Track To Track Issue 67

Issue #67 | January 11 | $5.95 AUD

SNIPPETS Starting the 'magic'

HK INTERNATIONAL What a beauty

FACE THE FACTS The impact of racing

13 13 40 One of God's Own's 500* disciples

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* live foals from first 4 crops

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For instance, our plan to pen a feature on the highly influential sire, Snippets, has – in part – chronicled the bloodstock firm which sold him in their first year of operation. Yes, Magic Millions has reached the quarter ton and, after watching Australia bat at the MCG on Boxing Day, the Gold Coast operation is faring decidedly better.

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Cover pic — Issue #67 | January 11 | $5.95 AUD

SNIPPETS

Starting the 'magic'

HK INTERNATIONAL What a beauty

FACE THE FACTS The impact of racing

13 13 40 One of God's Own's 500* disciples

follow your instincts

* live foals from first 4 crops

Australia’s Leading Racehorse Trading Magazine

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GOD'S OWN x INSTINCTIVE COLT

Iskander Racing was instrumental in placing Caulfield Guineas hero, GOD'S OWN in Victoria and since his arrival at Eliza Park (where he stands in conjunction with Yallambee Stud), God's Own has produced over 500 foals from his first four crops.

One of his likely types is the colt from Naturalism mare, Instinctive (dam of SW Umaprince & half sister to Champion Skating) who will be offered up as Lot 7 at the 2011 Inglis Sydney Classic on 23 January.

God's Own x Instinctive - 2011 Inglis Sydney Classic

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ISKANDER RACING 13 13 40

Rocket Man effectively ended Australian-breds stranglehold on the race since 1999.

And finally, when determining who should feature as our Industry Profile this issue, the evergreen Neville ‘Nifty’ Wilson made up our minds by riding a treble at Warrnambool on 13 December – at the ‘I’m-justgetting-into-the-swing-of-it’ age of 64.

The world turned a year older on Saturday too and with it comes the promise of many exciting events: if you’re selling on the Gold Coast, in Sydney or over the pond in New Zealand throughout the month of January, we hope you get everything you’ve dreamed for and, for those buyers who keep turning up year after year, let’s hope that yearling which catches your eye is every bit as good as he or she looks.

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SPECIAL FEATURE

SNIPPETS

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Magic Millions Bloodstock hits the quarter century when its Gold Coast showpiece convenes on 12 January and what better way to celebrate the anniversary than acknowledging the deeds of the company’s very first headliner, Snippets.

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LTHOUGH HE’S getting on in years, Brian Russell is a veritable vault of thoroughbred statistics and will happily regale all and sundry with tales that have weaved the very fabric of our industry.

One of his – shall we say ‘snippets’ – is at the expense of his close mate, the late, great Bob Logan and of his one-time mare, Easy Date.

Despite subsequently attaining much success in the breeding barn, Lunchtime was (seemingly) no world-beater at the time and, consequently, the two Bobs heeded the advice – bad advice as it turns out – to rid themselves of the mare and her unborn foal.

Putting Easy Date through the Scone sales where she was knocked down to Newcastle

Victorian breeders John and Jane Augustine, who eventually foaled down the mare.

Determining to put their forward Lunchtime colt through the inaugural Gold Coast Magic Millions Yearling Sale, the youngster made $22,000 which, although it was not entirely unexpected, was not a sum that anyone could afford to retire on.

That would change soon enough though as the colt – named HARDLY SURPRISING THEN, GIVEN THEIR Snippets – vaulted In the spring of the fledgling sale PRECOCITY, THAT MANY OF SNIPPETS’ 1983, Logan and toward its current Canadian-born SUCCESSFUL SONS AND DAUGHTERS WERE status … and entrepreneur despite some rocky SOLD THROUGH THE MAGIC MILLIONS Bob Lapointe (he roads travelled of McDonalds hence, Magic fame), put their Millions is now modestly performed mare, firmly ensconced as the ‘other Easy Date to Widden-based motor dealer, Barry Gamer, for half ’ of Australian auctioneering. $5,000, she was then sold on to stallion Lunchtime.

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Although her first two foals – Easy Rolling (by Rolle) and Miss Winsome (Duke Ellington) – were unraced and unsuccessful respectively, the third, Sprintcar (Raise a Crown), would go on to win 10 races from 75 outings.

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For Snippets would become the first million dollar earner for a company that now boasts 70 six-figure graduates.

Racing on just 14 occasions, Snippets won – with considerable fanfare – the 2YO Magic Millions Classic on his way to victories in the The Galaxy-G1 and Oakleigh Plate-G1, along with scores in the Challenge Stakes-G2 and Brambles Classic-G3. He would be crowned both Champion 2YO and Champion 3YO. During the height of his racing career, Snippets was acquired for Mike Willessee’s Trans Media Park Stud at Cootamundra in NSW before eventually calling Arrowfield Stud home.

Although his highest advertised service was $30,000 (covering 122 mares in 2001 – his last season at stud), Snippets’ record at stud was outstanding, producing 590 winners at a massive strike rate of 80% winners to runners, while his 57 stakes winners (7.7%) including 10 Group One winners: Hong Kong champ Mr Vitality, Spartacus, Casual Pass and Hasna to name but a few.

It was hardly surprising then, given their precocity, that many of his successful sons and daughters were sold through the Magic Millions.

Sadly, Snippets died in January 2002 and has only had the sole winner this season – the 8YO Columate – from his five runners, although it’s worth noting that his final crop did include the Group Two winner Freestyle.

However, if anything, Snippets remains as influential as ever … nearly nine years after his passing. >>

Then came Snippets, a non-winner in Perfect Snip (Water Mill), the Group Two winner and multiple Group One runnerup Quick Score (Pag-Asa), the winner Hacienda (Bletchingly), the maiden Within Limits (Ahonoora), stakes winner Asawir (Last Tycoon), city winner and stakes placegetter Singles Bar (Rory’s Jester), another winner in Simooon (Palace Music), another maiden in Swigger (Palace Music), stakes winning 2YO True Blonde, six time winner Snip a Dane (Danehill), winner Date a Champion (Thunder Gulch), plus the Flemington winner Chatline (Royal Academy).

All up, Easy Date would produce 11 winners from 15 to race, four of them stakes winners.

