JHB in action at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale

We were in action at the recent Magic Millions Broodmare Sale, securing a number of quality offerings to support our clients’ racing and breeding portfolios.

Our first purchase, in the race filly section, was the Group 1 winner Lady Laguna, who was bought from the Newgate Stud draft for $2,500,000. She’s a beautiful mare, with great strength, quality and presence - every inch the type to turn into a high-quality broodmare when the time comes. She is a great credit to her trainers Annabel & Rob Archibald and to her ownership group under Terry Henderson’s OTI Racing umbrella.

Lot 563 - Lady Laguna - $2,500,000

We purchased a pair of in-foal mares for the JHB Broodmare Partnership, which focuses on securing commercial results for our owners.

Lot 735 - Mhaille (in foal to Zoustar) - $580,000

Mhaille is a beautiful mare - and by a Champion sire in I Am Invincible, who is starting to make a strong impact as a broodmare sire through the likes of Group 1 winners Asfoora and Kimochi.

She is also a half-sister to the top-class sprinter Artorius, who went very close to winning at Royal Ascot, and also in the immediate family are Group 1 winning sprinters Delectation and Southport Tycoon.

She was offered in foal to Zoustar and due to foal in early-September. With Zoustar yearlings averaging $400,000 at Magic Millions and $645,000 at Easter this year, and selling up to $1,700,000, there was a strong commercial reasoning behind her purchase.

Lot 818 - She’s Glamourous (in foal to Stay Inside) - $200,000

She’s Glamourous is another very good-looking mare. She’s got great strength, quality and lovely width. She’s a full-sister to dual Group 1 winner Global Glamour, whose daughter Just Glamourous sold for $450,000 here straight off the track.

She’s Glamourous has already produced some promising gallopers, with her Frosted 2YO filly Elsa of Arendelle shaping to be a black type filly in the making. The cover to Stay Inside is very attractive - with very positive feedback so far on the yearlings by this stallions, this mare provided a great mix of potential uplifts in her own family, while also being in foal to a stallion who could really hit the ground running with his first 2YOs later this year.

Sucess for JHB Broodmare purchases at Magic Millions National Weanling Sale

There were some great results today at the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale for JHB broodmare purchases.

Early in the day the Anamoe filly out of Listed Debutant Stakes winner Kiki Express set the pace, selling for $360,000 to Ciaron Maher Bloodstock. She is the first foal of her dam (pictured above), who was purchased on behalf of G1G Racing and Breeding for $350,000 at this sale last year from the Milburn Creek draft.

Later in the day there was another good return for an in-foal mare purchase when the Stay Inside colt out of Emotional Moment colt sold for $225,000 to Middlebrook Valley Lodge and Damian Fitton Bloodstock. This mare (pictured above) was also purchased in-foal here at last year’s sale, for $130,000 from the Willow Park Stud draft.

We will be hunting hard again during this year’s sale, which commences from 12pm on Tuesday 27th May.

Sunshine in Paris gains deserved Group 1 double

After performing with huge credit at the highest level in Australia all Autumn, Sunshine in Paris gained just reward for her consistence and excellence with a brave win in the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 this weekend.

Despite hating the heavy track, she showed her trademark grit and determination to overhaul a resurgent Rothefire in the final strides, under yet another inspired steer from Champion jockey James McDonald.

Sunshine in Paris was a JHB Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale purchase from the Newgate Farm draft on behalf of John and Deb Camilleri’s Fairway Thoroughbreds. A huge congratulations to John and Deb, who were both trackside to enjoy this momentous day. Well done also to trainers Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald, who continue to produce this mare in top order every time that she steps out.

JHB in action at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale

The final stop of the premier yearling sales circuit is taking place at Inglis Riverside for the Easter Yearling Sale, and we have been in action securing some choice yearlings.

Lot 16 - Snitzel x La Mexicana colt - $1,700,000

This is a high-quality colt, with a lovely action and strength. He has great presence and looks all racehorse. He is by Champion sire Snitzel, who is showing no signs of slowing down, adding his third Golden Slipper winner this season with Marhoona.

This colt is out of La Mexicana who was a very smart performer, winner of six of her 16 starts, including at Group 3 level. He was secured for our Colt Partnership alongside TFI and Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Racing.

