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Not A Single Doubt sets Magic pace after debut double
By Craig Young ,December 12, 2003
Magic Millions-bound colt Not A Single Doubt broke the Wyong track record when thumping rivals in yesterday's inaugural Strawberry Hill Slipper, with connections warning the two-year-old is only warming up.
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Not A Single Doubt overpowered Victorian flyer Oratorio with the latter's trainer Lee Freedman and jockey Chris Munce keen on a rematch in the $1 million Magic Millions at the Gold Coast on January 10. Prepared by Graeme Rogerson and ridden by Larry Cassidy, Not A Single Doubt made it two from two, having won by five lengths on debut at Rosehill two Saturdays ago.
"We haven't got to the bottom of him yet but on Magic Millions day we will," Cassidy told connections on dismounting.
Rogerson, who owns a part share in the son of first season sire Redoute's Choice, knows how to spruik a horse, and Not A Single Doubt was given plenty of kudos.
"I hope he breaks a track record in the Magic Millions and the Golden Slipper," Rogerson said.
"He is a nice horse, he has got unlimited ability. On the training track he is doing things other horses can't do; he can break 11 seconds for a furlong.
"He has only had one jump-out, one trial, you've seen how green he is, he is still learning and I think he had a bit up his sleeve. I should have kept a bigger share."
At one point in time, Rogerson was considering sending Not A Single Doubt back to the paddock because the juvenile had shown little when first brought into the Randwick stable but "he has continued to improve".
Freedman has no doubt Oratorio will do the same. The Hall Of Fame trainer, at Wyong for the first time in just over 20 years, was thrilled with the colt's performance.
"That was an outstanding run," Freedman declared. "He went far too hard, they've broken a track record while he was a bit under done. He is still on target for the Magic Millions."
Freedman will remove the blinkers from Oratorio, which opened up a five-length lead in the 1000m sizzle, with the Victorian-based trainer saying: "He'll settle better, he'll be a better horse without them."
Munce, who partnered Oratorio to an untouched three-length barrier trial win at Warwick Farm last Friday week, agreed.
"The blinkers fired him up," Munce said. "When he trialled the other day he didn't have the blinkers on. With them on today, as soon as the gates opened he just took off.
"He has run super and he was having a decent blow on pulling up, so he'll benefit enormously. You know he has got the ability, it is just a matter of harnessing it."
Punters rallied to Oratorio, which hadn't raced since winning at Moonee Valley on October 25, and at post time the youngster was equal favourite with an easing Not A Single Doubt at $2.70.
Unlike the Rosehill win, where Not A Single Doubt raced on the speed, this time the two-year-old was able to cruise off the pace and join in when Cassidy chose, which was halfway down the straight.
Not A Single Doubt recorded 56.21s for the 1000m when scoring by 1.5 lengths with a further 2.75 lengths to the $7 chance More Than Hugs.
The day proved a "rousing success" for the Wyong Race Club, with millionaire adman and Magic Millions part owner John Singleton sponsoring the event.
The race was named after Singleton's Central Coast based Strawberry Hill Stud and the knockabout continued the raceday ritual of shouting those on-course to free beer.
"I've committed to this day for the next five years and it has been a great success today," said Singleton, whose two-year-old, Love Jeddah, was scratched from the event by order of Racing NSW stewards on Tuesday.
"What we need now is a lead-up race for the three-year-old race on Magic Millions day, it's worth $1 million as well. We also need a lead-up for our open race at the Gold Coast."
Wyong club chief executive Tony Drew said the day could only get bigger "with the support of John and the team, the potential is there for this meeting to grow".
"The crowd approached 4000, the biggest since our Wyong Cup meeting, and it is the first time we've conducted the race," Drew said. "We are looking at a three-year-old race, it will only add to the day, which has been a rousing success."
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/11/1071125592648.html
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REDOUTE'S CHOICE entered stud in 2000. He is the sire of 7 progeny to race, 1 winner, progeny earnings $61,450, 2 stakes placegetters including -
Marie Madeleine (dam by Military Plume*; grandam by Rory's Jester) Placed 3d MRC Debutante S-LR, MVRC St Albans S-LR.
Coats Choice (Brocco*; Marscay) Placed 2d MRC Debutant S-LR.
Not A Single Doubt (Rory's Jester; Grand Chaudiere*) Won STC 2YO C&G H.
Also Miss Discretion (Rory's Jester; Be My Guest*), Tafra (Rancher; Shining Finish*), Stringent (Zoffany*; Vain)..
