Miss Hellfire Hits Top Form

Tara Madgwick - Saturday December 23

Talented Hellbent mare Miss Hellfire was good enough to run in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic in 2022 won by Coolangatta and will no doubt be heading back to the Gold Coast in January for another crack at the lucrative race day after a stylish victory at Randwick on Saturday.

Miss Hellfire in top form at Randwick - image Steve Hart

Trained by Peter and Paul Snowden for Triple Crown Syndications, Miss Hellfire has been very consistent this year and finished 2023 with a strong finishing length and a half win in the Benchmark 78 event over 1200m to the delight of her many owners.

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Stakes -placed at two, Miss Hellfire was a modest $60,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Newgate Farm draft for Triple Crown Syndications and has the overall record of three wins and eight placings from 18 starts with prizemoney topping $400,000.

She is going to be a valuable broodmare one day as she is a a half-sister to ill-fated stakes-winner Xtreme Time and US Group I placed colt Caracaro as well as Group III placed August Bloom.

Bred by SF Bloodstock and foaled and raised at Newgate, Miss Hellfire is from Peace Time (USA), a placed War Front  daughter of US Group II Hollywood Oaks winner Santa Catarina, who was also four times Group I placed.

Peace Time has no yearling for the sales in 2024, but produced a filly by Snitzel in September and is now in foal to I Am Invincible, so will produce a three-quarter sibling next year to Miss Hellfire, who is by I Am Invincible’s Group I winning son Hellbent.

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Race Result - The Agency Real Estate (Bm78) 1200m

Randwick Track: Soft(5) Time: 1:09.74
1
Miss Hellfire
- 4m Hellbent (AUS) x Peace Time (USA) (War Front (USA))
Tnr: P & P Snowden Rdr: Tyler Schiller 59
2
1.6
Euros
- 4m Capitalist (AUS) x Gone To Paris (AUS) (Duporth (AUS))
Tnr: Joseph Pride Rdr: Tom Sherry 54
Inglis June (Late) Online Sale $47,500
Seller: Ryan & Alexiou Racing (as agent)
Buyer: Gavin Byrne VIC
Inglis Classic Yearling Sale $220,000
Seller: Highgrove Stud, Darling Downs, Qld
Buyer: Ryan & Alexiou Racing
3
1.6
Tsarina Sophia
- 4m Russian Revolution (AUS) x Precious Sophia (NZ) (Cecconi (AUS))
Tnr: G Ryan & S Alexiou Rdr: Dylan Gibbons 55
4
1.9
Molly Nails
- 6m Tavistock (NZ) x Maritimo (NZ) (Pins (AUS))
Tnr: Matthew Dale Rdr: D R Beasley 55
5
2.9
Royal Invader
- 4m Invader (AUS) x Roll The Ignition (AUS) (Casino Prince (AUS))
Tnr: C Maher & D Eustace Rdr: Brock Ryan 52.5
6
3.4
Amnesty
- 4m The Brothers War (USA) x Latina (AUS) (Fusaichi Pegasus (USA))
Tnr: Annabel Neasham Rdr: Jett Stanley 56.5
7
4.3
Principessa
- 5m Vadamos (FR) x Penthouse Princess (NZ) (Pentire (GB))
Tnr: Joseph Pride Rdr: Reece Jones 59
8
5.6
Valiancy
- 4m Shooting To Win (AUS) x Valencay (AUS) (Rothesay (AUS))
Tnr: C Maher & D Eustace Rdr: Craig Williams 56
9
20.2
Speak Up
- 4m Sebring (AUS) x Belle De Coeur (AUS) (Show A Heart (AUS))
Tnr: J A O'Shea Rdr: C Schofield 57
10
25
Sonora
- 5m So You Think (NZ) x Spurs And Sashes (AUS) (Flying Spur (AUS))
Tnr: C Maher & D Eustace Rdr: Tim Clark 58
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