Lot 141 - Stay Inside x Schwesterherz colt - $650,000

This is a very precocious-looking colt. He’s got a powerful action and a great attitude to his work. His dam was a very smart performer in Germany, where she was rated 108 by Timeform and her best race distance was 1400m/1600m, which is in line with the other good horses from the family.

Her sire, Areion was a very good 1200m horse in Germany, and he is running at 9.7% stakes winners to runners as a broodmare sire. He was secured for our Colt Partnership alongside TFI.

Lot 198 - Zoustar x Summer Sham colt - $1,400,000

This is a quality colt, with lovely depth of girth and strength. He’s got powerful movement, and super presence. He is full-brother to Schwarz, who recently won the Group 1 William Reid Stakes to secure his place at stud.

Further, his dam was a very smart sprinter/miler and comes from one of Australia’s very best families, that of multiple Champion Sire Redoute’s Choice. He was secured for our Colt Partnership alongside TFI.

Lot 271 - Snitzel x Advance Party colt - $460,000

This is a strong, forward-looking colt by Champion Sire Snitzel, who continues to prove the premier source of quality 2YOs in Australia.

He is out of a 2YO winning mare by Charge Forward, which makes this colt bred on the same cross as Golden Slipper winner Estijaab and very smart sprinter Remarque. He was purchased for our Colt Partnership alongside TFI.

Lot 154 - Snitzel x Sexy Eyes filly - $700,000

Our lone filly purchase of the sale was Lot 154, the Snitzel filly out of Sexy Eyes, purchased for $700,000 from Milburn Creek.

She’s a beautiful, elegant filly with great athleticism, and out of the very smart Group 3 winner Sexy Eyes. The reverse of this Snitzel x Written Tycoon cross has been a very impressive one, with Private Life, Velocious and Captured by Love all Group 1 winners by Written Tycoon out of Snitzel mares from just 38 runners.

Memo brilliant in Group 3 Magic Night Stakes

There was no more deserving big race winner this weekend than Memo, who avenged some luckless defeats with a thrilling late run to take out the Group 3 Magic Night Stakes at Rosehill.

Again drawing a wide barrier as has been her luck for the majority of her short career to date, she was forced towards the rear, but produced an outstanding turn of foot to mow down her rivals in the straight and record an impressive win.

Memo’s victory was a particularly sweet one for her breeder, Rob Love, who retained a significant stake in this exciting young filly when she was sold to Snowden Racing for $350,000 at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. Rob raced her dam, Notation, who was a JHB weanling purchase, while he has also been a founding member of the JHB Colt Partnership, which produced Memo’s sire, Golden Slipper winner Capitalist.

Notation had a Stay Inside yearling colt, who recently sold for $380,000 at the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale to Yulong, and is back in foal to Capitalist to produce a full sibling to Memo.

Many thanks to the team at Snowden Racing, to jockey Kerrin McEvoy, and congratulations to the owners of Memo, who have a very valuable and exciting filly on their hands.

Conscience scintillating on debut at Sandown

Snitzel filly Conscience got her career off to a sparkling start today at Sandown in the 1000m 2YO Maiden. Settled towards the rear by jockey Blake Shinn, she unleashed a powerful sprint in the straight to win, running her final 600m in an electric 32.64 seconds on a soft 6 track.

She was purchased for John and Deb Camilleri’s Fairway Thoroughbreds at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale from the Baramul Stud draft alongside TFI and her trainer, Peter Moody.

She is a half-sister to JHB Colt Partnership purchase and dual Group 3 winning-2YO, Espionage, with her second dam being Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Military Rose.

There looks to be many exciting days ahead with this filly for her owners!

Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale - Colt Partnership

The busy yearling sales series shifted to Melbourne this week, for the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale, and we were once again in action for the JHB Colt Partnership in conjunction with Tony Fung Investments.

Lot 310 - Snitzel x Maybe I colt - $260,000

We purchased Lot 310, the Snitzel colt out of Maybe I for $260,000 from the Segenhoe Stud draft.

Snitzel continues to do the job with his colts, recently with last year’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes winner Switzerland, as well as already producing several sons who are at stud. This colt is also a half-brother to the very smart miler Ringerdingding and comes from the family of Champion mare Flitter.

