Carrying 60kg, Yellow Brick looked to face an uphill battle in the Group III Tatts WJ Healy Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday, but he wasn’t going to let that stop him smashing through $4million in prizemoney!
Trained by Tonny and Maddy Sears, six year-old gelding Yellow Brick bounced out of two unplaced runs in G1 races to produce his A game for Tommy Berry.
He followed the inside path up the fence taken by Splash Back to win the G1 Tatts Tiara, saving ground all the way under his big weight to arrive on the line and win by a long neck over the favourite Payline.
The best performer for Choisir stallion The Mission, Yellow Brick was bred by Aquis and has the overall record of 11 wins and nine placings from 32 starts with prizemoney topping $4million.
A modest $20,000 Magic Millions National Yearling Sale purchaser for Tony Sears Racing/Paul Moroney Bloodstock from the draft of Waylon J Stud, he is the ultimate saleyard gift!
“I go on holiday in three days and I was like, it'd be really nice if Bricky could give me a good going away present, and that's what he's done,” said Maddy Sears.
“I wouldn't be able to do it without the team behind me. My mum, my dad, all their staff.
“He's (Berry) just a star, and we had a good talk before the race, and Splash Back came up the fence (Tatts Tiara), and he was a little bit hesitant to sort of go up the rail, like he did, but I was like, come on boy, you can do it."
Yellow Brick is a half-brother to Group winners Ballistic Boy and Splendiferous and is the best of five winners from six to race from four time winning High Chaparral (IRE) mare Magical Mist.
Magical Mist was bought by Yulong from the 2023 MM National Broodmare Sale for $775,000 and they sold an Alabama Express yearling filly from her at Inglis Easter this year for $220,000 to Gollan Racing Stables / James Bester Bloodstock / Mitchell Bloodstock.
