Bluebloods 2023 - Issue 2

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HUGE MARKET OVER $43M GROSS IN 2021 & AGAIN IN 2022 IN 2022 $1.12M TOP 20 AVERAGE DOUBLE THE NEAREST COMPETITOR

8 OF THE 10 OF AUSTRALIA’S $1M+ LOTS SOLD ON THE GOLD COAST*

100 INDIVIDUAL BUYERS FOR 185 LOTS

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Strength and depth in Sydney at Easter

Choisir

The first weekend in March saw the history making victory of Legarto - the first New Zealand trained horse to win the race - in the Australian Guineas-Gr1. That event served as a reminder of the still growing legacy of his grandsire, Choisir.

Record Breakers

With 457 of Australia’s finest yearlings catalogued for The Inglis Australian Yearling Sale at Riverside Stables Sydney on the 3rd and 4th of April being complemented by the arrival of 16 overseas raiders from the leading stables in Europe and Japan, the 2023 ATC Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival and associated Easter Sales are set to be memorable.

The Easter sale will feature large drafts of yearlings by hot proven commercial sires such as current champion I Am Invincible (39 lots), runnerup So You Think (21 lots), quadruple champion Snitzel (40 lots), previous champion Written Tycoon (32 lots), previous champion Exceed And Excel (21 lots), rising star Zoustar (25 lots), ably supported by other previous champion sires and commercial favourites such as Fastnet Rock, Lonhro, Pierro, Capitalist, Deep Field, Russian Revolution, Toronado, Extreme Choice, Dundeel and Savabeel just to name a few. There is also a stellar supporting cast of first and second season sires including Blue Point, Too Darn Hot, Brutal, Justify, Castelvecchio, Exceedance, Magna Grecia, Omaha Beach, Pierata, Vino Rosso, Yes Yes Yes, Zousain, The Autumn Sun and Trapeze Artist. That’s sufficient sire power to set any sale alight.

Of course at Easter there is girl power too, the best female families and winner producing lines are

well represented in 2023 with 29 lots catalogued out of Gr1 winning dams and a full brother to champion Verry Elleegant all sure to attract serious horseplayers.

Yulong’s $10.6 million Tattersalls purchase, the multiple Gr1 winning mare Alcohol Free has joined the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable, just one of 16 internationals chasing the lucrative prizemoney on offer over the autumn and the 10th running of The Championships. Joseph O’Brien and William Haggas are bringing large teams, both men know what’s required to win in Australia having taken home both The Melbourne Cup and Queen Elizabeth Stakes between them. There are also two Japanese raiders prepared by the charismatic Yoshito Yahagi, who prepared Lys Gracieux to a dominant Cox Plate success, another trainer who knows the ropes.

It would be remiss not to mention the Newhaven Park sponsored Country Championships, with qualifiers from seven heats and two wild card races around NSW set to do battle in a $500k final at Randwick on April 1st. It’s a fantastic concept which generates tremendous excitement among owners who have their horses prepared by smaller trainers in seven different bush areas around the state.

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YES YES YES is the fastest horse ever over 1200m at Randwick, but did you know IGLESIA went slightly faster in 1-07.16 to set a Flemington track record?

Inglis Easter Preview

Some of the finest yearlings on offer in Australia in 2023 will again light up the sale ring at Riverside.

A Nick that is producing industry leading stats, among the best in the history of the breed.

FRONT COVER: Yarraman Park’s current Champion Australian Sire I AM INVINCIBLE (Invincible Spirit –Canarelle by Canny Lad) has a sensational group of 39 yearlings catalogued for the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale at Riverside Stables on the 3rd and 4th of April 2023.

I Am Invincible is a stunning individual who passes on his quality physique to his progeny of both sexes which has seen him become one of the hottest commercial sires in recent memory. As his fee has risen from the basement to the penthouse, the quality of mares he covers has risen in parallel to the point where he will be represented by his best bred progeny over coming seasons and his already impressive tally of 14 individual Gr1 winners is set to grow substantially.

This will ensure strong competition for his Easter yearlings from all the best judges in the industry.

Yarraman Park, his home farm, will offer 10 Vinnies and it is worth mentioning that there will be no less than EIGHT yearlings by I Am Invincible out of Gr1 winning mares for buyers’ competition.

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Too Darn Hot

Too Darn Hot was bred to be outstanding. His sire and dam are triple Gr1 winner Dubawi and triple Gr1 winner Dar Re Mi, while his four grandparents are all Gr1 winners too: Gr1 Dubai World Cup winner Dubai Millennium, Gr1 Oaks d’Italia winner Zomaradah, four-time Gr1 winner Singspiel, and Gr1 Prix Vermeille winner Darara.

by Renée Geelen

The thing about Too Darn Hot is that he’s a fantastic type with great quality. His physical makeup pulls together the best elements from his pedigree; he’s not as heavy as Dubawi and not as light as Singspiel with plenty of strength in his movement. Simply put, Too Darn Hot is a beautiful mover,” said Darley’s Alastair Pulford. “I’m a huge fan of Too Darn Hot, and I’m not the only one as he was fully booked in his first three seasons with great support from many of Australia’s best breeders.”

And just like his pedigree promised - Too Darn Hot was brilliantly fast.

Unbeaten as a two year-old in four starts, winning his maiden on debut over a mile, he was then brought back to 1400m for the next three runs. Too Darn Hot won the Gr3 Solario Stakes, Gr2 Champagne Stakes, and the Gr1 Newmarket Dewhurst Stakes beating Advertise (Showcasing) who went on to win three Gr1 races, and future Gr1 Epsom Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck (Galileo). In the Dewhurst, Too Darn Hot began at the back of a small bunch, racing with cover, but then had to angle out wide to get a run, working hard to pull back the leaders. Once out in space, Too Darn Hot accelerated clear to win by two and a half lengths. His unbeaten record earned him the Champion 2YO in Great Britain and Champion 2YO Colt in Europe titles.

First up at three, Too Darn Hot was sent out in the Gr2 Dante Stakes over 2050m and managed to run second over an unsuitable distance.

Brought back to a mile, he ran second in the Gr1 Irish Two Thousand Guineas then went out against the older horses in the Gr1 St James’s Palace Stakes over a mile where he ran third to Circus Maximus and King of Comedy. Three placings from three starts was a reasonable beginning to his spring, but it was his next race where Too Darn Hot thrived.

Sent to France, Too Darn Hot won the Gr1 Prix Jean Prat at Deauville where the race was run over 1400m for the first time (previously a mile), and his time of 1: 21.29 is still the fastest time at that distance. Too Darn Hot followed his usual pattern of running midfield, this time in the far side group up the straight. At the half-way point, Too Darn Hot sat just behind the group leader, and then with two furlongs to go, he moved across towards the rail and sprinted away from the field to win easily by three lengths. Trainer John Gosden admitted they made the wrong call for the Dante Stakes, saying after the Prix Jean Prat, “We’ve finally got him over the correct trip - seven furlongs. An easy, flat mile would be no problem - just stop running over an extended mile and a quarter and stiff miles. He was a very fast two year-old, the champion, he’s proved what he can do. This is very quick ground, but he’s handled it well. We’re thrilled with him. Finally the trainer and the racing manager have got it right and the horse has got us out of trouble. He’s a beautiful colt, very quickit’s what you want for stallion purposes - but we stupidly tried to stretch him out. He did have an interrupted preparation, though.

He was lame when the Guineas was run, then we rushed him to York and then rushed to Ireland, so we’ve done everything badly and the horse has got us out of trouble.” For his final start, Too Darn Hot returned to England for the Gr1 Sussex Stakes over a mile which he won beating Circus Maximus who’d beaten him two starts prior. Too Darn Hot dropped into third for the first section of the race, holding the perfect one back, one off, spot for most of the mile. With three furlongs to go, Too Darn Hot was poised to sprint, but ended up caught in traffic and had to push off the rail to get a run. Once free, he exploded away to win by half a length from Circus Maximus who’d led most of the way. Too Darn Hot was crowned the Champion 3YO Colt in Europe, Champion 3YO Sprinter in France, and Champion 3YO Miler in GB. All up he won six of his nine starts and placed in the other three.

Unfortunately for racing fans, Too Darn Hot suffered a hairline fracture to his right-hind cannon bone during his Gr1 Sussex Stakes

win, and after undergoing emergency surgery, he was retired to Darley Stud.

Too Darn Hot is a son of Champion Sire Dubawi, a triple Gr1 winner who retired to stud in 2006 in Great Britain and Australia. His Australian fee was $33,000 for 2006 and 2008, then dropped to $16,500 for 2009 before he stopped shuttling. He left twenty stakes winners in his three Australian seasons, including Gr1 winners Tiger Tees, Srikandi, Secret Admirer, Shamal Wind, Willow Magic, as well as fan favourite and multiple group winner Catkins.

Dubawi’s mixed popularity in his early career was also reflected in his stud fee in Great Britain, where he stood his first two seasons at £25,000, interestingly moving up to £40,000 for season three, then dropping to £15,000 in his fourth season (2009), rising slightly to £20,000 in 2010, then he began his meteoric rise, standing for £55,000 in 2011, £75,000 in 2012 and 2013, £100,000 in 2014, £125,000 in 2015, £225,000 in 2016, then £250,000 for the next six seasons before another leap to £350,000 in 2023. The rise reflects his 250 stakes winners, including 53 Gr1 winners, and multiple Champion Sire titles. Dubawi’s sons at stud include Gr1 winner Makfi (43 stakes winners), Night of Thunder (32), Poet’s Voice (23), and several young emerging sons such as New Bay, who retired in 2017 and has already left three Gr1 winners, and Zarak who retired in 2018 and has sired nine stakes winners from his first two crops. In 2022 Dubawi was crowned Champion British Sire, becoming the first Mr Prospector line stallion to achieve this

His unbeaten record earned him the Champion 2YO in Great Britain and Champion 2YO Colt in Europe titles.

feat. The remarkable success of Street Cry and Dubawi in his short stint in Australia, augers well for the future success of Too Darn Hot on the shuffle.

Too Darn Hot is the fifth foal and third stakes winner for his Champion Older Female in GB and triple Gr1 winning dam, and has a stunning family. Both his dam and granddam are Gr1 winners, and his third dam is a group placed winner who left Gr1 winner and Champion Sire Darshaan, and the Gr2 winning dam of dual Gr1 winner Daliapour. Too Darn Hot’s dam, Dar Re Mi (Singspiel) won the Gr1 Pretty Polly Stakes, Gr1 Yorkshire Oaks, and Gr1 Dubai Sheema Classic, as well as three other races, and was placed in the Gr1 Prix Vermeille, Gr1 Yorkshire Oaks, and the Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Turf. Her seven winners include Too Darn Hot, Gr2 winner and four times Gr1 placed Lah Ti Dar (Dubawi), Gr3 winner and Gr1 placed So Mi Dar (Dubawi), and stakes placed winners De Treville (Oasis Dream) and Darmoiselle (Dubawi). Second dam Darara (Top Ville) won the Gr1 Prix Vermeille and left ten winners as a broodmare, including five Gr1 quality horses, led by Champion Older Male in Hong Kong River Dancer (Sadler’s Wells) who won the Gr1 Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup, Dar Re Mi (Singspiel), dual Gr1 winner Rewilding (Tiger Hill), Gr1 Ranvet Stakes winner Darazari (Sadler’s Wells), and Listed winner and Gr1 placed Dariyoun (Shahrastani).

Four of Dubawi’s Gr1 winners have been out of Singspiel mares (Too Darn Hot, Old Persian, Wuheida, and Left Hand), while other damsires that have multiple Gr1 winners to the Champion Sire include Barathea and Darshaan (three each) and two for mares by Galileo, Dansili, Green Desert, Monsun, Street Cry, and Zamindar. Of note to Australian breeders and yearling buyers looking to find crosses that have worked with

Australian horses included Dubawi’s Gr1 winners such as Srikandi (out of a Hurricane Sky mare), American dual Gr1 winner In Italian (out of a Redoute’s Choice mare), Creative Force (out of a Choisir mare), while both Akeed Mofeed, and Kitesurf have damsires who are sons of Danehill.

“Too Darn Hot’s progeny are very much in his image; high quality individuals who are good movers, and I’m very impressed with them,” said Pulford. “His yearlings have sold well so far in Australia including a million dollars for Vinery Stud’s filly out of Enbihaar at Magic Millions Gold Coast. That he’s the first season sire with the biggest representation at Inglis Easter says a lot about the quality of mares he’s covered and the types he’s leaving.”

At the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, Too Darn Hot had nineteen yearlings sell for an average of $235,300, and they were bought by the likes of Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Annabel Neasham, Chris Waller, Star Bloodstock, Yulong Investments, Paul Moroney Bloodstock, McEvoy Racing, and Dynamic Syndications. Too Darn Hot had four yearlings sell at the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale including Trelawney Stud’s colt out of Lady Sayyida who made $750,000, while at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale his twelve yearlings averaged $87,000 with a top lot of $280,000.

Too Darn Hot will have sixteen yearlings on offer at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale. A few pedigree highlights are: Segenhoe Stud’s Lot 7 is a half-sister to stakes placed two year-old Ticket To Ride out of a winning daughter of triple Gr1 winner Private Steer.

Willow Park Stud’s colt, Lot 29, is the second foal of imported Listed winner Aquila Solitaria (Raven’s Pass) who is a half-sister to two stakes winners. The first three dams of this colt are all stakes winners.

Segenhoe Stud will offer a half-sister to Drisana who ran second to Coolangatta on debut in the Gr3 Gimcrack Stakes, then was injured at her next start and is currently a three year-old undergoing rehabilitation. Lot 51 is out of Gr3 winning two year-old Broadband, from the family of Anamoe. The third foal of Gr1 Blue Diamond Stakes winner Catchy is Lot 61, offered by Bhima Thoroughbreds, and Catchy’s first foal, Dakota Vroom, was second on debut as a three yearold in early February 2023. The first three dams of this filly are all stakes horses.

Widden Stud’s half-brother to group placed winner Sword of Mercy, Lot 91, is out of Listed winner and Gr1 placed Curtana, a half-sister to Gr1 winner Flamberge, Gr2 winner Sunburnt Land, and Gr3 winner Durendal.

Champion 2YO Filly in South Africa, Entisaar, was a Gr1 winner at two, and her fourth foal, Lot 119, is a filly in the Middlebrook Valley Lodge draft. This colt’s first three dams are all stakes horses.

Yarraman Park Stud’s Lot 212 is a half-brother to both Gr3 winner Charmed Harmony, Gr3 winner Suyoof, and to the winning dam of Gr3 winner Minhaaj. This colt is from the family of Gr1 winning two year-olds Reward for Effort and Overreach.

A half-brother to Listed winner Lady of Honour, Lot 216, will be presented by Segenhoe Stud, and this colt’s second dam won a group race in Ireland.

A half-sister to Listed placed two year-old So Serene, Lot 302, is Segenhoe Stud’s filly out of Gr3 winner Radharcnafarraige (Distorted Humor), who is a half-sister to two stakes winners, while this filly’s third dam, Victorian Queen, was the Champion Older Mare in Canada and left three Gr1 winners at stud. Emirates Park Stud’s half-sister to current three year-old Tajneed, who won on debut in September before placing in the Gr2 Edward Manifold Stakes at her second start, is Lot 322. This yearling filly is out of a daughter of dual Gr1 winner Melito.

Widden Stud’s colt, Lot 380, is out of Gr2 Angus Armanasco Stakes winner Spirits Dance, whose first three foals to race are all winners.

“At Darley, we’ve got half a dozen yearlings by Too Darn Hot that we’ve just broken in. Everyone in the barn loves the filly out of Earthquake, and she is a very attractive filly,” Pulford said.

“We are at the point in Too Darn Hot’s career where it’s up to him now. The signs in the Northern Hemisphere are promising where his first crop of 115 foals have just turned two.”

Too Darn Hot lived up to his outstanding pedigree with brilliant performances at two and three, and was awarded the Champion Colt in both seasons. His first yearlings have been well received and much lies ahead for this exciting young stallion.

Matt Comerford

by Graeme Kelly

It is now 156 years since the Widden brand of JT over a lazy 2 was first registered by the Thompson family. Unique in terms of thoroughbred breeding establishments, the property has been home to seven consecutive generations of fathers and sons of the Thompson family, with Antony Thompson currently at the helm.

Remarkably, the Stud, which stretches over nearly 10,000 acres in a beautiful valley surrounded by rugged, imposing peaks, has been able to maintain a high profile right through to the present time.

This can be attributed to the astute eye of the Thompsons for prospective stallions and the broodmares that will complement their lineage.

It is evidence of Widden’s early influence that one of the first three mares registered by the Thompsons - Adeline, by the imported horse Kingston - has the distinction of being the foundation mare in the Australian Family Number 1 (Au.1). From inception, breed-shaping stallions such as The Gem, Lochiel, Grafton, Maltster and Linacre stood at Widden. Despite the property being quite remote - although not so much these days - the

descendants of founder William Barber Thompson have always moved with the times.

Quickly recognising the growing importance of the Golden Slipper Stakes to the nation’s thoroughbred breeding industry, the family secured the brilliant Star Kingdom (IRE) horse Todman, who was victorious in the inaugural running of the event in 1957.

The 1969 Golden Slipper winner Vain, by Wilkes (FR), who won 12 of his 14 starts, stood at Widden on his retirement from racing and achieved legendary status as a sire.

When it comes to thoroughbred stud farms there is no place in the world quite like Widden Stud, where Matt Comerford, in his role heading up nominations, sales and client relations, is playing his part in ensuring its wonderful history continues.

The outstanding Golden Slipper winner of 1982 Marscay, by Biscay, was subsequently acquired, as was the prematurely deceased Stratum, by Redoute’s Choice, who was the winner of the world’s richest two-year-old race in 2005.

In the late 1970s the Thompsons made an inspired selection when adding to the roster Stanley Wootton’s brilliant Biscay horse Bletchingly, who sired champion Kingston Town in his first crop and won three Australian Sires’ Premierships. There have been others, of course, including Dewhurst Stakes winner Lunchtime (GB), by Silly Season, who became a highly valued addition to Widden’s stallion ranks.

It was into this rarefied atmosphere that Matt Comerford was introduced in August of 2012.

“It is an incredible place to work,” says Matt.

“Widden is framed by the world heritage Wollombi National Park, which is magnificent, and there is history wherever you look.

“There are old oaks and poplars, a family cemetery, headstones of the best horses, and stables with century-old construction dates and a church built in 1905 to replace the one that burned down.

“There is also a wonderful community spirit in the Valley and we all love it.

“Right from Antony and his wife Katie and now to their children Amy and Sam, who are starting to be more involved in the farm when they aren’t at university and school.

“Amy helped with the entire Magic Millions prep this year and Sam was a very welcome addition to our Sales team.

“Everyone on Widden is truly dedicated to the farm, there is very much a sense of community.

“We have get-togethers to cherish and celebrate the good results we achieve, whether they be on the racetrack or at the sales, or on the acquisition of a new stallion.

“We all have a passion for the industry, and I have found that is what makes Widden and the Valley such a special place to live.”

