The Graeme Board & Co Sales Graduates heats will be held at the Bathurst Paceway on Friday night, with each starting horses from the two races to make their pacing debuts.
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All starting horses were purchased during the 2016 Bathurst Gold Crown Yearling Sale and Ashuring comes in as the most expensive purchase of the eight starters, for $16,000.
The brown colt sire is Rock N Roll Heaven and dam is Ashura.
Glenn Willmot will be in the gig for Ashuring, which he purchased at last year’s sales.
The gelding will start the colts and geldings heat from gate four.
Nathan Turnbull’s Our Sams Home, which was purchased for $15,000 in last year’s sales, will be driven by Amanda Turnbull.
In the second heat, the two-year-old fillies heat, Mini Major will start from gate six, with the biggest purchase tag from the six starters.
Bought by Dennis Picker for $14,000 at last year’s sales, the bay filly will be driven by Melissa Hawke in the final race of the night.
Lady Zaras Home, whom Nathan Turnbull purchased for $7,000, will start from gate one.
The two-year-old filly, who won her only trial on December 19, will start from barrier one.
Lady Zaras Home’s sire is Passmaster Hanover and her dam is Lady Titian Lombo.
Hannah Mae, a two-year-old bay filly, was withdrawn from last year’s sales.
Robert Morris will drive the filly from gate three.