Impressive First Winner for Graff and a Quinella!

Tara Madgwick - Wednesday December 18

Standing at Kitchwin Hills, brilliantly fast Group II winning sprinter Graff is on the board with his first winner after the well named colt Grafterburners produced a dazzling last to first win at Ipswich on Wednesday.

Trained by Kelly Schweida and ridden by Cejay Graham, Grafterburners showed some ability with a debut third at the Gold Coast last month behind Brazen Sailor and obviously took good benefit from the experience.

Stepped up to 1100m and taking on Brazen Sailor again, Grafterburners found himself last turning for home and was the widest runner into the straight.  

He let down with an impressive turn of foot to charge past his rivals to win by two lengths over the Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald trained first starter Royal Chic, who is also by Graff, with Brazen Sailor in third place.

Grafterburners was a $70,000 Inglis Classic purchase for his trainer from the Canning Downs Stud draft and is the fourth winner from five foals to race from well bred Coralina, an unraced half-sister by Dylan Thomas (IRE) to Group I ATC Golden Slipper winner Overreach (dam of Group II winner Lofty Strike) and Group II winning sprinter Standout.

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Grafterburners was a $70,000 Inglis Classic purchase.

There is a lot of elite juvenile speed in this female family that also includes the likes of G1 Blue Diamond winner and sire Reward for Effort, so Grafterburners may be worth following into better class.

Runner-up Royal Chic started favourite and was the most expensive yearling for her sire Graff when fetching $350,000 at Magic Millions. She was secured by Rogerson Bloodstock and connections will be disappointed she didn’t win and earn some more prizemoney towards a start in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic next month.

Royal Chic is a half-sister to Group I winning sprinter Royal Merchant from Seventh Chic and Amarina Farm will offer the next yearling from the mare at Magic Millions with the Palace Pier (GB) colt to be offered as Lot 909.

Graff is an impressive individual.

A big strong powerful type by Star Witness, Graff stood this spring at a fee of $9,900 and has just three entries for Magic Millions and three for Inglis Classic.

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Race Result - Coastal Vehicle Solutions Hcp 1100m

Ipswich Track: Soft(7) Time: 1:05.29
1
Grafterburners
- 2c Graff (AUS) x Coralina (AUS) (Dylan Thomas (IRE))
Tnr: K M Schweida Rdr: Cejay Graham 56
Inglis Classic Yearling Sale $70,000
Seller: Canning Downs Stud, Darling Downs, Qld
Buyer: Kelly Schweida Racing
2
2
Royal Chic
- 2f Graff (AUS) x Seventhchic (AUS) (Seventh Reason (AUS))
Tnr: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald Rdr: Bailey Wheeler 54
MM Gold Coast Yearling Sale $350,000
Seller: Amarina Farm, Denman, NSW (As Agent)
Buyer: Rogerson Bloodstock
3
3.2
Brazen Sailor
- 2c North Pacific (AUS) x Commute (AUS) (Denman (AUS))
Tnr: L F Birchley Rdr: R Wiggins 57
MM Gold Coast Yearling Sale Book 2 $60,000
Seller: Valiant Stud, Dartbrook, NSW (As Agent for Wahha Thoroughbreds)
Buyer: Bloodstock Solutions
4
4.1
Mishani Treasure
- 2f The Mission (AUS) x Mishani Mystery (AUS) (Benfica (AUS))
Tnr: Donna Stanbridge Rdr: Rob Thorburn 52
5
4.9
Wild Bean
- 2c Spirit Of Boom (AUS) x Lucyianna (AUS) (Nothing To Lose (USA))
Tnr: D J Hansen Rdr: M R Du Plessis 56
6
5.9
All Too Late
- 2f All Too Hard (AUS) x After Thought (AUS) (So You Think (NZ))
Tnr: Chris & Corey Munce Rdr: S T Collett 54
7
6.1
Mishani Pearl
- 2f The Mission (AUS) x Mishani Silva (AUS) (Bradbury's Luck (AUS))
Tnr: Donna Stanbridge Rdr: Ms G Cartwright 54
8
8.1
Shemakesmenervous
- 2f Power (GB) x Hay Now (AUS) (Bradbury's Luck (AUS))
Tnr: Michael Nolan Rdr: Angela Jones 54.5
9
8.2
Happy Coffee
- 2f Cosmic Force (AUS) x Happy Every Day (AUS) (Pierro (AUS))
Tnr: James Moore Rdr: Luke Tarrant 54
10
13.2
Milestone
- 2f Whittington (AUS) x River Flyer (AUS) (Hidden Dragon (AUS))
Tnr: J W Healy Rdr: Damien Thornton 53.5
11
28.6
Unsure Miss
- 2f Pierata (AUS) x Unsure (AUS) (Kuroshio (AUS))
Tnr: Ryan Tyrell Rdr: Dale Smith 55
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