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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
A connection to their homeland attracted Emma-Lee and David Browne to Mcgaw as an yearling, and twelve months later, the inexpensive gelding delivered the couple’s biggest victory since moving to Australia in Saturday’s $1 million Showdown (1200m). At just his second appearance on race-day, Mcgaw was forced to travel wide from an outside draw early, eventually sitting outside the leader under Damian Lane. The son of I Am Immortal kicked strongly at the top of the Caulfield straight and kept finding, outmuscling Befuddle to score by a half-length. “It was a massive effort from the horse, it was only his second start and he’d had a bit of a gap between races, he just had the one start back at the end of January,” Emma-Lee Browne said. “It was massive for the stable as well, we’ve been here for just over three years now and to get a result like that was a testament to our great team at home.” Mcgaw was bred by Havaparty Investments in Australia, as the fifth live foal out of Kiwi-bred mare Niki Piki Milo. A daughter of Librettist, Niki Piki Milo won three races from eight attempts, including the Listed Ryder Stakes (1200m) in the care of Peter and Dawn Williams. Formerly based in the Waikato, the Brownes recalled watching Niki Piki Milo in New Zealand and after inspecting her son at the 2024 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, they secured Mcgaw for just $14,000 out of the draft of Stonehouse Thoroughbreds. Saturday’s result catapulted his earnings above A$600,000. “I just really liked his type, he’s a very athletic, leggy type of horse,” Browne said. “Also coming from New Zealand, we knew Niki Piki Milo and I remembered her being a nice horse, so that attracted us to him in the first place. “I didn’t expect him to be an early type at all, because he is quite leggy, but we wanted to get a fair bit of education into him as a two-year-old and he was doing it all quite easily. Every time we asked something more of him he put his hand up, he was quite natural. “Even now, he still looks like he needs to grow into himself a bit, he’s still quite lanky. We’ll probably put him out now and hope to target the spring with him.” Now settled into life in Victoria, the Brownes have enjoyed success at the feature carnivals, highlighted by Scary’s runner-up finish in the A$2 million Gr.1 Victoria Derby (2500m) last November. “It’s been super, we love it here and it’s been a great move for us with the horses and also for the family,” Browne said. “Pakenham is a fantastic place to train out of, we’ve got a great group of trainers here that all support each other. We’ve got a little farm here now and are happy to call this place home.” Continuing their association with Kiwi-bred and sourced gallopers, the Brownes travelled to the Karaka Yearling Sales in January and purchased two yearlings, including a Satono Aladdin colt from the draft of Jamieson Park. “We came over to Karaka and actually bought a Hanseatic, which we didn’t expect to do, but we also picked up a really nice Satono Aladdin and he’s landed here in Melbourne,” she said. “He’s currently at the breakers.” View the full article -
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Vistetto is the latest of a trio of young stayers to have kicked off their careers in exciting fashion in Australia for New Zealand-based syndicators Go Racing in recent weeks. The Chris Waller-trained four-year-old was a dominant winner over 1950m at Yarra Valley on Sunday at just his second start, with Jordon Childs onboard. “He was good today,” Childs said. “He began nicely and ended up in a nice stalking position, upon straightening he just lost his way a little bit, he is still learning how to really put the races away, but he was good that last 100m.” Go Racing’s General Manager Matt Allnutt said that the son of Tavistock had a delayed start to his career which may have been a blessing in disguise. “He had an injury as a young horse which delayed his career but in hindsight that looks to have held him in good stead, and he looks like a really good stayer in the making,” he said. The son of Tavistock will step up to 2000m at his next start at Cranbourne on April 4. His win followed the wins of fellow Go Racing charges Maison Louis and Cigar Man who also look to have bright staying futures. The John O’Shea and Tom Charlton-trained three-year-old, Maison Louis kicked off his career with a fifth placing at Hawkesbury and followed that performance with an impressive three-length win at Goulburn over 1500m in late February. “It was good to see him kick off early in his career and be so dominant,” jockey Andrew Adkins said. “He’s still pretty casual about himself which is a really good attribute to have. I gave him a tap on his shoulder as he was coming up to the bend and he reacted very quickly. He had a big job ahead of him to chase down the leader and he did it with some style, he’s pulled up excellent and returned to scale great. He’s in for a really nice preparation.” Co-trainer John O’Shea was equally happy with the performance. “He did a really good job,” he said. “We hoped that was the sort of performance that we would see. He lived up to what he’s been showing at home, he ran some lovely times, and he did it comfortably. The son of Super Seth followed his win with a frustrating second placing over 1600m at Gosford on Saturday. “There was plenty of merit in his run and I was pleased with is effort,” said O’Shea. “He got held up behind a couple of slow ones and he was unable to build momentum into the race. He was very strong through the line, and it looks like he’s going to run a little a trip which is extra encouraging.” Allnutt said that Maison Louis would step up to 2000m at his next appearance. The Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald-trained three-year-old Cigar Man followed his debut fourth with a win over 1625m at Wyong at the end of last month and he steps out over 2000m at Hawkesbury on Tuesday. Jockey Adam Hyeronimus who was onboard for the win said that he expected the son of Churchill to be an even better horse over 2000m to 2400m. “He was brilliant,” he said. He jumped well from the gates and put himself into a nice position, when I asked him to click up, he did it in the really nice fashion of a horse that’s going to appreciate getting over further ground.” “He was a Ready To Run purchase,” Allnutt said. “Our data from the sale suggested that he was going to be a lovely stayer and that’s what he’s turning into and he’s only going to get better with time. “It’s really exciting to have had three bright young stayers start off their careers so encouragingly in Australia.” View the full article
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