Wow what a win on debut at Newcastle just then.

Stakes horse if ever we've seen one! Follow, follow, follow.

SMART MELODY (AUS)

Brown filly 2015

Smart Missile Bay 2008	Fastnet Rock Bay 2001	Danehill Bay 1986	Danzig Bay 1977	Northern Dancer Pas de Nom	1961 1968	2-d 7-a
		Danehill Bay 1986	Razyana Bay 1981	His Majesty Spring Adieu	1968 1974	4-d 2-d
		Piccadilly Circus Bay 1995	Royal Academy Bay 1987	Nijinsky Crimson Saint	1967 1969	8-f 8-c
		Piccadilly Circus Bay 1995	Gatana Bay 1989	Marauding Twigalae	1984 1979	4-i 2-f
	Comical Smile Bay or brown 2001	Comic Strip Bay or brown 1995	Red Ransom Bay 1987	Roberto Arabia	1969 1977	12-c 6-b
		Comic Strip Bay or brown 1995	Now That's Funny Bay or brown 1986	Saratoga Six Tropical Cream	1982 1971	9-f 9>
		Explosive Bay 1990	Fappiano Bay 1977	Mr Prospector Killaloe	1970 1970	13-c 16-a
		Explosive Bay 1990	Scuff Chestnut 1979	Forli Moccasin	1963 1963	3-b 5-h
Sweetest Melody Bay 2006	Encosta de Lago Bay 1993	Fairy King Bay 1982	Northern Dancer Bay 1961	Nearctic Natalma	1954 1957	14-c 2-d
		Fairy King Bay 1982	Fairy Bridge Bay 1975	Bold Reason Special	1968 1969	19-b 5-h
		Shoal Creek Chestnut 1988	Star Way Chestnut 1977	Star Appeal New Way	1970 1970	5-d 6-e
		Shoal Creek Chestnut 1988	Rolls Chestnut 1984	Mr Prospector Grand Luxe	1970 1974	13-c 4-g
	Ornamental Rose Bay 1996	Catrail Bay 1990	Storm Cat Bay or brown 1983	Storm Bird Terlingua	1978 1976	4-j 8-c
		Catrail Bay 1990	Tough as Nails Bay 1984	Majestic Light Hardliner	1973 1974	8-c 2-d
		Tenakee Bay 1990	Diesis Chestnut 1980	Sharpen Up Doubly Sure	1969 1971	5-i 2-o
		Tenakee Bay 1990	Tennis Partner Bay 1983	Northern Dancer Native Partner	1961 1966	2-d 7>

Ancestor duplications:

Northern Dancer

5m x 4m,5f

Mr Prospector

5m x 5f

How good is this filly? Won impressively on debut by 5 and is odds on to repeat the dose in race 3 at Canterbury tomorrow.

She could be very good if times mean anything. Her sectionals on a hvy, 33 and change, were phenomenal. By comparison her sectionals were WAY faster than anything else on the day she blitzed them and her overall time and sectionals were also significantly faster than the speedy older horses Puppet Master/All Carisma on a slow last Sat. Looks to have good size about her in the replay.

Only neg is that the rail is back in the true tomorrow which might give leaders an advantage tomorrow?

Her debut was amazing. Powered home in the Heavy. I think Lees has a good one here.

Fence looks the place to be after 2 races. Will be interesting to see what Avdulla does esp after his last ride

Outstanding turn of foot.

Opened a thread on this one after her debut:

http://forum.thoroughbredvillage.com.au/smart-melody_topic62420_post1562206.html?KW=smart+melody#1562206

She's a star in the making.

Sunline wrote:

Opened a thread on this one after her debut:

http://forum.thoroughbredvillage.com.au/smart-melody_topic62420_post1562206.html?KW=smart+melody#1562206

She's a star in the making.

Cheers Sunline. Couldn’t find a thread for her.

Au contraire, thank YOU Gay, and other mods.

They said after the race

The mother was recently (like in the last 12 months?) sold for 51k

April 2018

2018 Australian Broodmare and Weanling Sale

Horse Results

1 result found. Click on a column title to toggle sorting

Lot	Media	Col	Sex	Name	Sire	Dam	Vendor	Purchaser	Price
467		B	Mare(+)	Sweetest Melody	Encosta de Lago	Ornamental Rose	Gooree Park Stud, Mudgee	R Manwaring NSW	$51,000

