Victorian Sires Preview 2015

THE WOW SIGNAL Swettenham Stud’s new sire is the first son of Starspangledbanner to go to stud anywhere in the world.

WELCOME New and established studs owned locally and internationally, an interesting selection of first season sires and proven stallions for the owner/breeder and VOBIS Gold increases, a combination that makes Victoria an attractive proposition for the thoroughbred breeder.

The current season sees an expansion of the VOBIS Gold Premier Race Series, one which encompasses 15 feature races and 250 bonus races at different tracks over varying distance with bonuses reaching a record $2.8 million.

CONTENTS Welcome 2 Stellar sires will bring more success to Victoria 3 Stud profiles

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Quality pedigree, obvious talent make War a sound choice

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Victoria’s first season sires

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NET awards

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Stallion parades

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Leading sires

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And for the first time five-year-olds have a chance to race for a bonus, a reward for those not concentrating their breeding efforts on early racing.

Victoria's studs are spread across the state with strong pockets in the Euroa/Nagambie, Romsey and Mornington Peninsula areas, giving breeders ready access.

There is a stallion to fit every budget, over a hundred horses standing from as low as $500 whilst the top end of the market is well catered for with the likes of Helmet, Brazen Beau, Starspangledbanner and Zoustar all standing for beyond $30,000.

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Armidale Stud

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Blue Gum Farm

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Bombora Downs

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Darley

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Larneuk Stud

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Lauriston Park

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Rangal Park Stud

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Spendthrift Australia

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Swettenham Stud

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FEATURE STORY STORY BY KRISTEN MANNING

STELLAR SIRES WILL BRING MORE SUCCESS TO VICTORIA

It has been a big year for Victoria, the likes of Srikandi, Flamberge, Pride of Dubai, Lankan Rupee, Set Square, Bonaria and Trust in a Gust flying the flag for the Victorian breed at Gr.1 level last season. Also the state welcomed a new international player to the stud scene, with Spendthrift Farm choosing the old Yallambee Stud at Romsey as its Australian base.

Meanwhile, Swettenham Stud reaffirmed its commitment to Victoria with the addition of three well-credentialled young stallions to its Nagambie roster, the big race winners Toronado, The Wow Signal and Puissance de Lune. As well Darley chose Victoria to launch the stud career of the dual Gr.1-winning sprinter Brazen Beau who was so game in defeat when runner-up in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes-Gr.1 (6f) at Royal Ascot.

Canford Cliffs

ONS of Fastnet Rock have been really firing of late and it is encouraging for Victorian breeders that two of his stakeswinning sons retire to Euroa studs this spring, Cluster to Larneuk Stud and Rock Hero to Lauriston Park. Blue Gum Farm has exciting times ahead as well, with the stud’s multiple Gr.1winning shuttler Canford Cliffs making such a great start to his stud career in the northern hemisphere.

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Represented by 21 debut crop winners, Canford Cliffs has already sired three stakes winners, the Railway Stakes-Gr.2 (6f) Painted Cliffs, the Grangecon Stud Stakes-Gr.3 (6f) winner Most Beautiful and the Six Perfections Stakes-LR (7f) Aktoria. Crowned Champion European Miler, Canford Cliffs is one of the best racehorses to stand in Victoria in recent years. The winner of seven of his 11 starts he was successful in five consecutive races at the elite level, proving too strong for his rivals in the St James's Palace Stakes-Gr.1 (8f), the Sussex Stakes-Gr.1 (8f), the

Irish 2000 Guineas-Gr.1 (8f), the Lockinge Stakes-Gr.1 (8f) and the Queen Anne Stakes-Gr.1 (8f).

Never out of the placings, Canford Cliffs was also second to the champion Frankel in the Sussex Stakes. A winner at three consecutive Royal Ascot carnivals, Canford Cliffs is a member of the Hail To Reason sire line, his sire being the Prix Morny-Gr.1 (1200m) winner Tagula, sire of 12 stakes winners. Tagula is a son of the lightly raced Taufan, sire of 23 stakes winners including the Caulfield Cup-Gr.1 (2400m) winner Taufan's Melody.

By the Champagne Stakes-Gr.1 (1600m) winning successful stallion Stop The Music, Taufan is from a family well known to Australian breeders, his second dam Stolen Hour (to whom he is line-bred) being the dam of the great Best In Show, fourth dam of Redoute's Choice. Canford Cliffs is out of the Irish Broodmare of the Year Mrs Marsh, a Marju half-sister to the stakes winners Triple Threat and Pina Colada.

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FEATURE STORY

Warrior’s Reward

Cluster

Rock Hero

Recently welcoming his first foal, War stands alongside Canford Cliffs at Blue Gum. A lightly raced but talented son of More Than Ready, the Up-And-Coming StakesGr.3 (1300m) winner hails from one of Australia's favourite families with his third dam being the wonderful Denise's Joy. His stud companion, the bold front-running import Glass Harmonium, was versatile enough to win at weight-for-age and handicap level. He was seen at his best claiming the Mackinnon Stakes-Gr.1 (2000m), one of his five wins (1400m-2200m).

Dual Gr.1-winning sprinter Turffontein, also at Blue Gum, has been faring well with 23 winners from his first 48 runners, including the very classy fillies Fontein Ruby and Fontiton, both stakes winners for Aquanita. Another stud mate, the globetrotting star Elvstroem, continues to do the job, his 12 stakes winners including last spring's Gr.1 winner Hucklebuck who will be seen in action again in coming months.

Just down the road a bit from Blue Gum is Neville Murdoch's Larneuk Stud which welcomes Fastnet Rock's first season sire Cluster to its roster this spring. A lightly raced winner of the Theo Marks Stakes-Gr.2 (1400m), the imposing 16.2hh bay is out of the stakeswinning Last Tycoon mare Tarcoola Diamond. Standing alongside Cluster is the Gr.1 galloper Ilovethiscity, brilliant winner of the Randwick GuineasGr.1 (1600m), the Hobartville Stakes-Gr.2 (1400m) and the Spring Stakes-Gr.3 (1600m). A horse with an outstanding turn of foot, Ilovethiscity is a good looking chestnut strongly built in the mould of his sire Magic Albert.

One of Australia's most reliable stallions hailing from a consistent sire line, Magic Albert boasts a winners-to-runners strike rate in excess of 66% with his 20 stakes winners including the Gr.1 gallopers Albert The Fat, Magic Cape and Fighting Warrior. Magic Albert's multiple Gr.1-winning sire Zeditave, one of the best sprinters of the stellar late 1980s era, was also known for his great record, a strike rate of more than 70% maintained throughout a lengthy stud career that saw him sire 36 stakes winners.

It seems apt that Ilovethiscity, who did the majority of his racing in Sydney, return to Victoria to stand with his great-great grandsire being one of the state's most famed stallions, the wonderful Showdown. Ilovethiscity hails from a favourite family both here and in New Zealand, one which has produced the Gr.1 winners Gay Poss, National Gallery, Niello, Mahaya, Dalmacia, Miss Keepsake, Lankan Rupee and successful stallions Grosvenor and Lonhro.

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It is a son of the latter, the record breaking Chelmsford Stakes-Gr.2 (1600m) winner O'Lonhro, who makes up Larneuk's 2015 roster. A handsome dark brown nearblack stallion, O'Lonhro has a definite look of his sire (a great-grandson of Sir Tristram via Octagonal and Zabeel), an 11 times Gr.1 winner who has been well represented by 53 stakes winners including the big race winners Pierro, Denman, Beaded, Bounding, Mental and Benfica.

Out of the three times Group-winning Zoffany (USA) mare Mamzelle Pedrille from a prolific black type family whose members include the Gr.1 mare Diamond Drille and the outstanding young stallion I Am Invincible, O'Lonhro is a descendant of the influential matriarch Chelandry. Making an encouraging start to his stud career, O'Lonhro has already been represented by 11 winners with the likes of Lirabird, Beau Padrille, Little Capri, Vella Lonchick and Je Suis Prest looking particularly smart.

Another Euroa stud welcoming a first season Fastnet Rock (champion sire of 80 stakes winners) stallion is Chris and Kathie Bakker's Lauriston Park. A lightly raced bay who showed tremendous talent, winning the Dulcify Quality-LR in barnstorming fashion, Rock Hero was highly regarded by trainer David Payne who held in him higher regard than stable mate Criterion at three. Described by Payne as “the best looking son of Fastnet Rock standing at stud this season,” Rock Hero is a son of the terrific mare Gallant Tess, one of the best of the Galileo breed to race in Australia.

A five times Gr.1 placed dual Gr.2 winner of the AJC Breeders' Classic-Gr.2 (1200m) and the Chelmsford Stakes-Gr.2 (1600m), Gallant Tess produced Rock Hero as her first foal; and what a great job this Fastnet Rock/Galileo cross is proving, to date producing 17 winners from 24 runners including the English Oaks-Gr.1 (12f) heroine Qualify, the Queensland Derby-Gr.1 (2400m) winner Magicool and the Listed winner Eagle Island.

Fastnet Rock's sons are bound to be in great demand this spring with Hinchinbrook, Stryker and Wanted all siring stakes winners, while Rothesay earned the title of leading first season sire by winners and Hinchinbrook Leading First Crop Sire by earnings in 2014-15.

