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not predict in the days preceding the opening

session of the 2021 Magic Millions Yearling

Sale.

The 180-lot first of seven sessions belied

any pre-sale pessimism which was expressed,

with not only the top end predictably remaining

strong, but the middle to lower-end of the market

also remaining robust and the majority of horses

finding new owners. Continued on page 2>>

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Lot 115: Snitzel ex Bonny O'Reilly colt MAGIC MILLIONS

$1.9 million Snitzel colt sets tone for Magic Millions Yearling SaleCaution thrown to the wind as buyers show confidence in

thoroughbred industry at the Gold Coast

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Metropolitan meetings: Warwick Farm

(NSW), Caulfield (VIC)

Race meetings: Yarra Valley (VIC),

Rockhampton (QLD), Bunbury (WA),

Strathalbyn (SA), Canberra (ACT)

Barrier trials / Jump-outs: Kembla

Grange (NSW), Mornington (VIC), Kilmore

(VIC), Ballarat (VIC), Toowoomba (QLD),

Canberra (ACT)

International meetings: Happy Valley

(HK), Scottsville (SAF), Kempton (UK)

Sales: Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling

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Not for the first time, a stunning

appetite to be involved in the

Australian racing industry was

witnessed on the Gold Coast

yesterday as buyers defied outside influences

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The remarkable figures were spurred

by a stunning ten-minute burst in which Widden Stud sold an I Am

Invincible (Invincible Spirit) filly for $975,000, only for her to lose the

highest-priced horse honour two lots later as their Snitzel (Redoute’s

Choice) colt realised $1.9 million.

By the end of the session, 144 horses had changed hands at an average

of $246,783, a median of $170,000 and, most importantly, a clearance rate

of 86 per cent.

Magic Millions managing director Barry Bowditch warned pre-sale

that it may not be possible to match previous years’ figures given the

Covid-19 pandemic and the fact some key buyers were unable to attend

the auction, but he

believes there were

a number of drivers

behind yesterday’s

strong demand for

new stock.

“I think the

confidence we have

here in our industry

is something that you

can’t underestimate.

There’s outstanding

prize-money to be won in Australia and this sale, in particular, gives you

the best chance to race in the best race series in the world and buyers have

got confidence in that,” Bowditch said.

“They are getting in behind these horses; they are setting a

benchmark that is pretty significant in my mind. We have confidence

in our catalogue but it is a relief that the market is seeing it the same

way.”

Powerhouses clash before Coolmore land knockout blow

The highlight of the day was witnessing a global thoroughbred

heavyweight and the combined clout of two Australian-based stallion

syndicates going toe-to-toe in an auction ring duel worthy of a marquee

title fight.

At one side, believed to be the James Harron Bloodstock partnership

and the newly formed Victorian Alliance syndicate led by Rosemont Stud,

bids were fired in without a shadow of trepidation before rival Coolmore,

somewhat theatrically, left onlookers hanging before each signal to go

again.

Flanked by brother MV, Mick Flanagan and other trusted Coolmore

figures, Tom Magnier’s $1.9 million bid was enough to secure the colt,

the latest acquisition in a considered long-term plan to add high-class

bloodstock to the outfit’s massive portfolio.

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The B2B Thoroughbreds consigned colt ex Brugal Reward

was purchased by Belmont Bloodstock Agency for $500,000.

Also on Day 1 Edinburgh Park’s filly ex Alice's Smart was bought by Moody Racing for $340,000.

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Bonaria’s $975,000 filly heads to VictoriaOnly two lots earlier, Widden sold an I Am Invincible filly on behalf

of Victorian breeder Robert Anderson, who raced the yearling’s Group

1-winning dam Bonaria (Redoute’s Choice), for $975,000.

The third foal out of the former Pat Hyland-trained mare, the filly was

purchased by Cranbourne trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young. She

was catalogued as Lot 113.

“She was bred by a very good client of ours, Robert Anderson. He has

really enjoyed racing Bonaria, winning a Group 1 at Flemington over the

carnival, and I think it was a very special moment for everyone. I know for

Robert it was one of his finest moments on a racecourse,” Thompson said.

“She’s such a magnificent mare with a family that just gets better every

day which is, of course, the family of Merchant Navy and there’s so many

other lovely fillies in that family.

“She’s an absolute queen

and I am sure Trent has got

himself a real star of the future.”

On the prevailing day one

market, Thompson added: “It’s

been a lot of work from the

buyers who are here and even

the guys who even aren’t here to

make it all happen.

“Across the board, it’s really pleasing to see the optimism of horse

people and the can-do attitude to make sure things happen. It’s a great

effort from Magic Millions.”

I Am Invincible colt first of 2021 batch for Waller-trained syndicate

The start of the sale, often the hardest time as vendors and buyers tread

warily trying to determine values, exceeded many observers’ expectations

and it provided a positive signal to overall market demand, particularly

when agent Guy Mulcaster and trainer Chris Waller, with the backing of

a colts syndicate featuring Coolmore Stud, went to $800,000 for the half-

brother to Group 1-winning filly Qafila (Not A Single Doubt).

The I Am Invincible colt, who entered the ring as Lot 7, was bred by

NSW Southern Highlands-based operation Woodpark Stud and consigned

by Attunga Stud on their behalf.

As the price tag indicates, the colt’s physique matched his pedigree,

being the fifth foal out of the French-placed mare Zighy Bay (Tapit).

“As they say, and you hear it every time there is an interview done, but he is a

lovely, nice-moving horse. I Am Invincible is such a great sire, I didn’t think

he was going to take too long and the mare’s done a good job,” Mulcaster said.

“The other one out of the mare (Qafila) was a winner from 1000

to 2500 metres, so she is very versatile, and this colt will tell us

where he ends up.”

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The Waller-trained colts syndicate

made its mark at last year’s yearling sales series and those involved are

already starting to see a return on investment, with the group sweating

on promising juvenile Ranch Hand (Fastnet Rock) gaining a start in

Saturday’s $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m).

The twice-raced two-year-old, a $260,000 purchase from Turangga Farm

at last year’s Gold Coast sale by Coolmore’s Tom Magnier, is first emergency

for the race after a narrow last-start third at Eagle Farm on January 2.

Mulcaster said: “We are very happy with the group we bought last year

and we’ve only had two or three of them step out, but we’ve got some nice

ones to come in the next few weeks.”

Woodpark Stud’s Jean Dubois was delighted that Zighy Bay had

continued to reward her owners with desirable offspring.

“We bought the mare as a yearling a long time ago in America. She was

bought by my good friend Hubert Guy,” Dubois said.

“She was just OK as a racemare, but the purpose was to have her as a

broodmare because Tapit is such a stallion and broodmare sire now.

“Unfortunately, she missed (in 2019) so she doesn’t have a foal but she

is in foal to Exceed And Excel.”

Coolmore also paid $625,000 for a Written Tycoon (Iglesia) colt, the

first lot offered by Silverdale Farm under vendor Steve Grant’s own banner.

Offered as Lot 27, he is the fourth foal out of Fastnet Rock (Danehill) mare

Alcatraz, already the dam of the Group 1-placed Kubrick (Shooting To

Win).

Grant uses agent Suman Hedge to oversee the pinhook venture and

the colt provided a sizable return to him and his partners.

“We bought him out of the paddock as a foal (from Two Bays Farm)

and they stayed in as well,” Grant said yesterday.

“We bought into him and we took him through his yearling prep. We

had him down at the farm very early. He had 55 inspections (on Sunday),

56 (on Monday) and then again this morning.”

James Bester also signed alongside Coolmore for the son of Written

Tycoon and he was not surprised by the competition on the colt.

“He’s a fast-looking colt in the mould of Capitalist, those Written

Tycoons that win the Golden Slippers and Magic Millions 2YO Classics,

with a pedigree too. His half-brother by Shooting To Win was second in

the Group 1 Atkins and probably should have won it. He’s just an early,

precocious, fast-looking animal we thought,” Bester said.

“No stallion has had a better 12 months (than Written Tycoon) and

we’ve targeted them for this job of getting fast, precocious two-year-olds

out and running, and this fella fitted the build perfectly.”

A trainer for the colt has not yet been decided.

