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Melbourne Cup 2012

December 1st 2011:We are deep in negotiations with our agent to secure a new horse to contest the 2012 Melbourne cup. We have identified a suitably qualified horse with great 2400m turf form who has already passed several qualifying conditions for the Melbourne Cup. Should you be interested in registering your interest to have a share in a horse aimed at the 2012 Melbourne cup then email us now. We will be offering shares from 1% to 10% ranging from $6000 to $60,000 per share nd registered parties will have first right of refusal.

Our 2011 Melbourne Cup horse was Unusual Suspect who ran a good 9th and was unlucky and only beaten some 3.5 lengths. He will now head to Dubai in February March and could be back for the 2012 Melbourne Spring

ATB secure Syreon for tilt at Darwin cup in 2012

November 30th: Atb have secured high class stayer Syreon to target next years Darwin cup to be run in August 2012. Syreon a winner of 6 races and over $400,000 in prizemoney to date has been secured from the Chris Waller yard in Sydney to be trained in Darwin with Jason Manning. Syreon will move to the beach at Warrnambool to be trained by Matthew Williams for an autumn campaign in Victoria before transferring to Jason Mannings Darwin stables for the traditional leadup races to the Darwin Cup.
Syreon who has been fully syndicated and we will spend one week in Darwin with all of the owners and we will make it a trip to remember.

ATB horses fire at Warrnambool

Set Me Straight

Luckyimbarefoot & Jeune Baby Jeune

In the very next race both of our horses contested the finish with Luckyi’mbarefoot proving too strong to win very well after being well back and wide.

 We have only had this horse for his last 3 runs which have returned 2 wins and a second. Matthew Williams has done a terrific job with this horse who will now go to Flemington for a 2000m race before being spelled and set for the winter.

Our other runner in the race Jeune Baby Jeune who finished a nice 3rd at his 2nd run in this time and his condition may have just given out in the last 100m over the 1700m.

He is racing very well this time in and will go to Werribee next start in two weeks time and will be very competitive.

Wallington Flyer

Our final runner was Wallington Flyer who contested the 0-62 after winning his maiden last start at Donald and ran a super 3rd with 59kgs and was just beaten.

He has only had 4 starts and to date is yet to miss a place and we think that he will be even better next time in work. He will have one more start this time in and will then be spelled.

Very few horses win a 0-62 race coming off a maiden win as they are both up in class and usually carry top weight of 58 or 59kgs, so its a tough ask.

Upcoming runners- Eleve( Seymour), Flying Hula ( Moonee Valley), Fitoussi ( Caulfield)

ATB Syndicate secures 45% interst in Melb Cup runner

October 26th 2011: Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock this week secured a 45% interest in the Melbourne Cup entrant Unusual Suspect for next Tuesadys $6 million 3200m Group One Event. The Mick Kent trained 8 yr old was an eye catching run in the Caulfield Cup and when we saw it advertised on the inglis bloodstock site- Bloodstock.com.au, we decided to get our clients together and bid on the share. We have been a big fan of  Bloodstock.com.au, the sight where we secured our Group3 winning filly- Platelet as a yearling. From 6 starts she has now won in excess of $130,000 and is a vaulable filly.

The group that join us with Unusual Suspect will live the dream next Tuesday that most of us racing fans harbour – to have a Melbourne cup runner. Our syndication business allows us to make this dream a reality for 9 more Australians this year, including ourselves. Our new partners have interests ranging from 1% to 10% and live in WA, NSW , QLD and Victoria. I dont think it has sunk in yet that we will have a runner next week in Australias biggest race and l know that our group are getting pretty excited about it all.

The fact that Unusual Suspect is a stallion gives us some residual value as l sure that he will be in demand to stand at stud in Japan, USA, New Zealand or maybe even in Australia. Unusual Suspect is currently quoted at $31 with most betting agencies and l am sure that he is a top 6 chance in the race.

Platelet wins Group 3 Thoroughbred Stakes at Caulfield

October 8th 2011:Consistent Strategic filly Platelet broke through for her first Black Type victory when she proved too good in the Group III MRC Thoroughbred Club Stakes over 1200 metres.

Prepared by Darren Weir, Platelet is still in her first preparation, progressing all the way from a debut second at Echuca on August 1 to a valuable Group win.

She settled in fourth place for regular rider Michelle Payne and accelerated in the straight to defeat well fancied The Fairy’s Kiss by three-quarters of length, her overall record now an impressive two wins, two seconds and two thirds from six starts with prizemoney of $131,175.

Raced by a big group of owners including the Australian Bloodstock Syndicate, Platelet (pictured Taron Clarke Photography) is another recent stakes-winner who owes her origins to the old Woodlands Stud, her dam Bloodline a Woodlands bred mare that was sold in foal to Strategic at the 2008 Inglis Broodmare Sale for just $6,000 with Platelet the result of that mating.

