All 2YO heats this morning run at Randwick over 850m with these trials the key factor in deciding fields for the Group III ATC Breeders Plate and Gimcrack Stakes in two weeks time.
Heat 3 - Colts - Fiji (I Am Invincible) – 49.92 seconds
Chris Waller does not send many juveniles out early, but I Am Invincible colt Fiji looks like he pretty much took himself there and did everything right for James McDonald to score a very soft win.
A $675,000 Magic Millions purchase from Kia Ora Stud for China Horse Club/Newgate Bloodstock, Fiji is a full brother to stakes-placed Innervisions and is from stakes-winning Snitzel mare Modern Wonder, a full sister to Champion 2YO Filly Away Game.
Heat 2 – Fillies - Shezablaze (Capitalist) – 49.53 seconds
Peter Snowden trained Capitalist to win a Magic Millions 2YO Classic and Golden Slipper and he’s going to have some fun with a flying filly by his former stable star in Shezablaze, who led all the way to win easily in fast time.
A $170,000 Magic Millions purchase from Alma Vale Thoroughbreds for her trainer, Shezablaze is bred to go fast and early being the first foal of Blazing Miss, who was third in the Group III ATC Widden Stakes and went on to win six races and nearly $500,000 in prizemoney.
Blazing Miss is a half-sister to the dam of brilliant juvenile Sejardan from a prolific Black Type family, so Shezablaze is running true to the pedigree at this point!
Heat 1 –Colts – Proverb (Written Tycoon) – 50.25 seconds
The James Harron Bloodstock colours are often prominent at this set of trials and were carried by the first winner Proverb trained by Michael Freedman. He was ridden patiently by Tim Clark settling back on the fence with cover and when angled into clear ground he pounced late to score a head win over Home Affairs colt Internal Security.
A $700,000 Magic Millions purchase from Yulong for James Harron Bloodstock Colt Partnership/Tony Fung Colts, Proverb is the second foal of well bred import Shines Her Light (IRE), whose first foal is a winner. Pedigree has a mix of speed and stamina as dam is a half-sister by speed sire No Nay Never to Group I winner Ventura Storm (IRE), who raced in Australia and won the Group II Moonee Valley Cup.
