Dundeel's Militarize Goes to the Head of the Class in Champagne Stakes.

Mark Smith - Saturday April 15

The Dundeel colt Militarize won the final two legs of the 2yo Triple Crown after adding Saturday's $600,000 Group 1 Moet & Chandon Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Randwick to his ATC Sires' Produce Stakes triumph.

Another Group 1 for Militarize and Joao (image Steve Hart)

It was a clean sweep for trainer Chris Waller after Shinzo started the ball rolling in the Golden Slipper.

With Joao Moreira in the saddle, Militarize overcame a three-wide trip to defeat the brave front-runner Bases Loaded (Deep Field) by one and three-quarter lengths, with Townsend (Dundeel) a further length back in third.

Militarize advances his record to three wins and a third from five starts with earnings of $1,106,400.


Waller said the realization of winning the 2yo Triple Crown was just sinking in.

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"As you can tell, it makes me a little bit emotional," he said

"We haven't done anything differently, just looked after this great crop of two-year-olds, and they've looked after us.

"He was in a class of his own, in my opinion. He was three-wide today, didn't have any cover. Joao (Moreira) didn't panic. The most exciting part is we haven't pushed him yet.

"The support we get from owners in general - Arrowfield, Coolmore, Yulong, I'm embarrassed to say it, but we train for all the main studs, and I'm very grateful to be in that position.

"We've worked hard to get there. Making a name as a two-year-old trainer isn't easy because we've used it as our defence to say, 'we look after them so we get these great results later on'. Maybe things are turning a little bit, and we're pretty proud of it, as my team are. They work so hard and continue telling me we've got beautiful horses."

Bred by Jonathan Munz's GSA Bloodstock and raised in New Zealand at Haunui Farm, Militarize carries the colours of China Horse Club/Newgate Bloodstock and partners, who supplied the quinella with the Deep Field colt Bases Loaded.

A $550,000 purchase for China Horse Club/Newgate Bloodstock/Trilogy Racing from the Bhima Stud draft at the 2022 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, Militarize is the second foal and first runner for the Dubawi mare Amerindia (GB).

Placed at Saint-Cloud and Chantilly, Amerindia (GB) is a 150,000gns purchase for Dean Hawthorne Bloodstock on behalf of Jonathon Munz at the 2017 Tattersalls November Mares Sale.

A daughter of the Group 1 Prix de l'Opera and dual Group II Prix Jean Romanet winner Satwa Queen (Muhtathir), Amerindia (GB) is a half-sister to the stakes-winner Important Time (Oasis Dream), the dam of Grade 1 Saratoga Derby winner Nations Pride (Teofilo).

Amerindia (GB) is a half-sister to the unraced Queen Of Carthage (Cape Cross), the dam of Yulong's Group 1 Phoenix Park Stakes winner Lucky Vega. The son of Lope de Vega also placed a further three times at the elite level, St James's Palace Stakes, Two Thousand Guineas, and Middle Park Stakes, before embarking on a dual hemisphere stud career.

Lindsay Park Racing/Lizzie Jelfs shelled out $160,000 for a Super Seth three-quarter brother to Militarize consigned by Bhima Stud to the Gold Coast in January.

After foaling a Snitzel colt last spring, Amerindia (GB) revisited Dundeel.

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Race Result - Moet & Chandon Champagne Stks Gr1 1600m

Randwick Track: Soft(7) Time: 1:39.84
1
Militarize
- 2c Dundeel (NZ) x Amerindia (GB) (Dubawi (IRE))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: J Moreira 56.5
2
1.8
Bases Loaded
- 2c Deep Field (AUS) x Passarelle (AUS) (Not A Single Doubt (AUS))
Tnr: G Waterhouse & A Bott Rdr: Tim Clark 56.5
3
2.8
Townsend
- 2c Dundeel (NZ) x Secret Admirer (AUS) (Dubawi (IRE))
Tnr: G Waterhouse & A Bott Rdr: B Prebble 56.5
4
4.0
Tom Kitten
- 2c Harry Angel (IRE) x Transfers (AUS) (Street Cry (IRE))
Tnr: James Cummings Rdr: N Rawiller 56.5
5
4.3
Make A Call
- 2c Extreme Choice (AUS) x To Dubawi Go (AUS) (Dubawi (IRE))
Tnr: P & P Snowden Rdr: T Marquand 56.5
6
4.4
Don Corleone
- 2c Extreme Choice (AUS) x Snipzu (AUS) (Snippetson (AUS))
Tnr: P & P Snowden Rdr: J B Mc Donald 56.5
7
8.5
Kintyre
- 2c Hallowed Crown (AUS) x Mull Over (AUS) (So You Think (NZ))
Tnr: G Portelli Rdr: Craig Williams 56.5
8
10.3
Pier Pressure
- 2f Press Statement (AUS) x Perissa (AUS) (Pierro (AUS))
Tnr: K A Lees Rdr: Dylan Gibbons 54.5
9
10.7
Mah Ali
- 2f More Than Ready (USA) x Demanding Miss (AUS) (Commands (AUS))
Tnr: Benjamin Smith Rdr: R Dolan 54.5
10
18.9
Felix The Scat
- 2c Mendelssohn (USA) x Miss Pocket Rocket (AUS) (Smart Missile (AUS))
Tnr: P & W Hulbert Rdr: B Avdulla 56.5
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