G1 JJ Atkins Field and Draw – Classy Colts Battle

Tara Madgwick - Tuesday June 6

The last two year-old Group I race of the season will be run at Eagle Farm on Saturday and the $1million BRC JJ Atkins (1600m) will feature three runners from the stable of Chris Waller, who has won the race three times previously with The Autumn Sun, Press Statement and Pressday.

Congregation is an acceptor - image Steve Hart

Waller will saddle Chrysaor, Tannhauser and undefeated Coolmore partners owned $2.25million Snitzel colt Congregation, whose full sister Estijaab won the Golden Slipper.

The China Horse Club Newgate stallion syndicates can also play a hand with their colours carried by Snapback, Make a Call and Tannhauser, who is one of two runners in the race for Dundeel, who is enjoying a benchmark year with his juveniles.

Tannhauser is one of two runners for Dundeel - image Steve Hart

His second runner is Miss Finland's little girl Miracle of Love.  

The Maher and Eustace trained blue-blood Kingman colt King Colorado adds interest coming off an impressive last start win at Kembla.

Not offered for sale, King Colorado runs for a syndicate that includes his breeder Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum and was foaled and raised at Segenhoe. He is the first foal born in Australia for stakes-winning More Than Ready import More Aspen (USA), a half-sister to stakes-winner Jade Master and grand-daughter of Group I winner Northern Aspen, whose dam is legendary blue hen Fall Aspen.

Fall Aspen produced an astonishing nine stakes-winners including G1 winners Timber Country, Fort Wood, Hamas and previously mentioned Northern Aspen as well as G2 winner Bianconi (USA), who made Australia his home.

Another of Fall Aspen’s stakes-winning daughters Colorado Dancer is the dam of Dubai Millennium, sire of one of the world’s best current sires in Dubawi, so you can see why connections are having a throw at the stumps to get a G1 on the resume!

No – Horse (Sire)– Trainer – Jockey – Barrier – Weight

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1 – CIFRADO (Encryption)– Rex Lipp – Damien Thornton – 7 – 57kg
2 – CHRYSAOR (Better Than Ready)– Chris Waller – Nash Rawiller – 15 – 57lg
3 – SNAPBACK (Snitzel)– Peter & Paul Snowden – Mark Zahra – 10 – 57kg
4 – MAKE A CALL (Extreme Choice)– Peter & Paul Snowden – – Sam Clipperton – 13 – 57kg
5 – CONGREGATION (Snitzel)– Chris Waller – Kerrin McEvoy – 5 – 57kg
6 – TANNHAUSER (Dundeel) – Chris Waller – James McDonald – 6 – 57kg
7 – FELIX THE SCAT (Mendelssohn (USA)– Peter & Will Hulbert – Mark Du Plessis – 14 – 57kg
8 – CHEVRON (Spieth)– Kristen Buchanan – Craig Williams – 16 – 57kg
9 – CALIFORNIAN (Justify (USA) – Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou – Ryan Maloney – 1 – 57kg
10 – SOLIDIFY (Redwood (GB) – Graeme & Deborah Rogerson – TBA – 4 – 57kg
11 – PURVEYOR (Merchant Navy) – Bevan Laming – Michael Cahill – 8 – 57kg
12 – KING COLORADO (Kingman)– Ciaron Maher & David Eustace – Jason Collett – 3 – 57kg
13 – TRIFLING (Better Than Ready)– Helen Page – Ben Thompson – 2 – 57kg
14 – AZULA (Maurice (Jpn)– Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott – Tim Clark – 11 – 55kg
15 – MISS JOELENE (Russian Revolution) – Kelly Schweida – James Orman – 12 – 55kg
16 – WITHIN REASON (Spirit of Boom) – Desleigh Forster – Linda Meech – 17 – 55kg
17 – MIRACLE OF LOVE (Dundeel) – Paul Messara – Michael Dee – 9 – 55kg

 

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