July 14 – Magic Albert has been churning out the winners of late and posted a three state metropolitan treble over the weekend when Magic Promenade scored at Doomben on Saturday followed later in the day by Hotel Casino at Canterbury and then Greenmount Belle scored in Hobart on Sunday.
The Barry Bowditch trained Magic Promenade scored a deserved win after some recent fine efforts, turning in a good tough performance to take the Class Six event for fillies and mares over 1350 metres by a head.
Retained to race, Magic Promenade has won four races and placed five times from 14 starts earning over $70,000 in prizemoney and looks to have a bright future.
She is the second foal of the unraced Naturalism mare Pugilista, a daughter of stakes-winner Pusan.
Notching the double for Magic Albert was the Grahame Begg trained gelding Hotel Casino, who raced handy throughout and then kicked clear to win the Ratings 86 event over 1250 metres at Canterbury by the best part of a length.
Hotel Casino took his record to five wins and five placings from 18 starts with earnings of $168,620, providing a good return for his large group of owners who include the Yarraman Park Syndicate.
A $70,000 purchase from the 2005 Magic Millions Yearling Sale, Hotel Casino was bred and offered for sale by Yarraman Park Stud and is the seventh and final foal of Tycoon Scene (IRE), who passed away in 2005.
A daughter of leading broodmare sire Last Tycoon, Tycoon Scene was a half-sister to Group Two winner Courvoisier from the international family of Group One winners Indian Skimmer, Missy’s Mirage and Classy Mirage; and also Sunday’s Gosford Guineas winner Cent Per Cent.
The Prime Thoroughbreds owned filly Greenmount Belle posted her sixth win for the Charlie Goggin stable in Tasmania when taking out the open event over 1100 metres by nearly two lengths beating the older horses to take her overall earnings to $54,516.
A bargain basement purchase, having been snaffled by Prime Thoroughbreds for just $10,000 from the Willow Park draft at the 2006 Magic Millions Yearling Sale Session Five, Greenmount Belle is from the Red Anchor mare Noonabelle, a half-sister to stakes-placed Delfina.
Magic Albert was in keen demand with breeders last spring covering 145 mares at a fee of $16,500 and has had some 43 winners so far this season of over $1.3 million in prizemoney including stakes-winning sprinter Al Be Nimble.
