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WOODED
Wootton Bassett x Frida La Blonde
Bay – 2017 – 16.2 hh
2025 Service Fee: $16,500 (inc GST)
Race Record
At 2-years-old, in 4 runs
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1st Prix de Tour en Bessin Deauville, 7f .1400m
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2nd Prix la Rochette Gr.3 ParisLongchamp, 7f . 1400m
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2nd Prix Charles Pichegru Dieppe, 7f . 1400m
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3rd Prix Thomas Bryon Jockey Club de Turquie Gr.3 Saint Cloud, 7f . 1400m
At 3-years-old, 5 runs
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1st Prix de l’Abbaye de longchamp Longines Gr.1 ParisLongchamp, 5f . 1000m
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1st Prix Texanita Gr.3 Chantilly, 6f . 1200m
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2nd Qatar Prix du Petit Couvert Gr.3 ParisLongchamp, 5f . 1000m
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4th Qatar Prix Jean Prat Gr.1 Deauville, 7f . 1400m
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Theblade (AUS)
3 c Toronado – Brigite by Casino Prince
O: R & C Legh Racing Pty Ltd (Mgr: R P Legh), Exset Racing (Mgr: J Bartolo), R Smith, Gilgai Farm (Mgr: R R Jamieson), Glentree Racing (Mgr: B W C Wilson), Murray Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd (Mgr: P A S Murray) & Wright Racing (Mgr: P J Wright)
B: Gilgai Farm
T: Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
W: Street Boss @ Darley Handicap, 1150m, August 14, Randwick-Kensington
Co-trainer Michael Hawkes believes bigger and better things lie in wait for Theblade (Toronado) after the colt made a hugely impressive debut at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday.
Starting as the $3 favourite for the 1150-metre maiden handicap, the Team Hawkes-trained three-year-old streaked clear of his five rivals to beat Alpine Ski (Exceed And Excel) by 5.7 lengths, with a further 0.5 lengths back to Johnny The Kid (Trapeze Artist) in third.
Theblade had been set to make his debut in the final weeks of last season, but was scratched at the barriers for a two-year-old race at Warwick farm after hitting his head.
“It’s disappointing when you set horses for races and that happens,” said Michael Hawkes, who trains in partnership with his brother Wayne and his father John.
“It was all about trying to win as a two-year-old with him, but once that backfired two weeks ago, we’ve had to opt towards this race and we didn’t expect the rain.
“We’ve always said to the owners, the horse has got plenty of ability, we’re yet to see it. Today we’ve seen it, obviously on a wet track, which is another positive.
“He is the real deal and hopefully he can go on to bigger and better things.”
Hawkes said having another member of All Too Hard’s family in their care was special, especially given the involvement of Gilgai Farm’s Rick Jamieson, who bred Black Caviar.
“It is another generation and with these colts, we’re lucky enough to train them and have the patient owners that we do,” he said.
“But when you get a family we’ve had a lot to do with – and Gilgai [Farm] is in the horse as well and they’ve bred this bloke, Rick Jamieson obviously knows how to breed a winner – it’s exciting to think that a horse like this and of this calibre, could hopefully get to the top one day.”
Bred by Gilgai Farm, the son of Toronado (High Chaparral) is Black Caviar’s (Bel Esprit) nephew, being out of the champion sprinter’s unraced half-sister Brigite (Casino Prince), herself a sister to Team Hawkes’ former top-level racer turned successful sire All Too Hard.
The team behind I Am Immortal is happy to back their young stallion in ahead of what shapes as a make-or-break spring.
Swettenham Stud’s General Manager of Operations and Nominations, Sam Matthews, said that while he initially predicted the horse to make more of an impact with early runners, he is nonetheless excited by his late-season emergence.
I Am Immortal had four individual two-year-old winners from only 15 runners last season, including a bumper July in which Timeless Gem, Southern Lass and I Am Velvet broke their respective maidens.
The latter added the VOBIS Ingot at her next start and is rated $26 in Sportsbet’s all-in market for the Group 1 Thousand Guineas.
While I Am Immortal himself was a dual Stakes winner at two, Matthews said all indications from trainers with progeny by the stallion is that his horses are larger, strong types that will improve into their three-year-old seasons.
