Daily News | 17th May 2012

• Out Of Sight Out Of Mind

  Thursday, 17th May 2012
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• 1st Win For $460k Snitzel Filly

  Thursday, 17th May 2012
  Valuable 3YO filly Miss Milanese (Snitzel-Miss Kournikova, by Mr Greeley) returned from a 4-months spell to record her 1st win (at her 4th start) over 1250m at Canterbury Park in Sydney yesterday for trainer Chris Waller. Miss Milanese (the most expensive yearling by Snitzel ever sold & 1 of 4 winners from Gr1 Oakleigh Plate victor Miss Kournikova) was a $460,000 yearling consigned by Arrowfield Stud at the 2010 Inglis Easter Sale in Sydney.

• $15.4k Written Tycoon Heads 2012 Eliza Park Qld Fees

  Thursday, 17th May 2012
  Eliza Park Stud announced its service fees for 4 stallions standing the upcoming 2012 Australian breeding season at its new Queensland base (formerly Racetree):
  • $15,400 Written Tycoon (Iglesia-Party Miss, by Kenmare) up 40%
  • $13,750 Love Conquers All (Mossman-She's A Meanie, by Prince Salieri) new
  • $9,900 Pressday (Domesday-Kaaptive Empress, by Kaaptive Edition) new
  • $8,800 Monashee Mountain (Danzig-Prospectors Delite, by Mr Prospector) same

• Arrowfield Offers "Free Return" With All 2012 Bookings

  Thursday, 17th May 2012
  Arrowfield Stud announced all nominations "sold for the 2012 season to Arrowfield stallions will include a transferable Free Return" which "goes with the mare if she's subsequently sold in-foal." The return service must be used "in the year immediately after the initial covering".

• VRC "To Rein In Prizemoney" For Some Stakes Races

  Thursday, 17th May 2012
  The Victoria Racing Club "has flagged prizemoney cuts to many of its feature races next season" reported The Herald Sun. The newspaper "understands the VRC has alerted Racing Victoria to the possibility more than $1 million will be shed from some of its group & listed races. While it is believed the Melbourne Cup will not take a hit, races such as the Makybe Diva Stakes, Bobbie Lewis Quality & other lead-in features could." Sources told The Herald Sun that "RV was informed up to 30 races could be affected". Outgoing VRC chief executive Dale Monteith said budgets "were still being configured & could go to the July board meeting" & noted: "Nothing has been decided, but it is really in the context of not only next year, but the year after as we look at our ability to fund a new grandstand. Understand that last year we gave out $8 million more than we received in distribution. We provide more top-up prizemoney than all other clubs combined." The VRC "has earmarked the demolition & rebuilding of the old members' grandstand for 2014 or 2015".

• Pakenham Course Sold To Superannuation Trust

  Thursday, 17th May 2012
  Pakenham Racing Club's plan for a new racecourse at Tynong "will proceed after it was announced yesterday the existing course had been sold to Industry Superannuation Trust" reported The Herald-Sun. PRC chairman Don Duffy said the sale "would provide funds for the 1st stage of the Tynong project". The Pakenham racetrack had been on the market for almost 2 years. Duffy said work "would start in July with the club to vacate Pakenham in early 2014". Racing is planned to start at Tynong by the end of the same year.

• YESTERDAY'S WINNERS: By Stallion From 8 Countries

  Thursday, 17th May 2012
  The following Breeding&Racing Daily News stallions had winners or placed runners in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Macau, South Africa or the Philippines yesterday... to find out who, where and how, simply click on any of their names: Artie Schiller, Bearcat, Dane Shadow, Hussonet, Jet Spur, Lago Delight, More Than Ready, Natural Blitz, Nothing To Lose, Redoutable, Saxon, Show A Heart, Testa Rossa & Trade Fair. If your stallions had winners or placed horses yesterday and are missing from this list, call Gary Knowles now on Sydney 02-8204 1007 and share their success DAILY with breeders, owners, trainers & bloodstock agents.

• Cecil Still Keen on Frankel-Black Caviar Clash Over UK Mile

  Thursday, 17th May 2012
  UK trainer Sir Henry Cecil, who trains unbeaten star Frankel (the world's highest-rated galloper in 2011), told the media he would "love" to see Frankel clash with unbeaten Australian sprinter Black Caviar (the world's 2nd-highest-rated galloper in 2011) in the Gr1 Sussex Stakes (8 furlongs) on August 1 at the Glorious Goodwood carnival (following Royal Ascot) in England. Frankel returns to the track for the 1st time since last October in this weekend's Gr1 Lockinge Stakes at Newbury, but Cecil noted: "I have been very impressed by Black Caviar & she's obviously very, very good & very consistent. I would love them to meet because I think it would be good for racing. It would be lovely to have champions from Australia & England taking on each other. I think the only race they could possibly meet would be the Sussex." Sussex Stakes sponsor QIPCO has previously announced the race will be worth £1 million (A$1.5m) if both horses run.

