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A Spring In Their Step

Rotorua’s strong win on Saturday clearly put a spring into the step of his trainer and part owner Bart Cummings, as too it did to another part owner and our client Dato’ Tan Chin Nam. Link to Report courtesy of Racenet. Rotorua was winning his third only career start but in a fashion suggesting more. Rock & Reel also broke her maiden during the week after a limited number of runs giving Dato’ Tan a second of three winners he had this week. The third, a former QTC Derby placegetter named Kamsky won with reported authority in Singapore on Saturday night. So while winter is traditionally a quieter time, Rotorua and friends managed to keep things quite hot this week.

Rotorua storms through on the inside

From Little Acorns Grow

It has been reported that Viewed was purchased privately out of a paddock for a comparatively modest price. That is quite so with DGR making a trip to the breeders stud in 2005 to make the acquisition. Not to be outdone another modest purchase, Mulaman, a $28,000 yearling buy by DGR, also won on the Queens Birthday, this time at Randwick meeting lifting his record to 19 starts, 3 wins, 1 second and 4 thirds for $123,123. Cleary not as good a horse as Viewed with $479,030 in prize money, but a handy effort from Mulaman none the less.

Mulaman winning at Warwick Farm before his lastest victory at Randwick.

As Reported by Racenet

Bart's glorious view of Brisbane Cup
Racenet
Monday, 9 June 2008
Bart Cummings won his 700th stakes race as Viewed romped away with the Group II $300,000 Brisbane Cup (2400m) at Eagle Farm on Monday.

In one of the most dominant feature race staying wins of the Australian season, Viewed revelled in the Eagle farm mud to win by seven lengths.

And he did on his own with jockey Damien Oliver making a mid-race move when the speed slackened and Viewed was caught three-wide in a shuffle-up.

The four-year-old never got any closer to the rail but Cummings said he wasn’t perturbed by the seemingly tough contract.

“I told the jockey to get out there [wide] because it was the best place to be,” he said.

Oliver believes Viewed could be a spring contender – with one proviso.

“If he got into one of the big races on a soft track you never know,” he said.

Chasing home Viewed into the placings were Fulmonti and Sky Biscuit.

An 11-time Melbourne Cup-winning trainer, Cummings has now won three Brisbane Cups.

Viewed ended a 33-year drought for Cummings in the Brisbane feature

Viewed steams home alone at the end of the 2008 Brisbane Cup

Damien Oliver looks well pleased with his cushy victory.

Worth The Wait

The connections of Kroner had to wait over 300 days to see him run again following an authorative win on that occasion. They were not disappointed and despite being “big” in condition after the time away from racing, Kroner repeated with another commanding win by over 2 lengths on Wednesday at the Sydney Turf Club track of Canterbury. While only in mid week grade, the odds on favourite did what was required and he looks like a horse of promise for the future. We hope so and wish the connections well. So far the strapping colt has won 2 of his 4 career starts to date.



Kroner powers away from the field

Kroner looks happy with his effort

So too does his jockey Hugh Bowman.

Thinking Big

Formed in 2007, Suez Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd has quietly gone about adding quality breeding stock to their portfolio. Adding to existing stallion shareholding in God’s Own and interests in the likes of Success Tale, the dam of Caulfield Guineas GR1 winner Wonderful World, and another young half sister to this season stakesplaced 2yo Arms Wide Open, Suez Thoroughbreds recently purchase at the Sydney Easter Broodmare Sales adding Shantreusse, a Danehill mare in foal to Starcraft from the Paulyn Investments offerings and Pleasant Change, a Zabeel half sister to Gr1 winner Piachay. Suez also has some well bred fillies in training by such sires as Redoute’s Choice & General Nediym so hopefully the new company can make an impact in the sales and breeding arena. These new additions have taken up residence at Think Big Stud in the southern highlands and while matings for 2008 are yet to be finalised, God’s Own looks ideal for Pleasant Change.

Pleasant Change (Zabeel 1/2 sister to Gr1 winner Piachay) arrives at her new home Think Big Stud.

Another Level

Kosi Bay added a Group 2 win to her already lofty credentials with a win in the Emancipation Stakes Gr2 on the last day of the 2008 Sydney Autumn Carnival over the famous Randwick metric mile. Kosi Bay ran second in the same race last year to another quality mare in Hot Danish adding to her previous record of wins in the Epona Stakes Listed and placing in the Myer Classic Gr1. Kosi Bay is also a half sister to New Zealand Champion Miler Calveen and is out of a half sister to SA Derby Gr1 winning filly English Wonder, herself dam of AJC Derby and four time Gr1 winner Dr Grace. And all this for a $130,000 yearling purchase so well done to her connections and our clients.

Kosi Bay strikes for victory in the Emancipation Stakes Gr2

2008 Yearling Sale Purchases

2008 William Inglis Easter Yearling Sale

Index of Buyers

DGR Thoroughbred Services Pty Ltd NSW

52

B. c. 2006

Elusive Quality (USA) - Cousins (AUS)

V- Princes Farm, Castlereagh. (As Agent)

400000

5

B. f. 2006

Redoute's Choice (AUS) - Beldarian (IRE)

V- Coolmore Stud, Jerry's Plains. (As Agent)

300000

397

Br. c. 2006

Savabeel (AUS) - Steluta (NZ)

V- Little Avondale Stud, Masterton, NZ.

300000

2008 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale

Index of Buyers

DGR Thoroughbred Services NSW

538

B. f. 2006

Al Maher (AUS) - Biscay Bird (AUS)

V- Eureka Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd, Darling Down

270000

833

B. f. 2006

Flying Spur (AUS) - Jactris (NZ)

V- Attunga Stud, Scone, NSW. (As Agent)

130000

831

B. f. 2006

Elusive Quality (USA) - Ivy League (IRE)

V- Darley, Aberdeen, NSW.

100000

729

Bl. f. 2006

Commands (AUS) - Fair Vanity (AUS)

V- Rosari Farm, Warwick, Qld.

90000

204

B. c. 2006

Al Maher (AUS) - Regal Heights (NZ)

V- Stratheden Stud Pty Ltd, Tamworth, NSW.

30000

2008 New Zealand Bloodstock Premier Yearling Sale

Index of Buyers

DGR Thoroughbred Services NSW

145

B. c. 2006

Zabeel (NZ) - Golden Winds (NZ)

V- Cambridge Stud, Cambridge.

410000

236

B. f. 2006

Fastnet Rock (AUS) - Luna Tudor (AUS)

V- Trelawney Stud Ltd, Cambridge.

140000

424

B. c. 2006

High Chaparral (IRE) - Triassic (NZ)

V- Windsor Park Stud Ltd, Cambridge.

110000

441

B. c. 2006

Al Maher (AUS) - Tycoon Tess (AUS)

V- Wellfield Lodge, Palmerston North.

90000

Viewed Gives A Good Sight

Viewed Wins JRA Plate: Ill-fated former Durham Lodge stallion Scenic (Sadler's Wells-Idyllic, by Foolish Pleasure) added a black-type success (& 62nd individual stakes-winner) when 4YO entire Viewed (Scenic-Lovers Knot, by Khozaam) raced away for a 3.75-lengths victory in yesterday's $100,000 Listed Japan Racing Association Plate (2000m) at Randwick. Viewed (ridden by Craig Williams for trainer Bart Cummings) defeated favoured fellow 4YO entire Musket (Redoute's Choice-Tugela, by Riverman) & 5YO gelding Nuclear Sky (Nuclear Freeze-Sky Queen, by Hey Baba Riba). Viewed now has 6 wins & 4 placings (including 2006's Listed Dulcify Quality over 1800m at Randwick) from 17 starts for $282,030 earnings. (Click on the link for full race details from Group Race Results at AAP Racing.) Story curtesy Racing And Breeding.

