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Cool Gent looks to bring the heat in the Tatt’s Stakes

Paul Symes

ANZ News

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Cool Gent (Credit: Michael McInally/Racing Queensland)

After suffering a 15-length defeat on debut at Toowoomba last December, it is quite the turnaround for Cool Gent (Winning Rupert) to be heading into Saturday’s Tattersall’s Stakes (Listed, 1400m) as one of the more fancied runners but co-trainer Adam Barling believes the bargain buy is worthy of his place near the top of the markets. 

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Having earned his stripes as Liam Birchley’s assistant, Barling readily admits he was initially reluctant to take the plunge into the training ranks full-time but his last-start Oxlade Stakes (Listed, 1200m) winner Cool Gent, who cost a mere $9,000 at last year’s Magic Millions March Yearling Sale, has more than justified the decision to branch out.

The 36-year-old trains on the Sunshine Coast in partnership with his father Shane but, having not been trackside to witness Cool Gent’s breathtaking victory, superstition dictates that Barling Snr will again be watching Saturday’s lucrative juvenile contest at Eagle Farm from the comfort of his couch.

Cool Gent became his unheralded sire’s first two-year-old black type winner at the same venue two weeks ago when he launched from the rear of the 14-runner field to topple race favourite Marffiano (Home Affairs), the Lindsay Park-trained colt who at $475,000 was more than 50 times the price of the Barlings’ stable star.  

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Marffiano reopposes in the Tatt’s Stakes, for which he holds early favouritism, and while naturally respectful of the colt as well as his fellow interstate raiders – which include last-start victors The Machine Gun (Stay Inside), Tannin (Exceed And Excel) and La Barrita (St Mark’s Basilica) – Barley is fearful of none.

His confidence will only heighten should the predicted rain arrive in Brisbane towards the end of the week, and provided Cool Gent – who opened at $8.50 – can cure a worrying tendency to hesitate when the gates open, Barley is adamant that back-to-back stakes wins is well within his grasp.

“He pulled up a treat from his win in the Oxlade Stakes and his gallop on Tuesday morning was as good if not better than it was heading into that race, so he’s definitely ready to go on Saturday,” Barling told ANZ News.

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“We weren’t 100 per cent certain that we’d press onto the Tatt’s Stakes but the way he’s been working since his last start, we’d be mad not to. If he was trained by Chris Waller he’d probably be a $1.60 chance on Saturday, but he does have a habit of missing the start so that may put some punters off.

“It’s not that he’s misbehaving or anything in the barriers, he can just be slowly away on occasion. But he has jumped cleanly and sat up on the speed in trials, so he’s certainly not one-dimensional and he doesn’t have to go back. If he does jump with them on Saturday and he doesn’t have to make up 17 lengths in the straight, then look out.

“A few of the southerners have got some pretty good form, but I wouldn’t say anything is really standing out in the field. If he goes about his business like he did last time, they would need to be on their A-game to beat him on Saturday.”

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Having just bought a house, Barley attended the 2025 Gold Coast March Yearling Sale purely on a fact-finding mission, but the initial intention to stick to window shopping was revised when Lot 41 – a colt he had taken a real shine to – was passed in.

His then-boss Birchley told him that if he couldn’t afford to buy the horse, he should find someone who could; and so after putting in some calls to friends and family members, two days later Barling plucked up the courage to make a post-sale offer to the colt’s breeder Mark Richards at Marlou Park.

A deal was swiftly done for a mere $9,000, and with over $130,000 in racetrack earnings already banked – not to mention the prospect of adding up to $92,000 more on Saturday – the decision has proved an inspired one.  

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Should Cool Gent win the Tatt’s Stakes, the trickle of offers from Hong Kong – which have previously been rebuffed – may turn into a torrent.

Given that he only retained a ten per cent share in the gelding, Barling will leave any decisions in the hands of the remaining owners but regardless of what happens in the future, he can at least draw on his ability to identify a promising yearling at a bargain basement price.     

“Liam [Birchley] always says that you need to buy an athlete first and foremost, and not worry too much about the pedigree,” said Barling, who reinvested some of Cool Gent’s early winnings on another colt by Winning Rupert (Written Tycoon) at the Magic Millions Gold Coast National Yearling Sale at the start of this month.

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“When I get to the sales, the first thing I do is look for the athletes and then work out how much we might have to spend on them. If they don’t have a standout pedigree, a lot of buyers will just turn the page so there is definitely some value to be found at the lower end of the market.

“I thought he [Cool Gent] had all the attributes to be an early-running type, which he was. He ran second to [subsequent stakes winner] Dream Roca in his first ever trial, so we knew he had plenty of ability and it gave us the confidence to take him to the races at Toowoomba.

“He was very disappointing on debut there, but I don’t think he handled the track that day and we didn’t lose faith in his abilities. We put him away for a spell and he won impressively at the Sunny Coast at his second start, so we knew then he was in for a good prep and he’s definitely delivered the goods ever since.”

Stud News

Blue Gum announce acquisition of Libertad and Coleman

Libertad (Credit: Racing PHotos)

Blue Gum Farm has announced the addition of two stallions for the 2026 breeding season, with Group 1-winning sprinter Libertad (Russian Revolution) and Group-winning juvenile Coleman (Pierata) joining the roster.

Libertad will stand at $9,900 (inc GST), while Coleman will stand at $7,700 (inc GST), presenting breeders with value and access to two highly credentialled young stallions.

Among the ownership groups behind both horses are Jason and Melanie Stenning of Trilogy Racing and Blue Gum Farm, who are delighted to welcome the pair to the historic Euroa nursery.

“We are extremely proud to stand the first Group 1 winner to race in our silks. Securing Libertad, despite strong competition, marks a significant win for the farm as we continue to strengthen an already respected and successful stallion roster,” Blue Gum Farm’s Jason Stenning said.

An undefeated Group winner at two, Libertad displayed high-level precocity before developing into one of Australia’s most durable and consistent Group-race sprinters, with the five-year-old’s biggest win coming most recently in November’s Winterbottom Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m).

“He demonstrated class, consistency and longevity throughout his career. He won Group races at two, three, four and five. To my knowledge, the only other stallion in the modern era to achieve that feat is Lonhro,” Stenning said.

Meanwhile, Coleman brings explosive speed and precocious talent to the roster including Group 3 and Listed contests.

“Coleman’s two-year-old form speaks for itself, and above all, he is an outstanding physical specimen,” Stenning said.

“Our industry is built on speed, and he was an exceptionally fast horse. He broke the class record when winning the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes at Caulfield and was only narrowly beaten in the second-fastest Golden Slipper this decade.

“It takes a very good horse to consistently produce the times he did.”

Libertad represents the flourishing Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) branch of the Redoute’s Choice/Danehill (Danzig) sire line and descends from a proven, high-performing family. Coleman, the first stakes winner for emerging sire Pierata (Pierro), offers further pedigree depth through influential stallion Canny Lad (Bletchingly) and a family rich in Group 1 success.

“At Blue Gum Farm, we strive to provide breeding solutions for every level of the industry. We deliver blue-chip opportunities for commercial breeders while also supporting grassroots participants in their pursuit of breeding a winner,” Stenning added.

For further information on Libertad and Coleman, or to discuss breeding plans for the upcoming season, contact Blue Gum Farm and discover how they can help you breed your next star of the turf.

Morning Briefing

Australia

Double Market tops Inglis June (Late) Sale at $200,000

Double Market (Credit: Inglis)

Group 2-winning filly Double Market (Castelvecchio) topped the Inglis Digital June (Late) Online Sale that closed on Wednesday, realising $200,000.

Offered by Lindsay Park, Double Market was purchased by Geoff Walsh, who said the mare would likely be served by exciting young stallion Anamoe (Street Boss) this season.

“I’ve got a nom to Anamoe, I think he’s the complete package, I like the fact he kept racing and won in every year that he was racing and he’s also a very attractive stallion that I think will really suit Double Market,’’ Walsh said.

“Jim Clarke advises me on my bloodstock purchases and he graded this mare highly on physique especially, plenty of strength and he thinks she could throw some nice foals and become a commercial broodmare for me.

“I like to have 12-15 mares and I lost one foaling down last year so I’ve been looking to replace her and Double Market really fitted the bill.

“I was hoping to get her for a bit less but I thought $200,000 was a fair price, anything over that would have stretched me to keep going much further.”

The sale's second-top lot was six-year-old mare Takemine (Hellbent), a three-quarter sister to Chayan (I Am Invincible) - who sold at this year’s Inglis Chairman’s Sale for $5.6 million.

Offered by her ownership group, Takemine sold to Michael Pitt for $160,000. Pitt confirmed Takemine would be immediately retired and bred to this spring, although he was unsure of which stallion she would visit.

“I have three mares at Arrowfield so I’ll have a chat to the team there and see what they think about potential matings but I still have a bit of time up my sleeve to make that call,’’ Pitt said.

“I’ve been looking for another nice mare for a while now and I found her when I looked at the Inglis Digital catalogue when it came online on Friday and just thought with her breeding and from a family that is doing so much, she would have every chance at stud."