Smart two-year-old Not A Single Doubt (Larry Cassidy), appears to have ability plus raceday experience on his rivals in the PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS CANONBURY STAKES (1000m) on Saturday at Randwick.
By Redoute's Choice from Singles Bar (Rory's Jester), Not A Single Doubt beat his stable mate Econsul on debut and then won the Strawberry Hills Stud Slipper comfortably beating Oratorio, who with his blistering early speed, set the race up nicely for the winner.
Econsul then went out and won last Saturday at Rosehill, franking the form around Not A Single Doubt's first win.
Apart from Conneticut, also trained by Graeme Rogerson, the rest of the starters are all out for the first time.
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By: Jo Adams - Thursday, 18 December 2003
From the "Just racing" guy.
12/12/2003
Magic Millions 2YO favourite Not A Single Doubt will shorten even further now after breaking the Wyong 1000 metres track record yesterday and winning the inaugural Strawberry Hill Slipper. Despite all the accolades that are flowing like the trainer saying he might be able to win both the Magic Millions and the Golden Slipper in 2004 with the horse, I still urge caution. The Magic Millions is not on for another month (Saturday 10/1/2004) and the horse could go shin sore or anything in that timeframe. He is a lovely actioned horse but really does thump his front legs down hard as he lifts his front legs fairly high.
Some may say why knock a 2YO having his 2nd start who just broke a track record. I am not knocking the effort – it’s wonderful. In my article of a couple of weeks ago entitled “Beware bookies benefit – 2YO’s who look like Vain – but aren’t” I wrote “a top class 2YO will always run similar or better time compared to older horses on the day and that is the best barometer to apply”. Well I wrote it – so Not A Single Doubt must be a “top class 2YO” because he ran .40 of a second quicker than Open company winner from the next race – Strabane. However on looking closer Strabane is a winner of now 9 races from 50 starts and had been beaten convincingly at his last 2 starts in town at 16-1 and 14-1 respectively. At 7YO Strabane’s not going to get any better. On the line at Wyong, he “fell in” beating Class 2 bolter Desert Brave who is the veteran of now 30 starts. So it’s fair to say it was not a class stricken Open handicap.
So I thought the next best barometer to find out how classy the effort finished up being was to find out who held the previous track record and came up with the answer being “Scintillation on a good track on 20/12/01”. Who the hell is Scintillation? I have no idea – and no one could help me that I spoke to – so no doubt the horse could run but he/she is not a well known classy galloper we can all relate to.
By looking at some of the other times on the day, you would question whether the Wyong race track has been relocated to the side of the Toowoomba Range or the Bulli Pass! For instance Bullala who in 21 starts before Wyong had won just 2 races including a last start win in a humble Bathurst Class 2 came out and won at $10 running 1.9.1 – so he should be right to back in the Newmarket at Flemington (if he can just get a run!). The last winner of the day Lil Elsa who at her only other start won a Wyong maiden (obviously not fancied by the big betting Paul Sutherland stable that day as she started 15-2) won again yesterday and ran 1.2.82 for 1100 metres (so she should go straight to the Galaxy!).
So the track is the fastest it has ever been – so beware. The mail from interstate is that the track is now very quick because 1) tracks are normally very quick at this time of the year and 2) the same track curator is now doing up the tracks at both Gosford and Wyong and both tracks are now quicker than ever.
The other fact to take into consideration is that a condition of the race that Not A Single Doubt won yesterday was that all starters “must be eligible for the Magic Millions” – so it was a “restricted” race.
The horse that was heavily backed to beat Not A Single Doubt – Oratorio wasn’t ridden with much patience by Munce. He’s obviously a fast colt but at the end of the day couldn’t keep up at his first start at Caulfield on 15/10/03 getting beaten 5.5 lengths before winning by a long neck at Moonee Valley 25/10/03.
So in respect of the Magic Millions 2YO race on 10/1/2004, the show’s not over till the fat lady sings – and she ain’t started hummin’ yet!
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By John Schell
December 21, 2003
Golden Slipper-winning trainer Graeme Rogerson declared jockey Larry Cassidy a "cocky bastard" after he'd guided Magic Millions favourite Not A Single Doubt to a third straight win yesterday in the Canonbury Stakes.
Cassidy sat three wide throughout on the $1.45 hotpot before unleashing the unbeaten youngster at the 200m to score a 2-length win over first-starter Valse Des Fleurs.
