Juvenile Trial Watch – Rosehill

Tara Madgwick - Tuesday April 23

Trial action was at Rosehill on Tuesday morning with five heats for juveniles that included some unraced winners by champion sires Snitzel and Written Tycoon, plus some expensive youngsters caught the eye with strong finishing runs into the placings.

The Chris Waller trained Snitzel filly Lady Shenandoah had a good experience in her first trial, settling off the pace and surging home to win by more than a length with her ears pricked.

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A $525,000 Inglis Easter purchase from Arrowfield for Hermitage Thoroughbreds, Lady Shenandoah is a three-quarter sister to Hong Kong Group I winner Stronger from winning Starcraft mare Star Pupil, a sibling to Group III winner Bachman and stakes-winners Stepitup and Ain’tnofallenstar, dam of Group III winner Ain’tnodeeldun.

In the Darby Racing colours, the Bjorn Baker trained Written Tycoon filly Ellipsis sat outside the leader Cashaway Gold before working away from that filly to score well, but hard not to like the late surging run of expensive I Am Invincible filly I Found You into second place at her first trial.

A bargain $70,000 Inglis Classic purchase for Darby from the Fernrigg Farm draft, Ellipsis is the first named foal of stakes-placed Star Witness mare Rare Occurrence, while I Found You is a half-sister to Group I winner Shooting to Win, Group II winning champion sire Deep Field and stakes-winner Zaniah.

Shalaa (IRE) has had six juvenile winners this season and had the quinella in this heat with the unraced Bjorn Baker trained colt Raikkonen too good for his unraced stablemate Shalaa Gold with a real eye-catching effort from $1million Extreme Choice colt Emirate from last into third place at his first trial.

Passed in at Inglis Easter, Raikkonen was snapped up by Darby Racing at the Inglis Ready 2 Race Sale from the Blake Ryan Racing draft and is a half-brother to stakes-placed Crockett and two more winners from unraced blueblood Street Cry (IRE) mare Tuusula, a sister to Group I winner Stay With Me from Champion 2YO and 3YO Filly Miss Finland.

Additional winners were: First Feeling (Russian Revolution) and Husk (Calyx (GB).

Click  here for all trial results at Breednet with Sale Mail and at Racing NSW with video.

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