What’s more, Asawir is the granddam of Group One winner Rewaaya, while True Blonde is both the dam of Flemington stakes winner Regrowth (in turn the dam of Group winning 2YO, Colour) and granddam of 2007 Golden Slipper winner Forensics.

The one that we’re all watching though his Singles Bar’s sire son, Not a Single Doubt.

Redoute’s Choice’s first ever stakes winner, Not a Single Doubt is carving out his own niche at stud with his stakes winners including Doubtful Jack and Squamosa and is now firmly embedded in Australia’s top 20 with only three crops of racing age.

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Snippets’ daughters have now produced over 600 winners and, with 49 stakes winners, are rapidly catching up on his black type tally as a sire.

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URANGGA FARM’S CHAMPION 2YO, Zizou, is an intriguing stallion with ‘watch me’ written all over his yearlings

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Winner of the Maribyrnong Trial Stakes-LR on debut, Zizou would later run a brilliant second behind Sleek Chassis in the Blue Diamond, a neck second in the Todman and was beaten a head by Forensics in the Golden Slipper.

Let’s put it this way … a win in any of the three and the flashy son of Fusaichi Pegasus is not standing for just $11,000!

Zizou is out of a multiple stakes placed half sister to Not a Single Doubt and will have 13 of his first crop on offer on the Gold Coast, 10 of them courtesy of Turangga.

(There are also 14 Zizous entered for the Sydney Classic, 11 on consignment from Turangga).

Interestingly, Turangga has sent a number of mares with Snippets close up in their pedigrees to Zizou, including Snippets mare Snippety Lass, a multiple winning half sister to Sydney 2YO and multiple stakes placed La Snippette.

In Sydney, four of Turangga’s Zizous have Snippets in the bottom half of their pedigrees.

Fantastic if it works!

What’s more, his influence is likely to stretch for many more years to come.

For starters, his Australian Guineas winner, Pins, is a Champion Sire in New Zealand (whose stakes winners include Cox Plate winner El Segundo and Caulfield Guineas winner and Woodside Park-based sire, Econsul), while Snippetson is a promising type whose progeny include this season’s stakes winning 2YO Miss Upstart.

Ominously though it’s the sons of his daughters that poised to make the most impact.

Snitzel, who like his maternal grandsire stands at Arrowfield, is by Redoute’s Choice from Snippets’ Lass and, just like granddad, won an Oakleigh Plate.

Snitzel is currently leading Second Season Sire and one of the most eagerly sought out stallions in the nation.

Snippets’ daughters have also produced Magnus (whose first yearlings sell at the majors in 2011) and 2010 Newmarket Handicap winner Wanted, who retired to stud in a blaze of publicity earlier this year.

Other stallions out of Snippets’ mares include Wilander, Husson Lightning and Exceedingly Good.

Let’s put it this way … this won’t be the last snippet you’ll be reading about Snippets.

PS. Stuart Ramsey and his Turangga team should be in for a big week on the Gold Coast as, not only are they ‘launching’ Zizou, they will also be cheering on Karuta Queen (by Not a Single Doubt) in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic.

A $30,000 purchase from Turangga’s 2010 Gold Coast draft, Karuta Queen is now favourite for the $2 million event following three wins from three outings, including a commanding victory in the $150,000 MM race at Wyong in early December.

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TH E AR RED EB OR DAZZ N T LE O R RS UN

Red Dazzler (Red Ransom - Vain Hill by Danehill (USA))

• First 4 to trial - 3 winners & second placing!

All 4 sold by Eureka Stud at Magic Millions • Immediate racetrack success with Bryan Guy trained DAZZLING KIND, taking out $74,000 Doomben 2YO • First crop yearlings sold to $180,000 - excellent value from a $13,750 (inc gst) fee

THE RED DAZZLERS - LIKE THEIR GROUP ONE WINNING SIRE - ARE ‘BORN TO RUN’!

Don’t miss the next crop of Red Dazzler’s at the 2011 Magic Millions Yearling Sale, Gold Coast 658 Cambooya Felton Road, Cambooya QLD 4358 Tel: Scott McAlpine 0408 700 724 or 0746 96 1204 or Colin McAlpine 0417 764 448 Email: eurekastud@bigpond.com • www.eurekastud.com.au

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MAGIC AT THE MAGIC MILLIONS! Lot 800 b.f Elvstroem – Pedantic (by Peintre Celebre): by globe-trotting multiple Gr.1 winning sire out of a lightly raced ½ sister to the exciting dual stakes winner BATTLEFIELD. Bred on the same Elvstroem/Peintre Celebre cross as talented Hong Kong galloper Brave Heart and hails from the Gr.1 family of KHAPTINGLY. Lot 869 b.f Ferocity – Vintage Class (by More Than Ready): by up-and-coming son of Lion Hunter out of a winning half sister to the recent city winner Angry Cat. Third dam is the Gr.3 mare O’DEPUTY. Danehill & More Than Ready cross beautifully!

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Out of the dual city winning mare Over Subscribed – dam of three winners and a placegetter from her first four foals.

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Also a half brother to the five times winner and city winner Shaos and the six times winner St Lor – a real running family!

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(Bletchingly): bred on the highly successful Danehill/Bletchingly cross, he is a half brother to five winners from the prolific Gr.1 family of VIEWED, WEEKEND HUSSLER, BATTLE HEIGHTS, NOBLE HEIGHTS, AD ALTA, ROYAL HEIGHTS, MAPPERLEY HEIGHTS & SKY HEIGHTS. From penultimate crop of reliable and underrated stallion.

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Leading Hunter Valley nursery Emerald Thoroughbreds is consigning outstanding drafts to both the GOLD COAST MAGIC MILLIONS & INGLIS SYDNEY CLASSIC Yearlings by

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HONOR IN WAR LONHRO MORE THAN READY NO EXCUSE NEEDED PURREALIST ROCK OF GIBRALTAR ROYAL ACADEMY SHINZIG TALE OF THE CAT

From the families of the Gr.1 winners MERLENE, DAYLAMI, BINT MARSCAY, AT TALAQ, HAPPYANUNOIT, CAPE CROSS, FASTNET ROCK, MIGHT AND POWER, SLIGHT CHANCE, STREET SENSE, BALLINGARRY and ROCKET MAN.

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2YO PREVIEW

EARLY METONYMY

Track To Track’s roving r eporter, STEVE MORAN filed this piece on some of Australasia’s most precocious juveniles while attending the International race day in Hong Kong. Steve is currently losing himself in the Indonesian jungle.