Rock Hero is a descendant of Mumtaz Mahal, a family that has excelled internationally and has been well represented in this part of the world by Eight Carat (GB), Australasia's most prized matriarch. The big race winners from this prolific family are too numerous to name but another was added to its honour roll this year, the English Derby-Gr.1 (12f) star Golden Horn.

FEATURE STORY

Brazen Beau

Warhorse

Welcoming Rock Hero to Lauriston is Danehill's son Desert King, the young and the older stallion striking up an immediate friendship in their adjoining paddocks!

What a grand contribution that triple Gr.1-winning son of Danehill has made to Australian racing, siring the triple Melbourne Cup-Gr.1 (3200m) winner Makybe Diva among his 27 stakes winners.

Also a Gr.1 winner, the handsome chestnut Jimmy Creed is by Distorted Humor, highly successful sire of 127 stakes winners including the multiple Gr.1 winners Funny Cide, Commentator and Drosselmeyer. His dam is the Gr.1 mare Hookedonthefeelin, also dam of the triple Gr.1 winner Pussycat Doll and the Listed winner Funny Feeling.

He is no one-horse sire either, Desert King also siring the fantastic Gai Waterhousetrained six times Gr.1 winner Desert War, the French Champion Three Year-Old Stayer Mr Dinos and fellow Gr.1 winners Chelsea Rose, Darsalam and Lachlan River.

This year's Perth Cup-Gr.2 (2400m) winner Real Love is also by Desert King, as is Desert Jeuney who looks set to enhance his black type record this spring.

Wanting an Australian horse on their roster, Spendthrift was pleased to be able to secure a son of proven sire of sires Redoute's Choice in Hampton Court, winner of three of his 15 starts including the Spring Champion Stakes-Gr.1 (2000m) and the Dulcify Handicap-LR (1600m). Boasting a cross of the influential Nijinsky II, Hampton Court is out of the imported stakeswinning mare Roses 'N' Wine from the family that produced superstar Makybe Diva.

Another Danehill stallion doing a good job for Victoria is Rangal Park Stud's Danerich. A speedy dual stakes winner of the McNeil Stakes-Gr.3 (1100m) and the Mitchell McKenzie Stakes-LR (1000m), Danerich was also second to Segments in the Schillaci Stakes-Gr.2 (1000m) and he was third behind the Gr.1 gallopers Apache Cat and God's Own in the Caulfield Guineas Prelude-Gr.3 (1400m).

A good-looking $500,000 Magic Millions graduate, Danerich is a son of the very talented Rubiton mare Millrich, winner of the Sweet Embrace Stakes-Gr.3 (1200m) and third in a strong edition of the Golden Slipper Stakes-Gr.1 (1200m) behind Flying Spur and Octagonal. This is a fast family, its members including the stakes winners El Roca, Dilly Dally, Li Lo Lill and Linga Longa Lucy.

Getting more than 81% of his named foals to the track, Danerich has sired 120 winners from only 197 starters, and six of his sons and daughters are stakes winners. Richie's Vibe (Australia Stakes-Gr.2, 1200m, Sprint Handicap-LR, 1200m), Lord of the Sky (Sir John Monash Stakes-Gr.3, 1100m), Heaven's Riches (Chairman's Stakes-Gr.3, 2000m), Classy Chloe (Durbridge Stakes-LR, 1200m), Streetcar Isabelle (Oakbank Stakes-LR, 1100m) and Flying Skipper (Fashion Stakes-LR, 1800m) are all strong performers for Danerich who has also sired five stakes placed winners.

There is plenty of new blood on offer at Swettenham Stud this spring too, the Nagambie farm home to six stallions and half are embarking on their first season at stud. The Melbourne Cup-Gr.1 (3200m) hero Americain, dual King's Stand StakesGr.1 (1000m) winner Equiano and the local Gr.1-winning sprinter Master of Design have been joined by Toronado, The Wow Signal and Puissance de Lune.

A high class winner of six of his 12 starts, High Chaparral's son Toronado was twice successful at Gr.1 level, defeating strong fields in the Queen Anne Stakes-Gr.1 (1m) at Royal Ascot and the Sussex Stakes-Gr.1 (1m) at Goodwood. Runner-up in another three Gr.1 races, Toronado is out of the winning Grand Slam mare Wana Doo, daughter of the Listed winner Wedding Gift who also produced the Gr.1 sprinter Casamento. This is a family well known in Australia, one that has produced the local Gr.1 winners French Clock and Heart of Dreams.

The new boy on the Victorian block is Spendthrift Farm and it is looking to make an immediate impact with a unique “Share The Upside� program, one that allows breeders who choose to pay a bit more than the advertised service fee to take part in the stallion's entire career. After paying service fees for the first two years, the breeder will be entitled to a lifetime nomination, one which they can use or sell.

Speaking of Australian bloodlines, The Wow Signal is a horse who will be of great appeal to fans of Choisir, his sire being that globe-trotting multiple Gr.1 winner's excellent son Starspangledbanner. Like his sire, a big race winner in Australia and the UK, Starspangledbanner, who stands at Rosemont Stud at Gnarwarre, has been thwarted by fertility problems, but he has done a great job in both hemispheres with four stakes winners from just 44 runners. As a winner of the Prix Morny-Gr.1 (1200m), The Wow Signal is the best of those and he is from a nice family, his dam

by High Chaparral being a half-sister to the dual stakes winner Tolpuddle, while his second and third dams are both stakes winners.

Four stallions make up Spendthrift Farm Australia's debut roster, Can The Man, Warrior's Reward, Jimmy Creed and Hampton Court. A Listed and Gr.3 winner from just six starts in the United States, Can The Man was Gr.1 placed at two. He is a son of the Hollywood Futurity-Gr.1 (8.5f) winner Into Mischief (Storm Cat line) who has done a great job siring 11 stakes winners in his first four crops.

A popular horse who we did not see at his best, Puissance de Lune still managed to put his class on display winning eight of his 22 starts, three of those at Group level. Four times placed in Gr.1 races, Puissance de Lune is a son of the multiple Gr.1 winner Shamardal, highly successful sire of 84 stakes winners including the Australian bred Hong Kong star Able Friend.

Of most interest to Australian breeders however is the fact that Can The Man's third dam is Best In Show who has had such great influence in this part of the world, especially via Redoute's Choice.

Darley's Victorian base at Northwood Park is also in for a busy spring with a strong roster of seven well-credentialled stallions, a nice mixture of the proven and the emerging. One of the state's classiest stallions, Zabeel's unbeaten son Reset, has sired 30 stakes winners and has made a fine contribution siring the winners of some of our biggest races, the W.S Cox Plate-Gr.1 (2040m) (Pinker Pinker), the Caulfield Cup-Gr.1 (2400m) (Fawkner), the VRC Derby-Gr.1 (2500m) (Rebel Raider) and the VRC Oaks-Gr.1 (2500m) (Set Square).

Warrior's Reward is a horse who many Victorians are talking about, the big strong Gr.1-winning son of Medaglia d'Oro making such a good start to his stud career in the United States with 44 winners from his first two crops. Already the sire of two stakes winners and eight stakes placed gallopers, Warrior's Reward hails from a strong international family whose members include the recently retired English 2000 Guineas-Gr.1 (8f) winner Night of Thunder and the NZ Champion 2Y0 Ruud Awakening.

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Red Ransom's Silver Slipper Stakes-Gr.2 (1100m) winner Domesday also gets his share of winners, notably Gr.1 winners Doctor Doom and Pressday and is always

popular with mare owners, while dual Gr.1 winner Street Boss has been serving big books and has been doing the job, with 17 stakes winners. The remaining four members of the Darley roster are youngsters Brazen Beau, Helmet, Kuroshio and Skilled.

All horses of considerable talent with hot young stallion I Am Invincible's son Brazen Beau the newest of them, standing his first season and bound to prove popular on the back of his Gr.1 form. Helmet (Exceed and Excel) meanwhile is into his fourth season, the imposing triple Gr.1-winning chestnut being given every chance having served 421 mares during his first three years at stud.

Commands' Champagne Stakes-Gr.1 (1600m) winner Skilled is also proving popular while Gr.2 winner Kuroshio, by speed influence Exceed and Excel and with his first two dams by Gone West and Storm Cat, served 103 mares in his first season last spring.

The breeding industry was dealt a huge blow in 2009 with the death of the outstanding sire General Nediym. With just 10 crops to race General Nediym has had over 560 winners (73% W/R) including 48 stakeswinners, 8 of which came from his final crop. Come 2015 and Bombora Downs will be standing his most successful son Warhorse, a product of that final crop.

A dual Group winner at two with the highlight being the 2012 Gr.1 Diamond Stakes (1200m) Warhorse was subsequently crowned New Zealand Champion Two YearOld of that year. Returning as a three year-old Warhorse won the Listed Bonecrusher Stakes and placed in the Gr.1 NZ 2000 Guineas (behind Sacred Falls) and Gr.2 Apollo Stakes. Warhorse went on to be a proven Group class weight for age performer right through to his fifth year. Combine this with his impressive pedigree and his first season at stud is sure to attract a great book of mares.

