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12/04/2008
Recommended yearling purchase Dealer Principal wins the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas in Sydney.
Dealer Principal, a 117 ***** recommended yearling purchase, owned by Peter Horwitz, was a convincing winner of the 2000 metre race at Rosehill. By Flying Spur out of Volte, Dealer Principalcame home a convincing winner
suggesting a bright future.
16/04/2008
Recommended mating second to Infallible
Kylane 66/1, bred by David Martin, ran a cracking second to Infallible in the Group 3 Nell Gwn Stakes over 7 furlongs at Newmarket.
A filly by Kyllachy out of Penmayne, this product of a highly recommended mating won two races as a two year old before making this impressive 3 yr old debut.
14/06/2007
Listed win for the highly compatible Cartimandua. Another black type success for Brain owner/breeders.
Cartimandua showed a clean pair of heals to a Listed field of predominantly older, more experienced horses.
Bred by her owner Mrs Fiona Williams, Cartimandua is the product of the highly recommended mating between Medicean and Fiona's home bred mare Agrippina.
Cartimandua won the 6 furlong Listed sprint by 4 lengths, going away.
Last month, her 4 yr old half sister Terentia , another strongly recommended home bred mating by Diktat, won a 16 runner 0-100 five furlong handicap from Corridor Creeper
at York, further emphasising the success that arranging compatible matings fosters.
14/10/2006
Just rewards for Pride in the Group 1 Champion Stakes at Newmarket. Yet another Group 1 success for Brain clients.
Pride romped home by over 3 lengths in this 10 furlong event, more than confirming her Arc De Triomphe form. (please see below).
01/10/2006
Arc second for Pride at Longchamp, while Reverence take second in the Prix DeL'Abbaye.
Pride finished strongly behind Rail Link and may have been unlucky, unable to make her run until too late. Pride is the product of a mating with Peintre Celebre we
identified as highly compatible, rating 138 for owner/breeder Sven Hanson in 1999 when we analysed his mare Specificity.
Reverence had to overcome a poor draw, but ended a highly productive season on a strong note.
02/09/2006
Reverence wins Group 1 Haydock Sprint
Reverence made it two major Group 1 wins in less than a fortnight for owner-breeders Gary and Lesley Middlebrook when he ran out a most convincing winner
of arguably Europe's top 6 furlong sprint. He was always to the fore and easily held off the strong challenge of Quito in second place.
Reverence wins Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes at York for owner-breeders Gary and Lesley Middlebrook
Reverence ran out an emphatic winner of this highly competitive 5 furlong sprint. and looks destined for further Group 1 glories later in the season.
Winner of the Group 2 Temple Stakes at Sandown earlier in the season, Reverence is the product of a mating we identified as highly compatible
when we analyses the pedigree of dam Imperial Bailiwick, with the then unfashionable stallion Mark Of Esteem rating 145.
24/09/2005
Salamanca wins the Listed Rosemary Stakes at Newmarket
Congratulations to breeder David Martin for his continued success with his mare
Salanka, whose daughter Salamanca by Pivotal today
beat a field of seventeen in the Listed race over a mile. It is almost exactly a year since Salamanca
won the valuable Watership Down Sales race at Newbury. We identified Salamanca's sire Pivotal as a highly compatible 126 rated mating when we analysed
Salanka, at a time when Pivotal's nomination fee was a fraction of today's price. Salanka is also dam of the smart Penmayne by Inchinor, another Brain recommended mating.
05/09/2005
Second generation Brain mating Abigail Pett wins Group 3 Round Tower Stakes.
Breeder Barry Taylor's policy of performing Brain compatible matings reaped further dividends at The Curragh yesterday when Abigail Pett
beat a good quality field in the 6 Furlong Group 3 Round Tower Stakes. Rating 142, the mating between Medicean and the Efisio mare Kalindi, is the most successful Medicean has had to date.
Kalindi is herself a Stakes winning product of a highly compatible Brain recommended mating.
The win follows Abigail Pett's success in the Listed Silver Flash Stakes at Leopardstown in July to make it 3 wins from 4 starts for this promising filly.
22/08/2005
USA Group 1 success for Brain recommended mating Singhalese.
Congratulations to breeders Gary and Lesley Middlebrook on breeding Group 1 Del Mar Oaks winner Singhalese by Singspiel out of their homebred Efisio mare Baize.
. The mating rating 141 once again highlights the rewards to be reaped from arranging compatible matings.