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T’S AROUND THIS time of the year that Hong Kong provides something of a showcase for horses bred in our part of the world (the region once quaintly described as Australasia, but now simply and better tagged as Australia and New Zealand).

In the past few years, we’ve had no fewer than six Hong Kong international performers emerge from our two earliest major sales – the Magic Millions and NZ Nationals.

They are Able One, Beauty Flash, Green Birdie, Egyptian Ra, Super Satin and Joyful Winner - all graduates of either the Gold Coast or Auckland.

So, I thought it timely to look at what’s emerged at this relatively early stage - from the 2010 Magic Millions and Karaka Sales, against the backdrop of Hong Kong and with the new year auctions just around the corner.

From Magic Millions we’ve already seen the following. It might be location, location, location in real estate but in racing it’s speed, speed and speed, whether you want a sprinter OR a stayer.

After all, I’ve never seen a really slow horse win a major staying race!

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MAGIC MILLIONS KARUTA QUEEN (filly, Not A Single Doubt x Card Queen) $30,000 Glenn Williams (sold by Turangga Stud) 3 starts, 3 wins & $274,000 Created quite an impression for trainer Neville Layt with her win in the Wyong Magic Millions and two successes over 1100m at Rosehill.

Current favourite for the $2 million MM 2YO Classic.

DEFIANT DAME (filly, More Than Ready x Marcovette Filly) $270,000 Les Samba (sold by Lyndhurst Stud) 2 starts, 1 win & $78,000 Won AJC Gimcrack Stakes for David Payne before running 3rd to Karuta Queen at Wyong.

DINNER DATE (filly, Mossman x Quaglino) Passed in $34,000 (offered by Baramul Stud) 2 starts, 1 win & $69,000 Won MRC Merson Cooper Stakes-LR for David Hayes.

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DOUBLE IMPACT (gelding, Mossman x Cornish Moss) $35,000 Jimmy Georgiou (sold by Baramul Stud) 3 starts, 2 wins, 1 third & $90,000 Two from two in Queensland for Jackie Crompton before Eagle Farm third.

METONYMY (filly, Hotel Grand x Shack) $40,000 Peter Moody (sold by Racetree) 2 starts, 1 win, 1 second & $36,363 Won MVRC 2YO over 1000m after debut 2nd to Dinner Date.

NOT A DREAM (filly, More Than Ready x Fictiticoius Lady) $100,000 Star Thoroughbreds (sold By Vinery Stud) Randwick trial by 4.5 lens on 6 December.

COMBAT KITTY (filly, General Nediym x Fondle) $150,000 Mathew Smith (sold by Attunga Stud) Randwick trial winner then won on debut at Kembla on 18 December.

NIGHT WAR (filly, General Nediym x Samar) $90,000 Aquanita Racing (sold by Baramul Stud) 2 trial wins in WA, including 6 lens at Belmont Park before winning at Ascot on debut on 11 December. >>

MILITARY GRACE (filly, General Nediym x Searchlights) $100,000 Hoss Heinrich (sold by Baramul Stud) 2 stars, 1 win, 1 second & $18,000 2nd VRC AGL Solar Power Stakes to Spectrolite with Dinner Date 3rd then winner over 1000m at Eagle Farm on 11 December.

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BESPOKE (colt, Pins x Velvet and Satin) NZ$460,000 David Ellis (sold by Pencarrow Stud) Beautifully bred - dam is a half to the multiple Group One winner Ethereal. Has won two from three and placed second and trainer Jason Bridgman said he should be unbeaten. Has earned NZ$33,875.

SAVABILL (gelding, Savabeel x Illuminate) Passed in NZ$40,000 (offered by Esker Lodge) Won twice at first two starts for John Sargent then solid fifth in Listed Star Way on 11 December.

SUPER EASY (colt, Darci Brahma x Parfore) NZ$140,000 Blue Sky Thoroughbreds (sold by Esker Lodge) Another for John Sargent and first winner for Darci Brahma. Won debut in track record time for 2YOs.

ISLE BE READY (colt, Perfectly Ready x Jesmonds Gift) NZ$70,000 Bede Murray (sold by Grand Vue Lodge) Trained in Australia by Bede Murray. Australia lifted the Karaka Million last year with the Liam Birchley-trained General Nediym filly, Sister Havana. Has had three starts including a second to Smart Missile in the Listed AJC Breeders Plate (1000m).

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SYDNEY CLASSIC Bel Esprit springs to mind. It’s a few years back now, but he only fetched $9,000 in the ring, yet two Group Ones and a couple of million down the track places him near the top of the Classic totem pole.

Now Iskander Racing (which has also brokered stallion deals with Written Tycoon, Primus, Court Command, Wanted and Ferocity to name a few), is returning to the scene of the crime, so to speak.

stride as a sire and that the colt is a half brother to a stakes winner from an outstanding black type family, Iskander Racing is probably expecting that buyers will have to pay a bit more than they did for Whobegotyou or Bel Esprit for the honour of taking him home.

God’s Own isn’t quite in the same However, value is mould as the relative and if the HOWEVER,VALUE IS RELATIVE AND IF THE aforementioned colt lives up to his given that he cost breeding and looks, COLT LIVES UP TO HIS BREEDING AND $220,000 in 2004, he’ll be worth LOOKS, HE’LL BE WORTH EVERY CENT. but Bart Cummings every cent. wasn’t complaining Firstly, expect to too much when see a lot of action the colt earned near enough Via the Eliza Park draft, to a million with his Caulfield Iskander Racing will offer up around God’s Own this summer.

Guineas victory and Lightning a brown God’s Own colt (a With his oldest having turned three Stakes second. real chip off the old block) this season, they are really coming from the Naturalism mare into their own as they mature and Especially when Iskander Racing Instinctive, who will enter the step up to around a mile. stepped in and negotiated ring on 23 January as Lot 7.

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SYDNEY CLASSIC at Warwick Farm. Less than three months later he would race into history’s pages with a memorable victory in the Caulfield Guineas-G1, coming from a seemingly impossible position to down Paratroopers.

God’s Own would also run Takeover Target to a whisker in the Group One Lightning Stakes before heading off to stud where he covered over 700 mares in his first four seasons.

