🔹 About Illy’s Roo

  • Name: Illy’s Roo

  • DOB: 19/01/23 b g 

  • Sire: Australia, Dam: Illykato, Dam's Sire: Toronado

  • Trainer: Gemma Tutty

  • Purchased for: 7,000gns

  • Purchased at: Tatts July Sale (Feb 7, 2026)

  • Sourced by: Kings Bloodstock

  • Expected first run: Feb 26

📊 Why we like him:

✅ Won a 7f novice on just his 2nd start

✅ Sent off 3–1 favourite on handicap debut – hampered at the start in a messy race (easy to forgive)

✅ Then Chelmsford win off 69 beating Marseillan (then 69, now 72) who:

•⁠ ⁠Won next time

•⁠ ⁠Was sold for 23,000gns yesterday (gives you a great guide to Illy’s Roo’s value)

✅ 3rd that day was well fancied and strongly backed

Other runs can largely be ignored:

•⁠ ⁠Newcastle – crawl early, he got too keen

•⁠ ⁠Kempton – bit slipped through his mouth

•⁠ ⁠Wolves last time – wide trip on an unsuitable track

📈 The exciting angle:

His stride data (length 25, freq 2.2) suggests he’ll be much better on galloping tracks and over further, giving us clear improvement angles straight away.

🎯 The Plan:

•⁠ ⁠Target valuable handicaps through the summer

•⁠ ⁠Step him up in trip

•⁠ ⁠Aim to present him back at the Autumn HIT Sales rated in the 80s

➡ If we achieve that, we’re looking at a very nice payday 💰

Shares are now available in Illy’s Roo – join The Mammoth Pack and be part of an exciting journey.