Platelet is the fourth winner, but first stakes-winner for the Dracula mare Bloodline, a close relation to Group II winning sprinter Hockney.

Bloodline has a yearling filly by Econsul and was covered last spring by Bianconi (USA).

Platelet is the 24th stakes-winner for veteran Darley sire Strategic, who stands at their Victorian base at a fee of $11,000.

Article written by Tara Madgwick October 8th 2011.

Caulfield – Saturday, 8 October 2011
Track:Dead
Race 2 Thoroughbred Club Stakes
Group 3 1200m
Time: 1:10.20.(0:35.18 (600m)
Open
Prizemoney: $125,000 – 1st: $75,000 2nd: $22,500 3rd: $11,250.
1 Platelet D K Weir Ms Michelle Payne $4.50 55.0
3f Strategic x Bloodline (Dracula)
Not Offered
2 0.8 The Fairy’s Kiss M G Price C Newitt $4.50 55.0
3f Elusive Quality (USA) x Ballet Society (NZ) (Stravinsky (USA))
Not Offered
3 6.0 Hollyweird G A Ryan C W Brown $6.50 55.0
3f Snitzel x Last Blaze (JPN) (Narita Brian (JPN))
Lot 216 2010 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale $140,000
4 Not A Dancer Matthew Dale Chris Symons $8.50 55.0
5 Emerald Downs A J Cummings N Rawiller $5.50 56.5
6 Pontington T J Hughes Jnr D Nikolic $21 55.0
7 Offer Heath Conners D Yendall $26 55.0
8 To Be Honest J P Salanitri S Baster $81 55.0
9 Miss Rendina S R McKinnon A Mallyon $9 55

Group 3 Spring Stakes to Uxorious

August 8th: The talented Matthew Williams sprinter took out Saturdays Spring Stakes Group3 at Morphetville with a dominate win over the 1200m on slow ground. Uxorious (Choisir- Shiny Mai ( Keltrice) took his impressive record to 7 wins from 13 starts and over $275,000 in prizemoney. Uxorious provided the young Warrnambool trainer with his first Group 3 win in his short training career and he and his team were delighted with Saturdays result. Williams plans to give Uxorious a 10 break before taking on the sprinters at Caulfield in late Septmber in the Testa Rossa Stakes. Williams heaped praise on stand in rider Ryan Maloney( replacing the suspended Dean Yendell). It was Ryans first Group winner as well and l am very pleased for him as rides alot for the stable and is always happy to ride trials for us -anywhere. He rode him a treat Williams said.

Syndicators Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock syndicated Uxorious as a yearling and have an unraced half brother to him by Bel Esprit in their team. He will also be trained by Matthew Williams.

Set Me Straight strikes first up in Swan Hill

July 25th: The Jarod McLean trained Set Me Straight was an impressive winner 1st up yesterday at Swan Hill, winning by one and three quarter lengths in a strong maiden. This son of Fastnet Rock from the Red Ransom mare- Playmoney was having his 4th race start after running three second placings from as many starts in his first preparation and again was piloted by Matthew Pumpa who has been on him at every start. Pumpa said that he had made good improvement and was bigger and stronger now, but still learning and did  few things wrong in the race today but was just too good. Bred by John and Margaret Rayner, this is the second winner from Playmoney who is in foal to the Coolmore young sire – Holy Roman Emperor and is booked to the exciting young sprinting sire- Magnus. Mclean said that Set Me Straight was on the right track and is open to improvement at his next couple of starts and is a very honest and exciting young horse.

Rue Maple runs 2nd in the Sir John Monash

Jockey Michelle Payne believes Rue Maple is capable of stretching out up to seven furlongs after her brave performance at Caulfield on Saturday.

Payne was riding the Darren Weir-trained four-year-old mare for the first time and was impressed how the daughter of Rubiton overcame a horror run in transit to still hit the line with gusto in the Listed $100,000 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m).

“She ran terrific on the weekend as we had no luck from the barrier,” Payne told Virtual Formguide.

“We wanted to settle in the one-one position but Secret Flyer got up into that position because I could get there.

“So I just had to travel where I was, I couldn’t come back to settle towards the rear as it was too late in the race to do so, so I went forward.

“She travelled well outside the leaders and they went steady for most of the race.

“She quickened up good but not as well as the others off the sluggish speed and I thought she was going to run fourth at the top of the straight.

Rue Maple

“But then she really dug deep to get into second and was making ground on the winner (Secret Flyer). It was a really good effort.

“I said to Darren (Weir) that based on that run she’d be able to get 1400 metres,” she added.

Rue Maple, who has never raced beyond six furlongs before, is likely to contest the $125,000 Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on July 30 with the $125,000 Group 3 W.W. Cockram Stakes (1200m) for fillies and mares at the same venue a fortnight later.

Pictures: Fiona Tomlin & Colin Bull. Written by Carl Di Iorio