They say when one door closes another will open and there was a little of that about the win of talented All Too Hard filly Horsehoe Hill at Randwick on Wednesday in the same colours as her illustrious stablemate Stefi Magnetica, whose retirement was also announced earlier in the day.
Also by All Too Hard, Stefi Magnetica departed the Bjorn Baker stable as a dual Group I winner of more than $7.3million (read about her here) , so Horsehoe Hill has a way to go to reach those lofty heights, but she certainly has potential!
Ridden by Jason Collett in the Benchmark 72 event over 1150m, Horsehoe Hill looked well placed at her second run back from a spell coming off a first up sixth to Beadman in the Listed ATC Fireball Stakes.
Horseshoe Hill has two wins and two placings from five starts with prizemoney topping $116,000 and a return to stakes company is on the radar.
“It’s great to see those colours salute today,” said stable representative Luke Hilton.
“She's a lovely filly. I've always had a good opinion of her. She's been third in a Wyong Magic Millions at her first ever start. So she's taken a while to execute well. I thought she was better again today. She's still got a bit to learn, but there's a lot of upside.
“I think she's going to take plenty of benefit out of it and physically, she's still going to mature and probably next preparation will be when we see the best of her.
“Depending how she goes, we may look towards some stakes race late into the carnival and maybe even a Queensland campaign for her.”
A $200,000 Magic Millions purchase from Widden Stud for Bjorn Baker Racing/Clarke Bloodstock Pty Ltd (FBAA)/Cunningham Thoroughbreds, Horseshoe Hill was bred by Barry McRostie is the second winner from Group II winning Encosta de Lago mare Miss Rose de Lago.
Strong and athletic with good sized and scope, Horseshoe Hill was the highest priced filly by All Too Hard sold in 2024.
Miss Rose de Lago produced a colt last spring by Trapeze Artist and unfortunately missed to All Too Hard.
