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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Accomplished galloper With Your Blessing put a lacklustre last campaign behind him with a gritty first-up victory in the A$160,000 Inglis Classic Sale Handicap (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday. The New Zealand-bred son of Vadamos kicked off his career with a Canterbury placing back in February of 2021 and had been a consistent performer since then, winning races at Randwick, Newcastle, Kembla Grange and on the Kensington track. He placed on another eight occasions, most of them in Saturday company and up to Benchmark 88 grade. But the gelding mystified his trainer John Thompson with his alarming dip in form, placing just once from seven appearances between January and August of last year. Thompson sent him out for a spring spell and then gradually worked his way back up, seeing promising signs in a trial placing on December 9 and a subsequent jumpout. Saturday’s Benchmark 78 put those improved showings to the test on raceday, with a 60.5kg topweight posing an additional challenge. But the six-year-old was right back on top of his game. Jockey Alysha Collett found a handy position in fourth, one off the rail, then presented With Your Blessing on the outside of the leaders after turning for home. With Your Blessing kicked hard and hit the lead 200m from the finish, withstanding a late challenge from Cosmonova to win by half a length. “That last preparation was a bit of a head-scratcher, but he was giving me every indication that he was back to his old self again,” Thompson said. “Alysha came and rode him in a jumpout a week ago and he went super. We thought he was on target for today, and he’s come out and won well.” With Your Blessing has now had 26 starts for five wins, nine placings and A$432,355 in stakes. He was bought for A$70,000 in Sydney as a yearling. With Your Blessing was bred by the Hawkins family’s Llanhennock Trust and is by Vadamos out of the Darci Brahma mare Super Trouper. Herself a five-race winner from a 28-start career in the Llanhennock colours, Super Trouper is a half-sister to the stakes-placed Lim’s Dashing. With Your Blessing is the best of four foals to race so far for Super Trouper, who is also the dam of the three-time Australian winner Super Alana. Super Trouper has an unnamed two-year-old filly by Ole Kirk. View the full article -
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Geelong has now staged two runnings of the A$300,000 Coastal Classic (1700m), and both of them have been won by the Kiwi-bred gelding Holymanz. The chestnut son of Almanzor carried the 53kg minimum weight to win the inaugural edition of the race last January, and he returned to Geelong on Saturday and successfully defended that title under 60kg. Ridden by British jockey Saffie Osborne, Holymanz settled in second-last before swooping around the outside and looming just behind the leaders in fourth spot coming around the home turn. Osborne unleashed Holymanz down the outside of the track in the straight, out-finishing fellow New Zealand-bred runner Riot And Rose to win by half a length. “I might have been one spot further back than I wanted in the running, but that was just where he landed,” Osborne said. “I wanted to give him as smooth a trip as possible. “He’s an extremely uncomplicated horse and a jockey’s dream. He’s had to carry a lot of weight today, but he has a wicked turn of foot and is extremely tough and has a great attitude.” Holymanz races in the colours of Brendan and Jo Lindsay, who stand the five-year-old’s sire Almanzor at Cambridge Stud. From a 23-start career, Holymanz has recorded five wins and six placings. He has placed in the Gr.2 Blamey Stakes (1600m), Gr.3 CS Hayes Stakes (1400m) and Gr.3 Eclipse Stakes (1800m), and his career earnings now stand at A$798,032. Holymanz is trained by Ciaron Maher, who was represented at Geelong on Saturday by assistant trainer Jack Turnbull. “Saffie gave him a lovely, patient ride,” Turnbull said. “He had a bit more weight this year and is potentially just a little bit suspect at the 1700m. But when Saffie asked for him late, she really went for him. She’s a strong rider, which was probably the difference. He was strong through the line today, but if you had the wrong person on, you probably don’t get the same result. “I think he’s going as well, if not better than he was when he won this race last year. He’s a model of consistency and a very solid Group Three and Listed horse, maybe even Group Two on the right day. “It’s great for Cambridge Stud. Brendan and Jo and Henry (Plumptre, CEO) have allowed us to keep going in this prep and have a crack at this race. We’re very thankful. It’s a good race with a rich purse. “He’ll probably have a short breather now and then we’ll look at some autumn targets.” Cambridge Stud purchased Holymanz for A$400,000 as a yearling in Sydney in conjunction with Nicolas de Chambure of Haras d’Etreham. He was offered by Lime Country Thoroughbreds on behalf of breeder Jamieson Park. Holymanz is out of the winning Dubawi mare Perfect Offering, who is a half-sister to the stakes winner and Group performer My Country. Landsdowne Park will offer a half-brother to Holymanz during Book 1 of Karaka 2025 later this month. The colt by Xtravagant is catalogued as Lot 202. View the full article -
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Talented New Zealand-bred filly Perfumist extended her increasingly impressive winning sequence to three with a commanding all-the-way victory in the A$160,000 Captivant @ Kia Ora Handicap (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday. The daughter of El Roca was a debut winner at Bathurst as a two-year-old and showed promise with two placings from three starts in the spring, but she has gone to a new level since the beginning of last month. She was a three-length maiden winner at Mudgee on December 6, then added a Benchmark 72 at Canterbury two weeks later. The Benchmark 78 at Randwick was Perfumist’s first appearance in Saturday company in Sydney, and she went out and delivered an even more impressive performance. Perfumist was ridden by Winona Costin and quickly took the lead after jumping from gate three. She controlled the race from there and pulled away in the straight, opening up a winning margin of two and a half lengths. Perfumist represents the Warwick Farm stable of expat Kiwi trainer Bjorn Baker, who originally had two leading chances in Saturday’s race but decided to scratch Arriving Home. “Arriving Home galloped brilliantly at Warwick Farm this morning,” Baker told Racenet. “We have rolled the dice, hoping she will make the field for the Magic Millions Guineas (1400m). “But I was confident Perfumist could get the job done for us today. She’s one of the most improved horses in training. She has gone ahead in leaps and bounds in this preparation. “She’s been up a while, so we will just see how she pulls up from this win and take it from there. But she is obviously a promising filly with a lot of upside.” Carrying the colours of OTI Racing, Perfumist has now had eight starts for four wins, two placings and A$156,425 in stakes. Perfumist was bred by Westbury Stud owner Gerry Harvey and is by Westbury stallion El Roca. She is the first foal to race out of the unraced Swiss Ace mare Tapputi, whose full-brother Cut Me Loose won two races and placed in the Gr.2 Wellington Guineas (1400m). Westbury Stud offered Perfumist at the 2023 Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, where Bjorn Baker Racing, OTI, Phill Cataldo Bloodstock and Clarke Bloodstock bought her for $190,000. Westbury Stud has a half-brother to Perfumist by Redwood catalogued for Karaka 2025. The colt will go through the ring as Lot 876 in Book 2. View the full article
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