There were six heats won by juveniles at the Rosehill trials on Monday morning and winners included an unraced $1.5million Snitzel colt with a pedigree to die for, an unraced Written Tycoon colt and an unraced Home Affairs that won by a space.
Trained by Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou, Home Affairs youngster Like an Eagle was having his second trial and improved sharply on his first try when he missed the start and was ridden quietly. This time he jumped from an outside gate and was encouraged to go forward out wide and take the lead.
He thoroughly enjoyed himself and strode clear for Andrew Adkins to win by three and half lengths with Home Affairs filly Miss Scandal working home nicely for third. The Chris Waller trained filly was well fancied on debut in the Group III ATC Widden Stakes, but disappointed on that occasion, however obviously has talent so it might pay to forgive when she reappears at the races.
A $220,000 Inglis Easter purchase for George Moore Bloodstock, Like an Eagle was bred and sold by Torryburn Stud as was his sire Home Affairs.
Gelded already, Like an Eagle is a half-brother to Group I placed $1.4million earner Payline and is from stakes-winning Casino Prince mare Slots.
Chris Waller has already produced two Group I winning 2YO colts by Snitzel this season in Campione D’Italia and Fireball, while last Saturday’s G3 winner St Gotthard looms as a possible third.
The Waller trained Snitzel colt Attorney General is yet to go racing, but he’s had a good education at the trials and this was his sixth outing and best so far. Stay Inside colt Concubine Visit was a runaway leader before Attorney General cruised past along with his stablemate Katoto, a last start winner with Black Type aspirations.
Attorney General was a $1.5million Inglis Easter purchase for Tom Magnier from Arrowfield and is the first from unraced Teofilo mare Subella (IRE), a grand-daughter of Group I winner Zomaradah, best known as the dam of champion sire Dubawi.
This family has been in the news of late as Zomaradah is also the third dam of G1 Newmarket 2000 Guineas winner Bow Echo, who has a double cross of this highly influential mare.
Trained by Peter Snowden, good looking Written Tycoon colt Crescent King is now two for two at the trials. He won at his first attempt back in February and looked good again here for Chad Scofield, settling back in the field when asked to take a sit and then lengthening nicely between runners to take the win.
Bred by Yulong, he made $200,000 at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale and then $300,000 a the MM Horses in Training Sale when offered in the Kenmore Lodge draft.
He is the first foal of True Moonlight, a winning three-quarter sister-in-blood to Group winners Gunnison and Selenia.
Additional winners were: Lion Hunt (Palace Pier (GB), Why So Hard (All Too Hard) and Dubious Express (Dubious).
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