The Victorian stud with the biggest roster is Eliza Park, home this spring to Fighting Sun, Fiorente, Magnus, Moshe, Sharkbite, Squamosa, Statue of Liberty and Wanted. Being a talented son of the much missed Northern Meteor, the lightly raced Listed winner Fighting Sun was always going to prove popular and he did just that, 147 mares making up his debut harem.

A different style of horse, the Melbourne Cup-Gr.1 (3200m) winner Fiorente also has a strong fan base, and his first group of foals from last year’s book of 186 mares, are

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Fiorente

already impressing. The consistent Magnus whose 149 winners from 230 runners include eight stakes winners, notably Gr.1 winner Magnifisio, is in for another busy season as is his close relation, Moshe, brother to the mighty Black Caviar.

Having been represented by his first stakes winner in Dead Or Alive, and also by impressive Flemington debut winner Most Wanted (subsequently sold to Hong Kong), VRC Newmarket Handicap-Gr.1 winner Wanted (Fastnet Rock) will again have support, as will the always reliable Statue of Liberty (Storm Cat), sire of 17 stakes winners including the popular sprinter and multiple Gr.1 winner Hay List.

Members of the Redoute's Choice sire line, Sharkbite and Squamosa make up Eliza Park's roster, one which they showed off at the stud’s recent well attended annual stallion parade.

SHowING

Warhorse

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B/Br. H. 2009. 15.3½h. General Nediym – Rathlin Island

cHampIoN 2yo, GRoup oNe wINNeR at 2.

Champion nZ 2YO, Group One winner at 2 yrs, multiple Group winner, won from 1200m – 1400m, Group placed to One Mile in nZ & Aus. An outstanding 2yo, Classic performed 3yo, proven Group Class weight-for-age performer & Group performed from 2 to 5 years, in new Zealand & Australia. the best performed son of outstanding sire General nediym (73% winners to runners) Outstanding pedigree, completely Danehill free & from a family already proven to cross well with Danehill.

A highly respected & very hot commercial pedigree with Warhorse’s half brother selling for $335,000 at the 2015 Yearling sales, and his half sister selling for $410,000 at the 2015 Broodmare sales.

A very attractive and neat individual standing 15.3½ hands, Warhorse offers outstanding Champion 2yo performance combined with the soundness and ability to train on and perform at Group level from 2 to 5 years & retire sound.

2015 SeRvIce Fee $7,700

Free return

For all bookings and enquiries contact : bombora downs stud oFFice christoph bruechert 105 Myers Road (PO Box 48) Bittern 3918 P › 03 5983 6802 m › 0419 534 961 e › horses@bomboradowns.com w › www.bomboradowns.com

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STUD PROFILE SWETTENHAM STUD

20TH ANNIVERSARY MARKED BY A STELLAR ROSTER

STORY BY RENÉE GEELEN

HIS year marks the 20th anniversary of the Sangster family’s tenure of the Swettenham property at Nagambie. To take advantage of the newly launched VOBIS in 1995, the Sangster and Hayes families relocated many of their stallions from the NSW Collingrove property to Victoria.

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Renowned sire of precocious speedsters, Rory’s Jester (Crown Jester-Rory’s Rocket

by Roan Rocket), was one of the first to stand at the new property, originally named Collingrove Victoria. When the family asked the late Bill Stutt about buying land in Victoria he said, “You want to be north of the divide and on the river” to which Robert Sangster quipped “And next to a vineyard.”

The property neighbours Mitchelton Winery and the Goulburn River which Sangster refers to as an “umbilical cord of water in times of drought”. The 364ha (900 acre) farm was purchased from the Sleigh family who ran a cattle property there, but were best known for their string of Golden Fleece petrol stations. As the Sangsters had owned English Derby winner Golden Fleece a decade earlier, it seemed like a great omen for the next step in the Collingrove story.

Prior to this decision, Robert Sangster had been responsible for pioneering sending shuttle stallions to Australia (in conjunction with Coolmore) via the NSW property, and raced horses all over the world under the racing brand Swettenham with the famous green, royal blue and white colours.

One of six children, Adam Sangster grew up travelling with his father all over Europe, but once he graduated he took the advice of his mother. She told him “there is nothing worse than talking to a man who can only talk about horses, booze and sex”. So Adam took a job with a big finance company, and after the 1987 crash the company sent him to Hong Kong. With that experience in a different industry under his belt, in 1991, Adam moved to Adelaide to work with the Sangster family bloodstock advisor David Coles. “He was a great mentor and the most fabulous communicator. We knew more about our Australian racehorses than any of our other stock. He played a massive part in the growth of our Australian businesses, and it is only fitting that he was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame,” Adam said.

The two Collingrove properties were initially owned by the Sangster family in conjunction with the Hayes family, and over the years have gone through a complicated set of ownership changes as the two families have dealt with several personal changes. The Sangster family bought out the Hayes family (in stages) after Colin Hayes died in May, 1999, and later, in April, 2004, when Robert Sangster died, Adam bought the remaining 50% of the Victorian property.

This enabled Adam to create certainty for his own future, and he renamed the farm Swettenham in honour of his father. Swettenham had raced more than 200 Gr.1 winners by that time, and the choice was a tribute to a father, friend and mentor.

Later, in 2007-08 the remaining family bloodstock assets were dispersed, with all bloodstock sold and Collingrove NSW sold to Patinack. This dispersal sale finalised the ‘who owns what’ clean up between the six Sangster siblings, and freed them all to go their own directions into the future.

Adam Sangster’s background in finance has proved extremely useful in the past 20 years with the Swettenham property, and has silenced Sangster’s initial critics, as he has grown the farm into a fully Australian-owned business that continually reinvests into the Australian industry. This season, Swettenham is launching three stallions, two of which are owned by Qatar’s Al Shaqab.

Toronado

Stud Manager Brian Gorman says “2015 is going to be a very busy season for us, but all the staff are excited to be working with two champion horses in Al Shaqab’s Toronado and The Wow Signal. Toronado was awarded Champion Three Year-Old Miler in Europe and The Wow Signal is France’s Champion Two Year-Old. It is the first time Al Shaqab has sent stallions to the southern hemisphere (Al Shaqab also has Choisir’s son Olympic Glory at Arrowfield), and we are very fortunate to have been chosen for this new relationship.”

The Wow Signal (Starspangledbanner–Muravka by High Chaparral) should appeal to Australian breeders who recall the international deeds of Starspangledbanner and his sire Choisir. The Wow Signal showed the precocity that we Australians typically associate with this sire line in winning at Royal Ascot (Coventy StakesGr.2) early in the season before dominating in the Prix Morny-Gr.1 in August.

Toronado (High Chaparral-Wana Doo by Grand Slam) gives breeders in Victoria a chance to use a top class European galloper who started his career in perfect style, winning all three of his two year-old starts including the Champagne Stakes-Gr.2.

He made good progression as a three year-old, beating Dawn Approach in the Sussex Stakes-Gr.1, and stayed in training as a four year-old to win the Queen Anne Stakes-Gr.1 at Royal Ascot. He is from the family of Australian Guineas-Gr.1 winner Heart of Dreams (Show a Heart–Academy of Dreams by Royal Academy).

“These horses complement the rest of our stallion line-up and it is a thrilling time for Victoria to stand horses of such class,” Gorman said.

The other freshman for this season is Puissance de Lune (Shamardal-Princess Serena

by Unbridled’s Song), who flourished into a tough racehorse in Australia winning eight races, two at Gr.2 level and notched up four Gr.1 placings. By the same sire as World Champion Miler Able Friend, Puissance de Lune has a strong family, with his half-sister leaving 2013 Champion Two Year-Old Filly in Ireland Rizeena (Iffraaj-Serena’s Storm

by Statue of Liberty). “He was a very versatile racehorse who is well priced in the market and as such is receiving solid support,” Gorman added.

Of the Melbourne Cup winner Americain (Dynaformer-America by Arazi), Gorman said, “His stock sold well as weanlings, and he throws nice strong individuals, so we are looking forward to offering his yearlings this season.”

The Gr.1-winning sprinter Master of Design (Redoute’s Choice-Urge To Merge by Last Tycoon) has his first crop of two year-olds and Gorman is optimistic about their prospects. “Every stud with a horse at this stage is holding their breath in anticipation. We have had plenty of solid reports about his progeny, so we are looking forward to seeing them out on the racetrack.”

The only horse on the Swettenham roster with progeny at the races is dual King’s Stand Stakes-Gr.1 winner Equiano (Acclamation–Entente Cordiale by Ela-ManaMou), who is currently the leading second crop sire in Europe and Australia. He already has four stakes winners on the board, headlined by this season’s two yearold Gr.3 winner Fly on the Night (ex Midnight M by Green Desert).

Puissance de Lune

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“We have a good blend of bloodlines that creates a very attractive roster for 2015.

Swettenham is proud to be partnering with Al Shaqab to bring such top class horses to Victoria in Toronado and The Wow Signal,” Adam Sangster added.