18/06/2005
105 ***** rated Pacific Pride an impressive runner up in the Coventy Stakes.
"Looks the pick of the calalogue" was our comment after analysing Pacific Pride, as one of a large number of Sales yearlings
analysed for clients last September. A rating of 105***** is about the highest rating we have given any horse in the past few years.
The least experienced runner in the entire field, Pacific Pride was having only his second start as he finished 1¾ lengths
behind Red Ransom colt Red Clubs and 1¼ lengths ahead of third placegetter Amadeus Wolf. But the client to whom this yearling was recommended
failed to secure the colt, dropping out of the Doncaster Sales bidding at 50,000 guineas, some way short of the 88,000 he finally fetched.
18/06/2005
Recommended €8000 purchase Titus Alone wins Listed Windsor Castle Stakes at York's Royal Ascot.
Congratulations to David Allan on his shrewd acquisition of 149*** rated Titus Alone, a purchase recommended by us as one of a large number of sales yearlings analysed last September. Titus Alone ran out an impressive winner for Allan's Hintlesham Racing, coming home a length ahead of Norfolk Stakes runner up Strike Up The Band.
A great advertisement for the power of pedigree analysis as a contributor towards successful sales purchasing decisions, Titus Alone romped home to make it three wins from three starts. By the unfashionable Titus Livius out of Swan Sea by Sea Hero,
Titus Alone looks to have a bright future, with entries in several of the valuable Sales races.
05/06/2005
Recommended mating Motivator wins English Derby for breeder Deerfield Farm.
Congratulations to Deerfield Farm on breeding Motivator, unbeaten winner of the English Derby, the
Dante Stakes and the Racing Post Trophy. Motivator is by Montjeu out of Deerfield Farm's Gone West mare, Out West. Congratulations also to trainer
Michael Bell for the composed and professional manner he ensured success of one of the most impressive Derby winners in recent years. For
Motivator simply annihilated the best 3 yr olds in Europe, in much the same way as his sire Montjeu had done before him.
Montjeu was a strongly recommended, highly compatible 132 rating stallion when we analysed the pedigree of Out West for Deerfield Farm in October, 2000.
Deerfield also have bred a yearling full brother to Motivator.
Motivator's successes follow those of recommended mating High Accolade for Deerfield Farm, owned by another Brain client Lady Tennant.
High Accolade, a St Leger second place getter, has won the Group 3 Cumberland Lodge Stakes (twice), Ascot's King Edward VII Stakes (Group 2) and the Predominate Stakes (Listed).
He is by Mark Of Esteem (compatibility rating 117) out of Generous Lady.
01/04/2005
Cape Royal gets us off to a good start for the English flat season.
5 yr old Cape Royal put up his best performance to date in leading all the way to win the Stanleybet Stakes Handicap at Doncaster quite comfortably from a field of twelve.
Cape Royal is the product of a highly compatible recommended mating between Indigo, owned by breeder David Brotherton, and Prince Sabo.
31/03/2005
Charge Forward wins Group 1 Galaxy in Australia.
3 yr old Charge Forward was bought as a yearling by longstanding Brain client Peter Horwitz on our recommendation after we had identified
the mating as compatible when analysing the mare Sydney's Dream for here owners Tyreel Stud. The high rating for the Red Ransom mating was circulated to clients
when the yearling was sent to the sales as part of our service to sales Clients. Yesterday Charge Forward beat a high class field
of thirteen to land the Group 1 sprint by a neck and one and a half lengths.
01/01/2005
Crown Prosecutor gives us great start to 2005 in Australia.
4 yr old Crown Prosecutor's win the $340,000 Perth Cup (Group 2) is our first Stakes winner of 2005.
When we analysed the mare Dark Hope in 1997, Grand Lodge top rated at 118, and it is this highly recommended mating
that has produced Stakes winner Crown Prosecutor. He won the 2 mile event by a half length and 3 lengths.
23/10/2004
Motivator follows in High Accolade's footsteps for Deerfield Farm.
Congratulations to breeder Deerfield Farm on breeding the winner of the Group 1 Racing Post Trophy, Motivator,
by Montjeu out of their Gone West mare, Out West. Montjeu was a strongly recommended, highly compatible 132 rating
stallion when we analysed Out West in October, 2000. Motivator follows St Leger second place getter High Accolade
as another high profile product of their well managed breeding program, and winters as one of the favourites for 2005 English Derby.
13/11/2004
Binding comes from last place to win Group 2 Sandown Guineas in Australia.