Maher and Eustace go large for Vinnie fillyMeanwhile, training goliaths Ciaron Maher and David Eustace,

who have enjoyed elite success with Loving Gaby (I Am Invincible) and

Kenedna (Not A Single Doubt) in recent seasons, found a filly whose

pedigree featured both sires of those multiple Group 1 winners too much

to resist.

As day one passed the halfway mark, it was Maher and Eustace who

used their collective buying power to purchase Lot 100, an I Am Invincible

filly out of stakes-winning mare Bidii Babe (Not A Single Doubt), for

$800,000.

The filly was sold by Yarraman Park Stud, the home of her star stallion.

“She is by a dominant sire out of a Not A Single Doubt mare and I’ve

had a lot of success with those stallions,” Maher said.

“Obviously, I’ve got a very high opinion of her and she looks very sharp

and early and she can hopefully get to the track as an early two-year-old.

“Yarraman are great breeders and they keep producing horses year

after year. I saw this filly on the farm three months ago and she’s one of the

fillies of the sale. It was a little bit more than I expected, but when you’re

buying quality like that, you always have to go a little bit higher.

“She’s got enough strength, size and muscle so that she can be back

here next year turning $800,000 into $2 million.”

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Te Akau make mark with three high-priced recruits

A border closure did not deter Te Akau Racing principal, New

Zealander David Ellis, from being active on day one. He secured three

lots, with the assistance of agent Andrew Williams, for a total of $1.925

million.

The spending spree on the yearlings, all to be trained by Te Akau’s

Jamie Richards, was led by Lot 163, a $825,000 son of Fastnet Rock. They

also paid $600,000 for a Fastnet Rock filly, the same sire as the stable’s star

Avantage, from Coolmore. She was catalogued as Lot 109. Finally, the duo

went to $500,000 for an I Am Invincible filly from Yarraman Park Stud, who

was Lot 159.

“I am very grateful to be asked and I’ve got a lot of respect for David

and the Te Akau team in particular. There were a few videos that went

through plus the videos online,” Williams said.

“It’s a credit to him and the team. He stumped up and they bought

three really nice horses.”

It was more coincidence that Ellis and Williams were so strong on

day one rather than an indication that there are more bullets to fire in the

coming days.

“To be honest, there were three horses that we really liked and ones

that we wanted to target,” Williams said.

“It’s quite interesting that they all fell on day one and two of them

within four lots, so sometimes that’s just the way it is.

“We were active on one very early in the sale and got absolutely

demolished. The good horses are making money and they deserve to do so.

2021 2020

Catalogued: 180 262

Offered: 168 245

Sold: 144 (68%) 203 (83%)

Aggregate: $35,290,000 (-27%) $48,565,000

Average: $246,783 (+3.2%) $239,235

Median: $170,000 (-5.5%) $180,000

Top Lot: $1.9 million $ 1.1 million

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LEADING VENDORS BY AGGREGATEVENDOR LOTS AVERAGE ($) AGGREGATE ($)Widden Stud, Widden Valley, NSW 4 848,750 3,395,000Coolmore Stud, Jerry's Plains, NSW 10 282,500 2,825,000Yarraman Park Stud, Scone, NSW 6 361,667 2,170,000Bhima Thoroughbreds, Scone, NSW 6 328,333 1,970,000Newgate Farm, Aberdeen, NSW 7 269,286 1,885,000Arrowfield Stud, Scone, NSW 7 239,286 1,675,000Yulong Investments, Nagambie, Vic 5 263,000 1,315,000Tyreel Stud, Agnes Banks, NSW 2 635,000 1,270,000Kia Ora Stud, Scone, NSW 3 380,000 1,140,000Edinburgh Park, Wingham, NSW 5 226,000 1,130,000

LEADING VENDORS BY AVERAGE (3 OR MORE LOTS SOLD)VENDOR LOTS AVERAGE ($) AGGREGATE ($)Widden Stud, Widden Valley, NSW 4 848,750 3,395,000Kia Ora Stud, Scone, NSW 3 380,000 1,140,000Mill Park Stud, Meningie, SA 3 363,333 1,090,000Yarraman Park Stud, Scone, NSW 6 361,667 2,170,000Bhima Thoroughbreds, Scone, NSW 6 328,333 1,970,000Twin Hills Stud, Cootamundra, NSW 3 303,333 910,000Coolmore Stud, Jerry's Plains, NSW 10 282,500 2,825,000Newgate Farm, Aberdeen, NSW 7 269,286 1,885,000Yulong Investments, Nagambie, Vic 5 263,000 1,315,000Segenhoe Stud, Scone, NSW 3 253,333 760,000LEADING SIRES BY AGGREGATESires Sold Average ($) Gross ($)I Am Invincible 10 540,500 5,405,000Snitzel 7 628,571 4,400,000Written Tycoon 6 468,333 2,810,000Fastnet Rock 6 458,333 2,750,000Capitalist 10 192,000 1,920,000Zoustar 8 220,625 1,765,000Pierro 5 219,000 1,095,000Sebring 3 320,000 960,000Hellbent 5 172,000 860,000Merchant Navy 2 420,000 840,000LEADING SIRES BY AVERAGE (3 OR MORE LOTS SOLD)Sires Sold Average ($) Gross ($)Snitzel 7 628,571 4,400,000I Am Invincible 10 540,500 5,405,000Written Tycoon 6 468,333 2,810,000Fastnet Rock 6 458,333 2,750,000Sebring 3 320,000 960,000Zoustar 8 220,625 1,765,000Pierro 5 219,000 1,095,000Savabeel 4 198,750 795,000Capitalist 10 192,000 1,920,000Lonhro 3 183,333 550,000

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PURCHASER LOCATIONBuyer Location Lots Gross ($) % ShareVIC 59 13,385,000 37.83%NSW 50 11,420,000 32.28%QLD 18 5,510,000 15.57%NEW ZEALAND 8 3,830,000 10.83%SA 2 255,000 0.72%MACAU 1 250,000 0.71%UNITED KINGDOM 2 205,000 0.58%JAPAN 1 180,000 0.51%WA 1 150,000 0.42%HONG KONG 1 120,000 0.34%ACT 75,000 0.21%

LEADING BUYERSBUYER LOTS AVERAGE ($) AGGREGATE ($)Waller Racing/Mulcaster Bloodstock 8 379,375 3,035,000Tony Fung Investments/Phoenix Thoroughbreds 4 561,250 2,245,000Tom Magnier 2 1,110,000 2,220,000Ciaron Maher Bloodstock 9 235,556 2,120,000David Ellis/Andrew Williams Bloodstock 3 641,667 1,925,000Busuttin Racing 2 687,500 1,375,000Danny O'Brien Racing 8 157,500 1,260,000Gai Waterhouse/Adrian Bott/Kestrel Thoroughbreds 3 346,667 1,040,000Magic Bloodstock & Associates 3 300,000 900,000Mick Price Racing 4 182,500 730,000

TOP LOTS - DAY ONE

Lot On Account Of Sex Sire Dam Buyer Buyer Location Price115 Widden Stud C Snitzel Bonny O'Reilly Tom Magnier NSW $1,900,000113 Widden Stud F I Am Invincible Bonaria Busuttin Racing VIC $975,000163 Coolmore Stud C Fastnet Rock Ciarlet David Ellis/Andrew Williams Bloodstock NEW ZEALAND $825,000 7 Attunga Stud C I Am Invincible Zighy Bay (USA) Waller Racing/Mulcaster Bloodstock NEW ZEALAND $800,000100 Yarraman Park Stud F I Am Invincible Bidii Babe Ciaron Maher Bloodstock VIC $800,000161 Tyreel Stud C Written Tycoon Choux Diva Tony Fung Investments/Phoenix Thoroughbreds QLD $650,00027 Silverdale Farm C Written Tycoon Alcatraz James Bester Bloodstock/Coolmore NSW $625,000144 Tyreel Stud F I Am Invincible Catalonia Ciaron Maher Bloodstock/Mathiesen Racing VIC $620,000109 Coolmore Stud F Fastnet Rock Blue Blue Sky David Ellis/Andrew Williams Bloodstock NEW ZEALAND $600,000148 Yulong Investments F Exceed and Excel Cerberus Gal All Winners Thoroughbred QLD $600,000

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AUSTRALIA

Caulfield contest to impact Blue Diamond An interesting field of nine two-year-old

fillies will contest today’s Neds Same Race

Multi Handicap (1100m) at Caulfield, as each

of them look to announce themselves as a

potential candidate for next month’s Blue

Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m). While just

two of the past dozen Blue Diamond winners

made their raceday debuts in January or

February - Reward For Effort (Exceed And

Excel) (2009) and Lyre (Lonhro) (2019) - there

looks to be plenty of quality in today’s $50,000

contest. Debutant Lady Audrey (Pride Of

Dubai), who was purchased by Paul Moroney

Bloodstock for $300,000 from last year's Inglis

Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale, landed a

Flemington jumpout on Christmas Eve and

was second favourite last night behind Crazy

Ladies (Snitzel), who finished runner-up

in a two-year-old handicap at Caulfield on

Boxing Day. Godolphin’s Alriyah (Medaglia

D'Oro) and Arcaded (Street Boss) both look

promising, with the latter finishing third in her

latest jumpout on December 31 behind fellow

debutant Spicy (Fastnet Rock). This contest

may prove informative for the Blue Diamond

Filles Preview (Gr 3, 1000m), which will take

place at Caulfield on January 26.

