Bold Bastille (AUS)
2 f Brazen Beau – Chloe In Paris by Exceed And Excel
O: A Kheir, Pope Racing No. 2 (Mgr: D R Pope), J O’Neill, Halo Racing Services Pty Ltd (Mgr: C B McKenna), A K Racing (Mgr: Ms K L Solomon), G P Carmody, Deg Racing (Mgr: D Degenhardt), D Edmonds, B D Nettlefold & B S Wilson
B: O E & D R Pope Pty Ltd
T: Ben, Will & JD Hayes
S: 2023 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale V: Blue Gum Farm P: Lindsay Park Racing / Group 1 Bloodstock (FBAA), $270,000
W: Inglis Banner, Restricted Listed, 1000m, October 28, Moonee Valley
Bold Bastille (Brazen Beau) held up a family tradition at the weekend, showing huge early promise with a victory on debut in the Inglis Banner (RL, 1000m) at Moonee Valley.
Following in the footsteps of her three-quarters brother Ideas Man (Brazen Beau), who won the 2019 renewal of the Inglis Banner on debut, Bold Bastille began quickly under Mark Zahra and, after bowling along in front at a good tempo, drew away in the closing stages to comfortably defeat Hayasugi (Royal Meeting) by three lengths with a further length and a half back to Chosen Legend (Extreme Choice) in third.
Ben Hayes, who trains the filly in partnership with his brothers JD and Will Hayes, said he was taken with the daughter of Brazen Beau (I Am Invincible) from the time he saw her at the Inglis Premier.
“She was a horse we loved at Inglis Premier. We found a buyer in Ozzie Kheir,” he said. “It was the first horse we’d bought together and the whole ownership group.
“She was so professional today [Saturday]. She was able to jump, cross and it was a pretty easy watch the last 200 metres. It is a big thrill and a very nice winner two years in-a-row.”
Zahra was also impressed with the filly and was surprised with the amount left under the bonnet in the closing stages.
“That was pleasantly surprising,” Zahra said. “Her jump-outs have been ok. She’s learnt from her first one [jump-out].
“I knew she had speed, but when I asked, she found a little bit the other day. I said to them she’s fast and I’m not sure for how long, but when I got to the front, and her ears were pricked, it was all over.
“I’d been cuddling her a bit at the trials, but I just thought that there wasn’t a heap there. But I was wrong.”
A $270,000 purchase for Lindsay Park Racing and Group 1 Bloodstock from the Blue Gum Farm draft at this year’s Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, Bold Bastille is the third winner from four to race out of the stakes-winning Exceed And Excel (Danehill) mare Chloe In Paris, herself a daughter of Group 2 winner Innovation Girl.
This is also the same family as She Dances (Street Boss), who added last Friday’s Chautauqua Stakes (Listed, 1200m) to her CV, having previously scored at stakes level in the Northwood Plume Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) earlier in October.