Vinery Stud's All Too Hard celebrated bringing up his 100 individual winners for the season in style by siring the winners of the two-year-old features at Sandown and Ipswich on Saturday.
The promising, Danny O'Brien-trained, gelding Can't Be Done got the ball rolling when he carried his topweight of 59kgs to a courageous win over 1200 metres at Sandown-Lakeside.
With Jamie Mott in the saddle, Can't Be Done collared the stubborn Ilovethiscity gelding King Of Hastings in the shadows of the post to win by a short-head. (images Grant Courtney)
The heavily backed first-starter Triton Rising (Sebring) had to go back to last from his outside barrier but worked home well to be to be two and a half lengths back in third.
Following a soft win when making his debut at Sale on May 14, Can't Be Done went down fighting when edged out by The Astrologist at Caulfield three weeks later.
"O'Brien said that defeat had brought him on.
"His first start was excellent at Sale and then he just didn't know what to do the other day when he had to flatten out in the finish and he got beaten a head," O'Brien told AAP.
"Obviously he fought it out well today. He's just a big, raw All Too Hard gelding that we've been patient with. He's still learning his trade.
"He has really toughed it out well there today and Jamie (Mott) has done a great job on him.
"I think he'll get to 1400 metres, possibly a mile, you can see that he's a big baby that's enjoying himself. I'm sure he will get better every time he steps out."
Purchased by his trainer for $110,000 out of the Rosemont Stud draft at the 2018 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, Cant' Be Done is the third foal of the Forestry mare Nobody Gets who was imported in utero.
Her dam is the beautifully related Bering mare Nice Dancing (USA) a half-sister to Rolls who is the dam of Flying Spur and the granddam of Encosta de Lago.
Nobody Gets is one of seven winners out of Nice Dancing who also produced the Group III winner Musidora (Rock Of Gibraltar) the dam of Group III ATC Magic Night winner and Tulip (Pierro) who placed Group 1 Golden Slipper and Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes and the Group III winner Sacred Eye (High Chaparral).
Nobody Gets was sold as a yearling for $110,000 but with the success of the family she made $300,000 when purchased by Rosemont Stud from the Newhaven Park draft three years later at the 2014 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale when carrying a Commands colt that would make $340,000 at the 2016 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
Nobody Gets has a yearling Redoute's Choice filly that failed to make her $250,000 reserve at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
After slipping to Zoustar in 2017, Nobody Gets was covered by the Widden Stud stallion again last spring.
All Too Hard's second two-year-old winner came courtesy of the Steven O'Dea-trained Jeweliana who kept her record at a perfect two for two with a fighting win over 1100 metres at Ipswich.
She had trotted up by three and a quarter lengths at the Sunshine Coast when on debut on May 25 but Matthew McGillivray was made to work harder here to run down Sugar Boom (Spirit Of Boom) by half a length with a long-head back to the favourite Karaja (Zoffany) in third. (image Racing Queensland )
O'Dea said the daughter of All Too Hard will further improve with maturity.
"There are no real plans going forward with her, I think we won't see her best till she's three of four," he said.
"She'll certainly get over more ground, she's out of Bianca Jewel who was a miler so that may be in her future."
Matthew McGillivray felt the filly didn't really handle the track.
"That was a really good effort to win today. Ipswich probably isn't her ideal track with the tight turns she wobbled a bit coming into the straight, but I expected her to buckle down like she did, McGillivray confided.
"We got to a nice spot three pairs back the fence, I was just held up a little coming to the turn but managed to find clear running and that was a powerful last hundred metres."
Steve O'Dea-trained Jeweliana's dam Bianca Jewel for owner/breeder Joe Rapisarda.
The winner of the Listed BRC Princess Stakes, Bianca Jewel (Lion Hunter) banked over $500,000 for O'Dea and Rapisarda.
The dam of the recent Randwick winner You Make Me Smile (So You Think), Bianca Jewel has a weanling colt by Pride Of Dubai and was covered by Vancouver last spring.