• Piccolo Adds UK Gr2

  Thursday, 17th May 2012
  On the UK track overnight, former Eureka Stud shuttler Piccolo (Warning-Woodwind, by Whistling Wind) added a group success when 6YO gelding Tiddliwinks (Piccolo-Card Games, by First Trump) prevailed in a 3-way photo-finish to the £106,000 (A$159,000) Gr2 Duke Of York Stakes (6 furlongs) at York to improve on his 3rd-placing in the same race last year. Tiddliwinks (ridden by Jamie Spencer for trainer Kevin Ryan) scored by a head from Irish-bred 6YO entire The Cheka (Xaar-Veiled Beauty, by Royal Academy) with a further neck to Irish-bred 5YO entire Society Rock (Rock Of Gibraltar-High Society, by Key Of Luck); Australian-bred 5YO gelding Soul (Commands-Marvilha, by Night Shift) who was previously trained by Peter Snowden & is now trained in Newmarket by Godolphin's Saeed Bin Suroor finished 6th. Tiddliwinks took his record to 7 wins & 4 placings (including 2011's Irish Gr3 Greenlands Stakes over 6 furlongs at The Curragh & the UK Gr2 Duke Of York Stakes over 6 furlongs at York) from 28 starts.

• 1st Winner For Gr1-Winning Freshman Sire Tamayuz

  Thursday, 17th May 2012
  Also in the UK overnight, Shadwell's dual Gr1-winning 7YO stallion Tamayuz (Nayef-Al Ishq, by Nureyev) recorded is 1st winner with his 1st runner when 2YO colt Sir Prancalot (Tamayuz-Mona Em, by Catrail) scored on debut over 5 furlongs at Bath for trainer Richard Hannon. Sir Prancealot was originally a €52,000 (A$64,500) weanling at Goffs Ireland in 2010 & subsequently a €140,000 (A$174,000) yearling at the 2011 Goffs Orby Sale. His sire Tamayuz stands at Derrinstown Stud in Ireland for €15,000 (A$22,500). On the treack, Tamayuz defeated older rivals to win France's 2008 Gr1 Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard-Jacques le Marois (1600m) at Deauville, following earlier victories in France's 2008 Gr1 Prix Jean Prat (1600m) at Chantilly & Gr3 Prix De Fontainebleau (1600m) at Longchamp.

• 3rd Winner For Irish Freshman Sire Thousand Words

  Thursday, 17th May 2012
  Rathasker Stud's Gr3-winning 8YO freshman stallion Thousand Words (Dansili-Verbose, by Storm Bird) recorded his 3rd 1st-crop winner when Irish-bred 2YO gelding Top Notch Tonto (Thousand Words-Elite Hope, by Moment Of Hope) scored over 5 furlongs at Beverley in England for trainer Ian McInnes. Top Notch Tonto was a bargain €3,000 (A$3,700) yearling at the 2011 Tattersalls Ireland September Sale.

• UK "Will Continue To Lose Owners Until Returns Rise"

  Thursday, 17th May 2012
  UK Racehorse Owners' Association chief executive Richard Wayman declared his organisation's efforts to retain owners & attract new ones to the sport "were akin to trying to push water uphill, as he pointed to figures that showed the average cost of running a horse in just one race amounts to more than £3,000 (A$4,500)" reported racingpost.com. Wayman said a survey conducted into the expense involved in keeping a horse in training made for "depressing reading" & showed the average cost of owning & running a horse in 2010 was £20,264 (A$30,400) on the flat. Prize-money won by those horses "enabled the owners polled to receive a net return on costs of just 21%" (the same recovery figure as in the previous survey in 2007); that "compares to cost-recovery of 22% in Ireland, 54% in France & 63% in Japan". Wayman noted: "Until the net returns for owners are improved I have no doubt the sport will continue to lose owners & see horse numbers fall. For the last few years, owners have been faced with an environment of declining prize-money but rising costs & I am sad to say, it is rare a day passes at the ROA when we don't hear from another member who has decided, usually with much regret, to get out of racehorse ownership."

• Street Cry Adds Irish Gr3

  Thursday, 17th May 2012
  In Ireland overnight, Darley shuttler & Gr1 Dubai World Cup winner Street Cry (Machiavellian-Helen Street, by Troy) added a group success when US-bred daughter Princess Highway (Street Cry-Irresistible Jewel, by Danehill) scored a 1-length victory against older rivals in the €77,500 (A$96,00) Gr3 Blue Wind Stakes (10 furlongs) for fillies & mares at Naas. Princess Highway (ridden by Pat Smullen for trainer Dermot Weld) defeated UK-bred 3YO filly Aaraas (Haafhd-Adaala, by Sahm) & another 3YO filly Was (Galileo-Alluring Park, by Green Desert). Princess Highway now has 2 wins from 3 starts for €61,070 (A$76,000) earnings.