Viewed steaks away winning the Japan Trophy Plate Listed

Derby Day 2008

Website updates have been spaced due to the spate of sale & race day commitments, but we have not been totally absent in the field. We have two runners in the $1.8m Australian Derby Gr1 at Randwick on Saturday. Book Of Kells, last start winner of a traditional Derby leaup up race the Tulloch Stakes Group 2 and the as yet maiden galloper Zazabeau. Book Of Kells will appreciate the assured wet track on Saturday and out of a two time Oaks winner will not have any problems staying the 2400m. Neither will his stable mate Zazabeau, while a still a maiden, he is a brother to Oaks & Melbourne Cup placegetter Zazabelle, he too will appreciate the staying test. At the booming Inglis Austrailain Easter yearling sales we have been able to secure three yearlings in a very competitive market. Those three are Lot 52, an Elusive Quality full brother to Todman Gr2 placegetter Related for $400,000. A prised daughter of Redoute’s Choice, Lot 5 for $300,000 and a son of first season sire Savabeel and a half brother to VRD Derby placegetter Gorky Park for $300,000 in Lot 397. More details after the culmination of the sales. Minimal shares remain in these horses.

Book Of Kells winning the Tulloch Stakes Gr2

Magic Millions Time

Since our last update we have been involved in the Magic Millions Yearling Sales where we were able to secure five yearlings despite the presence of mega buyer Patinack Farm. That is the same Patinack Farm that recently purchased Wonderful World. Patinack principal Nathan Tinkler and his team are certainly accumulating some prized bloodstock around them and good luck to them and already have shown rewards with important wins by recent purchases Casino Prince and Laura’s Charm.
We added to our purchases this year with fillies in Lot 538 Al Maher – Biscay Bird for $270,000 (our highest price purchase), Lot 729 Commands – Fair Vanity $90,000, Lot 831 Elusive Quality – Ivy League $100,000 and Lot 833 Flying Spur – Jactris $130,000. Our lone colt at this sale we added Lot 204 Al Maher – Regal Heights.

On the racing front Fianchetto won when stepped up to 1800m and followed that up with a close second over 1900m. He will appreciate more yet more distance and a bigger track if we can find a suitable engagement for him. Book Of Kells & Validated have backed up their recent runs with further solid placings. 2yo’s Allez Wonder and Think Money have made pleasing starts to their respective careers. Both will appreciate further as older horses but are not far off the mark now; Allez Wonder, a daughter of a Perth Cup winner while Think Money is a daughter of a Nassipour half sister to a Sydney Cup horse.

Around The Money

This past week of racing in Sydney have seen our clients in and around the money all week. Lasker, a son of Epsom Derby winner Galileo posted at win at Randwick on Tuesday when sent out over the longest journey he has contested this preparation. Clearly the 1800m suited him as he went on to score by 2 ¼ lens in solid fashion. Fianchetto also up in distance for the first time this preparation all be it only 1550m, he posted a solid second place in torrential conditions at Canterbury on Thursday night. On Saturday back at Randwick we did not post a winner, but close 2^nd placings with both Mi Casa and with our interest in Blessus and a third with Viewed, the latter who was forced to race wide and into the gale all the way and the job proved too tough for him. Still that was his first defeat this preparation.

Lasker makes a clean break over 1800m at Randwick Tuesday

While stable favourite Mi Casa (Grey) nearly steals it over the Randwick "mile" on Saturday

Wonderful World off to Patinack Farm

By Rob Burnet

Story Courtesy www.thoroughbrednews.com.au

The five-year-old entire Wonderful World will join the rapidly growing empire of former Queensland coal miner Nathan Tinkler in a multi-million dollar deal due to be completed after final veterinary checks on Thursday. (Update: After the completion of veterinary checks Wonderful World will arrive at Patinack Farm on Friday).

Tinkler, and his advisers, made a serious foray into Australasian yearling bloodstock at New Zealand Bloodstock Ltd’s Premier Yearling Sale at Karaka on January 28th and 29th, when he outlaid $NZ7.9 million for 24 lots. The most expensive was a One Cool Cat-Diamond Cashel filly out of the draft of Cambridge Stud for $NZ925,000.

This was after buying broodmares in France late last year. Among the French purchases was a broodmare called Jambo who cost 1 million euros. She is a close relative to successful sires Flying Spur and Encosta de Lago.

Then shortly before Karaka, Tinkler bought the Antony Cummings trained Casino Prince (Flying Spur) as a foundation sire for his Patinack Farm, set up on the former Alanbridge Stud at Aberdeen in the NSW Hunter Valley.

If the inspections of Wonderful World are completed, as expected, by either Thursday or Friday, then he will be transferred to Patinack Farm where he will take up residence before Casino Prince who continues racing into the autumn.

Cummings acted for Tinkler in the purchase of Wonderful World, and he was in attendance at Karaka for the yearling purchases.

Wonderful World, by Agnes World out of the Success Express mare Success Tale, was the classic sire prospect having won at two, including a third in the Group I Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m), who then won the Group I Caulfield Guineas (1600m) at three, before training on to group level at four.

Last spring Wonderful World, trained by Bart Cummings throughout his career, had a stellar period of three Group I placings of two third places in the Rupert Clark Stakes (1400m) and Toorak Handicap (1600m), and a second place in the WS Cox Plate (2040m).

Wonderful World completes a very successful near two-year period for one of Australia’s most successful buying, training and owning partnerships.

God’s Own (Redoute’s Choice), the 2005 Caulfield Guineas winner, and Wonderful World were purchased by bloodstock agent Duncan Ramage for the master Bart Cummings to train for strong stable supporter Dato Tan Chin Nam.

In Wonderful World Dato Tan Chin Nam was joined in the ownership by SC Khaw and Perth surgeon Michael Alexeeff. The two colts cost $390,000 between them, earned $999,500 and $1,373.950 respectively on the race track, and were placed in multi-million dollar deals at stud.

God’s Own had his first crop of foals in 2007 and reports from breeders are of typically strong, good types and as a son of Redoute’s Choice they will be eagerly awaited at sales this time next year.

The partnership of Cummings and Dato Tan Chin Nam has a long and distinguished racing history with crowd pleasing gallopers such as Catalan Opening, and the public champion Saintly who still cuts a fine figure on his public appearances out from Princes Farm.

Both those were geldings, but the policy of racing colts has paid off handsomely for the partnership. Still sporting the distinctive black and white check, yellow sleeves and black and white cap racing silks of Dato Tan Chin Nam this autumn is Viewed, a good looking entire by Scenic, whose target is the Group I Doncaster Handicap (1600m). Currently spelling is the dual stakes winner, Danehill entire Prince Arthur.

Wonderful World is an astute purchase by Tinkler, as there was serious competition for the services for Wonderful World from both Victoria and the Hunter Valley. There are few colts and entire’s available for purchase off the race track at present. Shinzig, the winner of last Saturday’s CF Orr Stakes, had already been purchased for stud duties at Eliza Park, Victoria, before his Group I win.

Anthony Cummings described the purchase price of Casino Prince, a Group II winner, as being a good deal for both parties, and with his wife sharing in the ownership he would know, and the Wonderful World purchase, at a price no doubt reflecting his class race track career could well be described in the same manner.

