Nadeson Park’s Redoute’s Choice stallion Time Thief has ten lots on this week’s CTS April Yearling Sale.
.Time Thief – impressive specimen
His recent Gr1 winning daughter In Her Time was the casualty of a badly judged ride by her replacement rider when being left with too much to do as she stayed on for third in the Gr1 $2.5 million Darley T.J. Smith Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.
In Her Time got a lot further back than expected early in the 1200m contest and then ran into some traffic problems at the top of the straight.
Damian Lane, who won the ATC Sires Produce Stakes earlier in the day and was the replacement rider for the injured Corey Brown on In Her Time, blamed himself for the mare’s defeat.
“She has run massive but it was a very badly judged ride,’’ Lane admitted.
“I just didn’t show enough urgency on her in the early stages and ended up back in an impossible position. She has still hit the line really well.”
It was a highly creditable effort by the Gr1 The Galaxy victress behind the boys though as Trapeze Artist dropped in trip to beat Australia’s best sprinter Redzel .
The general consensus was that it was all credit to trainer Gerald Ryan who was able to freshen Trapeze Artist after his third in the Randwick Guineas a month ago and have his colt sharp enough to outsprint the brilliant Redzel.
“I’ve had a lot of faith in this colt,’’ Ryan said.
“His owner, Bert (Vieira) really twisted my arm about running him today and I thought about how I was going to freshen him up in a month.”
See the Time Thief progeny available at Durbanville on 12 and 13 April
