The focus this week is the Bathurst Gold Crown carnival as the Southern Hemisphere’s biggest futurity racing series dominates.
Open to all comers from wherever in Australia and New Zealand, provided their owners are prepared to take a punt and pay their foals up early on, this years Bathurst Gold Crown Final on Friday features a total of four graduates from the inaugural Nutrien Yearling Sale in 2021.
Bathurst Gold Crown
The six heats of the 2022 Bathurst Gold Crown saw three of the winners come from graduates of the 2021 Nutrien Yearling Sale.
Friday night’s $110,000 Bathurst Gold Crown finalist Petracca was purchased for $80,000 as Lot 53 last year, sold by Bruce and Craig Cameron. Petracca, trained by Emma Stewart copped a “visitors” back-line draw of nine in Friday’s final.
Drawn next to Petracca in barrier ten is Our Sunset Delight which cost just $18,000 as Lot 14 sold by Galthorn Farm in last year’s sale.
Best drawn of the Nutrien Sales Graduates in the Gold Crown final is the Sweet Lou gelding Naturally Gifted which will start from barrier three. As lot 118 last year Naturally Gifted cost his owners $30,000 as a yearling, sold by P JUDD, C JUDD, M COMMADEUR, T COMMADEUR.
In addition to the three Nutrien heat winners is Chillin which started favourite and finished second to Happy Reg in the opening heat last Friday. Chillin was sold by Brooklyn Lodge as Lot 8 for $22,000 and will start from barrier seven on Friday night.
Bathurst Gold Tiara
Five heats of the $110,000 Bathurst Gold Tiara were held last Wednesday night with first and second in each heat qualifying for this week’s final.
Making her race-track debut in the second heat was Lochinvar Xena which finished second to Jewel Melody in the fastest heat of the night.
Lochinvar Xena was sold for $115,000 as Lot 192 and importantly for breeder Alison Miles Lot 114 the 2022 Nutrien Yearling Sale in a couple of week’s time is a Sweet Lou half-sister to Lochinvar Xena.
Lochinvar Xena will start from barrier two in the final unless the second emergency Windy Hill Tara gains a start from the pole position.
Want a finalist in the 2023 Bathurst Gold Crown or Bathurst Gold Tiara then checkout the Nutrien Melbourne Sale on April 3rd.
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