PRIME DISPATCH - Prime Thoroughbreds

PRIME DISPATCH
                         EDITION 289 – 09/04/2021
                         Compiled by Joe o’NeILL

      Invincible Al retired – Won 9 races and $532,815 - $55,000 Weanling purchase!!!

Tony Gollan recommended it was time to retire Invincible Al after his most recent start. He did a
great job winning nine races and $532,815 on the track. He has the distinction of being Champion
Sire, I Am Invincible’s highest earning non stakes winner in Australia. This isn’t a bad effort
considering there are 687 horses in this category.

Our thanks go to Patrick Payne and Tony Gollan for looking after him so well.

The photo above is my favourite one of Invincible Al winning. He won at the metropolitan status
meeting at Pakenham and was Tahlia Hope’s first metropolitan winner. He will be retrained as an
equestrian horse. Good luck to him and his new owners.

I was sorry to hear of Tom Raudonikis passing away. He was a wonderful Rugby League player and
gave a lot back to the game after he retired. I came across him a few times. The first was in 1977 after
NSW beat Queensland at Lang Park. Dad and I were invited into the Brisbane Rugby League Club in
the old stand at Lang Park after the game and the NSW side came in for a drink. He had a great
presence particularly to a 20yo from Toowoomba.

Tomorrow is Randwick’s big day with nine Group races to be decided and the Country Championship
Final. It should be a great day. Good luck to any of our friends with runners at the meeting.

From our perspective we have a couple of interesting runners. Kalino who runs in the Widden Stakes
is a ½ brother to our Rubick filly out of Lanikai with Taurasi closely related to Dunbrody Power
which I purchased as a yearling.

Healing Hands in the Country Championship Final is a full brother to Invincible Al. Prompt Protegy
in the ATC Derby is closely related to a heap of horses we raced including Sea Coral.

Interestingly, the Doncaster favourite is out of a Tiger Hill mare as is Fituese. Fituese is one of only
two Australian bred ‘Black type’ winners out of Tiger Hill mares.

This is my favourite day of racing in Sydney. I’m looking forward to Rubisaki running next Saturday
in the Group 2 Sapphire Stakes. It would be a nice achievement to win during the Championships in
consecutive years.

Our only runner for the weekend is McCain at Ballarat on Sunday. We have plenty of action in the
pipeline with Xtremetime and Tillotson set to run on 21 and 22 April. Patrick Payne is jumping out
several runners at Kilmore today. These include Gaga’s Belle, Japery, Miss Divine Em, Prince Of
Tokyo, Sizzling Sonata, Swear By Her, Well Branded and Who Doubted Me.

                                          Visit to Stables

We are planning to have a visit to Patrick Payne’s Stable on 20 June starting at 10am. More details to
follow.

It has been a long time since we had a visit to any stables due to the Covid restrictions. It has been a
different year for many of our owners.

I will arrange a suitable date to visit John Thompson, Kris Lees and Adam Trinder’s stables as well.
It is difficult to find suitable Sundays due to the sales programme and fitting around race meetings. It
is amazing just how much is going on.

Yearlings

I am pleased with the response to our yearlings. I have shares available in the following youngsters.

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                               Star Turn out of Night War filly 2019
                    Kris Lees to Train 5% shares $7,000 10% shares $14,000

This filly caught my attention from the moment I first inspected her. She is a beautifully
balanced athlete with a great hindquarter and deep girth. I loved the way she got around and
expect her to run as a 2yo. I have paid her up for the Inglis Series which is a great incentive to
invest in her. We won the $1,000,000 Inglis Sprint in 2020 with Rubisaki and have won

eight Magic Millions feature races so we have a great record in targeting these feature races
attached to sales.

The filly is by a young sire doing a good job. Star Turn is currently 3rd on the Australian
First Season List with his colt Pegasi running 3rd in the $2,000,000 Inglis Millennium this
year.

Star Turn was a fast horse winning Schillaci Stakes but importantly won the high profile 2yo
race the San Domenico Stakes and was placed in the Group 1 Lightning and Newmarket
Stakes.

Night War was the best 2yo of her year in Perth winning the Group 2 Karrakatta Stakes and
then backed up as a 3yo to win the Perth 3yo Magic Millions Classic. She is by the great
broodmare sire General Nediym.

Night War is a ½ sister to Duel Group 1 winner Samaready who threw the $2,000,000 Magic
Millions winner Exhilarates. This is also the family of County Tyrone who was Max Lees
last Group 1 winner and Kris’s first. Champion 2yo Almalad is also in the family.

