Juvenile Trial Watch – Warwick Farm

Tara Madgwick - Monday October 8
Four juvenile heats at the Warwick Farm trials on Monday morning run on heavy ground produced winners for first season sires Shooting to Win and the ill-fated Time for War.

Intrepidacious as a yearlingRandwick trainer John O’Shea would have been well pleased with the effort of Intrepidacious, a daughter of Northern Meteor’s Caulfield Guineas winning son Shooting to Win.

She jumped fast for James McDonald to take up the lead and when challenged in the straight found another gear to forge away from that rival to win the 794 metre gallop by two lengths in 48.97 seconds.

Intrepidacious was a $180,000 Magic Millions Book Two purchase from the Yarraman Park draft for Randwick Bloodstock/ Mystery Downs. She was bred by Steve Gillard and is the first foal of Courageous Kitty, an unraced Fastnet Rock mare from Group I winner Rostova that was bought out of Inglis Easter as a yearling for $400,000.

Interestingly, the previous trial was won by Fastnet Rock filly Anaheed, who is a full sister to Courageous Kitty.

A homebred for Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, Anaheed improved on her first trial last month when she finished fourth, sharing the lead and then working strongly to the line under a hold to score a neck win in 48.26 seconds over blue-blooded filly Paris, a half-sister by Snitzel to Group I winner English.

Tim Stakemire purchased Rostova for the Sheikh for $850,000 at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale in 2015 when she was in foal to Frankel, a mating that produced promising three year-old colt Farooq. Rostova has a yearling colt by Medaglia D’Oro (USA) and is due to foal to Snitzel.

Time to Reign as a yearlingGary Portelli, Ben Melham and the Darby Bloodstock team scaled the heights of racing success with Golden Slipper winner She Will Reign and her half-brother Time to Reign showed plenty of toe in his first public outing.

He jumped straight to the front for Melham and travelled easily in the lead before accelerating down the running to win under his own steam by a little over three lengths in 48.34 seconds.

A $325,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Yarraman Park draft for Darby Racing/De Burgh Equine/Portelli Racing, Time to Reign was the most expensive yearling from the first crop of Snitzel Group II winner Time for War, who died after just two seasons at stud at Kitchwin Hills.

Time to Reign is the third foal of Courgette, who was sold earlier this year for $2.1 million at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale for $2.1 million.

The remaining two year-old trial was won by Zoustar colt Zoushack, who scored an easy two length win in 48.43 seconds for the Hayes Dabernig training partnership.

A $250,000 Magic Millions purchase for MiRunners Racing No. 1 from the Baramul Stud draft, Zoushack is a half-brother to Group III place Metonymy form good producer Shack.

Click here for all the trial results this morning at Warwick Farm.




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