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Amelia Park
$75,000 MAGIC MILLIONS WA RACING WOMEN’S BONUS
Pixie Chix
Rommel-Snow Pixie
2nd Orchilla, 3rd Success Play
Cost: $20,000 at 2020 Perth Yearling Sale
Breeder: E Guagliardo
Vendor: Mogumber Park
Buyer: John Chalmers Bloodstock
Trainer: David Harrison
Jockey: Kyra Yuill
From the stud that bred and sold TIGER OF MALAY (G2 BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes & G3 ATC Up And Coming Stakes) in 2020 Ruby Racing & Breeding
COLTS
A/c Ruby Racing & Breeding, Kojarena, WA
62 Colt Shooting to Win / Under the Sea by Husson (Arg)
142 Colt Playing God / Hazel Hellraiser by Due Sasso
A/c Ruby Racing & Breeding (As Agent)
5 Colt Smart Missile / Ordinance by Commands
20 Colt Maschino / Radical Critique by Oratorio
334 Colt Ducimus / Mojito City by Excellent Art (GB)
32 Colt Nicconi / Sentfromthestars by Northern Meteor
89 Colt War Chant (USA) / Brocky’s Ace by Surtee
290 Colt Magnus / Disco Riffic by Discorsi
303 Colt Universal Ruler / Highland Jig by Churchill Downs
FILLIES
A/c Ruby Racing & Breeding, Kojarena, WA
207 Filly Universal Ruler / Secret Park (NZ) by Lonhro
213 Filly Oratorio / Shining Jewel by Canny Lad
A/c Ruby Racing & Breeding (As Agent)
123 Filly Maschino / Elsie’s Rhapsody by State City (USA)
194 Filly Maschino / Radiant Diva by Lonhro
3 Filly War Chant (USA) / Ofcourse She Does by Murtajill
304 Filly Written By / Highly Illustrious by High Chaparral (Ire)
TIGER OF MALAY “The last big race winner I was involved in Queensland with was MAHOGANY! And I’ve always had a good opinion of this horse.” Michael Freedman
BEHEMOTH LOT 3 Filly is a close relation of multiple Group 1 BEHEMOTH
RED CAN MAN LOT 89 is a half-brother to Group winners
RED CAN MAN & QUILISTA
GONNADANCEALOT: Perth Magic Millions graduate being set for black-type autumn campaign.
Specialising in yearling preparation for clientele horses alongside select local & interstate homebreds.
Attention to detail for every horse’s individual requirements and specialised preparation to suit. For more further information contact :Jaime O’Bree 0457 659 400 rubyracingandbreeding@gmail.com
2022 Vendor AMELIA PARK
BY KRISTEN MANNING
A growing force on the Western Australian racing and breeding scene, Peter Walsh’s Amelia Park has for the last few years been concentrating on improving their thoroughbred stock and making a bigger impact both at the sales and on the track.
And already the success is there for all to see with the stud’s first major yearling sale topper Samizdat (the son of Not A Single Doubt who caught everyone’s attention at the 2017 Perth Magic Millions fetching $325,000 to the bid of Gangemi Racing) proving himself to be a high class sprinter taking out the Gr.3 Asian Beau Stakes and two Listed events.
From the same Amelia Park crop came Lady Cosmology, a home-bred mare who won three of her 14 starts including the Gr.3 Proud Miss Stakes, the Listed Burgess Queen Stakes and the Listed Supremacy Stakes.
Working hard on furthering the Amelia Park name since that time, the farm presents a classy 2022 Perth Magic Millions draft, one which racing manager Sharon King is very excited about and we enjoyed catching up with her in the lead-up to the sale...
How would you describe your 2022 Magic draft?
It is a very strong, bold draft that for us is the fruition of several years of hard work. These are our first yearlings from the time when we really started analysing our mares and putting a lot of time and research into our mating plans.
What are some recent highlights for horses reared at your farm?
After Lady Cosmology (who had her first foal - a Trapeze Artist colt - in August) set the ball rolling we have really enjoyed watching Samzidat’s progress. Peter and I were at the fence at Pinjarra when he won the 3Y0 Magic Millions, it was fantastic! To see him go from sale topper to winning a Magic Millions race was huge. Which younger stallion represented in your draft are you excited about?
We have a filly by Russian Revolution (lot 29 out of the Amelia Park bred Gr.3 Champions Fillies Stakes winner Samovare) who we are excited about. She is out of one of our best mares and I think Russian Revolution is a very nice prospect. There was good hype around him early, the good judges are still on him and now it seems like they can really run.
Which horses in your draft look the best chances to win a Magic Millions 2YO Classic and a 3YO Trophy?
We have a filly and a colt who look natural two-year-old types - the Rubick filly (lot 249) out of the winning mare Addie Lane (a Street Cry sister to the triple Group winner Sabatini) is just speed, speed, speed whilst our American Pharoah colt (lot 78) out of a half-sister to the Gr.3 winners Sweynesse and Rimraam also looks an early runner, he is a power-pack. Of the three-year-old types, I would nominate our Toronado colt (lot 141) from the wonderful Marooned Lady family and the Russian Revolution filly.
What puts the magic into Magic Millions races and sales for you?
The fact that it is the epitome of everyone’s hard work. There is a great vibe to the sales and the race days, it all gets the adrenaline pumping. Who are your favourite stallions?
international pedigrees and just crazy about anything Sadler’s Wells... Lady Cosmology is line-bred to him. In regards to taking a horse to the Perth Sales I’d always be happy to have a Magnus. He does a great job in Perth, the trainers love him and I love him!
If you could pass one golden rule to young staff, what would it be?
I agree with something our farm manager Sarah Brown often says - “start early, finish late and never stop asking questions.”
What’s on your bucket list?
To breed Peter’s first Gr.1 winner... he has had twelve seconds!
AMELIA PARK’S DRAFT
Lot 23 bay colt by Pride Of Dubai from Reveille (High Chaparral)
Described by Sharon King as “a really nice, strong colt,” he is the first foal for a good racemare who won four of her 25 starts (two of those at metropolitan level) with a further nine placings to her credit. Reveille’s dam is the stakes placed multiple city winner Europa Point, half-sister to the Listed winner Reprisal from one of Western Australia’s finest families - that of the star filly Special Harmony and the local Group winners King Canute and Redwoldt.
Lot 29 bay filly by Russian Revolution from Samovare (Savabeel)
Bred on the successful Redoute’s Choice/Zabeel cross, she is the first foal for a Champion Fillies Stakes-Gr.3, 1600m winner who also won at metropolitan level in Melbourne. She is one of three stakes winners produced by the outstanding broodmare Sambar - that daughter of More Than Ready well represented by two current season Grup winners; Tiger Of Malay and Samizdat. This is an historic Australian, one which has produced the big race winners Dark Eclipse, Denman, Preserve, Kiamichi and Taj Rossi.
Lot 76 bay filly by Nicconi from Amelia’s Love (Blackfriars)
Half-sister to the promising Tony & Calvin McEvoy trained last start winning three-year-old Speed Lover out of a talented mare who won two of her four starts. Her dam is the fast Group 3 winning juvenile Card Queen who also produced the Magic Millions 2Y0 Classic winner Karuta Queen. And that flashy Group 3 winning, Group 1 placed filly has gone on to produce the stakes winner Eawase. This is a great old Victorian family from which the Caulfield Guineas-Gr.1, 1600m hero Vitalic hails.