In total, the June (Late) Sale grossed $3,125,450, with other significant results including Dayeala (Starcraft) – in foal to The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice) – who sold to Mayfair Farm for $120,000 and a Godolphin draft of ten racehorses which grossed $435,500, headed by the three-year-old Comedy (Snitzel) who sold to Jack Bruce for $95,000.

Entries are now open for the Inglis Digital July (Early) Sale, which will be held from July 10-15. Entries will remain open until midnight on Wednesday, July 8. To enter click here.

God’s Window set for W J McKell Cup

British import God's Window (Dubawi) is likely to be Chris Waller's only hope in Saturday's W J McKell Cup (Listed, 2000m) at Rosehill, with stablemate Rotagilla (All Too Hard) seemingly set to head to Eagle Farm for the Tattersall's Mile (Listed, 1600m) instead. Rotagilla has remained in Brisbane since finishing third in a Benchmark 90 (1810m) at Eagle Farm earlier this month and Waller's assistant trainer, Charlie Duckworth, feels the Tatt's Mile makes sense. "He is already up there anyway, and 2000 [metres] just sees him out because he wants to get a little bit keen, so he will stay over the mile up there instead," Duckworth said. "He is a good little horse. He just needs speed on, and Tim [Clark] gets on well with him. That's another factor for keeping him up there." Meanwhile, God's Window will bid to hand Waller a second success in the W J McKell Cup following Skyman (Mukhadram) in 2022. The five-year-old gelding scored in a Benchmark 94 (1600m) at Randwick on May 23 and followed that up with a second placing in a 1600-metre handicap back at that track on June 6. "Both runs back over a mile have been really good," Duckworth said. "He has drawn slightly sticky, but he is relaxing better than he ever has, which has been a bit of a concern for him. He had a tick over trial last week. He's right in it."

Rae hoping to keep stable run going

Having racked up a hat-trick of recent wins, the Alex Rae-trained I'm Foxing (I Am Immortal) will chase a fourth-straight success on Saturday when she contests the $150,000 MRC Membership Made Of Moments 3YO Handicap (1000m) at Caulfield. The daughter of I Am Immortal's (I Am Invincible) maiden win at Yarra Valley on March 24 was the first of 13 winners from 45 starters for Rae and he is hopeful that the run can continue this weekend. "It was a little unpleasant six months ago when we had a stack of ordinary horses and we were just trying to work our way through things and get to the city with some better quality horses," Rae said. "To be fair, these horses have all bobbed up at a similar time, so it's no surprise and there's plenty of nice ones still to come through. We've just got to keep working hard and hopefully it keeps coming, because you know racing is a tough game." I'm Foxing faces her toughest test this weekend, but Rae is not shying away from it given the dashing nature of her recent performances. "We're just letting her run," he said. "I was really trying to get her to switch off but it was working against and she was just becoming even more ferocious. At Caulfield when she won, we wanted her to be a little relaxed in the run but she led up quick horses that day and looked explosive. We'll adopt the same tactics on Saturday and if they're good enough to catch her, good on them."

Venom Rush bidding to bounce back at Ipswich

Venom Rush (Scorpz) will bid to put a disappointing last-start effort in the Queensland Day Stakes (Listed, 1200m) behind him when he heads to Ipswich on Thursday. The three-year-old gelding ran last of 17 in the Listed event on June 6, albeit as a $41 chance, and trainer Michael Morrison is expecting a better effort in a Class 1 contest on Thursday. "I'm more than certain he's got a good race in him," Morrison said. "We thought we would be more competitive in that race but if you have a quick squiz at the replay, we're three-wide early and then from that point I think the white towel was thrown up. So he pulled up from that really well considering that he's pretty much gone around for a track gallop. He was beaten 7.5-lengths in a Listed race so I wouldn't be using that run as an indicator."

Sale-topping Extreme Choice colt makes winning debut

Omolong pictured as a yearling (Credit: Magic Millions)

If punters backed horses the way some breeders and buyers approached matings and yearling selection, the market of today's Asahi Super Dry 2yo Hcp (1100m) at Warwick Farm should have been reversed. The early September foal would have been odds-on favourite and the January conceived youngster on debut, the longshot. As it happened, the punters paid no heed to the date of conception or birth and backed Omolong (Extreme Choice) into the red and were duly rewarded. Despite missing the start, Yulong-owned Omolong lead home a Chris Waller trifecta with a dominant display on debut, beating Sanctum (Stay Inside) by 1.2 lengths with a further 0.2 lengths back to Letters Patent (Wootton Bassett) in third. “They all ran super. Obviously, Omolong made it hard for himself, stepping a little bit slow away, but he was too good and the other two acquitted themselves nicely,” said stable representative Charlie Duckworth. “We’ll get today out of the way. He's now no longer a maiden, so he'll have to step up in grade and things become much harder from that point on, but it was a brilliant first day at school. He's a little bit small, but that's Extreme Choice… he can throw them in any shape and size, and they've all seemingly got engines. Gerry Harvey kept a little share in him as well. He did the same with Campione D'Italia, so hopefully he's just as lucky with this colt.” It is likely Omolong would have looked out of place at the 2025 Magic Millions January Sale as a mere 12-month-old, but by June it was a different story. Catalogued as Lot 1282 at the 2025 Magic Millions National Yearling Sale, Omolong sold to a sale record-equalling $850,000 to Yulong Investments. The colts popularity was little surprise being a half-brother to Group-winning juvenile Prost (Snitzel) from a city-winning, half-sister to multiple Group 1 sprinter Samaready (More Than Ready).

Pin Up Sheila maintains unbeaten record

Having made a winning debut at Canterbury on May 27, the Tom Charlton-trained Pin Up Sheila (Pinatubo) made it two wins from as many starts when scoring at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. Ridden by Dylan Gibbons, the juvenile Pinatubo (Shamardal) filly defeated Scuro Star (D’Argento) by 0.9 lengths in the 1100-metre handicap contest with a further 1.7 lengths back to Sambuca Sky (Portland Sky) in third place. "She will learn a lot. She did a bit wrong in her trial the other day, and even up the running today she is climbing a bit in her action and not quite flattening out yet," Charlton said. "Hopefully, that will do her the world of good going forward. We will probably turn her out now. I'll have a chat with [owners] the Esplin family, who have obviously got a nice filly on their hands. I'd say we'll give her a breather and look after her, and perhaps she can look at something a little later in the spring. She will definitely stay further than today. She has a very stout female line, but she's not slow. The stallion is quite a mixed bag. He can get a bit of everything, so we'll have to work that out."

New Zealand

Bradman on target for southern Group finale

A rejuvenated Bradman (Pins) will chase further course and distance success at Trentham on Saturday ahead of a final trip south to bring the curtain down on his career. The hardy eight-year-old came indifferent efforts to run his rivals into the deck earlier this month and a repeat performance in the Aztech Engineering Handicap (1500m) now beckons. “He was coming up slowly after he had spelled so well and he had put in three or four lack lustre runs really,” Awapuni trainer Roydon Bergerson said. “I thought he ranged up to win at Wanganui and he didn’t finish it off, so we changed a couple of things in his training.” They had the desired outcome last time out at Trentham with Bradman making the running and then headed wide out on the track in the run home to comfortably hold his rivals at bay. “We took him away from the colts at home and stuck him on the fillies’ side and that seems to have worked, he’s an older gelding and it’s brightened him up,” Bergerson said. All going well at the weekend, Bradman will be on a path toward Riccarton for a third crack at the Winter Cup (Gr 3, 1600m). The son of Pins (Snippets) has twice placed in the race and the August 1 feature will be his final race day outing. “He’s climbed to the top of the weight scale and it’s pretty hard on him, so he’ll probably have a jump-out or a trial before he heads south for his last run,” Bergerson said.

NZTR welcomes Minister's call for industry collaboration

New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) has welcomed comments by Racing Minister Winston Peters calling for collaboration to secure the long-term future of racing in New Zealand. The TAB NZ Advisory Committee released its proposals for reform of the racing sector on Wednesday, some of which would require legislative change. NZTR board chair Russell Warwick said NZTR has consistently supported a collaborative approach to considering these proposals. "To date, that collaboration has been lacking and it now appears we are at an impasse," Warwick said. "To move forward, the Committee must be willing to engage in genuine negotiation rather than simply seeking agreement to the proposals as they currently stand. We also note the Minister's view that legislative reform should be a last resort. NZTR believes much of what needs to be achieved can be delivered within existing frameworks." While discussions on the future structure of the industry continue, NZTR's immediate priority remains providing certainty around funding for the 2026/27 season, which begins in just 36 days. “To provide certainty for participants, NZTR is committing to maintaining funding at current season levels for the next three months. This will ensure clubs and participants can continue to plan and operate with confidence while longer-term funding arrangements are finalised."

