Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm is proud to present three quality yearlings at Adelaide Magic Millions 2022 Yearling Sale. They will be paraded in barn 1 Row A of the Morphettville Sales Complex from Friday 11th March.
Inspections, by appointment, are welcome at Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm, Corinella, Victoria prior to their departure to the venue.
| 167 | Colt | Impending | Hot Novelist |
| 337 | Colt | Reward for Effort | Secret Treaty |
| 392 | Colt | Impending | Suite Annie |
Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm is proud to present seven quality yearlings at Inglis 2022 Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale. They will be paraded in barn G at the Oaklands Junction complex from Tuesday 22 February.
Inspections, by appointment, are welcome at Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm, Corinella, Victoria prior to their departure to the complex.
| 238 | Ch | Filly | Exceed and Excel | Skidoodle |
| 499 | Ch | Filly | Trapeze Artist | Eramor |
| 535 | B | Filly | Pierro | Free Spirited |
| 567 | B | Colt | Saxon Warrior | Hidden Away |
| 635 | Br | Filly | Merchant Navy | Odelia |
| 701 | B | Filly | De Gaulle | Tremolo |
| 771 | B | Filly | Epaulette | Eye of the Tiger |
Sourced from Nichols Racing website 25 Sep 2021
So You Assume continued the Shane Nichols’ affinity with the Group 2 Stocks Stakes (1600m) for the fillies and mares at The Valley.
It was Nichols’ third win in the race, having won it twice with his former champion mare I Am A Star.
Nichols targeted the Stocks Stakes with this progressive mare by So You Think after winning three of her four starts through July and August.
“She was in such good form across the winter. She just kept stepping up to the task we set her,” Nichols said.
“We initially thought that she would be a 2000m horse, the way she was winning over a mile and that 1700m race at Caulfield, we thought she’d be more effective over the 1600m for the time being.
“We had a look at the calendar. We know she races well fresh, so we just gave her a couple of easy weeks, then started prepping her for this race. The plan’s come together, much to the owner’s delight.
Gerard and Kaz Lazare are great friends and have been owners in the stable for a long time. They now have a Group 2-winning mare by So You Think.”
Dean Yendall was able to take the lead and dictate the race without any fuss at the start. He has developed an excellent record with the mare of late.
Yendall noted the training performance to get So You Assume in winning condition, having not raced for “forty-odd days.”
“She began cleanly. I was able to find the front doing no work,” Yendall said after the race.
“She still a bit keen on me and wanting to get it over and done with. I got her to switch off a little bit, just to get a few sweeter sectionals.
“I think Shane’s got high expectations of her now after she’s won that quite comfortably.”
It has been well-noted what an astute purchase So You Think has proved to be with Nichols paying just $40,000 for her from the Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm draft. She has now won over $415,000 in prize money.
By So You Think, she is the first foal out of Remplaps Jewel who is a half-sister to Group 1 Golden Rose winner Manawanui.
So You Assume will now head to the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) on Derby Day with a $1 million bonus on offer if she can complete the Stocks Stakes – Empire Rose double.
Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm is proud to present three quality colts at Magic Millions 2022 Gold Coast Yearling Sale. They will be paraded in barn V at the complex from Tuesday 04 Jan.
Inspections, by appointment, are welcome at Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm, Corinella, Victoria prior to their departure.
Lot 83 – C. Lohnro x Gold Edition
Lot 167 – C. Snitzel x Just Our Girl
Lot 436 – C. Not a Single Doubt x Rhodamine
Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm is proud to present two quality weanlings at Inglis’ Australian Weanling Sale at Riverside Stables, Sydney. The weanlings will go under the hammer on Thursday 6 May 2021. They will be paraded in barn C at the complex from Monday 03 May.
Inspections, by appointment, are welcome at Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm, Corinella, Victoria prior to their departure.
Both foals are eligible for nomination to VOBIS.
Lot 122: C. Snitzel x Just Our Girl
Story by Brad Bishop@bradbishop12 22 July, 2020 from Racing.com
John McArdle confirmed what many suspected just minutes before Wednesday’s second race at Sandown.
In a pre-race interview, the Mornington trainer confirmed Hydro Star was the horse he was referring to in a radio interview several weeks ago when he suggested his best two-year-old was yet to race.
This, coming from a trainer who had already produced seven individual juvenile winners for the season.