Wonderful World winning the 2006 Caulfiled Guineas comfortably

God's Own winning the 2005 Gaulfield Guineas in that unforgettable fashion.

Five for two and two

This weekends racing continued the strong vein our Australian horses have been racing in since their return after EI. Viewed posted a back to back wins at Rosehill on Saturday and maintanined his unbeaten record since resuming. Resuming also in good fashion for our clients interests were placed Blessus & not far behind him Cresta Run in the same race for fifth. It must also be recorded how well Bart Cummings has got his team going with Swissac resuming after over a year to post an emphatic win on the Rosehill card while in Melbourne Swick was a closing second in the 1000m Group 1 Lightning Stakes. So for Bart this Saturday were five runners, two winners, two placegetters including a Group 1 second and a fifth placing. Period. The results showcased the benefits of the studs supporting the stable with Swissac a “homebred” by Bart Cummings’ Princes Farm near Penrith and Viewed who rested out and avoided EI during the scare at his owners Think Big Stud at Bowral.

Veiwed pounces once again to keep him unbeaten so far this preparation and give Trainer Bart Cummings & Jockey Dan Nikolic combo a double.

Latest Purchases

Pictures, on-line videos and pedigrees of our four purchases from the New Zealand Premier Yearling Sale Session. Click the link to view
Lot 145 bay Colt Zabeel – Golden Winds (Star Way) purchased nz$410,000

His dam a ½ sister to four stakeswinners inc to multiple Gr1 winner GOLDEN SWORD

Pedigree & Results Link

Lot 236 bay filly Fastnet Rock – Luna Tudor (Military Plume) purchased nz$140,000

Her dam a Group 2 winner herself

Pedigree & Results Link

Lot 424 bay colt High Chaperral – Triassic (Tights) purchased nz$110,000

His dam a Group 2 winner herself

Pedigree & Results Link

Lot 441 bay colt Al Maher – Tycoon Tess (Last Tycoon) purchased nz$90,000

His dam a ½ sister to multiple Group 1 winner ARBOREA

Pedigree & Results Link

New Team Members

Pictures, on-line videos and pedigrees of our four purchases from the New Zealand Premier Yearling Sale Session. Click the link to view ALL SOLD (5/02/08) THANKS FOR THE INTEREST
Lot 145 bay Colt Zabeel – Golden Winds (Star Way) purchased nz$410,000

His dam a ½ sister to four stakeswinners inc to multiple Gr1 winner GOLDEN SWORD

Pedigree & Results Link

Lot 236 bay filly Fastnet Rock – Luna Tudor (Military Plume) purchased nz$140,000

Her dam a Group 2 winner herself

Pedigree & Results Link

Lot 424 bay colt High Chaperral – Triassic (Tights) purchased nz$110,000

His dam a Group 2 winner herself

Pedigree & Results Link

Lot 441 bay colt Al Maher – Tycoon Tess (Last Tycoon) purchased nz$90,000

His dam a ½ sister to multiple Group 1 winner ARBOREA

Pedigree & Results Link

Up And Running

We had our first post EI and first runner of 2008 on Saturday last with Viewed. In a race short of his expected best Viewed put up a sterling performance to storm home and win over the top. Coming from the tail of the field he had to negotiate some traffic problems inside the final 400m but his finishing acceleration was enough to complete the job. Resuming and reportedly subject of some huge winning bets, but not those of the connections, Viewed also provided a first winner back to Sydney for leading jockey Dan Nikolic. Hopefully Dan will be in a position to steer home many more for the connections for the rest of the year and we will be able to do our part and provide the rides with the ability for him to do so. Open link for more pictures.

Viewed storms home first up.

Viewed has a look around after the win.

Dan Nikolic dismounts in the famous Dato Tan Chin Nam colours

A Road To Money

While we wait a few more weeks before our team gets back to the races after the prolonged absence due to the effects of EI, we have had just a few performers. Roadhog, now a winner of 9 races, bounced back into winning form at Sandown just prior to Christmas Day, while overseas on Boxing Day, game mare It’s All Money franked her placing in the Coronation Cup with another third placing in the Perak Gold Cup, a weight for age event over 2200m worth RM$1.35million run at the Perak Turf Club in Malaysia. We have made use of this unseasonably quiet time to study the catalogues for the forthcoming late January Sales in New Zealand. We expect a number of our team to be at the barrier trials and then progressing to the races over the latter stages of January and into February. Wishing for all our owners a successful 2008.

Roadhog seen winning at Randwick in 2005, still winning on 22nd Dec 2007

Flying The Flag

While we have very little to report on with few (read one) of our horses actually racing in Australia. Many of our team are now back or returning to training but they will not see competitive racing until the New Year. Overseas though the flag is still flying with It’s All Money by Magic of Money from Ponziani by Nassipour running a game third in the RM700,000 weight for age Coronation Cup at Perak on Sunday 25/11. We understand this game mare will head to the Gold Cup for her next start. At owner Dato Tan Chin Nam’s Think Big Stud reside two younger half sisters by Danehill Dancer & Choisir, both of whom will head into master trainer Bart Cummings stable in time.

We Cannot Say It Any Better

We cannot say it any better than an extract kindly reproduced from Breednet.com.au about Bart's 80th Birthday. Age shall not weary him and is no obstacle to our Champion trainer, in fact his depth of knowledge is the culmination of two great trainers, Bart and his father Jim.

Happy birthday Bart (follow the link below for full story)
Racenet
Wednesday, 14 November 2007

The Cups king James Bartholomew “Bart” Cummings has turned 80 today.

During his illustrious 53 year training career, the inaugural Hall of Fame trainer has put the polish on 248 Group One winners.

Among the 248 Group One winners, Cummings has trained 11 Melbourne Cup winners, 30 Derby winners, 23 Oaks winners, six Caulfield Cup winners, Four Golden Slipper winners and three Cox Plate winners.

Since his team was ravaged by the EI virus at the start of September, the master trainer has had 10 horses go to the races, five of them only had one start with four of those runners being on provincial and country tracks.

Of the other five he won the G1 Mackinnon Stakes and G2 Salinger Stakes and placed in the Cox Plate, VRC Oaks, Toorak Hcp, Sir Rupert Clark Stakes and the Bobbie Lewis Quality.

From everyone at racenet, Happy Birthday Bart.

Bart Cummings in his 80th Year

A Succesful Tale

Wonderful World added to his impressive record and passed the $1m earning mark with his brave second placing in Australia’s weight for age championship the Cox Plate Gr1 on Saturday. This was Wonderful World’s first test past 1600m having as a three year old won the Caulfield Guineas Gr1 at 1600m and placed in the Toorak Hcp Gr1 at 1600m prior to his Cox Plate run. As two year old Wonderful World was twice a winner at 1100m & 1200m and Gr1 placed at 1200m in the Blue Diamond. He was also Gr1 placed at 1400m this season as a four year old. Wonderful World is one of only two team members we have running due to EI with the winner of eight races, Roadhog our sole other runner and he resumed form a long layoff last week for a fourth. Roadhog will likely run on cup day at Flemington while Wonderful world will head to the $1m Gr1 Emirates Stakes over 1600m on the final day of the Flemington Carnival. A Footnote: Success Tale, dam of Wonderful World has been tested in foal to Think Big Stud's resident first season sire Pendragon. Earlier this season Success Tale had a God's Own filly foal. God's Own, Wonderful World, Success Tale & Pendragon are all part owned by Think Big Stud proprietor Dato Tan Chin Nam.