Maher and Eustace dominate Werribee trials Blue Diamond favourite Enthaar (Written

Tycoon) returned to the track in top form

yesterday, impressively winning an 800-metre

trial at Werribee by two and a half lengths.

The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained

Gimcrack Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m) winner had not

been seen since that success in October but

reminded everyone of her ability, clocking a time

of 46.78s - more than a second quicker than her

previous four trials. “She’s pretty quick,’’ jockey

Mark Zahra told Racing.com. “She looks like a big

three-year-old and she’s definitely got a motor

there. You can see just walking around, she’s a

different size and the way she came out of the

gates, she was like a sprinter who’d had 100 starts.’’

Enthaar is clear favourite for next month's Blue

Diamond ahead of her likely next appearance in

the Chairman’s Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m) at Caulfield

on January 30. Maher and Eustace won four of the

five trials for two-year-olds at Werribee, leaving

Zahra impressed with the quality in the stable.

“There are some nice ones amongst them away

from her (Enthaar) and you know Ciaron has

them ready when they get to the trials,” he said.

Vella’s Blaze towards DerbyMatthew Vella has identified the Queensland

Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) as the long-term aim for

Blaze A Trail (Criterion), who returns to racing

in the 1300-metre Benchmark 72 at Rosehill on

Saturday. After missing the spring due to a virus

and having jarred up, Vella was pleased with how

well Blaze A Trail did during his break, while he

has been delighted with his lead-up to Saturday’s

contest. "We are looking forward to getting him

back to the track on Saturday. He's now a powerful,

big bully," Vella said. "He'd probably have to be at

his best to win over 1300 metres in that company

but he'll run well. He looks like he will get to 2000

metres and beyond and with his speed and turn

of foot, it's a big plus. We are looking towards the

Queensland Derby but there's a lot that needs to

go right.” Rachel King is booked for Blaze A Trail

as James McDonald, who partnered him in two

trials in December, will be chasing the riches on

offer at the Gold Coast Magic Millions meeting.

Wraps to come off Estijaab’s brother at Rosehill Also at Rosehill, unraced colt Remarque

(Snitzel), brother to 2018 Golden Slipper (Gr

1, 1200m) winner Estijaab, is set to make his

debut in the 1100-metre two-year-old handicap

on Saturday. Trained by Team Hawkes,

Remarque has impressed in winning both

trial starts at Rosehill. He defeated subsequent

maiden winner Ranch Hand (Fastnet Rock) by

a length in his first outing, before putting three

and three-quarter lengths between himself

and Chameleon Choice (Extreme Choice) in a

900-metre trial on January 4. “There is nowhere

to hide and if you have a good one you just have

to produce it,” Wayne Hawkes told RSN. “It is

not a stakes race on Saturday, it is just a normal

race, but I was talking to Michael this morning

and he was pretty happy with how he worked

this morning. It’s all systems go for Saturday.”

Remarque has been installed as a $17 chance

with TAB for this year’s Golden Slipper.

Ellerton and Zahra double handed in Kensington The Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained

sprinters Prezado (Denman) and Sword Of

Mercy (Sebring) are among 17 nominees for

Saturday’s Kensington Stakes (Listed, 1000m)

at Flemington. Prezado, who will carry 59

kilograms, placed in the Carlyon Stakes (Listed,

1000m) first-up at Moonee Valley before

finishing runner-up behind the reopposing

Fabergino (Maschino) at Flemington last

month. Sword Of Mercy will aim to score a

hat-trick after winning at Benchmark 78 and

84 level at Flemington and Caulfield within

the past month. Both runners will be targeted

at the highest level if they perform well in the

Kensington. “Prezado went up the farm [at

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Yungaburra] for ten days. He trialled here [at Flemington] on Friday and

he’s right to go now. If he’s competitive on Saturday we’ll have a crack

at the Lightning," Zahra told Racing.com. "Sword of Mercy has to go up

another level. If she goes alright and is competitive, we’ll look at sending

her up the farm and maybe have a crack at the Oakleigh Plate."

Extra distance beckons for Zoutori Prezado and Sword Of Mercy’s stable companion Zoutori (Zoustar) will

stretch out to beyond sprint distances for the first time since June 2019

when he goes in search of an elusive first Group 1 win during his next

campaign. Also trained by Ellerton and Zahra, Zoutori ran second in the

Oakleigh Plate (Gr 1, 1100m) and fourth in the Newmarket Handicap (Gr

1, 1200m) last autumn, while he won the Gilgai Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) in

the spring prior to finishing fourth in the VRC Sprint Classic (Gr 1, 1200m)

when last sighted on November 7. “We’re keen to get him to the 1400

metres or maybe the mile this time around,” Zahra told Racing.com. “You

saw how impressive he was up the straight but, in those Group 1s, they are

just a bit slick for him over the 1200 metres, so something like the Futurity

Stakes could be up his alley this time. We’re really keen to stretch him out,

get him beyond just being an out-and-out sprinter.” Regarding suitable

targets further down the line, Zahra added: “He’s definitely got a Group

1 in him, probably a Group 1 handicap, so an option like the Stradbroke

could be the right one for him.”

Unbeaten Ayrton to remain in Australia Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr have set out their rough future plans for

exciting three-year-old Ayrton (Iffraaj), with connections turning down

offers from Hong Kong for the unbeaten gelding. Ayrton was the subject

of some attractive bids following his five-length maiden win at Bendigo

in December, which he followed up with a four and a quarter-length

success in a Benchmark 70 contest at Caulfield on Boxing Day. Giving

an update on his future plans, Kent Jr told Racing.com: “He is having a

six-week spell. Mick was keen to give him the full spell. We didn’t want

to shortcut that. He’s a big, raw, Kiwi horse. If we look after him now

then I think he will really look after the owners. With the timing, if he

comes into work after a six-week spell then we may be able to get up

to Brisbane for a little prep up there, followed by a freshen-up in the

warm weather then back for the Melbourne spring. That’s the rough

plan, anyway. He’s an extremely exciting horse.” On the offers from

Hong Kong, Kent Jr added: “The owners were very quick to say no, he’s

one to hold on to. And we thank them for that. Mick has the feel for

talented horses, Group 1 winners, and he said, ‘guys, this one we’ve got

to hold on to’ and they were happy to do so.”

Vale Ross Moller The Queensland racing industry is in mourning following the

sudden passing of Cairns Amateurs president Ross Moller, who died

last weekend aged 66. RQ deputy chair Sharon Dawson was among

those who paid tribute and she said: “Ross has left such an indelible

imprint on the city of Cairns and the Far North. Not just from a racing

perspective, but more broadly. There was barely a person that he didn’t

know and there was no task that was too big or too small for him to

tackle through his time at the Amateurs. He will be sorely missed and

we pass on our condolences to his wife, Despina, and the entire Moller

family.”

VRC make Twilight Series time changes Race times for the Summer Twilight Series have been brought forward

after RV stewards, on behalf of the jockeys, informed the VRC that sun

glare was an issue in the straight during the final race of Saturday’s

Chester Manifold Stakes card at Flemington, which went off at 7.05pm.

