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.

Sunshine in Paris reigns in Group 1 Champions Sprint

After a sensational return winning the Group 2 Sheraco Stakes for the second year running, Sunshine in Paris has been competing with the best sprinters in the country. Yesterday at Flemington, she earned just rewards with an exciting victory in the Group 1 VRC Darley Champions Sprint.

Given an exemplary steer by Champion Jockey James McDonald, she was covered up within striking distance of the leaders, and when the gap came, she showed her customary sprint and tenacity to get there in the shadows of the post, defeating a top-class field, including Group 1 The Everest winner Bella Nipotina.

Sunshine in Paris was a JHB Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale purchase on behalf of John and Deb Camilleri’s Fairway Thoroughbreds. A huge congratulations to John and Deb, who are great supporters of racing and breeding, on this thoroughly deserved Group 1 victory. Well done also to trainers Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald, who have done a fantastic job with this filly, and to jockey James McDonald for a perfect ride.

JHB Broodmare Partnership in action stateside

The Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes winner Switzerland (out of Arrowfield's Fasig Tipton purchase Ms Bad Behavior) provided further proof, if any were needed, of the exceptional prowess of American mares in the Australian racing and breeding industry.

This is an angle we have been pursuing strongly in recent years, and we were delighted to secure a pair of speedy American mares for our Broodmare Partnership this week at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.

Lot 505, Betsy Blue (pictured above) was secured for US$375,000 from Ballysax Bloodstock. She was a very fast sprinter on the competitive New York circuit, where she was a triple stakes winner in fast times, and overall a 10-time winner. She is in foal to Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist, who is one of the hottest young stallions in America, with his fee for 2025 recently announced at US$175,000 (A$262,000).

Our second purchase was lot 1063, Let's Be Clear, for US$340,000 from Patricia Clark. This strong daughter of top stallion Munnings was a six-time winning sprinter and stakes placed as an early 2YO at Saratoga. She's a half-sister to a pair of stakes winners, including Group 1 performer Someday Soon.

Bright Track Weekly 11th October

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. Everest gains Group 1 status In an exciting announcement for Sydney racing, the $20m The Everest was announced this week to be elevated to Group 1 status with immediate effect. The Everest has been a wonderful event for JHB and our partners, taking out the first edition with Redzel in 2017 and the 2022 edition with Giga Kick. We are very much looking forward to this year's race on 19th October, where we will be cheering on Lady of Camelot. Tattersalls Book 1 booming!    