Much like the configuration of Widden, the thoroughbred has been in Matt’s life since his birth in Wagga Wagga on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River in the Riverina.

Even though the city has a population of only around 65,000, it is known as the “Town of Good Sports” with its graduates featuring, in earlier times, champion jockey Scobie Breasley, who often said “it is so good they named it twice”.

In more recent years, Australian cricket captain Mark Taylor, rugby league legend

Peter Sterling and AFL star Paul Kelly have added to the list of luminaries.

An avid sports fan, as everyone seems to be in Wagga Wagga, it was horseracing that most attracted Matt’s interest as he was growing up.

“We would be up early in the morning and we’d go into the track twice a week.

“I’d be dropped off after we finished what we had to do of a morning and walk the rest of the way to school.

“My schooling probably suffered as a result of helping my grandfather but my education with the horses certainly increased during that time.

“It was a great learning experience in all aspects of the industry, not only from the training side but also the breeding and handling of horses.”

By the time he completed his secondary education in Wagga Wagga, there was no doubt which direction Matt’s future would be heading.

His grandfathers - Noel Comerford and Greg Adams - were racing enthusiasts, as is his father David.

The oldest of David and Maree’s four children, Matt says he was only about “five or six” when he began going to race meetings in the Riverina with his father and grandfathers.

“Both my grandfathers were involved in the Murrumbidgee Turf Club and I can remember going to the old Inglis complex in Sydney with Noel,” he says.

“Noel did it all, he bred, raised and trained his own, on a property on the outskirts of Wagga, and that’s where the bug bit.

“When I was 15 my grandfather came off a horse and hurt his arm.

“That meant Noel was limited in what he could do and I spent about six months out on the property doing the things that were difficult for him.

To advance his knowledge he enrolled in the two-year Diploma of Equine Stud Management course at the GoulburnOvens Institute of TAFE at Wangaratta, which is not far from the border between New South Wales and Victoria.

“I loved doing the course,” he says.

“It was full-time involvement in the industry and I was, again, able to learn hands on.

“I was fortunate to have as educator Ian Horwood, who was the long time stud manager of Collingrove and then later Blue Gum,”

“Ian was the teacher at the TAFE and he taught us all aspects of running a farm.” Also incorporated in the course was work placements at established studs.

“I had two months during the breeding season at Mike Becker’s Independent Stallion Station at Nagambie, which was

Vain

“We all have a passion for the industry, and I have found that is what makes Widden and the Valley such a special place to live.”

followed by experience at Tas Rielley’s Basinghall Farm, again in Nagambie.

“I did a Melbourne Premier yearling sale preparation with Tas in 2009,” he says. On completing his diploma, Matt joined the work force at Darley’s Northwood Park operation at Seymour, Victoria.

“I did my final work placement there under Matt Hill and David Collison, who were great mentors to me following on from Becker and Rielley’s tutorage,” he says.

“The time I was afforded from these great mentors including my Grandfather is not lost on me and something I am incredibly grateful for”.

“I was only 20 and had been at Northwood Park about three months when I was offered the opportunity to do a breeding season at Darley in Hokkaido in Japan, where Commands and the likes of Deep Sky and Storming Home were standing.”

Matt was quickly immersed into the Japanese way of living in a village known as DJ (Darley-Japan) town.

“It’s something I have cherished not only because of what I learned up there about handling horses, but also being able to see the Japanese culture first hand,” he says.

“The people were very gracious, and it was impressive how accepting they were of someone such as myself, coming from Australia. I was very well looked after.

“It was a very good lesson and something I have translated into how I treat and deal with people back here in Australia.”

Matt says he remembers a filly - “I think her name was Strawberry Field” - winning a Group race when then Darley supremo Olly Tait was on one of his visits to Hokkaido.

“Olly celebrated with the staff and we all really embraced that win - it may have been the one of the first successes for the operation after being granted a racing licence,” he says.

“It is the type of thing we do at Widden because, even if they are relatively small, any successes are worth celebrating and are great for staff morale.”

After spending six months in Japan, Matt completed another breeding season at Northwood Park, where Street Boss, (USA), New Approach (IRE) and Domesday were standing, before being given the chance to travel to Ireland to work on Kildangan, in Co. Kildare.

“It was during the era when Teofilo and Shamardal were emerging young stallions and both were starting to make names for themselves,” he says.

“I found Ireland quite different to Japan and even Australia for that matter, as the farm was run like a corporate operation with such segregation amongst the different areas, the fortunate thing was the incredible horseman and horse women, who I was able to learn so much from.”

Not long after returning to Northwood Park from Kildangan, Matt was considering going to Kentucky when he was given the opportunity to spend a second breeding season in Hokkaido.

“After my first experience in Japan it was a no-brainer for me and I quickly forgot about going to America,” he says. “Looking

Zoustar

back, my two breeding seasons in Japan are very special to me.”

It was on finishing a second season in Japan that Tas Rielley, who had been at Widden before launching Basinghall, arranged for Matt to contact Antony Thompson.

“I was fortunate to have done the sales with Tas, who had been at Widden before launching Basinghall, and he and Widden shared a hospitality tent at Melbourne Premier, so over the couple sales I did for Tas, I got to know Antony, Derek and Ryan McEvoy.”

That led on to the beginning of Matt’s long-standing association with Widden.

“I took a role learning the ropes in sales under Ryan McEvoy, who had done the same TAFE course as I had,” he says.

“To begin with, I spent half the day in the office and the other half outside, which included every area from foaling, to stallions, to yearlings.

“I probably spent my first three years at Widden between the two sides of the business while learning from Ryan McEvoy and getting to know the entire Widden process.

“Ryan was a great mentor and taught me the logistical side of sales and nominations; from there I gradually went full-time into the office and continued to learn from Antony, General Manager Derek Field and Ryan.

“Obviously I have been able to expand my knowledge over the years since, and I am now full-time in sales, client relations and all the marketing aspects of the stud.

“Early in my days at Widden the success of Northern Meteor and Sebring was very exciting for everyone on the farm.

“That set a very positive tone going forward for us and, in more recent times, we’ve had Zoustar coming through which has been great for the stud.

“We’ve always had a series of top-class broodmares that have ensured the farm has continually maintained a high profile.” Foremost amongst them at present, without doubt, is Solar Charged, who is a two-time Group 3 winner by Charge Forward from Soul Singer by Danehill (USA).

Again, displaying the acute judgement for which the Thompsons are known, she was purchased at the Magic Millions National Broodmare sale in 2014 in foal to Sebring, for duties at Widden, at a price of $650,000.

“Solar Charged was listed in the supplementary session and I remember she was pulled from the paddock and how incredible she looked with no preparation,” Matt says.

“The foal she was carrying was a filly named Sheika, who won two races and was Group 3 placed.”

Bletchingly

Solar Charged was purchased with the sole intention to visit Zoustar in his first season.

The result of that mating was Sunlight, who went for the bargain price of $300,000 at the 2017 Gold Coast Magic Millions yearling sale.

A winner of her first five races - featuring the Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classicshe went on to finish third behind Estijaab and her Tony McEvoy-trained stablemate Oohood in the Golden Slipper.

On her retirement, Sunlight had raced 24 times for 11 wins - three of them at -the elite level - three seconds and five thirds for prize winnings of $6,575,950.

“An early highlight for me was Zoustar winning the Coolmore and then coming to Widden,” Matt says.

“Zoustar being crowned champion sire, helped by our home bred Sunlight, was very rewarding and continues to provide the farm much excitement.”

The result is that the colt by Zoustar from Solar Charged - named Kandinsky Abstract - went to Tom Magnier for $3 million at last year’s Inglis Australian Easter yearling sale.

Once again, this year started brightly for Widden when the stylish Solar Charged filly, by Zoustar, sold for $2.6 milliona Magic Millions record price.

“She is a lovely filly and we were thrilled when she was knocked down for such a good price,” Matt says.

“It was really rewarding for all the staff and the connections, especially after last year when Solar Charged had the highest priced colt of the year.

“While those highlights are obvious, the other rewarding moments that spring to mind are the first winners by Trapeze Artist and Written By, or watching the progeny of Supido coming through.

“In an industry with such a dedicated team of employees, being able to celebrate these victories is vitally important for everyone.”

While all that was happening, Matt had been developing a relationship with his wife-to-be Hannah, who was employed by the Cotton On group at the time and had been helping out at Rosemont.

“I met Hannah through going to the races and sales and we had known each other for a long time before we began dating long distance,” he says.

“We got to the stage in our relationship where one of us had to move, and fortunately Han decided to make Widden home.

“We were married in 2018 and now have a three-year-old son Reuben.

“Hannah runs the stud office and has become a valuable member of the staff.

“We are very fortunate to have her and to be living on this amazing place in this spectacular valley; not to mention how understanding she is and even while working full time, keeps everything at home in line for Reu and I.” BB

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LAST MONTH

LAST ISSUE ANSWER

Iglesia (Last Tycoon – Yodells by Marscay) was a brilliant sprinter raced by the late Geoff and Beryl White. After winning his first three starts as a 2yo including the Gr2 Silver Slipper he finished 3rd in the Todman Slipper trial before a creditable 4th in the Gr1 Golden Slipper. Iglesia race 22 times for 6 wins including a slashing first up victory in the Gr3 VRC Standish H landing a big plunge and breaking the Flemington 1200m track record in the process at 1.07.16.

His sire Last Tycoon was the first shuttle stallion to become Australian Champion sire in 1993/94 the year before Danehill started his run, while his son Written Tycoon also took the title in 2020/21.

Congratulations to our winner, long time subscriber Laura White from Cranbourne West, Victoria.

Track Record breakers make good sires

by Ken McLean

YES YES YES is the fastest horse ever over 1200m at Randwick, but did you know IGLESIA went slightly faster in 1-07.16 to set a Flemington track record?

While researching the race record of Japanese shuttle stallion SATONO ALADDIN I was amazed at those fast times achieved by this son of Deep Impact at Tokyo racetrack. He ran a sensational 1-31.5 for 1600mfaster than any horse has run 1600m in Australia. As mentioned in my article last year, I really like this Japanese stallion. I decided to look at track records for three important distances at our major racetracks.

1200 Metres TRACK RECORD

1. Flemington 1-07.16 IGLESIA

2. Randwick 1-07 32 YES YES YES

3. Caulfield 1-07.74 MISS ANDRETTI

4. Moonee valley 1.07.74 MISS ANDRETTI

5. Morphetville 1-07.92 DANTELAH

1600 Metres TRACK RECORD

1. Randwick 1-32.73 HARTNELL

2. Morphetville 1-33.29 SPRINGHiLL LAD

3. Flemington 1-33.49 SCENIC PEAK

4. Caulfield 1-34.26 FIELDS OF OMAGH

5. Moonee Valley 1-34.28 FIELDS OF OMAGH

2000 Metres TRACK RECORD

1. Flemington 1-58.73 MAKYBE DIVA

2. Rosehill 1-59.99 OCTAGONAL and DANEWIN

3. Randwick 2-00.03 HAMPTON COURT

4. Caulfield 2-00.33 HANG MAN

To my knowledge, HURRICANE SKY still holds the Australasian record for 1200m by a Two Year-Old. Japanese performers swept almost all before them during the past six months, winning some of the richest Group 1 prizes from talented European, American and Australian performers. The world’s richest stakes, the Saudi Cup-Gr1 over 1800m was won by Panhalassa (JPN), a son of Lord Kanaloa.

TOKYO TYCOON, Bay gelding, 2020

Satono Aladdin (JPN) is an athletic son of Japan’s leading sire Deep Impact and represents the male line of Sunday Silence. A brilliant miler known to flash home late, he displayed a devastating final 200 metres. The pedigree of Satono Aladdin suggests most of his progeny will take time to physically mature, showing their best at three years onwards. As a racehorse, his record shows 8 wins, 4 places, 3 shows. He won the Yasuda Kinen-Gr1 1600m Tokyo, Swan Stakes-Gr2 1400m Kyoto, Kelo Hai Spring Cup-Gr2 1400m Tokyo and finished runner-up in the Epsom Cup-Gr3 1800m Tokyo and Fuji Stakes-Gr3, 1600m Tokyo. His father Deep Impact was Horse of the Year in Japan who won the Triple Crown and the Japan Cup-Gr1. He was leading sire in Japan 2012 -2022.

I am anxiously awaiting results for Satono Aladdin’s first crop. So far there are encouraging stats. The stallion should make a noteworthy sire of stakes winners indicated by his intricate, clever pedigree pattern. He suits many popular sources of the Norther Dancer tribe, especially Danehill’s strain.

Here are some of Satono Aladdin’s first crop runners:

TOKYO TYCOON - Won Matamata StakesGr3 and valuable Listed Karaka Million SACRED SATONO – won Bonecrusher Stakes-Gr3, 2nd Counties Bowl Stakes-Gr3

PENNYWEKA – an Oaks prospect, 2nd Desert Gold Stakes-Gr2, 3rd Lowland Stakes-Gr2, Wellington Stakes-Gr3 KOSHU – won only start

LANTERN WAY – 2nd Taranaki 2YO Classic-Gr3

GRAND IMPACT – 3 wins 1st MRC Blue Sapphire Stakes-Gr3

JAPANESE EMPEROR – third Australian Guineas-Gr1 (to Legarto). John Thompson chose Satono Aladdin to shuttle to his Rich Hill Stud to provide mare owners with a different, special genotype and one which offers hybrid vigour to test with the plethora of Northern Dancer’s descendants. For example, Tokyo Tycoon is out of All About The Coin (StarcraftBelle Giselle by Redoute’s Choice) whereas Lantern Way is out of No More Doubt by Redoute’s Choice. Grand Impact, unbeaten from 3 starts at time of writing, is linebred 3 x 4 to Storm Cat with heavy duplication of Northern Dancer, supported by a triple of Mr Prospector. Grand Impact’s dam Serena Slam is by Swiss Ace from a daughter of Black Minnaloushe (by Storm Cat). The promising three year-old filly Pennyweka is out of Threepence by Pentire from Our Sophie by Kaapstad. Of interest, Threepence is linebred 3 x4 to champion Mill Reef. The Group 1 Australian Guineas comprised a hot field for the 1600m journey. For Japanese Emperor (Satono Aladdin-Inthespotlike by O’Reilly) to finish a very close third in a photo suggests he is potentially top class.

IGLESIA

I admired Iglesia’s brilliance. He won the Standish Handicap Gr3 in track record time for 1200m and was a handsome, muscular horse. Raised at Bhima Stud, he scored six times to earn $472,501 and was quite precocious at two years. He won the Silver Slipper Stakes-Gr2. Iglesia suffered complications from a broken leg early in his short stud career in Queensland. His stakes winning son (destined to carry on his male line) is Written Tycoon (Iglesia-Party Miss by Kenmare) Champion sire in Australia in 2020-21 with progeny earnings exceeding $17 million.

Written Tycoon’s dam is linebred to English 2,000 Guineas winner My Babu, a champion at 2 years in England and a remarkable broodmare sire. I value My Babu in any pedigree because he carries a “son” of champion Mumtaz Mahal to help balance patterns possessing daughters of Mumtaz Mahal (e.g. Mumtaz Begum, Mah Mahal).

COMMUNIST, Bay gelding, 2019

PEDIGREE ANALYSIS Record Breakers

Bred by the China Horse Club,

LITTLE

, Brown or Grey colt, 2020

He

Written Tycoon, bred by Daandine Pastoral Company, is the sire of Coolangatta who recently won the Black Caviar Lightning Stakes-Gr1 at Flemington. A $200,000 filly bought at the 2021 Gold Coast Yearling Sale, she has already earned more than $3 million for her owners. Her other major victories include the Gimcrack Stakes-Gr3, B J. McLachlan Stakes-Gr3 and Moir Stakes-Gr1. Bred by Highclere Stud Australia, Coolangatta was an impressive

second in the Golden Slipper StakesGr1. Her dam Piping Hot is by More Than Ready from Ribe by Danehill from Kapeskin by Kaapstad.

A STAR IS BORN

One of the leading young sires in New Zealand is Proisir (Choisir-Prophet Jewel by Encosta de Lago) who stands at Rich Hill Stud alongside Shocking. Proisir is the sire of an amazingly gifted three year-old filly named Legarto, facile winner

of the New Zealand 1,000 GuineasGr1 who was shipped to Melbourne to win the Australian Guineas-Gr1. Legarto stormed home with devastating acceleration to nudge out Attrition and Japanese Emperor, with classy opponents among the beaten brigade. Bred by W. E. Jeffries, Legarto was purchased by a syndicate for only NZ $90,000 at Karaka and from 7 starts has won 6 including the Eight Carat Classic-Gr2 over 1600m at Pukekohe and the Soliloquy Stakes-Gr3 over 1400m at Te Rapa. There are no ancestors duplicated close up in the pedigree of this exciting three yearold filly, although further back, we discover Nasrullah an active influence and a gradual build-up of Selene’s son Hyperion. Legarto’s dam Georgie Girl is by Last Tycoon’s son Towkay. The next dam is Racing Waters by Racing is Fun, a stallion linebred 4 x 4 to speed sire Alibhai (Hyperion-Teresina by Tracery). Obviously Legarto is something special.

COMMUNIST

The Randwick Guineas-Gr1 over 1600m in Sydney is run on the same Saturday as the Australian Guineas-Gr1 in Melbourne and therefore splits up our best three year-olds. The Randwick Guineas-Gr1 was won by Communist, an athletic gelding by Russian Revolution out of Cappadocia by Northern Meteor. Bred by the China Horse Club, who retained a share, Communist has won 4 of 10 starts with earnings of $906,690. He is linebred heavily to Northern Dancer and Native Dancer with strong

reinforcement of Star Kingdom’s strain. A double of Mr. Prospector comes via Miswaki and Fappiano. There are many well-bred yearlings by Russian Revolution to be sold at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale.

HONG KONG’S CHAMPION

Queenslanders can hold their heads up high with pride seeing as their State-bred champion Golden Sixty won the Hong Kong Gold Cup-Gr1 for a second time. Asco International (Q’ld) bred the 7 year-old gelding who has amassed HK $135 million with 24 wins from 28 starts. Golden Sixty is the epitome of a sound, tough athlete whose campaigns fearlessly took on the best. The champion performer is raced by Stanley Chan Ka Leung and was Horse of the Year in Hong Kong in 2021, as well as Champion Miler and Middle Distance performer. Bought as a Gold Coast yearling for $120,000, Golden Sixty was sent to New Zealand and targeted for the 2017 Ready to Run Sale of two year-olds where he fetched a final bid of NZ $300,000. Golden Sixty won the Hong Kong Mile-Gr1 (twice), Steward’s Cup-Gr1 (twice), Hong Kong Gold Cup-Gr1 (twice), Champions Mile-Gr1 (twice) and Hong Kong Derby-Gr1. His pedigree shows linebreeding 4 x 4 to champion Damascus with duplication of Northern Dancer via sons and daughter, plus reinforcement of Nasrullah, Turn-to, Mumtaz Mahal and Princequillo. The sire of Golden Sixty is Medaglia d’Oro (El Prado-Cappucino Bay by Bailjumper (son of Damascus). Golden Sixty ran the 2000m cup in the sensational time of 1-59.98.

