The connections of Where’s The Circus, a value buy, join others in anticipation of another major Inglis payout as she enters Saturday’s Inglis Millennium.
Paul Murray’s two-year-old’s brother, a Widden Stud colt, goes under the hammer at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale within 24 hours of the $2 million Randwick feature for Inglis grads.
Murray, who snagged Where’s The Circus for $1250 on Inglis Digital in September 2024, expects the Trapeze Artist colt (Lot 190) to command far more, but he’ll inspect anyway.
“We knew he was in the sale and the owners have said, ‘we’ve got to go and have a look at him’, so we’ll be doing that,” Murray said.
Murray’s familiarity with the Fastnet Rock mare Misplaced’s line makes his attention to her 10th foal unsurprising.
He and Michelle Ritchie trained Misplaced’s first pair of Snippetson fillies: Where’s Snippy ($600) and Can’t Find Snippy ($14,000).
Four wins and $61,000 came from Where’s Snippy, with Can’t Find Snippy earning multiples and third in the 2016 race Where’s The Circus contests this weekend.
“Where’s Snippy, she was only a cheap horse and we had a lot of fun with her so we bought the sister and then when she (Where’s The Circus) popped up we thought we’d have a crack at her as well,” Murray said.
“The family’s been good to us.”
Her $231,000 Inglis Nursery score marks Where’s The Circus as the Murrays’ top earner from the family, with more expected.
“We don’t put much pressure on the babies, we just let them tell us what is going on,” Murray said.
“She trialled against the older horses and went well, so we thought we might give her a go at the Inglis (Nursery) and just see how good she is.
“But to this day, we still haven’t really opened her right up. She’s a bit untapped, we don’t know how much further or how good she really is, but we’ll test that a bit on Saturday.”
Aware of the Millennium’s 1100m superiority over Nursery, Murray notes leaders like Plagiarism, Alibaba, Jacaranda atop odds, heightening barrier significance.
From gate four wire-to-wire in Nursery, now barrier two or the rail sans Profitabelle.
“We were hoping for a nice barrier and we got it,” Murray said.
“It was the same as the first start, so she’s really getting the right barriers in these big races, which is a very handy.”
Jay Ford replaces Nursery rider Jean Van Overmeire aboard Where’s The Circus.
The pre-Classic Sale Randwick card spotlights the Millennium, with several having sale siblings.
On sale’s last day Tuesday, Yarraman Park’s Dundeel filly from Advance Party shares blood with Waller’s Snitzel colt Fireball, unbeaten at Rosehill in November.
Plenty of racing betting markets are live for the Inglis Millennium action.
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