DAVID PAYNE WINS GRADE 1 IN OZ

Gr.1 DARLEY T J SMITH STAKES, Royal Randwick,
1200m, 3yo+, 1st A$600,000, 2nd A$200,000,
3rd A$100,000
1. MASTER OF DESIGN (Aus), 6h,
Redoute’s Choice – Urge To Merge (Last Tycoon)
2nd dam Princess Tracy (Ahonoora)
3rd dam Princess Ru (Princely Gift)
O: Three Blondes Synd, P Carpino, T Baldassarro,
A HKheir, M Harvey, Phelan Rod, T Legudi,
Stumer Racing, R Salter, M Virgo,
B: Arrowleave Joint Venture, T: David Payne
A$2,100,000 2007 William Inglis & Son Australian
Easter Yearling Sale
2. RAIN AFFAIR (Aus), 4g,
Commands – I Believe (Octagonal)
O: D W Storey, B: D W Storey & Mrs V G Storey,
T: Joseph Pride
3. HALLOWELL BELLE (Aus), 3f,
Starcraft – Bella Inez (Beautiful Crown)
O: Mt Hallowell Stud Syndicate & D K M Walpole,
B: Saconi Thoroughbreds, T: Gai Waterhouse
A$170,000 2010 William Inglis & Son Melbourne
Premier Yearling Sale
Also ran: Neeson, Varenna Miss, Foxwedge
Distances: hd, hd
The well-bred entire Master Of Design (Redoute’s
Choice) lived up to his potential with a last gasp win under
a masterful ride by Craig Williams to beat Rain Affair
(Commands) and Hallowell Belle (Star Craft) in
yesterday’s Sydney Carnival’s feature sprint. Third in last
week’s Gr.3 Sebring Stakes, this was his first win at Gr.1
level and follows his other success in the Gr.2 Theo Marks
Handicap and a third in the Gr.1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes.
The strapping galloper has now had 17 starts for seven
wins and five placings, with A$933,209 in prizemoney.
By Redoute’s Choice out of Urge To Merge (Last
Tycoon), he is a half-brother to the South African Gr.1
winner Suntagonal (Octagonal). His dam is a full-sister to
the South African Champion Tracy’s Element (dam of the
the Australian Champion and multiple Gr.1 winner
Typhoon Tracy and the dual Stakes winner and Gr.2-
placed Red Element, as well as the grandam of the Gr.2
Silver Slipper Stakes winner Shaft) and a half-sister to the
Gr.1 Stradbroke Handicap winner and successful sire
Danasinga (Danehill), the Gr.2 Woolavington Cup winner
Topasannah (Commanche Run) and the Group winners
and sires Cullen (Danehill) and Towkay (Last Tycoon).
The third dam Princess Tracy (Ahonoora) won the Gr.3
Phoenix Sprint and the Gr.3 Ballyogan Stakes and comes
from the family of the sires Shalford and Bletchley Park.
His year-younger full-sister Emanday is catalogued as
Lot 138 in the Inglis & Son Australian Easter Broodmare
Sale, in foal to All American.

RACE REPLAY

Glyn Schofield won a Gr 3 earlier on the same card. For those with an interest in pedigrees, there were two Gr 1 winners on the card with damsires who are or were standing in SA. Pierro (out of a mare by Daylami) won the Gr 1 Sires Produce Stakes, and Ethiopia (out of a mare by Spectrum) won the Gr 1 Australian Derby. Pierro also won the previous weekend's Gr 1 Golden Slipper (these Aussies are NOT shy to run their horses!) and even in my ignorance must surely rate as Australia's leading 2yo at the moment.

As I've said before, we might have been a tad hasty to get rid of Daylami...

-D

Magic- Pierro has run 5 times for 5 wins and has earn $2.7 million. and is a colt still

Ryan Wrote:

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> Magic- Pierro has run 5 times for 5 wins and has
> earn $2.7 million. and is a colt still

Future stallion career already assured. Your adopted country loves its speedy 2yos!

well they do have the worlds richest 2 year old race
so maybeeeee

ryan i get the feeling that australian racing is very simiiar to sa racing of the glory days of the 70s and 80s ...seems to be a nice vibe and culture about it compared to our current hopeless situation