BLUE DIAMOND WINNER

The MRC Blue Diamond Stakes-Gr1 over 1200m at Flemington was won by Little Brose (NZ). Bred by D. Wallace and owned by W. P. Young, the grey colt was a $200,000 purchase at the Gold Coast Yearling Sale. He had earlier won the Merson Cooper Stakes-Listed at Caulfield and was runnerup in the Maribyrnong Plate-Gr3 and Blue Diamond Prelude Stakes-Gr3.

Little Brose’s sire Per Incanto is by champion Street Cry, son of Machiavellian. The dam of the Blue Diamond victor is Mohegan Sky (USA), by Straight Man, grandson of Halo. Mohegan Sky is linebred 4 x 3 to Nijinsky II. Should Little Brose come to Sydney for the Golden Slipper Stakes-Gr1 he will again meet the very smart juvenile colt Cylinder(by Exceed and Excel) a member of the Godolphin team. Cylinder won the Silver Slipper Stakes-

PEDIGREE ANALYSIS Record Breakers WRITTEN TYCOON

COOLANGATTA, Bay filly, 2019

Party Miss

LEGARTO, Bay filly, 2019

Racing

Gr2 and Todman Stakes-Gr2 and earlier was runner up in the Listed Merson Cooper Stakes won by Little Brose. Godolphin bred and raced Cylinder’s dam Circular (Street Cry-Hexameter by Octagonal) who won the VRC Matron Stakes-Gr3 over 1600m. Street Cry is fast becoming an influential broodmare sire. The fourth dam of Cylinder is the wonderful producer Shadea (Straight Strike out of Concia, daughter of My Tricia).

The unbeaten 2YO filly Learn To Fly by Justify is favoured at time of writing this article for the Golden Slipper but perhaps 2023 will be the year for another colt to scoop the big prize. Last but by no means least, do you think the ATC Derby-Gr1 this year could be won by a filly?

Inglis Easter the place to find Gr1 winners and stallion prospects

The Inglis Easter Yearling Sale is the place to go to find the next exciting stallion prospect. Since 2008, Inglis Easter has been the source of twenty-one Gr1 winning colts that currently stand at stud, such as Champion Stallion in South Africa Gimmethegreenlight, Deep Field, Shamus Award, Russian Revolution, Tivaci, and All Too Hard. Hinchinbrook, Beneteau, Better than Ready, Headwater, Needs Further, and Foxwedge are all Easter graduates, while emerging stallions such as Flying Artie, Headwater, and Vanbrugh and recent retirees Wild Ruler, Home Affairs, Alabama Express, Exceedance, Super Seth, The Autumn Sun, Trapeze Artist, Merchant Navy, Summer Passage, Prized Icon, Hampton Court, Wandjina, Atlante, Doubtland, Tiger of Malay, Strasbourg, I Am Immortal and Overshare.

“If you want to buy a top-class racehorse, the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale presents the best opportunity of any sale in Australasia and arguably the world,” Inglis Bloodstock CEO Sebastian Hutch said. “This is the sale for topclass colts, leading fillies, stallion prospects, broodmares-in-waiting, international success, you name it and Easter graduates will provide it. Buyers are in for a genuine treat at Riverside

in April as Australia and New Zealand’s best breeders offer their best yearlings of 2023.”

In 2023, nearly fifty different vendors will present 457 yearlings for sale with some of Australia’s best pedigrees on offer including siblings to 160 stakes winners and progeny of 149 stakes-winning mares. Some of the highlights include a brother to Horse of the Year Verry Elleegant, a Snitzel half-sister to King’s Gambit, a Snitzel half-sister to Yes Yes Yes and a three-quarter sibling to Giga Kick.

Some of the Gr1 winners with siblings in the catalogue are Hitotsu, Mazu, Private Eye, Ellsberg, In The Congo, Artorius, Russian Revolution, Pride Of Dubai, Loving Gaby, Santa Ana Lane, Estijaab, Wild Ruler, Kenedna, Super Seth, Converge, Invincibella, Tagaloa, Stronger, Quick Thinker, Mossfun, Shadow Hero, Spright, Peeping, Booker, Angel Of Truth, and Dear Demi.

Many yearlings out of Gr1 winning mares are catalogued including Gr1 winners atchy, English, Shoals, Dixie Blossoms, Fenway, Nakeeta Jane, Faint Perfume, First Seal, Commanding Jewel, Miss Finland, Secret Admirer, Heavens Above, Prompt Response, Maid Of Heaven, Griante, Gust Of Wind,

Platelet, Plucky Belle, Princess Coup, Qafila, Savvy Coup, Secret Agenda, and Volpe Veloce.

Of the 31 Gr1-winning graduates Easter has produced since 2018, eight could have been purchased for $200,000 or less, the likes of Mizzy, Exceedance, Aristia, Land Of Plenty, Zoutori, Nettoyer, Quick Thinker and Funstar, while two in three Stakes winners out of the sale since 2018 could have been bought under sale average price.

With 54 individual stallions represented in the catalogue, multiple Champion Sire I Am Invincible leads the entry list with 40 yearlings on offer, while Champion Sire I Am Invincible has 39. Written Tycoon has 32 yearlings, while popular stallions Zoustar (25), Exceed And Excel (21) and Extreme Choice (6) all have representation in the catalogue. The majority of the catalogue (89%) are BOBS eligible, while there are also yearlings that are Super VOBIS and Westspeed qualified.

Every year, the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale catalogue collates Australia’s best yearlings for buyers looking to add to their bloodstock portfolio, and the 2023 catalogue is another stunning example of the high quality that buyers have come to expect. l

Verry Elleegant

29 Champions, 147 Group 1 wins since 1985

First Season Sires set to shine at Inglis Easter

With successful stallions like Deep Field, Shamus Award, All Too Hard and Champion Sire in South Africa

Gimmethegreenlight all Inglis Easter Yearling Sale graduates, this year’s first season sires are headlined by Gr1 winner

Exceedance who was sold at the 2018 Easter sale for $180,000. The Gr1 winner promises to become another in the long list of Inglis graduates who’ve completed the pathway from yearling to star racehorse to successful stallion.

(Sires in order of number of yearlings in the sale)

Too Darn Hot

(Dubawi-Dar Re Mi, by Singspiel)

Stood in 2020 at Darley for $44,000

by Renée Geelen

A champion with a champion’s pedigree, Too Darn Hot lived up to the expectations of his breeding. Crowned both Champion 2YO and 3YO in Europe, Too Darn Hot was an unbeaten two year-old, winning all his four starts including the Gr1 Dewhurst Stakes a race won by the likes of Frankel, Teofilo, Shamardal, New Approach, Grand Lodge, and Rock of Gibraltar. At three, he won twice, both at Gr1 level in the Gr1 Prix Jean Prat and Gr1 Sussex Stakes. He also placed in the Gr1 Irish Two Thousand Guineas and Gr1 Royal Ascot St James’s Palace Stakes.

By Champion sire Dubawi who has over 50 Gr1 winners among his 249 stakes winners and sire sons like Makfi, Night of Thunder, Poet’s Voice and many young emerging sires. Too Darn Hot is out of triple Gr1 winner and Champion Older Mare in England Dar Re Mi, who is the dam of seven winners, three at stakes level including full siblings Gr2 winner and Gr1 placed Lah Ti Dar and Gr3 winner So Mi Dar. Too Darn Hot’s second dam is Gr1 winner Darara, dam of four Gr1 winners, the others being Rewilding, River Dancer, and Darazari.

Too Darn Hot has sixteen yearlings in the 2023 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale catalogue,

a reflection of the excellent quality book of mares he attracted in his first season at stud. Gr1 Blue Diamond Stakes winner Catchy’s third foal, a filly, is Lot 61, while Champion 2YO Filly Entisaar’s filly is Lot 119. A halfsister to Gr3 placed two year-old Ticket To Ride from a winning daughter of triple Gr1 winner Private Steer is Lot 7, and Lot 29 is a colt out of Listed winner Aquila Solitaria from a strong European family. Gr3 Breeders’ Stakes winner Broadband has already left Gr3 placed Drisana, and her third foal is Lot 51; while Lot 91 is a colt out of Listed winner Curtana, making him a half-brother to group placed winner Sword of Mercy. Lot 212 is a half-brother to group winners Charmed Harmony and Suyoof and to the dam of Gr3 winner Minhaaj. A half-brother to recent Listed winner Lady of Honour is Lot 216, while Lot 302 is a half-sister to Listed placed winner So Serene out of dual Gr3 winner Radharcnafarraige. Recent group placed winner Tajneed’s half-sister, Lot 322, is out of a daughter of dual Gr1 winner Melito.

Castelvecchio

(Dundeel-St. Therese, by Dehere) Stood in 2020 at Arrowfield Stud for $33,000

Back at three, Castelvecchio placed in the Gr1 WS Cox Plate in the spring before coming back to win the Gr1 Rosehill Guineas. All up, Castelvecchio won four of his thirteen starts and earnings over $2.9million. One of five Gr1 winners for young sire Dundeel, Castelvecchio is out of Listed winner St. Therese, making him a half-brother to Gr1 winner Maid of Heaven, group winner Mirrasalo (dam of group winner Mirra Vision) and also to the dams of Listed winner Precious Memories and Hussy by Choice. Castelvecchio has nine yearlings are catalogued at the 2023 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, led by Lot 239, a stunningly well bred colt out of Champion 2YO and 3YO Filly Miss Finland, making this colt a half-brother to Gr1 winner Stay With Me, dam of Listed winner Waltz on By. Lot 182 is a half-sister to two stakes placed winners and to the winning dam of brilliant two year-old Sejardan. A half-sister to triple Gr1 winner Hitotsu is Lot 204, while Lot 450 is a halfbrother to Gr3 winner Missile Mantra.

Pierata

(Pierro-November Flight, by Flying Spur) Stood in 2020 at Aquis Farm for $44,000

An Inglis yearling, Castelvecchio won his first two starts at two including the Listed Inglis 2YO Millennium before going on to place in the Gr1 Sires’ Produce Stakes and win the Gr1 Champagne Stakes, beating Loving Gaby.

A tough brilliant racehorse, Gr1 All Aged Stakes winner Pierata raced from two till five in the best company. A winner at two and placed in the Gr2 BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes behind Melody Belle who went on to win

EASTER YEARLING SALE

EASTER YEARLING SALE

TOO DARN RARE: A G1

winner

By a G1 winner

G1 winner the breed-shaper

From

a

Just like Dubawi, Galileo, Deep Impact, Kingman and Street Cry. BUT unlike these sires, every one of his grandparents are G1 winners.

CHAMPION Two and Three-Year-Old

TOO DARN HOT

First yearlings at the sales in 2023

by Dubawi

14 Gr1 races, Pierata won three of his first four starts at three including the Gr3 Vo Rogue Plate and Listed Magic Milions Guineas. In the autumn he placed in the Gr1 Randwick Guineas behind Kementari. At four, Pierata won three races highlighted by a classy win in the Gr1 All Aged Stakes, a race he almost won again at five, missing out by a nose to Tofane.

One of the first crop of Triple Crown hero Pierro, he is one of 31 stakes winner for his sire and joins Arcadia Queen, Regal Power, Shadow Hero, Levendi, and Pinot as Gr1 winners by Pierro. Pierata is out of Gr3 winner November Flight and is a half-brother to group winner Ashokan, group placed winner Jet Propulsion and to the dam of Gr3 winner Our Playboy.

Pierata has seven yearlings catalogued at the 2023 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, including Lot 57, a three-quarter sister to Listed winner of seven races Holbein (Pierro) out of Irish group winner and Gr1 placed Carribean Sunset. Lot 147 is out of Listed winner Galizani, a close relative to Champion 2YO Fireburn, while Lot 415 is a half-sister to Gr2 winner Daises, Gr1 placed winner Zou Town, and stakes placed winner Motown Lil.

Yes Yes Yes

(Rubick-Sin Sin Sin, by Fantastic Light) Stood in 2020 at Coolmore Stud for $38,500

Gr2 winner Pretty Brazen, Gr3 winner Dollar for Dollar, Gr3 winner Pretty Amazing and Gr3 winner Clifton Red, as well as three other stakes horses. Lot 426 is the second foal of winning Shamardal mare Typhoon Jolie who won five races and is a half-sister to Gr2 winner Formality, out of Singapore Horse of the Year Jolie’s Shinju. Lot 455 is a colt out of stakes placed winner Workdrinks whose first foal is a winner this season from the family of Gr1 winner Virage de Fortune.

Blue Point

(Shamardal-Scarlett Rose, by Royal Applause) Stood in 2020 at Darley for $44,000

Zousain

(Zoustar-Pasar Silbano, by Elnadim) Stood in 2020 at Widden Stud for $19,800

Winner of three races at two including the Gr2 Todman Stakes, Yes Yes Yes took on the older sprinters in The Everest and won, beating Santa Ana Lane and Trekking with future Champion Sprinter Nature Strip in fourth. Two other winners of The Everest, Redzel and Classique Legend, were also in the field, as was Champion 3YO Sunlight. Yes Yes Yes also placed in the Gr1 Golden Rose and Gr2 Run to the Roses on his way to The Everest glory.

By young sire Rubick who has sired seven stakes winners including this season’s Gr1 Golden Rose winner Jacquinot. Yes Yes Yes is a half-brother to stakes placed winner Dee Nine Elle, and his winning dam is a halfsister to group winning sprinters Hot as Hell, Flaming Hot, and Craig’s Dragon, as well to the winning dam of dual Gr1 winner In Her Time.

Yes Yes Yes will be represented by five yearlings catalogued at the 2023 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, including Lot 295, a half-brother to five stakes winners; Gr2 winner Sertorius,

The only horse to win three Gr1 sprints at Royal Ascot, Blue Point was a Champion Sprinter who emulated Choisir by winning the Royal Ascot Gr1 King’s Stand Stakes and Gr1 Diamond Jubilee in the same year. Blue Point showed his class early, winning three of his six starts at two including the Gr2 York Gimcrack Stakes, then at three, he was a dual Gr3 winner and placed in the Gr1 Royal Ascot Commonwealth Cup. At four, Blue Point won his first Gr1 King’s Stand Stakes, following it up at five with a win in the Gr1 Meydan Al Quoz Sprint before winning the King’s Stand again and adding the Diamond Jubilee.

By Champion racehorse and sire Shamardal, whose sire sons include Lope de Vega (sire of 104 stakes winners) and several young up and coming sires, Blue Point is a half-brother to group winning two year-old Formosina. His dam is a half-sister to tough group winner Tumbleweed Ridge.

Blue Point has four yearlings catalogued at the 2023 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, including Lot 89, a stunningly well-bred filly who is a half-sister to Gr3 winner and Gr1 placed Crystal Dreamer, and to the stakes placed winning dam of Gr1 winner Zougotcha, Listed winner Persuader, and Listed winner The Actuary. This filly is out of Listed winner Crystal Wit, a half-sister to Gr1 Golden Slipper winner Crystal Lily. Lot 185 is a half-sister to Gr2 winner Sword of Light and Listed winner Sword of Justice, out of a stakes placed winner of five who is a half-sister to Gr1 winner Flamberge. Lot 200 is a half-brother to Gr2 Sandown Guineas winner Helene Allibor, out of stakes winner of nine races Libor Lady, while Lot 247 is a half-brother to Listed winner Beethoven.

Zousain showed his speed early winning on debut in Sydney in February, before running fourth in the Gr2 Skyline Stakes at only his second start. Back for the Brisbane carnival, Zousain won the Gr2 Champagne Classic before running second in the Gr2 BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes and the Gr1 JJ Atkins Stakes (to future Champion 3YO The Autumn Sun). As a three year-old, Zousain showed he was up to the class of the best three year-olds in the country when he ran second in the Gr1 Golden Rose to The Autumn Sun and second in the Gr1 Coolmore Stud Stakes to Sunlight (a race trifecta by Zousain’s sire Zoustar). Zoustar (Northern Meteor) has quickly proven to be a very good stallion, leaving Champion 3YO Filly Sunlight in his first crop, and already has 33 stakes winners on the board. Zousain is one of three winners for his Gr3 winning dam, Pasar Silbano, who was a quality two year-old, winning four races at that age (five in total) in Ireland and America. She won two stakes races and was four time stakes placed and this is the European family of good sire and Gr1 winner Indian Lodge. Zousain will be represented by three yearlings catalogued at the 2023 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, including Lot 39 a three-quarter brother to Gr2 winner Glistening (Zoustar) out of Gr3 Gold Coast Guineas winner Beethog; and Lot 413, a filly out of Gr3 winner Thurlow.

Exceedance

(Exceed and Excel-Bonnie Mac, by Thorn Park) Stood in 2020 at Vinery for $38,500

Winner of the stallion making Gr1 Coolmore Stud Stakes, Exceedance won on debut as a two year-old. First up at three, Exceedance won the early spring Gr3 San Domenico

ALL ROADS LEAD TO HELEN STREET

Champion sire STREET CRY – dam is HELEN STREET

Champion sire SHAMARDAL – 2nd dam is HELEN STREET

Undefeated 2yo Campion VICTOR LUDORUM – 3rd dam is HELEN STREET

Rising star Australian SW 3yo OSIPENKO – 4th dam is HELEN STREET

HIGHGROVE presents TWO magnificent fillies descended directly from Blue Hen

HELEN STREET at the 2023

Inglis Australian Easter

Yearling Sale

I noticed what an influential mare Helen Street was some years ago and have been buying broodmares tracing to her whenever possible. She has justified my faith by producing a steady stream of elite performers including several from Highgrove such as Gr1 placed Thronum and his talented brother Verne who defeated In The Congo at level weights. And of course the unbeaten champion 2yo Victor Ludorum is inbred to Helen Street, it’s a key feature of his pedigree.

- Ron Gilbert

LOT 255 bay filly EXCEED AND EXCEL – MUSEO by Teofilo, 3rd dam is HELEN STREET

LOT 343 WRITTEN TYCOON – SECRETLY by Sebring, 4th dam is HELEN STREET

Both fillies are by Australian Champion sires, great 2yo sires, from this fabulous family. Both are from the best active branches of this family.

Also offering three great colts by Australia’s leading sires Snitzel, I Am Invincible and So You Think.

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Stakes, defeating Bivouac, then he ran third twice to Bivouac and Yes Yes Yes in both the Gr2 Run to the Rose and Gr1 Golden Rose. Exceedance gained his revenge in the Gr1 Coolmore Stud Stakes, defeating Bivouac, to finish his spring three year-old campaign with two wins and two placings. Back in the autumn, he was asked to sprint against the older horses and had three solid runs prior to retirement.

Inglis Easter Yearling Sale graduate

Exceedance is by Champion Sire and Champion 2YO Sire Exceed and Excel from Listed winner Bonnie Mac, making him a full brother to group winner Oxley Road and a half-brother to Listed winner Mac ‘n’ Cheese. The stakes winners continue under his second dam with Bonnie Mac having three stakes winning siblings.

