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Ghaiyyath, Pinatubo and Earthlight To Shuttle To Australia

Darley has confirmed the addition of four champions to its Australian roster for 2021. The treble Australian Group 1 winner Bivouac (Aus) will be joined by European shuttlers Pinatubo (Ire), Earthlight (Ire) and Ghaiyyath (Ire), as first reported in TDN AusNZ.

The announcement marks a significant show of faith in the Australian market just 12 months after Microphone (Aus), Blue Point (Ire) and Too Darn Hot (GB) made their debut on Darley's Australian roster.

“The Australian market is going very well and, at the same time, having access to these horses is quite extraordinary. Retiring seven champions to stud in two years, I doubt it has ever been done before. The four we retire this year, Ghaiyyath, Bivouac, Earthlight and Pinatubo, they are the proper, proper articles,” Darley Australia's Head of Sales, Andy Makiv, told TDN AusNZ.

“What is exciting about this is that these are horses that raced in the blue and that we bred, or are by our stallions. To have sons of Dubawi, sons of Shamardal and sons of Exceed And Excel, who are all champions to stand on the roster, it's really exciting for the whole team.”

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Tweenhills Takeaway Vans Raise Over £9.8K For Racing Welfare

Tweenhills Angus Burger and Tweenhills Coffee vans were launched at the Tattersalls December Sales to raise money for Racing Welfare by Tweenhills and Qatar Racing. The initiative raised £9,865.65, which was donated by Sheikh Fahad Al-Thani, Chairman of Qatar Racing and David Redvers, Qatar Racing's Racing Manager and owner of Tweenhills, to the charity.

David Redvers said, “We are delighted to be able to support Racing Welfare in these incredibly challenging times and wish to thank everyone for their custom. Tweenhills Angus Beef is produced from the grass-fed herd of cattle reared at Tweenhills alongside the stallions, mares and foals, and is expertly prepared by our local butcher.”

Dawn Goodfellow, Racing Welfare Chief Executive added, “We have been blown away by this generous donation from Tweenhills and I would like to say a huge thank you to Sheikh Fahad, David Redvers and the team at Tweenhills. We are continuing to see the widespread impact of the pandemic on the industry's workforce and the number of people Racing Welfare is supporting continues to grow. We are incredibly grateful for their support at a time when our services have never been more needed.”

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Cape Premier Topped By Gimmethegreenlight Filly

A filly by Gimmethegreenlight (Aus) out of MGSP Strawberry Ice (SAf) (Western Winter) topped the Cape Premier Yearling Sale on Sunday. Already named Strawberry Light (SAf) (lot 172), the filly was offered by Lammerskraal Stud and bought by Bjorn Nielsen for R1,100,000 (US$73,776/£52,977/€61,720). She is a half-sister to Flying Ice (SAf) (Go Deputy), a winner of the G2 Gold Bracelet.

Sharing second billing at R800,000 was a What a Winter (SAf) colt named Stratospheric (SAf) as lot 171 and a filly by Trippi (lot 106). The former, a member of the Drakenstein Stud draft and a son of G1 Empress Club S. heroine Stratos (SAf) (Jet Master {SAf}), was bought by HPJ En S Viljoen. Consigned by Klawervlei Stud, lot 106 is a half-sister to two stakes-placed horses out of the winning Larking Around (SAf) (Montjeu {Ire}) caught the eye of John Freeman.

Of the 202 yearlings catalogued, 155 sold of 174 offered (89%) and they grossed R37,710,000. The average was R243,290 and the median was R200,000. The sale was rescheduled as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which played a part in the results, with the gross down almost R20,000,000.

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Maurice Filly Lands Hochi Hai Fillies’ Revue

The G1 Japanese 1000 Guineas is on Apr. 11, and Shigeru Pink Ruby (Jpn) (Maurice {Jpn}) punched her ticket for that Classic affair with a neck victory in the Hochi Hai Fillies' Revue over 1400 metres on Sunday.

Sent off at 13-1, the chestnut perched in a tracking sixth as Paul Neyron (Jpn) (Orfevre {Jpn}) carried the field into the single bend. She faced a wall of horses to get through turning into the home straight, but she burst in between horses late and nailed new leader Yoka Yoka (Jpn) (Squirtly Squirt) narrowly on the line. Minnie Isle (Jpn) (Mikki Isle {Jpn}) rounded out the trifecta another length behind. Favoured Opal Moon (Jpn) (Victoire Pisa {Jpn}) was dead last for much of the race, but made up some ground late on to take ninth.

A Hanshin debut winner over 1400 metres, Shigeru Pink Ruby was unplaced in the G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies in December and Sunday was her 3-year-old bow.

Pedigree Notes

From the first crop of Maurice, Shigeru Pink Ruby is the second group winner for her young sire after G3 Nikkan Sports Sho Shinzan Kinen victor Pixie Knight (Jpn).

The winner's dam is unraced, but she has already left Shigeru Pink Dia (Jpn) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}), who ran second in the G1 Japanese 1000 Guineas and third in the G1 Shuka Sho. Moonlight Bay also foaled 2-year-old colt Shigeru Rosemary (Jpn) (Silver State {Jpn}) and a yearling filly by Daiwa Major (Jpn). The daughter of Group 3 winner Moonlight Dance (Ire) (Sinndar {Ire}) was covered by Kizuna (Jpn) last spring. Moonlight Dance is a half-sister to G1 Irish Derby hero Grey Swallow (Ire) (Daylami {Ire}).

Sunday, Hanshin, Japan
HOCHI HAI FILLIES' REVUE-G2, ¥100,840,000, Hanshin, 3-14, 3yo, f, 1400mT, 1:20.70, gd.
1–SHIGERU PINK RUBY (JPN), 119, f, 3, Maurice (Jpn)
                1st Dam: Moonlight Bay (Jpn), by High Chaparral (Ire)
                2nd Dam: Moonlight Dance (Ire), by Sinndar (Ire)
                3rd Dam: Style of Life, by The Minstrel
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. 1ST GROUP WIN. (€30,240,000 Ylg '19
JBBAJUL). O-Shigeru Morinaka; B-Amaba Farm (Jpn);
T-Kunihiko Watanabe; J-Ryuji Wada. ¥53,288,000. Lifetime
Record: 3-2-0-0. *1/2 to Shigeru Pink Dia (Jpn) (Daiwa Major
{Jpn}), MG1SP-Jpn, $1,273,038. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for
   the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Yoka Yoka (Jpn), 119, f, 3, Squirtle Squirt–Honey Dancer
(Jpn), by Danehill Dancer (Ire). (¥3,672,000 Ylg '19 JBBAJUN).
O-Koji Oka; B-Tsuchitoshi Honda (Jpn); ¥21,368,000.
3–Minnie Isle (Jpn), 119, f, 3, Mikki Isle (Jpn)–Island Fashion, by
Petionville. (¥31,000,000 Wlg '18 JRHAJUL). O-Tsuyoshi Ono;
B-Northern Farm (Jpn); ¥13,184,000.
Margins: NK, 1, HF. Odds: 12.90, 3.90, 22.40.
Also Ran: Umbrella Date (Jpn), El Castillo (Jpn), Coup de Coeur (Jpn), Styx (Jpn), Terrine (Jpn), Opal Moon (Jpn), Love Kelly (Jpn), A Shin Hiten (Jpn), Gold Chalice (Jpn), Virtuality (Jpn), La La Christine (Jpn), Blue Bird (Jpn), Rastrillo (Jpn), Freed (Ire), Paul Neyron (Jpn).
Click for the JRA chart & video or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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