Hong Kong Update

D Whyte has increased his lead yet again in the Jockey’s Ranking and now has an twelve win advantage.  D Whyte has recorded 24 wins, 19 seconds, 13 thirds, 17 fourths and 10 fifths from 124 rides. Shane Dye is in third position with 9 wins, 10 seconds, 7 thirds, 3 fourths and 7 fifths from 83 rides. Craig Williams is in sixth position with 8 wins, 4 seconds, 9 thirds, 9 fourths and 4 fifths from 90 rides. Brett Prebble is in seventh position with 7 wins, 7 seconds, 7 third, 4 fourths and 10 fifths from 75 rides.  Michael Rodd is in ninth position with 7 wins, 5 seconds, 7 thirds, 5 fourths and 4 fifths from 85 rides. Patrick Payne is in tenth position with 5 wins, 2 seconds, 3 thirds, 6 fourths and 4 fifths from 50 rides.

It is getting congested at the top of the Trainer’s Ranking with three trainers equal on 13 wins apiece.  C Shum has recorded 13 wins, 13 seconds, 10 thirds, 3 fourths and 2 fifths from 96 runners.  John Size has 13 wins, 9 seconds,11 thirds, 13 fourths and 10 fifths from 99 runners.  Tony Cruz has recorded 13 wins, 8 seconds, 10 thirds, 3 thirds and 5 fifths from 74 runners.  John Moore is in fourth position with 9 wins, 6 seconds, 6 thirds, 6 fourths and 5 fifths from 73 runners.

All statistics current to 27 October 2004.

  More Moonlight is Third Stakes Winner for More Than Ready

More Moonlight impressively became the third stakes winners for Freshman Sire More Than Ready with her victory in the $60,000 Holly Stakes at the Meadowlands on Sunday.
Breaking sharply from the outside post in a field of nine, the dark bay filly settled nicely just off the pacesetters for the first furlong and a half. Full of run under jockey Stewart Elliott, she galloped to the lead with a half mile to run, opened a clear advantage coming off the turn while staying out four wide and drew away through the stretch to win easily by three lengths.  The progeny of More Than Ready are proving to very versatile having won from 900 to 1700m on dirt and turf, he is currently positioned fifth on the Freshman Sires list. A son of Southern Halo and winner of the Group 1 King's Bishop Stakes he has now sired 14 individual winners after the success on Sunday of daughter Readiness at Lone Star Park. He leads the Freshman sire list by number of repeat winners with 6 which includes his three stakes winners Ready Ruler, Ready To Live and the fore mentioned More Moonlight. Earlier this month the Todd Pletcher trained filly Ready's Gal was narrowly second in the Group 1 Frizette Stakes to leading juvenile Balletto after winning her first two race starts at Saratoga.  More Than Ready has been well received by Australian breeders and is currently half way through his fourth southern hemisphere season at Vinery which sees him with a full book of quality mares.

(Vinery News)

  The Best of British

A field worthy of its title lined up in the Emirates Airline Champion Stakes at Newmarket on October 16.  Haafhd (3c Alhaarth) came out a clear winner over the likes of Azamour, Refuse To Bend and Doyen and not long afterwards Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum announced his retirement. This year's 2000 Guineas winner will stand at Shadwell's Nunnery Stud in Britain next season for £20,000. That same day, Shamardal (2c Giant's Causeway) won the Darley Dewhurst Stakes. He put his name alongside those of past winners like Hyperion (1932), Nijinsky (1969) and Rock Of Gibraltar (2001) and heads the betting for next year's 2000 Guineas. The last of Britain's 31 Group One races for the season - the Racing Post Trophy - was run at Doncaster on Saturday (Oct 23). It went to Motivator (2c Montjeu) under Kieren Fallon. Fallon and Frankie Dettori have jostled for the Jockey's Championship in Britain (decided by race wins), but the Italian has pulled  clear late in the season to claim his second title, thanks in part to the outstanding season of Godolphin. Godolphin - through the exploits of Refuse To Bend (4c Sadler's Wells) - contributed one of the five horses to win multiple Group One races in Britain in 2004.  Other dual winners were Rakti (5h Polish Precedent), Soviet Song (4f Marju) and Haafhd - while Attraction (3f Efisio) was first home three times at the highest level.

