Group 2 winner Seabrook (NZ) (Hinchinbrook {Aus}) was the chief beneficiary from a canny Damien Oliver ride, and earned her first top-flight tally in the G1 Champagne S. at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The 8-1 shot was last of all through the early going, as frontrunner Encryption (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus}) was lightly pressed by Seberate (Aus) (Sebring {Aus}) and Bondi (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}). She began to creep up the inside at the 600m mark and was within striking distance of the vanguard a quarter-mile from the line, but her charge was temporarily halted 1 1/2 furlongs from home. Oliver didn't panic however, and sent the dark bay through a gap a little later in the straight, where Seabrook promptly sidled up to new leader Bondi, who had bested Encryption 100 metres out, before surging clear to win by a half-length. G1 Sires' Produce S. winner El Dorado Dreaming (Aus) (Ilovethiscity {Aus}) proved her previous tally was no fluke, arriving with a furious late surge, 3/4 of a length back in third.
“She's done a good job because she should have been up for the Blue Diamond, but she's thrived in Sydney,” said trainer Mick Price to Racing.com. “It's been good weather. She's a good, sound filly, a good, clean-winded filly. She's a [G1] Thousand Guineas filly, so she'll go straight to the paddock.”
Fourth at Moonee Valley on debut on Oct. 28, Seabrook resurfaced after a spell to complete the trifecta in the G2 Blue Diamond Prelude (Fillies) at Caulfield on Feb. 10, behind Enbihaar (Aus) (Magnus {Aus}) and Oohood (Aus) (I Am Invincible {Aus}). She broke her maiden in the 1200-metre G2 Sweet Embrace S. at Randwick on Mar. 3, and was a solid fifth to Estijaab (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}) in the G1 Golden Slipper at Rosehill on Mar. 24. Completely blowing the start of the Apr. 7 G1 Sires' Produce back at Randwick, she finished ninth last time.
Pedigree Notes…
One of 14 black-type winners for her sire, Seabrook is the second at the Group 1 level, after G1 Caulfield Guineas and G1 JJ Atkins S. hero Press Statement (Aus). The unraced Midnight Revels (NZ), a half-sister to Group 2 heroine My Emotion (NZ) (Savabeel {NZ}), foaled colts by Proisir (Aus) in 2016 and 2017. G1 Coolmore Classic victress Aloha (Aus) (Encosta de Lago {Aus}) is under the listed-winning third dam Tennessee Midnight (Aus) (Danehill), herself a half-sister to MG1SW Malaguerra (Aus) (Magnus {Aus}). Click for the free Arion.co.nz catalogue-style pedigree.
Saturday, Randwick, Australia
CHAMPAGNE S.-G1, A$505,000 (US$387,324/£276,680/€315,037), ATC, 4-21, 2yo, Open Set Weight, 1600mT, 1:34.47, gd.
1–SEABROOK (NZ) , 54.5, f, 2, by Hinchinbrook
1st Dam: Midnight Revels (NZ), by Don Eduardo (NZ)
2nd Dam: Midnight Rock, by Rory's Jester
3rd Dam: Tennessee Midnight, by Danehill (USA)
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (A$85,000 Ylg 2017 WI Melbourne Premier
Yearling Sale). O-Blueblood Thoroughbreds Syndicate, B B T
Midnight Revels Syndicate, Mrs L Lewis, H A Hassan, A S Price,
Mrs B J Hardeman, J A Busa, S Boudaher, D J Schultz, J D
McCartney, I F Grim; B-WE Jeffries Ltd, (NZ); T-M G Price; J-D
Oliver; A$292,000. Lifetime Record: 6-2-0-1, A$556,300. Werk
Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*. Click for the
eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Bondi, 56.5, c, 2, Snitzel–Bondi Blonde, by Red Ransom
(USA). (A$400,000 Ylg '17 MMLJAN). O-Newgate S F (Mg G D
Murphy), China Horse Club Racing Pty Ltd (Mg A K Teo), Horse
Ventures (Mg M B Sandblom), Winstar Farm Llc (Mg J Mullikin)
& Strawberry Hill Stud (Mg J D Singlet; B-Strawberry Hill Stud
(NSW); T-P & P Snowden; J-M Zahra; A$94,000.
3–El Dorado Dreaming, 54.5, f, 2, Ilovethiscity–Solanas (NZ), by
Zabeel (NZ). O-Ms Y E Pearce; B-Ms Y Pearce (NSW);
T-Benjamin Smith; J-J R Collett; A$49,500.
Margins: HF, 3/4, HF. Odds: 8.00, 6.50, 6.50.
Also Ran: Guerrier, Outrageous, Encryption, Irukandji, Not a Single Cent, Long Leaf, Seberate, Akkadian, Ragged Rascal, Blazing Issue.
Click for the Racing Post chart. Racing NSW Video.
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