Inglis Classic Yearling Sale - Colt Partnership

The busy start to the year with yearling sales continues this week with the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale, and we were in action for the James Harron Bloodstock Colt Partnership, again buying in conjunction with Tony Fung Investments.

Lot 93 - Farnan x Can’t Get Enough - $160,000

This is a quality colt, with lovely strength and substance. He’s got nice width, and walks out with a good, fluent action. He is by Golden Slipper winner Farnan, who has produced Group 3 Golden Gift winner North England from his first crop this season, who also came out of this sale.

This is a good, fast family. His dam was a dual winner at 1100m, and is a half-sister to the very smart sprinter Big Parade. Further back, this is the family of top-class 2YO Zizou, as well as stallions such as Not a Single Doubt, King’s Legacy and Snippets.

Lot 634 - Zoustar x She’s Our Choice - $290,000

This is a strong colt, with lovely quality and great width. He strides out well, and looks like a more precocious type of Zoustar.

This colt is out of a half-sister to the top-class sprinter and outstanding stallion Extreme Choice, which would give him a very desirable profile if he were to be successful on the racetrack.

New Zealand Bloodstock Premier Yearling Sale - Colt Partnership

After picking up a beautiful filly on Day 1 for our Filly Partnership, we were back in action early on Day 3 of the New Zealand Bloodstock Premier Yearling Sale, purchasing an outstanding son of multiple Group 1 winner and Champion St Mark’s Basilica from Hallmark Stud for NZ$220,000.

Lot 499 - St Mark’s Basilica x Bronte Lass colt - NZ$220,000

This colt is a half-brother to a smart filly Bronte Beach, who was Group 3 placed as a 2YO, and from the family of good 2YOs such as Earnshaw, Zelanda and Pearl Grey. Further back this is the family of the outstanding filly Zarkava, who was an unbeaten Prix de L’arc de Triomphe winner.

New Zealand Bloodstock Premier Yearling Sale - Filly Partnership

We are off the mark at the New Zealand Bloodstock Premier Yearling Sale for our Filly Partnership along with Michael Freedman and Tony Fung Investments.

Lot 168 - Too Darn Hot x On The Ball - NZ$675,000

This a quality filly by Too Darn Hot. She’s got a lovely shape and action, and a lot of class and scope about her. Too Darn Hot had started very strongly in the Southern Hemisphere, with dual Group 1 winner Broadsiding as well as very smart fillies Arabian Summer and Too Darn Lizzie.

This filly is a half-sister to Archaic Smile, who is the only stakes winner in the Southern Hemisphere by Saxon Warrior. She won a listed race as a a 2YO and was also Group 1 placed as a 2YO. Further back this filly comes from the family of top class performers Onemorenmore and Casino Prince.

Another Saturday city winner for King's Legacy

Exciting young sire and James Harron Bloodstock Colt Partnership graduate King’s Legacy posted his second winner at Randwick on Saturday with a debut victory for talented filly Open Secret (2f King's Legacy x Vain Elaine, by High Chaparral), who scored a short half head win in a thriller over $1.75 million Snitzel colt United States.

Trained by John Thompson and ridden by Zac Lloyd, Open Secret was super professional working forward from an inside gate to lead and hold the fence which proved a winning move. She travelled well and gave a great kick to hold off her rivals.

Open Secret had just one trial leading into her debut which as John Thomspon explained was by design.

“From day one she has shown she is a quality horse and when I looked at her at the sales I swear to God I thought I was looking at a colt,” Thompson said.

“She trialled well and typically we would trial them again, but with the Inglis race in two weeks time we decided to come here as her second trial and hopefully get some prizemoney and we got more than a bit.

“Class takes you a long way, but no way did I think she would lead today, I thought they would be too quick for her, but she has natural talent and two year-olds just go and do it.”

A $150,000 Inglis Classic purchase from Middlebrook Valley Lodge, Open Secret is the third winner from four foals to race from Vain Elaine, a metro winning High Chaparral mare from the family of Group I winners Captain Moonlight and Richfield Lady.

