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Tavistock filly flies home for Lindsay Park; Perfect start for Incheon Express; Entries extended for Ready To Run sale; Five for Belardo

Tavistock filly flies home for Lindsay Park

The wet track was the only concern for Walking Flying's connections at Sandown on Wednesday, but they needn't have worried, with the filly running away to a one length victory in her mile contest.

It was the Tavistock three-year-old's second consecutive win after she was victorious at Sale a fortnight ago over 1728m.

Ben Hayes, who trains the filly in partnership with his father David and cousin Tom Dabernig, said she could now head to Flemington next Saturday to tackle a 1600m assignment.

"We will just see how she pulls up, but there is a nice race in 10 days' time at Flemington over a mile," he said. "But we will just see how she is over the next couple of days.

"It was a good ride by Jamie (Mott, jockey), he was fairly confident and gave her a good chance. My only question mark was the track heading into today, if it was a dry track I would have been extremely confident.

"It's a big thrill to get the win for the owner who is supporting us a lot."

Walking Flying is a daughter of former top-class mare Veloce Bella who was raced by Murray and Marg Hardy and Paddy Preston of the Sunlight Trust.

They also bred Walking Flying, who was sold to Yulong as a yearling in Australia for A$120,000 and is raced by Mr Huang, a close friend of Mr Yuesheng Zhang of Yulong Investments.

Veloce Bella won 12 races, including the Gr.1 Waikato International Stakes (2000m) and a further four times at Group Two level.

Perfect start for Incheon Express

Curraghmore graduate Incheon Express began his racing career in style winning at Ballarat on Tuesday.

The three-year-old debutant runs in the distinctive purple and yellow checks of breeder-owner Dr Tan.

Like Group One winner Tofane, Incheon Express spent time with John Malcom at Cheltenham Stables for his early education. He then headed to David Greene at Te Rapa before transferring to current trainer John Sadler as a November two-year-old.

Sadler was impressed with Incheon Express' run and said everything went to plan for the son of Showcasing during his first trip to the races.

"Our plan was what Froggy (jockey Craig Newitt) did," Sadler said. "We wanted to jump and be positive and go forward. The sort of lead he set up is pretty hard to run down but he was still full of running on the line."

By Showcasing out of Bernardini mare Altai Rose, Incheon Express' breeding indicates he will suit a mile though Sadler intends to keep to shorter distances for the time being.

"He has really good speed," Sadler said. "We will stick to the sprinting races at the moment."

Sadler has had to take the patient approach with Incheon Express and said immaturity and a paddock accident delayed the New Zealand bred galloper's debut.

"He was very immature and had a paddock accident and hurt himself behind and took some time to get over it," Sadler said.

Entries extended for Ready To Run sale

New Zealand Bloodstock have extended their entry cut-off date for the 2020 Ready To Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds till August 7.

In the last six years, the Sale has produced an unrivalled 20 Group One wins and 132 Stakes wins with graduates excelling in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Macau.

The sale also continues to produce an outstanding record of Derby winners and classic types with graduates having won seven Derbys and 14 Guineas over the same period.

Breeze Ups for the Sale are set to take place at Te Rapa Racecourse on October 15 and 16, with an auction date of November 18 and 19.

To nominate your rising two-year-olds, please visit NZB's online portal at portal.nzb.co.nz.

Five for Belardo

Haunui Farm shuttler Belardo sired his fifth firrst-crop winner yesterday as Elysium took out the Irish EBF Auction Fillies Maiden (1100m ) at Navan.

The Noel Meade-trained juvenile defeated Giselles Thunder by a length and three-quarters with Dense Star the same margin back in third.

Purchased by her trainer for €15,000, Elysium is one of three winners out of Sonning Rose who herself is a half-sister to stakes placegetters Universo Star and Vienna's Boy.

Dual Group One winner Belardo is the only son of Lope De Vega at stud in the southern hemisphere and stands at Haunui Farm for a fee of $10,000 plus GST in 2020.