Struggling to handle the heavy track,Binding (please see 06/11/04 below) came with a sustained run in the final two furlongs of this 1600 metres
event, and went to the line easing up a length ahead of Caulfied Guineas runner up Barely A Moment.
In Queensland that afternoon our own Green Lagonda broke his duck at Brisbane's Eagle Farm, running a fast time in beating
Manilla Boy and hot favourite Ben Hur, the latter a runaway winner on a dead Doomben track seven days ago, in the 1000 metres QRSE QUIZAS 2 yr olds race.
We originally raced Green Lagonda's dam Fidelis in the 1980's where she was a metropolitan winner in Sydney, having bought her at the 1984 Sydney Yearling Sales.
Four years ago we took over ownership of her once again as a 17 yr old, and she has now bred for us the promising
(late developer) Tanuki, 2001 by Piccolo in training in Canberra - Green Lagonda 2002 by Crown Jester - a 2003 yearling colt
by Fappiano stallion Press Card (Press Card is out of Courtly Dee the grandam of Green Desert) - and a 2004 colt foal by Bureaucracy.
She is now in foal to 1987 English Two Thousand Guineas second placegetter (to Don't Forget Me) and Derby second placegetter (behind Reference Point)
Bellotto in South Australia.
06/11/2004
Sky Cuddle wins the Group 1 Emirates Stakes at Flemington
.
Breeder Stuart Ramsey, one of BIL's oldest Australian clients, continued his wonderful run of success when Sky Cuddle,
50/1, just held Lad Of The Manor in this highly prestigeous Group 1 1600 metres race. Sky Cuddle is by Snippets out of Stuart's
Al Hareb mare Suggessive, a mating that rated a very high 133 when we performed our compatibility analysis for Suggestive.
06/11/2004
Binding wins the Listed Interlink Stakes over 1400 metres at Flemington
.
Congratulations to breeder Steve Tregea for his success in breeding Binding by Belong To Me, the product of a mating we identied
at a highly compatible 121 when we analysed his mare Open Question (by Alleged).
Binding is now favourite for the Sandown Guineas.
30/10/2004
Squaw Dance wins the Listed Montrose Stakes at Newmarket for breeder Michael Page
.
Squaw Dance is by Indian Ridge, and rated a very high 128 when matched with the highly compatible Night Shift
mare Likely Story. Trained by William Haggas, she ran on strongly to beat the hot favourite Something Exciting with something in hand.
On the same programme, Fantasy Ride came an excellent second in the Zetland Stakes behind runaway winner Ayam Zamam.
Fantasy Ride, bred by Andy Holder, is by the highly compatible Bahhare out of Shirley Heights mare Grand Splendour, a mating that rated a highly compatible 112.
18/09/2004
Salamanca wins the Watership Down Stud Sales Race at Newbury
.
Congratulations to breeder David Martin for his continued success with his mare Salanka, whose daughter by Pivotal today won this valuable
6½ furlong race in a tight three way finish.
We identified Salamanka's sire Pivotal as a highly compatible 126 rated mating when we analysed
Salanka, at a time when Pivotal's nomination fee was a fraction of today's price.
Salanka is also dam of the smart Penmayne by Inchinor, another Brain recommended mating.
05/09/2004
Group 1 Stanleybet Sprint Cup win for "second generation" Brain mating Tante Rose
.
Racing off the pace, Tante Rose swooped with a late run to get up on the line to defeat last year's winner Somnus in this high quality 6 furlong event.
Tante Rose is the daughter of the smart filly My Branch, another highly recommended Brain mating. Her win comes 8 years after another Brain client bred Iktamal on our advice to win the same Group 1 Haydock Sprint.
13/08/2004
Debut win at Newbury for Brain recommended mating Salamanca
Up against the much touted Dubai Millenium filly Halle Bop, Salamanka won this quality 6 furlong maiden impressively.
Bred by David Martin, we identified Salamanka's sire Pivotal as a highly compatible 126 rated mating when we analysed Salanka, at a time when Pivotal's nomination fee was a fraction of today's price.
13/08/2004
Rydal confirms promise in Sandown win
Soft ground and a stiffer track appear to have assisted Rydal in winning this 5 furlong handicap for owner breeders Gary and
Lesley Middlebrook. By Gilded Time out of Tennis Partner, this was a highly recommended top rated mating (109) when we analysed Tennis Partner.
09/08/2004
Brain recommended horses dominate weekend Group races in Australia
In Sydney Charge Forward a recommended yearling purchase won the Group 2 San Domenico Stakes, a race for 3yr olds over 1000metres.