El Secundo & Wonderful World surge ahead on Haradasun, Miss Finland & co.

Wonderful World seen here winning the Caulfiled Guineas Gr1

Success Tale with her 2007 bay filly by God's Own at Think Big Stud, Bowral NSW

A Few Good Men & Women

With Equine Influenza rabid throughout NSW, we only have a handful of horses racing in the World. From that handful Wonderful World made a brave effort to take the Gr1 Toorak Handicap on Saturday. Left in front from quite a long way out he only just succumbed to the challenges of Gr1 winners Divine Madonna & Niconero to run third. The master of getting distance from a horse, Bart Cummings will now attempt the Cox Plate with Wonderful World. Maybe a long bow to draw to run the distance, but with so many of the contenders missing the target, it is worth a shot. While our leading patron Dato’ Tan Chin Nam is used to far more runners to follow, apart form Wonderful World he has Singapore’s newest start Capablanca who posted another fine victory in sensational time. View the footage. Capablanca we understand will now aim for the Hong Kong sprint in December, a world famous race meeting that has already brought Dato’ Tan success with Catalan Opening. Yakim, a homebred also posted her fourth career win from ten lifetime starts in Malaysia the week before, so a few good men (& girls) are still producing the winners.

Wonderful World in glory after the 2006 Caulfield Guineas

New Chances

Due to the advent of the EI outbreak, 1st season sire Pendragon, has been relocated from Victoria back to owner Dato' Tan Chin Nam's Think Big Stud in the Southern Highlands where he was in June. He will service the resident mares there that because of the outbreak of EI are unable to visit the horse in Victoria. Think Big Stud wish to thank both RacingNSW and the DPI whose assistance and approval was needed for the move. The book will include some well credentialed mares like

Success Tale - Dam of Wonderful World Gr1

Authoress - French stakes placed Singspiel mare

Cavita - Cadeaux Genereux from Aga family inc Derby winner Kahasi Gr1

Cleobelle - 1/2 sister to Super Impose Gr1

Freja - Danehill full sister to Diamond Hill out of Royal Tiara Gr1

Garryurra - Daylami 1/2 sister to Tropical Star out of Champion 3yo Tropical. Gr1

Geeta - Generous 1/2 sister to Making Waves Gr1

Golden Zen – out SW Embraceable You

Janella - full sister to Champion 2yo Lend A Hand Gr1

Leash - Redoutes Choice 1/2 sister to SAF Horse of The Year 2007 Sun Classique Gr1

La Regale - Zabeel 3/4 sister in blood to Sky Heights Gr1

Laylia - multiple winning Redoutes Choice filly

Mayberry - daughter of Inaflury Gr1

Mencik - Fu Peg 1/2 sister to Arkanarton Gr1

Resonance - daughter of Danarich Gr2p

Roulette Wheel - by Spinning World 1/2 sister to Thunderosa, 2nd dam QTC Oaks Gr1

Selva - 2nd dam dam of Desert Prince Gr1

Stars Above - dam of Doncaster winner Patezza Gr1

Stormy Sac - Anabaa 1/2 sister to Danendri Gr1 (dam of Zingam & Banc de Fortune)

Utah Red - by Red Ransom from the close family of Seattle Slew, US Horse of Year

Zahani - by Zabeel from Danarani Gr1

Zazabelle - Melbourne Cup Gr1 & VRC Oaks Gr1 placed

Zona - by Zabeel from Danendri Gr1

Pendragon, pictured at Think Big Stud in June prior to his return trip to Victoria.

Pendragons "Stallions" page

No Chance

With the advent & virulent outbreak of EI (Equine Influenza) currently in New South Wales & Queensland, most of our clients racehorses are locked down at Randwick Racecourse and they have NO CHANCE of competing in either the now abandoned Sydney Spring Carnival or the still functioning Melbourne Spring Carnival. Nearly all of those horses mentioned in the preceeding story never got the chance to race with the Randwick meeting called off on race morning. Only three of our team were domiciled in Melbourne at the time of the outbreak and thus currently eligible to race, the rest will have to get over their dose of the “flu” and resume their careers and carnival aspirations next year. Of our three remaining eligible horses, Wonderful World takes on some of the best sprinters in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday 15^th. There has been little else to report other than all our clients breeding operations have come to a standstill, foals are being produced but no opportunity to join the mares again this season at this stage. For that we and the rest of the Breeding Industry wait on any changes to the jurisdictions placed on the movement of horses by the Department of Primary Industries and the spread and ramifications of the EI itself.

Chances

While we do not expect to win any or all of their respective races, our complete “stable” of runners this coming Saturday is interesting and some may prove to be competitive during the forthcoming Sydney & Melbourne Spring Carnivals; Prince Arthur – Warwick Stakes Gr2 wfa 1400m Randwick; Kroner – Up And Coming Stakes Gr2 3yo 1200m Randwick; Wonderful World – McEwen Stakes Gr3 wfa 1000m Moonee Valley; Kosi Bay – Toy Show Quality Listed f&m 1400m Randwick; Cresta Run – Samsung Hnadicap 3yo&up 1600m Randwick. Wonderful World takes on super sprinter & filly Gold Edition, while Kroner matches with the $12m dollar man Meurice and Prince Arthur should find Racing To Win a bit special. Kosi Bay meets some “glamour gals” in the Toy Show.
Prince Arthur – Warwick Stakes Gr2 wfa 1400m Randwick

Kroner – Up And Coming Stakes Gr2 3yo 1200m Randwick

Wonderful World – McEwen Stakes Gr3 wfa 1000m Moonee Valley

Kosi Bay – Toy Show Quality Listed f&m 1400m Randwick

Cresta Run – Samsung Hnadicap 3yo&up 1600m Randwick

Cash Is King

Kroner, by young sire Viking Ruler, is named after one of part owner Dato Tan Chin Nam’s popular maxims…Cash is King, a Kroner being the national currency of Denmark, Sweden & Norway. Well Kroner got the cash in emphatic style at Randwick on Wednesday and his dominant performance caught the eye of many racing pundits judging by the media comments following the race. This 2yo has a way to go before he can be compared in the same vein as some of his predecessors for the connections or indeed some his present stable mates, but there is some scope for enthusiasm in his case.

Kroner wins handsomely

Kroner returns to scale

Quiet Acheivers

Being in the midst of the Sydney winter, and a quite rabid one at present, it is generally a quiet time for racecourse appearances, however one recent achiever won with aplomb on Saturday at Rosehill. Blessus was our sole runner for the day. Bred like Saintly by his trainer Bart Cummings, and part owned by the same man along with a few stable regulars including Dato’ Tan Chin Nam of Saintly fame, Blessus has a way to go before he gets near the great Saintly in standing but he is amassing a very solid record. Seen below winning the Sydney Markets handicap, it is with Bart’s permission, the legendary trainer is also pictured here with the sponsors after the race.

Blessus wins under hands & heels riding of Blake Shinn

The Sponsors, Bart & STC Committeman Bill Picken.

Nominations to Pendragon

Following the industry crisis of the Equine Influenza outbreak and the effect it had on the 2007 breeding season, a reshuffle of plans led to Dato Tan Chin Nam's quality racehorse Pendragon retired to stud to stand at Think Big Stud, Bowral, New South Wales for the 2007 breeding season.

In his debut 2007 season Pendragon attacted the dams of three Group 1 winners and five half sisters to Group 1 winners and three daughters of Group 1 winners giving him a quality book to equal many of his much more costly rivals. The product of these matings will be born in the spring of 2008.