International

UK: Asfoora plans outlined by Dwyer

Asfoora (Credit: Racing PHotos)

Henry Dwyer has revealed that Asfoora (Flying Artie) could have as many as three more runs during her final racing campaign before being readied for a northern hemisphere time cover. The now seven-year-old mare ran seventh in the King Charles III Stakes (Gr 1, 5f) at Royal Ascot last week, beaten two lengths, and could yet bid for a fourth European Group 1 victory. "She's going into quarantine on the 31st of July to get back here for the breeding season at the start of September," Dwyer said. "We can run her at Sandown on Saturday week in the five-furlong Group 3 sprint there, the Sprint Stakes, which will be two-and-a-half weeks between runs and then there's the Group 2 King George Stakes at Goodwood the day she's supposed to go into quarantine. They're two options for her before she comes home. But if she was to win one or both of them, which we'd be a chance to, then the Nunthorpe is three weeks later and the owners might be persuaded to put off getting her served by a month." The Nunthorpe Stakes (Gr 1, 5f), which Asfoora won last year, will be run at York on August 21. "I think she ran near enough her best, she just blew out that last little bit," Dwyer said of the mare's King Charles III run. "Maybe off the back of two very soft runs she still needed it a bit the other day. She had a big blow, but at least she tried and I feel like her next run will be her peak run."

First Season Sire Runners

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Sponsored by Swettenham Stud

Extreme Warrior (AUS)

Sodapop (AUS) (b c ex Stay Gold (AUS) by Toorak Toff (AUS))

R1 (1:00pm): Bendigo, 2yo Ladbrokes Odds Surge Mdn Plate, 1100m

Home Affairs (AUS)

Like An Eagle (AUS) (ch g ex Slots (AUS) by Casino Prince (AUS))

R2 (1:20pm): Wyong, 2yo Cotter Accountants Mdn Hcp, 1350m

Cybersecurity (AUS) (ch c ex Tulip (AUS) by Pierro (AUS))

R1 (1:00pm): Bendigo, 2yo Ladbrokes Odds Surge Mdn Plate, 1100m

Pinatubo (IRE)

Mauna Loa (AUS) (b f ex Arianne (NZ) by Zabeel (NZ))

R1 (1:00pm): Bendigo, 2yo Ladbrokes Odds Surge Mdn Plate, 1100m

Splintex (AUS)

Carrigane Boy (AUS) (b/br g ex Pambella (AUS) by Playing God (AUS))

R1 (12:57pm): Northam, 2yo Kunine Grazing Mdn, 1400m

St Mark's Basilica (FR)

Saint Willo (AUS) (b c ex Willo Titto (AUS) by Pierro (AUS))

R1 (1:00pm): Bendigo, 2yo Ladbrokes Odds Surge Mdn Plate, 1100m

Sword Of State (AUS)

Iminastate (NZ) (b c ex Imanana (AUS) by More Than Ready (USA))

R2 (1:20pm): Wyong, 2yo Cotter Accountants Mdn Hcp, 1350m

Tiger of Malay (AUS)

Free Ride (AUS) (b/br g ex Amarela (NZ) by Pentire (GB))

R1 (12:57pm): Northam, 2yo Kunine Grazing Mdn, 1400m

Tiger Of Malay (AUS)

Kejayaan (AUS) (b f ex Mumbeilly (NZ) by O'reilly (NZ))

R1 (1:00pm): Bendigo, 2yo Ladbrokes Odds Surge Mdn Plate, 1100m

Wooded (IRE)

La Foret Belle (AUS) (b f ex Au Fait (AUS) by More Than Ready (USA))

R1 (1:00pm): Bendigo, 2yo Ladbrokes Odds Surge Mdn Plate, 1100m

Victor Ludorum (GB)

Insofaras (AUS) (b f ex Quatenus (AUS) by Exceed And Excel (AUS))

R3 (2:12pm): Northam, Countrywide Insurance Maiden, 1100m

It’s In The Blood

Midnight Dynamite

Midnight Dynamite (Credit: Sportpix)

By Trevor Marshallsea

ANZ News

From an agonising pinhooking failure - belying a family with several elite winners - Midnight Dynamite (Pierata) has gone on to shine as yet another success story for the power couple that is Darby Racing and Bjorn Baker.

Bred by Rheinwood Pastoral, the southern highlands boutique nursery that’s brought us Group 1 heroes Private Harry (Harry Angel), Libertad (Russian Revolution) and more, the four-year-old model of consistency became a black type winner in Saturday’s Civic Stakes (Listed, 1400m) at Randwick, as a popular short-priced favourite.

If not quite a story of humble beginnings, his is definitely one with a bleak second chapter.

Midnight Dynamite is the third foal of Talented Miss (Al Maher), who Rheinwood bought in tandem with Bill Mitchell Bloodstock for $85,000 in 2018, carrying her first foal by Shalaa (Invincible Spirit). In a scene that would have a reprise, Talented Miss had been offered a month earlier at the Inglis Chairman’s sale, but failed to meet the same $85,000 figure as her reserve.

There’s class in the family, though it mightn’t hit you on first blush. Talented Miss won twice from 12 starts, at Armidale and Inverell, while her mother Mahira (Canny Lad) was unraced. But digging a little deeper reveals quality.

Mahira also threw Talented Miss’s full-sister Acouplamas, who ran second in Listed class. Better still, Mahira’s mother Tilly Foster (Vice Regal), also unraced, spawned some great success. She threw two stakes placegetters including Kensington Gardens (Grosvenor), who ran third in the AJC Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m) of 1990 and became an outstanding broodmare.

Kensington Gardens threw no fewer than five black type victors - all by Danehill (Danzig) - from just six runners, two at the top rung.

They were headed by Blackfriars (Danehill), who won the VRC Derby (Gr 1, 2500m) among two stakes successes and went on to sire 48 black type winners. His three top-level victors include Playing God, who’s emulated his father in becoming a dominant champion sire in Western Australia.

Kensington Gardens also threw Larrocha, who won the South Australian Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m) when it still had top-level status. Larrocha threw Rocha (Encosta De Lago) - a Group 2 winner who in turn bore the Group 3-winning Rocha Clock (Pierro) - as well as the dam of a South African Group 3 victor.

The stakes-winning quintet of Kensington Gardens was rounded out by Group 2 winner Manton, and Waterford Road and Lions Gate, who both scored at Listed level.

Midnight Dynamite pedigree
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Midnight Dynamite

Pedigree information supplied by Arion Pedigrees

Brown Gelding 

Foaled in 2021

PIERATA (AUS)

Sire

TALENTED MISS (AUS) 

Dam

 Pierro

November Flight

 Al Maher

Mahira

Lonhro

 Miss Right Note

Flying Spur

 November Song

Danehill

Show Dancing

 Canny Lad

 Tilly Foster

Octagonal

Daylami

Danehill

Zabeel

Danzig

Don't Say Halo

Bletchingly

Vice Regal

PIERATA (AUS) (Brown 2014-Stud 2020). 9 wins-1 at 2, ATC All Aged S., Gr.1. Sire of 168 rnrs, 87 wnrs, inc. SW Coleman (MRC Chairman's S., Gr.3), Tobeornottobe, Midnight Dynamite, SP Smexy, Without Peer, Fearless, Red Sea, Wave Breaker, Spanish Treasure, Soft Love, Perfectly Proper and of Jewel Bandit, War King, Whispering Rogue, Wily Jack, Yuna is Pierata, Aligning Stars - Win Beauty Viva (H.K.), Amazing Partners, Bella Khadijah, etc.

 

1st dam

TALENTED MISS, by Al Maher. 2 wins at 1400m, 1600m in Aust. Sister to Acouplamas (dam of QUICK THINKER, SEASONS). Dam of four named foals, three to race, all winners, inc:-

MIDNIGHT DYNAMITE (g by Pierata) 8 wins. See below.

Innovates (g by Hellbent) 4 wins from 1250m to 1800m, A$80,650, to 2025-26 in Aust.

Miss Shalaa (f by Shalaa) 2 wins at 1400m to 2024-25 in Aust.

 

2nd dam

MAHIRA, by Canny Lad. Unraced. Half-sister to Kensington Gardens (dam of BLACKFRIARS, LARROCHA, MANTON, LIONS GATE, WATERFORD ROAD), Kremlin. Dam of 9 foals, 5 to race, 4 winners, inc:-

Acouplamas (Al Maher) 2 wins at 1000m, 1400m, 2d BRC Princess S., L, AJC Australia Day at Warwick Farm H. Dam of-

QUICK THINKER (So You Think) 5 wins-1 at 2-from 1400m to 2600m, NZ$38,125, A$1,220,350, ATC Australian Derby, Gr.1, Chairman's H., Gr.2, Tulloch S., Gr.2, Ming Dynasty H., Gr.3, ARC Champagne S., L, 2d Newcastle Gold Cup, Gr.3, Hawkes Bay Time Test H., 3d ATC Phar Lap S., Gr.2, Gloaming S., Gr.3.

SEASONS (Sebring) 5 wins at 1200m, 1250m, A$406,080, ATC Birthday Card S., Gr.3, Australian Turf Club H., UNSW H., Tab.com.au P., All Too Hard at Vinery H., 2d ATC Wenona Girl H., Gr.3, Catanach's H., Book Summer Hospitality H., Theraces P., 3d ATC Sheraco S., Gr.2, Toy Show H., Gr.3, 4th ATC Birthday Card S., Gr.3.

