News - SO YOU THINK (NZ)
Anthony and Sam Freedman produced an interesting first starter at Seymour on Thursday for So You Think and he duly saluted as a short priced favourite.
Well named So You Think mare Howgoodareyou took another step forward with her first metro win at Randwick on Wednesday to become the first winner of the new season for outstanding sire So You Think, who finished runner-up for the second year in row on the Australian General Sires List by earnings to Champion Australian Sire I Am Invincible.
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott saddled a short priced favourite at Hawkesbury on Sunday and the three year-old filly by So You Think duly returned an impressive winner.
Our new feature on Premium stallion pages allowing users to search for their mare and create an instant hypothetical five generation tabulated pedigree with the stallion of their choice has proven super popular and with a cold and windy weekend predicted if you’re not in Europe it’s a good time to experiment with pedigree!
There were six heats for juveniles at the Warwick Farm trials on Friday morning and we got a look at a Russian Revolution colt that has not been sighted since the Group I MRC Blue Diamond.
The last four Group I races in Queensland mark the end of elite racing in Australia for the season so let’s take a look at the pedigrees.
The final G1 of the Australian season – today’s Tatt’s Tiara at Eagle Farm for the fillies and mares – ended in a quinella for Inglis graduates as Palaisipan (So You Think) defeated Roots (Press Statement).
Sporting the colours of world renowned Japanese breeder Katsumi Yoshida for the first time, the Chris Munce trained So You Think mare Palaisipan bowed out of Australian racing as a Group I winner after scoring a stylish victory in the $700,000 Group I Tatts Tiara (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Inglis graduate Think About It confirmed his status as Australia’s newest sprinting superstar by sealing back-to-back Group 1s with another imperious victory in today’s $3m Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm.
They keep raising the bar for Think About It, and the son of So You Think never flinches.
The Epsom Derby was run last weekend and while many breeders may question how a mile and a half staying race for three year-olds in England has any possible relevance to us, it’s time to think again.
The $3million Group I BRC Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm has drawn a full field plus emergencies with the favourite Think About It drawing midfield in gate 12, while his main opposition is expected to come from his three year-old rivals.
Untapped Group 1 winning sprinter Think About It has secured a slot in the 2023 Everest. The Proven Thoroughbreds owned, and Joe Pride trained star sprinter will race in the newly acquired Newgate slot.
Up-and-coming star Think About It (So You Think) surged into favouritism for the $3m Stradbroke Handicap with a dominant victory in today’s G1 Kingsford Smith Cup at Eagle Farm.
With seven wins from eight previous starts, the last five wins in succession, the Joe Pride trained So You Think gelding Think About It kept the picket fence going when conquering an elite field of sprinters at WFA to win the $1million BRC Kingsford Smith Cup (1300m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
The Listed SAJC Centaurea Stakes (2028m) delivered a new stakes-winner for So You Think with progressive Kiwi bred staying mare Thought Provoking holding off all challengers to score a determined victory.
The equal highest priced filly on the second day of the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale was a stunning youngster by So You Think from Marquise da Rossa that made $400,000 to the bid of Suman Hedge Bloodstock.
A half-sister to $3.5million earner Dalasan, progressive So You Think filly Party Princess has been promising to win a stakes race for a while now and got the job done in style when scoring a commanding victory in the Listed SAJC Adelaide Guineas (1600m) at Morphettville on Saturday.
So You Think is one of the best stallions in the country and while his glamour Group I winning mare Nimalee sold for $3.6million at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale last Thursday evening, earlier that day I took a drive to the Southern Highlands to check in on the progress of a So You Think gelding following a different path in life.
The Joe Pride trained So You Think gelding Think About It has charged through the grades this year and looks set to keep his winning run going in Brisbane with a stylish first up victory in the Listed Takeover Target Stakes (1200m) at Gosford on Saturday.