AUGUST ‘14 NEWSLETTER
RAFFLES ROUND UP
ZERO IN ON VICTORY
Racing for the second time at 1400m this campaign, the ONE RAFFLES STABLE-raced
FLYING ZERO recorded an impressive three-and-a-half length victory on July 6 in Singapore.
Trained by Michael Freedman and ridden
by Manoel Nunes, FLYING ZERO sat
handy in the run before being asked for
his effort, going on to defeat the lightly
weighted Geariguru with Captain McCaw
in third, taking his overall record to three
wins and six placed efforts from 21 starts in
Singapore, after having raced prior in the
stable of Chris Waller in Sydney.
Purchased from the draft of Attunga Stud at
the 2010 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, footage
of the five-year-old’s latest victory can be
seen by clicking the his image.
SACRED FALLS RETURNS WITH A SPRING IN HIS STEP
Having his first barrier trial of his current campaign a few days back, the RAFFLES RACING
owned dual Group One Doncaster Mile winner SACRED FALLS is likely to resume in the
Group One Memsie Stakes over 1400m at Caulfield on August 30, although another option
could be the Group Two Warwick Stakes on August 23.
Trainer Chris Waller stated that after the Memsie Stakes it is likely SACRED FALLS will
return to Sydney for the Group One George Main Stakes (1600m) at Royal Randwick on
September 20 before stepping up to 2040 metres for the Group One Cox Plate (2040m) at
Moonee Valley on October 25.
“We’ve got The Memsie pencilled in there for
Sacred Falls, if he didn’t happen to start before
that in the Warwick Stakes.
“The George Main Stakes is a Group One race
where he’s already won two Group One races.
“I’d love him to win a Group One race on a good
track because he’s not just a wet tracker.
Re-live SACRED FALLS’ Group One
Doncaster Mile victory by clicking above image
SACRED FALLS is nomintaed to barrier trial
again on Monday August 4, at Rosehill - field.
RAFFLES ROUND UP
2013/2014 END OF RACING
SEASON STATISTICS
With 36 individual runners having raced for RAFFLES RACING during the 2013/2014 Racing
Season, there were many highlights for the season including the second Group One victory of
SACRED FALLS in the Doncaster Mile as well as
the victory of our filly ROCK DIVA in the Group
Three Sunline Vase.
Of the 36 runners, who managed to race to race
on 224 occasions, 35 first placed efforts were
achieved with another 67 second and thirds – an
outstanding effort to achieve an impressive 16%
winning strike rate and all of our trainers should
be congratulated for their efforts.
The leading “winners for the stable” was a tie
between our Singapore-based MR ARMSTRONG who secured four wins, while our New
Zealand-based SACRED STAR (pictured) also won four times, including an exciting victory
in the Group Two QTC Cup in Queensland during the Winter Carnival.
RAFFLES RELATIONS
RAFFLES RACING’s principle Dato Yap recently
secured two yearlings at the JRA Select Sale.
Lot 96: DAIWA MAJOR x MRS SNOW
Chestnut colt by SUNDAY SLIENCE‘s
multiple Group One winner and
producer DAIWA MAJOR, out of the
multiple stakes placed SINGSPIEL mare
MRS SNOW.
To view footage of the colt click his image
or click the pedigree to enlarge the view.
Lot 216: KUROFUNE x LA FEE CLAIRE
Grey filly by FRENCH DEPUTY’S
dual Japanese Group One winner
KUROFONE, out of a SPECIAL WEEK
half-sister to the dual Japanese Group
One winner ADMIRE COZZENE.
To view footage of the filly click her image
or click the pedigree to enlarge the view.
RAFFLES RELATIONS
Another highlight from the recent JRA Sale was
the sale of the first foal from the former RAFFLES
FARM SYNDIATE part-owned dual Group One
winner SHAMROCKER, a half-sister to our Group
Three winner ROCK DIVA.
RAFFLES RESULTS
The filly by Champion Sire DEEP IMPACT was
sold for US$900,000 to Qatar Bloodstock.
Click the below image to view the pedigree of the
filly.
WON / PLACED:
THE ALFONSO
(MAGNUS x PRINCESS BAXAAR)
2nd Significant Stakes - AUS
3rd Schweppes Hcp - AUS
SACRED FLYER (NZ)
(HIGH CHAPARRAL x NO FIBS)
2nd Banjo Patterson Series Final - AUS
FLYING ZERO
(DANZERO x UBIQUITY)
1st Singapore TC Class 4 Hcp - SGP
RAFFLES RUNNERS
AUSTRALIA
The Chris Waller-trained SACRED FLYER (HIGH CHAPARRAL x NO FIBS) looks to head to
Moonee Valley for Race 3 on Saturday August 2 - field, while stablemate THE ALFONSO (MAGNUS
x PRINCESS BAXAAR), who is pictured right, is likely to have his next start on August 9.
SACRED FALLS (O’REILLY x IGUAZU’s GIRL) has
been pencilled in for the Group Two Warwick Stakes at
Randwick on August 23.
ROCK VANTAGE (ROCK OF GIBRALTAR x SUITELY)
will step up to a 2000m at his next start for trainer Danny
O’Brien, while in Sydney the John Thompson-trained
FIRST SEAL (FASTNET ROCK x EPISODE) will head to
a fillies and mares race on August 13 after having a barrier
trial on August 1.
NEW ZEALAND
URBAN ROCKER (FASTNET ROCK x BHANDARA) trained by Tony Pike looks to head towards
a race on either August 9 or the following week, the 16, while stablemate SACRED STAR (FLYING
SPUR X IRISH NOVA) will start first-up in the Group One Makfi Challenge (1400m) at Hastings.
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