 (British Horseracing Board)

  Hong Kong Update

D Whyte has increased his lead again in the Jockey’s Ranking and now has an eight win advantage.  D Whyte has recorded 18 wins, 15 seconds, 12 thirds, 15 fourths and 7 fifths from 106 rides. Shane Dye is in fourth position with 8 wins, 9 seconds, 7 thirds, 3 fourths and 7 fifths from 77 rides. Craig Williams is in sixth position with 8 wins, 4 seconds, 6 thirds, 9 fourths and 4 fifths from 82 rides. Brett Prebble is in seventh position with 6 wins, 6 seconds, 3 third, 3 fourths and 7 fifths from 59 rides.  Michael Rodd is in ninth position with 6 wins, 4 seconds, 7 thirds, 4 fourths and 4 fifths from 70 rides. D Dunn is in tenth position with 4 wins, 3 seconds, 4 thirds, 3 fourths and 7 fifths from 54 rides.

C S Shum maintains his lead in the Trainer’s Ranking having recorded 12 wins, 12 seconds, 9 thirds, 3 fourths and 2 fifths from 87 runners. John Size has moved to third position with 10 wins, 7 seconds, 8 thirds, 11 fourths and 10 fifths from 87 runners.  John Moore is in fourth position with 8 wins, 5 seconds, 6 thirds, 6 fourths and 5 fifths from 64 runners. David Hayes is in seventh position with 5 wins, 5 seconds, 10 thirds, 7 fourths and 5 fifths from 93 runners.

All statistics current to 20 October 2004 .

  Ain’t Here Stars in Hong Kong

Former Australian galloper and current Hong Kong star Ain't Here (Dehere-Ain't She a Daisy(USA)) provided champion trainer David Hayes with another feature race success when he scored a strong finishing win in the Group Three Sha Tin Trophy (1600m) at Sha Tin 17 October 2004.  The gelding by Dehere sat midfield during the mile race before coming with a brilliant finish to beat local star Bowman's Crossing by a neck, going away.  Winning jockey Brett Prebble was ecstatic as he flashed past the post the winner - giving the huge crowd a winning salute with his whip as he stormed away with the majority of the HK$2.3 million event.  It was Ain't Here's second run since a spell - following a campaign which included a number of excellent runs headed by his slashing third in the Group One Hong Kong Derby behind Lucky Owners.  Ain't Here - a $30,000 graduate from the 2001 Magic Millions Yearling Sale on the Gold Coast, has developed into one of Hong Kong 's most consistent top class performers after being purchased from his previous connections when trained by Peter Moody.  Ain't Here showed great promise during his Australian career - a career which included a fast closing third in the Group One Victoria Derby at Flemington.  The classy son of Dehere is among the early entries for the Hong Kong International Raceday and his local knowledge is sure to give him great benefit come raceday on December 12.  He has earned a staggering HK$4.8 million from just 14 starts in Hong Kong . He'd already scored $227,550 for previous connections when prepared by Peter Moody in Australia . Let's not forget he also scooped $135,000 in Singapore along the way too! That's a total converted figure in Aussie dollars of $1,183,597 - not bad for a $30,000 yearling buy!

(Magic Millions News)

FOOTNOTE:  Ain’t Here (Dehere(USA)-Ain’t She a Daisy(USA)) was bred by TBNSW member Twin Palms Stud and his full brother will be offered at the William Inglis 2005 Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

  A filly for Sunline

One of the most anticipated foals to arrive in the Southern Hemisphere this season was born on Monday morning at Cambridge Stud in New Zealand .  Champion mare Sunline produced her first foal, a bay filly to World Champion Rock of Gibraltar, and both mother and daughter are doing well.  Sunline (Desert Sun(GB)-Songline(NZ)) will visit multiple champion sire Zabeel this season.

  Hong Kong Update

D Whyte has increased his lead to 5 wins in the Jockey’s Ranking.  D Whyte has recorded 14 wins, 11 seconds, 10 thirds, 14 fourths and 5 fifths from 88 rides. Shane Dye is in fourth position with 6 wins, 9 seconds, 7 thirds, 3 fourths and 7 fifths from 69 rides. Michael Rodd is in sixth position with 6 wins, 4 seconds, 7 thirds, 4 fourths and 4 fifths from 59 rides. Craig Williams is in eighth position with 5 wins, 3 seconds, 6 thirds, 7 fourths and 2 fifths from 66 rides.  Brett Prebble is in ninth position with 4 wins, 5 seconds, 2 third, 2 fourths and 4 fifths from 44 rides.  D Dunn is in tenth position with 4 wins, 3 seconds, 4 thirds, 3 fourths and 7 fifths from 54 rides.