"Of course I was going to ride him confidently," Cassidy, a noted stockmarket player, said on dismounting.
"Where else can you get a 40 per cent return on an investment for under a minute's work?"
Rogerson, who won the Golden Slipper this year with Polar Success, said Not A Single Doubt will travel to the Gold Coast for the January 10 $1 million Magic Millions, with that being the colt's next start.
"There was plenty of petrol left in the tank today," he warned. "Larry made sure of that. He said he was going to ride him wide in the best part of the track and ride him confidently. He did that all right."
Not A Single Doubt is raced by a syndicate that includes Arrowfield Stud and owner Bruce Reid, who has been enjoying a great run of success lately with Sunday Service, trained by John Hawkes, carrying his colours to victory at Rosehill last week.
"I think by the end of the season we'll all have seen a very good two-year-old," Rogerson said of Not A Single Doubt, a son of Redoute's Choice.
Cassidy said he had no cause for concern yesterday with Not A Single Doubt.
"It was a nice win," he said.
"Realistically, he's only going around at the moment to get enough prizemoney to get into the Golden Slipper.
"Then you don't have to come back after the Magic Millions and rip into him to qualify him."
Cassidy said he waited for Valse Des Fleurs ($8.50), trained by Hawkes and ridden by Darren Beadman, to loom alongside him in the straight before asking for an effort of his mount.
"I didn't want to give the horse a hard run and I don't think I did," Cassidy said.
"I knew I was giving the filly five kilograms, but when she got to me I put paid to her pretty quickly. My horse even shied at the winning post."
Beadman said Valse Des Fleurs raced well at her debut.
"She did a good job," Beadman said. "She was a bit new but she ran home well."
Jockey Hugh Bowman partnered the Bart Cummings-trained filly Suite into third placing. Like Valse Des Fleurs, Suite is by first-season sire Stravinsky. "It was a lovely debut," Bowman said of Suite.
"I thought she was really going to put in a winning bid to the favourite at the top of the rise, but maybe a little bit of inexperience and fitness cost her at the end."
Rogerson later said the Cassidy brothers, Larry and Jim, have the pick of his two youngsters in the Randwick stable.
"Not A Single Doubt is Larry's horse, he'll stick with him," Rogerson said.
"But Jimmy thinks there's one at home that's better.
"He likes a horse called Sydney Symphony, which is by Stravinsky.
"But I'm with Not A Single Doubt at the moment, too. He's got the runs on the board."
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/20/1071868702943.html
By Tony Bourke
December 18, 2003
Lee Freedman will rely on Oratorio as his sole representative in his bid to win the Magic Millions for the first time at the Gold Coast on January 10.
Freedman had been hoping to have at least one back-up starter in the $1 million Two-Year-Old Classic (1200 metres) but his plans were upset yesterday when Chut was ruled out of Saturday's $70,000 Canonbury Stakes (1000 metres) at Randwick.
Chut gave a leg a slight knock, which is not serious but enough for the Real Quiet colt to miss Saturday's race.
Freedman had said earlier that Chut, who was unlucky at his only start when he finished fourth to Coraticum at Moonee Valley, needed to finish in the first two in the Canonbury to earn a start in the Millions.
Damien Oliver was to have ridden Chut in the Canonbury, in which he would have been up against Magic Millions favourite Not A Single Doubt.
Freedman has also decided against sending Coraticum to the Gold Coast and instead he will go for the $400,000 Adelaide Magic Millions at Morphettville in February.
Although Freedman has been one of the major buyers at Magic Millions sales, he has not concentrated on trying to win the Two-Year-Old Classic, preferring to let his Magic Millions horses find their own level.
Tony McEvoy has the promising Headland at the Gold Coast preparing for the Magic Millions and he will run in the Harvey Lad Handicap (1010 metres) at Doomben on Saturday with Steven King as his jockey.
Stablemate Little Chloe has her trial for the Magic Millions in the Tommy Smith Slipper at Doomben on Saturday week.
This story was found at: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/12/17/1071337025430.html
By Darren Prendergast
December 29, 2003
The Magic Millions Classic is shaping as a three-horse showdown following the impressive wins of classy youngsters Dance Hero and Oratorio in two states on Saturday.
While Magic Millions favourite Not A Single Doubt remained in its box at Randwick, the undefeated colt's two main rivals emerged with emphatic victories to stake their claim for the sales-restricted $1 million sprint at the Gold Coast on January 10.