• Tatts Ireland New November Yearling Sale

  Thursday, 17th May 2012
  Tattersalls Ireland announced the "restructuring of the November Breeders' Flat Sale to what will now be known as the November Yearling Sale". The sale will take place on the weekend of November 17-18 & Tattersalls Ireland general manager Roger Casey commented: "With the continued overseas demand to purchase yearlings at Tattersalls Ireland November Breeders' Flat Sale, we felt that concentrating on a yearling-based catalogue would fill this demand thus reformatting the sale to the November Yearling Sale."

• Tiger Hill Adds German Black-Type

  Thursday, 17th May 2012
  In Germany overnight, triple Gr1-winning former Darley shuttler Tiger Hill (Danehill-The Filly, by Appiani) added a black-type success when 4YO mare Alcina (Tiger Hill-Astilbe, by Monsun) scored by a head in the €20,000 (A$25,000) Listed Preis Der Baden-Baden Hotellerie & Gastronomie (2200m) for mares 4YO & up at Baden-Baden. Alcina (ridden by Adrie De Vries for trainer Jens Hirschberger) defeated Irish-bred 4YO mare Temida (Oratorio-Interim Payment, by Red Ransom) & another 4YO mare Global Magic (Lando-Goonda, by Darshaan).

• Prized Adds Sweden Black-Type

  Thursday, 17th May 2012
  In Sweden, US multiple Gr1-winning former NZ Fayette Park shuttler Prized (Kris S-My Turbulent Miss, by My Dad George) added a black-type success when US-bred 8YO gelding Premio Loco (Prized-Crazee Mental, by Magic Ring) scored a half-length victory in the Listed Pramms Memorial (1730m) for 4YOs & up at Jagersro in Malmo. Premio Loco (ridden by George Baker for trainer Chris Wall) defeated front-running US-bred 4YO gelding Silver Ocean (Silver Train-Endless Sea, by Mt Livermore) & German-bred 5YO entire Empire Storm (Storming Home-Emy Coasting, by El Gran Senor). Premio Loco was a 19,000 guineas (A$29,500) yearling at the 2005 Tattersalls December Sale. Overall he now has 14 wins (also including March's UK Gr3 Winter Derby over 10 furlongs at Lingfield, plus 2011's Gr2 Park Stakes over 7 furlongs at Doncaster & both 2010's Gr2 Summer Mile over 8 furlongs at Ascot & Gr3 Criterion Stakes over 7 furlongs at Newmarket, as well as 2009's German Gr2 Grosse Europa-Meile over 1600m at Cologne, German Gr2 Oettingen-Rennen over 1600m at Baden-Baden, UK Listed On the House Stakes over 8 furlongs at Goodwood & UK Listed Ladybird Stakes over 8 furlongs at Kempton) & 6 placings (in 2011's Gr1 Lockinge Stakes over 8 furlongs at Newbury & Gr2 Joel Stakes over 8 furlongs at Newmarket, plus 2010's Gr1 Sussex Stakes over 8 furlongs at Goodwood & Gr2 Park Stakes over 7 furlongs at Doncaster, as well as both 2009's UK Gr3 Winter Derby over 10 furlongs at Lingfield Park & Listed Midsummer Stakes over 8 furlongs at Windsor) from 33 starts.

• Argentina Yearlings Day-2: US$72k Not For Sale Filly

  Thursday, 17th May 2012
  In the Argentine auction ring, John Fulton Bloodstock paid the Day-2 top price of 320,000 pesos (US$72,000) for a filly by Not For Sale (out of Rahy mare Beautiful) during the middle session at the 3-day Copa Bullrich Yearling Sale at San Isidro Racetrack in Buenos Aires. The filly (consigned by Haras Chenaut) hails from the extended family of former Victorian shuttler Mr Greeley.

• Argentina Yearlings Day-2: 60.3% Clearance Rate

  Thursday, 17th May 2012
  Overall on Day-2 at the Copa Bullrich Sale, 38 yearlings sold (60.3% of 63 offered) for 4,074,000 pesos (US$920,000) at an average of 107,211 pesos (US$24,200).

• Zafeen Half-Brother Fantastic Dubai To India Stud

  Thursday, 17th May 2012
  US-bred 6YO stallion Fantastic Dubai (Storm Cat-Shy Lady, by Kaldoun) "has been acquired to stand the remainder of the breeding season at Krishna Stud Farm in India" reported racingpost.com. Fantastic Dubai (a half-brother to Gr1-winning UK stallion Zafeen) recorded 2 wins (at Lingfield in the UK & Meydan in Dubai) & 8 placings from 15 starts.