Tracked – The Saturday Racing Review – April 20

In his first southern hemisphere crop, Darley Australia’s shuttle stallion Too Darn Hot has sired a Group 1 winner, with Broadsiding too strong in the Group 1 Champagne Stakes at Randwick.

Champion jockey James McDonald weaved his way into the clear shortly after turning for home, and utilised the final 300 metres of the race to chase down a gallant Linebacker.

Broadsiding is Too Darn Hot’s second Group 1 winner, joining Fallen Angel, who won the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh in Ireland.

Too Darn Hot joins Tassort (Manaal) and Royal Meeting (Hayasugi) as first-season stallions to sire a two-year-old Group 1 winner this season.

Earlier in the day, another son of Too Darn Hot in Perspiration went one better than his previous two starts, extending away late to win comfortably under jockey Ethan Brown to win at Mornington.

Too Darn Hot has also been succcessful in Japan, with his daughter Etes Vous Prets a Group 2 winner.

The final Group 1 race of the Sydney autumn went the way of Magic Time, who finished off strongly to take out the All Aged Stakes for trainer Grahame Begg.

Already a Group 1 winner after claiming the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes in the spring, Magic Time improved her record to six wins from 11 starts with her gritty performance in challenging conditions.

MAGIC TIME OVER THE TOP IN THE ALL AGED STAKES!

SHE RELISHES THE CONDITIONS UNDER MICHAEL DEE! @Grahame_Begg pic.twitter.com/tYJUdlR2VI

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She is by Yarraman Park’s Hellbent, who has sired five stakes winners across his first three crops.

Begg’s day got even better at Mornington, with Maharba getting her nose down in time to win the Listed Hareeba Stakes in a tight finish.

The victory continues a stellar season for Pride Of Dubai, who has 23 individual stakes winners as a stallion.

Bustling continued his rule of the two-year-old roost in Western Australia at Ascot, recording an emphatic victory in the Group 2 Karrakatta Plate.

Bustling does it easy in the Karrakatta Plate! ‍ @MortonRacing @blake_shinn pic.twitter.com/hsi8NNfKhR

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Pushed to the front from an inside barrier by jockey Blake Shinn, the son of Frosted controlled the speed and extended to record his second black-type win, having won the Listed Perth Stakes a fortnight ago.

Arrowfield Stud’s Dundeel continued a strong run of recent results with Konasana navigating the tricky Randwick conditions best to take out the Group 3 James HB Carr Stakes.

Sent out as an $18 chance, Konsana relished the wet conditions, comfortably accounting for her rivals.

Dundeel’s individual stakes winners now rise to 27, of which 21 have won at Group level. 

He wasn’t the first across the line, but Kintyre emerged victorious in the Group 3 Frank Packer Plate, with stewards finding the gelding was interfered with by first past-the-post Gold Bullion over the concluding stages.

Jockey Jamie Kah successfully argued that her run was hampered by Tim Clark and Gold Bullion in the final strides.

Kintyre is the seventh stakes winner for his sire, Hallowed Crown. 

Kah also collected the Group 3 Hall Mark Stakes when Mazu, a Group 1-winning sprinter, relished a chance to race on heavy ground, going through his gears to record his eighth career victory.

He is one of two southern hemisphere Group 1 winners for Maurice, who divides his time between Arrowfield Stud in Australia and Shadai Stallion Station in Japan.

It was another Group 1 winner taking out a Group 3 in the following race, this time Huetor, who recorded a comfortable victory in the JRA Plate. 

The winner of the past two Doomben Cups, Huetor was able to run down Goldman in the concluding stages to record his eighth career victory, of which three have been in stakes grade.

Huetor is one of six individual Group 1 winners for his sire, the American-bred Archipenko.

 At Mornington, the Hungarian Derby winner Esti Feny notched a second black-type success in Australia, taking out the Listed Mornington Cup under jockey Daniel Stackhouse.

He is the only stakes winner for his sire, Pigeon Catcher, who has produced 40 runners across five crops.

Trainer Nick Ryan executed a South Australian raid in the Listed Nitschke Stakes at Morphettville, with Material Dreams finding the winning post first in a bunched finish.

The victory is a maiden black-type success for the Queensland-based stallion Lean Mean Machine, who stands at Aquis Farm.

Overpass continued his unblemished Ascot record in The Quokka, outlasting Amelia’s Jewel and Oscar’s Fortune to make it a perfect three-from-three in Western Australia. 

He is the sole Group 1 winner to date for his sire, Vancouver, having taking out the Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot in December.