The three dominate betting for the race, with Not A Single Doubt, prepared by Golden Slipper-winning trainer Graeme Rogerson, topping the market at $2.25 ahead of Gai Waterhouse's slashing Rosehill winner Dance Hero and the Lee Freedman-trained Oratorio.
Champion jockey Damien Oliver gave Oratorio the thumbs up for the Magic Millions after it overcame a tardy start and greenness to take out the Tommy Smith Slipper in style at Doomben.
Leading Sydney bookmaker Colin Tidy's betting firm HorseBet.com.au is adamant the three, which won't have another start before the Magic Millions, have the race at their mercy.
"It definitely looks like a race in three," Tidy's spokesman Mark Morrisey said. "It has got to be one of the highest rating Magic Millions we have ever seen. Each one of the three has got a little bit of a doubt about them.
"Possibly Rick Hore-Lacy's The General is the wild-card, but it would be difficult to imagine he was up to the standard of those three. He might be able to beat one of them, but not all three.
"It is really going to come down to how the race is run and I think Not A Single Doubt looks like it will handle the pressure the best."
Not A Single Doubt, also the early favourite for next year's Golden Slipper, has yet to put a hoof wrong in three starts which have included stylish wins in the Strawberry Hill Slipper at Wyong and the listed Canonbury Stakes.
Dance Hero treated its rivals with contempt at Rosehill in its first start since debuting with a luckless third in the Breeders' Plate in October.
Waterhouse compared Dance Hero on Saturday with her 2001 Magic Millions winner Excellerator. "He's just a natural two-year-old," Waterhouse said at Rosehill. "He has improved out of sight since his first start."
Oratorio emerged from its second to Not A Single Doubt in the Strawberry Hill Slipper, where the Victorian colt was left a sitting shot in front after firing up with the blinkers on, to win the Tommy Smith Slipper.
"I don't think there's a lot between him [Oratorio] and Not A Single Doubt," Oliver said after riding the colt for the first time. "He was still very green today but experience might take over next time."
Dance Hero's jockey, Chris Munce, who rode Oratorio at Wyong, believes his gelding is more adaptable than Oratorio, which he described as "more a speed horse".
While impressed by the win of Dance Hero, Morrisey said doubts remained about the gelding should it get involved in a speed dual with Oratorio in the Magic Millions.
"Dance Hero just looks a natural speedster," Morrisey said. "I'm not convinced, looking at its run on Saturday and his final sectionals, that Dance Hero is going to run the trip.
"With Oratorio being a bit wayward yesterday there was talk they may put the blinkers back on, but that may fire him up again, like they did at Wyong. To us, Not A Single Doubt is on top because it is the one that can come off them from a high speed."
While no horse has managed to go on and win the Golden Slipper after winning the Magic Millions, Morrisey believes either Not A Single Doubt, Dance Hero or Oratorio could claim the rare double this year.
"It is always a difficult situation to peak twice and with a race of this much depth it is not going to be a soft win, whoever wins it," he said. "Either way, it is shaping as a very, very interesting race, especially tactically."
Waterhouse may try to bolster her Magic Millions arsenal when Tides Of Fun contests the listed Widden Stakes at Randwick on New Year's Day. The Clarry Conners-trained Segments, which won the Gimcrack Stakes on debut, is another runner in the Widden.
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/28/1072546414516.html
Handy Harry
09-01-2004, 14:25
By Darren Beadman
January 9, 2004
The Magic Millions event for juvenile thoroughbreds hasn't been kind to me. This feature on the Australian racing calendar is one this navigator has mostly missed.
Riding for the Ingham family's famed Woodlands Stud most of the time means rides in the Millions are few and far between. The Inghams breed their own thoroughbreds and the Magic Millions races are restricted to horses sold through its sales ring.
This time around, I will again be on the outer having not secured a ride. Saturday's race has been dominated by a trio of gallopers, with Graeme Rogerson's colt Not A Single Doubt the standout. He is the one they've got to beat.
About the best I've managed in this two-year-olds' race is a second on Grahame Begg's sprinter Dance Beat. On that occasion, we ran into a very useful youngster named General Nediym, one of many Magic Millions graduates to make a name for himself at elite level.
This event is an extreme test for a youngster. The date makes it so. Held in conjunction with the annual Gold Coast sale in early January, the equine athletes taking part have been primed to compete.
