Track Report 30 August 2010

Hawkes Bay Racing Fready Cougar, (Perfectly Ready ex Miss Toffelees) preparing for the first two-year-old race of the new season at Wanganui next Saturday, was an easy winner of his 400-metre heat at today’s Hastings jumpouts while Hawke’s Bay Cat recorded the quickest time among the 750-metre heats with a strong win. The jumpouts were held up against the running rail on the course proper, where the ground was a slow-9 at the start but bordering on heavy for the final few heats after a couple of heavy showers. Fready Cougar proved far too slick for his three rivals in the first of two 400-metre heats, racing clear for a seven length win in a time of 22.6s. He is a colt by Perfectly Ready out of the capable racemare Miss Toffelees, trained at Hastings by John Bary. The colt was unplaced in a 600-metre trial at Otaki last week but ran a bit greenly that day so Bary decided to give him another jumpout to ready him for Saturday’s 800-metre event at Wanganui.

Exciting News! 'Precise' a Perfectly Ready filly from Golden Butterfly flew home to win her 600m trial convincingly at Waipa Race track.  Trained by Linda Laing nee Dowling, in Tauwhare.   

Precise is raced by Warren Gatland, Terry Shaw and friends.  Mr. Shaw was at the trial and was extremely excited with the result. 

Originally bred by Sue Harty who raced her dam Golden Butterfly, 9 wins, and Gr.1 placed,  (Golden Butterfly has produced 3 foals to race for 3 winners).  Precise was purchased by Brighthill Farm as a weanling, on sold through the Weanling sale, and subsequently sold to Michael O'Toole at the Select Sale for  $58,000.

Both 2YO trial winners todate have been foaled, raised and sold by Brighthill Farm!

Update:

What a difference 2 weeks makes... No longer the newborn foal but one very confident young lady!!
 

Murtajill - Neraan (Exclusive Quality) filly at 18 days old







First foal to arrive Brighthill, born on 31st July 2010.  Neraan (Exclusive Quality- Lady Danna by Danehill) half sister to multiple Group 1 winner Barely A Moment, foals down this gorgeous filly foal by Murtajill, (Rock of Gibraltar). 

Neraan is one of several beautifully bred mares, owned by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum to have been flown over from Australia especially to visit Eagle Mountain this Spring.

Murtajill filly foal from Neraan pictured at 5 days old.









 

The Perfectly Ready - Isodara colt as a yearling : bred and raised at Brighthill Farm

Congratulations to Tony Bambry, trainer and owner of the Perfectly Ready - Isodara (Straight Strike) 2YO gelding to win the first trial of the new season.  Distance of 600m the well schooled and strong Perfectly Ready 2YO took an early lead to be headed off by the field and fought back well to finish strongly. 

The gelding was bred by Nick and was sold to Tony Bambry at the Karaka Select Yearling Sales in January for $38,000. 

His dam Isodara is due to foal down to Patapan shortly, and booked back in to Perfectly Ready.
 

Click here for the NZTM Press Release!
 

Shane Anderson with Eagle Mountain at Brighthill Farm.


We had the pleasure to meet Shane Anderson last Saturday when he visited the farm with NZTM Adrian Clark for a stallion parade.  He also interviewed Nick about the stallions and farm, which is to feature on his Melbourne radio show next month.
 

BC3 BLOODSTOCK - PRESENTING OUR EQUINE ATHLETES.

The 2010 Australian Draft. The Race Is On.

Our 35 yearlings completed their first public gallops in front of a strong crowd at Sutton Grange on Sunday July 18. They are are now in the final stages of training in preparation for the BC3 Future Stars sale on August 22 at Oaklands, Melbourne.

To view videos of their gallops, please click on the small image of the horse to the left of the horse's pedigree information on the page below. Please note, the "Gradient 3/100" image in the corner of the video screen represents the uphill rise of the Sutton Grange track which has an incline of 3 metres every 100 metres from the 400 metre mark.
 

Please click here to view Lot 33  Perfectly Ready - Flete filly's impressive breeze up gallop.

Lot 33 Pedigree page

Lot 33 Parade Walk

Click here to take you to BC3 Bloodstock's website
 

Lot 33 was originally sold by Tom and Shelly Murtagh, Esker Lodge on our behalf at the William Inglis Premier Sale in March. She was sold to BC3 Bloodstock for A$82,500.

We have a full sister to Lot 33, bay Perfectly Ready filly heading to the yearling sale ring next February and Flete will visit Perfectly Ready this Spring.