In recent times God’s Own has been represented by Robbie Griffiths’ highly promising filly Lady Pania, multiple winners God Help Her, Magnolia Lane, Utah Saints, the exciting Bart Cummings trained colt Swift Judgement and his first winner in South East Asia, Higgs Boson.

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Doncaster Handicap-G1 and STC Coolmore Classic-G1, who has since gone on to produce Group winning 2YO and onetime Slipper favourite Murtajil, stakes winner Sunset Run, multiple stakes winner and sire Bradbury’s Luck and the stakes placed Skates, dam of Group One winner Juste Momente.

There are 574 lots to keep the God’s Own colt company over the three days of the 2011 Sydney Classic.

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ET, WHEN A CROP of first season sires produce a Golden Slipper winner (Stratum with Crystal Lily), Blue Diamond winner (Starcraft with Silent Witness) AND The TJ Smith Classic winner (Domesday with Pressday), you have the tendency to yell ‘bumper’.

Throw Snitzel, Foreplay and Dubawi into the mix, plus the fact that each of the aforementioned continue to kick goals well into 2010/11, and you have a compelling case to suggest they are superior to the group that follows.

After all, the leading First Season Sire as we go to press is the Oaklands Stud based Hennessy stallion, All Bar One, whose promising gelding won the Phelan Ready Stakes-LR in early December.

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That’s just one of the nine 2YO stakes races conducted thus far in Australia this season.

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Meanwhile, in terms of winners Eureka Stud’s Red Dazzler has a couple, so does Chateau Istana (also standing at Oaklands) and so does Darley’s Blue Diamond winner Nadeem.

Eliza Park’s Written Tycoon hasn’t produced a winner yet, but has a very likely type in Masthead and a host of trial winners, while Flying Pegasus (Touchstone Farm), Hotel Grand (Racetree), Saxon (Heytesbury), Outback Prince (Clear Mountain Fairview) and Perfectly Ready (Brighthill Farm in New Zealand) all fill out the top 10 with sole winners.

Interestingly, for a table that was ‘dominated’ by Hunter Valley stallions last season, only one in the top 10 hails from NSW this time around, while five stand in the sunshine state.

However, you have to admit they don’t match up with the previous bunch … or do they?

By 13 December of last year (our cut off point), Snitzel had two individual winners of three races, Dubawi had a s t a k e s winner in New Zealand, Starcraft the winner of one, while Foreplay and Domesday had drawn a blank to that stage. Indeed, Stratum didn’t get his first winner – in Tasmania – until 21 December.

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Not surprisingly, Stratum’s two most expensive yearlings to date were sold at Easter 2010: circa Crystal Lily’s Golden Slipper victory.

It was much the same story for Snitzel and Starcraft who, despite the aura surrounding their first crop, sold higher priced lots in 2010.

Certainly the Queensland contingent should shine in their home state. All Bar One has seven entered for the Magic Millions, while ‘stablemate’ Chateau Istana has three on offer.

Red Dazzler has seven, Outback Prince a pair, Hotel Grand and Written Tycoon one each, while Nadeem has nine.

Interestingly, for a table that was ‘dominated’ by Hunter Valley stallions last season, only one in the top 10 hails from NSW this time around, while five stand in the sunshine state

Stratum recently registered his fifth stakes winner and is now leading second crop sire by winners.

Therefore, it stands to reason that the first crop sires which are showing up on the charts now – despite their seemed lack of impact – will be under the buyers’ gaze from the Gold Coast onwards.

Meanwhile, at the Perth Yearling Sale, Flying Pegasus has a massive representation with 49 lots, while Saxon kicks in with 13.

Nadeem has three in the Sydney Classic, as does Written Tycoon, while across the pond, Perfectly Ready has a massive 61 entries for the New Zealand Nationals.

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I could be handy mending a fuse When your lights have gone You can knit a sweater by the fireside Sunday morning, go for a ride - When I’m Sixty-Four, Beatles [1966]

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E LOVE B AGGING Jockeys.

There’s something definitely un-Australian about convincing yourself that your horse just isn’t fast enough, or you simply plonked on the wrong neddy. No, it’s much easier to blame the hoop.

But it might pay to remember next time you’re venting your spleen over the fence that a 500 kilo juggernaut, with a cruising speed of around 65 kms per hour, does NOT come with power steering. Furthermore, jockeys occasionally get it wrong when they have to make a split second decision and, who among us can cast the first stone when it comes to making a quick call?

It’s an incredibly punishing schedule too: it makes for good copy when you write about a Melbourne Cup winning jockey pocketing $300,000 for three minutes work, but that is one of just over 1,000 registered jockeys throughout Australia.

The vast majority have to drag their sorry behinds out of bed at 3am to ride work then will often have to jump in the car and drive for hours to a bush meeting for a handful of mounts. And they do this seven days a week.

Not to mention the toll that ‘wasting’ takes on body and soul. Let’s just say there wasn’t too much lettuce on my plate when I sat down for Christmas lunch.

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And when they’re not riding they usually wile away all their spare time sitting in a sauna, walking around in plastic jackets, playing tennis, golf …

Consequently, the burn out factor is huge: definitely a game for the young and restless.

Which makes the story of Neville Wilson even more incredible. You see, ‘Nifty’ Nev is 64 years old – just one year away from official retirement age.

He’s not the oldest licenced jockey in Australia – that title goes to Newcastle based 72 year old, Lyle Weaver – but Neville is the most senior riding still hopping aboard at TAB meetings.

(Moree’s Danny Frahm rode until the age of 63 before retiring in September, while the comparatively ‘sprite’ Robert Thompson is still booting home plenty of winners at 53).

But Neville stands

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Under Neville Wilson When Neville tallest for started riding, his deeds at the Victorian Jockeys Robert Menzies Wa r r n a m b o o l Association has grabbed was still Prime on Monday Minister, St 13 December, the mallet and hammered George had winning the the jockey stakeholder role won the second race seventh of 11 of the day on deep into racing’s heart consecutive Akhafacet, taking premierships, out the fourth Rod Laver on Raise Your became the Banner (for old first Australian to win tennis’ grand mate Geoff Daffy) and then the sixth slam, we made our first (unsuccessful) with Four Legs Good to notch up a challenge of the America’s Cup truly remarkable treble. with Gretel, ‘advisers’ were sent to The three wins took his career tally Vietnam, the Bombers won the flag, to 2,056 from over 21,000 rides Frank Ifield’s I Remember You was the (2,057 when you take into account first Australian single to appear on US his victory on the appropriately charts, we danced to The Twist and named Miss Supernatural at Colac on Even Stevens took out the Caulfield/ 18 December).

