Coleman (AUS)
Coleman (AUS)
2 c Pierata – Sboog by Redoute’s Choice
O: Carringbush Park (Mgr: M Laurie), Mrs S Cummings, Mrs J Groves, R L Smith, Mrs C M Smith, F D Brown, Trilogy (Mgr: Mrs M Stenning), Mrs C A Dingwall, D V Mustica, Mrs L Mustica, P S Mustica, Mrs J Mustica, M D Laurie, Mrs J Koscielecki, S Gilbert & Mrs S L Gilbert.
B: Kulani Park
T: Matt Laurie
S: Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale V: Kulani Park P: Matt Laurie Racing/Justin Bahen, $550,000
W: Debutant Stakes (Listed, 1000m) October 18, Caulfield
A $550,000 Magic Millions purchase on the Gold Coast earlier in the year, Coleman looked to have the makings of a very smart colt when he made a winning debut in Wednesday’s Debutant Stakes (Listed, 1000m) at Caulfield.
A shade slow to move from the inside barrier, the Matt Laurie-trained son of first season sire Pierata (Pierro) soon recovered to be third on the rails, He showed his inexperience by racing quite keenly in parts as the tempo slackened before Ben Melham steered him into clear running at the turn. He then challenged at the 100 metres and demonstrated his quality in the closing stages to score comfortably by a length and a quarter as the well-backed $2.20 favourite.
While the $3 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m) is enticing for connections, Laurie was already forecasting Coleman was likely to remain in Victoria for at least the short term.
“Personally, I would prefer to focus here, but that will be a discussion amongst the group,” the trainer said.
“I would rather focus on a Group 1 [Blue Diamond] with him and try to make him a stallion.
“I think it’s pretty hard to go up there, go the reverse way, and then kick on to those other places, so I’d like to keep it simple.”
A half-brother to Perth Listed winner Liwa (Mulaazem), Coleman is the second stakes winner out of the juvenile-placed Sboog (Redoute’s Choice), who was sold to Kulani Park’s Rhys and Chloe Smith for $100,000, with Coleman in utero, at the 2021 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale.
She had been purchased a year earlier on the Gold Coast by Aquis Farm’s Victoria Peak Bloodstock for $100,000 to support the Queensland stud’s then highest-profile first–season sire.
Sboog is back in foal to Pierata and her yearling filly by Flying Artie (Artie Schiller) will be retained to race in the Kulani Park colours.