Pendragon is the second well-bred race proven racehorse retired to Victoria’s breeding industry by Dato Tan Chin Nam, the owner of three Melbourne Cup winners amongst many top Victorian race winners, after having last year advocated God's Own location to Eliza Park Stud.

Pendragon, a handsome bay/brown, is by a first crop son of Danzig, and the Group I winner of the Newmarket July Cup (1200m) in Elnadim.

Elnadim, from a daughter of the legendary dam Fall Aspen, carries similar credentials to one of Danzig's other July Cup winning sons in Danehill. He was Champion 3YO and Older Sprinter in England franking his Group wins.

In a nine start career cut short by injury, Pendragon shot to prominence on debut with a stakes placing at two over 1200m. At his next two starts he met future Group I winners Racing To Win and Paratroopers, running second to both horses by less than a length over 1200m and 1300m, before running third to Paratroopers and Racing To Win in the now STC Group II Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill.

Pendragon went from the Golden Rose to post wins in the STC Group III Gloaming Stakes (1800m) and the MRC Group III Norman Robinson Stakes (2000m) (beating Headturner), and he was placed second as favourite in the AJC Group I Spring Champion Stakes (2000m).

Pendragon competed honourably for a fourth in the Group I VRC Derby (2500m), just failing to run out the distance. He only had one more racecourse appearance, when a resuming fifth in the Expressway Stakes, the only the second occasion he did not finish in the first three.

Pendragon’s dam-side breeding is unsurpassed being out of the NZ Oaks winner in Alacrity (by Grosvenor), and he comes from the direct family of the breed shaping stallion Marscay.

Like Australasia's current leading sires Redoute's Choice, Encosta De Lago and Zabeel, Pendragon is by an imported sire, and in a similar fashion the established sires he has a proven himself on Australia's race tracks at Group level.

Pendragon stands for $10,000 (+GST) with a reduction for the first fifty bookings to $8,000 (+GST), all Live Foal Guarantee. Travel rebates on application. Contact Duncan Ramage on 02 9663 3030 or e-mail dgr@dgrracing.com.au or at the stud Kerry Wisnewski on 0427 446 060

Informative links to pedigree and other information relating to Pendragon include

For pedigree and records

http://www.stallions.com.au/list/Pendragon.asp

http://www.breedingracing.com/pdfs/sires/2007/pendragon.pdf

For on-line video footage

http://www.stallions.com.au/video/Pendragon.wmv

http://www.stallions.com.au/video/Pendragon_action.wmv

Pendragon, prior to going to stud, taken June 2007.

Action On Multiple Fronts

We have been occupied attending the mammoth Magic Millions Broodmare Sales this past week and acquired 4 mares but at the same time were represented by winners at Rosehill on Saturday with Viewed putting up back to back wins and at Canterbury on Wednesday with Columate posting a further win to make his record 3 wins, 3 seconds, 1 third & $88,250 starts. Viewed is now 3 wins & 2 seconds & $122,950 from 11 starts with both horses coming from the budget end of the market at $26,000 & $50,000 respectively. As lightly raced horses, they appear they can add to their records.

Columate on Wednesday

Viewed on Saturday

Pendragon to Stand at Stud in Victoria

Dato Tan Chin Nam's quality racehorse Pendragon has been retired to stud to stand at Hollylodge Thoroughbreds, Avenel, Victoria. Pendragon is the second well-bred race proven racehorse retired to Victoria’s breeding industry by Dato Tan Chin Nam, the owner of three Melbourne Cup winners amongst many top Victorian race winners, after having last year advocated God's Own location to Eliza Park Stud. Pendragon, a handsome bay/brown, is by a first crop son of Danzig, and the Group I winner of the Newmarket July Cup (1200m) in Elnadim. Elnadim, from a daughter of the legendary dam Fall Aspen, carries similar credentials to one of Danzig's other July Cup winning sons in Danehill. He was Champion 3YO and Older Sprinter in England franking his Group wins. In a nine start career cut short by injury, Pendragon shot to prominence on debut with a stakes placing at two over 1200m. At his next two starts he met future Group I winners Racing To Win and Paratroopers, running second to both horses by less than a length over 1200m and 1300m, before running third to Paratroopers and Racing To Win in the now STC Group II Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill. Pendragon went from the Golden Rose to post wins in the STC Group III Gloaming Stakes (1800m) and the MRC Group III Norman Robinson Stakes (2000m) (beating Headturner), and he was placed second as favourite in the AJC Group I Spring Champion Stakes (2000m). Pengragon competed honourably for a fourth in the Group I VRC Derby (2500m), just failing to run out the distance. He only had one more racecourse appearance, when a resuming fifth in the Expressway Stakes, the only the second occasion he did not finish in the first three. Pendragon’s dam-side breeding is unsurpassed being out of the NZ Oaks winner in Alacrity (by Grosvenor), and he comes from the direct family of the breed shaping stallion Marscay. Like Australasia's current leading sires Redoute's Choice, Encosta De Lago and Zabeel, Pendragon is by an imported sire, and in a similar fashion to the established sires he has proven himself on Australia's race tracks at Group level. Pendragon stands for $10,000 (+GST) with a reduction for the first fifty bookings to $8,000 (+GST), all Live Foal Guarantee. Travel rebates on application. Contact Christine or Terry Nevill at Hollylodge on (03) 5796 2495, Christine 0408 132 755, e-mail hollylodge@bigpond.com or www.durbridge.com

Pendragon races clear in the Gloaming Stakes

On His Lonsome, But Out In Front

Accumulate was our sole runner this past weekend, but he posted back to back wins with another fine performance at Randwick. This performance indicates Accumulate is back to his best and sealed a trip north to the Queensland carnival to take on the weight for age O’Shea Stakes (2^nd June) into the Brisbane Cup (11^th June), both run at Eagle Farm. We have a few other representatives scheduled to run during the Queensland carnival and we hope they do well for their connections.

Accumulate bursts clear for the second successive time.

A Week In Racing

On Saturday 28^th at Rosehill, the former leading Melbourne Cup fancy and VRC St Leger winner Accumulate showed after extensive rehabilitation that he is back on song with an explosive finish to win setting himself up for a tilt at the Brisbane Cup. Accumulates win came at the expense of stablemate Kosi Bay, who started favourite, looked the winner inside the furlong only to be claimed by Accumulate & Newport. Kosi Bay is no slouch herself, a stakeswinner and Gr1 & Gr2 placed. She has a spring campaign mapped out for her again after a spell. Another to bounce back into best form was Mi Casa who ran a brave front running effort in the $110,000 Wagga Cup Listed on Friday 4^th May, only to be collared in the final strides of the race but still earning 22k for second place. On Saturday 5^th Sacred Moon also filled the runners up stall at Rosehill with a strong finishing effort to the now unbeaten Kyros who enjoyed a soft run in front. Scared Moon will probably start again in Sydney before trainer Bart Cummings considers a trip to Brisbane for the TJ Smith, which in normally a very competitive Group 1 but the distance of which, 1600m is clearly going to suit Sacred Moon. Viewed, who has not raced for five weeks ran fourth on the same Rosehill card, he too finishing off his race quite well.

Sacred Moon closes in on the winner & more ground will suit.

