Memsie million beckons Bart

Blackfriars has warmed up for his first crack at a Group 1 this season with a stack of winners in Western Australia.

The Scenic Lodge champion has sired 17 individual winners already this season to take up a Top 6 spot in Australia.  And he will zoom up the prizemoney table if his interstate star Black Heart Bart wins the $1 million Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

Jockey Brad Rawiller is confident that Black Heart Bart can return to winning form after a first-up placing in the G2 P B Lawrence Stakes a fortnight ago.  “He trialled terrific at Ballarat on Monday.  He went with Tosen Stardom and it was quite strong work.

“Obviously, he’s going to be better than what he was first-up,” Rawiller added.  “We said that all along that he would be improved with that run under the belt and I think a lot of the work has already been done with barrier five.”

Black Heart Bart won the 2016 Memsie and is second-favourite ($6) behind fellow Perth raider Vega Magic ($2.70) for this year’s renewal.  No horse has won two in a row since the mighty mare Sunline.

“We’re really happy with Black Heart Bart and, as normal, the first-up run has brought him on,” trainer Darren Weir said.  “I wanted to run him second-up in this and then into the Makybe Diva Stakes.  He usually runs a great race second-up and I wanted him ready for these two races.”

Blackfriars has another 10 entrants for Saturday’s Belmont meeting and they can increase his home-state strike-rate.  He sired a rare longshot winner on Wednesday when Aquajinsky scored in a blanket finish at $151.

Aquajinsky is a homebred for Belhus Racing manager Peter Morley and his dam Aquamaze (Bletchley Park) foaled another Blackfriars colt last year.  It’s the family of Group 1 Flight Stakes winners Goleen and Judyann.

Blackfriars (Danehill) stands for a $12,000 fee at Scenic Lodge together with Snippetson ($6,000), Universal Ruler ($3,500) and Dash For Cash ($2,500).  All fees (plus gst) and are subject to discount structures.  For further details, contact Jeremy Smith on 0419 943 356.

Multiverse has returned from a beneficial spell for a breakthrough victory at Belmont

.Trainer Gary Crispin schooled Multiverse in a couple of maidens at Pinjarra and Ascot before putting away in March.  The Universal Ruler gelding won a trial earlier this month and firmed from $15 into $11 for the Get The TAB Touch Maiden (1200m) on Saturday.

“He’s always shown ability and we’ve taken him along quietly while he matured,” Crispin said.  “He’s turned the corner and appreciated the sting out of the ground today.”

Multiverse is from Lightbeam (Clay Hero) who descends from Santa Anita Group 1 winner Amerigo’s Fancy.  Her final foal is a filly by Universal Ruler.

Breeder Paul Whyte has kept a link with the family through Lightbeam’s daughter Galadria (Speed Week).  Her first two foals by Universal Ruler – Raczynski and Pivarnick – are winners and the third – Universal Truth – is ready to debut for Crispin after two hit-outs at Belmont.

Star sprinters Rebel King and Military Ruler are also ready to resume for Universal Ruler after easy trials at Lark Hill last week.  The Darren McAuliffe trained stablemates coasted home for William Pike and Rebel King clocked 56:96s which was easily the best of the morning over 950m.

Universal Ruler (Scenic) sired the winners of 43 races last season for earnings over $1 million in Australia.  His yearlings sold for more than $50,000 at the 2017 Perth Magic Millions and that gives breeders a healthy profit off a $3,850 (inc gst) service fee.Scenic Lodge stands Universal Ruler alongside Blackfriars ($12,000), Snippetson ($6,000) and Dash For Cash ($2,500).  All fees (plus gst).  Fees are subject to discount structures and for further details, contact Jeremy Smith on 0419 943 356.

Consistency the key with Dash For Cash

Dash For Cash is about to begin a new chapter in his stud career with his first Sunspeed colts and fillies ready to debut this season.

The Scenic Lodge sire remains a consistent winner-getter with his residual stock bred in the Eastern States.  Red Gateau won his maiden at Bairnsdale last Thursday and Arr Flair was successful in Singapore on Friday.

