Four
two year-old trials at Rosehill on Tuesday morning produced winners for Exceed and
Excel, Sebring and Mossman with the fastest heat won by a slick son of Not a Single
Doubt.
Prepared by Gerald Ryan for Sun Bloodstock, Legend of Condor did everything
right for Josh Parr, breaking smoothly from the gates to surge forward and take
up the lead.
He controlled the trial throughout and gave a good kick down the running to skip
clear and win under his own steam by two lengths clocking 53.30 seconds for the
900 metre gallop.
A $520,000 Inglis Premier purchase from the Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm draft for
Sun Bloodstock, Legend of Condor is from Rhodamine, a winning Success Express
(USA) mare from the family of Group I NZ Two Thousand Guineas winner Atlante.
He was the most expensive yearling by his sire sold at that sale by quite a
margin.
The same trainer and owner won the next heat with Mossman colt Tactical
Formation producing a much better showing at his second outing.
Fitted with blinkers after finishing last at the official trials at Canterbury last
month when not asked to do a great deal, Tactical Formation went forward to
lead and ran away to win his heat by six lengths in 54.70 seconds.
A $170,000 Inglis Classic purchase for Sun Bloodstock from the Vinery Stud
draft, Tactical Formation is a three-quarter brother-in-blood to South African
Group II winner Royal Zulu Warrior from Attunga Rose, an unraced sibling to
South African Group I winner Fighting Warrior.
Godolphin took the next heat with Exceed and Excel filly Gododdin, who was
allowed to settle early before wobbling around the turn and then unleashing a
stylish surge to the line to win by three-quarters of a length in 54.50
seconds.
Gododdin is a half-sister to Group II winner Old North from stakes-winner
Bernicia, a half-sister by Elusive Quality (USA) to Group I winners Vengeance
of Rain and Dizelle.
Exceed and Excel and Elusive Quality work well together and have nicked in various
ways to produce Group I winners Alizee and Guelph as well as eight other
stakes-winners, the nick running at 69% winners to runners.
The final juvenile heat was won by the Peter and Paul Snowden trained filly Sangita,
who holds the distinction of being the most expensive yearling filly ever sired
by Sebring.
Sangita went forward and sat outside the leader for Hugh Bowman and when shaken
up to the line found something to kick on and win comfortably by half a length
in 55.10 seconds.
An $800,000 Inglis Easter purchase from the Milburn Creek draft for James
Harron Bloodstock, Sangita runs for Kia Ora, Werrett Bloodstock and Encompass
Bloodstock.
She has the big pedigree as well as the flashy good looks being from National
Anthem, a half-sister to champion sprinter / Group I sire Starspangledbanner and
to the dam of Group I winner Amicus.
Further back it's the family of champions Elvstroem, Haradasun and the more
recent star Highland Reel.
Click here to see all the trials at Rosehill this morning.