“Myself and Jamie (Mott, jockey) think he’s the best of the two-year-olds that we’ve produced this year talent-wise,” McArdle said as horses were milling behind the barriers.
Shortly after, Hydro Star delivered on the raps with one of the more visually-impressive two-year-old wins of the season to claim the Ladbrokes Back Yourself Handicap (1000m).
“He’s still a big baby, he still didn’t do everything right but when Jamie asked him, that’s exactly what he’s done at home,” McArdle said before recalling the moment he knew he might have something special.
“When he galloped with (Group winner) Humma Humma and put her away…that was before he’d even trialled!”
Patiently ridden early, Hydro Star ambled alongside his rivals halfway up the long Sandown straight, was urged for the first time by Mott at the 250m and had the race won in the space of 100m.
Click here to watch Hydro Star’s win at Sandown
The $3.20 favourite with BetEasy, Hydro Star scored by two lengths from Diamondesque ($13) with $4.20 second elect Miss Bosetti a long neck back third. The time on the Soft 7 track was 59.49 seconds.
Hydro Star, who cost $15,000 at last year’s Inglis Classic Yearling Sale, carries the orange and green colours of the O’Brien family’s Lauriston Farm and McArdle said he and the O’Briens have Mott to thank for the colt even being here.
“A lot of the credit has to go to Jamie,” McArdle said. “The horse was to got to Hong Kong and he pled with me to speak to the O’Briens about keeping him and it turned out the right way.
“The first time he actually ever galloped him he hopped off and said, ‘wow, what’s this?”
Hydro Star was inserted into Sportsbet’s Caulfield Guineas market as a $21 chance following the win and McArdle said the Group 3 Vain Stakes at Caulfield on August 15 has appeal, but the week would determine his next assignment.
“He’s going to be better over more ground and he’s going to be better on top of the ground,” he said.
“He’s from a good female family, he’s by a good up-and-coming stallion, he’s still six months away but we’ll take him home and see what we do from here.
“He’ll go back to Lauriston for a week down on the beach and Warren Diggles will let me know how he’s going and, all going well, we’ll bring him home and have a look at him and decide whether we throw him in the deep end.”
Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm is proud to present 2 quality Yearlings, a filly and a colt, at Inglis’ Melbourne Gold Sale.
Both yearlings can be inspected at Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm, Corinella, Vic, by appointment, prior to the completion of the sale.
X Rays have been lodged with the Inglis repository. Xray reports are available on request. Please contact James O’Brien 0419 891 909.
This impressive filly is a strong sort with good size and bone and a great temperament.
She is a daughter of Golden Slipper winner Vancouver and from the family that has produced two Maribyrnong Plate winners, General Truce and Arctic Command.
This athletic colt is a well conformed, early going type with a great walk.
He is from the second last crop of the popular stallion, Sebring (sire of Dissident, Criterion, etc) and out of a daughter of the super broodmare sire General Nediym.
Article published on 9th Jul 2020 at Inglis
Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm’s James O’Brien has had a week like no other, but today it ended in the best way possible as a Not A Single Doubt filly he offered topped the Australian Weanling Sale.
The worsening COVID-19 situation in Victoria the past seven days has led to chaos for many Victorians, including O’Brien, who admits his stress levels this week have “gone to unchartered territory – and that’s saying something for me’’.
But today, as he offered Lauriston’s entire 2019 foal crop as supplementary entries in the Australian Weanling Sale, his stresses turned to jubilation as lot 343 (ex Rhodamine) sold to Suman Hedge Bloodstock on behalf of Grant Bloodstock and Myrrh Australia for $280,000, a sale-topping price.
Not only did Lauriston provide the sale-topper, it also ended as leading vendor by average (for three or more sold) at $69,900, selling all 10 lots offered.
“I’m ecstatic, over the moon, emotional, very proud of the achievements of today. What a day,’’ a relieved O’Brien said.
“It’s been hugely stressful. We were jumping in a car Friday to sell up there in Sydney but we got blocked on Wednesday so everything changed. We had to find staff, organise travel, accommodation, who could offload the horses once they got to Sydney, all the logistics while trying to let Victorians know they had one day basically to do on-farm inspections here in Victoria before the horses left and everything else.
“Karis Clarkson ran our team for us at Riverside and she did an outstanding job, as did all the staff, who had never seen these weanlings before until the weekend.
