Thoroughbred Express QTIS News: August 7-9

Mount Isa - August 7
NATIVE HUNTER  4g Lion Hunter - Little Me  (Zoffany)
WON Sutton, Nyrhinen & Twomey Hcp (1200m);  QTIS  $6050
O-K Young & C Hampton;  B-R Hammond
T-Croydon Hampton (Mt.Isa)
$52,000 buy Magic Millions 2YO QHIT Sale; 
V-Symphony Lodge
Native Hunter completed a hat-trick at Mt Isa after priors at Julia Creek and Cloncurry.  The son of Lion Hunter was originally sold for $20,000 at the 2006 MM Summer Sale before being consigned to the MM 2yo Sale later that year.  Native Hunter is a half-brother to the winners Grosvenor Gate (Brocco) and Aiselgi (Iglesia).  Their dam won 3 sprints in Brisbane and she has a 2yo colt by Show A Heart.

Sunshine Coast - August 8
ROCK MY ROOF  4g Hayil - Astral  (Cosmic Planet)
WON  XXXX QTIS Class 1 Hcp (1400m);  QTIS  $11,400
O-W H Tutt;  B-T & R Alexander
T-Pat Duff (Deagon)
$11,000 buy 2006 MM Summer Sale;   V-Myall Lodge
Rock My Roof has kept progressing since resuming from a 12 month spell in June.  This was his second win in a row at Corbould Park.  The winner is a son of Lyndhurst sire Hayil, a G1 winning 2yo in England by Dayjur, and is a half-brother to the winners Cosmic Comet (Shedad) and Secret Knowledge (Knowledge).  Their dam Astral was pensioned after delivering a Hayil filly last September.

Eagle Farm - August 9
TEARS'N'CHEERS 3g  Street Cry - Fairbit  (Snippets)
WON  Ord Minnett 3yo Hcp (1400m);  QTIS  $53,000
O-Blue Horizon Synd (Mgrs: A Bailey & K McDonald), R & M Shea, G & R Douglas;  B-Blue Horizon Synd
T-Alan Bailey (Gold Coast)
Bred by part-owner
Tears'n'cheers covered the stewards report like a rash after his unlucky second to Jamelden at Doomben in July.  In 7 starts, he has finished out of the first two just the once.  Tears'n'cheers  is by former Darley sire Street Cry who has sired a string of winners in recent months from the speedy Melbourne filly Fairbit.  Tears'n'cheers is her first foal.  She has a 2yo colt by Joyeux Danseur and a yearling filly by Kempinsky.

Eagle Farm - August 9
BURDEKIN BLUES  4g Sequalo - Winsome Blue  (Blue Run)
WON  Parups Waring Architecture (1200m);  QTIS  $53,000
O-T Sheahan;  B-S Marsh, Lyndhurst Stud
T-Barry Baldwin (Eagle Farm)
$32,000 buy Magic Millions Premier Sale;  V-Lyndhurst Stud
Burdekin Blues was much too classy for this field winning by four lengths with his ears pricked.  His record now reads 9-5-2-1 with earnings of $160,000.  He is by Lyndhurst Stud gun Sequalo from Winsome Blue, a flying mare who won 16 races up to 1030m.  She was also runner-up in a QTC Lightning Hcp.  Her earlier winners were Winsome Dancer (Celestial Dancer) and Blue Pistol (Celestial Dancer).  She has a 2yo colt by Sequalo and was served by him again last November.

Toowoomba - August 9
DRUMSHANBO  4g  Kenfair - All Crowns  (Harold of Hastings)
WON  Choice Home Loans Maiden (1200m);  QTIS  $11,400
O/B-J & K Gordon
T-Mick Nolan (Toowoomba)
Retained by breeders
Drumshanbo didn't fire on debut at Ipswich in May 2007 and wasn't sighted again until he was a good thing beaten at Toowoomba last month.  There were no mistakes second-up when he scored by two lengths back on home soil.  Drumshanbo is by Kenfair, the 1991 STC Silver Slipper Stakes (G2) winner, who stands at Clear Mountain Fairview.  He is the last foal of a mare who now has four foals to race for as many winners.

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