There was much anticipation ahead of this year's Tattersalls October Book 1 Yearling Sale, and it has been a blockbuster in every sense of the word. The aggregate spend increased by a remarkable 34% to 127,823,000 gns (A$260 million), despite 46 fewer yearlings sold than last year, while the average was up by an incredible 52% to 370,501 gns (A$753,535) The presence of Kia Joorabchian's Amo Racing has been a major driver of the increase, with their spend of 19,575,000 gns (A$39.8 million) headed by the 4.4 million gns (A$8.9 million) Frankel filly out of Aljazzi (pictured above) consigned by Newsells Park Stud, the second highest priced yearling ever sold at Tattersalls after the 5 million gns (A$10.1 million) paid for the Galileo x Alluring Park filly by Al Shaqab Racing back in 2013. The massive interest in quality stock is good news for all involved in the horse racing and breeding industries. With the ever-increasingly global nature of the sport, it is crucial that quality bloodstock retains its status as an appealing asset class. A great crop of young jockeys in Sydney The strength of any industry is always naturally dependant on the quality and skill of its participants, so it has been exciting to witness the rise of several young jockeys in the Sydney riding ranks in recent seasons all from the same crop of apprentices. This group had a field day on Saturday, with Reece Jones (pictured) taking out his maiden Group 1 race in the Metropolitan Handicap on Land Legend, while Zac Lloyd showed the benefit of his great grounding in riding a treble, headed by a Group 1 win in the Flight Stakes aboard Lady Shenandoah. With other rising stars from the same crop, Tyler Schiller and Dylan Gibbons also already on the Group 1 scorecard for their careers, the future for jockeys in Sydney looks to be in safe hands. Foal Showcase During the Spring we get to not only enjoy fantastic racing, but also the arrival of the latest crop of foals. Below features some of the impressive youngsters produced by our portfolio management clients so far, with photos courtesy of Newgate Farm. Anamoe x Forever Loved filly, bred by Greg and Donna Kolivos' Lightning Thoroughbreds - Forever Loved was a JHB yearling selection and winner of the Group 2 Blazer Stakes at Flemington. Capitalist x Danserai d'Amour colt, bred by Belinda Bateman. Danersai d'Amour is a Redoute's Choice three-quarter sister to dual Group 1 winner Russian Revolution, out of JHB broodmare purchaser Ballet d'Amour. Anamoe x Kiki Express filly, bred by G1G Racing and Breeding. Kiki Express was a winner of the Listed Debutant Stakes at Caulfield as a two-year-old and was a JHB purchase at the Magic Millions Broodmare Sale in 2024, carrying this filly. Home Affairs x Pretty Woman filly, bred by Rob Love. This filly is out of Rob's homebred Pretty Woman, who was an impressive winner of her first two starts as a two-year-old, and very unlucky in the Group 2 Reisling Stakes. Anamoe x Starry colt, bred by Belinda Bateman. This colt is out of JHB yearling purchase Starry, who is already the dam of Group 3 Gimcrack Stakes runner-up Celestial Bling (by Capitalist). 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 3rd October