In Melbourne the 9yr old product of a Brain recommended mating, Le Zagaletta, won the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes over 1200 metres on a heavy track at Caulfield.
01/08/2004
Group 2 second place for Into The Night
Into The Night made a highly promising return to racing on Saturday at Rosehill in running second to the very smart
Spark Of Life in the Group 2 Missile Stakes over 1100 metres. Into The Night was held up early but his late headway was not enough to catch
the leader who won by just under 3 lengths.
04/04/2004
Recommended yearling purchase Charge Forward just a half neck away from a Group 1 Golden Slipper win in race record time.
Charge Forward came so close to a Golden Slipper win for one of our earliest clients,
making it two consecutive years that we have been in the frame (last year recommended mating and Champion 2 yr old Hasna ran 3rd).
He just failed to peg back the worthy winner Dance Hero, but finished nearly a length ahead of the filly Alinghi
that had started one of the shortest priced favourites in the history of this prestigeous race.
20/03/2004
Another Group 1 success for recommended mating Sound Action
Brain rated compatible matings enjoyed further success in feature races on Saturday 20th March.
The highlight was the win of recommended mating Sound Action in the Group One Ranvet Stakes at Rosehill.
With an Oaks win already to her credit, this was Sound Action's 2nd Group One win.
Meanwhile recommended yearling Charge Forward emerged as the clear 2nd favourite for the Golden Slipper with a strong win in the Group 2 Todman Stakes. Other quality performances came from recommended yearlings Forum Floozie and Legally Bay who were Group One placed in the Coolmore Classic and the Australia Stakes respectively.
21/02/2004
Group 1 Oakleigh Plate 2nd for
Ancient Song
Recommended mating Ancient Song added further Group success to
her formidable record in running 2nd in the prestigious Oakleigh Plate
over 1100m at Caulfield, Melbourne, on Saturday. The product of a highly
compatible mating between Canny Lad and Hello Lottie by Beau Sovereign,
Ancient Song reaffirmed the class that has already won her a Group 1 VRC
Salinger Stakes, and a Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes.
Since this was first up after a spell, there is undoubtedly more still to
come in the weeks ahead.
08/02/2004
1st and 3rd for Brain clients in
Inglis Premier 2yo race at Flemington
Recommended yearling purchase Public Opinion, by Arena out of
the Last Tycoon mare Rothschild won the 1200m Inglis Premier 2yo race at Flemington
impressively on Sunday with Here To Win by General Nediym, bred by our Australian agent Laurel Oak, a
good third. Here To Win was sold by Laurel Oak at last year's Melbourne Yearling Sale.
08/11/2003
Listed win for Into The Night
earns invitation to Hong Kong
Into The Night won the
$150,000 Listed Hilton International Stakes at Flemington last Saturday 8
November. This was his 2nd successive win in this race which is the feature
sprint on the last day of the Flemington Cup Carnival. Carrying top-weight of
58kg, Into The Night overcame a check 400 metres from home which put him back to
3rd last place before storming home to win very impressively. This was his 9th
win from 23 starts and took his earnings to A$750,000.
As a further reward for his exploits of the last eight days, Into The Night
has now been invited to Hong Kong for the Group 1 five furlong sprint on International Day, 14th December.
04/11/2003
Sensational first and second in
the Group 1 VRC Stakes for our Sydney agent Louis Mihalyka
Top
rated recommended matings Ancient Song and Into The Night, both owned and
syndicated by our Sydney agent Louis Mihalyka of Laurel Oak, had only a neck
between them in finishing first and second in this competitive Group 1 event
over six furlongs at Flemington at the start of the Melbourne Cup carnival. Both
were bred by Brain International clients and subsequently bought by Laurel Oak
in the knowledge of their pedigree potential.
Ancient Song is by Canny Lad out of Hello Lottie, a mating that rated 116 on
our compatibility system when the mare was analysed in 1997. Into The Night is
by Rhythm out of Marshow, and rated 144 when the mare was first analysed by us,
also in 1997.
13/09/2003
High Accolade runs a fine second
in the Group 1 English St Leger
Having already won the Listed Predominant Stakes at Goodwood and the Group 2 King Edward VII Stakes at Ascot,
along with a second in the Group 3 Gordon Stakes, High Accolade rounded off a
highly successful three-year-old season with a fighting 2nd in the St Leger.
