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Challenging Miki leading WA three-year-old
Challenging Miki, an excellent looking Constantly B Miki gelding, is ranked the leading three-year-old in WA this season, especially after his win in the $200,000 WA Derby, the season’s wealthiest classic for three-year-olds.
It was Challenging Miki’s 6th success for the season and his mile rate of 1:58.8 for 2536 metres was set up when he had absolutely nothing in his favour, drawing broad on the front row and sitting parked the majority of the method. He is a great child.
Challenging Miki comes from among WA’s most effective households, being by Always B Miki from the beneficial racemare Harriet Elisabeth 1:57.4 ($ 114,348), by Modern Art from Jane Elouise (2:00.6), by Beach Towel from the Atashy mare Shy Amazon, who developed a terrific gaining line for popular Perth breeder Steve Johnson.
Besides Jane Elouise, Shy Amazon, a classics winner in Tasmania, left a string of winners consisting of the Tasmanian Sweepstakes and Younger Stakes winner Robway Magic, Robway Bay (1:58.8) a winner of 30 races and $143,790, and the Gloucester Park winner The Tin Shed (1:57.8).
Jane Elouise ended up being the dam of the exported Soho Jackman 1:50.6 ($ 368,278), the Melton Mares Champion victor Nikki Louise (1:53.2), the excellent Gloucester Park winner Liam Neil 1:57.2 ($ 153,657), Karen Elisabeth (1:55.8) and Harriet Elisabeth, the dam of Tricky Miki.
It is an intriguing reality that there is a double stress of Artsplace blood in Tricky Miki through his sire Constantly B Miki and Modern Art his damsire and a stress of Western Hanover blood through Western Perfect, the grandsire of Always B Miki. It was the Western Hanover line that provided NZ and Australia among its biggest sires in the last few years in American Perfect.
Hector is well reproduced
Hector, who won his 3rd race from as lots of starts in Victoria in the $30,000 Benstud Standardbreds Increasing Stars Final at Melton, is a four-year-old gelding anticipated to finish far beyond his present score.
A member of Emma Stewart’s Ballarat group, he has a bargain more in his favour on ball game of blood than many. By Gambler’s Pleasure, Hector runs out Christian Cullen mare Kamwood Blue Chip, whose dam, Kamwood Cameo, was a Webcam’s Trickster half-sister to the Group 2 winner Vibrant Kamwood 1:58.1 ($ 133,431), the exported Winforus 1:54.6 ($ 118,237) and Kamwood Jasper (1:54.8) and to Sheza Kamwood, grand-dam of the Harness Jewels and Franklin Cup winner Lancewood Lizzie 1:52.7 ($ 258,477).
Their dam, Kamwood Byrd, was an Alba Byrd mare from Kamwood Princess, by Able Bye Bye from Bonny Roto and tracing through mares by U Scott, Light Brigade, Grattan Loyal and Rey De Oro to the imported mare Bonilene, among Australasia’s biggest structure mares.
Up and coming children
3 impressive fillies to win on the opening day of the Breeders Crown series at Maryborough were Appealing Tigress, Major Pleasure and Perfect In Pink, all from the Emma Stewart steady.
Luring Tigress, who is unbeaten in 3 efforts, set a fresh two-year-old performance history of 1:53.4 for 2190 metres, a record broken by Significant Enjoy the following race. She is a two-year-old by Gambler’s Pleasure out of the Christian Cullen mare Reklaw’s Gem, a half-sister to the leading Tasmanian pacer Motu Crusader 1:52.9 ($ 361,343), the double Derby heat winner Motu Meteor 1:55.4 ($ 252,295) and the respected Perth winner Motu Treasure 1:55.9 ($ 191,566) and to Motu Pocket O’Jewels, dam of the cups winner Motu Premier 1:53 ($ 424,308) and the Group placegetter Caitlyn Clarke 1:53.7 ($ 108,222).
Significant Pleasure, who is ranked by skilled judges as the leading two-year-old filly in the nation, is raced by her breeder Peter Lewis. Another of the kids of Gambler’s Pleasure, Significant Pleasure, who is unbeaten in 7 trips, is from the NSW Oaks and Breeders Obstacle winner Woman Euthenia (1:53.3 ($ 461,285), dam likewise of the Victoria Cup and NSW Derby hero Max Pleasure 1:50 ($ 787,140).