Another Dash For Cash with bright prospects is his unraced 3yo Miss Entice.  The David Feek-trained filly was an impressive Pakenham trial winner on Wednesday and she is a sister to Boom ‘N’ Zoom who won a LR Cranbourne Cup for Dash For Cash in 2011.

Red Gateau had been runner-up 4 times in his previous 5 starts for Cranbourne conditioner Greg Hayes before the breakthrough in the Patties Foods Plate (1200m).  He’s a late-blooming younger brother of Riboulding who was still winning races as an 8yo for Hayes.

“He was too good for them today,” jockey Arron Lynch said after the two-length victory.  “He chimed in and then let down like I expected.  I still had plenty of horse on line and he will keep improving up to 1500m.”

In Perth, the Dash For Cash juvenile division includes a colt from Dark Rock (Blackfriars) that made $95,000 to the bid of trainer Roy Rogers at the 2017 Perth Magic Millions.  His dam won at Ascot and Belmont for Scenic Lodge owner David Smith.

Owner-breeders David and Michelle Bagley have already named their Dash For Cash – Idyllic Princess colt Sonic Dash.  His dam is a half-sister to millionaire sprinter Idyllic Prince (15 wins, G2 Lee Steere Stakes).

The Bagleys raced Rule To Wyn to 6 wins in Perth.  She is a daughter of Scenic Lodge sire Universal Ruler and is due to deliver her first foal by Snippetson.

Dash For Cash is tremendous value for a $2,500 fee at Scenic Lodge this year.  He stands alongside Blackfriars ($12,000), Snippetson ($6,000) and Universal Ruler ($3,500).  All fees (plus gst).

 

Scenic Lodge fees are subject to discount structures for early confirmed bookings. For further details, contact Jeremy Smith on 0419 943 356 or [email protected]

 

Blackfriars Wins 7th title in WA

It was fitting that Blackfriars gelding Foxinator landed the last race of the Western Australian season at Kalgoorlie on Sunday.

It climaxed another successful season for the Scenic Lodge stallion who has now claimed 7 WA titles in a row.  The champion son of Danehill sired 93 winners of 153 races and over $5.24 million in prizemoney.

Once again, Blackfriars spaced the rest of the field with Snippetson next best on $3.80 million.  Snippetson made it a clean-sweep for the Muchea stud capturing the winners (97) and wins (155) premierships.

Scenic Lodge has been home to WA champion sires for the last 16 seasons!

Legendary stallion Scenic (Ire) rewrote the record books after his first Sunspeed-bred progeny appeared in 2001-02.  He won 9 premierships in a row until Blackfriars assumed his mantle in 2010-11.

“For Blackfriars to claim his 7th straight Western Australian title is truly an amazing achievement,” Scenic Lodge general manager Jeremy Smith said on Tuesday.  “In time, we will look back on Blackfriars as one of the best stallions to ever stand in WA.

In all likelihood with, the strength of the Eastern States market, we may never see a stallion the calibre of Blackfriars standing here for his entire stud career.

“With limited spots still available for this upcoming breeding season and with Blackfriars now in the twilight of his stud career, he is simply a must-use stallion this year for local breeders while he is still an option.”

WA Horse of the Year Black Heart Bart was his chief earner with prizemoney of $1.46 million following Group 1 victories in the Memsie, Underwood, Orr & Futurity Stakes.  “He wintered really well in Queensland and will be on a similar preparation to last year,” Darren Weir’s stable manager Jeremy Rogers said.  “He will run in the P B Lawrence and then into the Memsie.”

His Blackfriars stablemate Chocolate Holic has been nominated for the postponed G3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Sandown this Sunday.

Blackfriars heads the Scenic Lodge line-up this year for a $12,000 fee alongside Snippetson ($6,000), Universal Ruler ($3,500) & Dash For Cash ($2,500).  All fees (plus gst).

Scenic Lodge fees are subject to discount structures for early confirmed bookings. For further details, contact Jeremy Smith on 0419 943 356 .