The August - Sengon Soloman (Mal.) (I Am Invincible) 9 wins-2 at 2-to 1200m, A$137,525, S$431,590, VRC Eugene Gorman 2YO H., 2d MRC HDF McNeil S., Gr.3, ATC Events by ATC H., Irresistible Pools & Spas H., Singapore TC Kranji A S., 3d Singapore TC Rocket Man Sprint, L, ATC Kia Canterbury Sprint H., 4th MRC Vain S., Gr.3, Singapore TC Kranji Sprint, L.

Nitro. 5 wins from 1000m to 1600m, A$126,225, ATC Ascot Club P., WATC Tabtouch Supplies Industry H., 2d ATC Ascot Club P., WATC Tabtouch Supporting WA Racing H.

 

3rd dam

TILLY FOSTER, by Vice Regal. Unraced. Three-quarter-sister to Kind Offer (dam of ROYAL HANDOUT). Dam of 13 foals, 10 to race, 9 winners, inc:-

Kensington Gardens (Grosvenor) 4 wins-1 at 2-from 1200m to 2100m, A$151,055, AJC Ladysan Welter H., Rego H., Belmura Lad H., 2d STC Storm Queen S., Gr.2, AJC Services' Memorial Cup, L, 3d AJC Oaks, Gr.1. Dam of-

BLACKFRIARS (Danehill) Third on The 1999-2000 Australasian 3YO Classification (2100m+). 4 wins from 1450m to 2500m, A$809,950, Victoria Derby, Gr.1, VATC Norman Robinson S., Gr.3, VRC Flag Choice Hotels H., VATC Boer War Centenary H., 2d VATC Yallourn Energy 2YO P. Sire.

LARROCHA (Danehill) 2 wins at 1300m, 2500m, A$240,540, South Australian Oaks, Gr.1, SAJC Schweppes H., 2d SAJC Carlton Draught S., Gr.3, Veuve Clicquot S., L, MRC March 2YO Fillies H., 4th MVRC Sunline S., Gr.2. Dam of-

ROCHA (Encosta de Lago) Winner at 2000m, A$238,150, VRC Wakeful S., Gr.2, 2d AJC Alm H., MVRC Essendon Mazda H., 3d AJC Surround S., Gr.2. Dam of-

ROCHA CLOCK (Pierro) 7 wins from 1200m to 1600m, A$1,115,765, Scone RC Dark Jewel Classic H., Gr.3, VRC Inglis Bracelet, 2d ATC Hot Danish S., Gr.2, Scone RC Inglis 3YO Guineas, L, 3d VRC Matron S., Gr.3, ATC Aspiration H., Gr.3.

Grande Roche. Winner at 1200m in South Africa. Dam of-

GALLA VANTING (Querari) 2 wins at 2, R201,350, Turffontein Pretty Polly S., Gr.3, Athina Juvenile P.

KING OF THE GAULS (Vercingetorix) 6 wins to 1200m, R720,382, to 2025-26, Scottsville In Full Flight H., L, Greyville Umngeni H., L, Kenilworth Pamela Isdell, 3d Scottsville Golden Horse Sprint, Gr.2.

MANTON (Danehill) 2 wins at 1200m, 2000m, A$217,225, STC Tulloch S., Gr.2, AJC Kookaburra H., 2d MVRC AAMI Vase, Gr.2, Newcastle JC Spring S., Gr.3, 3d NSW Tatt's RC Ming Dynasty H., L. Sire.

WATERFORD ROAD (Danehill) 9 wins from 1200m to 2000m, A$273,515, QTC Exhibition H., L, Werribee Cup, L, Kilmore Cup, L, 2d VATC Naturalism S., L, Heatherlie H., L. Sire.

LIONS GATE (Danehill) 3 wins from 1450m to 2200m, A$160,760, Geelong Classic, L, MRC Corps of Commissionaires H., SAJC Gold Ace at Glenrae Stud P., 2d SAJC Port Adelaide Guineas, L, Hill-Smith S., L.

Curzon Place. Unraced. Dam of-

Curzon Dancer. Winner at 1450m in Aust. Dam of-

MASTER EIGHT (Oamaru Force) 5 wins at 1000m, 1200m, A$12,810, HK$8,838,175, HKJC Bauhinia Sprint Trophy, Gr.3, BOC Life H., Spoonbill H., Hap Mun Bay H., Sapphire H., 3d HKJC Sprint Cup, Gr.2-twice.

Kremlin (Prince Echo) 4 wins-1 at 2-at 1400m, VATC Limerick H., Montrose H., 2d VRC Spring Classics Preview H., L, 4th VATC Schweppes Cup, Gr.3.

Foster's Express. Unraced. Dam of-

Foscat. 8 wins-3 at 2-from 800m to 1600m, A$139,350, QTC Lord Penn H., BTC Charlton Boy 2YO H. Dam of-

Bengal Angel. 8 wins-1 at 2-to 1500m, A$106,840 in Aust. Dam of-

BENGAL BOY (Dundeel) 3 wins at 1850m, 2400m, A$262,915, to 2025-26, MRC Galilee Final, L, BRC Sky Racing H., 3d ATC TAB H.

 

Race Record: 20 Starts 8-4-2 A$608,725.

8 wins-1 at 2-to 1400m, A$608,725, to 2025-26, ATC Civic S., L, Australian Flying Corps H., TAB H.-twice, BRC Moreton Hire H., Illawarra TC Elite Sand & Soil H., 2d ATC Asahi Dry H., Petaluma H., Vinnie Champion Sire H., Asahi Super Dry H., 3d Gosford Guineas, L, ATC Petaluma H.

Talented Miss fitted Rheinwood’s modus operandi to a tee. She was not a stakes winner, but was stakes winner adjacent, hinting she had potential as a broodmare without the stakes-winning price tag.

It also didn’t hurt that she was being sold by Willow Park Stud, Glenn Burrows’ Hunter Valley farm of which Rheinwood has become quite fond. It was at the same 2018 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale that Rheinwood bought from them Happy Pilgrim (Congrats), who threw Private Harry. Two years earlier at the same auction, Willow Park had sold Rheinwood Electric Charge (Charge Forward), who became the dam of Libertad.

“Talented Miss was similar to a lot of the mares we try to purchase,” Rheinwood manager Kirsty Willis told It’s In The Blood. “We like buying a well-credentialed sister to a very good mare.

“Her full-sister Acouplamas had already shown her talent in producing good looking horses, so we decided to snap up her good looking sister. Plus, being in-foal to a first-season sire in Shalaa was attractive.”

The purchase soon proved astute. The very next day, Acouplamas had her first winner when Seasons (Sebring) scored at Warwick Farm - the first of three straight Sydney wins, which ultimately led to a Sydney Group 3 victory.

Four months after the purchase, Acouplamas’s third foal The August (I Am Invincible) was second in Caulfield’s McNeil Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m). He later moved to Singapore, where he won seven times.

But the best was yet to come in the form of Acouplamas’s third-straight stakes horse - by three diverse sires - Quick Thinker, by that super son of High Chaparral (Sadler’s Wells), So You Think.

Almost a year after Rheinwood bought his aunty, the Murray Baker-trained gelding won in Listed class at Ellerslie in April, 2019. He then hot-footed it to Sydney to claim Rosehill’s Ming Dynasty Stakes (Gr 3, 1400m) at start number three, and returned the following autumn to win the ATC Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) and Tulloch Stakes (Gr 2, 2000m).

After Talented Miss had thrown them Miss Shalaa (Shalaa) and Innovates (Hellbent) - both country winners - Rheinwood tried to replicate Quick Thinker’s breeding by putting their mare to So You Think, but she unfortunately missed.

They changed tack the next year, 2020, and sent Talented Miss to Pierata (Pierro), standing his first season at Yulong, and the result was Midnight Dynamite.

“Ideally, we like to go to either proven sires or first season sires,” Willis said. “You’re stepping into the unknown with a first-season sire, but Pierata was a talented racehorse and stood every chance of making it as a stallion.

“With Talented Miss being by Al Maher, who’s by Danehill, we have to steer away from stallions from a Danehill sireline. And Danehill had worked well with [Pierro’s sire] Lonhro, so that was encouraging.”

Lonhro (Octagonal) over Danehill has produced a thumping eight stakes winners from 83 runners at 9.6 per cent, among 62 winners, headed by the elite-winning sprinter Benfica. Pierro over Danehill mares has 25 winners from 34 starters with one black type victor in the Group 3-winning Parry Sound.

“Plus, physically, Pierata looked like he’d be very compatible with Talented Miss,” Willis said. “She’s a bit slighter of bone, on the smaller side and feminine, and he looked like a big strong forward stallion that would complement her physically. Pierata looked like he would bring that size and substance.”

You love it when a plan comes together.

“Midnight Dynamite was a cracking foal,” Willis said. “He was nice and leggy, very good looking, and Pierata definitely brought the size.”

All started off well. Rheinwood opted to sell the colt as a weanling, which Willis says “fits our business model to sell a few weanling to reduce the numbers”.

And Rheinwood were elated to receive $100,000 for him at Inglis’s Sydney Weanling Sale of 2022, sold to the Redwall Syndicate.

Savvy breeders David Redvers and Hannah Wall have had some star horses go through their pinhooking fingers, including Breeders’ Plate (Gr 3, 1000m) winner King Kirk (Ole Kirk) and Extragalactic (Deep Field), the three-year-old filly who ran a 0.02-length second in The Goodwood (Gr 1, 1200m) at Morphettville last month.

