Magic Hurricane (IRE)

E100,000 Y; third foal; brother to Danish 1m2f winner Hurricane Fighter, half-brother to Listed-placed 7f-1m2f (inc AW) winner Maybe Grace (RPR 95); dam unraced half-sister to Norwegian 1m4f Listed winner Corrine from family of Bellypha; fomerly very useful for James Fanshawe; switched to John O'Shea in Australia and won a handicap at Randwick in June 2015; added the Listed Premier's Cup Handicap at Rosehill in August; just missed out in a Group 2 at Randwick in September; but then landed the Group 1 Metropolitan Handicap in October at the same track; down the field in Group 2 at Randwick on return in February 2016 and again back there in Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes two weeks later; held in a couple of starts at Rosehill in March and again on his return from a break in August 2016; ran to his best when third in a Listed handicap at the same venue next time, then fourth to Hartnell in the Group 2 Ascend Sales Trophies Hill Stakes at Randwick in September; held since including his bid to win the Metropolitan Handicap for a second time; stays 1m4f; acts on good and soft ground, and on Polytrack.