What a great spring it has been for Eureka Stud, Spirit Of Boom represented by his first Group One winner with a gutsy all the way Manikato Stakes, 1200m victory for Jonker whilst Incentivise from a great old Eureka family has proven himself one of the best stayers in the country.
Meanwhile Encryption has his first yearlings being prepared for the sales, giving everyone at Eureka plenty to look forward to – including the upcoming Magic Millions which Harry McAlpine always enjoys…
What puts the magic into this race and sales series for you?
The timing of the sale is very good with the buzz of horses being set for the race series. And also it being the beginning of the year when people have reset and are looking to try their luck on some fresh horses.
It all resonates into a great atmosphere.
Who are your favourite stallions?
I can’t go past Spirit of Boom but this year we are excited to see Encryption’s first crop of yearlings sell and we have some very racy individuals to sell by him. He is a very good looking and impeccably bred son
of Lonhro who had the talent to go with it.
Describe your draft.
We have some exceptional Encryptions including a half-brother to the exciting Miami Fleiss. And the Spirit Of Booms out of the nice mares he is receiving are outstanding types again; including a full sister to Outback Barbie and a half-brother to Pippie.
Which horse in your draft looks the best chanceto win a Magic Millions 2YO Classic or 3YO Guineas?
Spirit of Booms are very good at taking out Magic Millions races so I’d say any of them are a chance! Encryption was a pre-Christmas Group placed two-year-old who trained on to win the Danehill Stakes-G2, 1200m so I am sure they will also be contenders.
Eureka’s Magic Millions draft is so often a first port of call for many buyers and many will be eager to inspect the newest group of Spirit Of Booms…
FILLIES
Lot 86 bay from Goodlookin Gambler (by Johannesburg): sister to the stakes winner Perudo and the promising Blackjack Boom out of a half-sister to the record-breaking Emirates Stakes-G1 winner Scenic Peak.
Lot 162 bay from Jessamin (by Stratum): second foal for a juvenile city winner from the family of the triple Group winner Away Game, the Randwick Guineas-G1, 1600m winner Inference and the stakes winners Modern Wonder, Oak Park, Liberty Rose, Grand Jardin, Kanzan, Dragon Leap, Ranier and Kordia.
Lot 400 Pure Purrfection (by General Nediym): sister to one of her sire’s best performers, the four times stakes winner Outback Barbie. Also a half-sister to the metropolitan winners Purroni and Frosty Mango, she is out of a Listed winning daughter of the dual stakes winner She’s Purring (daughter of another stakes winner in Ringside Lady) who also produced the stakes winner Global Warming.
Lot 474 Sarisara (by Red Dazzler): 3/4 sister to Boomsara, winner of five races including the Vo Rogue Plate-G3, 1350m and the Magic Millions Guineas-RL,1400m. Also a half-sister to the promising Sakura Star, she is out of a Group 3 placed multiple city winner whose stakes placed half-sister McFly is dam of the Group 3 winner Chapter And Verse.
Lot 631 Tiyatrolani (by Captain Sonador): second foal for a stakes winning daughter of the city winning Encosta de Lago mare Tiyatro from the family of the terrific mare Staging, multiple Group winning dam of the Group 1 gallopers Duporth and Excites and grandam of the South African Champion 2Y0 Colt Delago Deluxe.
Lot 774 Balabina (by Red Dazzler): first foal for a city winning half-sister to the stakes winner Firenza, dam of the dual Group 3 winner Tuscan Fling and grandam of the dual Listed winner Assertive Approach. Also hailing from this family are the Group winners Kiwia, Lite’n In My Veins, Written Beauty, Hi World, Immortal Love and Ducimus.
Lot 1195 Malasun (by Red Ransom): daughter of a Blue Diamond Preview-Listed winner who has three winners amongst her first four foals to race. Grandaughter of the dual city winning Encosta de Lago mare Malapert whose son Stokehouse won the Autumn Classic-Gr.2, 1800m. Durable stakes winners Gay Tulip (11 wins) and Valdazair (12 wins) also hail from this family.
COLTS
Lot 383 Prada Miss (by Northern Meteor): his dam is a stakes placed city winner whose dam is a half-sister to the Group 2 winner Our Famous Eve. Fourth dam is the classy and tough New Zealand mare Battle Eve, winner of 25 races and dam of the triple Group 2 winner King Delamere.
Lot 883 Coupe Express (by Ne Coupez Paz): half-brother to the dual Group 1 winning sprinter Pippie and brother to the promising Boom Express who at the time of writing had won two in a row. His dam is a city winning half-sister to the stakes placed Timely Truce.
Lot 906 Defiant Dame (by More Than Ready): his Gimcrack Stakes-Listed, 1000m winning dam has produced the 14 times winner Grand Cross. She is a half-sister to the Group 3 winner Hidden Warrior from the family of the Group 1 gallopers Red Tracer and Shellscrape.
Lot 916 Diva Dee (by Encosta de Lago): out of a Group 3 placed daughter of the stakes placed True Doubt whose half-brother is the dual Group 1 winning stallion Road To Rock.
Lot 1102 Daddys Little Girl (by General Nediym): brother to the stakes placed winner Boom Daddy out of a two times stakes placed metropolitan winner from the family of the Group 1 winners Starline and Beechcraft.
Meanwhile there are five Encryption yearlings in the Eureka draft; a half-brother (lot 145) to the stakes winner Peacock, a half-sister (lot 235) to the stakes placed Cochrane and the exciting Miami Fleiss, a half-sister (lot 951) to the multiple city winner Plumaro, a colt (lot 1011) from the family of VRC Oaks-G1, 2500m winners Miami Bound and Arapaho Miss and the first foal (lot 1156) for the metropolitan winner I Am Poppy.
Other Eureka yearlings of interest include an Exceed And Excel filly (lot 9) out of a metropolitan winning daughter of the stakes winner Golden Pedigree, a Brazen Beau colt (lot 146) whose dam Iriomote is a city winning half-sister to the recent Woodbine International Stakes-G1, 2400m winner Walton Street, a Hellbent half-brother (lot 282) to the stakes placed Maqsad out of a half-sister to Grand Armee from the family of Anamoe, Better Than Ready (lot 1044) 3/4 brother to the stakes winner Jagged Edge, a Jungle Cat colt (lot 1135) out of a half-sister to Spirit Of Boom and Temple Of Boom and an Epaulette colt (lot 1076) out of the multiple city winner Basara from the in-form family of Incentivise and Prince Of Boom.