As such, the meeting scheduled for this Saturday will now start at

1.43pm and finish at 6.35pm, while January 29’s Rapid Racing raceday

will now start at 3.30pm and finish at 6.30pm. “The VRC conducted

trials with a number of jockeys in early 2019 ahead of scheduling our

twilight racedays to assess sun glare and other weather conditions

that could affect participants to ensure that conditions were safe for

racing,” Leigh Jordon, the VRC’s executive general manager - racing,

told Racing.com. “While the scheduled race times were endorsed by

the Victorian Jockeys Association and Racing Victoria, it is clear that

sun glare late in the day is having an impact on visibility. Given that

the welfare and safety of our jockeys and equine athletes is paramount,

the VRC and Racing Victoria have amended race times for our January 16

Summer Twilight Raceday and January 29 Resimax Group Rapid Racing,

ensuring the last race on the program will run in an earlier time slot.”

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Guineas winner heads to Karaka Million racedayCambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew

Forsman were buoyed by Aegon’s (Sacred Falls)

1200-metre trial victory at Matamata yesterday

ahead of his tilt at the Karaka Million 3YO Classic

(RL, 1600m) at Ellerslie later this month. The

New Zealand 2000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) winner

sat in the trail behind Mannie’s Power (Man Of

Power) before jockey Leith Innes asked him

to improve at the 400-metre mark and he ran

away to a comfortable half-length victory. His

trainers were pleased with the hit-out and the

way he was able to trial handier to the speed.

“He was still half a length slow out, but I guess

the intention was to ride him a bit closer and

obviously you can’t give them the start in

big fields as you go up in grade against better

horses,” Forsman said. “It is nice to see that as

he has matured, he has got a bit stronger and he

probably does have the ability to do that now. The

Karaka Million 3YO rolls around pretty quickly for

him but he is in as good order as we can have him

knowing he has a long preparation ahead of him.”

Amarelinha on track for ClassicTackling Aegon in the Karaka Million 3YO

Classic will be Eight Carat Classic (Gr 2,

1600m) winner Amarelinha (Savabeel), who

impressed at the trials yesterday as one of 32

Te Akau horses to step out at Matamata. She is

currently $2.40 second favourite behind Aegon

at $2.20, with bookmakers already considering

the three-year-old feature a two-horse battle.

“She trialled nicely,” trainer Jamie Richards

said. “She was there for a nice hit-out. She will

head to the Karaka Million Mile in 11 days, so

that will bring her along nicely. She is going to

be going as good as she can to be competitive

in a high-quality race like that. She has trained

on well since her win on Boxing Day and does

appear to be going well.”

Melody Belle heads to Thorndon MileFinishing second to Amarelinha was her

stablemate, 12-time Group 1 winner Melody

Belle (Commands), who is targeting a record-

equalling 13th top-level success in the

Thorndon Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) later this month.

Melody Belle will be out to join mighty mare

Sunline (Desert Sun) as the most successful

New Zealand thoroughbred of all time as far

as Group 1 wins are concerned. “Melody Belle

looked pretty big and burly before the start,”

Richards said. “She has got a bit of tightening

up to do yet. A big, strong hit-out like that will

bring her on and we have got enough time to

give her an exhibition gallop before we head to

the Thorndon first-up.”

Probabeel, Kahma Lass bound for AustraliaEpsom Handicap (Gr 1, 1600m) heroine

Probabeel (Savabeel) put in a pleasing effort

to win her 800-metre heat ahead of stablemate

and fellow Brendan and Jo Lindsay-owned filly

Kahma Lass (Darci Brahma), winner of the

New Zealand 1000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m). “I

was really pleased with the way they trialled,

particularly Probabeel over half a mile,”

Richards said. “I legged Opie (Bosson) up and

said, ‘don’t let her bludge around, make her

do a little bit’. She has got plenty of condition

and weight on and I thought she trialled really

well. That stands us in good stead to head off to

Australia. She will kick-off in a 1200-metre race

and then she will run over 1400 metres, there

are a couple of options there for her, and then

she will be third-up into the mile in the All-Star.

Kahma Lass will go to Sydney. She will trial at

Randwick on the course proper and she will run

first-up in the Light Fingers.”

Quick Thinker disappoints, The Chosen One impressesAustralian Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) winner Quick

Thinker (So You Think) was in the same

heat as Aegon, although co-trainer Andrew

Forsman was less upbeat about his unplaced

performance. “It was a very disappointing trial,

but he has done that to us before,” Forsman

said. “It is mostly the left-handed thing and

being a bit fresh and keen. We will just see how

he comes through it, but I think right-handed

and a bit of give in the ground is what this

preparation is geared around, so hopefully we

can get him through this and press on to better

options.” Forsman was also pleased with The

Chosen One (Savabeel), placing third in his

1200-metre heat behind Te Akau’s Amarelinha

and Melody Belle at his first run since finishing

fourth in the Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m). “As

he matures he will just get better and better,

that is how he is bred,” Forsman said. “I thought

he trialled well, he is still very much on the way

up, as is Quick Thinker. They will have another

trial in two or three weeks’ time.” Following that

trial, The Chosen One will likely head to Te Rapa

early next month to contest New Zealand’s

richest weight-for-age race, the Herbie Dyke

Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m). “We have given a bit of

thought to running first up in the Herbie Dyke

so that will depend on how he improves from

this trial, comes through the next few weeks

and trials again at Te Aroha later in the month,”

Forsman said.

Geelong Classic winner on comeback trailLong Jack (So You Think), winner of the

Geelong Classic (Listed, 2200m) in 2019 but

unraced since finishing seventh in that year’s

Victoria Derby (Gr 1, 2500m), also stepped

out in the same trial as The Chosen One. “He

was a bit keen as you’d expect being off the

scene and was a bit rusty,” Forsman said. “He

blew out the last bit and fingers crossed he can

come through this well and we can press on. He

has done great in the time off that he has had

and he looks a nice, matured horse. If we can

see the ability he did show when he last raced

in Melbourne then we are very much looking

forward to that.”

Burgundy Belle to join Avantage in TelegraphBurgundy Belle (Burgundy) will head to

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on Saturday after finishing runner-up in

her 1000-metre trial at Matamata behind

Babylon Berlin (All Too Hard). “Burgundy

Belle trialled today as it was just a wee while

between runs,” trainer Jamie Richards said.

“With trials on the back doorstep I wanted to

do a little bit more with her. She trialled nicely

and had a good gallop and that will bring

her on. She will have a quiet rest of the week

and we look forward to running her in The

Telegraph. Any rain will be a help to her. She

is not that well in at the handicaps under the

weight-for-age scale but for a mare that doesn’t

really go right-handed there really wasn’t a lot

of other options for her.” She will be joined by

stablemate and last-start Railway (Gr 1, 1200m)

winner Avantage (Fastnet Rock). “Avantage

is in good shape, I am pleased with her. She

worked nicely this morning and appears to be

going well,” Richards said. “I thought she was

vulnerable being first-up in the Railway, but I

didn’t need to worry because she got the right

run in the race to capitalise on it. Hopefully

when the draws come out we can draw a nice

barrier and have a bit of luck in the running.

She is going to have a very good chance again.”

Mascarpone also on Telegraph trail Among the opposition to Burgundy Belle in The

Telegraph will be the Team Rogerson-trained

Mascarpone (Shooting To Win), who was last

seen running fifth in the J Swap Sprint (Gr 3,

1400m) at Te Rapa on December 12. “He pulled

his shoe off in the Te Rapa race and ripped his

front plate off and we had to get his foot right so

we decided not to go ahead with Auckland and

concentrate on The Telegraph and this will test

him to see how good he is,” co-trainer Graeme

Rogerson said. “I hope he gets a good track and

Ryan (Elliot) rides him right and everything

goes to plan. He certainly has ability but he

is up against a very good field so it will be an

interesting race.”

