G1 Plan for Brave Mead

Tara Madgwick - Saturday March 23

A stakes-winner last season at two, Brave Smash (Jpn) colt Brave Mead has kept up the good work this year and added another stakes victory to his tally at Rosehill on Saturday when taking out the $200,000 Listed ATC Darby Munro Stakes (1200m).

Brave Mead wins the Listed ATC Darby Munro - image Steve Hart

Winner of the Group III MRC Manfred Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Australia Day at his first run back from a spell, Brave Mead was subsequently second in the Group III MRC Zeditave Stakes before being freshened for the Sydney Carnival.

Ciaron Maher had him sharp and ready to fire at Rosehill and he was strong to the line edging out Schwarz and Corniche in a thriller to win by half a length.

“It was a huge win, the horse is going super, I don’t think he’s ever finished outside the placings,” said Ciaron Maher.

“This is a race we targeted for Australian Bloodstock. They are great to deal with and are a great group of owners, they have a really good horse and they they also raced the old man (Brave Smash), which probably gives them a bit more satisfaction.”

Brave Mead adds another stakes win to his CV - image Steve Hart

Brave Mead runs in the Australian Bloodstock colours and has the tidy record of five wins and six placings form 12 starts with earnings topping $660,000 and the promise of more to come with the Group I ATC All Aged Stakes (1400m) next month a possibility.

“I thought we could work towards the All Aged and give him his chance to step up. He was very tough today and we know he can run 1400m,” Maher said.

A $90,000 purchase for Ciaron Maher Racing when offered by Lustre Lodge at the 2021 Inglis July (Early) Online Sale, Brave Mead is a half-brother to Listed Geelong Classic winner Solemn, stakes-placed Honeywine and to the dam of Group III ATC Gloaming Stakes winner Raf Attack.

Bred by A B Breeding Venture, Brave Mead is the seventh winner from the nine to race for the Galileo mare Mead, a half-sister to Group I Australasian Oaks winner La Volta and dual Listed winner Terevega with the family also producing Group MRC Caulfield Guineas winner Mighty Boss.

Mead has a two year-old filly by Hellbent that was bought by Triple Crown for $130,000 at the Magic Millions National Yearling Sale last year and she was covered by Yarraman Park’s Brave Smash again last spring.

 

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Race Result - Irresistible Pools Darby Munro Stakes LR 1200m

Rosehill Track: Good(4) Time: 1:10.07
1
Brave Mead
- 3c Brave Smash (JPN) x Mead (AUS) (Galileo (IRE))
Tnr: C Maher Rdr: B Shinn 58.5
Brave Smash
2
0.6
Schwarz
- 3c Zoustar (AUS) x Summer Sham (AUS) (Not A Single Doubt (AUS))
Tnr: J A O'Shea Rdr: J B Mc Donald 58
Zoustar
Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale $800,000
Seller: Widden Stud, Widden Valley
Buyer: Cambridge Stud
3
0.8
Corniche
- 3c Fastnet Rock (AUS) x Montsegur (AUS) (New Approach (IRE))
Tnr: James Cummings Rdr: T Marquand 59
Fastnet Rock
4
1.4
The Novelist
- 3c Written By (AUS) x Sunlit (AUS) (Snitzel (AUS))
Tnr: G Waterhouse & A Bott Rdr: Tim Clark 58.5
5
2.5
Midnight Opal
- 3c Deep Field (AUS) x Cautious (AUS) (Lonhro (AUS))
Tnr: Nathan Doyle Rdr: K Jennings 56
6
3
General Salute
- 3g Russian Revolution (AUS) x Star Salute (AUS) (General Nediym (AUS))
Tnr: G Ryan & S Alexiou Rdr: K Mc Evoy 56
7
3.1
Blanc De Blanc
- 3f I Am Invincible (AUS) x Another Sunday (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: Michael Freedman Rdr: J R Collett 54
8
3.3
Robrick
- 3g Invader (AUS) x Dorotea (AUS) (Lope De Vega (IRE))
Tnr: M Price & M Kent Jnr Rdr: Damian Lane 56
9
3.7
Kaizad
- 3g Capitalist (AUS) x Baby Corn (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: G Waterhouse & A Bott Rdr: A Hyeronimus 58.5
10
4.3
Don Corleone
- 3c Extreme Choice (AUS) x Snipzu (AUS) (Snippetson (AUS))
Tnr: P & P Snowden Rdr: M Zahra 56
11
7.5
Rhythm Of Love
- 3g Grunt (NZ) x Not A Cherry (AUS) (Not A Single Doubt (AUS))
Tnr: J A O'Shea Rdr: Tommy Berry 56
12
8.8
West Of Dalby
- 3f Santos (AUS) x Chinchilla (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: Benjamin Smith Rdr: Zac Lloyd 56
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