Snitzel 2YO Colts Quinella

Tara Madgwick - Wednesday November 27

The 900m juvenile maiden at Newcastle on Wednesday produced a quinella for champion sire Snitzel with a pair of unraced Magic Millions eligible colts fighting out the finish.

The Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou trained Blitzburg scored by half a length over Michael Freedman’s Offenbach with nearly five lengths to the third placed Telling, a son of first season sire Graff.

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Gerald Ryan trained Snitzel and also his best son Trapeze Artist, so Blitzburg is in very good hands.

Blitzburg was a $500,000 Magic Millions purchase from Arrowfield stud for TFI/Ryan & Alexiou Racing Pty Ltd and the runner-up Offenbach came out of the same draft and made $650,000.

Blitzburg was a $500,000 Magic Millions purchase from Arrowfield.

Blitzburg is the first foal of Japanese import Sierra (Jpn), a placed half-sister to Group III winner Albert Dock and stakes-winner Mona de Oro from US Group I winner Golden Doc A, a sister to another US Group I winner in Unusual Suspect.

Sierra has a yearling colt by Snitzel and has foaled this spring producing a colt by The Autumn Sun.

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Race Result - Allied The Careful Movers Mdn Plate 900m

Newcastle Track: Good(4) Time: 0:50.99
1
Blitzburg
- 2c Snitzel (AUS) x Sierra (JPN) (Orfevre (JPN))
Tnr: G Ryan & S Alexiou Rdr: Tim Clark 57
Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale $900,000
Seller: Arrowfield Stud, Scone
Buyer: Ryan & Alexiou Racing
2
0.4
Offenbach
- 2c Snitzel (AUS) x Run To The Beat (CAN) (Scat Daddy (USA))
Tnr: Michael Freedman Rdr: Tommy Berry 57
3
4.9
Telling
- 2c Graff (AUS) x Never Doubt Me (AUS) (Not A Single Doubt (AUS))
Tnr: Peter Snowden Rdr: A Adkins 57
4
7.1
Scarlet Monarch
- 2f Pariah (AUS) x Bedizened (AUS) (Commands (AUS))
Tnr: G McFarlane Rdr: Ms J Taylor 55
5
8
Sunrise Ridge
- 2f Star Turn (AUS) x Al's Magic Miss (AUS) (Magic Albert (AUS))
Tnr: G Portelli Rdr: Tom Sherry 55
6
10
Last Tour
- 2c Farnan (AUS) x Serious Doubts (AUS) (Sidereus (AUS))
Tnr: Brad Widdup Rdr: A B Collett 57
7
10.8
The Rookie
- 2f Pierro (AUS) x Compatriot (AUS) (Brazen Beau (AUS))
Tnr: Allan Kehoe Rdr: Jenny Duggan 55
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