Beauden not certain for Wellington Cup Despite currently being the $8 second favourite

for the Wellington Cup (Gr 3, 3200m),

Mascarpone’s stable companion Beauden

(Bullbars) is not a certain starter in the staying

feature. Connections are considering the

options for their six-year-old, who made it back-

to-back victories in Saturday’s Marton Cup

(Listed, 2200m) after his four-length success in

the Taupo Cup (2000m) on December 30. “He is

a good traveller and has done everything right,”

Graeme Rogerson said. “I’ve been talking with

Joan (Egan, owner) about where we go with

him, whether we go to the Wellington Cup

or go to weight-for-age racing at a mile and a

quarter. Weight is her (Egan) concern. He has

been carrying weight so far so we will see how

he goes. We will know what we are doing by the

weekend.”

Classic for Light, Bo to Gold Also on trial at Matamata yesterday was Group

1 winner Travelling Light (El Roca), who will

contest the Westbury Classic (Gr 2, 1600m)

at Ellerslie later this month having pleased

connections by finishing runner-up in her

1000-metre heat. “I knew she was in good

order, I just wasn’t happy with a few of her little

traits last time in,” trainer Ben Foote said. “She

has got a lot more spunk about her and has

thickened up. Her weight is a hell of a lot better,

she has got condition on her. Michael (McNab,

jockey) said she just pulled into it today, the

other horse came up next to her and she just

wanted to go. So I am very happy with her. She

will head to the Westbury Classic.” Foote was

also pleased with Vitesse Bo’s (Proisir) third-

place finish behind Aegon earlier in the day. “I

was extremely happy with her trial. She had a

good break after her South Island trip and she’s

on target I think,” he said. “We are looking like

we will go to Wellington for the Desert Gold -

she is a staying filly.”

Browne duo spelled The David and Emma-Lee Browne-trained duo

Elephant (Shocking) and Gone West (Reliable

Man) have both been spelled in preparation

for bigger assignments next season.

Promising four-year-old Elephant extended

his unbeaten streak to four at Ellerslie on

Saturday in the Otakiri Reserve 1500, while

Gone West won three of his five starts this

preparation before a slight niggle curtailed

his campaign. “I was very happy with his

win on Sunday,” Emma-Lee Browne said of

Elephant. “We are just going to take it easy

with him. With the fact that he is still a pretty

immature galloper we thought we would

avoid throwing him in the deep end against

horses like Melody Belle. He is not quite ready

for it, so we thought we would be patient.

We will give him a good break now and then

bring him in and have a bit of a crack at that

(Australia). We will map a programme out of

how we want to do it.” Of Gone West, Browne

added: “He had a little setback the day before

the Dunstan Final. It wasn’t too major but

enough for us to say we will look after him.

He has shown plenty and done enough this

prep. I think he will be better next year and he

will be targeting Cup races.”

ASIA

HK: Golden Sixty tunes up for Stewards’ CupAfter his devastating win in last month’s Hong

Kong Mile (Gr 1, 1600m), hometown hero

Golden Sixty (Medaglia d’Oro) pleased his

connections at Sha Tin yesterday with a trial

in typical fashion ahead of the Stewards’ Cup

(Gr 1, 1600m) on January 24. “I’m happy with

his trial, in the trial you can relax him – he



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doesn’t show much, he never does,” trainer

Francis Lui said, as he outlined the campaign

he has planned for his stable star. “Stewards’

Cup first and then maybe next month’s Gold

Cup over 2000 metres. We won’t go overseas

this season but that’s another plan.” Lui is

pleased with the Australian-bred’s wellbeing

and he remains buoyant about another

positive result in 12 days’ time. “Sometimes

you have to worry that he doesn’t race too

much, there aren’t many races for him so he’s

fresh - Vincent (Ho) said he was a bit fresh this

morning.” Lui said. “But the way he has won his

last few races – he can win the Stewards’ Cup.”

HK: Hayes and Shinn reunite with Blessed David Hayes and Blake Shinn will reunite

with Harmony N Blessed (Magnus) at Happy

Valley today, optimistic the unbeaten

sprinter can deliver further momentum for

both trainer and jockey. Hayes and Shinn

are both in rebuilding mode, with the dual

Hong Kong champion trainer in the throes

of re-establishing his stable. He has saddled

nine winners so far this season while Shinn,

the Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m)-winning

jockey intent on adding further lustre to his

international record, has seven. The last

time the pair combined in victory was when

Harmony N Blessed blitzed his opposition

on debut at Sha Tin over 1200 metres on

November 22. The Australian-bred import then

prevailed under Hollie Doyle in the fourth leg

of the International Jockeys’ Championship at

Happy Valley over 1200 metres on December

9. Hayes is confident Harmony N Blessed has

the credentials to land the second section of

today’s Class 3 Begonia Handicap (1200m)

after Grateful Heart (Written Tycoon) - who

finished second to Harmony N Blessed at his

previous start - subsequently won at Happy

Valley on December 23. “The horse he beat

franked the form, came out and won again,”

Hayes said. “His trial was good. He’s had a nice

month between runs and should run well.”

INTERNATIONAL

IRE: Colm O'Donoghue cleared of physical assault allegations on ex-girlfriend Multiple Group 1-winning Flat jockey Colm

O'Donoghue was on Monday acquitted of two

counts of physical assault on his ex-girlfriend Jill

Macken in 2018 after Carrick-on-Suir district court

heard Macken had set out to ruin his career. The

incidents were alleged to have taken place at his

home in Fethard, County Tipperary, on October 6,

2018 and at the Pillo Hotel in Ashbourne, County

Meath, on November 12, 2018. O'Donoghue

denied both allegations from the outset. “Colm

has been emphatically found innocent of causing

any harm to Ms Macken," O’Donoghue’s solicitor

Tracy Horan said. "The court also heard that Ms

Macken cost Colm his entire career, as he could

not get employment because of the things she

was saying. I'm delighted for him. He didn't

deserve this. Colm is considering his legal options

with regard to a civil case."



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Owner and breeder Prince Khalid

Abdullah, in whose green,

white and pink silks the likes of

Frankel (Galileo), Dancing Brave

(Lyphard) and Enable (Nathaniel) ran, has died

at the age of 83.

Having founded Juddmonte Farms in 1980,

Abdullah became one of the leading names on

the global racing scene over the last 40 years,

celebrating over 500 stakes winners including

118 at Group/Grade 1 level.

Douglas Erskine Crum, CEO of Juddmonte

Farms, said: "The whole of Juddmonte feels a

huge sense of loss. Prince Khalid will always be

remembered as a quiet, dignified, benevolent

family man, whose horses spoke for him.

"He leaves a legacy that will stand the test of

time. His contribution to the development of the

thoroughbred will have long-lasting effects."

Frankie Dettori, who rode Enable to her two

Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Gr 1, 2400m) wins,

said: "It's very sad news. I've enjoyed some

great success for Prince Khalid over the years.

"He was an amazing man with an amazing

breeding operation that produced many

champions.

“One of my early biggest wins was on

Ryafan for him in the Prix Marcel Boussac at

Longchamp, who was trained by John Gosden.

"I know he got great satisfaction from

Enable and I think it was probably one of the

last times he went racing when she won the Arc

for a second time.

"He was colossal in every sense of the

word for our industry with stallions, mares and

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Runaway Aquis Gold Pearl (1100m)

winner Swift Witness (Star

Witness) firmed into favourite

last night for Saturday’s $2 million

Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m) after

getting the best of a barrier draw that dented

the hopes of many of her leading market rivals.

The sight of horses galloping along the

sands of Surfers Paradise in the early morning

light before trainers and owners, donning their

best smart-casual Gold Coast attire, step up

to draw barriers for the Classic and its three-

year-old equivalent, the $2 million Magic

Millions 3YO Guineas (RL, 1400m), has become

synonymous with the Magic Millions raceday.

Even amidst a pandemic that had days

earlier shut down neighbouring Brisbane, only

an ambling drive up the M1 away, there were

few signs of Covid-19 on a picturesque beach

morning as crowds still turned out to witness one

of the most famous barrier draws in world racing.

The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-

trained Swift Witness, a $260,000 purchase from

Widden Stud’s draft at last year’s sale, came up

with gate 11 for the Classic - coming into eight

should the emergencies fail to gain a start -

while her primary market rivals She’s All Class

(I Am Invincible) and Finance Tycoon (Written

Tycoon) drew 18 and 21 respectively.