Records Set

Records were set a the booming Sydney Easter Yearling Sales and while it felt like you needed an oil well to compete for the top priced horses, DGR was able to buy five yearlings by Encosta De Lago, Rock Of Gibraltar (2), Galileo and Redoute’s Choice for a total of $870,000, so we were far from the biggest buyer. Long time clients on the other hand sold two for $770,000 so trade was had all round. At the Broodmare sales we were also able to take part buying four mares for a modest $256,000 in total and figure there is some value amongst them. We are in a comfortable position having placed all our yearling purchases made in 2007, however we can assist and advise on some smashing yearlings that are still available.

Action in the sale ring at Inglis

Randwick Carnival Over

The Randwick carnival is now over and we picked up some placings in a very competitive carnival. Kosi Bay ran a very game second in the Group 2 Emancipation Stakes to the highly touted Hot Danish. Kosi Bay keeps surprising experts with continued placings at Gr1 & Gr2 level but modestly not so her connections. Prince Arthur showed he was back on track with a closing second in the Chairmans Hcp Gr2 but failed to stay the 2 miles (3200m) of the Sydney Cup a week later when basically set the challenge of leading al the way. Gr1 contenders Fianchetto & High Cee failed to handle the poor track conditions at a deluged Randwick while 2yo Sacred Moon was an ever consistent third at Randwick in arguably the slower inside section. Sacred Moon showed that was no surprise, finishing fast for second place in the 2yo race at the Hawkesbury feature meeting on Saturday. Mi Casa subsequent barrier trial showed his race on Cup day was a bit of an apparition and may go the Wagga Cup. Probably the most impressive winner was that of Imagining, purchased out of the Lloyd Williams stable and having her very first run for new racing clients KP Thoroughbreds, she was dominant winning at Sandown on Saturday and gave the impression of more to come. We hope so.

A, Make it Two Days at the Races

We had plenty of action in the Sydney double header of Rosehill & Warwick Farm this past weekend. The obvious highlight was the fast finishing all be it a narrow win of High Cee in the Gr2 Ajax Stakes to put him up a serious Doncaster contender. In fact his quote with most bagmen and betting agencies has since been drastically shorted for the $2.25m metric mile on April 9^th. With the right type of race pattern, we believe High Cee can give some of his more glamorous rivals a race. All credit must go to Bart Cummings and his team at Princes Farm & Leilani Lodge for reviving the career of this former Newcastle Cup (2300m) winner after serious injury and time off into a Gr2 winning sprinter miler. While High Cee won by the barest of margins on Saturday, on Sunday Mi Casa lost by the barest of margins. Still in his two runs back, 5yo Mi Casa appears an improved horse, which for a previous stakes winner makes him quite capable. Prince Arthur was beaten as short priced favourite on Saturday, but he still managed another stakes placing to his record and we have seen him perform better so we remain in hope for the Sydney Cup. Lasker ran a better race when settling while 2yo Kroner showed he is ready for the paddock and is there already. A nice colt with a longer term career in front of him while another 2yo, brother to Melbourne Cup placed Zazabelle (dam of last start winner Winning Big) made an inauspicious debut over 1200m, still his time will come, maybe in 2008 & 2009. While in all this action, the former champion Saintly was honoured with a "rugging" at Rosehill. Saintly looked like he figured he could still take on some of these current lot, even at the grand age of 14 years.

High Cee gets home in the Ajax Stakes Gr2

The great Saintly honoured at Rosehill

Works in Progress

Since our last update we have had some minor winners but some encouraging performances from some of our anticipated major race combatants as their carnival; programmes unfold. Winning Big was a minor winner at Kembla coming from the rear to beat a short priced favourite in the shadows of the post. High Cee ran a solid fast finishing third in the Newcastle Newmarket Gr3, Fianchetto worked home nicely in the Randwick Guineas and he should be suited by the increase in distances of the Rosehill Guineas and then hopefully to the AJC Derby. Likewise Viewed ran a solid 5^th in the Phar Lap Stakes Gr2 and he will step out over more ground in his next two runs hopefully culminating the in AJC Derby. Old favourite Mi Casa resumed with a closing 3^rd at the Randwick Guineas meeting while young debutant Kroner ran a very pleasing debut second place at Canterbury and great result was had from a breeding viewpoint with Kosi Bay adding a weight for age Group 2 third to her already imposing record when she was beaten only just over a length in the Canterbury Stakes on Saturday. We will be concentrating on the autumn carnival racing at Rosehill & Randwick and the all important Easter yearling sales over the coming weeks so updates might be a bit thin on the ground but watch this space. One low light was the retirement of Pendragon from racing with a reoccurring tendon injury. We are currently working with several parties for a continuation of his career at stud. He should get some good looking progeny with his glamorous looks. And last mention goes to current Sydney Cup Gr1 favourite Prince Arthur who did not see much daylight at Randwick but will get his opportunity to atone in the coming weeks.

Pendragon seen here in full flight winning the Gloaming Stakes last Autumn.

From Little Seeds

From little seeds large oak trees grow goes the famous saying. While our latest global winners in the past 10 days may not grow into anything as grand as an Oak, modestly priced acquisitions they all were. Viewed who posted his maiden win at Warwick Farm at his sixth start gained some strong reviews. Admittedly he has been group placed prior so is perhaps not your run of the mill maiden, but he was purchased privately out of a paddock for $50,000 and looks to have justified his purchase. Another private purchase was Yakin, a Danasinga filly for $18,000, she has now won 3 of her six starts with two additional placing in Malaysia and some MR$53,730. Yakin is expected to go to Class 1 soon having carried 57kgs when winning her most recent start. The cheapest was Zhu Chen, a NZ$17,500 yearling filly by Kaapstad has just posted her fourth win adding to her other six placings to date & RM$94,431, also achieved on the Malaysian Racing Association circuit.

Viewed gets up over 1400m on seasonal return and should appreciate longer.

Sales Season Begins

The 2007 yearling sales season began with the Magic Millions at the Gold Coast where we purchased Lot 75, ($320,00) an Encosta De Lago filly from a woodman daughter of the super fast former Champion European 2yo Lyric Fantasy. That family also produced European 4yo Sprint Champion Royal Applause and Dewhurst Gr1 winner In Command. Also purchased was Lot 99 ($180,000), a colt from the final crop of Scenic, who’s half brother Time Matters won his first stakes race the very next day, a colt who hails from the same family as Melbourne Cup hero Rogan Josh & rising star Marasco. We waited until Lot 352 ($100,000) to buy a Rock Of Gibraltar colt form the multiple stakeswinner Spice Doll. Our clients also purchased a half share in Lot 186, a bargain Redoute’s Choice filly from the famous Eight Carat family. In New Zealand two Viking Ruler colts, the first Lot 1 a modest NZ$24,000 half brother to a stakeswinner, family of Champion 3yo Naturalism and the other lot 50 (NZ$90,00), out of a stakes placed full sister to the Bart Cummings trained Swick. Also purchased was Lot 225, a magnificent Zabeel colt from a family with which we worked in the 1980's the famous Mrs Moss lineage, which featured amoung many top class horses the first UK trained Japan Cup winner in Jupiter Island. We picked up a Black Minnaloushe colt Lot 239 (NZ$52,500) out of a half sister to Gr1 winner Broad Reach & Gr2 winner Unsolved and most importantly our clients took half of the spectacular Redoute’s Choice filly from the Gr2 winner Luna Tudor (Lot 254 NZ$600,000) which Bart Cummings added to his stable. At the Inglis Classic sale we took a shine to Lot 380, a Keltrice colt out of a half sister to the useful Gr2 winner Muirfield Village for $25,000.

