Belated Stakes Success for Nostradamus Mare Clairvoyance

Mark Smith - Sunday February 20

Although it took a bit longer than expected, the Darren McAuliffe Clairvoyance has come back from the brink of death to earn her first stakes win with a dominant performance in Sunday’s Listed Pinjarra Classic (1300m).

Clairvoyance all alone at the finish (image Western Racepix)

A first stakes-winner for Rosemont Stud’s Nostradamus, Clairvoyance led at every call under Chris Parnham to defeat Coming Around (Gingerbread Man) by four and a quarter length in track record time.

Son Of Bacchus (Playing God) was a length further back in third.

The 4yomare advances her overall record to seven wins and a second from ten starts with earnings of $521,550.

Clairvoyance was the talking horse in the west after reeling off four consecutive wins and five of his first six starts dating back to her 2yo debut at Belmont in July 2020.

Her career was derailed by a knee injury and colic, the severity of which is recounted by McAuliffe in this interview by The Races WA.

A homebred for Impressive Racing, Clairvoyance is the fifth foal and third winner out of the well-performed Perugino mare Dance On Air.

Campaigned by David Moodie’s Contract Racing, Dance On Air won six races in Melbourne where she seemed to have an affinity with Caulfield, which was the scene for three of her wins.

After not having a foal for three seasons after Clairvoyance, Dance On Air produced a Universal Ruler colt last spring and was bred back to Snippetson.

Clairvoyance is flying the flag for Rosemont Stud’s Nostradamus. The Medaglia d’Oro (USA) half-brother to Star Witness stood for a fee of $5,500 last season.

 

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Race Result - Tabtouch Pinjarra Classic LR 1300m

Pinjarra Track: Good(4) Time: 1:15.10
1
Clairvoyance
- 4m Nostradamus (AUS) x Dance On Air (AUS) (Perugino (USA))
Tnr: D T McAuliffe Rdr: Chris Parnham 54.5
2
4.3
Coming Around
- 6g Gingerbread Man (AUS) x Elite Dancer (AUS) (Royal Academy (USA))
Tnr: Grant Williams Rdr: P Carbery 56.5
3
5.3
Son Of Bacchus
- 6g Playing God (AUS) x Southern Comfort (AUS) (Comfy (USA))
Tnr: Rhys Radford Rdr: P Knuckey 55
4
5.4
Triple Missile
- 4g Smart Missile (AUS) x Triple Latte (USA) (Medaglia D'Oro (USA))
Tnr: L Smith Rdr: C Johnston-Porter 54
5
5.5
Hot Zed
- 4g Red Hot Choice (AUS) x Zedfire (AUS) (Zedrich (AUS))
Tnr: L P Luciani Rdr: J Whiting 57.5
6
5.7
The Spruiker
- 4g I'm All The Talk (AUS) x Pins Perhaps (NZ) (Pins (AUS))
Tnr: S J Wolfe Rdr: S Mc Gruddy 56
7
6.2
Eeyore Wayz
- 5g My Admiration (AUS) x Because I Said (AUS) (Saxon (AUS))
Tnr: Raquel Reid Rdr: C Staples 54
8
6.8
Lorentinio
- 8g Demerit (AUS) x Tribal Secret (AUS) (Tribu (AUS))
Tnr: J P Taylor Rdr: Laqdar Ramoly 55
9
7.0
Serenity Bay
- 6m Rogano (AUS) x Evoked (AUS) (Song Of Tara (IRE))
Tnr: Grant Williams Rdr: Ms K Yuill 54
10
7.2
Cryptic Love
- 6m My Admiration (AUS) x Abitcryptic (AUS) (Bletchley Park (IRE))
Tnr: D R Harrison Rdr: Jade Mc Naught 54
11
8.7
Son Of A God
- 5g Playing God (AUS) x Faslizan (AUS) (Fasliyev (USA))
Tnr: Simon Miller Rdr: B Parnham 54.5
12
9.4
Floyd
- 8g Not A Single Doubt (AUS) x Feather Duster (AUS) (End Sweep (USA))
Tnr: C & M Gangemi Rdr: S O'Donnell 56.5
13
11.8
Snickerdoodledandy
- 4m Snitzel (AUS) x Crafty Irna (AUS) (Starcraft (NZ))
Tnr: Sue Olive Rdr: Lucy Warwick 54
14
15.1
Startthefriar
- 7g Blackfriars (AUS) x Athena's Me Mum (AUS) (Brocco (USA))
Tnr: Ms K Craig Rdr: T Turner 56
15
20.2
Outrageous
- 6g All Too Hard (AUS) x Fit And Ready (AUS) (More Than Ready (USA))
Tnr: Luke Fernie Rdr: P Harvey 58
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