C S Shum continues to lead in the Trainer’s Ranking having recorded 11 wins, 12 seconds, 6 thirds, 3 fourth and a fifth from 76 runners. John Moore is in second position with 8 wins, 5 seconds, 6 thirds, 5 fourths and 5 fifths from 55 runners.  John Size is in fifth place with 6 wins, 6 seconds, 7 thirds, 11 fourths and 8 fifths from 71 runners. David Hayes is in eighth position with 4 wins, 4 seconds, 9 thirds, 5 fourths and 3 fifths from 79 runners.

All statistics current to 9 October 2004.

  Haras des Chartreux announce Nuclear Freeze’s Northern Hemisphere Service Fee

Haras des Chartreux have announced that the service fee for Nuclear Freeze (USA) for the upcoming Northern Hemisphere season will be 5,000 euros.  Nuclear Freeze (USA) (Danzig-Razyana) one of the resident sires since 2000 at popular TBNSW members Jack and Sue Woolridge’s Inverness Stud in NSW, is reverse shuttling for the first time.  In Australia Nuclear Freeze has to date recorded 9 winners of 10 races from 25 runners.

  Langoustine First Foal Makes 300,000 Guineas

Blue-blooded Inglis Graduate LANGOUSTINE (2000 Easter $500,000) launched her international breeding career last week, when her first foal went under the hammer at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Part One.  Langoustine is a full sister to the colt that made $2.2 million at the Australian Easter Yearling Sale earlier this year, being by Danehill (USA) from Prawn Cocktail (USA).  Her good-looking chestnut colt by Giant’s Causeway (USA) realised the third highest price on Day Three, knocked down to bloodstock agent Charlie Gordon-Watson for 300,000 guineas.  He was the second highest priced offering from promising young sire Giant’s Causeway (USA), who had seven yearlings change hands at an average price of 186,428 guineas.

(Inglis Updates)

  Retirement for Wild Again

Three Chimneys Stud in Kentucky has announced that Wild Again has been retired from service due to declining fertility.  Wild Again who is 24 years of age has stood at Three Chimneys since 1993.  Wild Again(USA) (Icecapade-Bushel-N-Preck) is the sire of Sarava (Belmont Stakes), Milwaukee Brew (Santa Anita Handicap (twice)), Wild Rush and Vicar (Group 1 winners and sires) and Elmhurst (Breeders’ Cup Sprint).

  Hong Kong Update

D Whyte continues to lead in the Jockey’s Ranking with a three win advantage.  D Whyte has recorded 12 wins, 8 seconds, 9 thirds, 13 fourths and 5 fifths from 78 rides. Shane Dye is in fourth position with 6 wins, 8 seconds, 6 thirds, 3 fourths and 6 fifths from 61 rides. Craig Williams is in fifth position with 5 wins, 3 seconds, 6 thirds, 7 fouorths and a fifth from 61 rides.  Michael Rodd is in sixth position with 5 wins, 3 seconds, 6 thirds, 4 fourths and 4 fifths from 53 rides.   D Dunn is in ninth position with 4 wins, 3 seconds, 3 thirds, 2 fourths and 6 fifths from 46 rides. Brett Prebble is in tenth position with 3 wins, 5 seconds, 2 third, a fourth and 3 fifths from 39 rides.

C S Shum maintains his lead in the Trainer’s Ranking having recorded 10 wins, 12 seconds, 6 thirds, 2 fourth and a fifth from 67 runners.  John Size is in second place with 6 wins, 6 seconds, 5 thirds, 10 fourths and 7 fifths from 63 runners. John Moore is in fourth position with 6 wins, 4 seconds, 5 thirds, 4 fourths and 4 fifths from 45 runners.

All statistics current to 6 October 2004.

  Kingmambo’s 2005 service fee to increase

Lane’s End Farm in Kentucky have announced that the service fee for Kingmambo for the 2005 season will be increased by US$75,000 to US$300,000.  Kingmambo (Mr Prospector-Miesque) now joins fellow Lane’s End resident stallion A P Indy as having the second highest service fee in the United States after Storm Car who stands at Overbrook Farm at US$500,000.

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