Global Glamour, the filly bought by a syndicate of around 40 women for just A$65,000, took her bankroll past the A$600,000 mark when winning her second Group 1 within a week in Saturday's Thousand Guineas. A six-length debut maiden winner at Kembla Grange in January, Global Glamour missed the remainder of the autumn due to injury but quickly got back on course this term. Third first-up behind Thousand Guineas favourite Foxplay (Aus) (Foxwedge {Aus}) in the G2 Fast & Furious S. Sept. 3, Global Glamour was beaten just 3/4 of a length when sixth behind that same rival in the G2 Tea Rose S. two weeks later, and bested Saturday's G1 Spring Champion S. winner Yankee Rose (Aus) (All American {Aus}) in last weekend's G1 Flight S. at Randwick. Racing in Victoria for the first time on Saturday, Global Glamour bounded out to the lead from the break and sprinted along about a length-and-a-half to the better around the turn as La Luna Rossa (NZ) (Written Tycoon {Aus}) tracked her in second. Still in front while racing off the fence swinging into the straight, Global Glamour had to dig deep to see off the placed runners on the fence and showed plenty of heart to provide co-trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott with a first Thousand Guineas win.
“She's done a great job,” said winning rider Kerrin McEvoy. “Gai and Adrian have had to back her up within the week. She was pretty dominant in the Flight and to his credit [the winning rider on that occasion] Timmy Clark filled me in and gave me a few pointers to keep her sweet because she can be a tricky ride. We were able to get out and into a great rhythm. She was so tough–she's a good type, well put together and she's light on her feet. I knew we were going to be hard to catch going past the three [furlong] pole and she proved that.”
“She's an absolute star,” Bott added. “We saw her put it all together last start and she's taken it to another level today.”
Waterhouse outlined some of the options for the bay going forward, saying, “There are a couple of options, maybe the [G1] Coolmore Classic, the mile race for fillies and mares and she's a Magic Millions horse, and all of the ladies from around the world can catch up again there perhaps.” Click here for a TDN feature on Global Glamour's ownership group.
Pedigree Notes…
Global Glamour is the fourth foal, and first winner, out of Spectacula, herself the winner of two races at two. The mare has a yearling colt by Reset (Aus) to come next. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
Saturday, Caulfield, Australia
THOUSAND GUINEAS-G1, A$503,000, MRC, 10-08, 3yo, f, Open Set Weight, 1600mT, 1:36.84, Good.
1–GLOBAL GLAMOUR, 55.5, f, 3, by Star Witness
1st Dam: Spectacula, by Testa Rossa
2nd Dam: Western Success, by Success Express (USA)
3rd Dam: Western Cent, by Best Western (AUS)
(A$65,000 Ylg 2015 MM Gold Coast Yearling Sale) O-It's All
About The Girls No 1 (Mgr: Mrs E Lawlor) & It's All About The
Girls No 2 (Mgr: Mrs E Lawlor); B-Lauriston Thoroughbred
Farm VIC; T-G Waterhouse & A Bott; J-K Mc Evoy; A$303,000.
Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-1, A$641,500. Werk Nick Rating: A+++
*Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–I Am a Star (NZ), 55.5, f, 3, I Am Invincible–Star Band (USA),
by Dixieland Band (USA). (A$40,000 Ylg 2015 WI Classic
Yearling Sale-Summer; NZ$12,000 Wlg 2014 NZB National
Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed Sale) O-M B Sandblom; B-Eales
Racing Pty Ltd, NZ; T-S P Nichols; J-S R King; A$90,000.[bullet ad=”irt-shell”]3–Whispering Brook, 55.5, f, 3, Hinchinbrook–Artful Whisper
(USA), by Machiavellian (USA). (A$45,000 Wlg 2014 MM
National Weanling Sale) O-A R Macalister, Mrs B A Macalister,
Mrs K Wardle, C Macalister, R D Lear; B-Hillside Parade Racing
& Breeding Pty Ltd VIC; T-Simon Miller; J-Nicholas Hall;
A$45,000.
Margins: 1.0 len, 1.2 len, 2.7 len. Odds: 3.40, 20.00, 7.50.
Also Ran: Foxplay, Harlow Gold (NZ), Sebring Dream, Missrock, La Luna Rossa (NZ), Smart Amelia, Leotie, Samara Dancer (NZ), Sword of Light, Fromparis Withlove, Legless Veuve (NZ).
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