Open Secret is the second winner for King’s Legacy, who also sired the first starter La Reine, bred by JHB client Rob Love to finish second on debut at Morphettville in Adelaide.

Fashion Faux Pas sells for $1.15 million for JHB Broodmare Partnership

Following hot on the heels of the sale of her Snitzel yearling colt for $1,700,000 at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, this week we offered Fashion Faux Pas in the latest Inglis Digital online auction, where she was sold for $1,150,000 to Justin Carey of Coolmore Australia.

Our Broodmare Partnership was set up to operate at the quality end of the market, and provide commercial returns for our partners, so this was an excellent result. Fashion Faux Pas was bought for US$310,000 at the 2020 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, and after today’s result the total sales of her and progeny now total just under A$3,000,000, with a beautiful Extreme Choice filly to offer at the 2026 yearling sales. We have been targeting American mares in particular to provide a great outcross for Australia, and will continue to target this market strongly.

Congratulations to Coolmore, who have bought an outstanding broodmare who has it all ahead of her, and fingers crossed that she can become a blue hen for their operation. They are achieving great success, and their hard work and dedication make it well-deserved.

Congratulations to our owners, Belinda Bateman, Phil & Glenda Mehrten, Rob Love and the Doyle Family on this fantastic result, and many thanks to the Newgate team for their hard work with Fashion Faux Pas and her progeny.

First Winner for King's Legacy

A dual Group I winning juvenile by the legendary Redoute’s Choice, our promising young sire King’s Legacy, a graduate of the James Harron Bloodstock Colt Partnership is on the board with his first winner after flying filly Kujenga (2f King's Legacy x Jenga, by All Too Hard) upstaged the colts to score a brilliant debut victory at the metro meeting at Wyong on Saturday.

Trained by Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald, Kujenga had two recent trials under her belt to have her ready for 1200m first up and she rose to the challenge jumping swiftly from an outside gate to cross and lead.

She travelled smoothly on the fence for Harry Davies and gave a great kick turning for home that allowed her to get a break on her rivals with Hellbent colt Damien closing late to be beaten a long neck.

“She was very impressive. She really pinged the lids and after that she was never going to be caught,” said stable representative Megan O’Leary, who indicated the stable would now be charting a path to better races for the filly.

Harry Davies rode Kujenga in her most recent trial and had expected a good run.

“She’s got that really good gate speed and once we got to the fence I knew she’d be hard to beat,” he said.

Kujenga was a $70,000 Inglis Classic purchase from Lime Country Thoroughbreds for Triple Crown Syndications, so had a big group of owners on hand to greet her at the winners stall.

Foaled and raised at Segenhoe, Kujenga has already banked $105,000 for her first win and is the first foal of Jenga, a winning half-sister by All Too Hard to stakes-winner Granny Red Shoes (the dam of stakes-winner High Octane) and also to the dam of stakes-winner Brave Spirit.

Magic Millions - James Harron Bloodstock/Michael Freedman Racing Filly Partnership

The yearling sales season for 2025 commences this week for the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, where we will be in action for our Filly Partnership with Michael Freedman, this year purchasing alongside Tony Fung Investments.

Details of our purchases can be found below.

Lot 188 - Satono Aladdin x Bad Habits filly - $300,000

This is a strong filly, with lovely quality. She’s well-bodied, and strides out very nicely with a great attitude. She is by Satono Aladdin, who stands in New Zealand for NZ$65,000 and is proving to be a good young stallion, with his progeny headed by Group 1 New Zealand Oaks winner Pennyweka as well as the recent Group 2 winning 2YO filly Too Sweet.

This filly is from a family of good fillies, including Group 1 winner Ruthless Dame, Champion Sprinter Sea Siren and the top-class Group 1 winner Warm Heart. Her sire Power has limited representation as a broodmare sire, but already has five stakes horses to his credit, including the smart UK sprinter Pink Crystal. Power is a son of Oasis Dream, who is a very good broodmare sire, with fifteen Group 1 winners out of his daughters.

Lot 240 - Stay Inside x California Gallant filly - $380,000

This is a lovely filly from the first crop of Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside. She’s got a super attitude to her work, and is a strong, well-bodied filly with great quality, depth and power. She’s an early-running sort who will have significant onsale value should she perform on the racetrack.