THE WOW SIGNAL $15,000 inc. GST

“The response to this horse has been phenomenal. The Australian breeder wanted early speed, and that’s what we have delivered with The Wow Signal – a two-year-old Group 1 winner (Prix Morny) and Group 2 winner (Coventry Stakes), both 1200 meters.”

Adam Sangster “His two-year-old form has emerged as some of the best in the world and I have no doubt that he would have gone on to be an exceptional three-year-old.”

Hon. Harry Herbert Racing Advisor to Al Shaqab

“He’s so tough, determined and precocious, he has the heart of a lion.”

Frankie Dettori Jockey

Also in 2015

AMERICAIN $13,750 inc. GST

EQUIANO $13,750 inc. GST

MASTER OF DESIGN $15,000 inc. GST

TORONADO $22,000 inc. GST

PUISSANCE DE LUNE $11,000 inc. GST

CHRIS BELLI 0417 514 552 ADAM SANGSTER 0418 543 633 chris@swettenham.com.au

FEATURE STORY

QUALITY PEDIGREE, OBVIOUS TALENT MAKE WAR A SOUND CHOICE

STORY BY DAVID BAY

Breeders looking for a whole lot of pedigree at a modest fee would do well to look at War, a $500,000 yearling who went on to become a Gr.3 winner in just four starts. By outstanding sire More Than Ready (USA) and a close relation to champion More Joyous, he stands at Blue Gum Farm in Victoria on a second season fee of just $6600.

E COVERED 44 mares at $8800 last season, but since then his pedigree has become even more attractive with his half-sister Fenway (High Chaparral (IRE)) landing the ATC Vinery Stud Stakes-Gr.1 earlier this year.

Not that anyone should be surprised when a good un’ pops up in this family as War and Fenway have the champion Denise’s Joy as their third dam, their second dam is a Gr.1 winner by nine times Australian Champion Sire Danehill (USA) and their dam is a city winner by multiple champion sire Zabeel (NZ) (Sir Tristram (IRE)-Lady Giselle (FR) by Nureyev) and just happens to be a half-sister to Gr.1 winners Tuesday Joy (Carnegie (IRE)) and Sunday Joy (Sunday Silence).

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War’s breeder John Singleton has spared no expense to build a top class broodmare band for his showplace Strawberry Hill Stud at Mt White, and many of them are descendants of Denise’s Joy (Seventh Hussar (FR)-Fun For All by Pipe of Peace (GB)) whose wins included the VRC Oaks-Gr.1, Queensland Oaks-Gr.1, WATC Australian Derby-Gr.1, VRC Turnbull Stakes-Gr.1 and VATC Underwood Stakes-Gr.1 when racing in the mid-1970s.

Although she left only one stakes winner, War’s third dam, the multiple stakes winner Denise’s Joy by Seventh Hussar, her daughters became exceptional producers including Joy and Fun (Showdown (GB)), whose descendants include Gr.1 winner Euphoria, sire Christmas Tree and young sire Stryker, while

descendants of another daughter, Clifton Gardens (Mighty Kingdom), include Gr.1 winner Miss Danehill, Gr.2 winner Pentastic and Gr.3 winner and sire Primus.

Other daughters Joie de Vivre (Vain), Joyfulness (Bletchingly) are dams of the likes of Eastern Star, Jolly, Arlington Road and Joie de Grise. Other descendants include Gr.1 winners Bentley Biscuit, Thorn Park (champion sire), Sterling City (UAE Golden Shaheen) and Group winners Elliotto, Ready to Rip, Light Up The World, World Peace, Chivalry, Sunny Power, Cask and Rain Drum.

However it is the branch via the QTC Oaks-Gr.1 heroine Joie Denise by Danehill that captures our attention as the second dam of War and her six winners include the magnificent Tuesday Joy whose seven wins included the BMW-Gr.1, Chipping Norton Stakes-Gr.1, Coolmore Classic-Gr.1 and Ranvet-Gr.1. Her half-sister Sunday Joy, a $1m Magic Millions Gold Coast yearling buy in 2001 and conceived when her dam visited Japan for a mating with Kentucky Derby winner and supersire Sunday Silence, won three races including the AJC Australasian Oaks-Gr.1 and then found further fame as the dam of champion More Joyous (like War by More Than Ready), a mare inbred to Halo, who won 21 races, eight of them at Gr.1.

The best performer by her sire, More Joyous took the Flight Stakes, George Main Stakes, Doncaster Handicap, Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Queen of the Turf Stakes

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FEATURE STORY (twice), Toorak Handicap and Futurity Stakes for owner John Singleton and trainer Gai Waterhouse and was Champion Middle Distance Horse in Australia in 2011-12, winning from 1100m-2000m and earning more than $4.57m.

While Deedra did not earn black type, she won twice at 1600m and was city placed, running second (twice) and third, before going to stud. Her record of seven firstthree finishes in just nine starts shows she had some quality, and War who was foaled in 2010 was her first foal. Fenway was born in 2011 and then came two More Than Ready fillies, This Time Bridie and Fly Lightly, in 2012 and 2013. After missing to a Fastnet Rock cover in 2013, Singleton sent his mare to the UK for a mating with champion Frankel in October 2014 and that foal is due in September.

War, a $500,000 buy at Inglis 2012, was knocked down to James Bester and Demi O’Byrne for a Coolmore Stud Syndicate, and headed to the stables of Gai Waterhouse. He appeared at the two year-old trials in Sydney on September 24, winning over 850m from Mr Jackman and then took his place in a field of 12 for the historic Breeders’ Plate-LR (1000m) at Randwick on October 6, running a threelength second to speedy stable mate Whittington.

He was given a break and then won a 900m trial on January 13 before a fifth in a trial the following month saw him sent back to the paddock. He was third in a 1050m trial on July 19, 2013 and then ran sixth of 11 on a heavy track over 1100m at Canterbury on August 7 before his win in the Up and Coming Stakes-Gr.3 (1300m) at Warwick Farm on August 24. The colt beat Drago by three-quarters of a length, with Vilanova third and with favourite and previously undefeated Pitcrew in fourth in a race previously won by Fastnet Rock, Marscay, Star Watch, Our Maizcay, General Nediym, Testa Rossa and Exceed and Excel, all successful sires.

“He’s a very good horse in the making,” Gai Waterhouse said after the win. “He’s gone ahead in leaps and bounds and I loved the way he came away in the straight.

He wanted to over use himself in earlier races and I have had to train him a little differently to get him to learn to relax, and he’s done that today.”

“I wasn’t happy at all with him the other day at Canterbury as his manners weren’t very good and he went very keen and hung a bit. Gai said ‘just give me a week or two and I’ll fix him’,” Tommy Berry said. “I hopped on him today and he was a different horse. It just shows what a good trainer Gai is. She can turn these horses around very quickly. Nash (Rawiller) and I have always had a big opinion of this horse and so has Gai. We were kind of just hoping the penny would drop. We didn’t know if it would this preparation, but he’s a very nice horse in the making.”

War’s next outing came in the Golden Rose-Gr.1 at Rosehill on September 14 and he was 12th of 16 behind Zoustar, beaten 6.9 lengths. It was his last race and he covered his first mares 12 months later.

Just as he was beginning his stud career his half-sister Fenway made her first appearance on the track, winning by two lengths on debut over 1400m at Bendigo on October 2 for trainers Lee and Shannon Hope. A $700,000 Colm Santry buy at Inglis Easter in 2013 and racing for Alpara Lodge (Mr G.A. White), Fenway then ran fourth in the city before a third behind Thunder Lady in the VRC Wakeful StakesGr.2 at the Melbourne Cup carnival.

She reappeared on February 21 this year with a fourth in The Vanity-Gr.3 behind Sweet and Speedy and was then fourth in the Schweppervescence Trophy-Gr.3 to Noble Protector on March 14 before heading to Sydney for the Vinery Stud StakesGr.1 (2000m) where she was ridden by Blake Shinn and landed the money by a short neck. It was an emotional win for Shinn as he had been replaced as rider on the runner-up First Seal and his mount was trained in partnership by his stepfather Lee Hope and stepbrother Shannon. Fenway then ran second in the SAJC Oaks-Gr.1 behind Delicacy on May 2. Fenway is by High Chaparral and his daughters, and other mares from the Sadler’s Wells line could be a good fit for War given the success of Fenway and of close relation Tuesday Joy (by Carnegie, a son of Sadler’s Wells) and the fact that War’s pedigree features Nureyev, a three-quarter brother to Sadler’s Wells.

More Than Ready (USA) (Southern Halo-Woodman’s Girl by Woodman (USA)) was a very good sprinter in the US, winning the King’s Bishop Stakes-Gr.1 and several Group races and twice finishing second at Gr.1 level. Trained for the Kentucky Derby-Gr.1 (2000m) at three, he was not disgraced when fourth at a distance out of his comfort zone. A champion sire of juveniles in the US and Australia, where his runners include juvenile Gr.1 winners in Golden Slipper hero and successful sire Sebring, Golden Slipper winner Phelan Ready (dam by a grandson of Sadler’s Wells), Blue Diamond winner Samaready and Champagne Stakes winner Carry on Cutie.

