a lifetime racing & breeding a Group One winner. Rest easy big girl,” Haunui Farm said on their Facebook page.
Winner of the 2016 G1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ S. Perfect Fit won six of her 18 starts, and as a broodmare her first two foals are both winners, while she has an unraced 3-year-old filly Fittingly (NZ) (Dundeel {NZ}), an unraced 2-year-old filly Leica Glove (NZ) (Super Seth) and a weanling filly by Russian Revolution.
Victorian spring for Gentian Blue
Kiwi mare Gentian Blue (NZ) (Reliable Man {GB}) might head across the Tasman for the Victorian spring. “We’ll see how she goes on Saturday, and we have toyed with the idea of potentially going over to Victoria,” said trainer Maxim Van Lierde, who races the mare with wife Samantha.
Gentian Blue | Image courtesy of Kenton Wright (Race Images)
“We could maybe run her in a couple of handicaps while her rating is still nice and low. She has obviously got a lot of ability and it’s about placing her right to try and get what we want out of her.” The winner of two of her seven starts ran fifth in the G1 NZ Thoroughbred Breeders S. at her last start.
Betfred is new sponsor of Guineas
Betfred will be the new sponsor of Newmarket's 2000 Guineas and 1000 Guineas from 2025 onwards, it was announced on Thursday. The multi-year agreement means the bookmaker will become the first brand to sponsor all five of Britain's Classics–the others being the Betfred Oaks and Betfred Derby at Epsom and Doncaster's Betfred St Leger–at the same time.
To mark their sponsorship of the prestigious contests, Betfred have also announced that a £2-million bonus will be on offer to connections of any horse who completes the 'Betfred Triple Crown' by winning the 2000 Guineas, Derby and St Leger. The Triple Crown has been won 15 times, although not since Nijinsky in 1970.
Betfred will also sponsor an additional seven races across the three days of the Betfred Guineas Festival, which next year takes place from May 2-4.
Full sister to Khaadem headlines Tattersalls Online July Sale
Moqadama (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), a full sister to recent Group 1 winner Khaadem (Ire), headlines a catalogue of 106 lots in the Tattersalls Online July Sale which is scheduled to take place on Wednesday July 3-4. The catalogue is now available to view at www.tattersallsonline.com and includes 90 horses in and out of training, nine broodmares, five stores, one point-to-pointer and a yearling colt by A'Ali.
Semifinalists named in 2023 Dr. Tony Ryan book award
With a US$10,000 prize to the winner, the Dr Tony Ryan Book Award named its semi-finalists, the competition said in a Thursday release.
The semi-finalists are (in alphabetical order, by author name):
Dream Derby: The Myth and Legend of Black Gold by Avalyn Hunter
False Riches by John Paul Miller
Isaac Murphy: The Rise and Fall of a Black Jockey by Katherine C. Mooney
The Jockey and Her Horse by Sarah Maslin Nir and Raymond White Jr.
The Turcottes: The Remarkable Story of a Horse Racing Dynasty by Curtis Stock
Lexington: The Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times of America's Legendary Racehorse by Kim Wickens