“It really took my stress to a new level. The foals are born on your farm, you raise them, get them ready for auction and come to the grand final it’s like we’ve pulled a hamstring three days out and can’t play. It really was distressing.
“But to come out the other side as leading vendor, all credit goes to my team here on the farm, they put a lot of effort in and the feedback I was getting daily from Karis and her crew at Riverside was exceptional, so thank you to everyone who helped us achieve these great results.’’
The Not A Single Doubt filly (pictured) which topped the sale was always a special filly, according to O’Brien.
“She’s an outstanding type and was from the outset,’’ he said.
“We’ve always felt she’d be popular come sale time so all credit to Suman and Steve and the team, I’m confident they’ll get a great result if they on sell or keep her to race.’’
Like O’Brien, Victorian-based Hedge was unable to attend Riverside but took the advice of people he trusted who recommended the Not A Single Doubt filly.
“Rob Petith, farm manager of Silverdale and Scott Holcombe (Milburn Creek farm manager), they are two confidants and friends and they did the inspections on our behalf and they particularly liked this filly,’’ Hedge said.
“She rated the best physical at the sale. I didn’t see her but I had really strong confidence to get involved because I trust the people I was using to help me.
“This filly has the pedigree, she’s by a champion stallion and the mare is a running mare who’s already produced a talented full relative (Legend Of Condor) so all of those factors gave us a lot of confidence to get involved heavily.
“That said, $280k was really on our limit. We had nothing left.
“There was good, strong competition on her and others and I didn’t feel there was much difference between this sale and other sales from a buying perspective. The catalogue was strong and the results reflected that.’’
Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm is proud to present 10 quality Weanlings at Inglis’ Australian Weanling Sale at Riverside Stables, Sydney.
The draft consists of Lauriston’s entire 2019 foal crop. Each were foaled and raised at Lauriston, Corinella in Victoria and are eligible to be nominated to the rewarding VOBIS program.
The weanlings have been entered into the supplementary catalogue of the sale and will go under the hammer on Thursday 9 July 2020.
Original article from Tony Noonan Racing Jul 04, 2020
Eagle-eyed punters that noticed Mornington-based trainer Tony Noonan sending one around on the Gold Coast were well rewarded as Dynamic Duo (3c Not A Single Doubt – Candy Stripes by Commands) produced a withering turn-of-foot in what was ultimately an effortless win.
1,770km may have been a long way for the Victorian conditioner to travel for a country maiden but the win came as no surprise to Noonan who has loftier ambitions for Dynamic Duo.
“Everything we’ve seen from this horse at home suggested he was city class but he’s had a bad run of luck where he kept striking wet tracks,” said Noonan.
“We’ve had a lot of success sending horses up to Queensland to spell over Winter where they just do so well with the sun on their back.
“We devised this plan with Ray Green who races Dynamic Duo with his grandson and they were happy to keep the horse in work for one more run.”
The win may have been a fortunate one for connections with the 3-year-old colt by More Than Ready engaged at Sunshine Coast last week before the race meeting was called off due to visibility concerns just minutes before Dynamic Duo was set to run.
“I’m thrilled for Ray who has been patient with the horse who has been a tad backwards but he’s been a terrific client for a long time so it’s great to get the win for him and the family.
Jumping well from barrier 1 in the field of 11 with Jason Taylor in the saddle, Dynamic Duo was marginally tardy out of the gates before Taylor railed up to settle forward of midfield on the rail.
“Andrew Kermond has done a terrific job with this horse and others I have been campaigning in Queensland this season. He had the horse looking perfect today.”
After being backed from $6 into $3, punters may have been nervous as the field entered the straight where Dynamic Duo was in a tricky position along the fence, spotting the leaders around six lengths. But once Taylor worked off the fence into clear running room, Dynamic Duo let down with thundering acceleration coming home 2-to-their-1, hitting the front by the 50m and extending on the line to score by 2 lengths ahead of Isabella’s Spring ($2F).
The win continued an impressive run of form for Noonan who has had 4 winners in 10 days.
Dynamic Duo was bred and sold to Tony Noonan by Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm. Tony trained the dam, Candy Stripes, who achieved black type, running third in the listed Gucci Stakes behind Curtana on Oaks Day at Flemington.