His other local Gr.1 stars include More Joyous, Dreamaway (WA Derby), Perfectly Ready (Goodwood Handicap), More Than Sacred (NZ Oaks), Gimmethegreenlight (in South Africa) and Benicio (VRC Derby), while his northern-conceived Gr.1 winners are champion miler Verrazano (USA) (at Coolmore in 2015), Room Service, Regally Ready (from a mare inbred to the three-quarter brothers Sadler’s Wells and Nureyev), Buster’s Ready and Daredevil.

His son Pluck (dam is by a son of Sadler’s Wells), who won the Breeders’ Cup Turf Juvenile-Gr.2, also stands alongside his sire at Vinery, Scone. More Than Ready has done well with mares from the Mr. Prospector, Storm Cat, Halo, A.P. Indy and Canny Lad lines and of course has been particularly effective with mares by Danehill or Sir Tristram and their sons (War is just one example).

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STUD PROFILE ARMIDALE STUD

HALLOWED CROWN ADDS LUSTRE TO NEEDS FURTHER

STORY BY KRISTEN MANNING

ACEGOERS did not see a lot of Needs Further (Encosta de Lago-Crowned Glory

by Danehill (USA)) but what they did see suggested he had great natural ability. A Gr.3 winner and in the first three in four of his five starts, he an exciting stallion for Tasmania's Armidale Stud and stands at the value fee of $3300.

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“We think he is attractively priced,” said Armidale’s David Whishaw who is delighted with the quality of his yearlings. “We are thrilled with the types he is throwing. He is a lovely horse who stands over a lot of ground. He has great bone and a magnificent temperament.”

A home bred for Gooree Stud and combining the blood of champion sires Encosta de Lago (Fairy King) and Danehill (Danzig), Needs Further was beaten odds-on at debut, fighting on gamely for third behind Gr.1 winner Skilled having worked early.

Easily winning three trials prior to his next start, Needs Further was a six length maiden winner first-up. He won again second-up, and third-up tackled the Carbine Club Stakes-Gr.3 (1600m), easily defeating the likes of Divorces, Shadows In The Sun, Happy Trails, Kudakulari and Riva de Lago.

“He’s a very exciting horse in the making,” trainer Gai Waterhouse said. “They don't usually go through their grades so quickly. He has a lovely cruising speed and a great turn of foot.”

“He is a really serious horse,” said jockey Nash Rawiller. “He has come a long way in a short time and he gives you a really good feel.”

Retired due to injury, Needs Further is one of dual Champion Australian Sire Encosta de Lago's 106 stakes winners. A half-brother to Gr.1 winner Hallowed Crown (Street Sense (USA)), Needs Further is out of the Gr.3-winning Danehill mare Crowned Glory who was only just beaten when runner-up in Belle du Jour's Golden Slipper-Gr.1 (1200m) while second dam Significant Moment (Bletchingly-Lady Giselle (FR) by Nureyev) is a half-sister to Gr.1 winners and sires Zabeel and Baryshnikov. This is a highly successful international family with the big race winners Detroit, Carnegie, Durtal, Gildoran, Roderic O'Connor, Keen Winner, Filago and Magicool close up on the family tree.

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Happy to have welcomed interstate mares to Needs Further during his first two years at stud, Whishaw hopes to attract more, and will contribute to the price of transport from the mainland for potential mates. “We were already getting interest from interstate but that has increased since Hallowed Crown won his Gr.1 races," Whishaw said.

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STUD PROFILE DARLEY NORTHWOOD PARK

DARLEY’S VICTORIAN HOME IS FIT FOR KINGS OCATED on the banks of the Goulburn River at Seymour, 100kms north of Melbourne, Darley Northwood Park is widely regarded as one of the world’s finest thoroughbred properties. Older than the town of Seymour itself, Northwood Park is a picturesque 1100-acre farm which was first developed as a cattle station by John Clark in 1838.

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In the early 1900s, Northwood Park was transformed into a horse and cattle property by AG Hunter – a legendary racing and later trotting personality. AG as he was known, raced and stood the 1925 Melbourne Cup winner Windbag on the property and a headstone now marks the former Cup winner’s resting place on the farm.

In later years AG’s son Robert bred many champion trotters at Northwood Park and became a very influential member of the Victorian Harness Racing fraternity. The Hunter family also continued to have success in the thoroughbred world with several significant wins including the 1932 VRC Derby with Liberal, who was sired

by Windbag, and the 1935 Caulfield Guineas with Young Idea.

Northwood Park moved back into the spotlight created by the Hunter family when Barrie and Midge Griffiths purchased the property and subsequently raced and bred a number of significant Group-winning fillies which were kept on the farm.

Thousand Guineas winner Azzuro, VRC Oaks winner Northwood Plume and Caulfield Cup winner Mannerism all spent many months at Northwood Park as did Tawrrific, with whom the Griffiths won the Melbourne Cup in 1989.

“In late 2005 we discussed a strategic move into Victoria for Darley and it was decided that we would start looking for a property,” said Henry Plumptre, Managing Director of Darley in Australia.

“In terms of quality stock and historical record, no property in Victoria had a better reputation for producing quality horses and cattle than Northwood Park at Seymour.”

Northwood Park was purchased by HH Sheikh Mohammed in March 2006 from the Griffiths and many of the paddocks today have been named after the former champions who once resided there including Mannerism, Tawriffic, Northwood Plume and Windbag.

A state-of-the-art stallion complex and over 100kms of fencing have been added to the property since the 2006 purchase. The farm’s most famous graduate for Darley is Sepoy, who was born at Northwood Park in 2008. Sepoy claimed the Gr.1 Blue Diamond Stakes and Gr.1 Golden Slipper on his way to being crowned Australia’s Champion two-year-old before going on 12 months later to become the world Champion three-year-old sprinter. Northwood Park has continued to be an

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outstanding source of quality horses for the Godolphin stable with last season’s Stakes-winning juveniles Furnaces, Ottoman and Antelucan also all born at the property.

“It is one of Sheikh Mohammed’s signature farms around the world and has quickly established itself under Darley’s management as the leading Victorian stallion station,” Plumptre said.

“In 2006 we purchased, as a foundation stallion, the champion three-year-old colt Reset from Lloyd Williams and he joined a roster that included Street Cry who at that stage had not had any runners in the southern hemisphere. It is significant that Street Cry’s first Group One winners in Australia, Whobegotyou and Shocking, were conceived in that first year at Northwood Park.”

At the end of last year Gr.1 Coolmore Stud Stakes winner Brazen Beau, a son of Champion first-season sire I Am Invincible, was purchased by Darley with a view to joining the Northwood Park roster at the completion of his racing career. Leased back to his original ownership group, Brazen Beau returned as an autumn threeyear-old to defeat Lankan Rupee, Chautauqua and Terravista – the three highestrated sprinters in the world at that time – in the Gr.1 Newmarket Handicap. He then went on to compete at Royal Ascot where he ran a narrow second to Undrafted in the Gr.1 Diamond Jubilee.

Standing at Northwood Park alongside Brazen Beau in 2015 is record-breaking Caulfield Guineas winner Helmet as well as Reset, the sire of Caulfield Cup winner Fawkner, Cox Plate heroine Pinker Pinker, 2014 VRC Oaks winner Set Square and Godolphin’s young star Hauraki.

“Sheikh Mohammed and John Ferguson along with Henry recognise the significant role Victoria plays in the Australian breeding industry,” said Andy Makiv, Darley’s General Manager, Victoria.

“The level of investment highlights their commitment to the Victorian breeding industry and their decisions to stand the likes of Helmet, New Approach when he shuttled, Reset and now Brazen Beau at Northwood Park is testament to that.”

Northwood Park’s seven-stallion roster in 2015 also includes Domesday, Street Boss, Kuroshio and Skilled.

Domesday has two crops of racing age conceived in Victoria and his 14 Stakes horses from them is more than double the total sired by any single stallion from those same crops based in that state, Street Boss has arguably the most exciting filly in Australia at the moment in Petits Filous, while Kuroshio and Skilled are two very fast, talented sons of Exceed And Excel and Commands – two of the most influential stallions Darley has had in Australia.

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STUD PROFILE ELIZA PARK INTERNATIONAL

FIORENTE: WORTHY OF ALL THE FANFARE HEN champion racehorse, Fiorente (IRE) (Monsun-Desert Bloom by Pilsudski), arrived at Eliza Park International last spring, he did so amid much fanfare. Here was a genuine superstar who only six months earlier had won the Melbourne Cup and backed up in the autumn with a memorable Australian Cup victory, one of the very few horses to achieve that Gr.1 double.

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“We (EPI) were absolutely over the moon in securing him,” Eliza Park International’s sales and nominations manager Mark Lindsay, said. “Best part of all, broodmare owners shared our excitement and he ended up covering 186 mares, the most popular first season sire in the country.”

There’s a lot to like about Fiorente as a stallion prospect, and a lot to like as well when you scratch beneath the surface. Fiorente’s race record is well established: aside from over $6m-plus in stakes, helped considerably by Melbourne and Australian Cups, he also won a Gr.2 in England, won the Feehan Stakes-Gr.2 over a mile at Moonee Valley, the Peter Young-Gr.2 at Caulfield, and grabbed placings in weight for age jewels such as the Cox Plate and BMW. It’s also worth noting that he ran a terrific third first up in the 1400m All-Aged Stakes-Gr.1 behind out and out speed stars such as All Too Hard (who was recording his fourth Gr.1 victory from his previous five starts) and Rain Affair.