Owned by Brain client Lady Tenant, and bred on our mating planning advice by Deerfield Farm, High Accolade is out
of the Generous mare, Generous Lady, by the highly compatible, top rated
stallion Mark Of Esteem.
In the race before the St Leger, another product of a top rated mating, Tug Of Love, beautifully ridden by
Frankie Dettori, pushed his head in front when it mattered to win the
ladbrokes.com Stakes for owner breeder Denis Haynes.
6/09/2003
More Group
success in Australia. Pentastic wins the Group 2 Craiglee
Stakes at Flemington
"Brain compatible"
horses down under continue to deliver the goods in Australian
Stakes races, and the highly compatible Pentastic has now made
it 6 wins from 29 starts, winning prize money of over A$1.5
million.
On the same day at
Randwick two-year-old Play Around won the Group 3 A$100,000 Ming
Dynasty Handicap over 1400 metres equalling the race record in
the process.
30/08/2003
Group 2 Memsie Stakes goes to the evergreen Le Zagaletta
Eight-year-old Le Zagaletta has now recorded thirteen wins, ten seconds and eight
thirds from 59 starts, with prize money totalling A$1.2.
On the same afternoon in Sydney compatibly mated Oomph won the Listed
Sheraco Stakes over 1100 metres, for her third Stakes win.
10/08/2003
Second generation Brain mating, Bay Tree, an impressive winner
of the Sweet Solera Stakes at Newmarket
A filly by Daylami out of another Brain recommended mating My Branch,
Bay Tree made it two wins inside a week for her
owner/breeder Wafic Said and trainer Barry Hills. The product of a
high 122 and ***** rating, Bay Tree won this
Listed event unextended, and appears to have even better ahead of
her. The Fillies Mile and/or the Rockfel Stakes may be the next
start.
12/07/2003
Three wins in three starts for Brain 5 star recommended yearling purchase
Niagra Falls
Stuart Ramsey's 2yr old Niagra
Falls just got up to win the Listed Dequetteville
Stakes in Adelaide on Saturday, after experiencing just about as
much trouble as is possible in a 1000m race. We only give very few
yearlings a 5 star rating in any one year, but this filly by Danehill out of
Bracken Bank was one of them. She looks to have a bright future.
9/07/2003
Brain recommended mating Hasna named Australia's Champion 2 yr old at
last week's awards
In the space of just three months Hasna won the Group 2
Silver Slipper Stakes at Rosehill, Sydney 2nd March - ran
3rd in the Group 1 Golden Slipper, again at Rosehill, 12th
April - ran away
with the Group 1 Sires Produce Stakes at Randwick, 21st
April, Sydney -
and 3rd May was an impressive winner of the Group 1 Champagne
Stakes over 1600m at Randwick.
She is by Australian local bred stallion Snippets (by Lunchtime,
the damsire of Choisir), who stood at a relatively affordable
nomination fee. Snippets top rated when we matched Hasna's
dam They Say with stallions in our Australasian data bank
for her breeder Graeme Little.
24/06/2003
Brain advised matings yield one winner and two close seconds at this year's
Royal Ascot
As expected High Accolade was our main flag bearer at
Ascot this year, running away with the Group 2 King Edward VII
stakes in impressive fashion. He emphatically raised the question
as to who would have won the Derby if he had run?
Unluckiest loser of the whole meeting was undoubtedly Helm
Bank, badly blocked for a run twice while trying to thread his way
from last place in the final furlong of the 29 runner Britannia Stakes, only
to lose by a neck at
33/1 to a lone bolter on the far side of the course. A future
Group performer for sure.
He is the product of another Brain advised mating, as is
Foodbroker Founder, a fast finishing neck second in the Listed
Hampton Court Stakes, at 50/1.
ASCOT POST SCRIPT
The exploits of Choisir will hopefully have curtailed patronising remarks
sometimes made by Tony Morris in The Racing
Post, denigrating the quality of Australian racehorses.
Having said that, the racing media in this country as a whole
appear surprisingly oblivious to the fact that Choisir himself is
arguably not in the top 5 of Australian sprinters. Five that come
to mind that could be reasonably backed on Australian form to beat
Choisir are: Bel Esprit, Spinning Hill, Yell, Falvelon, and
Private Steer. As an example
close to home, our own Australiasian agent Louis Mihalyka races
Into The Night (see below), who beat Choisir fair and square in
the Group 1 Newmarket in March. Choisir has in fact won only five
of his nineteen Australian starts in three seasons of racing.