Swift Witness did finish almost five lengths

from She’s All Class in the Magic Millions

Wyong 2YO Classic (RL, 1100m), but Bott -

who is searching for his first Classic, while his

training partner Waterhouse seeks her fifth

- believes his filly is capable of turning that

margin around.

“It’s fair to say she’s closed the gap on She’s

All Class who had the benefit of race experience

over us at Wyong,” Bott said. “She’s All Class is

still the one to beat and I’ve got huge respect for

her.

“She’s probably improved since her Wyong

win but so too has Swift Witness.”

Swift Witness put herself firmly into

calculations with an effortless three-length win

last weekend and she will be aiming to become

the fifth winner in seven years to back up within

a week.

“Midfield is a good draw for us,” Bott said.

“She’s got enough tactical speed to be able to

lead if needed or she can take a sit like she did

at the Gold Coast on Saturday.

“It’s an ideal draw as we can assess the

pattern of racing on the day before deciding the

best way to ride her.”

Brenton Avdulla will take the ride as he

looks to go one better than his second on Stellar

Pauline (Not A Single Doubt) last year, while

Sydney counterpart James McDonald will be

legged up on usurped favourite She’s All Class.

While the Chris Waller-trained She’s All Class

may have drawn wide, managing part-owner

Brae Sokolski is looking on the bright side.

“I am trying to be philosophical and take a

glass half-full approach to it and I’d rather that

than drawing one,” Sokolski told Racing.com. “I

do think she’s the best horse in the race and I do

want to make sure she stays out of trouble so as

long as James gets some cover from that alley,

I don’t mind her being wide and she’s good

enough to win it still.

“It could have been worse as we could come

into 13 and we do have three very good horses

(Fake Love, Finance Tycoon and Miss Hipstar)

to our outside.”

She’s All Class finished third to Captivant

(Capitalist) in the Victory Vein Plate (1000m)

before producing a dominant performance

at Wyong. Sokolski feels that his filly will be

entering the Classic ready to peak.

“She’s come on since last start and Chris is rapt

in her condition,” he said. “I went to see her a couple

of days ago and she looks enormous. We couldn’t

have her in a better spot and she is absolutely

primed to run the race of her life on Saturday.

“The beauty of this filly, she’s not like one

of those quick ready-made two-year-olds. She’s

actually got a lot of substance to her and we’re

convinced she’s going to be a better three-year-

old so there’s so much ahead of her.”

Also joining Bott and Waller in chasing a

first Magic Millions 2YO Classic are co-trainers

Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig, although

Finance Tycoon will jump from the outside gate

no matter what happens.

"Finance Tycoon does have good gate

speed, he will jump well but he will be wide,"

Hayes said. "There's not much we can do about

it now, we just have to go with the flow.

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“Hopefully from that good position, Luke

Nolen has to do a bit of magic, and he can run

a big race.”

Local hope Alpine Edge (Better Than

Ready) is the only other horse in single figures,

with father-son partnership Toby and Trent

Edmonds aiming to add another Classic after

Houtzen’s (I Am Invincible) success in 2017.

Ciaron Maher and David Eustace took out last

year’s Classic with Away Game (Snitzel) and their

representative in Saturday’s contest - Debutant

Stakes (Listed, 1000m) winner Fake Love (I Am

Invincible) - has also drawn wide in barrier 20.

While accepting of the potential issues

created by the stall, Eustace said the booking of

Glen Boss was a significant positive in helping

to negate any problems in the run.

“It’s a shame. We would have loved to have

got a better barrier,” Eustace told Racing.com. “We

are happy with her and that’s the main thing.

“Bossy is actually very confident that riding

her quiet we are going to see the best of her.

That’s probably what we are going to have to do

from there, I think.

“Obviously we will have a chat about it and

see how the race shapes up. We’ve got Bossy on,

we’ve drawn 20 - we don’t need to make too

many plans, he will work it out.”

Whereas the Magic Millions 2YO Classic

draw revolved around the poor gates allocated

to a number of leading contenders, it was a

different story in the Guineas as top fancies

Isotope (Deep Field) and Away Game drew

gates seven and three respectively.

The fields for the remaining features will be

released this morning.

| 20 | Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Racing News


She's All Class SPORTPIX

LOTS 588, 615 & 856

HIGHLAND REELYEARLINGS AT GOLD COAST MM

7 TIME GROUP 1 WINNERGROUP 2 WINNING 2YO OVER 1400M

GALILEO’S HIGHEST EVER PRIZEMONEY EARNER

FIRST SEASONSIRE RUNNERS

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021

CABLE BAY (IRE)Tiz My Bay (AUS) (b f ex Tiz My View (AUS) by Snitzel (AUS))R1 (3:40pm): Caulfield, 2yo Neds Same Race Multi Hcp, 1100m

Cable Speed (IRE) (b g ex Hear My Cry (USA) by Giant’s Causeway (USA))R8 (10:15pm): Happy Valley, Cassia Hcp (C3), 1650m

CAPITALIST (AUS)Ain’tsheserious (AUS) (b f ex Ain’t She Smart (AUS) by Smart Missile (AUS))R1 (3:40pm): Caulfield, 2yo Neds Same Race Multi Hcp, 1100m

DEFCON (AUS)Love You Linda (AUS) (br f ex Miss Lucy (AUS) by Bernardini (USA))R1 (11:56am): Rockhampton, 2yo Club 150 2021 Mdn Hcp, 1100m

SIR PRANCEALOT (IRE)Gonnadancealot (AUS) (b f ex Tresillian (AUS) by Danehill (USA))R1 (3:40pm): Caulfield, 2yo Neds Same Race Multi Hcp, 1100m

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BY STEVE MORAN | @ANZ_NEWS

Sixty years on, Ron Hutchinson

reflects fondly on the adventure of his

lifetime, with the constant support

of his wife, and with his children

joining them in their second year abroad, 1961.

“She was my wife and manager, Norma, and

she supported the decision to move and she

never complained. The kids came over in 1961;

only the two kids then (Susan and Raymond)

and friends moved into our house.

“The second year in Ireland, instead of

staying in the hotel we had friends who had

a big house at Newbridge and we stayed with

them with the children. Peter and Sally were

born later in England.

“Norma had a little baby in Ireland but we

lost him soon after birth. A little Irish kid named

Mark we’d have had but he died when he was

just a few days old,” he said.

Life was brighter professionally as the major

race winners continued to flow but the biggest

prize of all, the Derby, eluded him - agonisingly

so in 1966.

“Towser Gosden was training Charlottown

who was a very good two-year-old. My second

retainer was for Gordon Smyth who took over

the training of the horse after Towser became

very ill and died the following year.

“Gordon and I got on well and I expected

to be riding Charlottown who was one of the

favourites for the Derby after his very good two-

year-old season.

“Throughout the winter, the horse had a

problem with a hoof and Gordon had to be

a bit soft on him. We ran him at Lingfield in

the Derby Trial about a month before. He was

favourite. There was another good horse in the

race, Black Prince, who led all the way. We got

back and finished well but couldn’t catch him

and got beat, ran second.”

Charlottown was owned by Lady Zia Wernher

who was a successful owner and breeder

and was champion owner in 1955 and 1966.

Her name was, in fact, Countess Anastasia

Mikhailovna de Torby. She was the elder

daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich

of Russia, a grandson of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia.

She married British Major-General Sir

Harold Wernher, son of wealthy financier, Sir

Julius Wernher, who had made his fortune in

diamonds.

“Well, about a week out from the Derby, I

get a telephone call from the old man.

“Hutchinson, Wernher here. We’ve come

to the unanimous decision that you don’t get

on with the horse and you won’t be riding him

in the Derby and he hung up. That was the

conversation, full stop.

“Oh jeez, don’t tell me. I was very

disappointed as you can imagine, so anyway

the only fellow I could talk to about that was old

Scobe.

“I rang him and said ‘what you think’s

happened here, Scobe’? He said ‘yes, I know and

I’m riding the horse’. They’d already contacted

Scobe unbeknown to me and of course he went

on to win the Derby.”

Hutchinson says these events didn’t strain

the friendship with Breasley. “No, no, not by

any means because I wasn’t going to ride it

anyway, they’d already sacked me. The owner

never gave me time to explain myself. I’ll never

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The Ron Hutchinson story and Aussies abroad (Part 5): Hutchinson reflects on 30 years away

Hatta wins at Brighton, first for Sheikh Mohammed

forget it, that phone call. He just sacked me and

hung up,” he said.

