One To Watch - Ballarat

Mark Smith - Sunday April 24

The Daniel Bowman-trained Rich Enuff filly Bubble Palace made an auspicious career debut over 1100m at Ballarat on Sunday.

Impressive debut by Bubble Palace (image Brett Holburt/Racing photos)

With Harry Coffey in the saddle, Bubble Palace was in second gear for all but the final 200m, leading at every call to defeat the $760,000 Redoute’s Choice filly Miss Passion by three and a half lengths. Godolphin’s homebred Exosphere Legio Ten was a half neck back in third.

“Daniel asked me to take the sit on her in a trial at Avoca, and I was quite taken how she handled things,” Coffey said.

“in the jumpout, she was pretty cruisy – jumped out – took control and slipped away from them with a lot in hand.

“It was a similar story today. I don’t know what she had if one came up and tested us, but the thing I was most taken by was her cruising speed. I let her stride between the 800m and 400m, and she felt nice underneath me. She was going to take a bit of catching after that.

“She is still a bit raw and green. Daniel and his team have done a really good job in preparing her. Had a bit of trouble with her barrier manners; she was a little reluctant to go in, which is surprising as everything else she takes in her stride.

Bubble Palace a $180,000 Inglis Classic yearling

“Hopefully, with a nice day at the races, everything going smoothly, she’s starting to work out that it is not that bad being a racehorse.

Bubble Palace sports the colours of Christine and Francis Cook’s Mystery Downs, who, in association with john Foote, purchased the daughter of Rich Enuff for  $180,000 from the Woodside Park Stud draft at the 2021 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.

She is a half-sister to   Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock’s highly regarded Cable bay filly Tiz My Baby.

Despite being a 9-start maiden, Tiz My Baby was far from disgraced in the Group III Ethereal Stakes, Group II Wakeful Stakes, and Group 1 VRC Oaks last spring.

Their dam, the winning Snitzel filly Tiz My View, has been catalogued for the 2022 Inglis Australian Broodmare Sale on May 8.

Tiz My View

A half-sister to the recent Sha Tin winner Shanghai Dragon (All Too Hard), Tiz My View carries a positive test to Hanseatic on a September 1 cover.

It’s proving to be a weekend to remember for Calvados Bloodstock’s Fionnuala Timoney who purchased the dam of comeback queen Bella Vella, Forget The Weather, for $20,000 at the 2019 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale. Timoney shelled out $15,000 for Tiz My View 2021 Inglis May (Early) Online Sale.

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Race Result - The Haymarket Mdn Plate 1100m

Ballarat Track: Good(4) Time: 1:04.39
1
Bubble Palace
- 2f Rich Enuff (AUS) x Tiz My View (AUS) (Snitzel (AUS))
Tnr: Daniel Bowman Rdr: H Coffey 56
2
3.5
Miss Passion
- 2f Redoute's Choice (AUS) x Mella Maria (AUS) (Star Witness (AUS))
Tnr: P G Moody Rdr: B Mc Dougall 56
3
3.7
Legio Ten
- 2c Exosphere (AUS) x Viennese (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: James Cummings Rdr: John Allen 58
4
6.4
Century Fox
- 2g Eurozone (AUS) x Scarlett Fox (AUS) (Foxwedge (AUS))
Tnr: D R Brideoake Rdr: M J Dee 58
5
6.6
Everything Nice
- 2f Rubick (AUS) x Whateverwhenever (AUS) (Choisir (AUS))
Tnr: M J Ellerton Rdr: Liam Riordan 56
6
7.6
Marble Hill
- 2f Manhattan Rain (AUS) x Miffy (AUS) (Flying Spur (AUS))
Tnr: Archie Alexander Rdr: Declan Bates 56
7
9.1
Drop The Verse
- 2f Merchant Navy (AUS) x Volcada (NZ) (Stravinsky (USA))
Tnr: M J Ellerton Rdr: Damien Thornton 56
8
9.4
Midnight Glow
- 2g Sebring (AUS) x Midnight Fantasy (AUS) (Commands (AUS))
Tnr: J P Salanitri Rdr: Alana Kelly 58
9
9.6
Zoe's Promise
- 2f Swear (AUS) x Kinz Funky Monkey (USA) (The Green Monkey (USA))
Tnr: D J Cannon Rdr: Harry Grace 56
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