News - ALL TOO HARD (AUS)
The Group II ATC Stan Fox Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday over 1500 metres featured a field packed with potential classic horses and while previously unbeaten colt The Autumn Sun was luckless in finishing third, the first two across the line in Tarka and Dealmaker are clearly horses on the up.
All Too Hard has made a busy start to the new season and added a promising debut winner to his tally at Geelong on Friday with this talented filly from the powerful Lindsay Park operation.
Hot favourite More Sundays proved disappointing at Randwick on Saturday in an exciting three year-old race packed with spring contenders including promising All Too Hard filly Reginae who claimed a stylish victory.
The commercial focus of thoroughbred breeding does tend to concentrate on the stallions, but when a former top class mare delivers two winners in two days and one of them looks like a future stakes-winner, we like to give her the recognition she deserves.
Two victories on his home track on Saturday had Pukekohe trainer Nigel Tiley pleased with his day’s work, but it was the sight of promising four-year-old Demonetization completing a three-quarter pace gallop earlier that morning that put the biggest smile on his face.
A pair of Victorian breeders tasted city racetrack success with two highly promising two-year-old colts over the weekend.
Carrying the well-known colours of Tony Santic, the All Too Hard colt Unfair Dismissal avenged his last start defeat by Poised To Strike in Saturday’s Listed Oaklands Plate (1400m) at Morphettville Parks.
Dratini is a colt with a rich pedigree and the looks to go with it.
Impressive maiden winner Copper Mine took the first step on his journey to a future career in Hong Kong when he blitzed his rivals with a powerful front-running performance over 1200m at Ruakaka on the weekend.
The days are long gone when the tabloids treated a newborn Makybe Diva foal with the same reverence as a royal birth.
It was just like old times for Luke Currie went he piloted Divanation to an outstanding debut victory at Werribee on Friday.
A Wednesday treble for Vinery Stud’s All Too Hard featured a juvenile quinella at Sandown with Riviera and De Little Sister hitting the line locked together and a promising three year-old entered for the Group I BRC Queensland Derby.
Returning from an 18 month suspension, champion jockey James Mcdonald enjoyed the fairytale result when he coaxed a narrow victory from the Star Thoroughbreds owned three year old Cormac at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.
Sandown Guineas winner Villermont is likely to head to the Group 1 Queensland Derby following a nail-biting win in Saturday’s Group III Gunsynd Classic (1630m) at Doomben.
Vinery has announced its stallion line-up for 2018 with its trio of young guns Star Turn, Headwater and Press Statement consolidating their stud careers alongside legendary sire More Than Ready (USA).
Stakes-placed at Flemington last spring, All Too Hard filly Warranty looks set to gain further Black Type this preparation following a strong finishing win on the Kensington track at Randwick on Wednesday.
In the midst of a week including two Championships meetings and the Easter Sale, there’s an unheralded debutant in a Newcastle maiden on Saturday that will likely have her name up in lights one way or another in this same famous week going forward.
Third in a Group III event at her previous start, this two year-old daughter of All Too Hard was always going to be a short priced favourite at Pakenham on Thursday evening.
With five new stakes horses in the past month there is a growing groundswell of evidence to suggest Vinery Stud’s All Too Hard is working up to something big.
Promising staying filly All Too Soon was the first leg of a winning double at Rosehill on Wednesday for Vinery Stud’s All Too Hard.