One to Watch – Echuca

Tara Madgwick - Monday July 17

Boutique Hunter Valley nursery Cressfield have a great record for securing Group I winning racemares and giving them every opportunity at stud and one of their younger mares Secret Agenda produced her first winner on Monday at Echuca.

Negotiations scores on debut - image Brett Holburt / Racing Photos

Winner of the 2017 SAJC Robert Sangster Classic, Not a Single Doubt mare Secret Agenda retired with earnings of $1.5million and I Am Invincible was chosen as her first partner by Cressfield.

The resulting colt sold for $750,000 at Inglis Easter in the Cressfield draft to Bluebloods Thoroughbreds / Ciaron Maher Racing / Sheamus Mills Bloodstock and he made a winning debut in the 1100m maiden.

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Trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, three year-old gelding Negotiations was well fancied and showed a good change of gear to dash home and beat the favourite Princess Halo by the best part of a length.

 

“One he got into the clear I just let him find his way to top gear and I didn’t go for him too early and then he extended really well late,” said Harry Coffey.

“There’s improvement there as he raced a tad green and he might have a bit nicer turn of foot on top of the ground.”

Negotiations sold for $750,000 at Inglis Easter.

Negotiations runs in the colours of Blueblood Thoroughbreds, who also raced his mother Secret Agenda, a modest $120,000 purchase for them from Magic Millions.

Cressfield sold another yearling I Am invincible colt from Secret Agenda at Inglis Easter this year for $250,000 to Horse Ventures and she has a colt to follow by Capitalist and is in foal to Home Affairs.

 

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Race Result - Spot On Dry Cleaning Mdn Plate 1100m

Echuca Track: Soft(6) Time: 1:07.51
1
Negotiations
- 3g I Am Invincible (AUS) x Secret Agenda (AUS) (Not A Single Doubt (AUS))
Tnr: C Maher & D Eustace Rdr: H Coffey 59.5
Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale $250,000
Seller: Cressfield, Scone
Buyer: Horse Ventures Pty Ltd
2
0.8
Princess Halo
- 3f The Brothers War (USA) x Halo Halo (AUS) (Lonhro (AUS))
Tnr: Nick Ryan Rdr: Tom Prebble 55.5
3
1.0
Steller Eagle
- 3f Russian Revolution (AUS) x Aquila Solitaria (IRE) (Raven's Pass (USA))
Tnr: Henry Dwyer Rdr: Rose Hammond 54.5
4
2.2
Shadoway Drive
- 5m Helmet (AUS) x Dashing Shadow (AUS) (Dash For Cash (AUS))
Tnr: Ms G Johnstone Rdr: Jarrod Fry 57.5
5
2.5
Iz Shaft
- 4g Shaft (AUS) x Iz Me Tonight (AUS) (Zariz (AUS))
Tnr: Tim Davies Rdr: D L Turner 59.5
6
2.7
Superior Force
- 4g Dissident (AUS) x Alleyoop (NZ) (Thorn Park (AUS))
Tnr: Ms H Burns Rdr: Madison Lloyd 59.5
7
2.9
Barron
- 3g Sebring (AUS) x White House Lady (AUS) (Commands (AUS))
Tnr: C I Brown Rdr: J Noonan 59.5
8
3.0
No Rain No Flowers
- 4m Shalaa (IRE) x Our Perfect Mare (AUS) (Lonhro (AUS))
Tnr: S V Brown Rdr: M Aitken 57.5
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