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 9 Colts - Flying Houdini (Trapeze Artist) – 49.02 seconds
Back to back heat wins for the Waterhouse Bott stable with Trapeze Artist colt Flying Houdini producing a tenacious effort to win in a bunched finish with Bivouac colt Capitano charging late to just miss.
A $60,000 Inglis Classic purchase from Widden Stud for Red Fox Racing, Flying Houdini carries the same colours as Fully Lit, who won an Inglis Millennium for Red Fox / Waterhouse Bott and won the G3 Cameron Handicap last Friday at Newcastle.
Flying Houdini is a full brother to Inglis Nursery Stakes winner Where’s the Circus from a fast female family.
Heat 8 Fillies – Runaway Diva (Anamoe) 49.22 seconds
The Waterhouse Bott stable produced their first winner this morning when Anamoe filly Runaway Diva went forward to lead and then held off a challenge from the Clinton McDonald trained Yes Yes Yes filly Everlasting Grace, who was ridden quietly by James McDonald.
Anamoe made it two heat runners for two heat winners today giving him the perfect start to his stud career.
Runaway Diva was a $380,000 Magic Millions purchase from Raheen Stud for Monarch Racing/Catheryne Bruggeman/Paul Moroney Bloodstock and is the second foal of Fleet Dove, a metro winning Not a Single Doubt mare whop comes from the family of Group I winners Ofcourseican and Gimmethegreenlight.
Heat 7 Colts – Nonu (Anamoe) – 49.02 seconds
Bjorn Baker again in this heat with stunning looking colt Nonu, who comes from the first crop of Australian Horse of the Year Anamoe. He did everything right for Jason Collett and koicked clear for a good win over Eagle Jac, who is by another first season sire ion Jacquinot.
A $600,000 Karaka Book 1 purchase from Wentwood Grange for Bjorn Baker Racing / Clarke Bloodstock (FBAA) / Ridgmont, Nonu has an interesting 3 x 3 double cross of Street Cry (IRE) and is the first foal from stakes-winning Pride of Dubai mare Easifar, a half-sister to South African Group winner Readytogorightnow.
The female family traces back to legendary matriarch Denise’s Joy, so Nonu comes from an elite family that would suggest he’s got a lot more to offer as his career unfolds and if he does it at two that will be a bonus.
