Juvenile Trial Watch- Rosehill

Tara Madgwick - Monday February 21

There was plenty of quality at the Rosehill trials this morning with Group I winner Alligator Blood taking out a heat along with big banger 3YO colts Zarastro (I Am Invincible) and Remarque (Snitzel), but on the two year-old front it was the sister to Group I winner Loving Gaby that was the star of the show.

Trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace , Greece was having her second trial with James McDonald on board and did everything right, jumping smartly and then taking a sit behind stakes-placed filly Bohemian Daisy.

Greece was allowed to slide along over her last couple of furlongs and the daughter of I Am Invincible moved clear to win the 1030m heat by more than three lengths with ears pricked, so is now two for two at the trials.
 


 

Greece was a $1.2million Magic Millions purchase from the Kia Ora Stud draft for Ciaron Maher Bloodstock/Nxt Level Syndication and Kia Ora Stud have retained a share in the ownership of Greece. They will offer her yearling half-brother by Justify (USA) at Inglis Easter as Lot 267.

I Am Invincible had another juvenile heat winner in the Matthew Dunn trained colt Lubrication, who found the line strongly in his heat to win by a head showing good improvement from his first trial two weeks ago.


A $400,000 Inglis Easter purchase from the Kitchwin Hills draft, Lubrication is the first foal of stakes-placed Fastnet Rock mare Workdrinks, who comes from the family of dual Group I winner Virage de Fortune tracing back to legendary mare Emancipation, so he lacks for nothing on the pedigree front.

Kitchwin Hills will offer the second foal of Workdrinks, a filly by Zoustar, as Lot 28 at Inglis Easter.

Other two year-old winners were Surf on Turf (2c Not a Single Doubt) and Nominator (2g Zoustar) with the$1.9million 2021 Magic Millions sale-topper Basquiat appearing for the first time in the trial won by the former.

Trained by Chris Waller, the Snitzel colt was a little slow to muster speed before settling midfield on the fence and was chased along over the final furlong to make ground and finish third beaten a length.

He will learn plenty from the experience and it will be interesting to see his progress next time.

Click here to see all the trial results at Breednet with Sale Mail and at Racing NSW with video.


 

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