The Golden Slipper has come and gone but there are still three more G1 races for 2YO’s to come this season in Australia and two of them will be in Sydney next month, so it pays to keep a good eye on what is going on at the trials.
Before we get into the 2YO’s is worth a look at Tempted, who was in cruise control winning her heat ahead of a possible crack at the older sprinters in the Group I ATC TJ Smith (1200m) at Randwick on April 4.
At this time last year, Tempted was third in the Golden Slipper and then won the Group II ATC Percy Sykes Stakes beating Savvy Hallie and the same two fillies ran the quinella in the Group I ATC Surround Stakes on February 28.
At her only try aginst older rivals, Tempted was second in The Everest last spring to Ka Ying Rising, who will not be in the line up for the TJ.
A juvenile heat over 1030m featured a couple of stakes-winners in Tornado Valley and Agrarian Girl, plus super expensive Snitzel colt The Next Episode, who would like to become a stakes-winner… sooner rather than later.
The Ciaron Maher trained Tornado Valley won the heat from his stablemate The Next Episode, who closed off nicely from last with Agrarian Girl a quiet third in a tick over effort having been first emergency in the Golden Slipper.
All three will no doubt have target races at Randwick over The Championships.
Unraced Stay Inside filly Blue Door made a huge impression winning her 900m heat by seven lengths running away. Trained by Bjorn Baker and ridden by Rachel King, she mustered speed well from the gates to lead and kicked right away down the running to finish in a different post code.
A distant third and having her first outing was Katoto, the half-sister to previously mentioned Savvy Hallie.
A $400,000 Inglis Easter purchase from Yarraman Park, Blue Door runs for John Singleton’s Strawberry Hill Stud and has a big pedigree being from blueblood Pierro mare Notting Hill, a grand-daughter of blue hen Shantha’s Choice.
The next trial went to another unraced Bjorn Baker trained filly with Rachel King on board in Isn’t She Autumn, who also won easily, but was a second slower than her stablemate. Also keep an eye on the second filly Fondness, a Godolphin blue blood being by Frankel from a half-sister to Anamoe by Dubawi.
Isn’t She Autumn is by a sire that had two G1 winners last Saturday in The Autumn Sun and is the first foal of very good metro winner Little Stevie.
Another unraced winner of the last 2YO heat with the Chris Waller trained I Am Invincible filly Rocket Girl doing her best work late to sidle up and take a narrow win at her first trial this prep and second overall.
A $1.2million Inglis Easter purchase from Yarraman Park for Chris Waller Racing / Mulcaster Bloodstock and carries the same colours as dual G1 winning colt Autumn Boy. She is the second foal of G3 winning Smart Missile mare Missile Mantra, whose first foal is a winner and her third is an I Am Invincible colt that has been withdrawn from Inglis Easter.
Click here for all the trial results at Breednet with Sale Mail at Racing NSW with video.