Midnight Dynamite is now another of their pinhooked stakes winners, though some ill fortune meant he didn’t tick the financial box.

The colt went to the 2023 Magic Millions’ Gold Coast Yearling Sale but was passed in $30,000 short of an $80,000 reserve.

“It was a bit of bad luck,” says Matt Comerford of Widden Stud, who offered him. “He hit a fence before the yearling sale and had a haematoma on his chest. It was ok, but it did affect him a little bit.

“It was a shame, because we thought enough of him to think he was going to be a Gold Coast yearling.”

His owners tried again at Inglis’s HTBA sale, determined to sell. Enter Darby Racing, who swooped to buy him for just $48,000. If they’re not the canniest buyer around, they’ll do till we find one.

“I’ve got to thank Matt Comerford,” says the syndicator’s chief Scott Darby. “We’ll usually ask them ([Widden] which horses we might be interested in, and he gave a good push to this one. He said he’d had an issue which had been resolved, and he’d been good enough to make one of the top sales in Magic Millions Gold Coast.”

Midnight Dynamite also fitted Darby’s model in many ways.

“We’ve bought a couple at HTBA that have been through another sale and been passed in, or had a setback that’s resolved itself. You can find good value that way,” he said.

Darby counts among such horses Time For War (Snitzel), a $56,000 buy who won two Group races and $470,000, and Look To The Stars (I Am Invincible), a $26,000 purchase who earned $223,000 and was Group 1-placed.

Midnight Dynamite has outstripped them all. Saturday’s eighth race victory, alongside six minor placings, took his earnings past $600,000, and with only 20 starts in the bank, it can be assumed there’ll be plenty more to come.

He’s now the 42nd stakes winner for Darby Racing, having progressed in the Bjorn Baker way in that his debut at Muswellbrook preceded wins at Goulburn and Nowra, before his rise through the grades to black type level.

“I just love those horses who keep improving with each step,” said Darby, whose group has some 140 horses on their books. “You think their lot in life will be to continue at their benchmark rating, but then they make it to stakes grade.”

Pedigree wise, things are pretty straightforward for the sprinter. Danehill brings the only bit of inbreeding, at 4m x 3m. As mentioned, Danehill may be Al Maher’s father but is not in both sirelines, since he comes in the top half as the sire or Pierata’s damsire, Flying Spur. This makes Danehill the strongest contributor to the pedigree overall by far, with 18.75 per cent of the blood.

Sir Ivor (Sir Gaylord) makes a decent contribution at 6f x 6f, as Flying Spur’s second damsire and Al Maher’s third, while there’s a strong dash of colonial quality in a 6m x 6m of Star Kingdom (Stardust), with Kaoru Star being Pierata’s third damsire, and Biscay leading to Bletchingly and Canny Lad - Midnight Dynamite’s second damsire.

This perpetuates a theme Willis also respects in that two of Pierro’s six Group 1/ winners have Canny Lad close up in their female family. Regal Power and Levendi are out of mares by Redoute’s Choice, who has Canny Lad as a damsire.

Natalma (Native Dancer) and her dam Almahmoud (Mahmoud) share the top rank among mares in the pedigree, with nine mentions each.

The influential Lalun (Djeddah) is on both sides at the back at 8m, 8m, 8m, 9m x 8m. Bold Reason (Hail To Reason) fills the third of those spots and Never Bend (Nasrullah) the rest, and all four top half mentions run into Pierro.

Nearco (Pharos) is the main stallion with 17 appearances, for 4.88 per cent of the blood, ahead of Hyperion (Gainsborough) with 13.

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Results

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Metropolitan Meetings

Doomben QLD Soft(6)
Show

Doomben QLD Soft(6)

R1: Gallopers Sports Club Mdn Plate, $40,000, 1110m

  1. Artistic Endeavour (AUS) 3 b G 58kg
    Better Than Ready (AUS) - Monte Bella (AUS), by Bel Esprit (AUS)
    B: Lyndhurst Stud Farm QLD T: K M Schweida J: Cejay Graham
    $80,000, Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale 2024
    V: Lyndhurst Stud
    P: Kelly Schweida Racing
  2. Listen Jani (AUS) 3 b F 56kg
    Better Than Ready (AUS) - Champagne Lass (AUS), by High Chaparral (IRE)
    B: Miss C Saunders QLD T: T J Gollan J: Emily Lang
  3. Extreme Taste (AUS) 4 b M 56kg
    Extreme Choice (AUS) - Leamington (USA), by Pleasant Tap (USA)
    B: Milburn Creek Stud NSW T: Barry Lockwood & Emma-Jane Vincent J: Damien Boche

Margins: 0.1 lens, 0.8 lens. Time: 1:05.92 (last 600m 35.27)

Betting: $3.00, $8.00, $2.30

Then followed: Machtig Havanagila (AUS), Mini Boo (AUS), Dominator (AUS), last.

R2: Country Music Raceday On Sale Now Mdn Plate, $40,000, 2070m

  1. Benzino (AUS) 6 b G 58kg
    Tarzino (NZ) - Benalmadena (FR), by Nashwan (USA)
    B: Rosemont Stud VIC T: G R Duncan J: Ben Thompson
    $7,500, Magic Millions Rosemont Stud Exclusive Online Sale 2020
    V: Rosemont Exclusive Online Sale (Unreserved)
    P: Gary Duncan
  2. Secret Fenkel (AUS) 3 bl G 58kg
    Encryption (AUS) - Exciting Doll (AUS), by Excites (AUS)
    B: Mr GK Smith QLD T: Marcus Wilson J: Boris Thornton
  3. Hopeful Cause (AUS) 3 br G 58kg
    Worthy Cause (AUS) - Equiano (AUS), by Al Maher (AUS)
    B: Dovedeen Pty Ltd QLD T: Michael Morrison J: B Lerena

Margins: 6.2 lens, 1.3 lens. Time: 2:10.21 (last 600m 36.09)

Betting: $3.00, $1.90, $7.50

Then followed: Ship Happens (AUS), Future Hero (AUS), Clench (NZ), Ole Ali (AUS), La Gracia (NZ), Five of Us (AUS), Blue Poles (GB), last.

R3: Mark Hopsick Hcp (C3), $38,000, 1110m

  1. Braveheart (AUS) 4 b G 57kg
    I Am Invincible (AUS) - Octavia (AUS), by Holy Roman Emperor (IRE)
    B: Yarraman Park Stud Pty Ltd NSW T: T J Gollan J: Leah Martyn
    $1,300,000, William Inglis & Son Pty. Ltd. Easter Yearling Sale 2023
    V: Yarraman Stud
    P: China Horse Club / Newgate / Go B/stock / Trilogy
    $110,000, William Inglis & Son Pty. Ltd. Inglis Digital September Sale 2 2025
    V: Newgate
    P: Executive Racing Club
  2. Extreme Diamond (AUS) 4 ch G 55kg
    Extreme Choice (AUS) - Diamond Valley (AUS), by Dissident (AUS)
    B: S F Bloodstock L L C NSW T: C Maher J: Ben Thompson
  3. Eagle's Fire (AUS) 4 b G 54kg
    Dracarys (AUS) - Eagle's Nest (AUS), by Chateau Istana (GB)
    B: Mr D Batten QLD T: Ms S Batten J: N Tomizawa

Margins: 0.7 lens, 0.8 lens. Time: 1:05.03 (last 600m 33.77)

Betting: $2.30, $6.00, $15.00

Then followed: Powder Man (AUS), Artful Persuasion (AUS), Throw it Back (AUS), Thankyou Henry (AUS), last.

R4: DrinkWise Hcp (C3), $38,000, 1110m

  1. Galpin (AUS) 5 br/bl M 58kg
    Sioux Nation (USA) - Pickup the Pieces (AUS), by Bel Esprit (AUS)
    B: Yabby Dam Farms Pty Ltd VIC T: Phil Bobic J: Kyle Wilson-Taylor
    $27,500, William Inglis & Son Pty. Ltd. Inglis Digital June Sale 2025
    V: Yabby Dam Farms
    P: Universal Stables - Phil Bobic
  2. Hey Daisy (AUS) 4 b M 57kg
    Written By (AUS) - Miss Sav (AUS), by Pierro (AUS)
    B: J W Kelly Suffolk Vale & Co NSW T: P L Shailer J: D Peisley
  3. Esprit du Jour (AUS) 4 b M 55kg
    Spirit of Boom (AUS) - Of the Day (AUS), by I Am Invincible (AUS)
    B: Peachester Lodge Pty Ltd QLD T: T J Gollan J: Ben Thompson

Margins: 0.9 lens, 0.1 lens. Time: 1:05.32 (last 600m 34.96)

Betting: $9.00, $13.00, $7.50

Then followed: Odessa (AUS), Prucia (AUS), Nepravda (AUS), Hurricane Lu (AUS), Overfull (AUS), last.

