Michelle Payne winning on Husson Eagle at the Gold Coast 2016 She is back on in 2017!!!

 What a week we have had with much of it taken up answering questions on whether Michelle Payne would be riding Husson Eagle on Saturday at Rosehill and at the Gold Coast on Magic Millions day. As it stands she won’t be riding on Saturday with Michael Dee booked to ride the horse in the Starlight Stakes. I was thrilled this afternoon to receive advice Michelle Payne would be able to ride Husson Eagle at the Magic Millions meeting. I wasn’t confident that she would be given permission but I am grateful to the Integrity Department from Racing Queensland for their positive decision. Her attendance at any race meeting does add a lot of interest. There was a lot more involved in this decision than Michelle’s desire to continue her successful association with Husson Eagle. I’m pleased she was given a fair hearing and I am keen to have the saga put behind us so Patrick and the owners can head towards the Magic Millions without unwarranted distractions and enjoy the lead up to the great meeting.

ON THE TRACK

The next week sees us have plenty happening. Husson Eagle and Invincible Al are nominated at Rosehill, Invincible Al also at Racing.com Park Pakenham, Annaman at Eagle Farm, Hijack Hussy at Warrnambool, Strike For Victory and Right Dress at Newcastle, Brooklyn Lass at Morphettville, More Than A Rose at the Gold Coast, Black And Tan at Geelong and finally Tough Vic and Husson’s Kiss at Launceston.

We may have runners at the four main meetings in NSW, Victoria, Queensland and in South Australia on Saturday which is exciting.

SALES CATALOGUES

The catalogue is out for the Magic Millions January Sale which is set to start on 11 January and run to 15 January. A total of 1030 yearlings have been catalogued. The Inglis Classic Catalogue is on line and has been printed. If you require a catalogue please contact Magic Millions or Inglis and they will forward them out.

MAGIC MILLIONS WEEK

After this Saturday’s meeting we are only six weeks from Magic Millions Day. Once again I recommend you contact the Gold Coast Turf Club to see what hospitality options are available on the day. I will be starting my inspections at the Gold Coast on Sunday 8 January which essentially will be reinspecting the lots I have found on my earlier visits to the various farms I have visited and tidying up some of the smaller farms we couldn’t get to.

We will be having a function for our owners with runners on the Friday night of Magic Millions week with invitations to be sent as we get closer to the night.

TWO YEAR OLD SYNDICATION

Earlier in the year we offered a Hinchinbrook filly out of Kiss ‘N Chase for syndication. Unfortunately she sustained an injury which required surgery to remove a chip of bone from a hind fetlock. At the time I took her off the market and had the chip removed. She has fully recovered and is a cracking filly. I’ll forward out a video of her which was shot last week at Yarraman Park.

I have decided to keep the syndication at the same cost as the initial offering which is $7,900 for a 10% share. Hinchinbrook is a wonderful sire and was Champion First and Second Season Sire in Australia. He is represented by the outstanding fillies Flippant, Whispering Brook, Manaya, Samara Dancer and of course our Group 3 winner Flying Jess. It is fair to write it is going to be very difficult to purchase fillies by Hinchinbrook at next year’s sales for under $100,000. This filly is going to John Thompson to train and was reared at Yarraman Park which is a farm we have had so much success buying from. Our recent winners Stimuli, Isthmian and Strike For Victory were all reared at Yarraman Park.

Hinchinbrook filly out of Kiss ‘n Chase 2014 John Thompson to train at Randwick 10 shares @ $7,900 each

The filly

This filly is a strong nicely balanced athlete that gets around well and has a real presence about her. She is very strong behind and through the hocks which is a characteristic of the progeny of Hinchinbrook. I had her on the market but she kicked out and damaged a rear fetlock which required a small bone chip to be removed. This was a minor operation but I felt it best to take her off the market until I was confident she was 100%. She has since vetted out without any issues. The filly has been broken in and is currently spelling. She is due back into work in mid- December.

Hinchinbrook

After I inspected the yearlings by the first season sires in 2013 I made the prediction that Hinchinbrook would be Australia’s leading first season sire. He didn’t let me down winning the title in a field of over 50 contenders for the title. This was a wonderful effort considering the horse didn’t serve a big book of mares and stood at a modest fee.

He has continued on and has blitzed his opposition and was the Champion 2nd Season Sire as well. A lot of the credit for his success goes to the team at Yarraman Park. The farm consistently punches above its weight with the yearlings coming off the farm setting the benchmark across our industry. It should be remembered Yarraman Park’s I Am Invincible won the title in the previous season. In winning the title Hinchinbrook not only got early runners but high class juveniles including the Group 1 winner Press Statement and multiple stakes winner Flippant and stakes winners Samara Dancer and the unbeaten filly Whispering Brook.

The success he enjoyed in his 1st season has continued on with him winning the 2nd Season Sire’s Title with his progeny earning almost double that of his nearest rival. Hinchinbrook was a top class juvenile winning the Group III AJC Skyline Stakes and Listed Canonbury Stakes before being the first colt home when fourth to Crystal Lily in the Group I STC Golden Slipper and was then third in the Group I AJC Sires Produce Stakes. He then trained on at three for Group I placings in the AJC All Aged Stakes, MRC Oakleigh Plate and MVRC William Reid Stakes, before being injured in the UK while preparing for Royal Ascot and retiring with earnings in excess of $590,000.

He is a three-quarter brother to leading young sire Snitzel and Group III winner Viennese by champion sire Fastnet Rock from stakes-winning sprinter Snippets’ Lass. Snippet’s Lass was the best mare trained by Bill Mitchell while I was with him and had one of the very best pedigrees in Australia. While she was only small in stature she was big on quality and had a heart as big as herself.

I have been very big supporter of Hinchinbrook and have had good success with his progeny including Flying Jess which won the Group 3 SAJC Sires Produce Stakes. Shining Brooke also displayed good ability winning three races. Hinchinbrook’s progeny continue to really impress me and after each of my visits to the Hunter over the past few months I have left feeling confident he will go on with the job. I can’t get enough of them!!!

Kiss ‘n Chase

Kiss ‘n Chase is by Red Ransom whose daughters when crossed with Danehill line sires being very good. Some of the horses with this cross include Roll Out The Carpet, Red Ruler, Vavasour, Vilanova, Ovidio, Chance By, Secret Agenda, Reparations and Cape Kidnappers.

Kiss ‘n Chase was a good race mare winning four races and running 4th in the Listed AJC HB Carr Stakes. She is a full sister to Kick ‘n Chase a winner of 4 races with $252,540 in stakes earnings. Kiss ‘n Chase’s first foal is by Northern Meteor and trained by John Size in Hong Kong. The information we are getting is that he has good ability. The 2nd also by Northern Meteor is trained by Laurie Mayfield Smith and he reports he is very happy with her.

The first four dams on this page have had 22 foals race for 19 winners. I am really looking forward to this filly racing and feel I purchased her well under the odds.

You can enquire HERE into purchasing a share in this filly. 

Flying Jess winning the Group 3 SAJC Sires Produce Stakes From valuation of $60,000 to $350,000 in 80 seconds!!!