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. Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Last week we looked forward to America's Championship race, the US$7 Million Breeders' Cup Classic. This week sees the latest renewal of Europe's Championship race, the €5 million Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, which will be run this Sunday at 11:20pm AEST. This year looks a particularly open renewal, with the betting dominated by the three-year-olds Look de Vega (by Lope de Vega and trained in France by Yann and Carlos Lerner), Sosie (by Sea The Stars and trained in France by André Fabre), Los Angeles (by Camelot and trained in Ireland by Aidan O'Brien) and Shin Emperor (by Siyouni and trained in Japan by Yoshito Yahagi). As always this will be a fascinating contest, and the video above from Attheraces gives you a bit of background into the thinking behind the race and the great spoils up for grabs. Lady of Camelot to tackle The Everest It was with great pleasure that we announced on Wednesday that we have reached an agreement for Sir Owen Glenn's Go Bloodstock operation to lease the James Harron Bloodstock slot in the 2024 The Everest, with a view to running their outstanding Group 1 Golden Slipper winning filly Lady of Camelot. It is fantastic to do a deal with Sir Owen. Lady of Camelot is an outstanding flagship for his hugely successful breeding operation, and we are looking forward to cheering her on at Randwick in The Everest, with upside for our partners in the slot built into the deal should she run as well as we hope she can. This year's Everest looks to be wide open, and based off the form she showed when winning the Group 1 Golden Slipper, Lady of Camelot is right in the mix and can bounce back to this form returning to weight for age (carrying 51kgs vs the older geldings on 58.5kgs) after being poorly treated at the set weights and penalties scale last time in the Group 2 The Shorts. Solid selling at Goffs Orby    The European yearling sales circuit transferred this week to Goffs for their two-day Orby Yearling Sale, and the sales figures held up strongly. The average was up 5% to €128,594, and in total over €50 million worth of yearlings changed hands. Godolphin were in strong form, purchasing seven yearlings including the sale-topping Frankel colt at €2,000,000 pictured above. This colt is out of the Listed-winning Invincible Spirit mare Loch Lein, and from the family of Group 1 winners Bandini, Out for a Spin and Lord North. Martini Mumma to the Kosciuszko The $2 million TAB Kosciuszko has been a fantastic innovation by Racing NSW, giving country trainers, and punters the chance to experience the thrill of racing at Royal Randwick on Everest day for huge prize money. It has been a long-term aim for Rob Love's homebred mare Martini Mumma by her trainer Matt Dale to work towards this race, and it was fantastic that on Friday last week she managed to secure a slot, with David Tatler of Ermington electing to put his faith in her. She ran on Saturday at Rosehill, where she simply ended up far too much out of her ground, running on strongly from an impossible position and recording the 3rd best final 600m of the day. Better placed in running, she can bounce right back to her brilliant best in the Kosciuszko. Trial winner for King's Legacy    As the new crop of two-year-olds begin to hit the trials, it is always interesting to see how the progeny of the new stallions will shape up, and of course we are watching with great interest with regard to the first runners for our Colt Partnership graduate King's Legacy (by Redoute's Choice, and pictured above). On Tuesday in Adelaide we saw an impressive debut trial from King's Legacy filly Steel Trap, trained by Dan Clarken and Oopy Mac Gillivray. She was smartly into stride, and always travelled powerfully near the speed before drawing clear for an impressive win. She will now likely head to the 2YO Moorundi Classic at Murray Bridge on Saturday 12th October. WATCH THE TRIAL CLICK HERE Two-year-old hour of power! The first hour of racing this Saturday will see the first outing on race day for the new crop of two-year-olds, which is always both exciting and interesting with a view towards the remainder of the juvenile season. These races were good to us in 2023, with Espionage taking out the Breeders' Plate and Bodyguard (pictured above) victorious in the Maribyrnong trial. Below are the juvenile races carded, with times in AEST. Saturday 5th October 12:15pm - Officiating at Aquis Plate - 1050m Doomben 12:40pm - Group 3 Arrowfield Breeders' Plate - 1000m Randwick 12:55pm - Listed Maribyrnong Trial Stakes - 1000m - Flemington 1:15pm - Group 3 Keeneland Gimcrack Stakes - 1000m Randwick This year, our Colt Partnership will field Valedictorian (by Zoustar, trained by Michael Freedman and ridden by Tommy Berry) in the Breeders' Plate and Gambler (by Capitalist, trained by Peter Snowden and ridden by Michael Dee) in the Maribyrnong Trial. We will also see the debut of impressive trial winner Memo (by Capitalist) in the Gimcrack. She was bred by our portfolio management client Rob Love, who has retained a share in this exciting filly. Equimillion this weekend    While there is plenty of exciting action on the track this weekend, we will also see a great showcase of thoroughbreds in action off the track, with the Equimillion, a recent initiative from Racing NSW. Open exclusively to retired racehorses, the Equimillion offers $1 million in prize money across various classes, including showing, dressage and show jumping. We are delighted to sponsor JHB Colt Graduate Mexico (by Capitalist), who will compete in the dressage and showjumping with rider Kimberley Keegan (both pictured above). Mexico only retired in March this year, and has quickly adapted with aplomb to his new career - so best of luck to he and Kimberley! For more information on the Equimillion, please CLICK HERE Copyright © 2024 James Harron Bloodstock, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. 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Lady of Camelot to tackle The Everest