R5: XXXX Gold Mdn Plate, $40,000, 1350m

  1. Crash the Party (AUS) 3 b/br F 56kg
    Brave Smash (JPN) - Birthday Week (AUS), by Casino Prince (AUS)
    B: Glenlogan Park Pty Ltd QLD T: A J Edmonds J: D Moor
    $47,500, Magic Millions GC March Yearling Sale 2024
    V: Glenlogan Park
    P: Holly Penfold
  2. Had it All (AUS) 3 b F 56kg
    Zoustar (AUS) - Invictus Salute (AUS), by Exceed and Excel (AUS)
    B: Sledmere Stud Pty Ltd NSW T: J P Wallace J: N Tomizawa
  3. King Chance (AUS) 3 ch G 58kg
    Sooboog (AUS) - Testa's Big Lassie (AUS), by Testa Rossa (AUS)
    B: Mrs J Quin QLD T: Ms J Aitkenhead J: Ms G Cartwright

Margins: 1.4 lens, 2.4 lens. Time: 1:21.61 (last 600m 35.71)

Betting: $1.20, $31.00, $26.00

Then followed: Weekend Spirit (AUS), Lottery Link (AUS), Steady On (AUS), Yattazou (AUS), Urban Princess (AUS), Lontara (AUS), last.

R6: Sky Racing (Bm70), $38,000, 1350m

  1. Lady Lucifer (AUS) 5 b M 58kg
    Hellbent (AUS) - Miss Twin Peaks (AUS), by Stravinsky (USA)
    B: Mr E Rea QLD T: David Vandyke J: Benjamin Osmond
    $55,000, William Inglis & Son Pty. Ltd. Classic Yearling Sale 2022
    V: Yarraman Stud
    P: Ontrack T/breds
  2. Aldolfito (AUS) 4 b G 60kg
    Fastnet Rock (AUS) - Madame Lily (AUS), by More Than Ready (USA)
    B: Glentree Pastoral Pty Ltd VIC T: Matthew Hoysted J: Jake Bayliss
  3. Holy Flash (AUS) 6 b G 57kg
    Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) - Belalaya (AUS), by Bel Esprit (AUS)
    B: Kimaio Park QLD T: P P Jenkins J: M R Du Plessis

Margins: 0.1 lens, 0.9 lens. Time: 1:22.87 (last 600m 34.19)

Betting: $3.30, $9.00, $8.50

Then followed: Bollinger Miss (AUS), Heman (AUS), Dracena (AUS), Midnight Drifter (AUS), Man of the Town (AUS), last.

R7: Mullins Lawyers (Bm65), $38,000, 1660m

  1. Golden Eyes (NZ) 3 ch F 54kg
    Proisir (AUS) - Piazza (NZ), by Sir Percy (GB)
    B: A R Galbraith KC, Miss C E Galbraith & M J Lewis, Waikato, NZ T: Jack Bruce J: Ben Thompson
    NZ$360,000, New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale 2024
    V: Rich Hill
    P: KPW B/stock
  2. Black Eyed Blonde (AUS) 4 b M 54kg
    Pierata (AUS) - Kaitlin Cove (AUS), by Snitzel (AUS)
    B: Bowness Stud NSW T: Kristie Clark-Peoples J: Bella Youngberry
  3. Empress of Japan (NZ) 4 bl M 56kg
    Savabeel (AUS) - Tsukioka (AUS), by Flying Spur (AUS)
    B: Little Avondale Trust, Central, NZ T: Michael Freedman J: Jace McMurray

Margins: 1.3 lens, 0.5 lens. Time: 1:42.31 (last 600m 35.69)

Betting: $4.00, $5.50, $5.00

Then followed: Kundabung (NZ), Run to You (AUS), Captain Eagle (AUS), Smart Action (AUS), Jupiter Hills (AUS), Go Maro (AUS), last.

R8: Ladbrokes Fast Payouts Plate (C1), $38,000, 1350m

  1. Automne Tree (AUS) 4 b G 60kg
    The Autumn Sun (AUS) - Sarzameen (FR), by Siyouni (FR)
    B: S J E Family Trust QLD T: C J Waller J: Ryan Maloney
    $160,000, Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale 2023
    V: Robyn Wise
    P: Mulcaster B/stock/Chris Waller Racing
  2. Rough Cause (AUS) 3 b/br G 59kg
    Worthy Cause (AUS) - Maidenover (AUS), by Tycoon Ruler (AUS)
    B: Mr FG Giltrow QLD T: T J Gollan J: Emily Lang
  3. Swag (AUS) 3 br G 59kg
    Bivouac (AUS) - Status Quo (AUS), by Lonhro (AUS)
    B: Sledmere Stud Pty Ltd NSW T: Michael Freedman J: D Moor

Margins: 0.9 lens, 1.8 lens. Time: 1:21.84 (last 600m 35.47)

Betting: $4.50, $3.00, $12.00

Then followed: Better Not Slip (AUS), Slipsain (AUS), Atlantic Coast (AUS), King Cobama (AUS), Sequel (AUS), Opetaia (AUS), Barcelo (AUS), last.

Warwick Farm NSW Soft(5)
Show

Warwick Farm NSW Soft(5)

R1: Hyland Race Colours Hcp, $60,000, 1100m

  1. Pin Up Sheila (AUS) 2 br F 58kg
    Pinatubo (IRE) - Sheilarized (AUS), by Authorized (IRE)
    B: Dalanna Bloodstock NSW T: Tom Charlton J: Dylan Gibbons
    $50,000, William Inglis & Son Pty. Ltd. Classic Yearling Sale 2025
    V: Widden Stud
    P: D & M Esplin
  2. Scuro Star (AUS) 2 br F 57kg
    D'Argento (AUS) - Star Progeny (AUS), by Star Turn (AUS)
    B: Mr A Martin NSW T: Peter Snowden J: A Adkins
  3. Sambuca Sky (AUS) 2 b F 56kg
    Portland Sky (AUS) - Fancy Liquor (AUS), by Not a Single Doubt (AUS)
    B: Widden Bloodstock Pty Ltd NSW T: Nathan Doyle J: Ashley Morgan

Margins: 0.9 lens, 1.7 lens. Time: 1:04.29 (last 600m 33.72)

Betting: $2.50, $6.50, $8.00

Then followed: Bonvoy (AUS), Tatiana (AUS), Posh Pommery (AUS), Lady Beauvoir (AUS), last.

R2: Asahi Super Dry Hcp, $60,000, 1100m

  1. Omolong (AUS) 2 ch C 57kg
    Extreme Choice (AUS) - Samarmeteors (AUS), by Northern Meteor (AUS)
    B: Mr G Harvey NSW T: C J Waller J: Tommy Berry
    $850,000, Magic Millions National Yearling Sale 2025
    V: Baramul Stud
    P: Yu Long Investments Australia
  2. Sanctum (AUS) 2 ch C 55kg
    Stay Inside (AUS) - Metis (AUS), by I Am Invincible (AUS)
    B: Morningside Park Pty Ltd VIC T: C J Waller J: Siena Grima
  3. Letters Patent (AUS) 2 b/br C 57kg
    Wootton Bassett (GB) - Resin (AUS), by Exceed and Excel (AUS)
    B: Godolphin Australia NSW T: C J Waller J: C Schofield

Margins: 1.2 lens, 0.2 lens. Time: 1:04.31 (last 600m 34.03)

Betting: $1.70, $17.00, $12.00

Then followed: Rebel Shield (AUS), Spain (AUS), I'm Relevant (AUS), Dubious Express (NZ), last.

R3: Drinkwise Mdn Plate, $100,000, 1100m

  1. Zoufame (AUS) 3 b G 59kg
    Zoustar (AUS) - Aaralyn (AUS), by Choisir (AUS)
    B: Ridgmont Farm NSW T: Bjorn Baker J: K Mc Evoy
    $500,000, Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale 2024
    V: Ridgmont
    P: Bjorn Baker Racing/Clarke B/stock FBAA
  2. Farfetched (AUS) 3 b F 57kg
    Farnan (AUS) - More Than Real (USA), by More Than Ready (USA)
    B: Kia Ora Stud Pty Ltd NSW T: G Waterhouse & A Bott J: Regan Bayliss
  3. Appin Opal (AUS) 3 br F 57kg
    Exceedance (AUS) - Sarthemare (AUS), by Street Cry (IRE)
    B: H & J Blight NSW T: David Pfieffer J: A B Collett

Margins: 2.8 lens, 0.1 lens. Time: 1:03.56 (last 600m 34.59)

Betting: $1.90, $7.00, $41.00

Then followed: Ballet Encore (AUS), Tellurium (AUS), Crossways (AUS), Noble Pride (AUS), Indigo Star (AUS), Stylish Edition (AUS), Touching Hans (AUS), Kalim (AUS), The Agent (AUS), last.

R4: Exceedance @ Vinery Stud (Bm72), $60,000, 1600m

  1. Concordia Wind (AUS) 4 ch M 55kg
    Justify (USA) - Starfish (AUS), by Redoute's Choice (AUS)
    B: Katom NSW T: C J Waller J: Siena Grima
    $100,000, William Inglis & Son Pty. Ltd. May Yearling Sale 2023
    V: Coolmore Stud
    P: Hermitage T/breds
  2. Trapalanda (IRE) 5 ch G 58kg
    Decorated Knight (GB) - Gallope (IRE), by Lope de Vega (IRE)
    B: Charles O'Reilly T: Annabel & Rob Archibald J: Braith Nock
  3. Lennox (IRE) 5 b G 59kg
    Muhaarar (GB) - Nurse Nightingale (GB), by Nathaniel (IRE)
    B: D. G. Iceton T: Annabel & Rob Archibald J: Dylan Gibbons

Betting: $6.00, $2.80, $13.00

Then followed: Tanglewood Jimmy (AUS), Tazaral (IRE), Hot Bandit (AUS), Dances With Hooves (AUS), Monkhana (NZ), Deal n' Dash (AUS), last.