Exceedance has two yearlings catalogued at the 2023 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, including a filly, Lot 240 who is the second foal of Gr2 winner of eight races Miss Gunpowder, from the family of Gr1 winner Absolut Glam. Lot 327 is a colt out of Gr3 winner Runway Star from the family of Gr1 winners Wrap Around, Fashions Afield, and NZ Bloodstock Filly of the Year Imelda Mary.

Brutal

(O’Reilly-Alberton Princess, Golan) Stood in 2020 at Newgate Farm for $27,500

is a half-brother to Listed winner Lady War Machine (Street Boss), and this colt is out of Gr3 winner Native Bombshell from the family of Champion 2YO in NZ Warhorse, and Rebel Dane’s sire California Dane.

Magna Grecia

(Invincible Spirit-Cabaret, by Galileo)

Stood in 2020 at Coolmore Stud for $22,000

race record. Placed at two, Omaha Beach came into his own at three, winning the Gr1 Arkansas Derby, Gr1 Santa Anita Sprint Championship and the Gr1 Malibu Stakes, and was placed second in the Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile. Omaha Beach retired with five wins and five placings from ten starts and was the only horse in the USA in the last 32 years to win Gr1 races at 1200m and 2000m in the same season.

Brutal won the Gr1 Doncaster Mile as a three year-old in a career that spanned three seasons. He epitomises the toughness threaded through his pedigree. A winner of his only start at two by five lengths with future Gr1 winner Mystic Journey back in fourth, Brutal won his first two starts as a spring three year-old, both in Listed company to take his record to three from three. In the autumn, he was asked much harder questions, finishing third first up in Gr3 company, then two starts later, Brutal ran second in the Gr1 George Ryder behind champion mare Winx before heading to the Gr1 Doncaster Handicap at his next start. He won, beating Dreamforce and Hartnell. Back at four, Brutal won first up in the Gr2 Premiere Stakes, then was third in the Gr3 Sydney Stakes before retirement.

By New Zealand Champion Sire O’Reilly, Brutal is a half-brother to Listed winner Talaria, from the family of Cavalry Rose, Testarhythm, and Te Akau Rose.

Brutal has one yearling catalogued at the 2023 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, Lot 264, who

The perfect Classic horse, Magna Grecia won twice at two including the Gr1 Futurity Stakes. Back at three, he won the timehonoured Gr1 The Two Thousand Guineas and retired with three wins from six starts. Awarded the Champion 3YO Miler in Ireland, Magna Grecia has a superb pedigree to back up his Classic winning miler race record. By Champion Sire of 2YOs and sire of sires Invincible Spirit who left 145 stakes winners with 21 of those at Gr1 level and whose son I Am Invincible is a Champion Sire in Australia, while Kingman is one of the emerging top class sires in Europe. Magna Grecia is a half-brother to Europe’s Horse of the Year and five-time Gr1 winner St Mark’s Basilica, with both being out of group winning juvenile Cabaret. Not many mares leave one Gr1 winner, let alone two. Magna Grecia’s one yearling in the 2023 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, Lot 211. A half-brother to brilliant sprinter Chain of Lightning, winner of six of her eight starts, this colt is out of a winning daughter of Gr2 winner Mardi’s Magic from the family of The Everest winner Classique Legend, Hong Kong star sprinter Aethero, and Gr1 winner Racing To Win.

Omaha Beach

(War Front-Charming, by Seeking the Gold) Stood in 2020 at Spendthrift for $22,000

By quality sire War Front who has over 100 stakes winners, Omaha Beach is a half-brother to Champion 2YO Filly Take Charge Brandi (dam of recent Listed winner Courvoisier). His second dam is triple Gr1 winner Take Charge Lady, dam of three Gr1 winners. Omaha Beach has one yearling catalogued at the 2023 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, Lot 379. A filly with huge residual value, she is a half-sister to Gr2 Tampa Bay Derby winner Prospective, and Listed winner Josie, as well as to the dam of Gr1 winner Kalypso. Out of Listed winner Spirited Away, this filly has an American pedigree that is free of Danehill.

Vino Rosso

(Curlin-Mythical Bride, by Street Cry) Stood in 2020 at Spendthrift for $13,750

Triple Gr1 winner Omaha Beach comes from one of the best families in the USA Stud book and he lived up to expectations with a stellar

Dual Gr1 winner Vino Rosso began his career as an unbeaten two year-old and improved every year. A Gr2 winner at three, Vino Rosso showed his class when he won the Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Classic and Gr1 Santa Anita Gold Cup, both at 2000m, as a four year-old. He was also first past the post in the Gr1 Jockey Club Gold Cup but was relegated to second on protest. All up, Vino Rosso won six races and over US$4.8million from his 15 starts and was crowned Champion Older Dirt Male in the USA. In winning the Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Classic, Vino Rosso defeated a field that included nine other Gr1 winners. By dual USA Horse of the Year Curlin, who is now a hugely successful stallion with 83 stakes winners, Vino Rosso is out of a winning Street Cry mare. His dam is a half-sister to Gr2 winner Commissioner and Gr3 winner (and Gr1 placed) Laugh Track.

Vino Rosso will be represented by one yearling catalogued at the 2023 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, Lot 314, a half-sister to Gr1 New Zealand Derby winner Crown Prosecutor, and Gr1 Australasian Oaks placed Ripper Rita (both by American stallions). This filly is out of a two year-old winner who is closely related to Gr1 winners Captivant and River Dove (dam of Headwater).

AUSTRALIAN EASTER YEARLING SALE

INGLIS EASTER 2023 - FIRST SEASON SIRES

COOLANGATTA - multiple Gr1 winner of over $3 million, 5 wins from just 8 starts. Born, raised and sold by Milburn Creek.

A GROUP ONE draft for a GROUP ONE sale

At Inglis Easter 2023 Milburn will offer 17 youngsters with a Gr1 connection in the dam or second dam including –

Lot 70 a bay filly by quadruple Champion sire Snitzel out of Gr1 placed CHOCOLATE MARTINI (by Broken Vow).

Lot 156 a chestnut colt by Champion 3yo The Autumn Sun out of Gr1 ATC Galaxy winner GRIANTE (by Good Journey).

Lot 205 a brown colt by rising star Shamus Award, out of Love Of Liberty making this colt a ¾ brother to Gr1 ATC Epsom H winner ELLSBERG.

Lot 340 a chestnut filly by Champion 3yo The Autumn Sun out of multiple Gr1 Flight S and Epsom H winner SECRET ADMIRER (by world’s top sire Dubawi), bred on the electric Galileo/Dubawi mix.

Lot 416 a bay colt by the exciting young sire Dundeel, sire of FIVE Gr1 winning colts out of a Gr3 winning, multiple Gr3 placed mare by the same sire as Champion sprinter Nature Strip.

The mares first foal to race is an unbeaten SW MAGIC TIME, 2 starts 2 wins including the VRC Amanda Elliot H LR. This colt is a half-brother to an unbeaten SW by a Gr1 sire out of a Group winning mare.

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Manager Scott Holcombe

Milburn Creek will offer yearlings by Blue Point, Dundeel, Exceed And Excel, Hellbent, I Am Invincible, Shamus Award, Snitzel, The Autumn Sun, Too Darn Hot, Toronado, Written Tycoon and Zoustar.

“Please come and inspect this draft, we have yearlings out of great families by a range of Australia’s most exciting commercial sires. This is a genuine GROUP ONE draft.”

Milburn Creek, Wildes Meadow, NSW, BARN C Stables 49-52, 61-68, 76-80 All enquiries; Scott Holcombe 0452 213762

“This Milburn Creek draft has more yearlings closely related to Gr1 winners than any we’ve previously presented, and we’ve had some nice ones!”

BOBS is double value

by Renée Geelen

Launched twenty years ago in 2003, the Racing NSW Breeder Owner Bonus Scheme (BOBS) has long been a good source of extra prizemoney for NSW racehorse owners. In the 2021/22 season, payouts amounted over $11.5million in bonuses and Double-Up vouchers, and took the scheme’s total payout to racehorse owners to over $174million in the last twenty years. With the amount growing steadily each year, there are million of reasons to ensure your horse is BOBS registered.

To be eligible, a horse must be sired by a BOBS eligible stallion, with the list available on the BOBS website. Nominations close on 1 September of a horse’s two year-old season with late nominations accepted until the horse turns three.

The Double Up voucher system of BOBS allows owners to elect to double the value of their BOBS earnings by reinvesting in another horse. Racing NSW provided Bluebloods with a list of well-performed horses who were purchased using Double Up vouchers, and it shows how well the reinvestment into racing is working.

Trained by Chris Waller, Gr1 winner Funstar (Adelaide-Starspangled, by Danehill) was purchase by Anton Koolman Bloodstock at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale for $80,000, and the mare was an unbeaten two yearold who won the Gr1 Flight Stakes at three, then raced in Gr1 company as an older horse

placing

behind Probabeel, Wild Planet, Shout the Bar, Con Te Partiro, and Verry Elleegant. She was on-sold as a broodmare prospect for $2.7million and is now in Japan.

Consistent gelding Baller (High ChaparralFuwa, by Encosta de Lago) was purchased at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale by Anthony Cummings using BOBS Double Up vouchers for $160,000, and has now won eight races including the Gr2 Moreton Cup and has earnings over $1.2million. Cummings also purchased Gr1 JJ Atkins Stakes winner Prince Fawaz (Fastnet Rock-Lady Paget, by Testa Rossa) was purchased, in part, with a BOBS Double Up voucher for $220,000 at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, and he stood his first season at stud in 2022 at Oaklands Stud.

Gr2 Silver Shadow Stakes winner Fiesta (I Am Invincible-Now Now, by Danehill Dancer) earned over $1.5million from her five wins, and she was purchased by Star Thoroughbreds using BOBS Double Up vouchers at the Inglis

Classic Yearling Sale for $150,000, and was onsold as a broodmare prospect for $1.35million. A win all around for her syndicate of owners. Star Thoroughbreds understands the benefits of this system, having also purchased Kubrick (Shooting To Win-Alcatraz, by Fastnet Rock) for $250,000 at the Inglis Melbourne Yearling Sale, and the gelding won six races up to Listed level with earnings over $1.1million.

Listed winner Villami (Foxwedge-Galapagos Girl, by Dehere) was purchased by Gerald Ryan at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale for $425,000, and won three of her fifteen starts. Now at stud, her first foal is a Zoustar colt.

For twenty years, the Racing NSW BOBS scheme has been supporting local racehorse owners and through the Double Up vouchers, BOBS continues to support breeders who use NSW based stallions by putting money back through the yearling and two year-old sales.

Funstar

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ARROWFIELD

A Tradition and Future of Greatness

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Arrowfield’s John Messara doesn’t often reminisce about the past - he’s much too excited about the future.

In the wake of the Stud’s record-setting aggregate at last year’s Inglis Easter Sale, and ahead of presenting Arrowfield’s biggest and arguably best-ever Easter draft in 2023, he agreed to sit down and look back on 36 years of breeding and selling Group 1 winners.

Asked to list three top of mind Arrowfield graduates John replied, “Well, I just cannot keep it to three. The ones I most vividly recall are Zabeel, Nothin’ Leica Dane, Flying Spur and Miss Finland and there is a story behind each one of them.

“For example, I took a bottle of champagne to Tommy Smith after he bought Nothin’ Leica Dane and he said, ‘Son, I should be buying you champagne, this is the only Classic winner in this catalogue.’ How right he was: Nothin’ Leica Dane won the Spring Champion, then the Victoria Derby and very nearly won the Melbourne Cup too. “Miss Finland stands out because she was bred jointly in a venture with Gainsborough Stud and all produce of the mares were sold annually at auction. She was an amazing mover and we were determined to buy her out in a syndicate of three long-term mates, if possible. We met so much success with her and we all enjoyed the ride so much with David Hayes as her trainer.”

“Then there were two fillies, Mahaya and Alverta, that we passed in and found impossible to sell afterwards. They also brought us great joy and both finished up as Champions.”

Among the 147 Group 1 victories that Arrowfield graduates have compiled since 1985, one in particular crystallised everything the Stud aims to achieve.

“The Autumn Sun’s imperious Caulfield Guineas victory is unforgettable, a coming together of all our ambitions to breed and sell great horses and develop prospective stallions. It’s very special to breed and sell colts like Flying Spur, Danzero, Beneteau and Not A Single Doubt, and now The Autumn Sun and Castelvecchio and then to stand them at

The skills John brought to the thoroughbred business were unusual in the mid-1980s because he was a Sydney stock broker, not a hands-on horseman who inherited a farm. As it turned out, he was perfectly equipped for a new era of investment and asset management.

“I was trained to analyse and assess value, opportunity and risk - perfect for horse-breeding, especially in times of uncertainty and rapid change. It’s been a source of endless fascination and challenge to me ever since and now, I’m no longer working, I’m just doing what I love!”

If there’s a secret to Arrowfield’s success, it is John’s gift for identifying the right ingredients - land, horses, people, money, marketing - and welding them into a dynamic enterprise.

He is adamant though, about the most important element. “We have always been very selective about our team and I owe much to them, past and present. It’s easier to find great horses than to find top people. Then there is team spirit, ambition and mentoring the young onesall critical to our success.”

Looking at Arrowfield’s Inglis Easter draft it’s striking that more than half of the 68 yearlings are by stallions outside the line of Danehill, famously identified and secured by John for Australia in 1989.

“We’re happy to fish for stallions where we’ve been successful in the past: Snitzel continues to be exceptional, and The Autumn Sun’s first two year-olds are showing great promise.

But the dominance of Danehill naturally encourages us to look for outcross sires like Dundeel, Maurice and Shalaa and they are all proving their worth, with Castelvecchio shaping up to join them.”

Then there are 13 Written Tycoon yearlings, including a colt out of Champion Filly Shoals and Count De Rupee’s half-brother, the result of Arrowfield’s inspired decision to stand the Victorian-owned sire in 2020.

“That’s a classic example of turning disaster into something positive, as we

couldn’t shuttle Maurice or any Japanese stallions that year because of the pandemic. We knew the quality of Written Tycoon’s progeny in the pipeline and thought he’d be well-received in the Hunter Valley.

“We’re grateful to his owners at the time who worked closely with us on the exercise, breeders gave him tremendous support and so far it’s working out brilliantly.”

Written Tycoon became Australia’s Champion Sire in 2020/21 and his yearlings have averaged more than $300,000 this season.

There’s also been a marked refreshment of Arrowfield’s broodmare band. Only 7 mares represented in the 2018 Inglis Easter draft are also dams of the farm’s current Easter yearlings.

John explains, “It’s a continual process, driven by the life-cycle of mares, the racing merit of their progeny and the constant, clear-eyed assessment of each mare’s quality, as well as very selective buying.”

The result is a spectacular collection of yearlings whose dams include 8 Group 1 winners, 12 other Group winners, 5 Listed winners, and 8 Group 1 producers. Sixty per cent of the mares were aged 9 or younger in 2021, and more than half of the consignment are the first, second or third foals of their dams. And multiple Champion Broodmare Sire Redoute’s Choice figures as the damsire of 4 fillies and 5 colts in the draft.

A single colt, conceived in Japan and foaled in Australia, by the 2021/22

Champion Second Season Sire Maurice, and 6 other yearlings from the families of Japanese champions such as Aerolithe and Indy Champ represent Arrowfield’s quarter-century relationship with the globally admired breeding powerhouses Shadai Stallion Station and Northern Farm.

Graduates of Arrowfield’s relationship with Northern Farm include Group 1 winners Estijaab, Hot Snitzel, Reaan, Sweet Idea, Tagaloa, Yearning and Horse of the Year Weekend Hussler.

John explains what attracted him to Japan’s bloodstock. “The Japanese have a slightly different selection process for their stallions. It’s based purely on elite race performances in Japan or in the major international jurisdictions, and they are open-minded on sire lines.

“Japan also has approximately half the ratio of stakes races to races run that Australia has.

So a well performed stakeswinner in Japan will be a good horse anywhere and that’s proven by the success of Japanese horses wherever they travel. Japanese breeders produce tough, fast horses.

“We’ve always respected their model and we’re happy to stand any of their elite horses that we think fit our gene pool and will be supported by other Australian breeders. We have an interesting stallion in Maurice who shows an ability to throw exceptional athletes such as Hitotsu and Mazu, so we have a bit to look forward to there.” l

(Left) Champion 3YO Colt The Autumn Sun sweeps to a 4.5 length victory in the 2018 Caulfield Guineas-Gr1. (below) Miss Finland wins the 2006 Golden Slipper-Gr1, the first of her 5 Group 1 victories.

CORUMBENE STUD

by Glen Latham

By sheer ratio of Golden Slipper and Blue Diamond winners sold to foals offered, Corumbene Stud is the benchmark to which the rest of the industry aspires. Sebring, Overreach, True Jewels and who is to say Lofty Strike wouldn’t have added to that tally last year before a minor niggle put him out of the Blue Diamond picture. This year Corumbene will take four select youngsters to Riverside all carrying the same edge when it comes to juvenile success.

Each time Lofty Strike sets foot on a racecourse there must be a handful of underbidders wishing they had gone that one step further for the exciting colt. By Snitzel out of a Golden Slipper winner in Overreach, Corumbene as vendors met the market selling him for just $280,000. At time of writing he has returned Julius Sandhu and his clients well over double that amount with the prospect of a stud career in the offing. In February alone he won the Gr2 Rubiton Stakes and was a slashing second in the Gr1 Oakleigh Plate. And by the time sale-ho rings out across Riverside for the Australian Easter Yearling Sale he may well be a Gr1 winner, that $280,000 looking decidedly inexpensive. And we aren’t talking about an isolated case here, Golden Slipper winner Sebring and Blue Diamond winner True Jewels were others raised at Corumbene and sold at auction. This year’s Corumbene draft will be led off by Lot 44, a half-sister to the multiple Group placed Bottega. By the Autumn Sun, this colt is out of General Nediym’s daughter Bennetta who carried the farm’s orange, brown and white silks past the post first three times including the Gr2 Light Fingers Stakes where Corumbene raced the quinella. Bottega continues to flourish under the guidance of Lee Freedman who also trains his I Am Invincible half-sister, the lightly raced Giulia. Now the winner of four races the Brisbane Winter Carnival beckons for her. This filly carries all the blood to be successful, a double helping of Redoute’s Choice, and then by default, Danehill, Sir Tristram and even the electric speed of Biscay although his contribution is through his daughter Belle Chanson who defied her pedigree to win the Gr1 Australasian Oaks. This is a cracking filly to kick off the draft.

Sebring stands out amongst the many highpoints of Corumbene’s history and although he has now passed on, buyers can still tap into his family through Lot 128, a Written Tycoon filly out of his More Than Ready full sister Falkenberg. A talent in her own right, Falkenberg won twice but stretched out her class to run third in the Gr1 Queensland Oaks. Then there was Pureness, a Gr2 winning miler who showed their dam Purespeed had all bases covered. And besides Sebring the family has a history of precocity, Purespeed’s half-brother Surtee was a leading juvenile in Perth who took on the eastern states’ best to win the Gr2 San Domenico Stakes as an August three year-old. Their dam Lady Moulin was out of Willowy, twice a winner at two and dam of Giostra who won the Gr2 Silver Slipper in the days when that race was run in the Spring. Infuse this line with the blood of Written Tycoon and whoever buys this filly will have a head start on the pack when it comes to winning next year’s Slipper.