James Harron Bloodstock and Sir Owen Glenn’s Go Bloodstock have come to an agreement whereby Go Bloodstock will lease the James Harron Bloodstock slot in the 2024 The Everest, with a view to running their outstanding Group 1 Golden Slipper-winning filly Lady of Camelot, trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.

Of the agreement, James Harron said, “it is fantastic to do a deal with Sir Owen. Lady of Camelot is an outstanding flagship for his hugely successful breeding operation, and we are looking forward to cheering her on at Randwick in The Everest, with upside for our partners in the slot built into the deal should she run as well as we hope she can”.

Go Bloodstock Director Steve O’Connor said, “we are thrilled to be heading to The Everest with Lady of Camelot. Winning the breed-shaping Group 1 Golden Slipper with her was an incredible achievement for Sir Owen as an owner and a breeder, so to have her now heading towards The Everest will be another exciting step in a fantastic journey”.

Bright Track Weekly 27th September

Bright Track Weekly In a world where challenges often take centre stage, we will bring focus on the positive. Bright Track Weekly highlights a selection of racing and breeding snippets, celebrating the vitality of our great sport. City of Troy ignites excitement Coolmore and their partners have long coveted victory in the US$7m Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Classic on dirt, coming agonisingly close in 2000 with "The Iron Horse" Giant's Causeway going down by just a neck to Tiznow, who would go on to defeat another European star, Sahkee, in 2001 by a similar margin. Their latest star, City of Troy (by Justify), has now put together a trio of Group 1 wins as a 3YO in the Epsom Derby over 2400m, the Eclipse Stakes and the Juddmonte International, both over 2000m.   Demonstrating the meticulous planning of Coolmore Ireland's master trainer, Aidan O'Brien, City of Troy was sent for a racecourse gallop at Southwell in the UK this week, with the team not only sending City of Troy and a field of stablemates to simulate a race, but also a set of American starting gates, along with the bell that will ring as they open, to further expose their colt to what he will face against America's best at Del Mar on Saturday 2nd November. On what was not a race day at Southwell, a large crowd turned out to watch him in what was a great display of the appeal of horse racing, and the connection that fans build with its stars. City of Troy put on a great show for those that travelled to see him, powering well clear of his companions, and it will be with great excitement that he lines up at California in November for his date with destiny. You can view footage of his track gallop at the link above. A greyt week for Silver Spirit Rob Love's broodmare Silver Spirit (pictured above with her 2021 Capitalist filly Spirit of Wealth) secured by JHB for $60,000 at the 2019 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale from Bhima Thoroughbreds (sold on behalf of GSA Bloodstock), has been something of a quiet achiever with her progeny, and looks like breaking through in some style with her latest pair of flying fillies. She was bought in foal to Capitalist, with the resultant filly, Greyt Mumma, retained to race by Rob and a group of his friends, to whom she provided a great journey. She took the ownership group to many super days at the track,  winning three times, including at city level. Next came the very speedy Pariah filly Martini Mumma, also retained by Rob to race and she has been a revelation with Goulburn trainer Matt Dale. She won twice in the country by big margins, before heading to town and again impressively taking out a strong Highway at Rosehill before running a brave fourth in the Listed Denise's Joy Stakes at the Scone Cup Carnival. She returned in great order recently at Randwick with a strong third at BM78 grade, and again returns to that level tomorrow at Rosehill where she will get her favoured soft ground conditions and can hopefully put herself on notice for one of the remaining slots in the $2m Kosciuszko at Randwick on 19th October. Silver Spirit's latest three-year-old filly looks to be well on the path of following her sisters' hoof prints. Sold to Darby Racing and trained by Michael Freedman, she is named Spirit of Wealth and has impressed hugely by winning both of her starts, including in city grade on Wednesday at Warwick Farm, again trucking along near the lead and showing her rivals a clean pair of heels in the straight. She looks every inch a black type filly in the making, so well done to her connections. We look forward to heading to the Gold Coast in January with Silver Spirit's lovely King's Legacy colt in the Newgate Farm draft. New Magic Millions 'super session' of selling    The Magic Millions' $14.5m race day, which in 2025 will be held at the Gold Coast on Saturday 11th January, has by all measures been a runaway success. It is a wonderful day of top-class racing, with huge prize money up for grabs for the participants. It has, as pointed out by Magic Millions Managing Director Barry Bowditch, become quite arduous after a long day at the races, to switch focus to an evening of selling horses for buyers and sellers alike.   Magic Millions should be applauded for, as always, listening to the feedback and innovating a new approach to the final session of selling by essentially moving the Saturday night session, and creating a 'super session' on Friday 10th January, giving all involved the chance to thoroughly enjoy a day of quality racing on Saturday. 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.

Kundalini wins again at Caulfield

After a promising juvenile season, which saw her run placed in the $2m Inglis Millennium, Kundalini has been lightly-raced. With new trainer Grahame Begg, she recently broke through to win her maiden at Sale, and this weekend lined up in a very strong mares 1200m set weights and penalties race, with no fewer than eight stakes winners in opposition.

In the event she was superb under jockey Michael Dee, stalking the speed and coming with a powerful run in the final stages to win impressively. Given the strength of this field she now looks set to once again make her mark at black type level.