R5: Catanach's Jewellers (Bm72), $60,000, 1300m

  1. Mrs Maree (AUS) 4 ch M 59kg
    Written Tycoon (AUS) - Exceeds (AUS), by Snitzel (AUS)
    B: O S Tait Pty Ltd NSW T: C E Conners J: N Rawiller
    $500,000, Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale 2023
    V: Twin Hills Stud
    P: Clarry Conners
  2. Mamushka (AUS) 4 ch M 60kg
    Capitalist (AUS) - Steps in Time (AUS), by Danehill Dancer (IRE)
    B: Mr N Hoar NSW T: Tom Charlton J: C Schofield
  3. Wootton Way (AUS) 3 b F 56kg
    Wootton Bassett (GB) - Rotterdam (AUS), by Pierro (AUS)
    B: Katom NSW T: C J Waller J: Tommy Berry

Margins: 0.9 lens, 1.2 lens. Time: 1:16.15 (last 600m 34.86)

Betting: $6.00, $12.00, $6.50

Then followed: Deep Pleasure (AUS), Sister Daae (AUS), Ernaux (AUS), Scintilla (AUS), Wear the Crown (AUS), Celtic Sin (AUS), Miss Emma (AUS), Molteuno (AUS), Wollzeile (AUS), last.

R6: Irresistible Pools And Spas (Bm72), $60,000, 1300m

  1. High Blue Sea (AUS) 6 ch G 60kg
    Merchant Navy (AUS) - Bodhi Blue (AUS), by Northern Meteor (AUS)
    B: Erinvale Investments Pty Ltd VIC T: G Ryan & S Alexiou J: A Adkins
    $220,000, William Inglis & Son Pty. Ltd. Classic Yearling Sale 2021
    V: Newgate Farm
    P: George Moore B/stock / Team Moore Racing
    $100,000, William Inglis & Son Pty. Ltd. Sydney Weanling Sale 2020
    V: Erinvale Tbreds
    P: Binalong B/stock
  2. Unstopabull (AUS) 5 b G 58kg
    Russian Revolution (AUS) - Shoreline (AUS), by I Am Invincible (AUS)
    B: Mr L Bradbery NSW T: C J Waller J: C Schofield
  3. Sociable (AUS) 4 b G 58kg
    Yes Yes Yes (AUS) - Workdrinks (AUS), by Fastnet Rock (AUS)
    B: Mr NJR Werrett NSW T: C Maher J: A Hyeronimus

Margins: 0.3 lens, 0.3 lens. Time: 1:16.53 (last 600m 35.07)

Betting: $12.00, $7.50, $8.00

Then followed: The Replicant (NZ), Swift Legend (AUS), Dusty Bay (AUS), Three Arrows (NZ), Champagne Hero (AUS), Canadian Ruler (NZ), Airworthy (AUS), Steel Blaze (AUS), Banknote Hustler (AUS), last.

R7: TAB (Bm72), $60,000, 1100m

  1. Zale (AUS) 5 b G 57kg
    Denman (AUS) - Lauren's Magic (AUS), by Beneteau (AUS)
    B: Mr P Katos VIC T: G R Nickson J: Ms W Costin
  2. Tequila Baby (AUS) 4 b M 56kg
    Capitalist (AUS) - One More Tequila (AUS), by Onemorenomore (AUS)
    B: Mr MJ O'Donnell NSW T: Brad Widdup J: William Stanley
  3. Astronomix (AUS) 3 b G 56kg
    Calyx (GB) - Waimea Bay (AUS), by All Too Hard (AUS)
    B: Nandowra Bloodstock Investment Trust NSW T: Tom Charlton J: Anna Roper

Margins: 1 lens, 0.2 lens. Time: 1:03.50 (last 600m 34.07)

Betting: $6.50, $11.00, $3.50

Then followed: Against the Law (AUS), Dear Jewel (AUS), Divine Vicky (AUS), Glounthaune (IRE), Zaragoza (AUS), Indefensible (AUS), Clear Proof (AUS), Tarpaulin (AUS), Quietly Arrogant (AUS), Sunday Tycoon (AUS), last.

Tab Meetings

Ballarat Synthetic VIC Synthetic
Show

Ballarat Synthetic VIC Synthetic

R1: Global Turf Mdn Plate, $42,500, 2100m

  1. Bull Run (FR) (b G 4 Sea The Moon (GER) - Teppal (FR)
    T: C J Waller J: Beau Mertens
  2. King's Anchor (AUS) (b G 3 King's Legacy (AUS) - Anchor Bid (AUS))
  3. Barossa Valley (NZ) (br G 3 Savabeel (AUS) - Vinevale (AUS))

Margins: 2 lens, 0.1 lens. Time: 2:14.75 (last 600m 36.72)

R2: Brandt (Bm64), $35,000, 1200m

  1. Audio Pop Cam (AUS) (ch F 3 Hanseatic (AUS) - Jaykay Roller (AUS)
    T: T & C McEvoy J: H Coffey
  2. Dynamite Dancer (AUS) (br G 3 Pierata (AUS) - Zanzidance (AUS))
  3. Sea Trader (AUS) (br/bl G 3 Hanseatic (AUS) - Argemone (AUS))

Margins: 0.4 lens, 2 lens. Time: 1:12.65 (last 600m 35.58)

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              Pinjarra Scarpside WA Good(4)
              Show

              Pinjarra Scarpside WA Good(4)

              R1: GJD Security Mdn, $25,000, 1600m

              1. Miss Santa Corrs (AUS) (b/br M 4 Santos (AUS) - Corrs (NZ)
                T: D M Luciani J: Holly Watson
              2. Bangalong (AUS) (b F 3 Fierce Impact (JPN) - Romaconi (AUS))
              3. Sin City Boy (AUS) (b G 3 Long Leaf (AUS) - Lob City (AUS))

              Margins: 0.1 lens, 0.6 lens. Time: 1:38.26 (last 600m)

              R2: Electrical Consultancy WA Mdn, $25,000, 1400m

              1. Partay (AUS) (b G 3 Playing God (AUS) - Disco Metal (AUS)
                T: G & A Williams J: W Pike
              2. Rocking in Vegas (AUS) (b G 5 Awesome Rock (AUS) - Star of Vegas (AUS))
              3. Delicate Warrior (AUS) (b G 4 Jimmy Choux (NZ) - Delicate Miss (AUS))

              Margins: 4.8 lens, 0.1 lens. Time: 1:24.45 (last 600m)

              R3: TABtouch Same Race Multi (Rs0ly), $35,000, 1400m

              1. Hard Solo (AUS) (b F 3 All Too Hard (AUS) - Musica Royale (NZ)
                T: A W Maley J: Natika Riordan
              2. Esta Mirando (AUS) (ch F 3 Earthlight (IRE) - Admiring (AUS))
              3. Publicise (AUS) (b F 3 Maschino (AUS) - Rewrite the Stars (AUS))

              Margins: 0.1 lens, 0.4 lens. Time: 1:24.34 (last 600m)

              R4: Vale John Ward Hcp (C1), $30,000, 1200m

              1. Swansee (AUS) (br M 4 I'm All the Talk (AUS) - Duck Duck Goose (AUS)
                T: N D Dellar J: Laqdar Ramoly
              2. Berry Blast (AUS) (br F 3 Merchant Navy (AUS) - Blueberry Smoothie (USA))
              3. Great Promise (AUS) (b F 3 Magnus (AUS) - With Hope (AUS))

              Margins: 1.6 lens, 0.1 lens. Time: 1:11.37 (last 600m)

              R5: Hahn 3.5 Hcp (C1), $30,000, 1200m

              1. Common Touch (AUS) (b G 3 Maschino (AUS) - Modern Touch (AUS)
                T: R W Price J: Joey Azzopardi
              2. Friar's Legacy (AUS) (b G 3 Written By (AUS) - Friar's Fantasia (AUS))
              3. Supido Express (AUS) (b G 4 Supido (AUS) - Coleta (AUS))

              Margins: 3 lens, 1.4 lens. Time: 1:10.61 (last 600m)

              R6: TABtouch Scan My Bet (Rs0ly), $35,000, 1400m

              1. Moonwalk (AUS) (ch F 3 Bondi (AUS) - Wahwahtusi (AUS)
                T: G & A Williams J: Lucy Fiore
              2. Divine Inanna (AUS) (b M 6 Real Impact (JPN) - Anna of Austria (AUS))
              3. Glanced (AUS) (b M 4 Pierro (AUS) - First Impressions (NZ))

              Margins: 0.3 lens, 0.3 lens. Time: 1:24.20 (last 600m)

