John & Trish Muir's Milburn Creek Thoroughbred Stud added a new Group 1 winner to their record and that of champion sire Redoute's Choice when Hampton Court stormed past his rivals at the end of the record-setting $400,000 ATC Spring Champion S. G1 over 2000 metres at Randwick.
The scorching early pace and the final course record time of 2:00.30 was largely the work of the other Redoute's Choice colt in the race, Panzer Division, sent to the front by jockey Tye Angland and asked to cover the first 1400 metres in 1:22.9. Trainer Paul Messara advised after the race that he would be aimed at shorter distances next preparation.
However, all the plaudits were justly earned by Hampton Court, who came from the tail of the field to break Dignity Dancer's 16 year-old record and drove through the line so strongly ahead of favourite First Seal and Sweynesse that trainer Gai Waterhouse immediately confirmed his trip to Melbourne for the Victoria Derby G1. He is now the $5 TAB fixed odds favourite for the $1.5 million Flemington classic.
Jockey Josh Parr said of the colt's finish at Randwick, "His turn of foot when he got balanced up and let rip was incredible."
Hampton Court is the first foal of Canadian stakeswinner Roses 'N' Wine (by Broken Vow), from the family of champion Makybe Diva and Group 2 winner Musket (also by Redoute's Choice).
Purchased for $500,000 by John Warren Bloodstock from the Milburn Creek draft at the 2013 Inglis Easter Sale, he is raced by a group of owners that includes the Muirs, James Packer and Sydney broadcaster Alan Jones.
Hampton Court won his third start as a 2YO, ran fourth in Bachman's Schweppervescence H. G3 and progressed steadily to his first black type success in last weekend's ATC Dulcify Quality H. LR. His record now reads three wins and more than $360,000 from 9 starts.
Hampton Court is the fourth Group 1 winner bred by Milburn Creek, after Redoute's Dancer (also by Redoute's Choice), Sizzling (by Snitzel) and Once Were Wild (by Johannesburg). The Muirs also enjoyed Group 1 success as owners of the grand mare Secret Admirer (2010 ATC Flight S. G1 & 2011 ATC Epsom H. G1).
Roses 'N' Wine has a yearling colt by Snitzel and is foaling again to him this Spring.
A week after he became the 119th stakeswinner for Redoute's Choice, Hampton Court is the 25th Group 1 winner for the three-time champion sire, whose current season earnings now stand at $2.1 million.
Friday, Moonee Valley, Australia SPORTINGBET MANIKATO S.-G1, A$1,000,000, MOO, 10-24, 3yo/up, 6fT, 1:10.33, gd. 1--LANKAN RUPEE (AUS), 128, g, 5, by Redoute’s Choice (Aus) 1st Dam: Estelle Collection (NZ) (GSW-Aus), by Stravinsky 2nd Dam: Ana Zeel (NZ), by Zabeel (NZ) 3rd Dam: My Tricia (NZ), by Hermes (GB) O-Teeley Assets Ltd Syndicate (Mgr: I O’Farrell); B-Teeley Assets Ltd (Aus); T-Mick Price; J-Craig Newitt. A$600,000. Lifetime Record: 19-10-3-2, A$3,568,010. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Angelic Light (Aus), 125, m, 5, Holy Roman Emperor (Ire)-- Flashed (Aus), by Fuji Kiseki (Jpn). (A$30,000 yrl ‘11 INGPREM) O-Browns & Kirks, Flash Empress, J S H Racing, Roman Flash Racing, The Boom, A M Lamshed, C G Charteris, B M Pitt, H J Allen, J Armstrong & O Kysela; B-Northern Lodge Stud (Aus); T-Robbie Griffiths. A$180,000. 3--Famous Seamus (NZ), 129, g, 6, Elusive City-- Clinique (NZ), by Dance Floor. (NZ$70,000 yrl ‘10 NZBSEL) O-J Simpson & Mrs J D Simpson; B-Keltern Stud Ltd & Trelawney Thoroughbred Ltd (NZ); T-Noel Mayfield-Smith. A$90,000. Margins: SHD, NO. Odds: 2.90, 12.00, 17.00. Also Ran: Rebel Dane (Aus), Terravista (Aus), Temple of Boom (Aus), Buffering (Aus), Moment of Change (Aus), Iconic (Aus), Not Listenin’tome (Aus), Platelet (Aus), Bounding (Aus). Click for the Racing Post result or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO.
Lankan Rupee showed no signs of being a stable star his first season on the track, winning two of eights starts but failing to factor at the black-type level. His connections clearly thought of enough of him to contest that season’s G1 Coolmore Stud S.--where he finished eighth, beaten 5 1/2 lengths--and his fortunes reversed dramatically after he was gelded for his 4-year-old campaign. The new Lankan Rupee debuted with a benchmark win over this course last Oct. 4, and one year ago the date finished third under similar conditions. He truly came alive, however, when switched to the Flemington straight next out, earning his first black-type victory in the Listed Earl Grey S., a win that kicked off a six-race win streak. Next came the G3 Kevin Heffernan S. at Caulfield Nov. 16, and after a short break, Lankan Rupee returned to annex the G2 Rubiton S. by nearly four lengths back at that Melbourne course Feb. 8. Group 1 success followed two weeks later in the Oakleigh Plate, followed by the G1 Newmarket H. after another two-week breather. By that point Lankan Rupee had solidified himself as the best speedster in the land--a position largely vacated since the retirement of Black Caviar (Aus) (Bel Esprit {Aus}) last year, and he firmly established himself as the best in the world in that category after slamming the opposition in the T.J. Smith, the race that had been Black Caviar’s swansong 12 months earlier. A shock turnover in the G2 McEwan S. marked Lankan Rupee’s return to the races as a 5-year-old, and after allowing Buffering to lead in the Moir, he found himself again second best after just failing to nail that rival on the wire. Trainer Mick Price confirmed after last night’s victory that Lankan Rupee would next appear down the Flemington straight in the G1 Darley Classic Nov. 8 "He was gutsy tonight and my heart was pumping,” Price told Racenet.com.au. "The Darley Classic is next and I can’t wait for Flemington.” Lankan Rupee’s third dam, My Tricia (NZ) (Hermes {GB}) produced G1 Caulfield Guineas and G1 Victoria Derby winner and sire Grosvenor (NZ) (Sir Tristram {GB}).
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Champion racehorse and now first season stallion at Coolmore Australia is So You Think. Sired by the late, great, High Chaparral. Copyright Bronwen Healy Photography.
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