News - ALL TOO HARD (AUS)
Trials were run at Randwick on Monday morning with one heat for juveniles won by a colt bred to be better at three and an older horse caught our eye that may well be the next stakes-winner for Alligator Blood’s sire All Too Hard.
They don't come any braver than Alligator Blood, and when gifted a soft lead, few can match him.
Trainer Mike Moroney will give Elkington Road a chance to emulate his sire All Too Hard in the Caulfield Guineas after keeping his record at a perfect two-for-two with a fighting win over 1420m at Flemington on Sunday.
The Mike Moroney-trained debutante Elkington Road made the best possible start to his career over 1200m at Sandown-Lakeside on Wednesday to become the twenty-second winner of the season for All Too Hard.
John O'Shea has resisted the temptation to tackle stakes races with the 4-year-old gelding Pizarro, but there could be a nice race over the Spring Carnival for the progressive son of All Too Hard.
Unraced at two, the John O’Shea trained All Too Hard gelding Pizarro has had a productive season at three and capped it with a determined victory at Rosehill on Saturday.
Alligator Blood's rehabilitation is complete after All Too Hard's top-class son powered his way to victory in Saturday's $1,500,000 Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm.
Australian bred sprinters filled the trifecta in the Group I The Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday with Kia Ora Stud bred and sold All Too Hard gelding Wellington making it back to back wins in the race defeating Computer Patch (Exceed and Excel) and Sky Field (Deep Field).
Champion Group 1 sprinter-miler Ole Kirk will head Vinery Stud’s roster at a $55,000 (inc GST) service fee in 2022.
Racing in career best form, the Richard and Michael Freedman-trained Forbidden Love added a third win at the highest level to her record in Saturday’s $1,000,000 Group 1 The Agency George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill Gardens.
Racing in rare form, the Michael and Richard Freedman-trained Forbidden Love added a second Group 1 to her record when leading at every call in Saturday's $500,000 Canterbury Stakes (1300m) at Randwick.
When she's good, she is very good, and the All Too Hard mare Forbidden Love was at the top of her game in Saturday's Group II Guy Walter Proven Thoroughbreds Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.
Bred and sold by Kia Ora Stud, quality All Too Hard sprinter Wellington won the Group I Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) last year and returned to Sha Tin on Sunday to claim his second elite victory when taking out the Group I The Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m).
Speedy mare Babylon Berlin was at her brilliant front-running best when she led all the way to take out the Gr.3 Brighthill Farm Eminent First Yearlings Concorde Handicap (1200m) at Ellerslie.
Following seconds at Hawkesbury and Canterbury to kick-start his career, it was third time lucky for the John O'Shea-trained Pizarro at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. However, he would not have wanted one metre further than the 1300m.
All Too Hard is never without a good horse and we may have seen a future stakes-winner for the Vinery Stud stalwart at Doomben on Saturday.
A cool ride from Leith Innes paved the way for talented galloper Demonetization to make it back-to-back victories to open his latest campaign as the pair took out the Gr.3 Eagle Technology Stakes (1600m).
Speedy mare Babylon Berlin got her spring campaign off to the best possible start when she proved too slick for her rivals in the Listed Donaldson Brown Pegasus Stakes (1000m) at Riccarton.
Our Breed to Race stories are striking a real chord with our audience and this tale of a bargain priced well bred mare bought through Inglis Digital from one of the best breeders in the country in Rick Jamieson of Gilgai Farm will inspire many more to chase their dreams.
We’ve had a month of racing in the new season with the first two Group I races in Sydney and Melbourne run and won and Vinery Stud will be hoping the sire tables look just like this come the end of the season.