              R7: Hygain Hcp (C3), $30,000, 1300m

              1. Bannered (AUS) (ch G 3 Starspangledbanner (AUS) - Furious Dame (AUS)
                T: D T McAuliffe J: C Johnston-Porter
              2. Military Jane (AUS) (b M 5 Universal Ruler (AUS) - Military Precision (AUS))
              3. Western Jet (AUS) (b G 3 Russian Revolution (AUS) - Korrawi (AUS))

              Margins: 0.4 lens, 0.4 lens. Time: 1:18.11 (last 600m)

              R8: Racing@ Pinjarra Park Thursday July 2 Hcp (C3), $30,000, 1300m

              1. Choux Shoe (AUS) (b M 4 Churchill (IRE) - Quetee Shoes (NZ)
                T: Simon Miller J: W Pike
              2. Spirited Strike (AUS) (b G 3 Sessions (AUS) - Ballistic Miss (AUS))
              3. Be My Belle (AUS) (b M 5 Lean Mean Machine (AUS) - Charity Belle (AUS))
              Pukekohe Park NZ Heavy(10)
              Show

              Pukekohe Park NZ Heavy(10)

              R1: Myracehorse Mdn, $25,000, 1200m

              1. Elite Choice (NZ) (b F 3 Contributer (IRE) - Exquisite Choice (AUS)
                T: Ms J K Mahoney J: Tom Wigram
              2. Sombr (NZ) (br G 3 Swiss Ace (AUS) - Musically (AUS))
              3. Kalgarry Ally (AUS) (ch F 3 Almanzor (FR) - Chesapeake (NZ))

              Margins: 1.6 lens, 1.3 lens. Time: 1:17.09 (last 600m)

              R2: Haunui Farm Mdn, $25,000, 1500m

              1. Go Joanna (NZ) (br F 3 Eminent (IRE) - Amber Rayne (NZ)
                T: N P Bishara J: E M Leighton
              2. Hollaback Girl (NZ) (ch F 3 Telperion (AUS) - Miss Heartbeat (AUS))
              3. Greek Anthology (NZ) (bl G 3 El Roca (AUS) - Anthology (AUS))

              Margins: 3.1 lens, 2 lens. Time: 1:41.55 (last 600m)

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                        Leading Sires

                        Data supplied by Arion pedigrees

                        Australia

                        Leading Second Season Sires by

                        Rank Stallion Ccode Yof - To Stud Breeding Rnrs Wnrs Wins SW(SWins) Earnings Best Performer
                        1 Wootton Bassett (GB) 2008 - 2012 Iffraaj - Balladonia 107 49 65 4(4) $5,739,890 Providence - 867,400
                        2 Bivouac (AUS) 2016 - 2021 Exceed and Excel - Dazzler 101 40 59 4(6) $5,713,616 Beiwacht - 1,830,700
                        3 Farnan (AUS) 2017 - 2021 Not a Single Doubt - Tallow 112 45 64 2(3) $5,410,403 Ninja - 1,109,675
                        4 Ghaiyyath (IRE) 2015 - 2021 Dubawi - Nightime 51 27 38 5(8) $5,231,303 Observer - 2,668,250
                        5 Ole Kirk (AUS) 2017 - 2021 Written Tycoon - Naturale 93 43 62 4(4) $4,430,721 Ole Dancer - 1,064,375
                        6 Tagaloa (AUS) 2017 - 2021 Lord Kanaloa - Vasilissa 81 30 42 2(3) $3,836,440 Salty Pearl - 823,750
                        7 Lucky Vega (IRE) 2018 - 2021 Lope de Vega - Queen of Carthage 53 25 39 1(1) $2,890,702 Cherry Bomshell - 801,500
                        8 Graff (AUS) 2015 - 2021 Star Witness - Dinkum Diamond 54 18 25 1(1) $2,408,127 Grafterburners - 1,602,300
                        9 Anders (AUS) 2017 - 2021 Not a Single Doubt - Madame Andree 97 33 51 3(4) $2,346,973 Single Choice - 470,650
                        10 Hanseatic (AUS) 2017 - 2021 Street Boss - Itameri 96 37 51 1(1) $2,255,568 Rohesia - 273,290
                        11 King's Legacy (AUS) 2017 - 2021 Redoute's Choice - Breakfast in Bed 100 35 45 1(1) $2,244,970 Kujenga - 228,125
                        12 North Pacific (AUS) 2017 - 2021 Brazen Beau - Up in Lights 77 26 34 0(0) $1,586,611 Angel Ladder - 206,800
                        13 Admire Mars (JPN) 2016 - 2021 Daiwa Major - Via Medici 34 15 18 0(0) $1,549,835 Planet Red - 846,375
                        14 Dirty Work (AUS) 2016 - 2021 Written Tycoon - Maidel 57 20 29 1(1) $1,504,208 Dirty Old Town - 162,440
                        15 Peltzer (AUS) 2017 - 2021 So You Think - Miss Otto 42 16 27 1(1) $1,440,330 Thanks Gorgeous - 490,925
                        16 Doubtland (AUS) 2017 - 2021 Not a Single Doubt - Miss Sharapova 51 21 29 0(0) $1,318,455 All on Red - 142,620
                        17 Cool Aza Beel (NZ) 2017 - 2021 Savabeel - Cool 'n' Sassy 62 18 23 0(0) $1,298,566 Double Cool - 180,250
                        18 Earthlight (IRE) 2017 - 2021 Shamardal - Winters Moon 33 14 22 1(3) $1,287,612 King of Light - 455,000
                        19 Hello Youmzain (FR) 2016 - 2021 Kodiac - Spasha 34 18 25 0(0) $1,152,894 Silken Salute - 146,600
                        20 Prague (AUS) 2017 - 2021 Redoute's Choice - Purely Spectacular 49 14 18 1(1) $1,023,695 Pembrey - 207,000

                        New Zealand

                        Leading Second Season Sires by

                        Rank Stallion Ccode Yof - To Stud Breeding Rnrs Wnrs Wins SW(SWins) Earnings Best Performer
                        1 Hello Youmzain (FR) 2016 - 2021 Kodiac - Spasha 49 22 26 4(5) $1,319,012 Hello Hayley - 202,325
                        2 Circus Maximus (IRE) 2016 - 2021 Galileo - Duntle 34 10 14 2(2) $1,295,600 Road to Paris - 823,235
                        3 Lucky Vega (IRE) 2018 - 2021 Lope de Vega - Queen of Carthage 1 1 4 1(2) $423,990 That's Gold - 423,990
                        4 Wootton Bassett (GB) 2008 - 2012 Iffraaj - Balladonia 14 8 12 1(1) $348,920 Excite - 82,750
                        5 Bivouac (AUS) 2016 - 2021 Exceed and Excel - Dazzler 15 5 7 0(0) $333,010 Zivou - 162,235
                        6 Ancient Spirit (GER) 2015 - 2021 Invincible Spirit - Assisi 27 5 7 1(1) $266,800 Bobby McGee - 72,230
                        7 Farnan (AUS) 2017 - 2021 Not a Single Doubt - Tallow 3 2 3 0(0) $245,910 Magill - 183,985
                        8 Cool Aza Beel (NZ) 2017 - 2021 Savabeel - Cool 'n' Sassy 5 3 3 1(1) $210,100 Cool Aza Rene - 97,500
                        9 Banquo (AUS) 2016 - 2021 Written Tycoon - Noondie 8 3 5 1(1) $210,025 Justin Case - 135,525
                        10 Hanseatic (AUS) 2017 - 2021 Street Boss - Itameri 5 3 6 0(0) $166,890 Platinum Pantheon - 108,620
                        11 King's Legacy (AUS) 2017 - 2021 Redoute's Choice - Breakfast in Bed 7 5 5 0(0) $160,812 Queen's Evidence - 47,475
                        12 Tagaloa (AUS) 2017 - 2021 Lord Kanaloa - Vasilissa 4 2 3 0(0) $138,095 Alottago - 92,610
                        13 Anders (AUS) 2017 - 2021 Not a Single Doubt - Madame Andree 7 3 4 0(0) $126,520 Parfait Dimanche - 48,850
                        14 King of Comedy (IRE) 2016 - 2021 Kingman - Stage Presence 16 6 6 0(0) $119,550 King Jakkal - 33,645
                        15 Prague (AUS) 2017 - 2021 Redoute's Choice - Purely Spectacular 1 1 1 0(0) $54,850 She's No Saint - 54,850
                        16 Dirty Work (AUS) 2016 - 2021 Written Tycoon - Maidel 2 1 1 0(0) $41,765 Summer Schemer - 41,425
                        17 Ghaiyyath (IRE) 2015 - 2021 Dubawi - Nightime 2 1 1 0(0) $38,280 Curved Glory - 22,825
                        18 Ole Kirk (AUS) 2017 - 2021 Written Tycoon - Naturale 3 1 1 0(0) $23,625 System of Play - 20,125
                        19 Fierce Impact (JPN) 2014 - 2021 Deep Impact - Keiai Gerbera 3 0 0 0(0) $21,890 Yokozuna - 21,150
                        20 Doubtland (AUS) 2017 - 2021 Not a Single Doubt - Miss Sharapova 1 1 1 0(0) $21,875 Doubtable - 21,875
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