News - SPIRIT OF BOOM (AUS)
Inglis’ Riverside Stables era has begun in the most astonishing fashion imaginable, with a stunning Book 2 today complementing a record-breaking Book 1 to take the sale to never-before-seen levels.
The Kinky Boom story has so many amazing angles it’s hard to know where to start.
Tony McEvoy’s highly regarded filly Kinky Boom made an emphatic statement at her career debut in Saturday’s $250,000 Inglis Premier (RL) (1000m) at Caufield.
Spirit Of Boom lost the top spot at the head of the first season sires when Zoustar’s Sunlight won the rich Magic Millions 2yo Classic, however, the Eureka Stud stallion continues to extend his lead for individual winners and his latest may be a little bit special.
The auction that gives buyers more incentives than any other is the 2018 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale.
Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic co-favourite EF Troop will jumpout at Eagle Farm on Friday morning in his last serious piece of work before next week's rich juvenile feature.
The double Danehill cross does polarise the bloodstock industry, but given its widespread prevalence and steadily growing success it can’t be ignored and one stallion that has really added some fuel to the fire is Spirit of Boom, whose three two year-old stakes-winners are all bred that way.
All but pulled out of the race when trailing home last behind the smart Sunlight at the Gold Coast a week back, the Michael Nolen-trained Spirit’s Pride turned his fortunes around at Toowoomba on Sunday to rack up the seventh winner for boom stallion Spirit Of Boom.
The Spirit of Boom show rolled into Wyong on Thursday with a breathtaking win in the $200,000 Magic Millions 2YO Classic for his brilliant son Jonker.
With six winners from 14 runners, Eureka Stud’s freshman sire Spirit of Boom has more Australian two year-old winners than any other sire in the country and that’s quite an achievement given we are still in December.
Every stud that stands a young stallion wishes they could do what Spirit of Boom did at Doomben on Saturday in siring not one but two stakes-winners with Ef Troop taking the Listed Phelan Ready Stakes followed by Outback Barbie winning the Listed Calaway Gal Stakes.
Not many horses win a trial by 20 lengths but Tony Gollan reckons you can’t read much into the blistering trial romp of leading Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic contender EF Troop.
In this new age of supposed equality for all one would like to think it might extend to the horse world, but at Doomben on Saturday the Listed juvenile events seen as traditional Magic Millions lead up races feature 15 fillies plus three emergencies in the Calaway Gal Stakes, but just six entries for the colts and geldings equivalent, the Phelan Ready.
Sent off an odds-on favourite when making her career debut at Toowoomba on November 18, Holdin’ My Own gave connections a quick reality check on the vagaries of racing when she began awkwardly, which forced the saddle to shift back whereupon she gave a buck jumping exhibition and trailed home last.
It has been a massive couple of months for Melbourne based writer and pedigree analyst Kristen Manning who is excited about what 2018 may bring with her home-bred galloper Quilate being aimed at the Melbourne and Adelaide autumn carnivals.
Few missed the trial of the David Atkins-trained Jonker on the Beaumont track back on November 21, so it was no surprise that he was sent off an odds-on favourite at his career debut in Sunday’s Max Lees Classic (900m).
Eureka Stud’s brilliant Group I winning sprinter Spirit of Boom posted his second winner on Friday with a debut victory for Legal Ties at Rockhampton.
The Tony Gollan-trained Ef Troop kick-started his career with a fighting win over 1050 metres at Doomben on Saturday to credit his sire Spirit Of Boom with his first winner.
Eureka Stud’s exciting young sire Spirit of Boom nailed it in NZ with his first official trial winner scoring by a commanding eight lengths over 600m at Waverley race course on Tuesday.