M.I.A– Send Out the Search Party

When racing concluded at Randwick last Saturday afternoon it marked the end of the Sydney Autumn Carnival for 2009 and from a breeding perspective there was one very intriguing aspect of the carnival and that was the lack of impact made by Danehill’s myriad sire sons and grand-sons, who are now the subject of a search party having been declared M.I.A Missing in Action!

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The highest honour a racehorse in this country can receive each year is to be crowned Australian Horse of the Year and the list of past winners is an illustrious honour roll featuring legends and superstars, prompting many punters and racing fans to put forward Takeover Target as the best possible candidate for 2008/2009.

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Patinack Farm have invested heavily in bloodstock over the last few years and a part of their sizable portfolio has comprised expensive well-bred colts purchased as potential sire prospects and in Group One AJC Champagne Stakes hero Onemorenomore they have hit the jackpot.

The most expensive yearling sold at the 2008 sales by Red Ransom (USA), Onemorenomore is a blue-blood being from the Group Three winning Last Tycoon (IRE) mare Palia, whose full sister Lady Capel is the dam of another Patinack Group One winner in Casino Prince.

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QUIZ

1/ Group One AJC Champagne Stakes winner Onemorenomore was the dearest yearling by Red Ransom (USA) sold in 2008. True or false?

2/ Who is now the most expensive sire in the country following the release of 2009 service fees?

3/ Group One AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Pompeii Ruler is by which son of champion Japanese sire Sunday Silence?

4/ Coolmore Classic winner Bollinger is the dam of this weekend’s Kentucky Derby contender Friesan Fire. Who is his sire?

5/ Blue Diamond winner Reaan is retiring to which stud this spring?

Answers are at the bottom of this page .