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However, 48 years on, Neville Wilson – now a grandfather of four – has no immediate plans of retirement: “I’m going to have to retire sooner or later, just not right now.

“At the start of every year, I say to myself this will be my last year – but, then again, I’ve been saying that for 20 years.”

Neville had his first ride at Moe in 1962, finishing fourth on a horse called The Gippslander, before winning his first race on Touress later that same year.

Although hardly a ‘banner’ rider over the years, Neville has still been legged up on some memorable horseflesh … Sydeston (winning a Liston), Zeditave (Blue Diamond Prelude) and Redelva to name but three.

But the flashy chestnut, Redelva was clearly his favourite: “I won three Group One races (Lightning, William Reid and Futurity) on Redelva in the early 1990s – a great thrill.”

More recently, his biggest success was aboard the Geoff Daffy trained Lancet in Warrnambool’s premier sprint – the 2008 Wangoom Handicap.

“Geoff and I have been mates for a long time … we went to school together.”

Neville has paid close attention to riding trends over the past six decades, both professionally and from an administrative standpoint.

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When I started we used to race twice a week and on public holidays … now we race seven days a week: the only two days we don’t race are Good Friday and Christmas Day.

They are not only consulted but are quick to initiate action if a problem is unearthed.

Jockeys are mindful of their obligations to the connections of the horses they ride by seeking the best running, but also like to ensure that their ‘workplace’ is safe. One rider death is one too many and Australia has had enough funerals for hoops in the last 10 years to show that ‘duty of care’ has to be the mission of all participants. Under Neville Wilson the Victorian Jockeys Association has grabbed the mallet and hammered the jockey stakeholder role deep into racing’s heart.”

Lowe adds that while Wilson was never going to get the chance to win the Scobie Breasley Medal (presented annually to the nation’s leading jockey), the OAM is a just and fitting reward.

Meanwhile, VJA Chief Executive Des O’Keefe simply states he is “in awe” of Neville’s ability to stay on top all these years and believes it more than fitting that the Neville Wilson Award is accorded to the leading country jockey each year.

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Following Nifty’s acknow-ledgement, industry scribe, Vin Lowe, wrote: “It wasn’t long ago that the master/ servant relationship between jockeys and trainers – and to a greater extent, owners – ruled the racecourse.

Nowadays, the shoe is on the other hoof as jockeys are the revered face of thoroughbred racing.

Commenting on the changes since he first donned silks, Neville said recently: “When I started we used to race twice a week and on public holidays … now we race seven days a week: the only two days we don’t race are Good Friday and Christmas Day. “Most of the boys these days ride with their toes in the iron and they have great styles. The young kids of today are very good riders, they learn quicker than we did.

“I still ride with my feet in the irons – I’m too old to change and, anyway, it hurts my calves if I put the toes in.”

So, Neville … what’s your secret? “Simple, I love riding racehorses and that’s the important thing.

“We sold the farm (a dairy farm at Weerite in Victoria’s Western Districts), which has taken a bit of pressure off and I can just concentrate on my riding now.

“I’m riding trackwork every day at Camperdown and I’m getting to three or four race meetings a week.

“I’ve been lucky. Although I have had falls and a few injuries, I’m pretty fit and blessed with good health.

“I hear some of the young blokes who say they don’t like riding, but are doing it for the money. I find that hard to believe because I just enjoy what I do.

“When the day comes that I’m not enjoying it (riding), that’s the day I’ll give up.”

Will you still need me, when I’m 64? Damn right Neville. We’ll always need heroes!

NEVILLE WILSON

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Shaw could have been forgiven for thinking his day in the global sun had arrived when Rocket Man drove to the lead a furlong from home in the HK$14 million Group One Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint at Sha Tin on 14 December.

Yes, Singapore’s pride and joy had company in the shape of South African visitor JJ The Jet Plane and hometown hero Sacred Kingdom (chasing his third win in the race), but the Rocket still looked as if he’d have their measure.

One wonders whether it crossed Shaw’s mind that Aussie-breds had a perfect record in the Hong Kong Sprint (dating back to its 1999 inception) as Rocket Man and South Africa’s Jet went stride for stride.

As one journo pointed out “Singapore held its breath” but JJ The Jet Plane got the bob and Shaw was left to tidy up, commenting: “He gave his absolute all … again. He was being tackled both on the inside and the outside and he fought tooth and nail, but he was beaten by a better horse on the day. >>

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He was a winner until the line.”

(Ironically, Rocket Man is owned by South African based businessman Fred Crabbia).

Yet, despite the near thing, Shaw remains undaunted, vowing to fly Rocket Man to Dubai for a second tilt at the Group One Golden Shaheen over 1200m at Meydan on 26 March.

It was at Meydan in 2010 that Rocket Man showed the world that Singapore has much more to offer than cheap shopping when he fought on gallantly, before again falling just short behind North American galloper Kinsale King.

The glitz and glamour of bustling Hong Kong and Dubai’s desert air is a far cry from Rocket Man’s markedly quieter birthplace of Richmond in New South Wales.

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When he landed at Tyreel Stud on 17 October 2005, the loudest noise would have been a distant car on Castlereagh Road or the flow of the Nepean River.

‘Conceived’ by Dean Fleming – whose roll call of outstanding racehorses bred and/or owned is ‘substantial’ to say the least –

Rocket Man is by the Quest For Fame horse, Viscount, from the Kiwi mare Macrosa.

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An outstanding racehorse who won two Group Ones and ran a memorable third in the Cox Plate, Viscount was bred by the Inghams and stood at Woodlands Stud prior to shifting west to Oakland Park Stud.

Although he is now the sire of seven stakes winners including this year’s South Australian Derby-G1 winner Kidnapped and 2009 Queen of the Turf-G1 victor Neroli, Viscount’s colt from Macrosa could only raise $60,000 when presented by Tyreel at the 2007 Magic Millions National Yearling Sale on the Gold Coast.

It was a nice pick up for

Andy Williams’ Worldwide Bloodstock, all things considered.