With a $1 million purse up for grabs, it may be a little early in the season for two-year-olds to be put to an extreme test but it is the way. The financial pot is hard for owners to knock back.
And don't worry, it is a test of the fierce kind. These youngsters have been to the races and prepared well for Saturday's event but race day at the Gold Coast, where the turf meets the surf, is something else. Especially this Saturday.
You have a crowd packed into the Southport track - most oiled up with refreshing liquor - and should the weather remain true it will be conducted under hot sun.
A fizzed-up crowd will ensure the two year-olds step into an arena they've not encountered before. It will amount to which animal handles the "HHH" - hype, heat and hordes - the best. Some competitors will be beaten before leaving the mounting enclosure. They'll have run their race already, unable to cope with the noise and sweaty surrounds. This race day is different. It is the Golden Slipper come three months early.
It is a lot for a young horse to overcome at this stage of its career. Sometimes it can send them over the top. Many will have succumbed to the pressure of just preparing to get to the race.
The juveniles aren't being produced as early nowadays. They are not standing up to spring training and racing. The push is too demanding on these immature horses. You only have to look at what has taken place recently.
The Widden and Canonbury stakes have just been completed over the summer carnival at Randwick. They used to be spring events. It is a sign of the times. The Australian Jockey Club is to be applauded for moving the races to a later date.
And the Canonbury was won by Not A Single Doubt, a third straight success for the two-year-old which will start short-priced favourite on Saturday. The debut win at Rosehill was good; he then set a track record in the Strawberry Hill Slipper at Wyong.
Off to the Canonbury and Not A Single Doubt stamped his class all over the race. He travelled three wide without cover, but Randwick favoured horses in that part of the track. It was what Not A Single Doubt did at the end that impressed me most.
I rode a first-starter named Val Des Fleur for a trainer, John Hawkes. I've a healthy opinion of the filly but experience came to the fore. Not A Single Doubt had it, and made it known. My filly loomed up to win, but the Magic Millions favourite just surged away. I didn't expect Not A Single Doubt to let down like he did under 58kg. He found another gear.
He is not overly big and, despite the weight, he sprinted away. With plenty of character and ticker, Not A Single Doubt was just far too good. The only concern heading into Saturday surrounds his handling of the HHH. You've got to think he will; you'll be taking a short quote to find out. And the form is all around Not A Single Doubt.
Econsul has won twice since being defeated by his stable-mate at Rosehill. Oratorio took off with blinkers on at Wyong before Not A Single Doubt pounced on him half way up the straight.
Oratorio won up north the other day without the shades on. What I like about him is the galloping action. A daisy-cutter, the action is one that conserves energy. He looks like a handy sprinter in the making and will have improved with the last start win.
A worthy rival to the favourite on Saturday, but has Oratorio made the necessary improvement? Then we come to Dance Hero. Gay Waterhouse's horse came out all guns ablaze at Rosehill when resuming from a spell.
Dance Hero jumped well and showed abundant speed. He got a soft run for the first 500m but he really sprinted hard for the last 600m, which signalled the youngster can sustain pressure.
He will have to on Saturday, for the Magic Millions is that sort of race. And the introduction of the three-year-old event to the day a couple of years ago has also added to the Gold Coast showpiece. The three-year-old event rewards owners who have been patient; those who didn't push their Magic Millions purchase as two-year-olds, preferring to wait before putting their horses to the sword.
I'm riding Jamieson Valley for Hawkesy. I had the option of riding him or the filly Bell Feline. Both will end up handy horses and it was a tough decision but Jamieson Valley will do me just fine.
Both are lightly raced three-year-olds going into the race primed. What I like about Jamieson Valley is that when I won on him he got to the front and floated, didn't know what it was about but still got the bickies.
Last time out, Jamieson Valley was ridden from behind, still did a few things wrong but got out and chased rivals down. In the space of five weeks he has improved big-time. Mentally, the horse is there - he really wanted to get to the line the other day, instead of giving the impression of wanting to climb stairs.
He stretched out beautifully and he'll need to do so again. It is quite fascinating to ride horses like this, watching how they can change from one run to another; how they can improve. It will be another interesting Magic Millions day on the Gold Coast. Let's hope it is kind.
As told to Craig Young.
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/08/1073437408636.html
Gai Waterhouse and Chris Munce further etched their names into Magic Millions history when they combined to win with Dance Hero (G2 Danzero-Gypsy Dancer).