By the time Lot 399 enters the ring he will be well used to the routine of leaving his box such should be the interest in this outstanding colt. We all know the Capitalist’s go quick, but he can also get a Gr1 mile winning juvenile like Captivant. Looking at this colt’s pedigree there is so much top level success across a wide array of distances that the mating of Capitalist and the Snitzel mare Sweet Ava should continue the success of this emerging nick.

Stakes placed in the Gr3 Magic Night as a two year-old, this is Sweet Ava’s first living foal, and what a stunner she has produced. Looks run in the family, as does talent, as Sweet Ava is out of General Nediym’s Listed winning daughter Isurava, making her a full sister to the brilliant Menari, his Gr2 Run To The Rose win and third in the Gr1 Golden Rose not doing justice to his real talent.

We mentioned before the Light Fingers quinella, an outstanding feat for a farm that races only a handful of horses each year. Second to Bennetta in that race was

another daughter of General Nediym in Ichihara, a full sister to Isurava and dam of this season’s Gr3 Breeders’ Plate winner and Slipper hopeful Empire Of Japan. And Ichihara is out of Cut A Dash, a Whiskey Road three-quarter sister to Gr1 One Thousand Guineas winner Whisked, dam of the Champion Tie The Knot. So, any way you cut it this is a pedigree of the highest order.

The small but select Corumbene draft is completed by Lot 448, a Capitalist halfbrother to the Gr2 Expressway Stakes winner Overpass and three other winners, with his dam Walkway (Exceed And Excel) four from four winners to runners.

Besides the speed of Overpass the family has exhibited outstanding stamina and courage, Walkway’s dam Boardwalk Bell being a Bellotto half-sister to the great Northerly. To detail Northerly’s exploits would take a page in itself but to summarise he won 19 times, nine of which came at Gr1 level from a mile to the 2400 metres of the Caulfield Cup. It should also be remembered that his

Rory’s Jester half-brother North Boy had the speed to win the Gr2 Ascot Vale Stakes and was hardy enough to travel to Singapore to win the Gr3 Krisflyer Sprint so the family is certainly tough. North Boy was also second in both the Oakleigh Plate and Newmarket Handicap while his full sister Northern Song won the Gr3 Frances Tressady Stakes.

Buyers inspecting the quartet of youngsters will find the physique of each reflects the excellence found on the page, and more importantly is a Corumbene product given the same opportunities as Sebring, Overreach, True Jewels and many other wonderful performances bred and raised at George Altomonte’s renowned property. n

Lofty Strike, winning the Rubiton Stakes, Gr. 2

CRESSFIELD

by Renée Geelen

Cressfield’s impressive broodmare band continues to produce the type of horses you’d expect with recent Gr2 winner Passive Aggressive (Fastnet Rock) being the latest up and coming star off the farm. Passive Aggressive took her record to 5 wins from 6 starts at Randwick recently scoring impressively in the Gr2 Challenge S, notably defeating two of Australia’s top Gr1 sprinters Eduardo and Giga Kick. Passive Aggressive was a $500,000 Cressfield graduate. VRC Oaks-Gr1 winner Personal (Fastnet Rock) also came from this farm and this sale, while group placed two year-old winner Cellsabeel is also an Easter/Cressfield graduate. With only eight yearlings on offer - five of which are by Champion SiresCressfield’s draft remains true to their quality over quantity philosophy.

Two Snitzel colts with stallion’s pedigrees look very exciting. Snitzel is a fourtime Champion Sire whose sire sons include Shamus Award (twenty stakes winners) and the very promising Russian Revolution (five stakes winners) as well as recently retired Gr1 winners Invader, Wild Ruler, and Trapeze Artist. Cressfield’s Operations Manager Liesl Baumann offered Bluebloods her insights about the farm’s 2023 offering.

Lot 31 is a Snitzel colt out of triple Gr3 winner Artistry (Shamardal) who won eight races, and whose first foal is a winning full sister to this yearling. Artistry’s three year-old is in the Snowden stable and has recently trialled. This is the family of Gr1 winners Samantha Miss and Cronus, as well as Gr2 winner Pravda (dam of stakes winners The Good Fight and Pravana).

“A very late foal that is quickly catching up to his peers in both size and strength. He has a lovely loose walk, is well- marked and looks an athlete. With his great overstep and flashy appearance, he is a colt that will catch the eye from afar.”

Out of dual Gr2 winner Thump is Snitzel colt, Lot 412, and Thump’s first two foals are multiple city winners. Wild West Wing has earnings over $700,000, while Brave Warrior is a city winner in Queensland. This colt’s second dam is Oomph (Flying Spur) who won six races, four at Listed level, while his third dam is dual stakes winner of seven races Nobellotto.

“A sensible colt with good shoulder and girth, and a lot of presence. He is another clever colt whose attitude stands him in good stead for the racetrack. With his great overstep and looks that will demand an inspection, we expect to be parading this colt a lot at the sales.”

I Am Invincible is the hottest sire in Australia at the moment, churning out Gr1 horses, and with sire sons like Brazen Beau (22 stakes winners) and emerging young sires such as Home Affairs, Hellbent, I Am Immortal, and Tassort. Cressfield have a colt and a filly by I Am Invincible on offer in 2023.

The colt, Lot 341, is the third foal of Robert Sangster Stakes-Gr1 winner Secret Agenda (Not a Single Doubt) whose first foal is a three year-old colt with the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable. Secret Agenda is out of an unraced Red Ransom daughter of Gr1 New Zealand Champagne Stakes winner Euphoria (Marauding), dam of Listed winner Fleet.

“A very strong, muscular colt with a great constitution. Broad across the hips, big sloping shoulder and with well sprung ribs. He is a great walker who covers a lot of ground and looks a readymade racehorse with a pedigree to match.”

I Am Invincible filly, Lot 201, is overflowing with residual value, being a half-sister to Gr1 winner Shooting to Win, group winner and quality sire Deep Field, and Listed winner Zaniah.

All of these are out of Listed winner Listen Here, who is from the same family of Gr1 winner La Luna Rossa, as well as Emerald Dream, and Gr3 winner She’s So High (I Am Invincible).

“A compact filly with a good length and strength to her hip. This filly is more forward than her siblings have been at a similar stage and presents well. She is a racey type whose family needs no introduction and whose pedigree holds immense residual value.”

Exceed and Excel is a marvel, still producing good two year-olds every season including this season’s stakes winners Cylinder, Barber, Zulfiqar, and Sky On Fire. A colt, Lot 290 is out of dual Gr1 winner Platelet (Strategic) who won both the Robert Sangster Stakes and Goodwood Handicap. At stud, her first foal has won four races, while her second foal is recent city winner Plagiarized (Exceed and Excel).

“A good looking, compact colt, with a ton of strength and great bone. He is an easy

going colt with a good attitude and loves the chance to get out and exercise. This is easily one of the strongest Exceed and Excels that we have bred on our farm.”

Deep Field’s filly Lot 245 is the first foal of Misstook (Fastnet Rock), a full sister to Gr3 winner and three-times Gr1 placed sprinter Missrock (Fastnet Rock) and brilliant speedster Passive Aggressive (Fastnet Rock). This filly’s second dam is the tough racemare Miss Judgement (Strategic) who won ten races including two at black type level.

“A very strong, well developed filly, with a lovely shoulder and good depth to her girth. Short cannons and a good nostril make this filly look the athlete. She has a wonderful temperament and professional attitude that bodes well for the track. Given her similarity to her Group performing close relations, we can’t ask for much more from a first foal.”

Cressfield’s Lot 242 is a Zoustar colt who is the first foal of a group winning I Am Invincible mare. This colt’s dam, Miss Leonidas, won the Caulfield SprintGr2 and was twice placed at Gr1 level in the Galaxy Handicap (second to I Am Excited) and the AJ Moir Stakes (second to Nature Strip). This is the family of Gr1 winner Newport.

“Stamped by his sire, he has great bone, a strong physique and a very purposeful walk. This is another first foal that we are extremely pleased with, who seems to tick all the boxes. He has a ‘can do’ attitude and will thrive in a racing environment.”

First season sire Pierata (Pierro)’s filly, Lot 287, is the second foal of Pepperberry (Redoute’s Choice), a winning full sister to stakes winners Great Esteem and High Esteem, from the European family of Horse of the Year Moon Ballad, Champion Older Male in GB Telescope, and Champion 3YO Colt in Italy Central Park. “A bit of a Black Beauty, a lovely rich dark colour, attractive head, thick through the chest with a developing shoulder. She stands over quite a bit of ground, considering she is not an overly big filly, with short cannons, good gaskin and strong hindquarters. She shows the balance and the shape of her sire and is sure to turn heads at sale time.”

Cressfield’s commitment to quality over quantity shines through in their 2023 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale draft. n

EVERGREEN STUD

Converge (Frankel - Conversely by Shamardal)

If you are looking for your next Group One winner, the small but select EVERGREEN draft at the 2023 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale is the right place to start. Group One connections are front and centre.

Lot 82 brown filly DIVINE PROPHET –CONVERSELY by Shamardal.

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This filly is by Gr1 winner, Group producing Divine Prophet whose full brother Proisir is emerging as a rising star sire, world class bloodlines.

She is a half-sister to Gr1 ATC Randwick Guineas winner CONVERGE, multiple Gr1 winner, multiple Gr1 placed, 4 wins $1.7 million.

investment quality filly, foundation mare material.

Stud manager Aaron Bott’s comments – “This is a beautiful, quality filly, with a lovely head and good body. She’s a great mover and has a lovely nature, excellent temperament, everything you would wish for in such a well credentialed filly.”

Lot 105 chestnut filly WRITTEN TYCOON –DOROTHY OF OZ by Redoute’s Choice

This filly is by Australian Champion sire Written Tycoon whose fillies include the brilliant multiple Gr1 winning fillies Coolangatta and Pippie.

She is the first foal of a multiple winning young mare by Champion broodmare sire Redoute’s Choice out of Champion mare PRINCESS COUP, a quadruple Gr1 winner and multiple Group producer.

Stud manager Aaron Bott’s comments – “This is a cracking first foal, a quality individual, with good bone. She’s a lovely mover with a very nice action, I’m really looking forward to presenting her at the sale.”

Lot 296 bay colt DUNDEEL – PRINCESS COUP by Encosta De Lago

This colt is by outstanding young sire Dundeel who has already sired FIVE Gr1 winning colts including the exciting stallion prospects Super Seth and Castelvecchio.

He is a half-brother to TWO Group winners, the A$1.6 million HK star THEWIZARDOFOZ and current multiple Group winning filly ARGENTIA, $487k.

Stud manager Aaron Bott’s comments – “This is a great colt, just what you need for an Easter stallion prospect. Princess Coup really stamps her foals and this one is in the same mould, great head, very relaxed with a lovely action. Overall a very athletic colt, couldn’t be happier with him.”

The best place to look for Group One performers is in Group One families.

The 2023 Evergreen Easter draft has two fillies ready to star on the track and become elite broodmares, and a colt who is a genuine stallion prospect. The Group One performers couldn’t be closer in all three cases.” l

“Drill for oil where oil has been found”

Argentia (Frankel - Princess Coup by Encosta De Lago)

THE CHASE FARM

First Seal picked up more Gr1 placings, before winning another Gr2 at five.

As a broodmare, First Seal has left two city winners from her first two foals to race, and with both of them still in racework, there is more room for upgrades to her record. Her Zoustar yearling colt in The Chase’s Easter draft is her third foal.

First Seal is out of dual Gr1 winner Episode (Scenic), who also left Gr2 winner Book of Kells and two other stakes placed winners, as well as the dam of Gr3 winner Teleplay.

“He is an athletic colt with a very good walk and outlook, he is correct and is light on his feet, he is well balanced and will develop into a strong imposing colt. He has good size and scope with an attractive head and his dam’s class,” said Alex Kingston.

The first foal of a city winning three-quartersister to Horse of the Year Lankan Rupee is Lot 178. Inspired Estelle (Manhattan Rain) won four races, one at two, and was twice fourth in group company as a three year-old. Her dam, Estelle Collection was a Gr3 winner who left Lankan Rupee (Redoute’s Choice), and pedigree experts will note that Manhattan Rain and Redoute’s Choice are both out of Shantha’s Choice, creating the three-quartersibling connection between Lankan Rupee and Inspired Estelle. Lot 178 has a stallion’s pedigree, with his third dam being closely related to Grosvenor and Lonhro.

Historic Southern Highlands property The Chase will present their inaugural Inglis Easter Yearling Sale draft in 2023. The property, purchased in 2014 by China Horse Club’s Teo Ah Khing, has been extensively upgraded into a boutique Thoroughbred property.

“We are bringing a small but select group of three Zoustar yearlings with great pedigrees to Easter,” said Michael Smith. “As our debut draft, we are excited to offer the market the progeny of three incredible mares. A colt out of a champion, First Seal, another colt out of a sister to a champion, Lankan Rupee, and a filly out of a G3 winning daughter of the allconquering broodmare sire Exceed And Excel. Our breeding program is really starting to hit its stride with Communist saluting in the Randwick Guineas, Revolutionary Miss nearly annexing both the Blue Diamond and 1000 Guineas, and Perfect Proposal making her presence felt in the Gimcrack. I firmly believe any or all of The Chase’s three Easter offerings could be their eventual buyer’s next #chcbred star.”

The Chase has three yearlings by dual Gr1 winning sprinter Zoustar (Northern Meteor) who is emerging as one of the hottest sires in Australia with 34 stakes

winners in his six crops, and already has two stakes winners with his current two year-olds. Zourion recently won the Gr2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes, while Platinum Jubilee won the Gr3 Gimcrack Stakes back in October.

Zoustar’s local Gr1 winners are Champion 3YO Filly and triple Gr1 winner Sunlight, Newmarket HandicapGr1 winner Zoutori, Canterbury Stakes-Gr1 winner Mizzy, and Flight Stakes-Gr1 winner Zougotcha; while his first Northern Hemisphere crop have just turned three and already including Cheveley Park Stakes-Gr1 winner Lezoo.

The Chase’s yearling colt, Lot 137, has a stallion’s pedigree being by Zoustar out of Champion Sprinter First Seal (Fastnet Rock). The form around First Seal is stunning. Winner of three of her first four starts as a three year-old, First Seal beat Winx in the Gr2 Tea Rose Stakes and again in the Gr1 Flight Stakes. Winx went on to be a four-time Cox Plate winner, while First Seal took on more of the best horses of her generation, running second in the Gr1 Spring Champion Stakes. Back in the autumn, she was a Gr2 winner and placed twice in Gr1 company, before continuing her form at four. Winx got her revenge in the Gr1 George Ryder Stakes, but

“He is a very forward strong colt with a good attitude to his work, he is well balanced, correct and mature. He has good bone, a short cannon and a very muscular hindquarter and gaskin. He has that great Zoustar action and walks with purpose. A very fast looking horse with the strength to sustain it.”

Zoustar filly, Lot 456, is the fourth foal of James HB Carr Stakes-Gr3 winner Yattarna (Exceed and Excel) who was a consistent racemare, finishing in the top three in six of her nine starts. Exceed and Excel continues to leave quality racehorses as a sire, and is now emerging as one of the best damsires with twelve Gr1 winners in that role already, including Alizee, Astern, Elite Street, Tuvalu, and Laws of Indices. Yattarna’s first foal, Bundchen, won two of her three starts, then had a long break from racing, but has trialled recently for the Waterhouse/Bott team, while Yattarna’s three year-old has placed twice this season from a handful of starts to date.

“She is a very attractive filly who has matured a great deal, she is athletic with a lot of quality. She is correct, with good size scope and strength. She is a well-balanced filly with a good head and that x-factor presence about her.”

The first Inglis Easter Yearling Sale draft from The Chase defines the quality of pedigree and athlete that epitomises their goals in the Thoroughbred industry l

KIA ORA STUD

Kia Ora’s reputation of breeding top racehorses has been a century-old tradition and over the years, the farm has been a source of some of Australia’s top Inglis Easter graduates.

Gr1 winners Loving Gaby, Wild Ruler and Gr2 winners Positive Peace, Nafaayes and O’President are all recent products of Kia Ora’s Inglis Easter draft.

Kia Ora’s current crop of three year-olds sold at Easter already have seven individual winners amongst them, led by Listed The Phoenix Stakes winner and JJ Atkins-Gr1 placed Political Debate and VRC Oaks-Gr1 second placegetter Pavitra. The sole runner to date among their two year-old Easter graduates is the highly promising Serasana who won on debut before placing fourth in the Gr3 Chairman’s Stakes at just her second start.

“Kia Ora’s record of producing top-level racehorses and breed-shaping sires speaks for itself and the legacy will continue, especially with the re-introduction of Kia Ora Stallions,” said Shane Wright.

“This particular draft of yearlings demonstrates what Kia Ora is about. Deep pedigrees, current running families, plus a healthy mix of Champion and exciting young sires. We place a heavy emphasis on type here as well. You won’t have to look too closely to notice the athleticism.”

Lot Sex/Col. Sire Dam

57 F/B. Pierata Carribean Sunset (IRE)

84 C/B. Justify (USA) Coral Coast

111 C/B. I Am Invincible Ektifaa

160 F/B. Snitzel Gypsy Robin (USA)

206 C/B.or Br Pierro Lubiana

208 F/B. I Am

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In 2023, Kia Ora Stud will offer a draft of ten yearlings at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, including three by reigning Champion Sire I Am Invincible.

Lot 208, the full sister to Champion 3YO Filly Loving Gaby (I Am Invincible) is an obvious headline act of the entire sale. Her dam, Maastricht, was a talented racemare, winning twice and placing in group company on several occasions.

She has been to I Am Invincible three times, producing dual Gr1-winning sprinter Loving Gaby, impressive current season three year-old winner Greece, and this yearling filly. Maastricht is a half-sister to Gr1 Goodwood Handicap winner Velocitea, and this is the family of Gr1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes winner Orange County.

“The Maastricht filly is a strong and tough looking individual, much like her full siblings. We aren’t trying to reinvent the wheel here. We know this cross works and this filly looks every bit the running type that her family produces.”

The other two I Am Invincible yearlings in the Kia Ora draft are both colts. Lot 111 is the third foal from the imported Gr2 winner Ektifaa (More Than Ready). This is the family of Gr1 winners Calveen, Dr Grace and English Wonder.

Lot 424 is a colt out of the multiple two year-old stakes winner Twilight Royale (Testa Rossa). Her best career win came in the Gr2 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes, and she has been a successful broodmare, producing Kia Ora-sold two year-old

group performer Serasana, plus eight-time winner and stakes placegetter Royal Hale.

“The colt out of Ektifaa is athletic, forward and a good-moving horse. Reminiscent of many of the good Vinnie colts that I have seen. The Twilight Royale colt is all quality, with a great action and very strong. He will certainly turn heads come inspection day.”