This filly goes to Kris Lees, who else!!!

                Headwater / Deodara (USA) filly 2019 - John Thompson to Train

                            5% shares $4,250 10% shares $8,500!!!

I was quite taken with this filly when I inspected her. As a type she is hard to fault. She is a stunning
filly with a great hindquarter. She has an attractive head with a good girth and length of rein.

The filly is a great walker and received a high rating from Dr Tim Roberts when he vetted her for me.

She is by a young sire who is doing a good job at stud. He finished 4 th on the Australian First Season
Sire’s List in 2019/20 with 14 winners which saw him lead this crop of young sires by winners. He
was represented by the Stakes winner Wisdom Of Water which won the Group 3 Ken Russell Stakes
and was 5th in the Group 1 JJ Atkins which is Queensland’s premier 2yo race.

He has continued to do a good job in his second season and holds down 4 th place again on the Second
Season Sire’s List. Once again, he is getting plenty of winners which is positive with him holding
down 3rd place for winners.

He has a pedigree that is ideal for our racing which is heavily geared towards sprint racing. He is by
of a high-class Group 1 winner in Exceed And Excel who has excelled both here and overseas siring
182 Stakes winners including 16 Group 1 winners.

Headwater is out of the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate winner River Dove. This is one of the best families in
the Australian stud book. Headwater being reared at Cressfield Stud. This is one of our best and
regularly tops the sales averages at the Inglis Easter Sale. Cressfield’s elite broodmare band is one of
the very best in Australia boasting bloodlines many other studs would die for.

This filly has a pedigree cross that intrigued me with her being out of Deodara by Zoffany. Zoffany
was a successful sire who had a short stint here. Internationally, he sired 76 stakes horses which is a
good effort.

His figures as a broodmare sire is what really interested me. He has only a few runners out of his
daughters with four winning. These four winners include a Group 1 winner and Group 3 winner.
This is exceptional with the Group 1 winner Tiger Tanaka which won at Group 1 level at 1600m as a
2yo as well as winning at Group 3 level. She won six of her eight starts as a 2yo being beaten into
Group 3 level and 4th at Group 1 level. She looks like being a super star.

His other winner was Santosha, which won two of five races as a 2yo including the Group 3 Princess
Margaret Stakes at Royal Ascot. She also was placed 3 rd at Group 2 level.

Added to these two stakes horses we now have a 3rd with Messidor running 3rd in stakes company.
Interestingly she comes out of Atlantic Jewell and Flippant’s family.

Three stakes horses from four to win, ALL FILLIES!!!

These figures are exceptional.

Spieth (NZ) – Atalanta Miss 2019 - Patrick Payne To Train
                             10% Shares $10,000 - 5% Shares $5,000

It pays to keep your cards close to your chest when you attend a yearling sale. This filly was
a ripping type by a young sire who was a very fast horse and very well related being a ½
brother to the outstanding sprinter / miler in Star Of The Seas who won the Blamey Stakes on
27 February 2021.

Spieth won the City Tatts Lightning Handicap at Randwick and was placed in the Group 1
VRC Darley Classic and Group 1 VRC Lightning Stakes. These are serious races.

The filly is out of a mare we know well. Atalanta Miss was a natural 2yo winning the first
2yo race of the season in South Australia and training on to win the Adelaide Magic Millions
2YO Classic. She had the distinction of being probably the only horse to race in Magic
Millions races in Victoria, SA, Queensland and Tasmania.

As well as winning the Adelaide Magic Millions 2YO Classic she ran an unlucky 3 rd in the
Tasmanian Magic Millions 2YO Classic and was placed 5th in the Magic Millions Reverse
Way Of Going Classic in Victoria. As a 3yo she was unplaced in the $2 million Magic
Millions Guineas at the Gold Coast.

She was then sold and went to stud lightly raced which I like. This is her 2 nd foal with the
first foal not being named.

I loved this filly but kept away from her after I initially inspected her. I really didn’t want too
many people to know I was interested in her. She vetted out without any issues and will be
trained by Patrick Payne who trained Atalanta Miss for us.

The filly is bigger than her mother now which is positive but has a strong rear end and walks
with great purpose. I’ll be very surprised if she doesn’t get up and run early.

I have paid her up for the rich Magic Millions Series of races. Could she do what her Mum
did, time will tell but she looks a likely type.

                       Atalanta Miss winning the Adelaide Magic Millions!!!

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