In contrast, Hutchinson’s relationship with

the Norfolks never faltered.

“I had a retainer for 15 years with them. I

got on very well with the Duchess. I never told

her a lie and I never made an excuse for myself

if I made a mess of things or got beat. Never

blamed the horse, if it was my fault it was my

fault, and I think that’s why I lasted so long.

“The Duchess would write down my

opinion of each horse after we would work

them early in the season. Before the season

started, I would go down and ride every horse

in the stable. If I said something was no good,

she would simply get rid of it.

“She had a lot of faith in me. That’s why we

stayed together so long. She trusted me. It was

more the Duchess as the Duke was so busy in

his work. She was one of the first to put in an all-

weather training track, a wood chip track, and

when they were new they were beautiful.

“When I retired in 1977 it was the longest

association between any stable and jockey in

England and I was well looked after, but I’d

say the really big retainers came in when the

Arabs and people like Robert Sangster became

heavily involved in English racing.

“Sheikh Mohammed and Sheikh Hamdan,

they invested so much money, and I’d imagine

that Pat Eddery’s retainer for Prince Abdullah

would have been enormous. The retainers

weren’t that big in my day, but they were nice,”

he said.

Hutchinson had a strong association with

trainer John Dunlop, who took over the Castle

Stables in Arundel - on the Norfolk’s estate -

after he had worked for Gordon Smyth.

Dunlop (OBE) trained 74 Group 1 winners,

including ten British Classics. He was champion

trainer in 1995 and, interestingly, it was he and

Hutchinson who combined with the filly Hatta

to provide Sheikh Mohammed’s first winner as

an owner in Britain - in a two-year-old fillies’

maiden at Brighton on 20 June, 1977 which was

Hutchinson’s “retirement” year.

Hutchinson also rode Hatta to win the

Group 3 Molecomb Stakes at Goodwood.

It was ten years earlier, apparently, that

Sheikh Mohammed had first attended a race

meeting in England and saw George Moore win

the 2,000 Guineas on Royal Palace.

“That year I finished in England was the

year Balmerino came over and John (Dunlop)

was training him. He ran second in the Arc to

Alleged, he was such a good horse and John was

such a good trainer,” he said.

And the year after Hutchinson left, Dunlop

won the Derby with Shirley Heights - a classic

case, perhaps, of who knows what might have

been given that Hutchinson had ridden the

horse as a two-year-old.

Finished in England, rather than retired,

was the optimum word. “I was 50 when I

finished in England but then I had another

three years in Singapore and Malaya.

“I had a working holiday in New Zealand

for about six weeks at the end of 1977 and rode

a winner or two.

“Then on the way back to England, I

stopped in Singapore and teamed up with Ivan

Allan and rode a few winners for him in a short

stopover there (some sources record the “few”

as nine winners in four meetings).

“Ivan said ‘why don’t you stay and spend

the season in Singapore and Malaya’. Ivan

said he’d sponsor me but when I went to get a

licence the Turf Club said I can only be a club

jockey. Anyway, I stayed there for three years.

I was leading jockey there one year (1978) so I

did pretty well.

“Ivan was a brilliant trainer. He didn’t over

work his horses up there in the heat. He used to

trot them a lot, and when he took them away to

race at Ipoh or Penang he’d do all the work with

them before they left and then back off them,

keep them half fresh.

“Trainers had a lot of problems with “dry

coat” up there in the heat and humidity but

Ivan seemed to have a way of stopping that

happening with his horses. I don’t know what

he used to do exactly, but he certainly had a lot

of success up there,” he said.

Allan was champion trainer in Hong Kong,

Malaysia and Singapore on multiple occasions.

“He also went to England and I think he

won the St Leger in 1984 with a horse he owned,

Commanche Run. He was a very good trainer Ivan.

“Finally, I finished riding when I was 53.

I was having trouble with my hips and I used

to go back to Singapore every six weeks to get

acupuncture on my hips. Eventually I had to

get hip replacements,” he said of a problem

common among jockeys.

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Hutchinson misses out - Charlottown wins Derby

Lady Herries

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Hutchinson settled back in Australia in

1989 and has since, just once, returned to

England - in 1999.

“Only one year I’ve been back to the UK

since. Vodafone invited me over there one year

for the Derby. I think I was pretty popular over

there. I thought I might stay and get on the first

carriage at Ascot. I had a lot of success at Ascot

and the Duke Of Norfolk, until just before he

died, was The Queen's representative at Royal

Ascot,” he said.

Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, the

16th Duke of Norfolk, was indeed Her Majesty's

representative at Ascot from 1945 – 1972. He

was responsible, it’s said, for ordering that

women should not wear trousers in the Royal

Enclosure. Now, women are permitted to wear

trouser suits.

Fitzalan-Howard was wounded early in

World War II and then served as agricultural

secretary in Winston Churchill's Cabinet from

February 1940 until June 1945.

He organised the coronation of King

George VI and Queen Elizabeth II, the funeral

of Winston Churchill, and the investiture of

Prince Charles as Prince of Wales. He was a

keen cricket fan and was the manager of the

English cricket team in Australia in 1962–63.

“The Queen used to come down and stay

with the Norfolks at Arundel and also stay with

the Duke Of Richmond next to the racecourse

at Goodwood. Because I won the Goodwood

Cup for her on Gaulois (1966), Norma and I

were lucky enough to be invited to parties at

those places after the races,” Hutchinson said.

“Often throughout those nights, someone

would tap me on the shoulder and say ‘Her

Majesty would like to talk to you’ and off you’d

go and have a little chat.

“I used to go and stay with the Duke and

Duchess, say when a young horse was being

tried out and I would go and stay the night at

Arundel. Get up and go ride work and then

come back and have breakfast. I was very lucky

with the people I met.”

Among them was Lady Herries who was the

eldest of four daughters of Fitzalan-Howard.

Upon his death in 1975, Lady Anne Fitzalan-

Howard inherited the Herries of Terregles title,

a Scottish Lordship of Parliament.

More pertinently to this story she, of course,

trained Taufan’s Melody to win the Caulfield

Cup in 1998 and also prepared French Derby

winner Celtic Swing who would later sire

Australia’s great sprinter Takeover Target.

“Anne was married to the cricketer Colin

Cowdrey. I knew her well and her sister Lady

Sarah. I caught up with them when they won

that Caulfield Cup,” Hutchinson said.

Cowdrey was vice-captain of the England

team which the Duke of Norfolk managed, on

tour to Australia, in 1962-63. “That was when

Colin Cowdrey and Anne met, I believe,” he said.

The Duke of Norfolk reportedly joined

the team with three of his daughters and

announced "you may dance with my daughters,

you may take them out and wine them and dine

them, but that is all you may do”.

Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey

of Tonbridge, was then married to Penny

Chieseman who died in 1985 and that year he

married Lady Anne. Cowdrey began the tour

poorly but made the highest score of his career

(307 in 369 minutes) against South Australia on

Christmas Eve (his birthday).

Fred Trueman, in his memoirs, wrote of the

Duke’s appointment: “It astounded just about

everyone connected with the game. He was a

very pleasant man, a true gentleman and a real

cricket enthusiast, but he had no track record or

qualifications suited to the job to which he had

been appointed.

“The very first press conference was

overloaded with questions about whether the

Duke of Norfolk's horses would be seen on

Australian race tracks. I couldn't believe it. We

were there to contest the Ashes, and there was

our tour manager talking about horseracing

and whether the jockey Scobie Breasley was

to fly out and ride for him. In no time at all the

news in the press concerning the England team

centred on where the Duke of Norfolk's horses

were running.”

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IT’S IN THE BLOODTREVOR MARSHALLSEA’S IN-DEPTH PEDIGREE ANALYSIS Every Thursday

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BY MEREDITH DAUGHERTY OF BLOODHORSE

Buoyed by the promise of a new year,

buyers came out in full force for the

opening session of the Keeneland

January Horses of All Ages Sale on

Monday and helped feed a solid market that left

many hopeful about the year ahead.

"It was a fabulous day. How could you

expect this?" said Adrian Regan of Hunter

Valley Farm, who ended Monday's session as

the second-leading consignor.