Kia Ora-sold AJ Moir Stakes-Gr1 winner Wild Ruler (Snitzel) at Inglis Easter and in 2023, they will offer his full sister, Lot 160. This filly is also a half-sister to Kembla Grange Classic Gr3 winner Pavitra and is out of the imported Gr2 winner and Gr1 placegetter Gypsy Robin (Daaher).

“The Gypsy Robin filly is a special one. She is your typical strong, well-balanced Snitzel type. She’d be a showpiece to any broodmare band in the future, but given her physicality, we believe that there are plenty of races to be won between now and then.”

One for the linebreeding fans is Lot 206, a colt carrying sex-balanced crosses of Danehill and Zabeel. He is a three-quarter brother to Gr1 winner Pinot (Pierro), being by Pierro out of Pinot’s half-sister Lubiana. His second dam is Gr1 winner Dizelle (Zabeel), while his third dam is Gr1 winner Danelagh (Danehill), dam of Hong Kong Horse of the Year Vengeance of Rain as well as Dizelle.

Gr1-winning first season sire Pierata is represented here by Lot 57, a three-quartersister to Holbien (Pierro), with both being out of Gr3 winner and multiple Gr1 placegetter Carribean Sunset (Danehill Dancer). She has been a wonderful broodmare, producing five winners, three of which are stakes performers.

Emerging sire and unbeaten Gr1 winner Justify is the sire of Lot 84, a colt out of Gr1 performer Coral Coast (So You Think). His second dam is dual Gr1 winner Dorabella and this is the family of Gr1 winner Media Sensation.

Exceed and Excel continues to defy all the age myths, still producing top-class two year-olds. Lot 252 is a half-brother to Listed winner Miss Debutante (Fastnet Rock), the dam of two brilliant stakes-winning two year-old’s Platinum Jubilee and Queen Of The Ball. His dam, More Than Real (More Than Ready) won the Gr2 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Stakes, so it is not surprising to see her descendants run early. This colt’s second dam was a tough racemare, winning eleven races including five at listed level and this is the family of Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winner Structor.

A half-brother to stakes-winning two year-old Supreme Idea is Lot 402. By Dundeel, he is out of Sweet Sister (Snitzel), a full sister to Gr1 winner Sweet Idea, dual Gr2 winner and emerging stallion Showtime, and listed winner Rush.

A half-brother to Kia Ora-sold Listed two yearold winner Political Debate, who placed in last season’s Gr1 JJ Atkins Plate, is Lot 260. This Deep Field colt is out of a winning half-sister to New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Fix, from the family of Gr1 winner Foreteller and successful sire Showcasing.

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Loving Gaby (I Am Invincible - Maastricht by Mastercraftsman)

WILD RULER, GROUP 1 WINNER AND STALLION AT STUD

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SILVERDALE FARM

A great eight from Silverdale for Easter

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The five fillies and three colts from Silverdale Farm at Avoca in the fertile NSW southern highlands are a special group of youngsters by the best commercial proven sires in Australia and include a magnificent filly by Champion The Autumn Sun who is a three quarter-sister to Gr1 ATC Golden Rose winner In The Congo, earner of over $1.7 million.

Steve and Eliza Grant’s Silverdale farm is stunning 230 acre thoroughbred broodmare farm which has been developed with a single purpose. The aim is to rear and sell quality thoroughbreds which have been raised under the best possible conditions by dedicated staff to set them on their journey into the racing world. The ideal location on fertile soil has been augmented with the development of high quality infrastructure, whether it’s

IN THE CONGO winning the Gr1 Golden Rose. Silverdale will offer his 3/4 sister by The Autumn Sun as Lot 440 at the Easter Sale.

the drainage, water management, stabling or horse exercise areas, Silverdale’s facilities are of the highest order. The early results speak for themselves, as even during the development phase, stars such as Golden Slipper winner Fireburn, Gr3 winner Subterranean and Gr3 placed Pantonario have been raised and sold by Silverdale.

The quality of the 2023 Easter offering from Silverdale Farm is evident from the sire power featured, with colts by Champion Australian sires Snitzel and Written Tycoon, a filly by current Champion sire and great filly sire I Am Invincible, a colt and a filly by the great sire and “king of statistics” Extreme Choice, two fillies by the Gr1 sire and prolific stakes sire Deep Field and the piece de resistance namely the three quarter-sister to Gr1 winner In The Congo by the Champion galloper and emerging young sire talent The Autumn Sun.

Taking the draft in sale order, with comments from Silverdale manager Rob Petith to follow each lot, a brief summary follows -

Lot 50 chestnut colt EXTREME CHOICE – BRAVE SOLDIER by Zizou

By the super sire Extreme Choice, sire of Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside and multiple Gr1 winner She’s Extreme from small crops, this colt is out of a half-sister to Sydney 2yo winner and multiple stakes producer Longoria. He is bred on the Extreme Choice/Mr Prospector nick which has produced two of the sire’s best runners, Gr2 winner and Gr1 placed Tiger Of Malay and the brilliant SW Extreme Flight.

“A typical Extreme Choice, a great moving colt, which typifies this sireline. He’s by the sire everyone wants but which is in limited supply. This colt has prepped up beautifully, I couldn’t be happier with him.”

Lot 115 bay or brown filly DEEP FIELD –ENDEAN ROSE by Savabeel

By the proven Gr1 sire of star fillies such as ISOTOPE ($1.2 million), FITUESE (527k). This filly is the third foal of Gr1 placed winner of six races Endean Rose, whose three year-old Russian Rose ran second on debut in mid-February 2023, while her two year-old Untouchable Legend ran fourth on debut at the end of February 2023. This is a pedigree on the move, and includes dual Gr1 winner Domino and dual Gr1 winner Kiwi Hero.

“A lovely filly, very athletic, and a great mover. She’s not dissimilar to the half-sister Untouchable Legend which we sold and whose only two appearances have been a trial win and a very promising first start 4th at Canterbury. This is a real quality filly.”

Lot 328 chestnut filly EXTREME CHOICE –RUSSIAN RUBY by Shaft

Another by the great EXTREME CHOICE whose daughter She’s Extreme won both the Gr1 ATC Flight S and Gr1 VRC Oaks, this filly is out of winning mare Russian Ruby, whose first foal to race has won three races to date. This is the family of Gr3 winner Girl in Flight, as well as Inglis 2YO Classic placed Soviet Secret.

“What more can I say about Extreme Choice, there are only six in this sale and his stats are nothing short of amazing. This filly is just what you would want, very much like her sire, with a great action typical of the breed. And we know Extreme Choice can sire Gr1 fillies!”

half-sister to Australian Oaks-Gr1 placed winner Quintessa and good two year-old Acrophobic, out of stakes placed winner Sense of Hite. Both Waltz on By and recent Gr2 winner Shuffle Dancer are bred on the I Am Invincible/Street Cry cross that this filly has. Sense of Hite is a half-sister to group placed winner Storytime, with both being out of group placed winner Authoress.

“I’m very excited to be taking this filly to Easter, by a champion sire out of a young Gr1 producing mare. There’s a lot of Vinnie about her, great body and shoulder, well muscled. She’s was a beautiful foal and has kept developing the right way all through. A cracking Vinnie filly, what more can I say!”

Lot 367 chestnut colt WRITTEN TYCOON –SNITZEL’S GODDESS by Snitzel

By Australian Champion sire WRITTEN TYCOON whose sons include Golden Slipper winner and successful sire Capitalist, Ole Kirk and Written By, this colt is out of Snitzel’s Goddess who won three races, one as a two year-old, and her first foal has won three times this season. This colt is from a strong family as his second dam is Horse of the Year and Gr1 winner Zirna, dam of Crafty Irna, dam of recent Listed winner Snickerdoodledandy, also by Snitzel.

“He’s a ripper, a really great colt. Plenty of bone, great shape overall, by a wonderful sire who made his way up the ranks with some exciting gallopers and more to come surely out of his better mares. This colt has a great temperament, it’s a Gr1 family, and the mare is a proven young producer, I can’t wait to show him to buyers.”

Lot 368 bay colt SNITZEL – SNOGGING by I Am Invincible

This colt is by the quadruple Champion Australian sire and exciting young sire of sires SNITZEL out of the Gr2 placed Snogging a daughter of another champion sire I Am Invincible.This is the family of Gr2 winners Lavish Girl and Hadabeclorka as well as prolific stakes winners Songs Of Vienna and City Of Song.

temperament. This young Vinnie mare is off to a fine start for us as her next foal, a filly also by Snitzel is equally spectacular.”

Lot 405 bay filly DEEP FIELD – TATCEE by Foxwedge

This filly is another by the GR1 sire and excellent sire of flying fillies ISOTOPE and FITUESE, she is the first foal of Tatcee who won five races, three in the city, and is a half-sister to the dam of group winners Man From Uncle and Head of State. This is the family of quality gallopers Shania Dane, Scintillation, Risk Aversion, Summer Passage, and Northwest Passage. “Another great first foal, good bone, hip and hindquarter, she’s a very well balanced filly. Her dam is a beautiful specimen, exudes quality, and she has passed that on to this filly. This is a very solid big black type family and this filly lives up to the part.”

Lot 440 bay filly THE AUTUMN SUN – VIA AFRICA by Var

This filly is a rare gem, by a CHAMPION, out of a CHAMPION, ¾ sister to a Gr1 winner of over $1.7 million. Her sire was Champion 3yo colt in Australia, her dam was Champion sprinter in South Africa and her three quarter-brother is the Gr1 ATC Golden Rose winner IN THE CONGO. Unlimited racing potential, priceless residual value.

“What a cracker, we loved this filly at the MM National weanling sale and went the whole nine yards to get her. No buyer’s remorse here, we are so pleased we did because she’s gone from strength to strength and In The Congo keeps embellishing his record. She’s got everything you want, quality pedigree, great physical, racing potential plus, and a foundation mare prospect being a ¾ sister to a brilliant Gr1 winner. She’s a queen!”

Lot 346 bay

or brown filly I AM INVINCIBLE –SENSE OF HITE by Street Sense

By Australia’s reigning Champion Sire who is one of the great filly sires of the breed, this filly is a

“A great first foal, loads of Snitzel about him, his head and jowl. He looks a real bull and is very athletic, a great mover with an excellent

Steve Grant had the last word in summing up the Silverdale draft, “Rob and the team have done a great job with these youngsters and we look forward to presenting them at Easter, please come and visit us at Riverside in April in barn J” l

STEVE GRANT and ROBERT PETITH

TYREEL STUD

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Set to continue illustrious legacy

Tyreel Stud’s legacy of winners from their Inglis Easter Yearling Sale drafts is even more impressive when the small sizes of their drafts is considered. Rocket Spade (Fastnet Rock) won the 2021 New Zealand Derby-Gr1 and now races in Hong Kong, and that draft also included Gr2 placed winner Osamu. In 2020, their five yearlings included Gr2 winner and JJ Atkins-Gr1 placed Tiger of Malay (Extreme Choice). Recent debut city winning two year-old Bases Loaded (Deep Field) is a Tyreel Easter graduate, while Hong Kong star Aethero came from earlier drafts. Tyreel Stud is a magnificent boutique broodmare property, ideally situated on the banks of the Nepean River in the fertile Hawkesbury Valley which has a long proud tradition of producing elite thoroughbreds.

“We are proud of our record with Inglis sales having sold Gr1 winner Rocket Spade at Easter and Gr1 winner Montefilia at the Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale. We have put together a draft of five incredible types for Easter with pedigrees to back them up and buyers will love this collection of athletes,” said Tyreel Stud’s Rob Sims. In 2023, Tyreel will offer a select draft of five yearlings at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale.

History tells us that Golden Slipper winners make good stallions and Capitalist is headed that way with ten stakes winners from his first couple of crops including Gr1 Champagne Stakes winner Captivant who now stands at Kia Ora Stud. Capitalist’s current two year-olds include Listed Wyong Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Sovereign Fund, while Tyreel Stud sold this season’s Gr3 placed winning two year-old Veecee (Capitalist).

In 2023, Tyreel Stud will present Lot 108, a Capitalist colt out of winning mare Dream Faith (Zizou) who is a full sister to Listed winner of five races Zin Zan Eddie (Zizou). Dream Faith’s first foal is a winner at three this season.

“A sharp speedy looking colt. Following his arrival at Tyreel, he has always maintained those strong fast twitch muscles possessed by the speedier two year-

old types. The later sales selection has allowed him time to naturally mature and strengthen.”

Justify has had a flying start to his stud career in Australia with boom two year-old Learning To Fly, and the Triple Crown winner had six stakes winning two year-olds in America in 2020 as well. His colt, Lot 190, is from a sensational family. His dam, Kings Iris (Exceed and Excel) was a winner and this Justify colt is her first foal. Kings Iris is a half-sister to New Zealand One Thousand Guineas-Gr1 winner King’s Rose (dam of dual group winner Satono Arthur), and to Gr2 winner Hardham. Champion 2YO in New Zealand Anabandana is from this family and Anabandana is the dam of two recent stakes winners in Packing Rockstar and Anavinci.

“A superior colt with striking strength and quality. A lovely action and movement when parading, this combined with his deep pedigree I feel makes him an elite prospect.”

Lonhro is emerging as a sire of sires with many young sires at stud including Pierro, and Tyreel Stud will offer a colt with stallion’s credentials in Lot 257, being the third foal of quality race mare My Country (Poet’s Voice). Winner of the Listed BRC Lancaster Stakes and three other races, as well as being group placed, My Country’s first foal is a three year-old who trialled recently. With damsires like Poet’s Voice, Danehill, Shirley Heights, and Arctic Tern, this colt’s pedigree is filled with European stakes winners such as Royal Dornoch, Millennium Dragon, J’Ray, and Kotashaan.

“A colt by the perennial sire of countless racetrack stars. His effortless movement will no doubt draw buyer’s attention to him.”

Lonhro’s best son is Pierro, and Tyreel Stud will offer one of his fillies as Lot 318. The third foal of Listed winner Rockolicious (Fastnet Rock), this filly is a half-sister to city winner Delicious Tycoon. This filly boasts a wonderful Australian family with her third dam being Gr1 winner Canny Lass, dam of two stakes winners and the dam of group winner and sire Rothesay.

“A star filly, great substance for a filly by the sire. Great length through her body and show stopping looks. A must see for all at the sale.”

Last through the ring at the 2023 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale for Tyreel Stud is a cracking filly, Lot 332, by Champion Sire Exceed and Excel who continues to sire wonderful racehorses including this season’s two year-olds Cylinder, Barber, and Zulfiqar. This filly is the first foal of Sally’s Realm (More Than Ready), a city winning full sister to stakes winner and emerging good sire Better Than Ready (More Than Ready), as well as stakes placed winner Sally’s Day (More Than Ready). This is the family of tough sprinters Publishing, Miss Mooney Mooney, and Illustrious Lad.

“The ideal filly to bring the curtain down on a stellar draft. A sensationally sharp looking filly who hails from a sire making family. Her athletic physique will gain many admirers.”

With five cracking types and a stellar record of producing racetrack stars, the Tyreel Stud draft must be on everyone’s inspection list. n

Rocket Spade

VINERY STUD

Exceedance takes Vinery full circle. In 2018, Vinery purchased an Exceed and Excel colt from Newgate Farm’s Easter Draft and in 2023, they return to the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale with the first crop of Gr1 winner Exceedance. Exceedance is the act of exceeding a limit, and as a racehorse, he certainly achieved that with his best win coming in the time honoured Coolmore Stud Stakes-Gr1. Known as a stallion making race thanks to past winners Flying Artie, Brazen Beau, Zoustar, Star Witness, Northern Meteor, Encosta de Lago, Zeditave and Kaapstad. Vinery’s Easter drafts continue to be a source of good racehorses with their current three-year-olds including English Riviera, winner of the 2022 MRC Thoroughbred Club Stakes-Gr3, and Gr1 winner Artorius. In 2023, Vinery will present it’s biggest draft yet of 31 yearlings by a range of stallions; All Too Hard, Deep Field, Dundeel, Exceed and Excel, Exceedance, I Am Invincible, New Bay, Pierata, Pierro, Snitzel, So You Think, Spirit of Boom, Star Turn, Toronado, Written Tycoon, and Zoustar.

First season sire and Vinery resident Exceedance is represented by a colt and filly in the Vinery draft. The colt, Lot 327, is the third foal of Gr3 Proud Miss Stakes winner Runway Star (Northern Meteor) whose first foal has won three races and her second foal placed recently. This is the family of Gr1 winner Wrap Around, Fashions Afield, and NZ Filly of the Year Imelda Mary.

Exceedance filly, Lot 240, is the second foal of tough racemare Miss Gunpowder (Pendragon) who won the MRC Thousand Guineas PreludeGr2 and seven other races, and her first foal was a $700k Easter purchase and has been recently placed with A Neasham. This is the family of Gr1 winner Absolut Glam.

Vinery’s Star Turn has started his career with a bang leaving Gr1 winner Startantes in his first crop. He is the sire of Lot 78, a colt out of Gr1 winner Commanding Jewel (Commands) who is a half-sister to Champion 3YO Filly Atlantic Jewel (Fastnet Rock), dam of Gr1 winner and Champion Stayer Russian Emperor. Commanding Jewel has left the fourrace winner Patino Ruby, and this yearling colt is only her fourth foal. Gr1 winner I Am Excited is a member of this family.

All Too Hard always has a Gr1 winner in the headlines. Lot 350 is a quality filly with a ton of residual value, being out of Gr1 Flight Stakes placed mare Sezanne (More Than Ready) who won twice, and is a half-sister to Listed winner Grace and Harmony. This filly comes from a strong New Zealand family that includes Gr1 winners Bonneval, Champagne, Charmont, and St Reims.

Among the 31 yearlings in the Vinery Stud draft for the 2023 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale are several highlights by outside stallions, led by the Snitzel full brother, Lot 236, to this season’s group winner Letzbeglam (SnitzelMiss Charming, by Forestry). Letzbeglam won the Gr2 Blue Diamond Prelude (f) at two, and this season has won the Gr3 Counties Bowl. Gr1 Blue Diamond winner Artorius a spectacular first up winner of the Gr.1 Canterbury S at the Sydney Autumn Carnival. was sold by Vinery Stud and they offer his Deep Field half-brother as Lot 153. Their dam, Redoute’s Choice mare Gracie’s Lass has a 100% winner production record as a broodmare and is a half-sister to Gr1 winner Delectation, out of stakes winner and Gr1 placed Grace and Power (More Than Ready).

Champion Sprinter Santa Ana Lane’s halfsister, Lot 131, by Champion Sire I Am Invincible is sure to be sought after, and her winning dam Fast Fleet (Fastnet Rock) has left two other winners. She is a half-sister to two stakes winners from an imported American family.