Read more at https://inglis.com.au/sales/info/2018+Australian+Broodmare+and+Weanling+Sale/search?pedigree_search=1&sale_id=530&sire%5B%5D=&vendor%5B%5D=&vendor_images%5B%5D=&name%5B%5D=Sweetest+Melody&sex%5B%5D=&colour%5B%5D=&age%5B%5D=&in_foal%5B%5D=&covering_stallion%5B%5D=&breeding_report=&s_ss_sss_sds%5B%5D=&d_dd_ddd%5B%5D=&sgs_ss%5B%5D=&sgs_ds%5B%5D=&s_s%5B%5D=&s_ds%5B%5D=&ds%5B%5D=&dds%5B%5D=&ss%5B%5D=&sss%5B%5D=&brp%5Bhclass%5D%5B%5D=&brp%5Bdclass%5D%5B%5D=&brp%5Bdpclass%5D%5B%5D=#r1olvUKvfJCzYzZi.99

LOOKS BRILLIANT

one cautionary note

TRIAL SOFT 7

TRIAL SOFT 5

RACE HEAVY 8

RACE SOFT 6

The acceleration at CANTERBURY was captivating

Gay3 wrote:

http://forum.thoroughbredvillage.com.au/search-how-to_topic60554.html

Cheers for the heads up Gay

Sunline wants his credit as if starting a thread about a horse is worth something tangible other then a boost to the ego.

Welcome to 2018

SHOVHOG wrote:

Sunline wants his credit as if starting a thread about a horse is worth something tangible other then a boost to the ego.

Welcome to 2018

Speediskey wrote:

SHOVHOG wrote:

Sunline wants his credit as if starting a thread about a horse is worth something tangible other then a boost to the ego.

Welcome to 2018

Your a funny bloke Shovhog, you made a request for help for old replays from the forum which you duly got, then had a dig at an innocent poster, why Shyte in your own nest?

Sunline knows I & others hate duplicate threads Smile

I'm just taking the piss. Sunline is an excellent poster and good form student I just forgot how sensitive we all are.

Welcome to 2018

That's the way I see him too, nice to see we are on the same page.

Red - her two siblings have done nothing (one unraced), hence the cheap price (possibly). Perhaps they both had problems and Goree ran out of patience? She actually beat Red Tracer in one of her wins. Bet they are ruing selling her now.

Yes she's a mudlark but she doesn't need to sprint much faster on good going to be competitive at higher levels (see her Newcastle sectionals). Yesterday her times were better than all other races. Pretty decent effort for an inexperienced 2YO who was allowed to coast home.

Breeding buffs - what does her ancestry say about her possible distance limits?

Her pedigree suggest 1200-1400 wet tracker who might get 2000m on a lest testing surface.

Native Partner is the dam of a colt who started favourite in the 1987 English Derby, Ajdal who failed in that race and less than 2 months later won the July Cup 1200m.

Also from the female family of serheed, sire of northerly.

They're aiming high. From RNSW website:

Talented filly Smart Melody is likely to tackle at least the early part of the Princess Series as an early three-year-old. Unbeaten from only two starts and very impressive on both occasions – the latest at Canterbury on Wednesday over 1100m in midweek company – the Smart Missile youngster has concluded her current preparation.

“Because the spring isn’t too far away, she will have a break of only 10 days out at our Ellalong Farm,” Lees said. “I’m not sure at this stage what distance she will handle, but we will look at the first couple of races of the Princess Series against her own sex and take it from there.”

Exciting prospect Smart Melody (Brenton Avdulla) coasts in at Canterbury Park. Image by Bradley Photographers

Those are the $200,000 Silver Shadow Stakes and $200,000 Furious Stakes. Both are Group 2 1200m events to be run at Royal Randwick on August 18 and September 1 respectively.

The remaining legs of the Princess Series also are scheduled for Royal Randwick; the $200,000 Group 2 Tea Rose Stakes (1400m) and $500,000 Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) on September 15 and 29.

To date, only Angst (1993) and Lees’s former champ Samantha Miss (2008) have won all four legs of the series, though a number of fillies have won three legs.

And the format has been changed in recent years since its inception in 1989. It was previously staged at 1200m (Silver Shadow), 1400m (Furious), 1500m (Tea Rose) and 1600m (Flight).

Understandably, Lees is looking forward to testing Smart Melody in stronger company whilst at the same time pointing out it would be silly to start getting too carried away yet.

“She has been able to gallop right from the start, but I’d be lying if I said I thought she would do what she has already,” he said.

Back tomorrow at Wyong. Lookin forward to her putting a hole in them again.

Yes. Only small neg is Kmac will want to make sure he doesn't get snookered early from the ace. Fast beginner Americana Magic is drawn outside and Ridicule is no bunny.

Shumookh first up over 1350m is interesting. Wyong suits but thought she'd resume over a shorter distance.