15/05/2020 (UK). The British Horseracing Authority is working its plans for a return of racing off a June 1 resumption date that will begin with a meeting at Newcastle, it revealed on Thursday evening // (AUS), All Too Hard: Yesterday he became the youngest sire to reach 100 winners for the 2019/20 season

 

BRITISH RACING PLANNING ON JUNE 1 RESUMPTION

The British Horseracing Authority is working its plans for a return of racing off a June 1 resumption date that will begin with a meeting at Newcastle, it revealed on Thursday evening. The governing body had released further details on Wednesday of its plans for the firstseven days of racing=s return, including dates for the season=s first four Classics, without a concrete start date, but a release on Thursday began, AFollowing the UK Government=s publication of a provisional timeline for the return of sport, we are now planning for racing to resume behind closed doors on June 1. Under that plan, Newcastle will re-open proceedings with an eight-race card on its all-weather course on June 1, with Newcastle again and Kempton each staging eight races the following day. In major movements, the G1 Coronation Cup will be moved to Friday, June 5 at Newmarket and will be staged alongside the G3 Brigadier Gerard, G3 Abernant S. and Listed Paradise S. Lingfield also races on June 5 and will host its Oaks and Derby trials. Click here for the programme from June 1 to 8. The release noted that there will be no regional restrictions in place for British-based horses, and that the fixture list will seek a good geographical spread of meetings.

News on the participation of foreign-trained horsesis expected on Friday.

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NO STOPPING ALL TOO HARD
Yesterday All Too Hard became the youngest sire to reach 100 winners for the 2019/20 season. There are 7 horses in the century club: I Am Invincible (149), Snitzel (147), Written Tycoon (142), Sebring (126), Smart Missile (122), Fastnet Rock (114) & All Too Hard (100), and it’s interesting when you look at service fees:

The Canberra-trained 3yo Wichita Warrior was All Too Hard’s 100th winner when broke his maiden on yesterday.

Purchased by Laurel Oak Bloodstock manager Louis Mihalyka for $110,000 at the 2018 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, he looked a bargain buy when winning second-up in the Red Rose Cafe Hcp (1300m) at Moruya on the 14th of May.

Wichita Warrior jumped from an outside gate and settled near last before jockey Brodie Loy sighted a short-cut on the home turn.  The Keith Dryden-trainee showed a nice turn of foot to mow down the leaders and score by a half-length from Palazzi Signorili (Stratum).

Watch the replay here.

“It was a masterful ride by Brodie,” Mihalyka said.  “He was following instructions from Keith and weaved through the pack to finish over the top of them. Keith feels he will be better over a bit further and we might be in for an exciting prep!”

All Too Hard has just four crops racing and he’s the youngest stallion in Australia to sire 100 individual winners this season. The Vinery Champion’s domestic progeny have won 149 races for $8.79million in prizemoney topped by Group 1 star Alligator Blood ($2.82million).

Wichita Warrior is a full-brother to Team Hawkes sprinter Newburgh. They were bred at Turangga Farm by Stuart Ramsey and he has a third All Too Hard (yearling) brother at home in Scone.

Their dam Panipique (Testa Rossa) won three black-type races in Melbourne and the first of them was over Golden Slipper Stakes Gr.1 winner Crystal Lily in the Quezette Stakes LR at Caulfield.

All Too Hard stands at Vinery for an unchanged $27,500 (inc GST) service fee despite siring the winners of 14 Stakes races in Australia this season.  He’s fourth in that category behind Snitzel (21), Exceed and Excel (16) and I Am Invincible (15) who are priced at $165,000, $132,000 and $209,000 respectively.

Go figure!  And then go for the best-value sire in the Hunter Valley.

Hoofnote:  Behemoth takes centre stage for All Too Hard in the Gr.1 Goodwood at Morphettville on Saturday with Gr.3 support acts Hard Rock Girl (National Stakes), All Too Huiying (R A Lee Stakes) & Too Good Too Hard (Proud Miss Stakes) while Amangiri has opened a $4.60 favourite for the Gr.3 Dark Jewel Classic at Rosehill.

ALL TOO HARD
2020 fee $27,500 inc. GST, payable on Live Foal

fonte : Vinery Stud