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Impressive Debut As Tassort Filly Spice Baby Wins By Three

Dane Squance - Monday Jul 21

Tackling the older horses on debut is never easy, but the Joseph Ible trained Spice Baby headed to Moruya on Monday, trouncing her opposition to score by three lengths, untouched.

With three barrier trials under her belt, including a last start third at Rosehill when beaten less than a length by Nashville Jack (Farnan), who had himself finished fourth on debut in the Group 2 Silver Slipper, Spice Baby started the short-priced favourite.

Away well from the inside barrier, jockey Louise Day took the filly forward where she settled just off the leader Molteuno (Exceedance).

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With Day sitting pretty on the filly until the home turn was reached, Spice Baby exploded away from her rivals in an impressive display to win by three lengths, ridden hand heels all the way to the line.

Bred by Mr DA Ferrarin, and raced in partnership with a host of owners, Spice Baby is the second winner out of Stratum mare Ice Baby, who herself began her career with a fourth in the Listed Gimcrack Stakes.

Ice baby is a half-sister to the stakes placed Encosta Tszyu from the family of Group 2 winner Marine One (Capitalist) and the Group 3-winning, Group 1 placed Cannonball (Capitalist).

Having foaled a full-brother the following season, the colt was sold at the 2024 Inglis Australian Weanling Sale to Highline Thoroughbreds Ltd / Paul Moroney Bloodstock for $70,000 from the draft of Middlebrook Valley Lodge before he was reoffered at the 2025 NZB Karaka Book 1 when knocked down to Riverrock Farm for $110,000.

The mare unfortunately passed away with her final foal being a colt by Profiteer that was sold to Shane McGrath Bloodstock for $4,000 at the 2025 Inglis Australian Weanling Sale.

Tassort Will Stand For $38,500 At Newgate Farm

With his oldest runners about to turn 4, Tassort has made a sensational start to his stud career, and we will see his Group 1-winning daughter Manaal step out on Tuesday in the second of two Group and Listed trials at Randwick.

The sire of 39 individual winners, headed by seven stakes performers, Tassort will stand at Newgate Farm in the spring at a fee of $38,500 (inc. GST).

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Race Result - Mogo Brew Crew Mdn Hcp 1020m

Moruya Track: Soft(5) Time: 0:59.56
1
Spice Baby
- 2f Tassort (AUS) x Ice Baby (AUS) (Stratum (AUS))
Tnr: Joseph Ible Rdr: Ms L Day 55
2
3
Caravanserai
- 3g Blue Point (IRE) x Essaouira (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: Natalie Jarvis Rdr: J Innes Jnr 58
3
4
Molteuno
- 3f Exceedance (AUS) x Lucky Lago (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: Tash Burleigh Rdr: S Guymer 56.5
4
4.5
Miss Steffi
- 2f Graff (AUS) x Love Her Madly (AUS) (Carnegie (IRE))
Tnr: K J Parker Rdr: A Layt 55
5
5.5
Bedda Mia
- 3f Pariah (AUS) x Perfect Lyric (GB) (Pivotal (GB))
Tnr: Luke Musson Rdr: Holly Durnan 55
6
7
Brutal Belle
- 3f Brutal (NZ) x Pasadera (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: Luke Pepper Rdr: Brock Ryan 55
7
7.8
Musumeci
- 3g Capitalist (AUS) x Viva La Romance (AUS) (Fastnet Rock (AUS))
Tnr: R J Howes Rdr: Olivia Chambers 57
8
9.6
Aerial Blaze
- 2f Brazen Beau (AUS) x Sacred Walk (NZ) (Pins (AUS))
Tnr: Luke Pepper Rdr: Q Krogh 55
9
10.6
Menacing Kaiser
- 3g Impending (AUS) x Rioghan (AUS) (Snitzel (AUS))
Tnr: Matthew J Stephens Rdr: Rebecca Bronett Prag 53.5
10
11.4
Little Bobbyloulou
- 3f Skyclad (AUS) x Solar Shadow (AUS) (Dane Shadow (AUS))
Tnr: Luke Clarke Rdr: R Bensley 57
11
13.2
Rawano
- 4g Tivaci (AUS) x Rosehip (NZ) (Savabeel (AUS))
Tnr: Gary Crossley Rdr: Ms C Keatings 55
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