The win by Dance Hero in today’s Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions 2YO Classic 1200m, gave both Waterhouse and Munce their third win in the race and their second in together in the race.
Dance Hero won by ¾ length from Not A Single Doubt (Larry Cassidy) with Marie Madeleine (Zac Purton) 4 ¼ lengths away in third in the new race record time of 1.08.75 which took .27 of a second off the old record set by Catnipped in 1998.
Waterhouse said: “They are a wonderful group of owners who have been with me through thick and thin since I started training 12 years ago.
"Dance Hero is just a natural athlete who has got brilliant gate speed and is a very exciting horse and we are all thrilled to be associated with him."
Dance Hero cost Waterhouse $90,000 at last year’s Magic Millions Yearling Sale and his win today took his earnings to $609,250 from his two wins and a third from his three starts to date.
Waterhouse had previously won the Magic Millions 2YO Classic with Assertive Lad ridden by Jim Cassidy in 2000 and Excellerator ridden by Chris Munce in 2001.
As well as his 2001 win on Excellerator Munce had also been successful with Sunblazer for his old master Eric Kirwan in 1989 and had also been down to ride 1994 winner Brave Warrior before he had to be replaced on raceday by the late Neil Williams.
Graeme Rogerson who trains the runner up Not A Single Doubt who suffered his first defeat in four starts today was quick to congratulate Waterhouse and the owners of Dance Hero saying:
“That is a very good horse that you have got there.”
By: Ray See - Saturday, 10 January 2004
Trainer Graeme Rogerson, who has A Dollar Short in contention for the $610,000 Inglis Classic, yesterday accepted the blame for Not A Single Doubt's defeat in the Magic Millions last Saturday.
Rogerson told Queensland's RadioTAB that he had erred by instructing jockey Larry Cassidy to ride Not A Single Doubt off the pace in the Gold Coast classic, won by Gai Waterhouse's front-running gelding Dance Hero.
"It's easy to bag jockeys but it was totally my decision," Rogerson said. "I thought the place to be was back off the speed going by the earlier results but it wasn't to be. That track favours runners near the fence and my tactics weren't the best on the day. If I had the race over again I wouldn't have had him ridden that way.
"He could have been outside the leader at the 600m but there's no good looking back on it."
Not A Single Doubt and Dance Hero share equal favouritism for the $3 million Golden Slipper at Rosehill in April.
It was announced today that after a reshuffle in his ownership, the former top class two-year-old Not A Single Doubt will be transferred to the Melbourne based trainer Tony Vasil who will prepare the colt for the prestigious Melbourne sprints in the autumn.
From the first crop of Redoute’s Choice, Not A Single Doubt was early favourite for the Golden Slipper after a number of outstanding performances. He won his first three starts by a combined 9 lengths including the Listed Canonbury Stakes (1000m) at Randwick and the inaugural $100,000 Strawberry Hill Slipper Stakes at Wyong where he defeated Oratorio by 1.5 lengths and in the process set a new course record for the 1000m of 56.21.
On the strength of these performances, Not A Single Doubt started a short priced favourite for the 2YO Magic Millions Classic (1200m) and it took a record breaking run by the history making Champion 2YO Dance Hero to beat him by ¾ of a length in a time of 1.08.75. Even though he ran second in the Millions, Not A Single Doubt was installed favourite for the Golden Slipper as he stood the winner many lengths at the 600m, made his run wide on the turn and yet only just failed to catch Dance Hero who had the luxury of an uninterrupted rails run the entire trip.
However, Not A Single Doubt’s Golden Slipper campaign was cut short after the Group 2 Todman Slipper Trial (1200m) due to a soft tissue injury in his off-fore leg. As a result, he was spelled for 16 weeks during which time he appears to have made a full recovery. Not A Single Doubt has now been in pre-training at Danric Lodge for about five weeks. At his current rate of progress, the colt will go to Tony Vasil’s stables in the second week of October.
Not A Single Doubt is a beautifully bred colt being by Champion First Season Sire Redoute’s Choice out of the Rory’s Jester mare Singles Bar - a half sister to Snippets and Quick Score. Snippets topped the 1987/88 Australasian 3YO Classifications for 1000m-1200m before becoming a leading sire for Arrowfield.
“We would like to make a stallion out of Not A Single Doubt, explained Arrowfield’s John Messara who manages the syndicate. “As he is a speed horse, we believe Victoria offers an excellent suite of sprint races in the autumn,” said Messara.
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