During his racing days, Xtravagant affectionately nicknamed “hoof sex” – a reference to Calvin Klein’s model looks as well as his pre-race excitable nature – but perhaps Park’s stallion Newhaven went some way to justifying that moniker in the barn when Xtravagant Star made headlines in his second spree when he collected A$2 million Inglis Millennium at Randwick Racecourse on 5 February.
Racing in the colors of breeder and part owner Seymour Bloodstock, often associated with imported lodgers over the age of 2, Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained Xtravagant Star has established himself among the ranks of the elite. the best of her generation with a superior performance, the sprint to clear favorites Paris Dior to score with a length and a half with a shorter head to be undefeated before Sejardan in part three.
Time of 1:04.14 is: 0.15 faster than Huckster recorded last year, on the same Soft 5 surface, when racing to achieve a score of 5 1/4 of the length — all from a chubby girl who, before Saturday, only boasted of victory Geelong maiden named after her.
With Saturday’s Inglis Millennium win, eldest McEvoy became the first coach to claim both major Australian sales restricted features for 2-year-olds, after winning the 2018 Magic Millions 2YO Classic under its own way with Sunlight before sharing the spoils with his son on Saturday.
“This is her first trip away from home and the way she has handled herself and accepted everything, is amazing,” said Tony McEvoy. “It was a big thrill and she was a real stubborn person.
“She always showed us a little bit of talent and we went into that race at Geelong pretty confident. She fought to win and showed she had speed and toughness. The team. Owners are very comfortable coming to this race and we are very excited.”
Inglis Millennium also marks Chad Schofield’s first urban bet winner since returning from Hong Kong late last year, marking his most lucrative win since beating Sportingbet WS Cox Plate (G1) 2013. Shamus . Award.
“It’s great to win a feature race like this and hopefully it can help me build momentum going forward,” Schofield said. “It was really painless. She was the first to get off the machine. Before the race I thought we might have to drop her in because inside we had a little bit of speed but she was running too fast. and easily overcome them.
“I’ve headed a long way from home so for a 2-year-old in Melbourne it’s a good effort, it’s very strong.”
McEvoy added: “She banged on the gate and Chad thought she was going to take the lead but he was a bit worried because there would be too much pressure so he was just very quiet. She really didn’t want to come back, she was. threw her head. at one stage but then she accepted it. She was a quality person, good quality.”
The big question now: Is Xtravagant Star chasing diamonds in Melbourne or gold in Sydney?
“We have some great decisions to make,” McEvoy said. “We can go to Blue Diamond Stakes (G1) in three weeks or we can just focus on Golden Slipper (G1). I think it’s a bit difficult to do both. I think let’s enjoy ourselves.” today and make some decisions in a few days.
“She’s veered to the left a bit. At home she’s tough but not the ‘wow’ type of horse and sometimes they’re the best but I’m growing to like her.”
It’s a well-timed win for Newhaven Park’s Xtravagant with the Boorowa nursery set to provide the four crested birds of the 43rd New Zealand winner Two Thousand Guineas (G1) at Sothy’s Yearling Sale. classic Inglis, including one — Lot 101 — in the early hours of Sunday afternoon.
He also had three years of cataloged yearbook Sales last year in Inglis Melbourne Premier, from which Xtravagant Star emerged last year.
Notably, both of the Xtravagant stake winners are outside of She’s A Danica, with this season’s McMahon’s Dairy McKenzie Stakes winner He’s special for the first time in August.
Owned by Seymour Bloodstock, She’s A Danica is a descendant of Ballroom Champion Babe, who spawned Just Dancing, Tahni Girl and Hidden Dragon stock winners.
A three-time winner of the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast, She’s A Danica had four ponies to race for four winners. Only three made it through the sale, with Nowra and Goulburn winning Deepstar (Deep Field) for the A$15,000 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale (US$10,592), He’s X Super (Xtravagant) on sale for $15,000. AU$40,000 (US$26,666) in the same auction, and Xtravagant Star knocked out McEvoy-Mitchell Racing for AU$150,000 (US$115,645) at last year’s Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale.