Kundalini was a JHB yearling purchase on behalf of John & Deb Camilleri’s Fairway Thoroughbreds at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale. She is by Champion Sire I Am Invincible and out of 2YO Group 1 winner Ruud Awakening and is a half-sister to the very smart performer Rise of the Masses.

Bright Track Weekly - 20th September

Bright Track Weekly In a world where challenges often take centre stage, we will bring focus on the positive. Bright Track Weekly highlights a selection of racing and breeding snippets, celebrating the vitality of our great sport. Bodyguard Returns to the Trials We have waited patiently for the return of our Colt Partnership's dual stakes-winning juvenile Bodyguard at the trials as a three-year-old, which was set for this Monday at Rosehill. Always an outstanding physical specimen, as you can see in the photo above, he's blossomed further into an Adonis as a three-year-old, and it was fantastic to see him blitz his trial rivals under jockey Tommy Berry, coming home over six lengths clear of his competition. (REPLAY CLICK HERE) He will return to racing action next Saturday 28th September in the Listed Heritage Stakes at Rosehill over 1100m, with Tommy Berry booked to ride. First Official 2YO Trials on Monday   The latter part of September is always a very exciting time in both the breeding and racing worlds, as we see the latest crop of Sydney two-year-olds unveiled at the first official two-year-old trials, which this year will be on Monday 23rd September. This is often a source of many future stakes winners, no more so than last year, where we saw no fewer than 10 future individuals stakes winners. For the James Harron Bloodstock Colt Partnership these trials were the source of stakes-winning juveniles Espionage, Bodyguard and Highness last year, while also producing Fearless (later Gr1 placed) and Customized (later Gr3 placed). Outside of these we also had the first look at subsequent Group 1 winning fillies Lady of Camelot and Manaal. This year's heats will see three colts for the JHB Colt Partnership, Gambler (by Capitalist) in Heat 1 at 9:00am, Valedictorian (by Zoustar) in Heat 3 at 9:30am and Anarchist (by Exceed and Excel) in Heat 5 at 10:00am, while our Filly Partnership sends out Mythology (by Wootton Bassett) in Heat 4 at 9:45am. It is also great to see that JHB Colt Partnership graduate Capitalist is the most-represented sire, with six of his two-year-olds entered to trial. The action kicks off from 9am on Monday, and will be live on Sky Thoroughbred Central and www.racingnsw.com.au  Brightside and Jenni in epic Flemington showdown This year's Group 1 Maybe Diva Stakes at Flemington on Saturday really was a race for the ages. Both ridden to their optimal effect, both Mr Brightside and Pride of Jenni gave their absolute all on a heavy 9 track, with Mr Brightside just getting his nose in front on the line under Craig Williams. These two warhorses are building one of the most captivating rivalries we have seen in years, and here's hoping that they will have many more duels in the future. The Everest Taking Shape The past two weekends have seen a couple of key races with regard to the make up of the field for this year's The Everest on 19th October. Bella Nipotina is an incredible example of longevity and toughness, looking to be as good as ever with a fast-finishing second to I Am Me in the Group 3 Concorde Stakes over 1000m on what was her 53rd start. It was no surprise to see a deal done for her this week, with TAB securing her to race in their slot for 2024. Sunshine in Paris lined up to defend her crown in the Group 2 Sheraco Stakes on Saturday and under an inspired Tommy Berry ride, she got there in the nick of time after sitting well back from the frantic speed set up front. She was secured by JHB at the 2022 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale for her owners John and Deb Camilleri. With John and Deb's Fairway Thoroughbreds now having secured an Everest slot, Sunshine in Paris looks assured of lining up on 19th October.

Bodyguard return to the trials in excellent order.

Bodyguard is a very lightly-raced son of I Am Invincible for our James Harron Bloodstock Colt Partnership, and it was great to get him back to the trials this morning at Rosehill.

In his heat he very much enjoyed himself in the lead under jockey Tommy Berry, and powered upwards of six lengths clear of his rivals in the final stages to mark himself down a key Spring contender.

