Reneged winning at Warwick Farm – resumes today at the same track

I was interested to read some criticism of ‘The Championships’ in a Melbourne Newspaper.  I was at Randwick on Saturday, arrived early and visited most of the areas on the course.  I must say the ATC and its staff had done a great job preparing all the areas I visited so the patrons attending the meeting would have a great day.

Sydney will never get the crowds Flemington does for Cup week but the ATC and Racing NSW are doing the ‘right’ things to ensure the platform they have set during the past two years is just that a solid base to grow the carnival.  I’m not sure how many people Randwick could comfortably hold but 40,000 would to my eye be about right.  You don’t want too big a crowd so the venue can’t adequately cope with the size of the crowd.

The ATC has a lot of positives in the pipeline with the light rail now well under construction which will make the job of moving the crowd in and out of Randwick so much easier.  The club is going to build a four storey carpark above the race day stalls and the redevelopment of Warwick Farm is well under way which will make it a world class racing centre incorporating the Inglis Sales Complex, a 200 room hotel and a major upgrade of facilities.

I’d love to see the Golden Slipper moved to the first day of the Randwick Carnival.  It would make the meeting just that bit more special and the spacious Randwick track should make for a better race and for a meeting to be held at Randwick on Easter Saturday.

Unfortunately the Randwick track surface isn’t up to standard and this needs to be addressed immediately.

ON THE TRACK

In many ways Saturday was a mixed one for us.  Sadly, By Golly Molly sustained a serious injury in the Final of the Provincial Championship and her racing days appear to be over.  This filly had displayed terrific potential and her effort to make the final was a great feat.

I feel very sorry for her owners who have been patient and allowed her time to mature.  I’m certain she will have a good future as a brood mare and will be well looked after.

Hijack Hussy was terrific at Sandown.  She didn’t get the clearest of runs and copped a bit of interference in the straight but she was very strong on the line to finish second.  She will have one more run in Melbourne on ANZAC Day before heading to Adelaide for the Group 2 Queen Of The South Stakes in early May.

We have a relatively quiet week coming up with Reneged due to resume today.  He is likely to need the run and will probably have his next start in the Hawkesbury Guineas.  More Than A Rose steps up to 2200 metres on Saturday at the Gold Coast and Flying Jess is set to have a start on either Saturday or Sunday.

We have a lot of horses running in barrier trials this and into next week and we are looking at having several runners at the rich Scone Carnival in May.

I will be attending the ‘Owners Information Day’ at Caulfield on Saturday.  If you are at the races pop over and say hello.  The displays are being set up in the ‘Owners Area’.

RVL and the MRC are to be commended for getting behind the push to encourage more owners into the sport.

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Mossman Colt out of Nephtys 2014, 10 shares @ $12,000 each (5% shares available) Kris Lees to train

The colt

Mossman needs little introduction to our owners.  He is a superb sire and once again sits in the top 15 of the Australian Sires Premiership.  This colt oozes quality which is a good sign with the progeny of Mossman.

I was really taken by him when he was paraded at the Inglis Classic Sale and he comes from a very good farm in Torryburn Stud.  The colt is very athletic and I expect he will get up and run as a two year old.

Mossman

Mossman has been a big success since he started his stud career and to date has sired 380 winners with 55 stakes horses to his credit.

His best progeny have been Buffering, Mossfun, Ofcourseican, Neeson, Love Conquers All and the list goes on.  He is particularly potent when crossed with Danehill and his sons and grandsons mares with 16 of his stakes horses being bred on these lines.

I have always been a big fan of Mossman and will continue to support him when the right yearling comes along.

Buffering’s win in the  Group I Al Quoz Sprint (1000m) on the turf at Meydan in Dubai on 26 March was another great advertisement for Mossman and also a terrific boost for the Australian breeding industry.

It isn’t well known that Mossman has far less horses representing him on the track than most of the other sires the top 15 on the Australian General Sires List.  This is due to him serving limited books of mares in recent years.  He has been well managed by Vinery Stud.

Mossman’s son Love Conquers All is currently the leading First Season Sire in Australia which further highlights the achievements of this ‘unsung hero’ of the Australian breeding industry.

Nephtys

Nephtys is by the great broodmare sire Redoute’s Choice.  Redoute’s Choice is the youngest sire of the top 10 on the Broodmare sire’s list in Australia and currently sits in 5th position.

The best progeny out of his daughters include Sacred Falls, Pasadena Girl, Zoustar and Stay With Me.  In all he has 81 stakes performers in his 393 winners which is a great conversion rate.

Redoute’s Choice as a Sire has statistics that are almost without peer in Australia.  He has sired 129 stakes winners, a further 101 stakes placed horses and has proven to be an amazing sire of sires with Not A Single Doubt and Snitzel heading the way for him. 

Nephtys comes from a very good female line that includes the Group 1 winner Star Shiraz.  There are a number of good two year old winners in the family which is a good pointer that this colt born on 19 August could well get up and get running early.  He ticks all the boxes and I’m looking forward to his racing career.  He is a terrific athlete.

I have decided to pay him up for the rich Inglis Series of races.