Stay Inside is an exciting stallion prospect as a top-class 2YO, and also by virtue of the fact that he is by Extreme Choice, who continues to impress with outstanding statistics. This filly is also out of an unraced full-sister to the top-class 2YO Houtzen, who was a Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner, and also trained on to be placed in a Group 2 sprint in the UK.

Magic Millions - James Harron Bloodstock Colt Partnership

The yearling sales season for 2025 commences this week for the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, where we will be in action for our Colt Partnership, this year purchasing alongside Tony Fung Investments.

Details on our purchases are below.

Lot 10 - Home Affairs x Tell Your Mama - $550,000

This is a big, strong colt by first-season sire Home Affairs. He’s got great quality, girth and a lovely temperament. Home Affairs is a very exciting first-season sire prospect, being a Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes winner as well as defeating Nature Strip in the Group 1 Lightning Stakes.

This colt is, interestingly, also from the family of Home Affairs, as well as going back to the family of top-class stallions Encosta de Lago and Flying Spur. His dam is by Blame, who is emerging as an outstanding broodmare sire, with 10.5% stakes winners to runners out of his daughters, notably this season’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes winner Switzerland.

Lot 216 - Stay Inside x Bleu Zebra - $1,000,000

This is a very precocious-looking colt from the first crop of Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside, who looks to be an outstanding sire prospect. He’s got a lovely shape to him, and walks out powerfully in the manner of a colt who is every inch an early 2YO.

Stay Inside was a top-class 2YO, and is by Extreme Choice, who continues to impress with his exceptional statistics. This colt’s dam was a speedy filly in Queensland, where she won 3 of her 8 starts at sprint distances, including at Saturday level, and he comes from a fast and productive family.

Lot 394 - Farnan x Festivity - $750,000

This is a strong, forward-looking colt from the second crop of Group 1 Golden Slipper winner Farnan. He’s got lovely shape, and paraded in great style all week. Farnan has started well with his 2YOs, with his son North England taking out the Group 3 $1m Golden Gift in November.

This colt is out of Festivity, who was a lightly-raced and speedy filly, winning three times at city level in Sydney from just six starts. She has done well at stud, producing the Group 3 winner and Group 1 runner-up Semana.

Lot 650 - Snitzel x Medovina - $850,000

This is a strong and very forward-looking colt by Champion Sire Snitzel. As mentioned, he continues as the top source of high-quality colts in Australia, with Golden Slipper winner Shinzo and Coolmore Stud Stakes winner Switzerland in the past two seasons.

He is out of a mare by Exceed and Excel, which has worked well with Snitzel, already producing the very smart sprinting colt Lofty Strike, who was a Group 2 winner and Group 1 placed. This is a good black type family, that of Group 3 winner Brave Mead and Caulfield Guineas winner Mighty Boss.

JHB Broodmare Partnership produces $1.7 million Snitzel colt at Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale

​We set up the JHB Broodmare Partnership to target elite-level broodmares with which to breed into the top end of the yearling market. In a short time, the partnership has already produced a sale-topping yearling, with the I Am Invincible x Suspicieuse colt achieving a price of $1,900,000 at Magic Millions in 2022. 

It was great to see this backed up again just three years later with the Snitzel x Fashion Faux Pas colt today selling for $1,700,000 to Coolmore Stud. 

Fashion Faux Pas was secured for our partners from the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sales for US$310,000, as American mares are a cornerstone of our strategy. There have been numerous top-class horses produced in Australia out of American mares such as Exceed and Excel, Switzerland, Russian Revolution and Wild Ruler, and we feel that they represent great value for our partners.

Congratulations to our Broodmare partners Belinda Bateman, Doyle's Breeding and Racing, Phil & Glenda Mehrten and Rob Love. Also a huge thanks to the Newgate team, who have raised both of these $1.7m+ colts superbly and presented both in impeccable order for their sales.

Cannonball fires again at Eagle Farm

After a promising run at 1000m for new trainer Tony Gollan, Cannball lined up in the Listed 1200m Falvelon Quality this weekend.

He sat in a lovely position behind the speed under race day rider Martin Harley, and travelled powerfully into contention in the straight and kept on strongly to hold off all challengers.