Two other highlights of the Vinery draft are the two Written Tycoon yearlings out of Gr1 winning mares. Lot 292 is a Written Tycoon colt out of Coolmore Classic-Gr1 winner Plucky Belle (Mossman) whose first foal to race is a city winner of three races. This colt’s second dam is Gr2 Queensland Guineas winner Winning Belle, who placed in three Gr1 races and also left Gr1 VRC Derby placed Rawnaq and Gr1 Randwick Guineas placed Light Brigade. Lot 315 is the third foal of New Zealand One Thousand Guineas-Gr1 winner Risque (Darci Brahma) and this Written Tycoon filly comes from a strong winning New Zealand family.

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Vinery Stud’s Exceedance represents the quality of yearling, turned Gr1 winner, turned exciting young stallion that is available at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale. Vinery’s draft is sure to be filled with many more yearlings of a similar quality, given their long and impressive record of producing the very best racehorses in Australia l

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Supporting the career of a stallion like I Am Invincible takes an everimproving broodmare band, lush pastures, and a team of experienced horse people. Yarraman Park’s results speak to the quality systems that support a culture of continual improvement. With a long heritage in the Australian racing industry, Yarraman Park doesn’t rest on its laurels, but works to bring the highest quality of horses to market. Arthur and Harry Mitchell are proud of the farm’s record of producing 29 black type winners since 2020 alone.

Home to reigning Champion Sire I Am Invincible, Yarraman Park Stud has a long history of breeding and selling brilliant racehorses. Yarraman Park Stud’s recent graduates include stakes winners Shuffle Dancer, Quantico, Godfather, Madeira Sunrise, King Of Sparta and highlighted by dual G1 winner Al Muthana. “Vinnie is a sire that is proven to throw top class Racehorses and our ten yearlings by him are a very good representation of his elite stock. It’s a good even draft right across the board,” said Arthur Mitchell. “People want to buy from studs that produce winners, and we are doing that with plenty of winners coming off the farm.

With seventeen yearlings in their 2023 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale draft, and ten by Champion Sire I Am Invincible, the Yarraman Park Stud draft offers an opportunity to buy into some beautiful families. With fourteen Gr1 winners, I Am Invincible is closing in on 100 stakes winners with only a few to go to get to the milestone. Only two months into 2023, and he’s already sired Gr1 Waikato Sprint and Gr1 Railway Stakes winner Imperatriz, Gr2 Light Fingers Stakes winner In Secret, Gr2 Angus Armanasco Stakes winner Shuffle Dancer, Gr3 Southern Cross Stakes winner Quantico, Listed Lonhro Plate winner Madeira Sunrise, Listed Magic Millions Cup winner Vinco, and Listed Canterbury Sprint Handicap winner I Am Me.

Yarraman Park Stud will present five I Am Invincible colts to buyers.

• Lot 71: A brother to Gr2 placed two-yearold winner I Choose You (I Am Invincible) and city winner Bella Rouge (I Am Invincible), out of group placed city winner of six races, Choose (Starcraft). This is the strong family of dual Gr1 winning sprinter Bawalaksana, group winner Damaschino,

two-year-old group winner and Gr1 Blue Diamond placed Shaaheq, as well as Arbeitsam, Payroll, and Luen on Treasure.

• Lot 140: The third foal of Flying Jess (Hinchinbrook), winner of the Gr3 SAJC Sires’ Produce and Listed Magic Millions Guineas. Flying Jess is out of stakes placed winner Marites’s, from the family of Gr1 winner Dinky Flyer and Listed winner Come Fly With Me.

• Lot 143: The second foal of Gr3 winner of six races Francaletta (High Chaparral), who is a half-sister to English Listed winner Asset from the family of Gr1 winner Snowland, Champion 2YO Colt in France Myboycharlie, Gr2 winner and Golden Slipper placed Portillo, and Gr2 winner Ghisoni.

• Lot 227: A brother to Yarraman Park graduate King of Sparta (I Am Invincible) who won the 2022 Gr3 Bletchingly Stakes and recently won the Listed Falvelon Handicap followed bya narrow fourth in the G1 Oakleigh Plate and has earnings over $2.2million. This colt’s dam is Gr3 winner Octavia (Holy Roman Emperor) who has left three other winners, and is from the family of Paklani, Real Mak, Stellite, Zirconeum, and Jersey Lily.

• Lot 284: The third foal of stakes placed winner Overstep (Exceed and Excel) whose first foal Bews (I Am Invincible) is a winner this season and ran in the G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes. This is a good running family with an impressive winners to runners ratio, and stakes winners Secret Liaison, Katima, Spring Heat, Deferential, Eusebio, and This’ll Testya.

The five I Am Invincible fillies represent amazing opportunities for buyers looking for racetrack success and long term residual value.

• Lot 164: The second foal of Coolmore Classic-Gr1 winner Heavens Above (Street), who was a brilliant racemare with earnings over $1million. This filly’s second dam is 12-race winner including three black type wins, Reggie (Germano), who also left stakes placed winner Pindan Pearl.

• Lot 194: A full sister to recent winner Game To Love (I Am Invincible) out of group placed winner Lady Sharapova (Fastnet Rock), from the family of Champion 3YO Filly and four time Gr1 winner Alinghi, and ill-fated top class sire Beneteau.

• Lot 220: A full sister to two-year-old stakes winners I Am Immortal (I Am Invincible) and Godfather (I Am Invincible). Yarraman Park Stud sold both stakes winners, who are out of Gr2 winner Meliora, a half-sister to Listed winner Whypeeo (I Am Invincible).

• Lot 271: A half-sister to two stakes winners; Gr1 Oakleigh Plate winner Booker (Written Tycoon) and Listed winner Banquo, out of winning mare Noondie (Flying Spur), who is a half-sister to Listed winner Tranquility, and this filly’s second dam is Listed Belmont Guineas winner Creatrix.

• Lot 272: The second foal of beautifully bred winning mare Notting Hill (Pierro) whose first foal is a two-year-old winner in the USA. Notting Hill is a half-sister to Precious Lorraine, dam of Meuse, and Lucky Raquie, and this is the stallion making family of Redoute’s Choice, Manhattan Rain, Platinum Scissors, Rubick, etc.

Yarraman Park Stud will also present seven yearlings by other stallions to buyers at the 2023 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, with a colt by their resident emerging sire and Gr1 winner Hellbent (I Am Invincible) one of the highlights. Lot 169 is the third foal from winning mare Honolulu Lass (Hinchinbrook)

and she is a half-sister to Gr3 winner Debellatio, and Listed winner Devoirs. Hellbent’s first crop are three year-olds and he has sired Listed winner Magic Time from only 39 winners to date.

Very early in the sale, Lot 4, is an Astern filly with huge residual value, being a halfsister to three stakes winners; California Zimbol, From Within, and Cruden Bay, and her dam Zimaretto (Anabaa) is from the family of Champion racemares Premiere Cuvee and Champes Elysees.

Described by Mitchell as a ‘beautiful staying filly’, Lot 422 is a So You Think filly who is the first foal of Tuesday Special (Snitzel), a winning daughter of four-time Gr1 winner Tuesday Joy, a half-sister to Gr1 winner Sunday Joy, dam of the outstanding multiple Gr1 winner More Joyous.

Deep Field filly, Lot 177, is the second foal of stakes placed winner Indrabeel whose first foal Madeira Sunrise won the Listed Lonhro Plate. Indrabeel is a full sister to Listed winner and Gr1 placed You’re So Good (Savabeel), from the family of Gr1 winner Melito.

Night of Thunder colt, Lot 17, is the second foal of winning mare Akhania (Dalakhani), a half-sister to Listed winner Extremis, and his second dam is Gr1 winner Fidelite.

Zoustar’s colts have been popular, and Lot 121 is out of an Exceed and Excel mare from a strong American family.

Champion 2YO and Champion 3YO Too Darn Hot’s first crop of yearlings have been hot property, and this colt, Lot 212, is a half-brother to group winner of thirteen races Charmed Harmony, and group winner Suyoof, out of a stakes placed winning half-sister to Life’s a Bounty and Miss Prospect (dam of Gr1 winner Reward for Effort).

With a long list of wonderful racehorses coming off the pastures at Yarraman Park Stud, supported by a Champion Stallion, this draft of yearlings will be highly sought after. l

Shuffle Dancer, wins the Angus Armanasco Stakes, Gr.2

2023 AUSTRALIAN EASTER YEARLING SALE

Adrian Bott

by Glen Latham

When Gai Waterhouse announced she was forming a training partnership with Adrian Bott many questioned just how it was going to work? The emphatic answer should have been “brilliantly”!

We spoke to Adrian at a time when he was enjoying Gr.1 wins including a Golden Slipper in his training career alongside the first lady of racing.

Adrian, where did you spend your formative years?

I was born in Scone and had a very fortunate upbringing, growing up on the old Segenhoe Stud which is now Vinery. I have plenty of fond memories of those times being around the horses and all aspects of the industry, including yearling sales, racing and so on, and that helped provide a good grounding going forward. We lived on the farm until 2000 when the property changed hands.

Your father Tony is hugely respected within the industry, how big an influence was he on you in those early years?

My dad was someone I looked up to and I still turn to him for advice both inside and outside the industry, relying heavily on him in that regard. Growing up you probably take in more than what you realise at the

time, absorbing and just naturally taking things in, watching and learning from a young age I guess.

Having exposure to, and interactions with, my father and so many people within the industry at a young age really did help to lay some strong foundations.

As a youngster did you prefer racing or breeding?

For me it has always been about racing, and still is - that is where I have always found the real buzz and excitement within the industry. Originally it was about the form and then peeling back each layer and asking, “how do you get a successful horse?”. From there I would take it back through each stage before eventually arriving at the stud and understanding the role it played in the horse’s success.

Do you think that approach gives you an advantage in the sale ring now?

Not really. What it does do is give me an appreciation of the profiles of the types of horses each farm is trying to breed. I’m attracted to what they are trying to achieve from the pedigrees, by which mares they are sourcing to breed from and the stallions they send each mare to.

In terms of education away from horses where did you study?

I did my primary school in Scone and then for High School I boarded in Sydney before carrying through directly into Sydney University where I did three years studying Design Computing, a programming course. My parents and I had some discussions about entering the industry and the best ways to go about it, and they were fully supportive

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of any aspect, path or decision made, but one thing they were really strong on was securing a degree before I took on any of those steps.

So when did you break into the industry?

Straight out of university I was able to secure a position as a Cadet Steward at Racing New South Wales. I took on that role in order to understand the regulations around racing with an eye on the future, spending a year there working under Ray Murrihy and Marc Van Gestel. It wasn’t going to be the final career path I would go down but it was time well spent better understanding that part of the industry.

From there I was able to apply for the two-year Darley Flying Start course in late 2010, which was a turning point, gaining exposure to the industry internationally. Being able to gain that work experience globally really opened my eyes to what was possible and cemented what I wanted to do going forward.

And what came after that?

Once I graduated from Flying Start I jumped straight into a position with Gai in an Assistant Racing Manager role which meant working across all aspects of the business. I really carved out my own role from there, taking on as much responsibility as I could. The opportunities grew from that.

How did the idea of the training partnership with Gai come about?

Fast forward four years to the end of 2016 and Gai offered me an opportunity to work

towards going into a training partnership with her. I was quite taken aback when Gai made the offer but I didn’t have to think too long about it, given it was something I really wanted to pursue and then it only took a few months to try and put everything into place. What were the months between the proposal and signing on the license like?

In fairness Gai was the one that was really driving it and making things happen in that regard. I was probably stalling things a bit, questioning if it was really the right time as I had only been in the operation for four years. I was learning very fast but still had a long way to go. But I bit the bullet and we got on with it.

Is there one particular aspect that you love about working with Gai?

The one thing that stands her out is her attention to detail, recognising what is right or what is not. And where there is something that requires attention, she’s not afraid of taking the next steps and won’t stop until it is exactly how she wants it. She doesn’t compromise on any aspect, either for the horses or the people involved and she will continue to ensure everything is carried out in the manner in which she wants.

Gai’s always got the pressure on and there is no chance of slipping into comfort mode, she is always striving to do more just when you think you’ve achieved what you needed to.

I’ve been very fortunate in having great mentors in my life. We spoke before about

dad and then there was Gai who taught me not only about the training and preparing of the horses but all aspects of management of the operation. She’s been incredible in that regard and made it so much easier to take big steps in the initial stages.

What was your first winner and how big a thrill was it?

Our first winner as a partnership was Thronum in the Listed The Rosebud at Rosehill and I’d say it was more a relief than a thrill!

What does a typical day look like for you?

The first horses kick off trackwork at 4am so we’ll be in the tower for that, but prior to then, with the logistics of our operation across two states, the first hour of the mornings is spent going through and touching base with all the forepersons and managers to check how each horse has done overnight and making any changes necessary, so checking legs, temperatures, feed and so on, and altering what you need to. There may also be staff issues that have arisen.

From 4am to 8.30 I’ll be in the tower watching every single horse trot past. We have 120 horses in work in Sydney and a further 20 horses in Melbourne, and we’ll give them their work then watch it carried out. Then its trot-ups from trackwork that morning before heading into the office for nominations and acceptances and to try and block out a period to give owners updates. Then at noon until 2.30 we are back in the yard again doing walk throughs with various

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stable forepersons discussing each horse’s condition and whether their workload or feeding needs adjusting to get the result we are looking for. Then the rest of the afternoon is piecing together the worklists for the next morning which can be quite time consuming. Then it is dealing with any sundry matters that have popped up before knocking off between 5 and 6pm. Things don’t necessarily stop then, you still have a business to run and responsibilities to the horses, staff and owners. Then throw into the mix race days as well. They are long days, but the staff work just as hard. The partnership has been a tremendous success, what would be the highlights from your perspective?

Winning our first Golden Slipper in partnership with Gai was a big one, particularly looking it from the perspective of the industry and having grown up understanding the history and significance of the race. Add to that there was the success that T J and Gai had had in the Slipper with six wins each, and really wanting to continue on that success as a partnership - that was very important to me. So when Farnan won I think that was a defining point of the partnership and allowed us to be taken seriously. The respect from the industry that came with that win meant a lot to me personally and I gained a lot of satisfaction at that point in time.

From an emotional perspective it would be training Converge to win a Gr.1 for dad, the family and connections. Just to think you are making them proud by achieving the highest result you can on the track, it is sort of a way of saying thank you for all that they have done for my life and career. You love to try and give things back and I’d like to think that was a good way to do it.

More recently having Alligator Blood come along and the success we have had with him has been special as he seems to mean so much to so many people across Australia. It has been quite incredible. Watching on Farnan’s Slipper win looked quite surreal. Was it for you?

It was for a number of factors. You think leading up to the race you had the right horse, but you try and not let your emotions get in the way by keeping a lid on things. There is a sort of relief once the race has been won and you’ve achieved what you’ve not allowed yourself to be built up to feel. It was made more surreal by the events that surrounded it. I think it was the first Saturday of lockdown and the first raceday without crowds and having all the restrictions in place. Even standing there having won the race, not being able to shake someone’s hand was surreal. Even in the build-up there were a number of things that played havoc with the emotions, like the day before a fake text message was sent out saying ‘the Golden Slipper wouldn’t be run on Saturday’! Here we are thinking this is our race to win and then we got that message, it made us wonder what other curveballs would we have to deal with to get the horse there and just to get the race run?

You mentioned Alligator Blood, it looks a remarkable feat to get him back to his best. The timings around him coming to the stables changed from the initial discussions that we had, and the horse had had a long time off from quite a serious injury. So with him being able to spend that extra time with Billy (Healey) and having that grounding under his belt before he came to us helped us take that next step with him from there. He has always been a sound, tough horse and

we didn’t need to do any rehab with him. He is a horse that has a great constitution for work and for racing and really thrives on it. I haven’t seen a horse that can cope with the workload that he can do, and do it so easily which helps him and explains in part why he is such a superior athlete. We have been fortunate enough to win four Gr.1 races with him, three of those (in Melbourne) we may not have seen if Gerry Harvey hadn’t come in and brokered a deal with Allan Endresz that allowed the horse to keep racing. Without Gerry, Australia may not have been able to see him back at his peak and I know the industry owes Gerry a lot in a number of ways, but personally that is one we owe him.

What goals might you have for the future? Obviously, I want to continue to improve the practices and efficiencies within the business. Each year we evaluate the results and fine tune things to make us better trainers and be more competitive. I’ve been pretty fortunate that I have partnered with Gai who has been thinking outside the box and looking for ways to improve for so many years now, and she always has her foot on the throttle, so I don’t have to look too far or search too hard for that inspiration. We’ll also remain open minded about things, the ability to take on new concepts, so not just settling on what we have achieved and what we are doing now.

What advice would you have for someone entering the industry?

Nothing can replace loyalty and hard work. Try and surround yourself with the right people and by working hard and remaining loyal you will create the opportunities that will open up the path you desire.

BB

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Greatness beckons, who will answer the call?

How many of last year’s top freshmen sires will repeat their first-year performance? Or will there be others among the group that will ultimately endure longer than the precocious winnergetters? And what about those that received great support after their first crops performed brilliantly in their first or second year at the races? Has the time come for the likes of Kingman, No Nay Never and Night Of Thunder to cement their place among Europe’s truly elite sires? How will this year’s European and local sires’ premierships pan out? Are there any out there capable of taking on Britain’s two super powers, Frankel and Dubawi? And of course, what will the new intake produce with their first runners in 2023

by John Boyce

and will any of them carve out long and successful careers?

Every year there is usually a small group of stallions on the brink of stardom. They are the sires who convinced breeders to go send them their best mares, following the success of their first crops. Last year that small select group featured both No Nay Never and Kingman and this year expectation switches to Night Of Thunder’s latest two year-olds. Next year it will be the turn of Mehmas who will have to prove how he copes with vastly superior mares than those his current reputation is founded on. It’s a great position to be in, but it is no guarantee of a place among the greats. For his part, No Nay Never has already answered the question. In 2022, he sired

six Group-winning juveniles and three more placed in Group races. It was a total unmatched anywhere in the northern hemisphere and featured three Gr1 winners in champion European two year-old Little Big Bear, Blackbeard, who completed the Morny-Middle Park double and Meditate, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies’ Turf and runner-up in the Cheveley Park and Moyglare Stud Stakes. And even though Blackbeard is already at stud, both Little Big Bear and Meditate, plus his other Group winners Aesop’s Fables, Trillium and Midnight Mile must surely have further Gr1 glory in them, but even if they don’t, No Nay Never’s future looks safe. Kingman, meanwhile, attracted a massive book of 223 mares in 2019 at a fee of £75,000

Night of Thunder

With a new turf season just around the corner here in Europe, there are many questions about to be answered relating to sires and their place in history.

after his first-crop success, and expectations are running high for Kingman’s current crop of three year-olds. True to form, his 2020 crop has started out in a very promising fashion with four Group winners already on the board, featuring Gr1 Fillies’ Mile heroine Commissioning, plus Gr2 Gimcrack scorer Noble Style. These are backed up by any number of promising types, including Gr3 winner and Gr1 Dewhurst third Nostrum, and Epictetus, who chased home Auguste Rodin in the Gr1 Doncaster Futurity. Unfortunately Kingman had an early setback as one of his best Classic prospects, Commissioning, has succumbed to a career-end injury, but there ought to be many more gems to uncover among his later developers.

