Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm

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Lot 9 Tale Of The Cat x Mighty Atalanta    SOLD  Ascot Racing (Sing) $50,000

Lot 28 Holy Roman Emperor x Orpenella    SOLD  Kim Harrison & Jon O’Connor (SA) $26,000

Lot 67 Jet Spur x Spectacula    SOLD  Lewis Lampardo (Vic), David Kok (Sing) $20,000

Lot 84 Statue Of Liberty x Tendue    SOLD  Sam Kavanagh (SA) $30,000

Lot 138 Excites x Caffe Francais    SOLD  Gordon Richards (SA) $7,000

Lot 345 Kheleyf x Cosmic Express    SOLD  Scott Trenowden (SA) $27,000

Lot 379 God’s Own x Go Misty    SOLD  John Murray (SA)  $22,000

Lot 9  Tale of the Cat x Mighty Atalanta – bay colt
A strong, well grown colt by popular sire Tale Of The Cat out of a speedy mare who has already produced three winners.

Lot 28  Holy Roman Emperor x Orpenella – bay colt
This impressive colt is out of a well related mare and is a consistent producer of winners. The colt is by the highly regarded sire, Holy Roman Emperor.

Lot 67  Jet Spur x Spectacula – bay filly
This good looking, well grown Jet Spur filly is the first foal from city winning Testa Rossa mare, Spectacula.

Lot 84   Statue of Liberty x Tendue – brown filly
This quality filly, out of a General Nediym mare is a half sister to impressive Moonee Valley winner Alcohol and is by Statue Of Liberty, the sire of Hay List and Mic Mac.

Lot 138  Excites x Caffe Francais – bay colt
The pedigree of this well grown, strong colt features a double cross of popular sire Success Express. Excites won the Group 1 AJC Sire’s Produce and the colt’s dam, Caffe Francais won at city level in Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane.

Lot 345 Kheleyf x Cosmic Express – black/brown colt
This athletic colt out of a Success Express mare is by European’s champion first season sire, Kheleyf.

Lot 379  God’s Own x Go Misty – grey colt
This colt’s pedigree oozes black type from the renowned Misty Vain family that has produced Tennesee Vain, Mirror Mirror, No Looking Back, Snitzerland and plenty of other Group winners.

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Velonski was rigorously ridden from the gates by Chris Symonds to take a forward position in the first at Werribee today. He may be small, he had plenty in reserve at the business end.  He won by more than a length over the 1000 metre trip. It was the Falvelon colt’s second start, after he missed the kick, but making up late ground at Bendigo to finish third on debut.

The two year old was purchased by Shelly Hancox from Lauriston Thoroughbred’s 2011 Premier yearling draft at Melbourne for $30,000.

Velonski  was

bred at Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm and becomes the forty seventh individually bred winner from the farm. He is the first foal out of Encosta De Lago mare, Skidoodle.

Born and bred at Lauriston Powerful Pegasus

was a $6,000 sale at Inglis’ Autumn yearling sale in 2009. Last Friday he took his earnings beyond $50,000 when he won the second race on the first day of Kangaroo Island’s Cup Carnival. It was the four year old’s third career win.

Powerful Music is by Distant Music out of Dehere mare Here For Honour.

Al Jandar was an impressive winner at Kilmore on Sunday. Racing on the speed the gelding ran away in the final stages to win the 1200 metre race by two lengths. Jockey Michael Walker reported after the race that his saddle had slipped just after the jump.

The win was Al Jandar’s third and took his career prize money to nearly $100,000. The four year gelding was bred at Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm and sold at Inglis’ Melbourne Premier Sale in 2009 for $27,000 to trainer Robbie Griffiths for owner Ms A. Thomson.

From the inside gate, Deep Heat was fast away. Jason Letherby, cherishing the front position, ensured that the gelding kept the rest of the field, then rounding the turn he stole a race winning break, holding out the late closers by three quarters of a length on the line.

Last Saturday’s 1300 metre  class 1 win was trainer Neville Saunders second Toowoomba victory in

seven days following Bellespy’ s win in the previous week.

Bellespy had never been tested at a mile until Neville Saunders set him for the third at Toowoomba last Saturday. Drawn in gate seven, Bellespy was caught wide toward the rear of the nine horse field shortly after jumping. Jason Letherby urged him forward and rounded the field to lead. He opened his margin at the 600, and had them all off the bit at the turn. Only Griffith Lad looked a remote chance after straightening, but Bellespy held him out by half a length with the rest spaced.

“Well he got the 1600,” said Neville after the race “… and that was after working hard early in the race.”

Bellespy was bred at Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm.

Ultra consistent gelding General Truce ended the 2011 year on a high by breaking the Moonee Valley track record for 955 metres last night. The Essendon Mazda 55 second challenge is midway through its second season. Last season La Bella Roo won the 18 heat series with a time of 55.48 seconds for the 955 metre race. Prior to last night the fastest winner of the eight heats for this season was Weekend Special trained by Mark Kavanagh. Weekend Special had clocked in at 55.51 for the sprint earlier in December.

