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Luvaluva, Lady of Crebilly, and the stand out Merchant Navy in the Coolmore G1 were all first past the post in the recognisable Seymour Bloodstock racing silks.

These three big winners, each with different trainers, backgrounds, and purchase prices all came to fruition in very different ways, though Derby Day 2017 is where their success collided and the Pilkington led acquisitions were proven.

Mark Pilkington
“ Identifying the right horses with the right trainers who embrace our HTP packages. Our procurement procedures are widespread, thorough and with no rock unturned.”

“Identifying the right horses is the foundation of all our success and we will continue to be dogged and diligent in equal measure.”

Luvaluva
Winner Group Two Wakeful Stakes
Luvaluva was purchased at a ready to run sale. The John Sargent collaboration came when we decided to stop bidding against each other and collectively pay the $55,000 for this non-commercial bred filly with a beautiful action.

Lady of Crebilly
Winner 3yo 1400m Morphettville
A $7,500 Adelaide yearling purchase’s offset knee didn’t put off the MPM team as she is an otherwise terrific specimen with a pedigree to match, she now heads to the Listed Twilight Glow Stakes at Sandown.

Phil Stokes initially wondered what sort of cripple we had sent him given the price. With five career starts and prize money nearing $70,000, this 3yo ‘Lady’ is only getting started.

Merchant Navy
Winner Group One Coolmore Stakes
Merchant Navy’s was an impressive $350,000 yearling purchase by Cairon Maher and was always on MPM’s radar at the yearling sales.

“Once we make up our minds about a yearling we like, we’ll watch for who buys them,” said Mark Pilkington. “If we like the horse, the price paid and the trainer then I seek to enter the ownership. So with Merchant Navy, we took the major share of 30% in him.”

So there is much to celebrate for Mark Pilkington Management with the Spring Carnival in full swing as well as a couple more MPM hopefuls to watch throughout the week.

Looking forward…

Cup Day
A similar scenario to Merchant Navy,  Aristocratic Miss, running in the 2yo 1000m Group 3 Emirates Stakes. Tony McEvoy bought her for $65,000 at Melbourne Premier sales with Seymour Bloodstock holding 50%.

Oaks Day
Mark Pilkington Management bought Woulda Thought So from the 2016 Magic Millions sales one out. She is running in the 1800m Listed race on Oaks Day.

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A long-time association with Lindsay Park Racing and a roving eye for rising talent has again proven to be a winning combination for, Mark Pilkington, who cheered on as Keen Array added to his array of black type success in Saturday’s Listed Fight Cancer Testa Rossa Stakes at Caulfield.

Keen Array, a 4YO gelding by Bel Esprit from Moorea, had originally been passed in at the 2014 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale and, as a consequence, breeder, Oliver Wong, decided to race the horse himself. Sadly the owner, who had also raced 2015 Australian Oaks winner, Gust of Wind, passed away after Keen Array had just two starts.

“I had seen Keen Array at Lindsay Park a few times and was really quite impressed with him,” Pilkington explains. “So, when the opportunity came up to purchase the horse I didn’t hesitate and formed a syndicate with some good friends. It’s been a good result.”

It certainly has. Keen Array’s victory in the Testa Rossa Stakes was by no means resounding and co-trainer, Tom Dabernig, later quipped that the “winter coat was probably the difference” in the tight finish, but Keen Array clearly got the job done and now has five wins and four placings from his 13 outings for $598,050 in stakes.

Keen Array was also winner of the Listed Blue Sapphire Stakes at Caulfield last October and backed it up a fortnight later with a fast finishing second behind Japonisme in the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes on Derby Day.

In what may be a portent for national racing and breeding, Keen Array also carries the increasingly familiar silks of Darren Thomas’ Seymour Bloodstock.

“Darren is CEO of Thomas Foods International, Australia’s largest meat processing company, and he is an avid investor in the Australian thoroughbred industry,” Pilkington points out. “Darren is also a partner in my Horse Training Packages company and, aside from Keen Array, he also races Don’t Doubt Mamma and He’s Our Rokkii.”

It’s certainly been a big couple of weeks for Pilkington/Thomas with Don’t Doubt Mamma taking her black type tally to four with a win in the previous Saturday’s Group Two Let’s Elope Stakes at Flemington, while dual Group winner, He’s Our Rokkii made it a Caulfield double for Pilkington’s packages when scoring two races on from Keen Array.

“The business is certainly going along very nicely,” Pilkington confirms. “Last season we had 20 three year olds on our books … 18 of those raced for 16 individual winners and five of those won at black type level. Aside from Keen Array, Don’t Doubt Mamma and He’s Our Rokkii, there’s further stakes winners in Extra Choice and Risque, while we also race Group Two winner, He Or She.

“We’re obviously very pleased with how the Horse Training Packages product has developed and are in the process of appointing a new national manager to take it to a broader market in the months and years ahead.

“It’s all about sustainable racing and that means a focus on improving the viability of both trainer and owner. The key is to offer transparent, fixed price training without any surprises.”

That said, horses like Keen Array are always the right kind of surprises!

Erinvale Thoroughbreds’ John Kenneally wasn’t all that surprised when Keen Array was passed for just $25,000 in Melbourne: “He was foaled and raised at Coolmore in the Hunter Valley and was a lovely bodied horse, but wasn’t great in front and a little close at the knees. I thought that would end up holding him back a bit, but there was a lot to like about the horse despite that. It just goes to show you that a few issues don’t hold the good ones back.”

Coolmore Australia was the ‘source’ for another stakes winner on Saturday too with Winx also raised on the property.

“It was a very good day for the farm as both Winx and Keen Array, as well as Denpurr, were foaled and raised here,” Coolmore Australia’s Stud Manager, Jim Carey, reveals. “Keen Array was part of a particularly strong crop and would have shared paddocks with the likes of Vancouver, Pride Of Dubai, Japonsime and Rangipo as a foal. The team on farm enjoy following the graduates: there’s a lot of pride in the success of our horses and it’s a real team effort.”

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Seymour Bloodstock’s now familiar colours will be seen in other stables next season as Gai Waterhouse, Bjorn Baker, Anthony Cummings, Phillip Stokes, Neville Parnham, Clinton MacDonald and Jason Warren all have young horses for Thomas. ‘We have also given support to Trent Bussutin and Natalie Young who are moving to Cranbourne. They and their clients have embraced our discounted pre payment model ( HTP). They have an outstanding record with Victorian and AJC Derbys already in their trophy cabinet. We have 4 horses in work with them and look forward to their Aussie debuts. ” said Thomas. 

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