Bodyguard was a winner of the Listed Maribyrnong Trial and the Group 3 Blue Diamond Prelude as a 2YO, in just four starts, and will now head towards the good sprint races through the Spring.

Sunshine in Paris superb in Sheraco Stakes

Sunshine in Paris returned this weekend first up to defend her title in the Group 2 Sheraco Stakes and proved herself up to the task in great style. Still several lengths back on the home turn after a frantic speed set by Belclare, Sunshine in Paris dug deep in her characteristic style to produce a sparkling turn of foot to run down a gallant Mumbai Muse in the shadows of the post under a great steer from jockey Tommy Berry.

Sunshine in Paris was secured for her owners John & Deb Camilleri of Fairway Thoroughbreds at the 2022 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale, and now heads towards the $20m The Everest at Randwick on Saturday 19th October.

A huge congratulations to John & Deb for their success with this star mare, and well done to trainers Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald who have done a great job in nurturing her career.

Bright Track Weekly - 12th September 2024

A Bright Start to a New Season In a world where challenges often take centre stage, we will bring focus on the positive. This new, weekly newsletter, Bright Track Weekly, will highlight a selection of racing and breeding snippets, celebrating the vitality of our great sport. Yearling Sales Booming Following a record-breaking Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling Sale in August, which saw over US$82,000,000 (A$122m)  worth of yearlings changing hands, the stage moved to Kentucky for Book 1 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale this week. The incredible momentum continues unabated, with records once again being surpassed. Book 1 (the first two days of a 12 day sale) concluded with an average up 10.8% to US$586,000 (A$876,230)  and a median up 18.75% to  US$475,000 ($A710,260). Pictured above is the sale-topping US$5m (A$7.48m) Curlin x Cavorting colt, sold by Indian Creek on behalf of Stonestreet Stables to Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm. Strong start for three-year-olds When any crop of juveniles return for their three-year-old season there is great anticipation to see if they can measure up against their elders. With that in mind it was exciting to see Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes winner Hayasugi and Group 1 Golden Slipper winner Lady of Camelot perform with great credit to be second and third respectively against the older horses in the Group 1 Moir Stakes last Saturday. This sets the stage for an exciting season ahead for the very highly-regarded three-year-old crop. Dual Group 1 breakthroughs There have been two Group 1 races in Victoria so far this season, and both have seen trainers taking out their first victories at the elite level. Pictured above on the left is Gavin Bedggood alongside his revitalised sprinter Mornington Glory, who took out the Group 1 Moir Stakes at $9. On the right is Enver Jusufovic with his Group 1 Memsie Stakes winner Pinstriped, victorious at odds of $14. Congratulations to all involved! Excellent Frankel colt for Emro Our Broodmare Partnership welcomed a new arrival this week in the shape of a Frankel colt out of Emro. She was purchased by James for US$425,000 in foal to Constitution at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton November Sale. The resultant yearling filly by Constitution sold for US$500,000 to Lael Stables at the  Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling Sale this August, so Emro is off to a cracking start in her broodmare career!  Mexico for the Equimillion The thoroughbred is an incredibly versatile breed, able to take on any number of disciplines. Mexico, who was Group 2 placed in the Roman Consul Stakes for the James Harron Bloodstock Colt Partnership, was retired just six months ago, and is proving to be a great comrade for his new owner Victoria Bloch (both pictured above). The Equimillion is a new initiative, showcasing and celebrating the adaptability and suitability of thoroughbreds in new careers, with $1,000,000 in prize money available over four days of competition. We are very proud to sponsor Victoria and Mexico as they work towards this new event in early October.

Stellar return at Rosehill for Blanc de Blanc

Blanc de Blanc had a very fruitful 2YO season, which saw her finish runner up in both the $2m Inglis Millennium and the Group 3 Magic Night Stakes as well as third in the Group 2 Sweet Embrace Stakes and be the first filly home in the Group 1 Golden Slipper. Her 3YO season was blighted by setbacks and wet tracks, and we only managed to run her twice.