Aside from Rocket Man’s $2 million plus in earnings, Macrosa has also produced (subsequently to Rocket Man’s sale), the speedy Our Giant, a dual Group One winner in South Africa.

A two-time stakes winner in her own right, Macrosa has now presented seven to the races for seven winners and is a half sister to AJC Derby and LKS Mackinnon Stakes winner Ebony Grosve.

Exported to Singapore at the end of April in 2008, Rocket Man had his first start for Shaw in October of that year, winning his maiden comfortably.

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Rocket Man was then off the scene for 10 months, but had lost none of his polish with a resounding win in the Kranji Stakes in February. >>

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Amidst considerable fanfare,Inglis released its 2011Australian Easter Yearling Sale preview at the end of November.

Perhaps the timing is designed to remind everyone that despite Easter coming after the Gold Coast, New Zealand, Perth,Tasmania, Melbourne and Adelaide, it’s still the greatest show on turf … always has been and, very likely, always will be.

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URE, SOME VENDORS leave Newmarket sadly disappointed after the three day extravaganza, but in the main – a ticket to Easter still takes you to breeding’s mecca.

As the next two pages reveal, Australasia’s elite stallions (and indeed some of the world’s best sires) are represented at Easter next year and buyers will flock accordingly.

There has been some conjecture that stallion fees remain too high and ye olde rule of thumb (three times service fee to break even) means that quite a few stallions will have to lift their game in a relatively depressed market.

However, you would think that the progeny of Redoute’s Choice, Encosta de Lago, Lonhro, Testa Rossa, Zabeel, Flying Spur, Danehill Dancer, General Nediym, Fastnet Rock and Choisir will make a tidy return for the faithful, but some will

have to make up a lot of ground.

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pencils – but overall their ‘eye’ is usually close to the mark.

Others who could easily eclipse their 2010 averages are second season sires Stratum and Snitzel who remain very much in the public focus, while first time sellers such as Bernardini, Casino Prince, Street Sense and – particularly – Dylan Thomas are likely to find a bunch of new fans.

Still, our prediction for best return on service fee (and we didn’t Nostradamus to help us out with this one) is High Chaparral (pictured below).

A notable omission from Easter ’11 is the veteran, Canny Lad, who still manages to punch it out well above his weight and you might have thought that at least one of Danewin’s 21 live foals might have snuck in.

However, it should be remembered that the much maligned ‘inspectors’ – from ALL sales companies – do a pretty remarkable job and it’s in everyone’s best interests that they attract only the very best to their premier sales. Sometimes they get it wrong – that’s why they put erasers on the end of

There are eight of his youngsters in Easter – conceived off a service fee of NZ$17,500 – that will now ride on the back Group One winners such as So You Think, Shoot Out, Descarado and Monaco Consul.

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Al Maher Anabaa (USA) Aussie Rules (USA) Barely a Moment Bel Esprit Benicio Bernardini (USA) Bradbury's Luck Canny Lad Casino Prince Charge Forward Choisir Commands Danasinga Dane Shadow Danehill Dancer (IRE) Danewin Dansili Danzero Darci Brahma (NZ) Dehere (USA) Desert King (IRE) Distorted Humor (USA) Don Eduardo (NZ) Dubai Destination (USA) Dylan Thomas (IRE) Dynaformer (USA) Elusive Quality (USA) Elvstroem Encosta de Lago Exceed and Excel Excellent Art (GB) Excites Fast 'n' Famous Fastnet Rock Flying Spur Forestry Fusaichi Pegasus (USA) Galileo (IRE) General Nediym God's Own Haradasun Hard Spun (USA) Henny Hughes (USA) High Chaparral (IRE) 48

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Fee '10 $28,600 N/A $8,800 $12,100 $27,500 $6,600 $38,500 $11,000 $16,500 $27,500 $33,000 $35,750 $66,000 $8,800 $16,500 N/A $22,000 N/A $16,500 $NZ20,000 N/A $9,900 N/A NZ$7,000 N/A $22,000 N/A N/A $16,500 $143,000 $66,000 $11,000 $8,800 NZ$10,000 $137,500 $55,000 N/A N/A N/A N/A $27,500 $24,750 $22,000 $19,250 $88,000

Foals '09 Entries '10 Sold '10 65 N/A 53 70 80 80 113 74 50 108 74 141 112 31 46 54 21 N/A 96 88 36 54 N/A 27 75 116 N/A 82 54 166 109 77 60 46 182 120 9 N/A N/A 108 145 101 86 86 54

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Ave. '10 $83,375 $205,000 $60,000 $0 $90,000 $0 N/A $0 $105,000 N/A $128,833 $120,875 $108,462 N/A $136,667 N/A $220,000 $100,000 $153,333 $110,000 $173,333 N/A $0 $160,000 $45,000 N/A $100,000 $98,750 $64,000 $300,854 $138,026 N/A $0 $185,000 $217,162 $199,889 N/A $192,917 $130,000 $272,500 $310,000 N/A N/A N/A N/A

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Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) Husson (ARG) Hussonet (USA) Keep The Faith Kitten's Joy (USA) Librettist (USA) Lonhro Lucky Owners (NZ) Magic Albert Medaglia D'oro (USA) Montjeu (IRE) More Than Ready (USA) Mossman Nadeem Not a Single Doubt O’Reilly Oasis Dream Oratorio (IRE) Pendragon (NZ) Pentire (GB) Pins Rahy (USA) Red Ransom (USA) Redoute’s Choice Reset Rock of Gibraltar (IRE) Royal Academy (USA) Savabeel Secret Savings (USA) Shamardal (USA) Show a Heart Singspiel (IRE) Smarty Jones (USA) Snippetson Snitzel Starcraft (NZ) Strada Strategic Stratum Stravinsky (USA) Street Sense (USA) Tale of the Cat (USA) Testa Rossa War Emblem Zabeel Zizou

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Fee '10 $27,500 $22,000 FOA FOA N/A NZ$12,500 $88,000 $8,800 $13,750 N/A N/A $121,000 $13,200 $22,000 $13,750 NZ$50,000 N/A $22,000 $8,800 NZ$35,000 NZ$40,000 N/A N/A $176,000 $22,000 $33,000 N/A NZ$20,000 N/A $66,000 $30,250 N/A N/A $7,700 $27,500 $38,500 $9,900 $16,500 $60,500 N/A $38,500 $38,500 $44,000 N/A NZ$100,000 $11,000