This was Cannonball’s third stakes victory after victories in the Listed Redoute’s Choice Stakes as a 2YO and the Group 3 Maurice McCarten Stakes as a 3YO.

He will now head to the $1m Magic Millions Snippets at the Gold Coast on Saturday 11th January.

Congratulations to owners Rob Love, Belinda Bateman, Doyle’s Breeding & Racing, Phil & Glenda Mehrten, Danny & Pauline Saab, John & Frances Ingham and Gary Diamond.

Bright Track Weekly 6 December

Bright Track Weekly In a world where challenges often take centre stage, we bring focus on the positive. Bright Track Weekly highlights a selection of racing and breeding snippets, celebrating the vitality of our great sport. We will sign off from Bright Track following this week's edition, and look forward to resuming in the New Year. Hong Kong International Races Sunday This Sunday at Sha Tin will see the latest edition of the Hong Kong International Races, with four Group 1 races fielding HK$126 million (A$25 million)  in prize money. Group 1 Hong Kong Vase - 2400m The betting here is headed by Australian-based challenger Without a Fight. He was a most encouraging third to Via Sistina in the Group 1 Champions Stakes at Flemington last month after a long break due to a tendon injury. He is of course last year's G1 Caulfield Cup and G1 Melbourne Cup hero, so fingers crossed that he can build on his return and strike for Australia here. Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint - 1200m This race is widely expected to be a coronation for Hong Kong's new star sprinter Ka Ying Rising. He recently broke the long-standing 1200m track record here, and will look to improve again on that mark here. International interest is provided by Australian challenger Recommendation, a pair of Japanese challengers (Lugal and Toshin Macau) and the UK-based recent Breeder's Cup Turf Sprint winner Starlust. Group 1 Hong Kong Mile - 1600m This potentially looks the most open of the four Group 1 races, with Australian challenger Antino right in the mix for trainer Tony Gollan after his electric Group 1 Toorak Handicap win at Caulfield, which he followed up well with a good effort to run second to Mr Brightside in the Group 1 Champions Mile at Flemington. Stiff competition comes from the likes of Japanese contenders Jantar Mantar (lightly raced and highly progressive) and Soul Rush (well proven at this level and ran well here to be fourth last year), while grand local campaigner Voyage Bubble is another entering this race in good recent form. Group 1 Hong Kong Cup - 2000m Like the Sprint, there is another short-priced local favourite here, with Romantic Warrior at cramped odds to win his third consecutive Hong Kong Cup. He is unbeaten since his Group 1 Cox Plate triumph in 2023 and looks hard to beat again here. His main competition looks on paper to be star Japanese mare Liberty Island. While she's been a little below her best in two starts this year, she was a star in 2023 and looks to bounce back here. She has a good Australian connection, as she is by Duramente and out of star Australian filly Yankee Rose. Tattersalls Breeding Stock Sales buoyant Continuing the theme of buoyant sales, the Tattersalls Breeding Stock sales over the past week was the latest to show strong gains, again demonstrating the incredible appetite for top-class bloodstock on a global level. Their December Foal Sales posted an increase of 46% in aggregate up to 43,504,000 guineas (A$90,444,816), with the average up to 52% to 67,660 guineas (A$$140,665). The sale was headed by the 2.5 million paid by Amo Racing for the Frankel x Suelita filly, who is a full-sister to 2000 Guineas winner Chaldean. This equalled the highest-price ever paid for a foal in Europe, a record which was set 27 years ago. The December Mare Sale continued in a similar vein, with turnover up by 20% to 83 million guineas (A$172,557,000). A mark of these huge increases at the Tattersalls sales this year has been extraordinary investment from the Amo Racing team, and this continued through the mare sales, with the top price of 4.8 million guineas paid for Group 1 Irish Oaks winner You Got To Me (by Nathaniel),  pictured above. A Snitzel colt for Winx It has no doubt been an anxious wait for the connections of Winx, and congratulations to them all upon the safe arrival of her Snitzel colt on 25th November, pictured above courtesy of Coolmore Stud. This colt certainly has plenty in his favour, being by Australia's leading stallion, out of a mare by one of the world's top broodmare sires and, of course, being out of an absolute superstar. Fingers crossed he can live up to his illustrious bloodlines on the track. Overpass relishes Perth once more   Last weekend's racing in Australia was highlighted by the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot in Perth, and it was again the Sydneysider Overpass who showed his liking for the Wildflower State. He did not get things his own way, with jockey Josh Parr forced to do plenty of work from a wide barrier early, but showed tremendous acceleration in the straight to power clear and hold on well from Maharba. This was, incredibly, Overpass' fourth win in Perth from four starts, this being his second Winterbottom Stakes, adding to his dual wins in the $4 million The Quokka.   Copyright © 2024 James Harron Bloodstock, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: James Harron Bloodstock GPO BOX 4983 SYDNEY, NSW 2001 Australia Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