This weekend saw her return as an imposing 4YO mare now, and with a smooth preparation leading in, she produced an impressive return in the 1100m BM78 at Rosehill. Settled toward midfield by jockey James McDonald, she sprinted hard in the final stages, with only the progressive and still-unbeaten Briasa in front of her on the line.

With 59.5kgs, Blanc de Blanc was effectively conceding Briasa 4.5kgs at WFA, which makes her effort all the more meritorious, as does her outstanding final 600m split of 32.94 seconds, the third fastest for the entire day.

Blanc de Blanc was purchased for our Filly Partnership alongside her trainer Michael Freedman at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale in 2022. Her owners can now very much look forward to a positive 4YO campaign with this exciting mare having returned in such good order.

Kundalini shows spirit to win at Sale

Regally-bred I Am Invincible filly Kundalini started her career as a 2YO in great style, gaining valuable black type in the $2m Inglis Millennium, in what was an especially strong edition won by top-class filly Learning to Fly, with the likes of stakes winners Lazzago, Facile, Saltaire and Arkansas Kid in behind.

With that great base of achievement, it was fantastic to see her salute on her second start for new trainer Grahame Begg today at Sale. She settled just in behind the leader and fought on bravely for the win under mainly hands and heels riding from jockey Michael Dee.

Kundalini was a JHB yearling purchase at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale on behalf of John and Deb Camilleri’s Fairway Thoroughbreds operation. She is a half-sister to the top-class 2YO Rise of Masses, with both being out of Group 1 winning 2YO Ruud Awakening.

This victory will give her plenty of confidence going forward, and step back into black type company awaits through the Spring.

Congratulations again to owners John & Deb Camilleri, and well done to trainer Grahame Begg and jockey Michael Dee.

Satin Shimmer breaks through in style

Satin Shimmer (I Am Invincible x Satin Socks)

Following an incredibly frustrating run missing races due to wide barriers and wet tracks, it was a joy in itself to get Satin Shimmer back to the track today at Muswellbrook. In the event she provided even more cheer when running on strongly in the straight to defeat her rivals in great style under jockey Jean van Overmeire.

Satin Shimmer is a homebred for Belinda Bateman, who also raced her dam, the city winner Satin Socks, and her grandam, Group 2 Silver Slipper winner Satin Shoes, who was a JHB yearling purchase at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale. Satin Shoes has been a remarkable producer, not least for the fact that she has produced seven fillies on a row, all of which have been retained by Belinda.

Satin Socks has a Capitalist 2YO, who sold for $380,000 to Vinery Stud at this year’s Inglis Easter Yearling Sale. She also has a very nice Stay Inside colt yearling to sell in 2025, is in foal to King’s Legacy and visits Snitzel in 2024.

Congratulations again to Belinda Bateman, and many thanks to trainers Adrian Bott & Gai Waterhouse and to jockey Jean van Overmeire.

JHB Broodmare Partnership sells big in Saratoga

Constitution x Emro filly at Atlas Farm, Kentucky, USA

It was in 2022 that we identified a mare in Kentucky at the Fasig-Tipton November Breeding Stock Sale who, as a 2YO stakes winner, would be an ideal candidate for our Elite Broodmare Partnership. Named Emro, she was also offered in foal to Constitution, who was just beginning to emerge as a very promising stallion in America. We were thrilled to secure Emro for US$425,000 on behalf of the partnership.

Fast forward to the current day, and it was time for the resultant yearling that Emro was carrying at the time was offered today in the Fasig Tipton Saratoga Yearling Sale through the Bedouin Bloodstock draft. After parading in great style through the inspection period she was the subject of great attention from the buyers, and was eventually sold for US$500,000 to Lael Stables, more than covering the initial purchase price of her dam.

Thanks have to go to Neal Clark and Conor Doyle, who did a great job bother raising the filly at Atlas Farm and at the sales under their Bedouin Bloodstock banner.

Emro is now very well travelled herself. Having foaled down the Constitution filly, she was subsequently sent to the UK and bred to Juddmonte’s outstanding stallion Frankel. She is now resident at Newgate Farm here in Australia and due to foal in the next fortnight, ahead of a date with multiple Champion sire Snitzel in 2024.