Foals '09 Entries '10 Sold '10 121 84 92 72 N/A 74 130 28 60 6 N/A 135 62 65 117 109 N/A 121 24 80 99 N/A 90 114 85 101 41 83 N/A 69 123 N/A N/A 134 76 20 65 113 114 5 88 87 89 N/A 53 54

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Ave. '10 $65,000 N/A $146,538 $220,000 $40,000 N/A $166,562 $140,000 $120,000 N/A $125,000 $164,000 $62,500 $108,289 N/A $172,500 $0 $50,000 $145,000 $350,000 $130,000 $60,000 N/A $480,645 $120,000 $85,625 $140,000 $63,000 $80,000 N/A $100,000 $30,000 $150,000 $185,000 $145,556 $180,000 $52,500 N/A $298,000 $150,000 N/A $800,000 $201,000 N/A $315,000 N/A

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Everyone knows that racing is big in Australia: has been ever since the 73rd Regiment raced their neddies around Sydney’s Hyde Park in October 1810.

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S TO THE thoroughbred industry’s overall contribution, well, that’s a moot point.

A number of years back, a government body released a study stating that the business of racing was Australia’s third largest industry, but some claim it’s now slipped out of a place and is currently running fourth.

Regardless of whether racing has got a podium finish or not, the December issue of the 2010 Australian Racing Fact Book provides some very sobering statistics. Not boring … sobering!

It reveals a lot about us as a race – or should we say, culturally.

Yes, we should be looking over our shoulder as competition for the gambling dollar increases and yes, racing administrators are often guilty of shutting the

gate after the proverbial horse has bolted.

However, claims that our industry is about to wither and die on the vine appear to be quite a ways off the mark when

$14.7 billion WA

For instance, the total wagering turnover during the 2009/10 season was $14.7 billion …

BILLION. And that doesn’t include the harness mob or the dishlickers which were responsible for around two bill each.

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E FACTS you take into account that – in the last 16 years – wagering turnover has increased from $8.8 billion to $14.7.

$427.2 million PRIZEMONEY

The Fact Book no longer has a breakdown on the number of horses who failed to collect (far too depressing!), but with 360 RACETRACKS 31k racehorses competing for Can’t get enough of racing? You’ll $427m (average $13,446 per be pleased to know then that horse) and with 10 horses In fact, it took six years to go the six states plus territories like Shocking ($3,530,900), from 8.8 to 8.9 and only crossed conducted 2,694 race meetings Crystal Lily ($2,259,000), So the $10 billion threshold in at 360 racetracks under the You Think ($2,186,500), 2002/03.

Viewed ($1.709,500), The book contains R a n g i r a n g d o o “IN PROVIDING A STATISTICAL some interesting facts ($1,565,500), Military on prizemoney too: the Rose ($1,527,000), Faint AND PICTORIAL ACCOUNT first season on record is Perfume ($1,398,750), OF THE PAST RACING SEASON 1992/93 where stakes had Melito ($1,310,500), Typhoony Tracy THE FACT BOOK GIVES US ($1,305,000) and THE CHANCE TO LOOK AGERING TURNOVER Littorio ($1,274,000) winning $18,066,650 BACK ON THE MANY GREAT between them, you just ACHIEVEMENTS BOTH ON AND know that a few owners actually dropped by 0.07% are going to end up (from the previous year) to OFF THE RACETRACK.” in tears. $197.4 million.

Some 17 years on and the payout now stands at $427.2 million, which is an increase of 7.1% on 08/09. Incredibly, prizemoney had jumped from $355m to $421m from 07/08 to 08/09 after prizemoney had dropped by 6.1% in 06/07.

Interestingly, for those of you who doubt the impact of incentive schemes, the payout has risen from a mere $1.5

million in 1992/93 to $25.8 in 09/10. Still not enough we hear you cry but at least heading in the right direction.

supervision of 374 race clubs (who said there are far too many committees?).

At those 2,694 race meetings, there were 19,376 races (averaging 7.2 races per meeting), fought out by 31,773 horses.

Of the 31,773 horses, Typhoon Tracy was deemed to be the most successful following victories in four Group Ones (Empire Rose, CF Orr, Futurity and Queen of the Turf), succeeding international star, Scenic Blast, as Australian Horse of the Year.

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LEADING TRAINER (Bart Cummings 7 Group Ones) Tracy’s trainer Peter Moody who notched up six victories at the elite level with Headway (Ascot Vale) and Wanted (Newmarket) also saluting for the Caulfieldbased mentor.

However, even with six on the board, Moody still had to take second pozzie behind the Cups King, Bart Cummings who didn’t win his 13th Melbourne Cup, but still managed to lift

360 RACETRACKS a Cox Plate (So You Think), Caulfield Cup (Viewed), VRC Oaks and Storm Queen Stakes (Faint Perfume), Toorak (Allez Wonder), Australian Guineas (Rock Classic) and Queensland Derby (Dariana).

Son Anthony went none too shabby either with four Group One winners for a family total of 11 (16% of the 68 Group One races staged).

Darley trainer Peter Snowden was the most successful in terms of winners with 229 of his charges saluting and $11.7 million

trade throughout Australia in 09/10, while 1,004 jockeys were legged up.

Most successful of these – Group One wise – was Nash Rawiller who steered home nine, remarkably on eight different horses. Luke Nolen – as stable rider for Peter Moody – chimed in with six wins so, between Rawiller and Nolen, the pair annexed 22% of the Group Ones.

(Katsidis died on 19 October, aged just 31).

Racehorse registrations were down marginally on the previous year – from 14,293 to 13,256 – but the breakdown makes for interesting reading. According to the figures, 5,241 (39.5%) of those registered had their feed bills paid for by one owner, with 3,391 sharing the cost with one other. Surprisingly,

just 669 horses (5%) had 10 or more owners.

Redoute’s Choice captured his second national sires’ premiership, edging out Encosta de Lago who had grabbed the title the two previous seasons: interestingly, Danehill and two of his sons (Redoute’s Choice and

The Cummings pair, Moody, Snowden and Kavanagh were just five of 3,668 CHAMPION trainers who plied their

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Biggest mover and shaker of 09/10 though was the brilliant Lonhro, who has followed up his stellar racing career (11 Group Ones) with some impressive progeny, vaulting him to third on

Nolen, however, rode 133 winners for the season (Nash Rawiller 124 and his brother, Brad, 115), but the jockey with the most winners from August to July was the tragic Stathi Katsidis, who kicked home 172 winners.