Perfect In Pink, a winner of 3 of her 6 starts, was reproduced and is raced by Lauriston Bloodstock’s Anne and Costs Anderson. Boasting an all-American pedigree, she is a two-year-old filly by American Perfect out of the Western Fear mare Kabbalah Karen B 1:52.8 ($ 285,098), dam of the champ racemare Ladies In Red 1:51.9 ($ 868,020) and the Victoria Derby and double Breeders Crown winner Our Little General 1:49.8 ($ 765,566).
By Tiger Tara
The Gambler’s Pleasure horse Tiger Tara, who stood a season in the Riverina and is now based at Medowie Lodge, Newcastle, is leaving some wise three-year-olds from his very first little crop.
King Tiger, an extremely excellent winner at Menangle, is a colt by Tiger Tara from the Elsu mare Really Take legal action against.
Tiger Tara, a boy of Gambler’s Pleasure, has actually left the 2 and three-year-old winner Tigerliciopus and the trotter Tiger Tee (1:57.2), a thrice winner at Menangle, from just 3 foals.
King Tiger’s dam, Really Take legal action against, comes from a kept in mind household. She was by Elsu from Really Goldie, by Holmes Hanover from Titaness, by Lordship from Ellen’s Splendor, by Scottish Hanover and tracing to the taproot Mavis Wood.
Mavis Wood developed among New Zealand’s primary pacing households. It consists of the Victoria Cup winner Rock N Roll Doo, Heavens Pattern (Breeders Crown 4YO), Lilac Flash, Shoobee Doo (NSW Tatlow), She’s No Woman (NZ 2YO Filly of the Year), Enjoy Pulp Fiction, Schinzig Buller (WA Golden Nugget) and lots of others.
Redwood winning line
The Redwood winner Cognati is a child of the CR Task force mare Elusive Beauty, who won the Redwood herself in 2009 and left a Redwood placegetter and Vicbred champ in Is That A Quote. She is the 3rd Redwood winner sired by the Angus Hall horse Majestic Kid
Reproduced by Cranbourne identity David Scott, Cognati was a $26,000 purchase at the Australasian Premier Trotting Sale in 2021. She has actually now made $53,305 from 4 wins and 3 placements in 9 starts.
Cognati’s dam, Elusive Beauty, won 10 races and left 5 winners. She was a half-sister to a great trotter in Intrusive 1:57.4 ($ 141,084), running out the NZ reproduced Sunny Recklessness (7 wins), by Sundon from Filly Recklessness, by Roydon Kid from a leading flight NZ racemare in Video game Recklessness (13 wins and $100,937).
Other members of this household, which was established in America by the pureblooded mare Jane Hunt, have actually been Mexican Intrusion ($ 150,264), NZ 3YO Trotting Filly of the Year Arnee’s Frolic, Glamour Kid (Vic. Derby heat), the Group 3 winner Unidentified Kid and Recklessness Gee (Wangaratta Trotters Cup).
Appealing sire’s lack a loss
The win of Speed Dating in the Group 2 $52,000 Peak of the Creek Final at Albion Park even more showed the loss of the United States import All Speed Hanover to breeders.
With just one racing crop, he has actually sired 15 winners from 22 beginners consisting of the SA Sale Graduate Speed winner Shardonant, the Menangle winners Make Rush (1:53.9), Hellofalass (1:54.3) and Speedometer (1:54.5) and What A Satisfaction.
A boy of Webcam’s Card Shark, All Speed Hanover won 15 races consisting of the Breeders Crown and Bluegrass Stakes and took a record of 1:49.8.
Speed Dating, a six-year-old Victorian reproduced mare, runs out the Chill Aspect mare Chick At The Bar (1:57.6), who left a capable pacer and Vicbred Silver 2YO winner in Get Line 1:53.7 ($ 140,720), now at the stud.
Well associated two-year-old
He’s All Torque, who won the Alabar SA Botra Golden Nursery, among the function races of the two-year-old season at World Derby Park, is a Animal Rock colt from the exact same household as that which produced a leading Queensland racemare in Torque In Movement.
Reproduced and raced by Ian Corazzol, He’s All Torque has actually just been gently raced however he has actually appeared as an extremely beneficial pacer, and it was a clever field be beat at World Derby.
He’s All Torque is the very first fruit and vegetables of Torque Lively, a P B Bullville mare who took a record of 1:52 at Menangle and had a bankroll of $90,681. She ran out Leica Torque, an Albert Albert mare from Thelma Palms (9 wins), dam of the exported Turbo Torque 1:54 ($ 369,914) and the grand-dam of the NSW Ladyship Mile and QBred Triad winner Torque In Movement (1:52.5), who won 19 races and $380,203 in stakes and was among the very best racemares of her day.
by Peter Wharton, for Harnesslink
