Santa Ana Lane Continues Inglis TJ Smith Stakes Tradition

Media Release - Sunday April 7

He's conquered the best in Australia and now champion sprinter Santa Ana Lane is off to conquer the world.

Santa Ana Lane - image Steve HartThe Inglis Premier Yearling Sale graduate put a gap on the strongest sprinters in the country in today's G1 TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick, winning eased down by 3.5 lengths.

It was his fifth G1 victory in a fourth Australian state, with his others coming in Victoria (VRC Classic and Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes), Queensland (Stradbroke Handicap) and South Australia (Goodwood Handicap).

The Anthony Freedman-trained Santa Ana Lane (Lope de Vega) will now embark on an international quest with targets in Hong Kong (Chairman's Sprint Prize) in May and Royal Ascot (Golden Jubilee Stakes) in June on his radar.

Justin Bahen, who purchased Santa Ana Lane under the Flemington Bloodstock banner from Rosemont Stud for $80,000 at the 2014 Melbourne Premier Sale, struggled to hide his excitement post-race.

"He's just a champion, we love him, he's given us so many great thrills and maybe the best is yet to come with him,'' Bahen said.

"The wet track probably cost him an Everest but that aside, he's won so many other big ones here that it's time to take him abroad and take on the world.

"As for the Everest this year, why not, but we might need to look at a few things to see if we can do everything.''

Today's victory took Santa Ana Lane's career prizemoney to $4,955,211.

Santa Ana Lane continued a magnificent record of Inglis graduates in the TJ Smith Stakes, who have now won eight of the past nine runnings of the race (Black Caviar (2011, 2013), Master Of Design (2012), Chautauqua (2015, 2016, 2017) and Trapeze Artist (2018).

In today's G1 Doncaster Handicap, second-placegetter DREAMFORCE (Fastnet Rock x Eskimo Queen) provided two significant pedigree updates.

His sister is lot 444 at next week's Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, being offered by Kitchwin Hills.

And his dam Eskimo Queen is lot 48 at the Chairman's Sale - being held on the evening of Friday May 3 at Riverside Stables - also offered by Kitchwin Hills.

To view the catalogue for the Easter Yearling Sale, which starts 11am this coming Tuesday and runs for two days,CLICK HERE.

To view the Chairman's Sale catalogue,CLICK HERE

Meanwhile ALIFEROUS (Hinchinbrook) will back up in next week's G1 Australian Oaks following her victory in today's G3 Adrian Knox Stakes at Randwick.

The 3YO filly firmed from $51 into $21 for the Oaks with the TAB after jockey Brenton Avdulla got the best out of the Kris Lees-trained galloper.

Aliferous is a $130,000 Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale buy for owners Australian Bloodstock, from the Yarraman Park Stud draft.

And RINGERDINGDING (Sebring) led in a trifecta of Inglis graduates when winning the G3 Carbine Club Stakes at Randwick.

Bred by Gary Johnson and Three Bridges Thoroughbreds – who offered the colt at the 2017 Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale – Ringerdingding was purchased by B2B Bloodstock for $170,000.

It was his fifth career win and third at Stakes level.

Ringerdingding beat Shuffle Up (Redoute's Choice) and Dealmaker (Dundeel).

Today's successes come after two international Stakes victory for Inglis graduates in recent days – Bold Thruster (Turffontein) in the Listed Singapore 3YO Sprint and Fiscal Fantasy (Skilled) in the G3 Manawatu Breeders Stakes in New Zealand.

Both horses are Inglis Premier Yearling Sale graduates.



Advertisment
More Reading...
Kiwi Bred Gringotts Wins $3million Big Dance
Talented New Zealand-bred gelding Gringotts(NZ) (Per Incanto) delivered a big payday for his connections with victory in Tuesday’s A$3 million Big Dance (1600m) at Randwick.
Coolmore Set Justify Fee for 2025
Coolmore have announced the US fee for Justify in 2025 with the undefeated Triple Crown winner priced at $US250,000 to head  their roster of 16 stallions at Ashford Stud in Kentucky.
2024 Melbourne Cup Result - It's Knights Choice
The 2024 Melbourne Cup has been run and won with Knight’s Choice, a five-year-old gelding by Extreme Choice victorious.
Kiwi Bred Grey Wins Subzero for OTI at Flemington
New Zealand-bred gelding Cloudland proved a handful for James McDonald at Flemington on Tuesday, but the champion jockey was in a forgiving mood after they had claimed top honours in the Subzero Handicap.
Thumping Win for Lope De Vega's Gytrash in Creswick Stakes
The Gordon Richard’s trained Gytrash gave Australia another reason to regret the departure of Lope De Vega (IRE) following a brilliant performance in Saturday’s Listed Creswick Stakes (1200m) at Flemington.
Magic Nick Strikes Again – Fastnet Rock x Galileo
The Fastnet Rock x Galileo nick has been on fire in Melbourne this spring producing Cox Plate winner Via Sistina (IRE) and leading Melbourne Cup contender Buckaroo (GB) and it struck again overnight in the UK with a brand new stakes-winner in Military Academy, who captured the Listed Floodlit Stakes (1m4f) at Kempton.
Storm Boy Headed to Ireland
Coolmore have today announced via Twitter that top class Justify (USA) colt Storm Boy will be continuing his racing career in Ireland in 2025 under the care of Aidan O’Brien.
Melbourne Cup Pedigree Analysis - Do It Yourself
Breednet has produced a great page with click through to five generation pedigrees for all the Melbourne Cup runners, so for amateur pedigree buffs looking to have a Cup flutter based pedigree here’s your chance  to DIY it!
Lope De Vega's Spanish Whisper Strikes in Let's Elope
Seymour Bloodstock’s Spanish Whisper has the race performance and pedigree to grace any broodmare paddock in the land but that has been put on hold as she strives for that elusive Group 1 victory.
Lope de Vega's Vega One Too Strong in MM Cup
Tony Gollan has his eyes firmly fixed on the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap for Vega One after the four-year-old son of Lope de Vega captured Saturday’s $1 million Magic Millions Cup (RL) at the Gold Coast.