October, 2023 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Purton Booked On Mullins’s Absurde In Melbourne Cup

Hong Kong-based jockey Zac Purton will ride Willie Mullins trainee Absurde (Fr) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) in the G1 Melbourne Cup at Flemington in November.

“The Melbourne Cup is the race that Zac wants the most,” Purton's manager Paul 'Popup' Webster told Racenet. “Earlier this year we discussed targeting Willie Mullins.

“Whatever he brings over, lets do everything we can to get on it and it's come to fruition. We've picked up the ride on Absurde.”

A winner of the Ebor H. in August, Absurde and his Mullins stablemate Vauban (Fr) (Galiway {GB}) are both targeting the iconic two-mile race and have arrived at the Werribee Quarantine Centre.

“The Melbourne Cup is the dream, it's the pinnacle for any Australian jockey,” Purton said. “Willie Mullins is a training genius, as good as anyone I've come across anywhere in the world.

“There's none better at travelling horses and he's had a couple of near misses already in the race. He knows the right type of horse to bring and I'm honoured to be riding one for him.”

Mullins has placed twice in the Melbourne Cup with Max Dynamite (Fr) (Great Journey {Jpn}) when second in 2015 and third two years later.

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Perennial Leading Texas Sire Too Much Bling Pensioned From Stud Duty

Too Much Bling, one of Texas' most successful stallions, has been retired from stud duty.

The 20-year-old son of Rubiano will spend his retirement years at Valor Farm, the sprawling stallion farm located near Pilot Point north of Dallas-Fort Worth.

A son of champion Rubiano out of a stakes-winning daughter of Formal Dinner, Too Much Bling made his racing debut as a 2-year-old with a third-place effort against stakes company at River Downs and then broke his maiden by nearly 20 lengths at Thistledown. He then jumped right into Grade 1 company, where he finished third in the Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga. As a 3-year-old, he won four of his first five starts, all against stakes company, with victories in the San Miguel, G2 San Vicente, G3 Bay Shore and G2 Carry Back Stakes. He retired with a record of 11-5-1-2 and earnings of $509,674.

After debuting as a stallion in Florida, Too Much Bling was relocated to Lane's End Texas, where he eventually took up the mantle as the state's leading stallion from fellow Lane's End Texas resident Valid Expectations, who also came to Texas after a stint in Florida. When Lane's End Texas closed in 2016, Too Much Bling relocated to Valor Farm where he stood as the property of the farm's owner, Douglas Scharbauer. Too Much Bling continued to be at or near the top of the Texas sire list and his offspring were among the highest sellers at the Texas yearling and 2-year-olds in training sales.

From 14 crops to race, Too Much Bling has sired the earners of more than $20 million. He is represented by 31 black-type winners and several Texas champions. His top earner is Direct Dial, the 2018 Texas Horse of the Year who banked $546,931.

Too Much Bling continues to enjoy success this year as the sire of the earners of more than $1.3 million, including Too Much Kiki, who sold for $100,000 at last year's Texas Summer Yearling Sale and broke her maiden in her racing debut this year in a division of the Clarence Scharbauer Jr. Texas Stallion Stakes at Lone Star Park. That series of races for Texas-sired runners is named in honor of Douglas Scharbauer's father, the former owner of Valor Farm.

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Group 1 Winner Sheeza Belter Hammers At 1.35 Million To Yulong At Magic Millions Virtual Auction

Group 1 winner Sheeza Belter (Aus) (Gold Standard {Aus}–Saxabelle {Aus}, by Saxon {Aus}) sold for A$1.35 million to Victoria's Highway Farm during a Magic Millions virtual auction hosted by auctioneer Clint Donovan on Thursday. Yuesheng Zhang's Yulong was buying as Highway Farm.

“It is a very nerve-wracking experience selling a horse around that level,” her original buyer and part owner Justin Warwick said. “I'm relieved that the process has been a success and I'm very happy to see where she is going and the opportunity she will have.”

Bred by Mt Hallowell Stud, the chestnut was an A$35,000 buy back before being sold to Warwick for A$50,000 out of the Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale in 2021. Put into training with trainer Luke Fernie, the filly would take her debut on New Year's Day in 2022. Transferred to Peter and Paul Snowden for all barring her last start, a listed race win followed two starts later and she ran third in the G3 Ken Russell Memorial Classic. Successful in the G2 Sires Produce S. that May, the filly added the G1 J.J. Atkins that June. As a 3-year-old the filly would also add the G2 Hot Danish S. and run third in the G1 Coolmore Classic, and was retired in the care of Annabel Neasham in September with a mark of 14-5-1-2 and $1,279,661 in earnings at four.

“She has taken all of us on such a wonderful ride,” Warwick added. “When you buy a horse you dream of what might be to come.

“This girl delivered on that dream. She gave us so much joy on the racetrack and we are excited about her prospects for the next stage of her journey.

“One chapter of the book has now finished but the best thing is, she will get looked after so well and be given a chance with the best stallions in the world. Breeding is not what us part owners do, but we can now sit back and hope that her offspring go well and we can say we played a part in that.”

Out of the winning mare Saxabelle, Sheeza Belter is also related to group winners Special Reward (Aus) (Demerit {Aus}) and Showy Chloe (Aus) (Alfred Nobel {Ire}).

The virtual auction was the first of its kind for Magic Millions, and the sales company's managing director Barry Bowditch said, “I believe moving forward this is the most genuine and transparent way to sell horses outside of a large auction.

“We are delighted with the way today's auction played out and we look forward, when the right opportunity arises, to doing more of these in the future.

“Thanks to Justin and the ownership group for entrusting us to offer Sheeza Belter. We're proud to have a delivered a great result.”

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World Pool First: Latin America Included and Wagering Across Three Continents

Sunday's G1 Longines Grand Premio Latinamericano at San Isidro will be an inaugural World Pool event and this will be the first time global betting will be engaged across three continents on a single weekend, the Hong Kong Jockey Club announced Thursday.

The HKJC confirmed that while the local tote in Argentina will not commingle internationally, other partners' pools from the likes of Australia, France, North America and Hong Kong will be joined up by World Pool.

The Latin American Group 1 contest will close a major weekend of World Pool action, with five races on Turnbull Stakes Day from Flemington in Australia followed by four races from Newmarket on Sun Chariot Day.

“One of the core motives for World Pool is to connect totes from across the globe for the most important races, so we're delighted to have extended our reach to take in Latin America's biggest Group 1 contest,” said Michael Fitzsimons, Executive Director, Wagering Products at the Hong Kong Jockey Club. “The combination of Turnbull Stakes Day, Sun Chariot Stakes Day and then the Gran Premio Latinoamericano on Sunday makes this weekend's World Pool action a real Group 1 feast for punters around the globe.”

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