First G1 Winner for The Bold One

Media Release - Wednesday October 2

Robbie Patterson had his sights set on the Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) for One Bold Cat, but the gelding showed he can be just as impressive at a mile with a powerful victory in Wednesday’s Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) at Matamata.

One Bold Cat on his way to winning the Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) at Matamata on Wednesday.  Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images)

One Bold Cat burst onto the scene with a decisive win in the Gr.3 Counties Cup (2100m) last November, and he continued to feature prominently in the top-flight staying contests, placing behind Legarto and Campionessa in the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m).

Returning as a six-year-old, the son of The Bold One showed positive signs finishing into third over 1200m in August before a string of abandonments, firstly at New Plymouth and then last Saturday’s Arrowfield meeting at Hastings. Patterson was hopeful his work behind the scenes would prove enough to feature in the Group One contest.

Any question of that was firmly put to rest, with One Bold Cat jumping positively from barrier four before settling in the second half of the field under Ryan Elliot. As the field turned for home, $2.90 race favourite Skew Wiff pounced to the lead and maintained that position for much of the home straight, before the bounding strides of One Bold Cat came chasing and caught the mare just short of the line, with the final margin a long head.

Advertisement

South Islanders Matscot and Lightning Jack, who paid $41 and $77 respectively on the tote, put in huge performances to fill the first four, less than a length behind One Bold Cat.

25-year-old Elliot collected his 12th Group One victory in the race, but admitted he hadn’t been full of confidence during the mid-stages.

“I don’t really know the horse but he’s such a laidback character that I was thinking bloody hell, but he tracked up beautifully and we got the right split. To pick up that horse (Skew Wiff), it was a good effort,” Elliot said.

“It’s a credit to Robbie Patterson, he travels the horses to Hastings and he’s had to travel back up here to Matamata, it shows the training effort that goes into these horses to be able to cop the trip, then come out and do that.

“He’s going to step-up and go from there, but hopefully Gryllsy (Craig Grylls) doesn’t pop on and Robbie keeps me on (for the Livamol).”

New Plymouth-based Patterson had an outstanding 2023/24 season, earning him a nomination for Trainer of the Year, and a lot of that success he credits to Eddie Bourke, co-owner and breeder of One Bold Cat.

“It’s pretty big, it means a lot because Eddie puts a lot into this business and we were only getting ready for the Livamol,” he said.

“Where he’s come from, he dug in and he’s a serious horse. A few of the scribes call him a b-grader, but he’s not.

“The Bold One’s take time, even in the Herbie Dyke he’s only run a length and a half from Legarto, and he’s had bad draws. It didn’t matter with the good draw today as he still got back, but with a lot of tempo, he’s just a good horse.

“I could see him travelling around the top and Ryan rode him beautifully, they spread and he just popped through. He didn’t look like he was going to get there, it was a good effort to get over the top of them really.

“It might be (Group One) number five, it’s good to get one this early in the season.”

The Bold One is a son of Fastnet Rock.

The Bold One, who stands at Grangewilliam Stud in Waitotara, earned his first Group One winner as a sire in the race, much to the delight of his co-owner in Bourke.

“Unbelievable, we didn’t really set him (One Bold Cat) for this race and we thought the Livamol would be his go,” Bourke said post-race.

“The stallion is the most underrated, I think, in New Zealand. I was just talking to Garry Chittick from Waikato Stud, and he sort of agreed with me.

“I’m rapt, Robbie as a trainer, the track riders back home, the stable hands, the vet, the farrier, they’re all great people. They make this sort of day happen.”

Out of two-win mare Floozie Cat, One Bold Cat has won eight of his 18 starts and more than $540,000 in stakes earnings. – LOVERACING.NZ News Desk