With the rail in the true position and the track upgraded to a good 3, last night’s race was always going to be one of the exciting heats of the series. The field included speedsters Weekend Special, ex Darwin speed machine The Soldier who had won at Flemington over 1000 metres by three lengths just a fortnight earlier, Slade Alive Syndicate’s sprinter Waltzes, and General Truce.

Waltzes was quick from the machine and Katelyn Mallyon settled him in front effortlessly. Meanwhile from the wide gate Ashley Thompson aboard General Truce was working rigorously in the early part of the race to settle just outside and behind the leader.

Rounding the turn General Truce moved up to Waltzes. Weekend Special had found some clear galloping room and chased. But General Truce refused to give in and held out Weekend Special by a head. Waltzes stayed on for third and The Soldier claimed fourth.

The time of 55:28 was a new course record. The trainer of the horse that runs the quickest time for the series will win a Mazda BT-50 from Essendon Mazda. There are still nine heats remaining in the series, but General Truce, trained by Ricky Maund has set the time to beat.

“It was a good win” reported Ashley Thompson after the race. “He did it tough at both ends and deserved the result”. It was Ashley’s fourth ride on the horse and his second victory. His other two rides included a second to Bel Sprinter and a third behind Curtana.

General Truce has been very competitive in most of his starts. He has only finished outside the top four twice in his last twenty starts. Both of those races were at Group 1 level. One of those was as a three year old in open company in the Oakleigh Plate when he clocked the fastest final 600 metres of the race. The other was in the Coolmore Stud Stakes. In that event he was crowded and checked. Luke Nolan aboard Curtana was suspended for the incident and it cost him the ride on Black Caviar the following week in the Patinack Classic.

General Truce has now won at all of Melbourne’s leading city venues and has pushed his career prize money beyond $440,000.

General Truce, by Independent Stallion’s Brief Truce, was bred at Lauriston. His dam, General Nediym mare, General Resolve has produced two other foals of racing age. Arctic Command (by Freeze) won the Group 3 Maribyrnong Plate. Complete Control (by Rubiton) earned more than $130,000 before being retired to the breeding barn in 2011.

General Resolve’s fourth foal is a stunning, strong filly by Testa Rossa. She will be presented on day three, Wednesday 29 February as Lot 557 among Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm’s yearling draft at the Melbourne Inglis Premier Sale.

Click on the attached link to view her pedigree: Lot 557 Premier Yearling Sale 2012

Face Off, a five year old gelding by Face Value from Garden Flower, won the last at Moonee Valley on Friday night – a $100,000 sprint over 1200 metres by half a length. Less than twenty four hours later, his half sister Rhodamine, by Success Express won at Colac over the same distance.

“She looks great” said Ricky Maund prior to the race “her coat is gleaming”. Rhodamine doesn’t always perform well fresh, but she certainly did yesterday. Apprentice Thomas Sadler used the three gate wisely and took her to the front. Outside her and applying pressure was the race favourite Lady Way. But well rated by Thomas, Rhodamine was able to kick clear after straightening. She was strong at the line to win by a length and a half.

Later on Saturday Greywin won at Cranbourne over 1400 metres, giving trainer Ricky Maund a treble in two days.

“Rhodamine is a beautiful looking well conformed mare, and  I’m sure she would produce good types of foals. We would welcome her into the breeding barn next season,” remarked Lauriston’s bloodstock manager Paul Eden.

It capped a tremendous weekend for Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm.

Rapidement, who is from a well performed race family, earned her spot in the breeding barn for the 2012 season with her impressive last to first victory at Moonee Valley and Rhodamine had inched her way closer with her victory at Colac. The win by her half brother, Face Off did not do any harm to her chances.

Alcohol’s win at Moonee Valley also improved the page of Lauriston’s broodmare Tendue and her progeny.

Trainer Richard Jolly purchased Lauriston’s 2008 Yearling by Bianconi out of Lauriston mare Tendue at Adelaide’s 2010 Magic Millions sale.

The yearling is now three and has been called Alcohol. Unlucky in his previous two starts in Adelaide, Richard felt he was up to a trip to Melbourne to compete in the $100,000 mile race for three year olds at Moonee Valley last Friday.

A crowd of Alcohol’s owners had made the trip from Adelaide to watch the race, and the maiden did not let them down.

Dean Yendall, who had won earlier in the night on Rapidement, was on board. Drawn the inside barrier Dean settled the gelding midfield on the fence. Pushing out in the straight, Alcohol joined a wall of horses vying for the line, but Alcohol was strongest and won by half a length. It was another masterful ride and completed a deserved double for Dean Yendall.

With the Super VOBIS bonus the gelding picked up $82,000 for his win. Unfortunately Alcohol was ineligible for a further $100,000 bonus offered to Inglis sale graduates if they won the race.

Alcohol became the forty-sixth individual winner bred at Lauriston

Alcohol is the second foal from General Nediym mare Tendue. Tendue’s 2010 yearling is a filly by Statue Of Liberty. She will be presented among Lauriston’s 2012 Magic Millions draft as lot 84 at Adelaide on March 13.

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Alcohol has a full brother by

Bianconi who was born less than two months ago.