The influence of Fiorente’s sire Monsun, on Australian turf, is also coming more to the fore as time goes on. The now-deceased Monsun is a breeding phenomenon in Europe with one in seven foals, that’s ONE in seven FOALS, not runners, winning black type races! The strike rate is even greater on this side of the equator.

Although Fiorente is the pick of the bunch down under since his Melbourne Cup win in 2013, Monsun has been represented in Australia by Protectionist (giving the stallion successive Melbourne Cups), Midsummer Sun who won last year’s Gosford Gold Cup and repeated the dose this year, plus Gai Waterhouse’s Excess Knowledge who has now won three of his past five in Australia including the Doncaster Prelude-Gr.3. Monsun’s son, Manduro, has also produced two stakes winners in Australia this calendar year with Bonfire and Greatwood.

So, naturally enough, Eliza Park International was eagerly awaiting the first of Fiorente’s foals this spring, but they clearly weren’t waiting around for the warmer weather, with his first baby (and possibly the first in Australia for 2015), arriving on July 15.

“The response was phenomenal,” Mark Lindsay said. “Social media went mad . . . we had a record number of ‘Likes’ on Facebook and re-tweets from all over the place. The Herald Sun sent out a photographer, Channel 7 a film crew. She (the filly from Statue of Liberty mare Libertas) was an instant star and didn’t she know it, the photo of her reaching down to kiss the (Melbourne) Cup was unbelievable and, who knows, she might have one of her own!” Also while Fiorente’s light continues to shine bright, his mates in the stallion barn at Eliza Park International’s Victorian complex are not letting him have it all his own way.

With dual Gr.1 winner Bel Esprit (Royal Academy (USA)-Bespoken by Vain) relocated to Queensland for this spring, hot on the hoof of a record-breaking eighth successive Victorian sires’ title, AJC The Galaxy-Gr.1 winner Magnus (Flying SpurScandinavia by Snippets) could well be stepping into his sizeable shoes with a season that realized more than $5m in progeny earnings. Not bad for a stallion with only four crops of racing age and one who has now firmly established himself as one of Australia’s top 20.

Meanwhile, VRC Newmarket-Gr.1 winner Wanted (Fastnet Rock-Fragmentation by Snippets) is really coming into his own in 2015 with a host of winners in recent weeks and continues to find favour with leading trainers such as Gai Waterhouse and John Hawkes who paid up to $220,000 and $180,000 respectively at sales this year. It’s also worth noting that while he only had 42 named foals from his first crop, he now has 130 two year-olds waiting in the wings.

“I’m really looking forward to the next few months,” Mark Lindsay sums up. “Statue of Liberty (USA) continues to get plenty of winners, so does Sharkbite, while the reports coming back on the first 2YOs by Moshe (brother to Black Caviar) are promising. Keep an eye on Squamosa too, with the first of his progeny heading to yearling sales in 2016.

“As well, but certainly not least, is Fighting Sun. He was almost as popular as Fiorente last spring (147 mares), and his first foals are proving to be just as photogenic as those of Fiorente. One thing I am certain of is that we’ll be seeing a lot more of them in the years to come.”

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a 2015 Fiorente filly (ex Libertas) with the Melbourne Cup

STUD PROFILE LARNEUK STUD

FASTNET SON HAS GREAT APPEAL TO BREEDERS ARNEUK Stud's Neville Murdoch is “thrilled to bits” with the response to first season sire Cluster. The son of Fastnet Rock and the Last Tycoon (IRE) daughter Tarcoola Diamond, was in the first three in six of his 12 starts with his major win coming in the Theo Marks Stakes-Gr.2 (1400m) at Rosehill.

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“There has been terrific interest and he has great appeal to Victorian breeders and we have also been fielding interstate enquiries,” he said. “Cluster is such a magnificent type and he’s an extremely athletic horse with plenty of strength and scope and a great deal of presence.”

Cluster, whose sire Fastnet Rock (Danehill (USA)-Piccadilly Circus by Royal Academy (USA)), a winner of the VRC Lightning-Gr.1 and Oakleigh Plate-Gr.1 and Champion Australian Sire by earnings in 2014-15 and in 2011-12, has made such a great start as a sire of sires including last season’s first crop leader Hinchinbrook, has settled in well at Larneuk where he is endearing himself with his laid-back nature coupled with a touch of cheekiness, the five year-old is often seen in relaxed mode, poking his tongue out! “He has a terrific personality and everyone who has anything to do with him loves him,” Murdoch said.

A three times winner from just 12 starts, Cluster showed above average talent from day one and was so well regarded that at only his second start he contested the San Domenico Stakes-Gr.3 (1100m), finishing a game second to Va Pensiero after finding trouble at the 200m. A month later Cluster was third in the Bill Stutt Stakes-Gr.2 (1600m), beaten by Divine Calling with Shamus Award second and Polanski fourth.

Changing stables to Peter and Paul Snowden the following winter, Cluster shook off maiden status with a 9.25 length victory at Kembla Grange and was subsequently successful over 1200m at Rosehill before being freshened for the spring. After a first-up second on a heavy (9) track at Rosehill behind Weinholt, he took on stakes company at his next start for owners Peter and Wendy Moran.

Although he was shuffled back to the rear in the Theo Marks Stakes-Gr.2 (1400m) and awkwardly placed, Cluster showed dash and heart to swamp his rivals,

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beating Bull Point and Ninth Legion into the minors and running 1.23.34 on a dead track.

“Once he got to the outside he showed what class he really has,” Peter Snowden said. “He has a massive amount of acceleration and we saw a bit of that.” Jockey Tim Clark agreed. “He has an awesome turn of foot, he is a real horse and he is Gr.1 quality.”

At his next start Cluster weaved through the field for a close up fifth in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes-Gr.1 (1400m) with Trust in a Gust, Dissident and Bull Point filling the placings. Unfortunately injury prevented Cluster reaching the pinnacles expected and he was retired after one more run, an unplaced effort in the Darley Classic-Gr.1.

One of Fastnet Rock's 80 stakes winners, Cluster is out of the Listed-winning Last Tycoon mare Tarcoola Diamond whose five wins came from 1100m-1400m. Also dam of the stakes placed Inkling (now in the US) and the multiple city winners Diamond Jim and Novikov, she is one of eight winners for metropolitan-winning Bletchingly mare Potent, also dam of triple Listed winner Chickaloo (Sri Pekan). Her dam I Like Diamonds (by Golden Slipper winner Baguette) won the AJC Champagne Stakes-Gr.1 (1600m). Cluster’s broodmare sire Last Tycoon won the King’s Stand Stakes-Gr.1 at Ascot and the Breeders’ Cup Mile-Gr.1 in the US and his runners include Horse of the Year Mahogany while his daughters have produced 26 Gr.1 winners.

Cluster’s family arrived in Australia with the importation of Churra (IRE) (The Phoenix-Anne Bronte by Fair Trial) in the 1950s and her Flight Stakes-winning daughter Candy Floss (Pipe of Peace (GB)) is a sister to Cluster’s fifth dam I Like It (family 20a). His fourth dam is the Magic Night Quality winner As You Like It (Dignitas (USA)).

“It is a great family chock-full of speed,” Murdoch said. “Danehill, Last Tycoon and Bletchingly are all great influences, and Cluster is a horse who looks ideal for the VOBIS schemes.”

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FIRST SEASON SIRES

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VICTORIA’S FIRST SEASON SIRES 15 first season sires will enter Victoria’s stallion ranks for the 2015 season. The impressive list of new stallions features a number of racetrack stars including dual Gr.1 winners Brazen Beau and Toronado (Ire).

