There were eight barrier trials won at Canterbury on Friday morning by juveniles and they included some unraced youngsters showing nice ability including a So You Think colt bred to sprint.
Since astute bloodstock agent James Bester joined the team at the John O’Shea/ Tom Charlton stable as a yearling purchasing consultant they have had some notable successes including Satono Glow, who runs in the G2 Percy Sykes Stakes on Saturday, and two unraced youngsters they purchased last year both won trials this morning in good style.
Dr Know is a big strong gelding by Nicconi and was having his second trial this morning and came away with the win running the quickest time for all eight juvenile heats over 900m. Zac Lloyd gave him a reminder to stay on the job coming to the line and he duly responded.
Bought at Karaka Book for $150,000, he is the first foal of well bred Tavistock mare Feline Advisory, who was an expensive yearling and comes from a prolific Black Type family, so on type and pedigree you would think anything this guy does at two would be a bonus.
Also trained by Tom Charlton and ridden by Zac Lloyd is Zousain filly Girl About Town, who was having her second trial and had a good education. She jumped well and settled kindly behind the leaders and then had to switch across the heels of the horses in front to get a clear run to the line and when asked for an effort was up for the task and scored by half a length.
A lovely style of filly that was a pinhook winner having made $70,000 as a weanling when bought out of the Dorrington Fam draft at Inglis Great Southern and then $230,000 when bought from Rosemont at Inglis Premier by O'Shea / Charlton Racing / James Bester Bloodstock.
She is from Group III winning Magnus mare Miss Promiscuity, so is bred on the reverse cross of this year’s G1 Blue Diamond winner Streisand, who is by Magnus from a daughter of Zoustar.
This was our third look at Exceedance colt Wild Atlantic, who won a trial last spring and then has won both of his trials this prep. Trained by Team Hawkes as was his Group I winning sire, Wild Atlantic was made to settle in the field by Tyler Schiller and when he did relax was able to find the back of $1.8million I Am Invincible colt Whitehall and they let down to the line together putting a gap on their rivals.
Wild Atlantic was a $320,000 Magic Millions purchase for Hawkes Racing from the Vinery draft and is a half-brother to Group III winner Aspect and stakes-winner Brown Ben. His dam Inishbeg is a well bred daughter of Lonhro that has had five to race all winners and it’s not hard to see Wild Atlantic keeping her record perfect.
Dual Cox Plate winner So You Think was a multi-dimensional sire capable of getting horses with the scope to perform over a range of distances and the Waterhouse Bott trained colt Visionary definitely leans to the sprinting end of the spectrum.
He led all the way for Regan Bayliss and although inclined to wander a little in the straight with no company to keep him focused, he stuck on well to win by a length and a half in an encouraging performance at his first trial.
A $260,000 Inglis Easter purchase from Bhima Thoroughbreds for Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott / Kestrel Thoroughbreds/Wattle Bloodstock, Visionary has a sprinters pedigree being the second foal of stakes-winning I Am Invincible mare Supreme Idea, a daughter of a full sister to G1 winning sprinter Sweet Idea.
Additional heat winners were: All Over Harry (Harry Angel (IRE), Seeiaye (Russian Revolution), Affari (Home Affairs) and Isn’t She Autumn (The Autumn Sun).
Click here for all the trial results with Sale Mail at Breednet and at Racing NSW with video.