In our opinion, the classically built Zabeel - Kowtpw colt, NZLot225

January Recap

Early 2007 has been extremely busy for many in our industry, not least DGR. January runners saw Prince Arthur post two stakes wins including a dominant win in the Australia Day Stakes at Randwick, a performance that impressed his jockey Darren Beadman. Prince Arthur is now on a Cups mission, Sydney & Melbourne and who better to handle it than the master Bart Cummings. Also in January saw Blessus rack up four wins from his five starts this preparation before being spelled a few weeks ago. Mencik was another to remove herself from the unplaced reps list, posting a 2 ½ length maiden win at Kembla when resuming followed by a Gosford placing at her subsequent start. She runs in the provincials this weekend (17^th). Deefour also added a Randwick win to his record and has risen through the ranks quite quickly. He probably failed to stay 2000m when a beaten favourite last start, not surprising for a son of Grand lodge in hindsight, his racing distances will be brought back a touch. Proven quality stayer High Cee, in our opinion ran a great fifth behind The Free Stater in the 1200m Gr3 Clissold Hcp, which was run in very fast time when he resumed after a long lay off as too did Pendragon, another quality stayer when he resumed for fifth in the Expressway Stakes Gr2. Much of the New Year was spent at and in research for the yearling sales at the Gold Coast, New Zealand & Sydney. So far we have purchased nine yearlings details of which wil be posted in a separate news item.

Prince Arthur coasts home alone at the end of the Australia day Cup Listed.

2006 Into 2007

Our 2006 ended with another hitherto lightly raced maiden breaking his maiden with Bishop (renamed Lasker) winning his third start in Singapore on Saturday 30th December at Kranji adjsuting our record to 48 individual runners for 30 individual winners, 40 individual placegetters and 8 unplaced runners. The latest winner was a cheap purchase as a breeze up 2yo for $25,000, we are informed Bishop should add to his tally. 2007 began in a good vein with Prince Arthur running a game third the Listed Tatts Cup at Randwick from a wide draw, and then this courageous Danehill colt defied beging widest throughout at Rosehill to post his first stakes win in the Listed Underwood Cup. Observers noted he was entitled to tire anfetr an exhausting run but he again showed his toughness to win going away just before the post. Particular mention must be made of Bart Cummings Magic Millions win by Mimi Lebrock on the same day as Prince Arthurs. Mimi Lebrock is not one of our stable but for owners (and sometimes racing partners) Les & Sue Smith is was a special win. Bart showed he rightly remains a Hall of Fame trainer training sprinters, stayers, milers, two year olds, three year olds, older horses, colts, fillies to win feature races. Just look at the 2006 results through the likes of Wonderful World, God's Own, Kosi Bay, Swick, Mimi Lebrock & Prince Arthur. Not just the Cups King but a Master Trainer.

Maidens No More

With two of as then unplaced runners both broking their maiden tags in impressive style before in the last but one weekend of 2006, Sagwala by an astonishing 7 1/2 lenghts at Moonee Valley and Deefour a very solid 2 1/4 at Kembla in slick sectionals adding to Mulamans game short head defeat at Randwick and Prince Arthurs brave 1.4 length fifth in the Villiers, updating our calender years statisics is required, errors & omissions accepted, to 24th December 2006, we had 48 individual runners in 5 countries with seven trainers, 81% of those horses running a place and 64.4% individual winners with 18.75% yet to break their maiden including those that may have had only one race start to date. We had winners at Group 1, Group 2 & Listed levels with many of those performers set to train on in 2007, while God’s Own was sold in a multi million dollar deal to stand at stud for the second half of 2006 while in all likelihood Wonderful World will follow a similar path when he is retired from racing. Those two horses, the 2005 & 2006 Caulfiled Guineas Gr1 winners were our obvious highlights. (See the full list)

Winners

Wonderful World (inc Group 1 Caulfield Guineas)
Cresta Run (inc 3^rd $1m MM Trophy)
Kosi Bay (inc Listed Epona Stakes & Gr1 placed)
Mi Casa (inc Listed)
Columate
Laylia
Golden Zen
Roadhog
Fianchetto
It’s All Money (Malaysia)
Rata (Singapore)
Zhu Chen (Malaysia)
Never Stop (Singapore)
Lasker
Nordic Dancer (New Zealand)
Choicely
Kingside (Malaysia)
Prince Arthur (& Group placed)
O Danny Boy (Hong Kong & Australia)
Blessus
Ruy Lopez (Singapore)
Mulaman
Yakin (Malaysia)
Empress Jade
Fuji Riva
Cavita
Extract
Sagwala
Deefour
Bishop (Singapore)

Placed

God’s Own (Gr1 2^nd Newmarket Hcp)
Sacred Moon (2yo 1 start)
True Paradise
Pisang Mas (Malaysia)
Viewed
Lyman Hall (Singapore)
Winning Big
Ballygoran
El De Lago
Woody (Malaysia)
Validated

Unplaced Runners

Accumulate
Mencik
La Reagle
Kamsky
Zingam
Damaze
Rook (Malaysia
Benarrivo (Malaysia)

2006 Results

2006 was a productive year for us and our clients on the racetrack and unless we have missed somebody out, all our representative runners for the year are as follows (see compiled listing in News, follow the more information link) At the time of posting this update, Prince Arthur is still to contest the Villiers Stakes Gr2 on 23^rd December following on from a solid third in the Hawkesbury Cup Gr3. Mencik, Sagwala & Deefour will all be trying to break their maidens before the New Year. So errors & omissions accepted, to 14th December 2006, we had 48 runners in 5 countries with seven trainers, 77% of those horses running a place and 56% individual winners with 23% yet to break their maiden including those that may have had only one race start to date. We had winners at Group 1, Group 2 & Listed levels with many of those performers set to train on in 2007, while God’s Own was sold in a multi million dollar deal to stand at stud for the second half of 2006 while in all likelihood Wonderful World will follow a similar path when he is retired from racing. Those two horses, the 2005 & 2006 Caulfield Guineas Gr1 winners were our obvious highlights.

Winners

Wonderful World (inc Group 1 Caulfield Guineas)
Cresta Run (inc 3^rd $1m MM Trophy)
Kosi Bay (inc Listed Epona Stakes & Gr1 placed)
Mi Casa (inc Listed)
Columate
Laylia
Golden Zen
Roadhog
Fianchetto
It’s All Money (Malaysia)
Rata (Singapore)
Zhu Chen (Malaysia)
Never Stop (Singapore)
Lasker
Nordic Dancer (New Zealand)
Choicely
Kingside (Malaysia)
Prince Arthur (& Group placed)
O Danny Boy (Hong Kong & Australia)
Blessus
Ruy Lopez (Singapore)
Mulaman
Yakin (Malaysia)
Empress Jade
Fuji Riva
Cavita
Extract
Sagwala
Deefour

Placed

God’s Own (Gr1 2^nd Newmarket Hcp)
Sacred Moon (2yo 1 start)
True Paradise
Pisang Mas (Malaysia)
Viewed
Lyman Hall (Singapore)
Winning Big
Ballygoran
El De Lago
Woody (Malaysia)

Unplaced Runners

Accumulate
Mencik
La Reagle
Kamsky
Zingam
Damaze
Rook (Malaysia)
Bishop (Malaysia)
Benarrivo (Malaysia)

Recapping, errors & omissions accepted, to 14th December 2006, we had 48 runners in 5 countries with seven trainers, 77% of those horses running a place and 56% individual winners with 23% yet to break their maiden including those that may have had only one race start to date. We had winners at Group 1, Group 2 & Listed levels with many of those performers set to train on in 2007, while God’s Own was sold in a multi million dollar deal to stand at stud for the second half of 2006 while in all likelihood Wonderful World will follow a similar path when he is retired from racing. Those two horses, the 2005 & 2006 Caulfiled Guineas Gr1 winners were our obvious highlights.

