NOW in the thick of the breeding season new foals are appearing everywhere. On my recent trip to the southern districts I visited a number of properties including Newhaven Park, breeder and owner of the $13 million The Everest aspirant English.
The Boorowa district farm already had 170 foals, among them youngsters by their second seasoner Xtravagant, a dual Group 1 winner and New Zealand bred son of Pentire.
A bit further south I called into John and Helen North’s Bowness Stud, where robust stallion Bon Hoffa looked fabulous.
The 16-year-old liver chestnut is likely to be represented with a runner in the forth-coming $1.3 million inaugural The Kosciuszko at Randwick. At Cootamundra, Olly and Amber Tait’s Twin Hills was “hopping” with excitement.
Olly and Amber Tait’s Twin Hills was “hopping” with excitement.
Fastnet Rock stallion Smart Missile has been “rushed” by breeders, while young Snitzel Group winning horse Odyssey Moon is another who has his first foals on the ground.
While his oldest progeny are yearlings, Kevin Pendergast’s Riverdene Stud near Wagga Wagga have their first foals by Stratum sire Va Pensiero, and on the northern side of the city Kooringal Stud has some new foals by former Hunter Valley horse Magic Albert.
The Lamont family owned and managed Kooringal Stud hosted its annual open day, where Magic Albert along with stable companions Zariz, Duporth and US bred The Brothers War all paraded with class.
Four hours north and south-west of Bathurst is the Todd family owned and managed Allandale Park, where young Snitzel sire Skyclad, and second seasoner Furnaces stand. By Exceed And Excel, Group winning two-year-old Furnaces stood his first season at Aquis Farm in Queensland.
Sydney juvenile racing begins
THE season’s first juveniles will step out to race at Randwick this Saturday competing in the Breeders Plate-LR for colts and geldings, and the Grimcrack Stakes-LR for fillies.
All breeding enthusiasts will be focused upon these races, as results can be aligned with recent past quality horses for example colts Vancouver, Pierro and Sebring, all of whom advanced to win Australia’s juvenile pinnacle Golden Slipper Stakes. Entrants to these first two-year-old events had to first barrier trial, with recent trial form proving interesting.
While proven sire I Am Invincible was represented with three of the 14 trial winners at Randwick’s two-year-old trials last week, first season sires Deep Field and Wandjina (both based at Newgate Farm, Aberdeen) also came up with winning trial progeny.
A daughter of Wandjina (by Snitzel), Honey Go Lightly snatched victory over a 849 metres fillies trial of seven runners for local trainers Anthony and son Edward Cummings. Honey Go Lightly was a $250,000 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale graduate via Glastonbury Farms, Scone. Not making its reserve of $200,000 when offered by breeders Sun Stud, Kerrie, Victoria, at Inglis’ Premier Yearling Sale in Melbourne, King’s Champ won his colts and geldings trial.
Trained at Rosehill trainer Gerald Ryan, King’s Champ belongs to the first crop by Northern Meteor speedy sire Deep Field. While the majority of the 14 trial winners were prepared by city conditioners, Port Macquarie trainer Marc Quinn was represented with a winner Sylvia’s Memory (Bianconi), with another winner - Calescent (Sizzling) was trained by Matthew Dale at Canberra.
Deep Field – along with other first season sires Hallowed Crown and Coolmore Stud’s former shuttler Verrazano (More Than Ready) had trial winners among the four juvenile scheduled heats at Cranbourne Victoria last week. Chestnut colt Aerozoom won for Deep Field, while Gilded Crown won for his Darley/Godolphin sire Hallowed Crown (Street Sense), and brown filly Mockery, represented her sire Verrazano for the fastest time of the four two-year-old trials.