Bright Track Weekly 21 Nov

Bright Track Weekly In a world where challenges often take centre stage, we bring focus on the positive. Bright Track Weekly highlights a selection of racing and breeding snippets, celebrating the vitality of our great sport. Japan Cup - This Sunday This Sunday will see the 2024 running of the Group 1 Japan Cup in Tokyo, with total prize money of over A$11 million on offer for a field of 14 runners. Pictured above is 2023's outstanding winner Equinox. The market leaders look to be Japanese locals Do Deuce (by Heart's Cry) and Cervinia (by Harbinger). Do Deuce was an impressive winner of the Group 1 Tenno Sho in October, showing a fantastic turn of foot to get there from the back of the pack. Cervinia is this year's star three-year-old filly in Japan, winning the Group 1 Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) and the Group 1 Shuka Sho in her past two starts. She takes her first step against the older horses on Sunday. The race is also given great flavour by virtue of a pair of exciting challengers from Europe. Goliath (by Adlerflug) was a hugely impressive winner of the Group 1 King George and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot over the summer, then a cosy winner of the Group 2 Prix du Conseil de Paris last month in preparation for this race. He is German-bred and trained in France by Francis-Henri Graffard originally for owner/breeder the Baron von Ullmann, and since the King George a significant stake has been sold to USA-based owner John Stewart's Resolute Racing. The other European challenger is dual Derby winner and six-time Group 1 winner Auguste Rodin (by Deep Impact). He is trained in Ireland by the master of Ballydoyle, Aidan O'Brien, racing for the Coolmore team. Auguste Rodin was a close second to Economics in the Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes in his most recent start, and looks to make amends here.   Records fall at New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale   The latest sale in Australasia was this week's New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale, and again, the sale indices increased from last year's figures. Last year's sale had seen the aggregate increase by 39% up to NZ$35.1 million (A$31.2 million), and this rose again, by a further 9.7% up to NZ$38.5 million (A$34.7 million). The average price held steady, with more horses on offer this year. The sale highlight saw a new record for a two-year-old in training sale in Australasia, with David Ellis of Te Akau Racing paying NZ$1.65 million (A$1.49 million) for Lot 174 (pictured), the I Am Invincible colt out of dual Flemington Group 1 winner Shillelagh, who was bred by Chris and Susannah Grace, and reared at Segenhoe Stud in New South Wales. A new star rises at Sha Tin It had been 17 years since Sacred Kingdom scorched the turf at Sha Tin to set the 1200m track record which, despite being a strong sprinting jurisdiction, had stood the test of time until last weekend. The new superstar of Hong Kong racing, Ka Ying Rising (pictured above) lowered the mark to 1:07.43 in the Group 2 Jockey Club Sprint. Ka Ying Rising is a son of New Zealand-based stallion Shamexpress, who stands at Windsor Park Stud. He is now undefeated in his past seven starts for trainer David Hayes, and will be a heavy favourite to take out the Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint at Sha Tin on 8th December. Kimochi reigns for Gary Portelli and Yulong Kimochi (by Brave Smash) has been a fine stalwart for her trainer Gary Portelli (pictured above with winning jockey Craig Williams and Yulong Chief Operating Officer Sam Fairgray), only missing a top four finish three times in her 18-start career, and together they claimed a well-deserved Group 1 victory last weekend in the Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield. She was the latest high-priced acquisition for Mr Yuesheng Zhang's Yulong operation to pay dividends after the tremendous exploits of Via Sistina, with Kimochi having been purchased for $2.2 million at this year's Inglis Chairman's Sale. Congratulations to Yulong who had yet another fantastic day at the races, with two-year-old Gobi Desert also taking out the Max Lees Classic at Newcastle. Espionage back into work After suffering a frustrating injury when kicking out on the walker which required surgery, our dual Group-winning 3YO colt Espionage has been undertaking a gradual rehabilitation at both Coolmore Mt White and Oak Ridge Spelling Farm.  He has taken everything in his stride and blossomed into a magnificent specimen over the Spring. We cannot wait to get him back into action for our owners and our stud partner Coolmore. He will head back into work with Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott early next week, with his initial target being the Group 1 Lightning Stakes at Flemington on Saturday 15th February. Copyright © 2024 James Harron Bloodstock, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: James Harron Bloodstock GPO BOX 4983 SYDNEY, NSW 2001 Australia Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

