Randwick races in Sydney

If you live in Sydney and need an incentive to get to the races tomorrow, this might help:

Hall of Fame trainer Bart Cummings yesterday purchased a stunning colt by Nadeem for $220,000 at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sales in Sydney and on Saturday at 2.45pm one lucky punter is going to be given 1/6 of this potential future star, just by being at Royal Randwick for David Jones AJC Australian Derby Day or having attended last week’s AAMI Golden Slipper at Rosehill Gardens.

The promotion gives everyone who attends the races a chance to win a share in the horse, which will be trained by Cummings, possibly with an eye towards the 2011 Golden Slipper given the colt’s impeccable sprinting credentials.

The prize brown colt, is sired by first season stallion Nadeem, himself a son of the top ranking sire Redoute’s Choice.

Nadeem was purchased for $700,000 by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashed al-Maktoum at the Inglis Easter Sales in 2005 and went on to become the Joint Top Colt on the 2005/6 Australasian 2YO Classification.

Nadeem’s career highlights included a win in the Group One MRC Blue Diamond Stakes where he defeated the subsequent Golden Slipper winner Miss Finland.

This colt is from Nadeem’s first season of offspring, and is a true blue blood with real speed in his genes.

To have a chance to be the 1/6 owner of this colt, race day patrons attending the David Jones AJC Australian Derby Day tomorrow (April 10) will need to cut out the entry form from a competition advertisement or download a form online and submit their entry. Participants must be over 18 years of age to enter.

“He is a big colt with a very good rein, a lovely shoulder, and he moves athletically who steps over a lot of ground when walking,” said Cummings.

“And he looks the part,” the master trainer added.

The winner of the competition will be drawn at 2.45pm, just before the running of the Inglis Sires Produce Stakes.

The promotion has been organized by the stakeholders in the Sydney Autumn Carnival; AJC, STC, Inglis, Tabcorp, Racing NSW and Events NSW.

If you don’t win the lucky draw but still fancy owning a piece of this colt Inglis has a couple of shares in the horse remaining to be sold.

Inglis will be responsible for management of the winners share. This will include settlement of all accounts and looking after communications.

Full conditions as well as entry forms for the promotion will be available on the SAC website www.sydneyautumncarnival2010.com.au from Monday March 29, 2010.