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Arguably there is no better stallion making race in Australasia than Victoria’s only Gr.1 event for two-year-olds, the Blue Diamond Stakes, and when you add the hottest bloodline in the Southern Hemisphere to the mix, you have an exciting stallion prospect. Little Avondale’s Sam William’s extensive search for a new stallion and one to eventually replace the studs patriarch, Per Incanto, is complete, with the Wairarapa nursery pleased to announce the purchase of the 2023 Gr.1 Blue Diamond Stakes winner Little Brose (Per Incanto-Mohegan Sky by Straight Man), who will stand his first season at LA in 2025 for a service fee of $15,000 plus GST. Previous winners of the Blue Diamond Stakes who have gone onto be leading sires include Redoute’s Choice, Bel Esprit, Rancher, Zeditave, Pride of Dubai, Star Witness and Extreme Choice. Little Brose is the first Australian Gr.1 winning two-year-old to stand at stud in NZ since Darci Brahma in 2005; noting that Darci won his elite contest at 1600m compared to the 1200m of the Blue Diamond. A $200,000 purchase from the Sledmere Stud draft at the 2022 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sales by Lindsay Park Racing, the son of Per Incanto debuted on 1 November of his two-year-old year with a 2nd placing in the Gr.3 Maribyrnong Plate at Flemington over 1000m. Three weeks later he stepped out over 1000m in the Listed Merson Cooper stakes at Caulfield scoring brilliantly over the subsequent Golden Slipper runner up and Gr.1 Newmarket winner Cylinder. Little Brose’s sire Per Incanto needs no introduction. The strength of his Street Cry sireline can be no better illustrated by the fact that he has three sons inside the top 15 on the Australian Sires premiership. Currently headed up by his son Pride of Dubai, who as mentioned also won the Gr.1 Blue Diamond. Mohegan Sky, the dam of Little Brose was a blindingly fast American stakeswinner from the Halo and Caro sireline. It’s a family built around speed and early speed at that, with notable members of the family including Australian Gr.1 winner Absolut Glam and current leading South African three-year-old filly Saartjie. Little Brose has been fully syndicated amongst Australasia’s leading breeders. View the full article -
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Frenchman celebrates his first victory since July 10 as Raging Blizzard surges home in the finale.View the full article -
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Superstar Kiwi caps one of the better short-term stints the city has seen with wins aboard Super Legends, Lady’s Choice, Divano and Johannes Brahms.View the full article -
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James McDonald brings down the curtain on his short-term stint with victory on Johannes Brahms. Photo: HKJC James McDonald closed a highly successful short-term stint in Hong Kong with a quartet at Sha Tin on Sunday, crowning his stay with two Group 1 victories while amassing more than HK$72 million for connections during the 11-meeting cameo. Acclaimed as the 2024 World’s Best Jockey, McDonald slotted four winners, a second and a third from nine rides at Sha Tin to finish his visit with 19 wins and 21 minor placings from 89 rides for overall prizemoney earnings of HK$72,033,605 – a figure bettered this season only by Zac Purton (HK$81.9 million). McDonald, who dominated at the HK$126 million Hong Kong International Races with victories on Romantic Warrior in the HK$40 million Group 1 Hong Kong Cup (2000m) and Voyage Bubble in the HK$36 million Group 1 Hong Kong Mile (1600m), scored on Super Legends, Lady’s Choice, Divano and Johannes Brahms today. The New Zealander is scheduled to return to Hong Kong to partner Voyage Bubble in the HK$13 million Group 1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) on January 19 after serving a seven-meeting suspension for careless riding following an incident at Sha Tin on December 15. “I’ve absolutely loved every minute of it except for last Sunday, it threw a bit of a downer on the whole trip but we loved it – it’s been brilliant,” said McDonald, who sits in fourth place in the Hong Kong jockeys’ championship behind Purton (51 wins), Hugh Bowman (26) and Vincent Ho (21). “Those horses (Romantic Warrior and Voyage Bubble) have been the highlights but I really enjoyed every meeting – most meetings, I got winners so it was good.” McDonald opened his account aboard Danny Shum’s Super Legends before adding the Class 3 Pok Oi Cup Handicap (1200m) on Lady’s Choice for Michael Chang, the first section of the Class 3 Tulip Handicap (1200m) on Francis Lui’s Divano and Johannes Brahms for Pierre Ng. 2025 Hong Kong Derby (2000m) hopeful Johannes Brahms, who was formerly trained by Aidan O’Brien in Ireland, earned a PP Bonus of HK$1.5 million for his first Hong Kong win. Jerry Chau continued a form resurgence with a treble, scoring on Dennis Yip-trained veteran Fire Ball, Another World for Benno Yung and Ricky Yiu’s Sky Joy. Chau ended a dry spell with victory on Packing Bole for Danny Shum on December 18, having endured a winless streak stretching back to October. “The last two months have, for me, been a bit down and it’s been hard to get winners,” Chau said. “It seems now like the luck has changed and everything is going well now with two winners. It’s good. “But I just kept working hard, going to Sha Tin and Conghua to ride track work to get the results. “(I was) very luck today with Sky Joy. We had a very difficult draw with barrier 14 but luckily the horse has good gate speed and we had some luck to get a little bit of cover.” Yiu was delighted with Chau’s display on Sky Joy, who overcame barrier 14 to score strongly. “He’s a nice horse and he responded really well under the stick. It was one, two and boom off he goes. It was his second start and from a wide barrier on the ‘A+3’ course, statistics told us he couldn’t win,” Yiu said. “But with Jerry Chau on him, like I said to the owners, he’ll at least be in the first three because we’ve got a jockey who is flying today. He (Chau) is an improving young chap, I like him a lot. Before he went overseas, he was with me and I spent a lot of time with him for 12 months or so.” Antoine Hamelin slotted his 100th Hong Kong victory when John Size’s Raging Blizzard won, snaring his first win since last season. “It’s great, I’ve been waiting a while for this one,” the Frenchman said. “But now, I’m very happy. The horse was very well prepared, as usual, by Mr Size. I thanked him again for the support he has given me over these four years and I hope for more in the coming years. “It’s been a while waiting for this one. I knew I was stuck on 99, so it’s even longer when you’re waiting for your 100th. But I’m very happy and grateful. It’s a good Christmas gift and the new year is coming soon. I can’t wait and I hope more winners come.” Ka Ying Attack claimed the Class 4 Erica Handicap (1400m), narrowly clinching the contest for three-year-olds for David Hall and Matthew Poon before Shum slotted a double with Joyful Prosperity, who made it three wins in a row with victory under Bowman. Horse racing news View the full article
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