13,256 RACEHORSE REGISTRATIONS in stakes (ahead of Moody with 194 winners and $10.2 million), but numero uno as far as strike rate is concerned was Mark Kavanagh with a massive 24.5% winners to starters strike rate (ahead of, you guessed it, Peter Moody with 22.38%).

Flying Spur) have now won 12 of the past 16 premierships.

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the ladder with only three crops of racing age.

Similarly, second season sires, Fastnet Rock and High Chaparral both finished in the top 10 and are now clearly among the commercial elite.

Speaking of which, Encosta de Lago commanded the highest service fee - $220,000 – and covered 176 mares at Coolmore, while Redoute’s Choice was mated to 170 matrons at $198,000 a pop.

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LEADING JOCKEY (Nash Rawiller 9 Group Ones) popular in terms of numbers.

NSW-based stallions filled the top 21 spots in regards to service fee ($38,500 and above), but five of the top 20 (four from Victoria and one from Queensland) were the busiest.

down ($59,303,650 gross, $26,883 average) and 499 ready to run types sold ($11,919,700 gross, $23,887 average).

However, it was the broodmare Sun Classique (by Fuji Kiseki) who fetched the highest price in 2010 when sold to Patinack Farm for $2,000,000 at the Easter Broodmare.

Export numbers were down –

Trends, the latter referred to

by Australian Racing Board Chairman, Bob Bentley: “There is a consistently high level of demand for records relating to the health and performance of the industry.

“In providing a statistical and pictorial account of the past racing season the Fact Book gives us the chance to look back on the many great achievements

4,831 YEARLINGS SOLD ($256m) BART CUMMINGS

Ominously, eight of the top 10 first season sires were descendants of Danehill!

Not surprisingly, Danehill and his descendants will again dominant major auctions throughout 2011, just as they did in 2010.

The Redoute’s Choice colt from Regrowth (sold at Easter for $1.8 million) was the most expensive of the 4,831 yearlings sold throughout Australia in 2010, grossing $256,088,752 between them at an average of $53,009 … and a sobering median of $21,000.

from 2,497 to 1,833 – although 149 horses were shipped to China … clearly a portent of future trade between the two countries, given that four years ago, not one Aussie horse finished up in what is deemed to be the most rapidly developing thoroughbred economy in the world.

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Redoute’s Choice progeny also topped the Gold Coast Magic Millions and Melbourne Premier, while his sons Stratum and Fastnet Rock made the biggest bucks at the Adelaide Magic Millions and Inglis Weanling Select respectively.

Ultimately, 1,147 weanlings found new homes ($25,036,850 gross, $21,828 average), 2,206 broodmares were knocked

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Australia’s ‘run’ might have ended in the Hong Kong International Sprint, but as KRISTEN MANNING points out, Beauty Flash did a mighty job of carrying the Kiwi flag.

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USTRALIA’S 11 year dominance of the Hong Kong International Sprint came to an end at Shatin on Sunday 12 December – for the first time in the history of this prestigious dash a horse bred elsewhere crossed the line in first place.

Only one horse – Falvelon (2000 and 2001) trained in Australia has won the race, but horses bred here have not only won the race every other year, but on several other occasions have provided placegetters as well.

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– were Australian bred, whilst the following year saw Absolute Champion and Silent Witness run the quinella. Twelve months after that it was a trifecta with Sacred Kingdom, Absolute Champion and Scintillation and, in 2009, another quinella with Sacred Kingdom and One World.

This year we had to settle for second and third with Rocket Man and Sacred Kingdom, with the race won by the outstanding South African JJ The Jet Plane.

Also running well in fifth placing was the Tony Noonan trained Ortensia who overcame a setback the previous week (getting loose after a stray cat ran in front of her) to run home boldly in the Sprint.

And so it was left to a New Zealand bred horse to win a feature, the handsome chestnut Beauty Flash taking out the Hong Kong Mile.

In doing so, the talented son of Golan became the fifth Kiwi bred winner of that race – following

on from Lucky Owners, Sunline, Catalan Opening and Winning Partners.

A NZ$65,000 Karaka graduate, Beauty Flash was bred by Windsor Park Stud and he kicked off his racing career in his country of birth – winning a 1400m >>

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Maiden at Te Rapa at his third start. Subsequent Group One Metropolitan Handicap winner Herculian Prince was second, so it was quite the form race!

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superstar,” enthused Gerard Mosse post race, “the more I asked of him the more he gave.”

mile races in the world.”

Windsor Park Stud General Manager Steve Till was delighted: Tony Cruz meanwhile, thinks the “it is exciting to have bred him, best is still to come: “he’d been especially as we are offering Sent to Hong Kong, Beauty Flash so well in the last few weeks that a number of Golan’s final hit the ground running for Tony I’d been very confident that he southern hemisphere crop at the Cruz – flashing upcoming home from the yearling rear to win in sales.

AND SO IT WAS LEFT TO A NEW ZEALAND BRED impressive style HORSE TO WIN A FEATURE,THE HANDSOME “Beauty over 1200m at Flash won CHESTNUT BEAUTY FLASH TAKING OUT THE Shatin in May last his first year.

HONG KONG MILE. Group One Going from in January, strength to which was strength, the gelding rose would finish in the first three,” timely as it generated increased through the grades, winning five adding that “I would like to take interest in his sire’s progeny of his next six culminating in him overseas to race – to Dubai at those sales and I sure it will Group One success in the Hong and Japan, some of the biggest produce a similar effect this time Kong Classic Mile in late January. around.”

Tried over longer trips before returning to the mile, Beauty Flash headed to Japan at the end of a busy preparation, unplaced in the rich Yasuda Kinen in Japan.

But he took no harm from the excursion and was quickly back into form this time around.

Hard fit on International Day (having run three encouraging races in the lead up), Beauty Flash impressed his jockey and trainer.

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Till remembers Beauty Flash looking a miler type as a yearling: “he was well conformed and nicely balanced.”

The Golans won’t be the only yearlings they’ll be looking at when the New Zealand National sales series kicks off at Karaka on 31 January with 503 lots catalogued for the Premier sessions, 627 lots for the Select (2-4 February) and 492 for the Festival (6-7 February).

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