"We don't usually bring this number to the

January sale. I think it's the biggest group we've

ever brought. We knew we had a good group but

with everything going on around the world, we

thought we'd have a good day, but we weren't

expecting this."

A total of 207 horses from 302 offered on

Monday sold through the ring for gross receipts

of USD$12,155,400 (approx. AUD$15.74

million). The average was USD$58,722 (approx.

AUD$76,000) and the median was USD$35,000

(approx. AUD$45,300. The 95 horses that did

not attain their reserve represented an RNA rate

of 31.5 per cent.

During the 2020 Keeneland January sale,

233 horses from 307 offered were sold through

the ring for receipts of USD$15,003,300.

The average for the opening sessions was

USD$64,392 and the median the same at

USD$35,000. The 74 unsold horses represented

an RNA rate of 24.1 per cent.

Internet bidding, which was introduced last

year as a way to provide buyers an alternative

outlet and contact-free method of procuring

horses in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic,

proved popular once again Monday.

"We had nearly USD$1million in sales

today on the internet so it was very active," said

Keeneland president and CEO Shannon Arvin.

Leading the way as the top seller for the

session was Lot 26, a colt by Ashford Stud

stallion Munnings (Speightstown), which

was purchased by Larry Best's OXO Equine

for USD$475,000 (approx. AUD$615,000).

Consigned by Hunter Valley Farm and bred

in Kentucky by Ben Colebrook and John T

Colebrook, the colt is out of the Jump Start (A P

Indy) mare Sea Shadow.

"Myself and Fergus (Galvin) were hoping

he'd bring USD$150,000-$200,000," said Regan.

"He doubled our expectations basically. He was

a lovely horse.

“We've been breeding to Munnings all the

way down to the time whatever his lowest fee

was. We've bred to him almost every year. But

in the last 12 months, every Saturday he's had

a stakes winner around the country and I think

the market has really clicked to how good a sire

he is. He's a fantastic sire."

Regan said the decision to hold the colt

over to the January sale instead of selling him

as a weanling in November allowed him just the

right amount of time to mature.

"He was owned by Ben Colebrook and his

parents and Ben is a very good friend of ours,"

Regan said. "We'd seen the horse on the farm

and thought he was very good. We just decided

to wait and give him an extra couple of months.

Thankfully, it worked out.

“We're delighted for Ben and his parents

that it worked out so well. Sometimes it works

and sometimes it doesn't. It worked out today.

Best of luck to Mr Best. It's great to see him put

so much money into the market when things

are so shaky.”

"A prominent consignor/buyer was in my

office prior to him selling and told me, 'I've

got to go out and see if I can even bid on this

horse,'" said Geoffrey Russell, Keeneland's

director of sales operations.

"He was very highly-touted beforehand as

one of the top lots today. Munnings is getting

the recognition that he's starting to deserve.

I think this was the highest price for any

Munnings progeny, so it was very competitive

bidding at all levels unto the last and it was

very exciting. And to do it so early in the sale it

helped build momentum."

In total, Hunter Valley consigned 23 horses

to the January sale, 17 of which sold through the

ring on Monday for gross receipts of USD$1.894

million (approx. AUD$2.45 million). The

additional six failed to meet their reserves.

"It wasn't really a plan (to bring more this

year)," said Galvin. "We put a lot of our good

foals into November and we didn't really differ

from that plan this year. We held a couple this

year - our later foals - just so we didn't have

all of our eggs in one basket. We also just had

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more entries from outside the farm. And we had

plenty of racehorses as well, which boosted our

numbers."

Russell said he was pleased to see that in

the wake of the continuing Covid-19 pandemic,

buyers and consignors had pivoted their focus

and adjusted their expectations in a way that

helped them accept - and even overcome - the

challenges of the current market.

"I think it's a continuation of the November

sale," said Russell. "People have adjusted to the

marketplace and I think it was a good steady

start to the January sale."

"Also masks are a lot more comfortable

in January," added Arvin, who praised the

horsemen for their renewed committal to

adhere to Covid-19 protocols while on the sales

grounds.

"Protocol observance has been really good

and that's really important. That's what is going

to allow us to continue to keep the market going

and open."

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TWITTER: MAGIC MILLIONS@RACINGINSIDERWell done Widden! $1.9 million for the Snitzel

colt from Bonny O'Reilly - sells to

@TomMagnier. Congratulations to team

@widdenstud who were all smiles in the

minutes after the sale. Pictured Below >>

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TWITTER: TE AKAU RACING@TEAKAURACINGThe colt we came for - Lot 163 Fastnet Rock

from a sister to Zoustar bought by David

Ellis for A$825k @mmsnippets for our 2021

Colt Syndicate - shares available - complete

standout @CoolmoreAus will be trained by

@JamieRichards3 appreciate the work done

@AWilliamsBldstk on site Pictured Below >>

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INSTAGRAM:

TWITTER: MULCASTER BLOODSTOCK@MULCASTERBSOff and running at the 2021 @mmsnippets

yearling sale, purchasing @attungastud's Lot 7,

the stunning I Am Invincible half-brother to G1

winner Qafila in conjunction with

@cwallerracing Pictured Below >>

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TWITTER: WOODSIDE PARK STUD@WOODSIDE_PARKCongrats @TyreelStud on selling the

#WrittenTycoon x Choux Diva colt to Tony

Fung Investments @AquisFarm and

@PhoenixThoroug1 for $650,000 on

the first day of the 2021 @mmsnippets

#ReWritingHistory Pictured Below >>

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TWITTER: SLEDMERE STUD@SLEDMERESTUDThat's four-for-four… Lot 171, a first-crop son

of Hellbent, sold to our very good friends

@MaluaRacing for $120,000. End of Day 1 sees

@SledmereStud with a 100% clearance and all

four Lots sold going to outstanding 'homes'. It's

been a good day at the office!Pictured Below >>

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TWITTER: CIARON MAHER RACING @CMAHERRACINGFun times ahead with #Orlandogrove Thanks

to @PhilWarren10 and @shanenicholsrac for

making all this possible. #sandown #racing

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All Too Hard 175 C Collins John Moloney VIC 110,000

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American Pharoah 61 C Ashley’s Kitty Tom Magnier NSW 320,000

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Brazen Beau 101 C Bingo Betty Waller Racing/Mulcaster B’stock NSW 150,000

Capitalist 66 F Athena Lass Laurel Oak B’stock P/L (FBAA) NSW 375,000

127 F Caesar’s Princess Black Soil B’stock/John Foote B’stock/Gollan Racing NSW 290,000

116 F Booklet Gai Waterhouse/Adrian Bott/Kestrel Thoroughbreds NSW 240,000

107 F Blonde Intuition Shane Nichols Racing VIC 200,000137 F Cappella Magna Ciaron Maher B’stock VIC 200,000170 F Claudia Jean Ciaron Maher B’stock VIC 180,00033 F Allez Bien Parnham Racing Stables WA 150,00024 C Air of Mystique Moody Racing VIC 125,00074 C Awesome Amy Aleacia Bennett NSW 80,000

99 F Bibby Mystery Downs/John Foote B’stock NSW 80,000

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Caravaggio 150 C Change Channels Hancock Quality B’stock (FBAA) SA 165,00055 F Aqua d’Amore Ciaron Maher B’stock VIC 120,000172 C Coco de Mer Kavanagh Racing VIC 80,000

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Charm Spirit 83 C Bay Missile Simple B’stock Services HK 120,000

Churchill 143 F Cat’s Wish Paul Perry Racing NSW 200,00079 C Bagitol Peter Morgan VIC 155,000112 F Bombay Danny O’Brien Racing VIC 110,000

120 F Bring Cheer Peter Chambers NSW 50,000Average 128,750

Deep Field 153 F Chicquita Tony Ottobre VIC 160,00087 C Bel Chandon Ciaron Maher B’stock VIC 140,00081 C Bang On Riversley Park Ltd NZ 125,000178 C Comingle Kendrick Racing QLD 80,000158 F Choix de Maia Inspire Syndicate QLD 70,000125 C Buenismo Psd In $90,000 Res $120,000

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67 F Atotori Australian B’stock/Lees Racing/Tasman B’stock NSW 80,000

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