Perhaps his Ascot wins are more an indictment of the mediocre
quality English sprint racing than Choisir being the superstar the
racing world would wish him to be. Second placegetter Acclamation
in the King's Stand had an Official rating of 105, while third
placegetter Baron's Pit in the Group 1 Golden Jubilee had an
Official Rating of 108.
9/06/2003
Laurel Oak's Into The Night runs 3rd in $1 million Group 1 Stradbroke Hcp
Following his Group 2 win a week ago Into The Night ran a
blinder from a bad draw on ground that was against him in this
highly competitive Group 1 race on Saturday.
He will now have a break in preparation for the rich spring
sprints in Melbourne. The placing takes his prize money over the
$500,000 mark.
5/06/2003
Top rated mating Cape Royal looks to have bright future
A rating of 106 is about as high as we ever get*, and that was the score with
Prince Sabo when we analysed the mare Indigo for owner breeder
David Brotherton. The product of that mating, Cape Royal,
had no problem dealing with the opposition in a maiden over five
furlongs at Nottingham yesterday under restrained handling by Kieren Fallon. “We wouldn’t be looking for too many handicaps
with him” was trainer Lynda Ramsden’s comment after the race.
* our ratings range from a perfect score of 100 to worst score
of 500+.
1/06/2003
Top rated Coroner takes third place in the French Derby behind unbeaten Dalakhani
Our analysis of the Green Desert mare Tamnia for Nawara Stud in October 1998
identified Mtoto at the head of our list of compatible stallions,
rating a very high 115. The product of the mating with Mtoto was
sold as a yearling for just 19,000 guineas at the Tattersalls
October Sales in 2001.
Coroner had a relatively modest two-year-old season, but
has progressed significantly as a three-year-old, winning three
of his five races and being placed in the other two.
Coroner's victories include the Group 2 Prix Hocquart
over 12 furlongs at Longchamp in early May.
1/06/2003
Group 2 win for Laurel Oak’s Into The Night in Brisbane
Congratulations to our Australasian agent Louis Mihalyka and his Laurel Oak
syndicate, on their win in the 1200 metres Group 2 QTC Cup with
Into The Night at Eagle Farm Brisbane on Saturday.
When we performed our pedigree analysis on the Marscay mare Marshow
in May 1997, the Mr Prospector stallion Rhythm was identified
as highly compatible and strongly recommended.
When Louis saw that the product of the mating with Rhythm was
being sold in the yearling sales in January 2000 he remembered
our recommendation and purchased the yearling on behalf of the
current syndicate of owners.
Into The Night has now won in excess of $400,000 in prize
money for Louis and his syndicate.
28/05/2003
Prix du Mont de Po for top rated Fasliyev filly Angisse at Chantilly
Having only her second start Angisse won this 1100 metre event by a comfortable
1 length and 1½. Rating a very high 116 Fasliyev was a very strongly
recommended choice to breeder Michael Page.
24/05/2003
Haydock's Tote Credit Club Silver Bowl (Showcase Handicap) for Jazz Messenger
Congratulations to owner breeder Sven Hanson on the all-the-way win of Jazz
Messenger over a mile in heavy ground at Haydock Park. The product
of a 146 rating ,strongly recommended mating between German stallion
Acatenango and the Damister mare In The Saltmine, Jazz Messenger
kept up a relentless gallop in front, for an easy win in the £80,000
race.
20/05/2003
High Accolade wins the last of the Derby trials
Congratulations to owner Lady Tennant and breeder Deerfield Farm on the win
of High Accolade in Goodwood's Listed Predominate Stakes
over 11 furlongs. Ridden patiently by jockey Martin Dwyer, this
son of Mark Of Esteem swooped late to win going away.
Mark Of Esteem was identified by us as a top rated, highly compatible
potential mating when we analysed the mare Generous Lady for her
owners in December 1998 .
3/05/2003
Two inter-state Group 1s in a day for Brain client Graeme Little in Australia
Congratulations to Graeme on breeding Vettori 3yr old filly Sound Action,
winner of the Group 1 Australasian Oaks over 2025 metres at Morphettville,
South Australia, today. When we analysed the mare Dance With Royalty
in 1997 our comment on the Vettori mating was "A mating with Vettori
stands out....must have a great chance of producing something
special". The filly looks to have a bright future, winning by
2¾ lengths and 5 lengths.
Graeme's other success was in the 1600 metre Champagne Stakes
at Randwick in Sydney, where Hasna never looked in danger
in winning her second Group 1 race in two weeks (see 21/04 below)