Advertisment

Race Result - Arrowfield Stud Plate Gr1 1600m

Matamata Track: Good(4) Time: 1:35.49
1
One Bold Cat
- 6g The Bold One (NZ) x Floozie Cat (NZ) (One Cool Cat (USA))
Tnr: Robbie Patterson Rdr: R T Elliot 59
2
0.3
Skew Wiff
- 5m Savabeel (AUS) x Starvoia (AUS) (Starcraft (NZ))
Tnr: Mark Walker & Sam Bergerson Rdr: O P Bosson 57
3
0.8
Matscot
- 7g Haradasun (AUS) x Bewarned (NZ) (Danske (NZ))
Tnr: Sharon Robertson & Alan Reeves Rdr: V A Colgan 59
4
1.3
Lightning Jack
- 8g Per Incanto (USA) x La Petite (NZ) (Savabeel (AUS))
Tnr: Kelvin Tyler Rdr: Harry Grace 59
5
1.8
Malt Time
- 8m Adelaide (IRE) x Pimms Time (NZ) (Pins (AUS))
Tnr: S & E Clotworthy Rdr: A Lawson-Carroll 57
6
2.8
Mali Ston
- 7g El Roca (AUS) x Loviste (NZ) (Black Minnaloushe (USA))
Tnr: Darryn & Briar Weatherley Rdr: S R Weatherley 59
7
3.5
Pearl of Alsace
- 6m Tavistock (NZ) x Irion (NZ) (Danroad (AUS))
Tnr: S Ritchie & C Murray Rdr: Matthew Cartwright 57
8
4
Gospodin
- 7g Proisir (AUS) x O'gosh (NZ) (O'reilly (NZ))
Tnr: J C Pender Rdr: K R Hercock 59
9
4.5
El Vencedor
- 6g Shocking (AUS) x Strictly Maternal (NZ) (O'reilly (NZ))
Tnr: S B Marsh Rdr: Joe Doyle 59
10
8.3
Master Marko
- 6g Contributer (IRE) x Miss Haydn (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: Kelvin Tyler Rdr: K A Myers 59
11
9.8
Saint Bathans
- 6g Maurice (JPN) x Princess Natural (AUS) (Danehill Dancer (IRE))
Tnr: Andrew Forsman Rdr: Billy Jacobson 59
12
9.8
Puntura
- 7g Vespa (NZ) x Mumzahoney (NZ) (Magic Of Sydney (AUS))
Tnr: Robbie Patterson Rdr: C J Grylls 59
13
10.7
Hi Yo Sass Bomb
- 6m Complacent (AUS) x Hi Yo Soo (NZ) (Spartacus (IRE))
Tnr: Kim Reid Rdr: S C Spratt 57
14
15.2
Faraglioni
- 6m El Roca (AUS) x Catch Your Idol (NZ) (Zabeel (NZ))
Tnr: Joshua Shaw Rdr: J K Riddell 57
More Reading...
Unbeaten 2YO Sunrays Leads Saturday Hellbent Metro Treble
Hellbent has been churning out the winners and had a metropolitan treble on Saturday with fleet footed two year-old filly Sunrays making it three wins on the trot when taking out the $125,000 BRC QTIS Jewel Prelude (1110m) at Doomben on Saturday.
A Torryburn Gasp Before their Plain Bay Fellow Wins G1 No 4
The Torryburn stud team, watching as they always do when their ‘plain bay fellow’ races, would have had a gasp or two mid race but it ended up as easy as it comes with Voyage Bubble making it three Group I wins from his last three starts in the Hong Kong Gold Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday.
Sires With Winners - Sunday February 23
Here is the full list of 73 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Talented Trapeze Artist Gelding Returns a Winner!
Winner of the Group III ATC Carbine Club Stakes last autumn as a colt, talented Trapeze Artist four year-old Ducasse returned to the races as a gelding at Rosehill on Saturday and quickly found his best form to win the Benchmark 100 event over 1400m.
Inglis Premier Preview on Sky This Monday Night
Join Caroline Searcy for an in-depth preview of the 2025 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale Monday night on Sky Thoroughbred Central from 8.30pm.
One Bold Cat a Second Stakes-Winner for The Bold One
One Bold Cat took his promising career to a new level in Saturday’s Gr.3 Counties Cup (2100m) at Pukekohe, delivering a third feature prize of the month for Robbie Patterson.
One Bold Cat Chasing Second G1
Robbie Patterson is confident One Bold Cat can be a major player this weekend in his pursuit for another top-flight title.
'I always thought he was a seven furlong, miler' - Ka Ying Rising Delivers
If we’re talking turf, Hong Kong can justifiably claim to have the best two horses in the world and Ka Ying Rising cemented his part in that brief with another powerful win in the Group I Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday.
Galileo Blueblood Wins G3 Parramatta Cup for Darby Racing
Scott Darby and his team at Darby Racing have a happy knack for finding real value at a sale and a blueblood three year-old Galileo colt they purchased from Coolmore at the 2022 Tattersalls Horse in Training for Sale for just 60,000 guineas looks very much a horse on the up.
Wrote 3YO Impressive on Sunday
Bruce Wallbank describes Midnight Edition as his one-in-a-million horse and the exciting three-year-old gave the Pukekohe horseman plenty to cheer about on his home track on Sunday.