“It’s validating to see that recent success when you put your money on the line to go and buy these stallions,” Matthews said.
“In this case, seeing I Am Immortal have some success with his late-season two-year-olds is fantastic but it’s probably not exactly what we expected.
“We expected them to be earlier, pre-Christmas two-year-olds but by Christmas he’d only had a couple of runners.
“They’re probably going to be better three-year-olds and I stuffed up a bit by saying that they were only going to be early two-year-olds.
“He’s 16.2hh and he’s 620-odd kilograms, so he’s a big horse and he throws big horses.
“They’re fast racehorses, they’re big and strong but they probably just take a bit more time than we expected.”
WATCH: I Am Velvet, a filly by I Am Immortal, wins the VOBIS Gold Ingot
I Am Immortal’s champion sire I Am Invincible hadn’t produced a two-year-old G1 winner until last season and Matthews said there remains plenty of optimism in the horse given the size of the books he’s served in recent seasons.
After serving 116 mares in his debut season in 2020, I Am Immortal served 96 mares in 2021, 100 mares in 2022 and a career-high 121 mares last spring.
Matthews is confident the performances of the stallion’s progeny on the racetrack over the coming weeks and months will help prompt mare bookings, but he also hinted his team is happy to negotiate with breeders this season to ensure I Am Immortal is again well supported.
“Last year was definitely his busiest season, he covered 120 mares, which was fantastic,” he said.
“This year, he could cover 30 mares or he could cover 150 mares, it really depends on his results on the racetrack.
“That’s where this season is vital, we need to keep the numbers up and we’re happy to look after breeders to ensure that we can keep the numbers up.
“If he has a quiet spring and he only covers 30 or 40 mares, it makes it very difficult for him to come back from that.
“The market is tough and although we’re not a farm that traditionally deals very heavily, we’re happy to look after people with the right mares and get an inexpensive service fee for a horse that looks like he’s doing the job.”
I Am Immortal stands for $13,750 on a Swettenham roster that also includes pin-up Toronado ($88,000), Rubick ($27,500) and newcomer Lofty Strike ($22,000).
Article written by Darcy Cosgriff from Racing.com on 27 July 2024:
Promising Toronado filly Herbert Park has claimed her third-straight victory at Caulfield on Saturday, relishing the tough going to post a gritty win for the Noonan team.
Trained by Tony Noonan, ridden by one of Noonan’s sons (Jake) and strapped by another (assistant trainer Tom), the three-year-old started a very well-backed ($16 into $5.50) chance third-up, having won her first two starts this campaign under apprentice Dakotah Keane.
Kate’s Tiara ($16) ensured a good tempo up front, but Herbert Park always looked comfortable cruising three-wide, and let down strongly upon straightening.
She hit the lead at around the 100-metre mark, and though Sunset Dreaming ($4.20) and Kundalini ($5.50) made good late ground, they ran out of time, as Noonan’s galloper scored her fourth win from four goes on the wet, and just six starts overall.
“She’s honest – very honest and tough,” Noonan said.
“I was a bit worried when the rain hadn’t come, but sometimes those Hail Mary’s help a bit, so we did plenty of them!
“She’s progressing really well… as I said to the boys, it’s just nice to train a half-decent horse that can progress, and she’s heading in the right direction.
“She always showed good ability, but at times she’s been a little bit hot, so we’ve just had to handle her carefully.
“Jake and Dakotah have done a terrific job with her, Tom, my son, has done a terrific job with her, she can be a bit tricky. It’s been a great team effort by everyone at home.”
The win doubled as a birthday present for Noonan’s mentor, two-time Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Mick Robins, who turned 94 on Saturday.
Robins trained Rain Lover to consecutive Cup wins in 1968 and 1969, with his horse carrying roughly 10 extra kilograms the second time around.
“A good mate of mine, Mick Robins, is 94 today. Mick worked for me for a number of years and trained Rain Lover to two Melbourne Cups,” Noonan said.
“Absolute champion of a bloke, and I’d love to send him all my love.”
Noonan said Herbert Park would likely head back to Caulfield in three weeks for a similar contest, where she will step out as a mare for the first time.
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