Bright Track Weekly 14 Nov

Bright Track Weekly In a world where challenges often take centre stage, we bring focus on the positive. Bright Track Weekly highlights a selection of racing and breeding snippets, celebrating the vitality of our great sport. Sunshine in Melbourne! Since her purchase at the 2023 Magic Millions Broodmare Sale, Sunshine in Paris has been a model of consistency and brilliance. She won the Group 2 Sheraco Stakes on her first run for new owners John and Deb Camilleri, a race she won again this season prior to a big run in the $20 million The Everest. She was again close up when second to Bella Nipotina in the $3 million Russell Balding, and then last weekend finally got her well-deserved second Group 1 victory, this time in the Fairway Thoroughbreds colours, when defeating a high-class field in the Group 1 Darley Champions Sprint on the final day of the Flemington Carnival. Sunshine in Paris has been beautifully managed by her trainers Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald, and this was a spectacular ride from Champion Jockey James McDonald, who kept her covered up until the last possible moment to unleash her outstanding turn of foot. Congratulations to John and Deb on this richly deserved success — an incredible reward for their astute purchase of this remarkable mare. Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale catalogue released   The time certainly flies, and it's hard to believe that in just two months' time we will be once again up at the Gold Coast for the traditional curtain-raiser of the yearling sales season.  Gerry and Katie Page Harvey, alongside Barry Bowditch and his team have put together a sensational week of entertainment to coincide with both the exciting sales action from 7th - 13th January and the $14.5 million race day on  Saturday 11th January. If you have never been before I could not recommend it more highly for a fun trip. This year's catalogue features 1401 yearlings selling over six days, including the first "super session" on Friday 10th January, where the sale will continue into the evening to replace the old format of the Saturday night session. Good luck to all of our clients, with 13 James Harron Bloodstock-managed yearlings entered for this sale, amongst them are plenty by our stallion graduates Capitalist (who has 38 yearlings entered in total) and King's Legacy (with 18 entered). Brightside reigns again Dropped back to 1600m after a pair of creditable runs at 2000m in the Group 1 Caulfield Stakes and the Group 1 Cox Plate, seven-year-old gelding Mr Brightside was back to his very best to defeat Antino and Fangirl in an exciting edition of the Group 1 Champions' Mile. What an outstanding war horse Mr Brightside has proven to be, with 18 wins from his forty starts, and here as good as ever sixth-up into a gruelling preparation where he has faced the best mile to mile and a quarter horses in the country every time. His earnings now stand in excess of $16 million, and he shows no signs of slowing down. Congratulations to Ben, Will & JD Hayes and their entire Lindsay Park team and also to Craig Williams, with this victory stamping an outstanding season for him, with earnings over $15 million for the third consecutive season. Flemington posts crowd increases It has been a recent feature of the big Australian race meetings to post big crowd figures, and this year's Spring Carnival at Flemington was no exception. With the total attendees across the four days of action sitting at 285,675, marking an 8% uplift on the 2023 figures.  Most notable in recent attendances has been a large number of young people attending, and indeed this was again the case over the Carnival, with 45% of general admission ticket holders being under the age of 35. Overall these are great trends for the industry, with capturing the attention of younger racegoers a key aim of racing authorities. Copyright © 2024 James Harron Bloodstock, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: James Harron Bloodstock GPO BOX 4983 SYDNEY, NSW 2001 Australia Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.