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Eagle Farm Track Record Breaker Bred and Sold by Yarramalong Park

Tara Madgwick - Sunday December 29

Tony & Maddysen Sears made the decision to geld slick sprinter Steady Ready earlier this year and the move is paying off with the five year-old son of Better Than Ready breaking the Eagle Farm track record for 1000m on Saturday when winning the Benchmark 90 event.

A stakes-winner of the Listed BRC Lighting Stakes over the  same course back in June, Steady Ready was having his second run back from a spell on Saturday and blew his rivals away to win by two and a half lengths for Cody Collis in a sizzling 55.89 seconds.

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Steady Ready has the overall record of five wins and eight placings from 17 starts with prizemoney topping $650,000 and will head to Magic Millions day at the Gold Coast in two weeks in peak form.

A $70,000 purchase for Paul Moroney Bloodstock/Haoh & Co from the Yarramalong Park draft from Book 2 of the 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, Steady Ready is the best of three winners from as many to race for the Denman mare Our First Lady.

Steady Ready was a $70,000 Magic Millions purchase from Yarramalong Park.

Steady Ready has an intriguing pedigree as Our First Lady is out of a half-sister to the sire sensation More Than Ready, the sire of Better Than Ready.

Our First Lady has been married to Beter Than Ready for seven seasons. She has a two year-old colt purchased by Jack Bruce Racing/Clarke Bloodstock Pty Ltd (FBAA)/High Calibre Racing for $120,000 when consigned by Yarramalong Park to the 2024 Magic Millions.

After missing in 2022 and slipping the next year , Our First Lady had a change of pace and was covered by Better Than Ready’s young sire son Alpine Edge this year.

Yarramalong Park will offer a draft off 22 for Magic Millions, 17 of them by Better Than Ready, click to see them.

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Race Result - Sky Racing (Bm90) 1000m

Eagle Farm Track: Good(3) Time: 0:55.89
1
Steady Ready
- 5g Better Than Ready (AUS) x Our First Lady (AUS) (Denman (AUS))
Tnr: Tony & Maddysen Sears Rdr: Cody Collis 58.5
Inglis Ready2Race Sale $0
Seller: Hannover Lodge, Wilberforce
Buyer: Passed in - $ 200,000
MM Gold Coast March Yearling Sale $72,500
Seller: Yarramalong Park, Kalbar, Qld
Buyer: RS Bloodstock/Paul Moroney & Catheryne Bruggeman
2
2.6
Tiger Shark
- 4m Rich Enuff (AUS) x Langoustine (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: Natalie McCall Rdr: Bailey Wheeler 57.5
3
4.2
Bring Me Kash
- 5g Kobayashi (AUS) x Sebring's Joy (AUS) (Sebring (AUS))
Tnr: D R Ward Rdr: Dale Smith 57
4
4.5
Tectonic Plate
- 5m Supido (AUS) x Shaky Isles (NZ) (Shocking (AUS))
Tnr: Daniel Bowen Rdr: S T Collett 57
5
5.4
Saltaire
- 4m Star Turn (AUS) x Testa Sarah (AUS) (Testa Rossa (AUS))
Tnr: T J Gollan Rdr: J R Collett 55.5
6
5.4
Goldsborough
- 7g Headwater (AUS) x Trista Rossa (AUS) (Testa Rossa (AUS))
Tnr: G R Duncan Rdr: Ms N Beriman 58
7
6.4
Reliable Ruby
- 7m Reliable Man (GB) x Sweepstaking (AUS) (Not A Single Doubt (AUS))
Tnr: Chris & Corey Munce Rdr: Cejay Graham 54.5
8
6.7
Richon
- 5g Danerich (AUS) x Bon Vacance (AUS) (Good Journey (USA))
Tnr: Peter Robl Rdr: Jag Guthmann-Chester 58.5
9
7.6
Queen Assassin
- 5m Better Than Ready (AUS) x Ridolfi (AUS) (Fastnet Rock (AUS))
Tnr: M A Currie Rdr: Angela Jones 54
9
7.8
Battlefield
- 4g Deep Field (AUS) x Mossin' Around (AUS) (Mossman (AUS))
Tnr: B J Lockwood Rdr: R Dolan 56
10
8.4
Mishani Sniper
- 6g Your Song (AUS) x Scarlet Tanager (AUS) (Red Dazzler (AUS))
Tnr: Donna Stanbridge Rdr: V Duric 60.5
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