Congratulations to our Broodmare Partnership clients Belinda Bateman, the Doyle family, Rob Love and Phil & Glenda Mehrten.

Rapido rounds them up at Canterbury

Rapido made a big impression in his final start last preparation, bolting clear at Newcastle to score by over four lengths. Returning this preparation as a gelding, he picked up where he left off at Canterbury today, again putting daylight between himself and his rivals under a great ride from Rachel King.

Rapido was a purchase for the James Harron Bloodstock Colt Partnership at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, from the Twin Hills Stud draft.

Thanks to trainers Peter and Paul Snowden, and gongratulations to owners, Belinda Bateman, Doyle’s Breeding and Racing, Rob Love, John & Frances Ingham, Gary Diamond, Danny & Pauline Saab, Marc & Lindy de Stoop, Phil & Glenda Mehrten, and Jean-Dominique & RIanna Huynh.

Martinis all round at Mumma flies at Rosehill

Having impressed with two dominant country wins, the time came this weekend for Martini Mumma to take the step into metropolitan grade this weekend at Rosehill. Under the care of Matt Dale, she contested a very competitive Highway, and put in another dominant display to again win by daylight under jockey Dylan Gibbons.

Martini Mumma is a homebred for Rob Love, being by Pariah and out of JHB broodmare purchase Silver Spirit. She now will be tested at black type level as she heads towards the Listed Denise’s Joy Stakes at Scone on 18th May.

Three for James Harron Bloodstock at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale

It was an especially exciting edition of the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale this year, with the first foal out of Champion Winx generating feverish excitement, and the entire Inglis team should be very proud of the great atmosphere that this generated.

We were in action, and delighted to come away with three high-quality yearlings for our owners, please see their details below

Lot 140 - Exceed and Excel x Media Sensation colt - $550,000

Our first purchase for the James Harron Bloodstock Colt Partnership was this colt by Exceed and Excel, secured from Sledmere Stud. He’s a very forward-looking colt, with lovely strength and a great attitude.

Exceed and Excel is one of the best sources of 2YO speed, and this colt is also out of Group 1 winner Media Sensation, who is by another good source of speed in I Am Invincible.

Lot 211 - Zoustar x Phantom Queen colt - $650,000

Our final purchase for the James Harron Bloodstock Colt Partnership for this year was this quality colt by Zoustar, secured from Widden Stud.

He is bred on the same Zoustar x Charge Forward cross that produced multiple Group 1 winner Sunlight. Phantom Queen is herself well-bred, being a half-sister to Group 1 winner Sweet Idea.

Lot 227 - Zoustar x Prompt Response - $2,200,000

Our final purchase at Inglis Easter was this magnificent filly by Zoustar out of Group 1 winner Prompt Response, purchase from Widden Stud.

An incredible filly, with great size, substance and power, and being out of a top-class mare we were very excited to secure her.

Espionage dominant in Kindergarten Stakes on Day 1 of the Championships

After narrowly missing out on a start in the Group 1 Golden Slipper, Espionage lined up as a strong favourite in the Group 3 Kindergarten Stakes for trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.

Settled beautifully just behind the speed by jockey Tommy Berry, Espionage cruised into the race in the straight and powered clear in the final stages to win by over three lengths.

This was Espionage’s second Group race victory as a 2YO, after his exciting earlier win in the Group 3 Breeders’ Plate at Randwick in October. He by leading sire Zoustar and is out of the very smart Street Cry mare In Times of War and was secured from the Baramul Stud draft for the JHB Colt Partnership.

Espionage will now head out for a well-deserved break, and looks a very exciting prospect as we look towards his three-year-old season.

Congratulations to owners Belinda Bateman, Rob Love, Fergus Doyle, Phil & Glenda Mehrten, John & Frances Ingham, Jean-Dominique & Rianna Huyhn, Gary Diamond, Danny & Pauline Saab, Marc & Lindy de Stoop, and Gerry & Katie Page Harvey.