“She’s good. I think if there’s enough horse there then we can go to Adelaide and run in the Nitschke Stakes, Listed 1400 metres for three-year-olds at Morphettville on April 24. That’ll do her, I’d say,” Price said. “We never intended to go too deep into her prep and she can have a nice spell. The older she gets the better she’ll get.” Winning rider Mark Zahra had the luxury of sitting up on the filly as he crossed the line. “It was easy. Dylan (Dunn, Air Defence) was keen to lead inside me and she was a bit keen in the first bit. If I started to cross him I wouldn’t have been sure that I could get her back. So I just had to fight her a little bit early and once we went a little bit quicker she was beautiful,” Zahra said.
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CLASSY KAH GUIDES GRINZINGER ALLEE TO VICTORY
January 23, 2021 5:39 pm
By Conor Walsh
Leading jockey Jamie Kah’s class came to the fore on Saturday as she guided Grinzinger Allee brilliantly to a determined and deserved victory at Sandown.
The gelding was desperately unlucky first up at Caulfield when held up in the straight before launching to the line, but there was never going to be any danger of being cluttered up in traffic at Sandown.
It was an unusual race over the 1500m journey, with tearaway leader Fundraiser bolting on his rider Damian Lane, who was forced to let his horse charge ahead, entering the home straight six or seven lengths ahead of eventual runner-up Holbien.
European Horse Of The Year Dalakhani Dies At Age 21 Sponsored by:
Dalakhani
The Aga Khan Studs are saddened to announce that homebred champion Dalakhani has passed away on Jan. 15 at the age of 21.
Bred in Ireland, Dalakhani was a pure product of the Aga Khan Studs operation, being a son of the Aga Khan s Prix du Jockey Club winner Darshaan out of the Miswaki, blue hen mare, Daltawa.
Through his exceptional race career, Dalakhani won eight of his nine races. He remained unbeaten at two, winning notably the Group 1 Critérium International before going on to win the G1 Prix Lupin, Prix du Jockey Club and Prix de l Arc de Triomphe at three under the training of Alain de Royer-Dupré and the ride of Christophe Soumillon. Dalakhani was crowned European Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old in 2003.
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The Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale commences on Tuesday and continues all the way through until next Monday as the auction house prepares for its biggest sale yet.
Below are a number of lots who will have the spotlight shining brightly upon them during Book 1, which concludes on Saturday night after the $10 million raceday.
DAY 1 – TUESDAY (from 1pm ADST)
Lot 57 – Reliable Man x Arapaho Miss: Many New Zealanders have not been able to get to the Gold Coast, but that has not stopped Westbury Stud sending an impressive draft, which includes a brother to the 2019 VRC Oaks winner Miami Bound. He is not the only member of the family in the sale with Rosemont Stud offering a colt by Invader who is out of a half-sister to Arapaho Miss to go through as Lot 595 on Day 3.