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2011 brown I Am Invincible - Sansadee by Snaadee

2009 bay Court Command - Gotha by Rustic Amber

2015 fee $44,000 Darley 03 5735 8100 www.darley.com.au

2015 fee $2,200 Cora-Lynn Farm, Kylie Stephenson 0498747442

2006 bay Medaglia D'Oro - For All You Do by Seeking The Gold

LONDON BRIDGE CAN THE MAN

2010 bay Arch - Kindness by Indian Ridge

2011 bay Into Mischief - Smolensk by Danzig

2015 fee $4,950 Ridgeview Park Stud, Phil & Fiona Sloane 0488 525 063 www.ridgeviewpark.com.au

2015 fee $3,850 ($5,500 share the upside programme) Spendthrift Farm, Garry Cuddy 0410 451 595 www.spendthrift.com.au

PUISSANCE DE LUNE CLUSTER

2008 grey Shamardal - Princess Serena by Unbridled's Song

2010 bay Fastnet Rock - Tarcoola Diamond by Last Tycoon

2015 fee $11,000 Swettenham Stud, 03 5794 2044 www.swettenham.com.au

2015 fee $6,600 Larneuk Stud, Neville Murdoch 0418 105 706 www.larneuk.com

ROCK HERO

DARK COVE

2010 bay Fastnet Rock - Gallant Tess by Galileo

2007 bay Medaglia D'Oro - Crystal Cove by Kris S

2015 fee $4,950 Lauriston Park, Chris Bakker 0427 903 353 www.lauristonpark.com.au

2015 fee $9,900 Sutket Farm, Peter Wilson 0407 845 732

HAMPTON COURT 2011 bay Redoute's Choice - Roses 'N' Wine by Broken Vow

2015 fee $8,800 ($11,000 share the upside programme) Spendthrift Farm, Garry Cuddy 0410 451 595 www.spendthrift.com.au

HURDY GURDY MAN

2015 fee $11,000 ($13,750 share the upside programme) Spendthrift Farm, Garry Cuddy 0410 451 595 www.spendthrift.com.au

RELOCATED STALLIONS ASTRONOMER ROYAL 2004 bay Danzig - Sheepscot by Easy Goer

2015 fee $4,400 Riverbank Farm, Russell Osborne 0423768155 www.riverbankfarm.com.au

CECCONI 2004 bay Encosta de Lago - Tonicity by Blazing Sword

2015 fee $3,300 Moorookyle Park, Nioka Wozny 0427 456 385 www.moorookylepark.com.au

THE WOW SIGNAL 2012 bay Starspangledbanner - Muravka by High Chaparral

GLOBETROTTER

2015 fee $15,000 Swettenham Stud, 03 57942044 www.swettenham.com.au

2005 chestnut Street Cry - Cool Slew by Seattle Slew

2015 fee $5,500 Highpoint Lodge, Damian White 0418 477 090 www.damianwhitebloodstock.com.au

TORONADO 2010 bay High Chaparral - Wana Doo by Grand Slam

RHINEBECK

2015 fee $4,400 Moorookyle Park, Nioka Wozny 0427 456 385 www.moorookylepark.com.au

2015 fee $22,000 Swettenham Stud, 03 57942044 $22,000 www.swettenham.com.au

2015 fee $2,750 Cora-Lynn Farm , Jacqui Berrill 0477180199

JIMMY CREED

WARHORSE

2009 chestnut Distorted Humor - Hookedonthefeeling

by Citidancer

2009 bay General Nediym - Rathlin Island by Giant's Causeway

2015 fee $8,800 ($11,000 share the upside programme) Spendthrift Farm, Garry Cuddy 0410 451 595 www.spendthrift.com.au

2015 fee $7,700 Bombora Downs, Christoph Bruechert 0419 534 961 www.bomboradowns.com

2007 bay Street Cry - Abalone by Bluebird

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2009 bay Encosta de Lago - Aqua D'Amore by Danehill

VON COSTA DE HERO 2005 bay Encosta de Lago - Piavonic by Scenic

2015 fee $4,400 Riverbank Farm, Russell Osborne 0423768155 www.riverbankfarm.com.au

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PICTORIAL

NET AWARDS

PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF LISA MATTHEWS & NORTH EAST THOROUGHBREDS INC.

The North East Thoroughbred Breeders held their annual awards night at Mitchelton Winery Nagambie in early August.

The Awards have been held for over 30 years and showcase the quality and value of the premium horses bred in Victoria’s North East. Many great horses and horse people have been honoured over the years and this year was no exception. A night of fabulous food and wine, sensational entertainment, great company and exciting awards made the exclusive annual event one to remember by all who attended.

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1. Daniel Nevill from Hollylodge Thoroughbreds receiving the Strathbogie Shire Young Achiever Award from the The Mayor of the Strathbogie Shire, Councillor Deborah Swan 2. Ian Horwood from Blue Gum Farm receiving the Prydes Easifeed Supervobis High Achiever Award, for Fontein Ruby, from Samantha Kilgour representing Prydes Easifeed 3. Ian Horwood from Blue Gum Farm receiving the W. Inglis & Son Broodmare of the Year Award, for Charming Ruby, from James Price representing W. Inglis & Son 4. Christine Mills (on behalf of Chatswood Stud) receiving the Goulburn Valley Equine Hospital Champion First Season Sire Award, for Reward for Effort, from Dr. Jim Vasey representing GVEH 5. Andy Makiv from Darley Victoria receiving the CEPA Farm Supplies Stallion of the Year Award, for Reset, from Rob Bogumil, representing CEPA 6. Bob Norris from Wood Nook Farm receiving the Stud & Stable Vets Industry Award (won jointly by Bob Norris and Bob Scarborough from Wood Nook Farm) from Dr. Terry Lowis, representing Stud & Stable Vets 7. Andy Makiv from Darley Victoria receiving the Kentucky Equine Research Breeder of the Year Award from Rebecca Ham representing K.E.R. 8. A happy Darley Victoria Team with their awards 9. A happy Blue Gum Farm team with their awards 10. North East Thoroughbreds Committee Member Damian Gleeson presenting the jovial ‘Over Achievers Award’ to joint winners, Harry Swieboda (Hallmark Thoroughbreds) and Tas Reilley (Basinghall Farm).

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STUD PROFILE RANGAL PARK STUD

SKY’S THE LIMIT FOR TALENTED DANERICH SON ANERICH’S talented son Lord of the Sky (ex Princess Abassi by the Bletchingly son Abassi) is a horse most breeders on a “bread and butter” budget can only dream of producing. By a modestly priced sire and the only stakes winner under the first four dams on his pedigree page, Lord of the Sky is a $911,000 earner, a Gr.3 winner and multiple Gr.1 placed, competing against the likes of Flamberge, Chautauqua and Brazen Beau.

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race. This is also the family of stakes winner and Gr.1 runner-up El Roca (Fastnet Rock).

Lord of the Sky

His sire is not a one hit wonder either, as Gr.3 winner Danerich (Danehill (USA)-Millrich by Rubiton) has produced stakes winners from each of his first three crops. Other star runners include last season’s stakes winner Streetcar Isabelle (ex Stellar Fille by Filante), as well as Gr.2 Australia Stakes winner Richie’s Vibe (ex Early Wakening by Hennessy) plus Flying Skipper (ex Flag of Pride by Personal Flag), Heaven’s Riches (ex Nassi Angel by Nassipour) and Classy Chloe (ex Capital Growth by Brocco).

(Danzig-Razyana by His Majesty), who needs little introduction here. Suffice to say he left a record 90 Gr.1 winners, many sons who have become successful sires (think Redoute’s Choice, Flying Spur, Exceed and Excel, Fastnet Rock, Danehill Dancer) and won multiple Champion Sire titles including nine as Australia’s Leading Sire by Earnings.

All up, Danerich has six stakes winners and 120 winners from 197 starters, and earnings topping $9million. This season, Gr.2 placed Classy Jack (ex Capital Growth by Brocco) has won again making it five wins up to 1200m; and keep an eye out for the promising Kaiser Sun (ex Street Princess by Keltrice).

Danerich, who stands at Eric Buttler’s Rangal Park Stud at Euroa on $7700, is out of Rubiton mare Millrich (ex Mill Rani by the Mill Reef son Millionaire) who won three races at two, including the Sweet Embrace Stakes-Gr.3 and ran third in the Golden Slipper-Gr.1 to Flying Spur and Octagonal. She has also left last season’s Gr.3 placed juvenile Redzel (by Snitzel) among seven winners from nine foals to

This success is hardly surprising when you consider Danerich’s excellent pedigree and race record. A $500,000 yearling, Danerich (2002) is from the second-last Australian crop of supersire Danehill

STORY BY RENÉE GEELEN

The weight of expectations is heavy for an expensive yearling, and Danerich was seen out early in the Listed Maribyrnong Trial Stakes where he ran fourth.

He was spelled and won as a two year-old in the winter before embarking on an ambitious spring.

Danerich won the Listed Mitchel McKenzie Stakes (1000m) then the H.D.F. McNeil Stakes-Gr.3 (1100m) at Caulfield a week later, before being thrown into the Manikato Stakes-Gr.1 at his next start. He ran sixth, and then was third to Gr.1 sprinter Apache Cat in the MRC Guineas Prelude-Gr.3. Danerich then ran second to Segments in the Schillaci Stakes-Gr.2. He was spelled soon after and didn’t find form again at four and was retired to stud.

Only lightly raced, Lord of the Sky, whose dam won five races to 1300m including a city win at two, has five wins and five seconds in 20 starts and was runner-up in the T.J. Smith-Gr.1 (narrowly to Chautauqua) and Goodwood Handicap-Gr.1 (to Flamberge) and was also fourth in the VRC Newmarket-Gr.1 (to Brazen Beau). An honest and talented sprinter, there is every chance this speedy five year-old entire can add a Gr.1 win to his resume for trainer Robbie Laing and connections before heading off to stud. He’s a great advertisement for his sire who at $7700 looks good value for a proven stallion who upgrades his mares.

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STALLION PARADES Across the final weekend in August Eliza Park International, Swettenham Stud and Darley Northwood Park opened their gates to showcase their 2015 rosters in three magnificent stallion parades.

