Last season's The Everest winner Redzel (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}) was hot favourite to make it Group 1 win number two in Saturday's G1 TJ Smith S., but he instead had to settle for second behind another son of his reigning champion sire, the G1 Golden Rose S. winner Trapeze Artist (Aus). While Redzel bounced out on top and set the pace, Trapeze Artist raced without cover about two lengths off the speed. Wound up straightening for home, Trapeze Artist used most of the stretch to grind down the game Redzel and ultimately won by a snug two lengths, with a further four lengths back to the third In Her Time (Aus) (Time Thief {Aus}).
Pedigree Notes…
Trapeze Artist, who also featured on this card last year when bringing up the third of a trifecta for his sire in the G1 Sires' Produce S., is the second living foal for Treppes (Aus) (Domesday {Aus}), a half-sister to the G1 Stradbroke H. winner Crawl (Aus) (Dr. Grace {Aus}). The mare's yearling colt by Zoustar (Aus) died, and she has a filly foal by Wandjina (Aus).
TJ SMITH S.-G1, A$2,614,500 (US$2,006,228/£1,424,286/€1,632,839, ATC, 4-7, Open wfa, 1200mT, 1:08.29, gd.
1–TRAPEZE ARTIST (Aus), 56.5, c, 3, by Snitzel (Aus)
1st Dam: Treppes (Aus), by Domesday (Aus)
2nd Dam: Traipse (Aus), by Bletchingly (Aus)
3rd Dam: Elegant Walk (Aus), by Le Cordonnier (GB)
O-Vieira Racing (Mgr: B Vieira), B Vieira, Mrs S G Vieira, T Vieira, Mrs C Vieira-Choy & J A Choy; B-Vieira Group Pty Ltd NSW; T-G A Ryan; J-T Angland; A$1,564,500. Lifetime Record: 13-5-0-2, A$2,753,850. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Redzel (Aus), 58.5, g, 5, Snitzel (Aus)–Millrich (Aus), by Rubiton (Aus).
(A$45,000 Wlg '13 INGJUL; A$120,000 Ylg '14 (MMLJAN). O-Triple Crown Synd (Mgr: C H Ward), Walfam No 2 (Mgr: B Walsh), Ten Players (Mgr: S J Fletcher), J N Allen, P Piras, V P Chau, T W Cheng, M R Waddington, Mrs A Gibson, Dr A Kuok, J ; B-Mr LJ Fleming NSW; T-P & P Snowden; J-K Mc Evoy; A$470,000.
3–In Her Time (Aus), 56.5, m, 5, Time Thief (Aus)–Hell It's Hot (Aus), by Zeditave (Aus).
O-P J Brown, R G Dan, S Rippon, Ms D Childs, Mrs H Childs, G G O'Connell, Mrs H J O'Connell, P Brock, Mrs C A McDonald, D W Higgins & S Flaherty; B-Est D Cobcroft NSW; T-Benjamin Smith; J-Damian Lane; A$245,000.
Margins: 2.0, 4.0, 4.7. Odds: 7/1, 13/10, 17/5.
Also Ran: Le Romain (Aus), The Mission (Aus), English (Aus), Brave Smash (Jpn), Fell Swoop (Aus), Global Glamour (Aus), Takedown (Aus), Jungle Edge (Aus). Click for the Racing Post result or the Arion.co.nz catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO.
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