Wonderful World clear on the line in the 2006 Caulfield Guineas Gr1

A World Of Racing

It has been a quite time with few runners over the last two since the end of the Flemington extravaganza on the domestic scene, but we have had two runners internationally and both were winners. O Danny Boy, formerly Byaraja in Australia, had his maiden win in Hong Kong for his owners Mr & Mrs Tan Boon Seng last night (22/11) at Happy Valley. O Danny Boy has only been in the special economic region since the start of the new current racing season having won previously in Australia as Byaraja. O Danny Boy is Tan Boon Seng’s very first racehorse and congratulations to him. Still near the equator but in the Malaysian Racing Association It’s All Money won again for her connections on Sunday (19/11). A product of a breeding programme in WA specifically for the job and a rare successful female in the region, It’s All Money (by Magic Of Money, now resident sire at the Malaysian National Stud) has won 5 of her 11 starts to date with 4 other minor placings, the latest success one of back to back wins at Class 2 she will tackle a Group race at her next start. Australian Group racing will see out team member Kosi Bay, a stakeswinner and Gr1 placed herself, tackle the Group 3 Eclipse Stakes at Sandown on Sunday.

O Danny Boy (nee Byaraja) seen winning in Sydney.

A Shinning Knight

Round Table he is not yet, but we are working on it. Prince Arthur looks to have come back in good form when resuming on Saturday. Suited by the strong pace he was able to reel in his rivals down the Randwick home straight to snatch a head victory on the post. This Danehill colt, a one time favourite for the Queensland Guineas is already stakes placed via a second place in the Carbine Club Stakes last preparation and he will be given the opportunity to add some more stakes performances to his record over the coming months. A half brother to Tulloch Stakes winner Prince Of War out of a daughter of Princess Tracey, dam of handy sires Danasinga, Towkay and new sire Cullen, noted race analyst Tony Brassel commented “A big race win isn’t beyond him and physically, no more imposing specimen attended Randwick”, we hope Tony’s judgment is a good as ever. Many of our carnival horses are spelling, those having a break include Wonderful World, Accumulate, Mi Casa, Lasker, Viewed, Fianchetto, Laylia. Group class horses already on the way back into work include Hi Cee, Pendragon & Cresta Run, and we are hopeful they will be racing in the early autumn. Recently Gr1 placed Kosi Bay will continue her carnival in the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown. She had no luck caught deep throughout at Flemington on Saturday.

Prince Arthur seen winning at Randwick.

Group 1 Results

Derby Day at Flemington & its corresponding meeting at Rosehill in Sydney produced some encouraging results for us, and some disappointment. Disappointments included the scratching of our second favourite for the Group 1 Ascot Vale Stakes in Wonderful World. We will have to wait at least until the autumn to see the Caulfield Guineas winner back at the races but he has done a marvellous job this spring. Hat’s off to him and his trainer Bart Cummings. However at Flemington in the Group1 Myer Stakes, noted middle distance performer Kosi Bay made most of the inside bias and added a Group 1 third to her record over 1600m. Already a stakeswinner at 1900m and half sister to Kiwi Champion mare Calveen, Kosi Bay should appreciate the 2000m of the Matriarch Stakes on Stakes day next Saturday. Rosehill Sydney provided some good results, it took a developed print to separate the ever consistant Mi Casa and Zedaction. Mi Casa appreciated the drop back to 1900m and was held up briefly in the home straight while our latest syndication Sacred Moon (see right hand side and syndication pages) ran a most encouraging debut when beaten only ½ length & a ½ neck into third. Given that the winner had the benefit of a prior start and the second cost it’s connections $600,000, our owners of a modest $57,000 purchase have reason to look forward to the future.

Kosi Bay seen winning the Listed Epona Stakes

Cox Plate to Cup Week

You don’t win group races every weekend, just ask some of the connections of the leading fancies at the Cox Plate meeting but from our two runners on the weekend the ever game and highly consistent mare Laylia won at Rosehill posting her third victory, her ninth placing form twelve career starts and $146,430 plus another $20,000 in BOBS. Given that she was an original $70,000 yearling purchase and a daughter of Redoute’s Choice (now standing at $275,000 in 2006) she is a great buy. At Moonee Valley our other runner Accumulate failed to emulate a former stablemate Frightening when he won the Moonee Valley Cup. Acccumulate did draw widest and went back and thus had little chance but he needs to lift to be a realistic chance in the Melbourne Cup even if he gets a start which is very much up in the air. Frightening will get his rewards for his past performances when he starts a stud career in Queesland in 2007. The Spring Carnival heads to Flemington and on the opening day, Derby Day we expect to be represented by Wonderful World in the Gr1 Ascot Vale which is shaping to be a very strong race, Kosi Bay steps up to 1600m in the Gr1 Myer Classic, last start winner Lasker is hoping to get into the Listed Carbine Club field while Accumulate may run in the Gr 2 SAAB. In Sydney at Rosehill our latest syndication Sacred Moon, a modest purchase, may make his debut after a pleasing 2^nd at the Warwick Farm trials on Friday and good servant Mi Casa will drop back to the 1900m after showing he could not stay 2400m in the Tattersalls Cup.

Laylia seen here winning at Randwick. She has now won at Sydney's other main track Rosehill.

Then Laylia putting it all in to win at Rosehill.

Broodmares Wanted

We are busy with our racehorses throughout the remainder of the Melbourne Spring Carnival, but we are putting up the horses wanted shingle at the same time. We are seeking for a number of orders maiden or younger in foal broodmares for ongoing commercial breeding purposes from $50,000 and up. Our clients are picky but if you believe you have anything of interest please e-mail details to dgr@dgrracing.com.au. We will have ready access to e-mails on the road so to speak and can access our own on-line pedigrees with sufficient given information Name, Sire & Dam. We will not be offering valuation on mares however.

Keeping Up With The Boys

Silent Witness’ half sister Empress Jade will attempt to emulate her male stablemates by trying to win the “girls classic” of the 1000 Guineas Group 1 at Caulfield tomorrow. She will start at much longer odds than either Gods’ Own or Wonderful World did when they won their Caulfield Guineas however she has displayed sufficient talent to be given her opportunity. On Caulfield Cup weekend our runners that are scheduled to have their opportunity to display their talents are 3yo filly Golden Zen, stakeswinning mare Kosi Bay and staying older horses Accumulate & Mi Casa. In fact Golden Zen is the only one of that quartet yet to win a stakes race, but she ran a creditable race last start in the Group 1 Flight stakes so there is enough to suggest her time might come. Also attempting to get a stakes win on the weekend will be ultra consistent mare Laylia when she lines up in the Listed Belle Of The Turf at Gosford on Sunday. Being a daughter of Redoutes Choice, all be it modestly purchased for his stock at $70,000, stakes form will add to her to broodmare value but what value Encosta De Lago’s daughter Empress Jade if she were to win the 1000 Guineas! We live in hope once again.

Empress Jade

A Wonderful Time

We had a wonderful time on Saturday with Wonderful World posting a dominant win in the Group1 $1m Caulfield Guineas. Two of his joint owners and two of our best custo