News - SPIRIT OF BOOM (AUS)

Only three heats for two year-olds at the Randwick barrier trials on Monday morning with stakes-winner Ebhaar redeeming herself with a heat win following her Widden Stakes failure and an unraced filly bred to go fast and early caught our eye when she did exactly that.

The Spirit Of Boom colt Palazzo Spirit kept his record at a perfect two for two with a hard-fought win in Saturday’s Listed Eureka Stud Phelan Ready Stakes (1000m) at Eagle Farm.

This is the time of year when the two year-old action really starts to get serious with Magic Millions only weeks away and then quickly into the autumn so we’ve highlighted some of the best 2YO trials of the week from Randwick, Kembla Grange and Doomben.

Showing the benefit of a first-up fourth at the Gold Coast, the Lee Freedman-trained Champagne Tastes opened her winning account in an 1100m maiden at Ipswich on Wednesday.

The third leg of a 4-timer for champion trainer Tony Gollan, Black Soil Bloodstock’s Miami Fleiss opened her stakes account in Saturday’s Listed Eureka Stud Classic (1200m) at Doomben.

There were three heats for juveniles at Rosehill on Monday morning that produced winners for Snitzel, Rubick and Spirit of Boom, who sired the fastest winner of the three.

A third Group 1 of the spring for Daniel Moor as the six-year-old Spirit Of Boom entire Jonker made all the running in Friday night’s Group 1 Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley.

There was a big set of 15 barrier trials at Randwick on Tuesday morning, but only one heat for two year-olds and it was won by a son of Spirit of Boom.

Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr have trained the winners of the two two-year-old races in Melbourne this season, the latest being the Spirit of Boom filly Get In The Spirit, who showed a clean pair of heels in Saturday’s Listed Darley Maribyrnong Trial Stakes (1000m) at Flemington.

Thoroughbred Breeders Queensland Association is proud to announce the 2020-21 Queensland Breeding Champions and QTIS Premiers.

Spirit of Boom was a prolific winner on the racetrack and has been equally effective at stud since retiring to Eureka Stud in 2014, spending his first four seasons at a fee of $11,000 before blossoming into one of the most desirable young stallions in the country.

Eureka Stud’s gun sire Spirit of Boom passed a milestone on Friday siring his 100th winner of the season becoming the 13th stallion to achieve the feat.

Spirit of Boom was in hot form on Saturday with four winners highlighted by a stakes double at Doomben courtesy of exciting 2YO Prince of Boom and his top class mare Outback Barbie.

Just six days after making a sensational debut at the Sunshine Coast, Prince of Boom did the right thing by the sponsor when he turned a competitive looking Group II Spirit Of Boom Classic (1200m) (Champagne Classic) at Doomben into a two and a half-length romp.

Eureka Stud will consolidate its stallion roster for the 2021 breeding season to stand Champion Queensland sire Spirit of Boom and Encryption, the son of Champions Lonhro and Guelph.

Tony Gollan has set his sights on Group 1 glory with Jonker after the rejuvenated sprinter destroyed his rivals with a display of sustained speed in Saturday’s $1 million It’s Live! In Queensland Magic Millions Snippets (1200m) at the Gold Coast.

Anybody conducting inspections on Magic Millions Yearlings this year will have noticed the marked improvement in quality and number of youngsters on show by Eureka Stud’s sire sensation Spirit of Boom.

Isotope and Away Game dominant the betting for Saturday's Listed Hellbent Gold Edition Stakes at Doomben and so we will be looking for a horse to fill the trifecta.

The 2021 Magic Millions Yearling Sale will usher in the beginning of a new era for Queensland’s sire sensation Spirit of Boom, with this crop of yearlings his first bred from a higher fee of $55,000 resulting in a premium selection of youngsters.

Winless since kickstarting his career with runaway wins at Wyong and Newcastle back in December 2017, Jonker made a statement for his new stable when lowering Takeover Targets Doomben 1200m course record in Saturday’s Listed Keith Noud Quality.