DARLEY NORTHWOOD PARK

Domesday

Reset

Helmet

Skilled

Brazen Beau

ELIZA PARK INTERNATIONAL

Magnus

Squamosa

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Fighting Sun

Fiorente foals

Sharkbite

Statue Of Liberty

SWETTENHAM STUD

Americain

Master Of Design

Equiano

Puissance De Lune

Toronado

The Wow Signal

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STATISTICS STATISTICS BY ARION PEDIGREES

LEADING VICTORIAN SIRES 2014/15 SEASON Listed as per ranking in the Leading Australian General Sires.

GENERAL SIRES This listing of the leading Victorian sires by earnings includes stakes performance (shown in brackets), and percentages are given for winners to runners, stakeswinners to runners and total stakeshorses (winners and placegetters) to runners. The top earner for each horse is shown with its particular individual earnings.

Information in this section is for the season from 1/8/14 to 31/7/15 and includes prizemoney paid from bonus schemes.

Stallion, Year, Sire

Runners

Winners (SWs)

% Wns /Rnrs

% SW /Rns

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Bel Esprit, 1999, by Royal Academy (USA) Reset, 2000, by Zabeel (NZ) Magnus, 2002, by Flying Spur Written Tycoon, 2002, by Iglesia Domesday, 2002, by Red Ransom (USA) Statue of Liberty (USA), 2000, by Storm Cat (USA) God’s Own, 2002, by Redoute’s Choice Elvstroem, 2000, by Danehill (USA) Danerich, 2002, by Danehill (USA) Churchill Downs, 2003, by Danehill (USA)

290 151 183 203 201 141 176 154 122 157

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47.6 46.4 51.4 54.2 41.8 52.5 40.3 36.4 38.5 42.0

1.0 4.0 1.6 3.4 0.5 1.4 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.6

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Artie Schiller (USA), 2001, by El Prado (IRE) Keep the Faith, 2000, by Sunday Silence (USA) Turffontein, 2004, by Johannesburg (USA) Bianconi (USA), 1995, by Danzig (USA) Purrealist, 2004, by Tale of the Cat (USA) Kaphero, 2003, by Danzero Dash for Cash, 1998, by Secret Savings (USA) Street Boss (USA), 2004, by Street Cry (IRE) New Approach (IRE), 2005, by Galileo (IRE) Any Given Saturday (USA), 2004, by Distorted Humor (USA)

114 142 44 139 95 91 127 40 68 95

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42.1 39.4 43.2 43.2 37.9 37.4 33.9 45.0 47.1 44.2

3.5 1.4 4.5 0.7 1.1

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Niello, 2000, by Octagonal (NZ) Host (CHI), 2000, by Hussonet (USA) Desert King (IRE), 1994, by Danehill (USA) Von Costa de Hero, 2005, by Encosta de Lago Astronomer Royal (USA), 2004, by Danzig (USA) Rakti (GB), 1999, by Polish Precedent (USA) Wanted, 2006, by Fastnet Rock Gonski, 2002, by Danehill (USA) Soldier’s Tale (USA), 2001, by Stravinsky (USA) Sharkbite, 2003, by Redoute’s Choice

122 68 52 52 62 72 45 87 59 61

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33.6 50.0 28.8 32.7 41.9 34.7 35.6 31.0 40.7 37.7

0.8 1.5 1.9

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Wins (Swins)

Pl. % Stks Horses 2014/15 (SP) /Runners Earnings Top Earner

238 (4) 68 0 107 (9) 41 2 171 (4) 50 1 171 (10) 46 0 126 (1) 44 0 125 (4) 34 0 109 (2) 45 0 85 (3) 41 1 82 (1) 37 0 99 (1) 46 0 79 90 27 84 54 61 70 34 52 69

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Season Earnings

2.4 6.0 3.8 4.9 4.5 1.4 2.3 2.6 2.5 1.9

$5,668,426 $5,164,999 $5,155,372 $5,088,222 $3,031,076 $2,776,110 $2,580,658 $2,547,216 $2,407,526 $2,346,105

Afleet Esprit Fawkner Magnifisio Rich Enuff Profit Share Dawn Approach Brook Road Hucklebuck Lord of the Sky Girl Guide

$323,450 $879,000 $665,100 $513,250 $168,400 $389,020 $216,100 $776,720 $643,000 $245,250

5.3 2.1 6.8 1.4 2.1 1.1

$2,199,745 $2,083,064 $1,928,747 $1,726,829 $1,434,096 $1,313,974 $1,294,898 $1,289,955 $1,287,835 $1,221,379

Vain Queen Trust in a Gust Fontein Ruby Black Royale Hawkspur Stingray Dodging Bullets The Quarterback Fast Approaching Lordag

$227,650 $648,600 $967,460 $122,625 $239,450 $95,700 $135,950 $171,200 $128,070 $106,300

$1,217,533 $1,080,043 $991,687 $974,985 $907,405 $899,425 $822,642 $807,530 $787,602 $768,815

Tried and Tired Hong Kong Captain Real Love Jurasound Weary (FR) Stylish Miss Rough Justice Miss Gidget Golden Oldies Sasenkile

$136,900 $137,050 $548,000 $308,300 $285,950 $85,785 $233,750 $90,700 $125,410 $124,850

10.0 2.9 1.6 1.5 3.8 1.9 1.6 8.9 1.1 1.7 3.3

3YO SIRES • Denotes 1st season sire

Information in this section is for the season from 1/8/14 to 31/7/15 and includes prizemoney paid from bonus schemes.

Stallion, Year, Sire

Runners

Winners (SWs)

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Reset, 2000, by Zabeel (NZ) Written Tycoon, 2002, by Iglesia Domesday, 2002, by Red Ransom (USA) Magnus, 2002, by Flying Spur Bel Esprit, 1999, by Royal Academy (USA) Turffontein, 2004, by Johannesburg (USA) Statue of Liberty (USA), 2000, by Storm Cat (USA) Von Costa de Hero, 2005, by Encosta de Lago Wanted, 2006, by Fastnet Rock Kaphero, 2003, by Danzero

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New Approach (IRE), 2005, by Galileo (IRE) Any Given Saturday (USA), 2004, by Distorted Humor (USA) Sharkbite, 2003, by Redoute’s Choice Dash for Cash, 1998, by Secret Savings (USA) Keep the Faith, 2000, by Sunday Silence (USA) Gonski, 2002, by Danehill (USA) God’s Own, 2002, by Redoute’s Choice Bushranger (IRE), 2006, by Danetime (IRE) Astronomer Royal (USA), 2004, by Danzig (USA) Soldier’s Tale (USA), 2001, by Stravinsky (USA)

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% SW /Rns

58.3 56.6 42.9 48.3 55.6 46.9 55.2 35.6 36.7 31.0

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Wins (Swins)

Pl. % Stks Horses 2014/15 (SP) /Runners Earnings Top Earner

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$2,417,854 $2,119,376 $1,664,145 $1,585,424 $1,447,670 $1,337,857 $1,324,955 $950,380 $604,877 $555,832 $502,250 $411,445 $363,400 $354,319 $339,500 $331,080 $330,428 $238,905 $238,100 $224,965

Season Earnings

Set Square Rich Enuff Profit Share Volcanic Ash Afleet Esprit Fontein Ruby Liberty’s Gem Jurasound Rough Justice Stingray

$766,900 $513,250 $168,400 $184,950 $323,450 $967,460 $253,800 $308,300 $233,750 $95,700

Fast Approaching He’s a Given Shayana Dodging Bullets Soldi Domani Duckworth Sirbible Black Caesar Royal Oasis Golden Oldies

$128,070 $55,060 $61,875 $135,950 $118,250 $83,040 $122,289 $32,400 $35,975 $125,410

2YO SIRES • Denotes 1st season sire

Information in this section is for the season from 1/8/14 to 31/7/15 and includes prizemoney paid from bonus schemes.

Stallion, Year, Sire

Runners

Winners (SWs)

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Turffontein, 2004, by Johannesburg (USA) Hard Spun (USA), 2004, by Danzig (USA) Reward for Effort, 2006, by Exceed and Excel Starspangledbanner, 2006, by Choisir Written Tycoon, 2002, by Iglesia Domesday, 2002, by Red Ransom (USA) Magnus, 2002, by Flying Spur Street Boss (USA), 2004, by Street Cry (IRE) Wanted, 2006, by Fastnet Rock Stryker, 2006, by Fastnet Rock

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Artie Schiller (USA), 2001, by El Prado (IRE) Gonski, 2002, by Danehill (USA) Bel Esprit, 1999, by Royal Academy (USA) New Approach (IRE), 2005, by Galileo (IRE) Kaphero, 2003, by Danzero

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% SW /Rns

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8.3 8.7

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7.1 4.0 5.6 5.3 6.7 5.3

Wins (Swins)

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Season Earnings

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$590,890 $543,930 $439,257 $386,785 $375,520 $332,895 $330,030 $277,965 $217,765 $210,870

Fontiton Counter Pulse Take Pride Of the Brave Stoker Antelucan Prince of Brooklyn Street Rapper Dangerous Breeding Strykum

$404,900 $194,700 $128,000 $177,250 $219,600 $126,000 $154,345 $127,650 $63,500 $55,300

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$205,245 $175,440 $162,855 $159,680 $124,162

El Greco Miss Gidget Bel Chandon Royal Rumble Northkape

$134,800 $90,700 $73,350 $79,600 $76,000

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