Kingman’s one-time rival Night Of Thunder produced a first crop to marvel at. It contained seven Stakes-winning two year-olds and has blossomed even further as it has matured, eventually containing 20 Stakes winners, produced at a rate of 22% to runners. So, once again, expectations are sky high. Can the son of Dubawi stake a claim to be spoken about in the same breath as his illustrious sire? His record so far is short of truly elite horses and that is something he will need to put right with the help of spectacularly well-bred horses coming onstream over the next few years. His sire Dubawi, meanwhile, is already up to 228 Stakes winners from his northern hemisphere crops. That’s about 17 apiece on average for his mature crops, so to match or even surpass Galileo, who got an average of 19.5 Stakes winners per crop, Dubawi must stay healthy for a few years more. Given his current output, it wouldn’t be a total surprise to see him get past 300 Stakes winners with the raw material that is already in the pipeline. If he were to achieve that then Galileo’s tally of 331 doesn’t look totally out of reach. Dubawi is already away to a fast start in 2023 with ten Stakes winners to his name, more than any other northern hemisphere sire. He’s got Dubai racing - the source of eight of his early Stakes winners - to thank for that.

Frankel has outpaced all other sires with his early crops, ostensibly because he has covered top-class mares from the outset of his career, unlike Dubawi. Since then, he has settled into an average of about 16 Stakes winners per crop, so he too requires a long career to oust Dubawi as Britain’s most prodigious sire of Stakes winners. But you wouldn’t bet against him achieving it at this stage.

The stallions with their first runners this year are an exciting bunch. There are plenty of fast early types with the ammunition to get lots of winners, but only time will tell if any get close to the record 56 juvenile winners sired by Mehmas a few years ago. All told, I Am Invincible’s sire Invincible

Spirit is represented by four sons, while another son, Kingman, makes his first foray into to the world of sire of sires with his spectacular Coventry Stakes winner Calyx. The early favourites to sire the most individual winners are Ten Sovereigns, Coolmore’s Gr1 Middle Park and Gr1 July Cup winner, plus Shamardal’s top-class sprinting son Blue Point, who possesses a fine blend of quantity and quality among his offspring. Hot on their heels is Inns Of Court, whose yearlings averaged only half that of those by Ten Sovereigns and a third of what the Blue Points made, so plenty

of winners are a must for him. Soldier’s Call, one of two Showcasings prominent in the betting, is also well placed to do well. With a yearling average of £118,304, there’s no question which freshman has the most quality among his first two year-olds, namely Too Darn Hot. Moreover, being a Gr1 Dewhurst winner, he ought to provide some classy juveniles later in the year, as should Waldgeist, the highest rated of the group, although it will be mid-way through 2024 before we can evaluate this son of Galileo. An exciting year beckons. BB

Another CLASSIC at INGLIS RIVERSIDE

THE 2023 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale ended with the second highest gross on record for this sale at over $62million worth of yearlings sold. With clearance rates nearly hitting 90% and a strong buying bench, the Classic sale was a resounding success for vendors.

“It has certainly been stronger that what we anticipated pre-sale and I think the volume and variety of buyers has been the major driver of that,” Inglis Bloodstock chief executive Sebastian Hutch said. “We’ve had over 380 individual listed buyers across the sale which is incredible and it’s a figure that is only going to increase as new buyers get drawn into the market through the opportunities that the passed in lots represent. There is no disputing that there were selective elements to the market, but if you had a horse that presented well, vetted well and you were prepared to meet the market, you were very well rewarded and an overwhelming majority of vendors and breeders are going home really very happy.”

Lot 130, a Written Tycoon colt sold by Berkeley Park Stud to a partnership of TFI/Kia Ora Stud/Annabel Neasham was the top priced lot selling for $550,000. The first foal of group winner Sylvia’s Mother (Snitzel) who won seven of her thirteen starts, this colt is from a strong colonial family.

“We’re really excited to get him. He’s a lovely physical, by Written Tycoon,

a champion stallion who’s ever so consistent, out of a fast and very talented Snitzel mare,” TFI’s Sally Williams said. “In our opinion he was the best colt here at the sale so we were happy to pay the money for him because we loved him and really wanted to get him. He’s a lovely athletic colt, very well balanced, ticks every box really. Above all, he seemed to have a wonderful temperament which is incredibly important with these colts.” The other lots to make $400,000 or more were:

Lot 166 – Kingstar Farm’s Extreme Choice colt to Yes Bloodstock/Group 1 Bloodstock for $480,000

Lot 30 – Lime Country Thoroughbreds’ Ocean Park colt to Belmont Bloodstock for $460,000

Lot 559 – Coolmore Stud’s Yes Yes Yes colt to Yes Bloodstock/Group 1 Bloodstock for $450,000

Lot 256 – Cornerstone Stud’s Toronado colt to Hong Kong Jockey Club for $420,000

Lot 541 – Lime Country Thoroughbreds’ Extreme Choice filly to Legend Racing for $420,000

Lot 200 – Newgate Farm’s Exceed and Excel colt to Ellerslie Lodge Racing/B Heys for $400,000

Lot 633 – Yarraman Park Stud’s I Am Invincible colt to Bahen Bloodstock/Lees Racing for $400,000

“When you look at the buying bench, there is such an enormous spread, with buyers from every state in Australia to Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UAE, there’s been interest from far and wide which is testament to the regard in which the sale is held by the market,” said Hutch. “I would like to thank the vendors and their staff for the excellent presentation of the horses, as well as the buyers for their diligence in working through the catalogue and ultimately, for their support of the sale as purchasers.”

The average for book one stayed steady at $102,000 with a median price of $80,000, and the Highway session had an average of over $45,000. When combined, the two sessions had a gross of $62million for 660 lots sold at an average of $93,959, which was slightly down on the previous year. However, 2022 was the highest grossing sale and the highest average for the Classic sale of all time, and the 2023 results were up from 2021 where the average was $90,191. The growth in the Classic Sale has been staggering with the average price at this sale five years ago being only $65,523.

The depth of results across the board in 2023 is heartening for vendors who have supported the Classic Yearling Sale with a steadily improving quality of yearling and this is borne out in the growth of the average price over the last five years. n

Lot 130

LEADING YEARLINGS

Leading Colts by Price

YEARLING SALE

Leading Fillies by Price

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Comparative totals

YEARLING SALE

Buyers annually

Colt and filly trade

Vendors annually

Market Ranges

Buyer demographics

SIRE ANALYSIS

Leading Sires by Average (3+ sold)

SIRE TABLE KEY

An S in “Shut” column denotes sire shuttled in 2020, RS=Reverse shuttler, exS or exRS denotes the horse had shuttled previously, but not in 2020.

Number in “Crop” column denotes sire’s first, second or third southern hemisphere crop; “a” denotes he went to stud in an earlier year in northern hemisphere.

After Offered and Sold columns are columns showing the lower and upper limits of the price range for each stallion, then the Average, Median and Gross. The next two columns show the Average and Median divided by the subject sire’s 2020 Fee (no GST).

Finally, we list the stallion’s fee for the past three southern seasons.

Note: Listed Fees do NOT include the Goods and Services Tax as listed sale prices also do not include GST

Leading Sires by Median (3+ sold)

2023

CLASSIC YEARLING SALE

Sire Colt & Filly totals at a glance

Leading Sires by Median/fee

BUYERS ANALYSIS

Buyers A-Z

Buyers A-Z (cont)

YEARLING SALE

Leading buyers by average (3+ purchased)

Leading buyers by trade (3+ purchased)

VENDOR

Vendors A-Z

Top vendors by average (3+ sold)

Top vendors by trade (3+ sold)

Choisir continues to make headlines, and sirelines

by Alan Porter

The first weekend in March saw the history making victory of Legartothe first New Zealand trained horse to win the race - in the Australian Guineas-Gr1. That event served as a reminder of the still growing legacy of his grandsire, Choisir. A horse who himself recorded a history-making first as a runner, Choisir was also the first horse to indicate that there was a good chance that the Danehill line would extend beyond his sons.

Choisir was a son of Danehill Dancer. A member of the third Northern Hemisphere crop sired by Danehill, Danehill Dancer did his best work at two, winning his first three races, including the National Stakes-Gr1 and Phoenix Stakes-Gr1, and ending his season with a second, beaten a length, by Europe’s top juvenile, Alhaarth, in the Dewhurst Stakes-Gr1, efforts good enough to see him crowned Irish Champion Two Year-Old. Danehill Dancer captured the seven furlong Greenham Stakes-Gr3 first up at three, but was well-beaten in both the English and French 2,000 Guineas-Gr1 over a mile. In his four subsequent outings, he was only able to make the frame once, when beaten less than two lengths by Anabaa in the Prix Maurice de Gheest-Gr1. He retired as a shuttle sire under the Coolmore banner, as one of their less expensive horses, but made his way to his fee in Ireland rising all the way from 3,500 Irish Guineas to a peak of 115,000 Euros.

Alan Porter - Choisir

At two, Choisir matched the achievement of his sire and his broodmare sire, earning a juvenile championship. Successful in the Breeders’ Plate on his debut.

Danehill Dancer ultimate sired a total of 173 stakes winners, 95 group/graded no less than 22 group/grade one, and proving far more multi-dimensional as a sire than he was a runner. The best from his Northern Hemisphere crops included Mastercraftsman, whose four group one triumphs included the Irish 2,000 Guineas-Gr1, and who himself became a classic sire; Legatissimo, successful in three group one races including the 1,000 Guineas-Gr1, and runner-up in the English Oaks-Gr1; Dancing Rain, winner of the English Oaks-Gr1 and German Oaks-Gr1; Again, winner of the Irish 1,000 GuineasGr1; English 1,000 Guineas-Gr1 winner, Speciosa; and Esoterique, whose three group one wins include a tally over males in the Prix Jacque le Marois-Gr1. Among Danehill Dancer’s Australian-bred stars, in addition to Choisir, were ace sprinter/miler Private Steer; Atomic Force, successful in the ARC Railway Stakes-Gr1 and ATC Galaxy Handicap-Gr1; Steps In Time winner of the ATC Coolmore Classic-Gr1; VRC Australian Guineas-Gr1 captor Light Fantastic; and Arapaho Miss, who took the VRC Oaks-Gr1. At the time of the mating that produced Choisir, his dam, Great Selection, would have fitted into the “relatively modest” category, at least as far as her female line was concerned, and Choisir apart, the family has improved very little since. A daughter of Lunchtime, Great Selection was only a minor winner on the track, and her dam, Pensive

CHOISIR

DANEHILL

Mood, a daughter of Biscay, won four races, but garnered only $8,220. Pensive Mood produced four winners from four foals, but all at a very modest level. Choisir’s third dam, Staid - a daughter of Minor Portion - did display more talent on the racecorse, earning black-type with a win in the STC Christmas Cup, but at stud neither she nor her daughters produced anything of note. Staid’s dam, Straightlaced, was half-sister to the black-type winning Emperor’s Flight, but the first top-class horse in the direct female line is Prelate, a half-brother to Choisir’s fifth dam, and winner of the Doncaster. The female line has been in Australia since the importation of Choisir’s eighth dam, the Polymelus mare, Aspic, in the 1920s. At two, Choisir matched the achievement of his sire and his broodmare sire, earning a juvenile championship. Successful in the Breeders’ Plate on his debut, he added the Inglis Two Year-Old Classic and Skyline Stakes-Gr3 on his next two starts. Prepping for the two year-old Triple Crown with a second in the Pago Pago Stakes-Gr2, he took third to the fillies Calway Gal and Victory Vein in the Golden Slipper-Gr1, second to Victory Vein, with Calaway Gal behind, in the AJC Sires’s Produce StakesGr1, and third to Victory Vein and Half Hennessy in the Champagne Stakes-Gr1. At three, the striking chestnut didn’t win until his seventh start, although he did take third in the San Fox Stakes-Gr2, Caulfield

Guineas-Gr1 and L’Oreal Paris Plate-Gr3. However, he ended his first campaign with a score in the Linlithgow Stakes-Gr2, and when he returned from a spell three months later, it was to capture the Lightning Stakes-Gr1. Third in the Oakleigh Plate-Gr1, and off the board in the Futurity-Gr1 and Newmarket Handicap-Gr1, Choisir was then put away in anticipation of a tilt at the Singapore Sprint. However, when the SARS disease closed down racing in Singapore, Choisir was rerouted to England for the Royal meeting at Ascot. There, Choisir - who was starting for the first time in three and a half months, and with three defeats since his last win - was despatched as a 25-1 longshot for the King’s Stand Stakes-Gr1. That price reflected not only the layoff and some modest recent form, but also that Choisir was considerably disadvantaged by the weights, considered a four year-old in Europe, although still a three year-old to Southern Hemisphere time, and carrying a grade one winner’s penalty, which saw him conceding weight to all but one of his 19 rivals. In the event, none of this mattered in the slightest, as Choisir dominated from the start. Three lengths clear with four of the five furlongs covered, he scored by a length and a length and a half from future fellow stallion standouts, Acclamation and Oasis Dream, without being fully extended. Just four days later Choisir faced a tougher group in the six furlong Golden Jubilee Stakes-Gr1, where he was was drawn at

individual group or grade one winners who scored at that level in 12 different countries..

Like his sire, Choisir shuttled under the Coolmore banner before passing in 2021 at the age of 22. By the time of his death, he’d sired more than 100 stakes winners (the total now stands at 102), including 11

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Consort (sired by Ilovethiscity) wins the The Showdown at Caulfeld on April 23, 2022

very disadvantageous low number in the 17 horse field. However, Choisir’s early speed saw him able to clear the field and move across to better ground. From there he withstood the challenge of the excellent filly Airwave, to score by a half-length, breaking the course record in the process. Just under three weeks later, Choisir again faced Europe’s sprinting elite in the six furlong July Cup-Gr1. Once again, he was soon at the head of affairs, but this time he was tackled inside the last furlong and a half by Oasis Dream (European Champion at two the previous year, who took Middle Park Stakes-Gr1, and ultimately rated the world’s top three year-old sprinter the following term). The pair enjoyed a good battle, before Oasis Dream edged clear for a 1½ lengths success. Airwave took third, a length further behind Choisir than at Ascot. Like his sire, Choisir shuttled under the Coolmore banner before passing in 2021 at the age of 22. By the time of his death, he’d sired more than 100 stakes winners (the total now stands at 102), including 11 individual group or grade one winners who scored at that level in 12 different countries. From his Northern Hemisphere crop, his best were Olympic Glory, Champion Miler in Europe at two and three; Obviously, who took the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint-Gr1 and Shoemaker Mile-Gr1 and The Last Lion, successful in the Middle Park Stakes-Gr1.

His impact was greater in Australia, notably with such as Champion Two year-old Colt, The Mission; Starspangledbanner, who captured the MRC Oakleigh Plate-Gr1 at home, and when sent overseas, added the Golden Jubilee Stakes-Gr1 and July Cup-Gr1 en route to a title as European Champion Sprinter; Sacred Choice, successful in the ATC Doncaster Handicap-Gr1 and VRC Myer Classic-Gr1; Japonisme, who took the VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes-Gr1; Snapdancer, victorious in the MRC Memsie Stakes-Gr1 and SAJC Robert Sangster Stakes-Gr1; the MRC Caulfield Guineas-Gr1 captor, Divine Prophet; and Kushadasi, who took the South Australian Derby-Gr1. Starspangledbaaner has had the strangest of stud careers. Following his Caulfield Guineas-Gr1 win, a 95% interest was purchased by Coolmore, the 5% being retained by one of the original ownership syndicate. Eventually, the share was sold for a rumoured A$1,000,000 to Anthony Mithen, whose family owned Rosemont Stud. The next twist came when Starspangledbanner’s first season showed him to be sub-fertile, with 33 foals from his first Irish crop and 30 from his first season in Australia. After attracting just 22 mares in his second Irish season, Starspangledbanner was returned to training, but proved unable to win in six starts. At that point, cutting him to see if that would improve form was suggested,

but instead Coolmore agree to let Mithen take Starspangledbanner to Rosemont, to see if a change of scenery might improve his fertility. He did get 24 mares in foal that first year at Rosemont, but it was hardly enough to return him to commercial viability. What did bring Starspangledbanner back into the limelight was the performance of that first small Northern Hemisphere crop, which produced no less than eight stakes winners, including The Wow Signal, who took the Prix Morny-Gr1 and Coventry Stakes-Gr2 at Royal Ascot (and who sired the MRC Kevin Hayes-Gr3 scorer How Womantic from his only crop); Home of the Brave, successful in six black-type races in England and Australia, Anthem Alexander, winner of the Queen Mary Stakes-Gr2 at Royal Ascot and the Lacken Stakes-Gr3; and the Sceptre Stakes-Gr3 scorer Spangled. With The Wow Signal and Anthem Alexander in particular making an impact at two, Coolmore expressed renewed interest in the stallion returning to Ireland for the 2015 Northern Hemisphere season, but a bout of colic put paid to that plan. He did make the trip the following year, when he had 16 mares in foal to Northern Hemisphere time, and another 46 in foal to Southern Hemisphere time. Since, quite remarkably, Starspangledbanner’s fertility has continued to improve, to the point where he was responsible for 120 live foals in Europe in 2020.

Choisir

CHOISIR

Ch 1999

Danehill Dancer (IRE)

There are also three sons of Choisir standing in Australia and New Zealand who have sired stakes winners. The one of those on the move is Proisir

As Starspangledbanner’s fertility improved, so did his record with his runners. From his Northern Hemisphere crops that includes from his 2017 crop, the Cheveley Park StakesGr1 heroine, Millisle; from the 2018 crop State of Rest, who compiled the remarkable record of taking the MVRC WS Cox PlateGr1, Prince of Wales’s Stakes-Gr1 at Royal Ascot, Prix Ganay-Gr1 in France and the Saratoga Derby-Gr1 in the U.S., and currently standing his first season at stud in Ireland in 2023, Hong Kong Mile-Gr1 captor California Spangle, and Aristia, who took the Prix Jean Romanet-Gr1; from the 2019 crop came Rhea Moon, successful in the American Oaks-Gr1 and other group winners Flotus, Castle Star and Hermana Estrella; and among Starspangledbanner’s current European three year-olds are group winner Basil Martini.

Starspangledbanner has been less impactful in Australia, but he does have six stakes winners, including the group winning Brooklyn Hustle, Field of Gold and Of The Brave. Standing in France, Olympic Glory has also proved to be an effective sire son of Choisir. He has 11 European stakes winners to date, six of them group winners, including two very good fillies in Watch Me, successful in the Coronation Stakes-Gr1 and Prix RothschildGr1, and Grand Glory, whose four group wins including the Prix Jean Romanet-Gr1. He’s also sired two stakes winners from three crops in Australia, including Eric The Eel, who has taken two graded stakes in Hong Kong, and who also ran second in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup-Gr1 there, and third in the ATC Australian Derby-Gr1.

The only other stakes sire by Choisir in Europe is Stimulation, winner of the Challenge Stakes-Gr2, who has two stakes winners, including the long-distance runner, Sweet Selection, who took the Sagaro Stakes-Gr3. There are also three sons of Choisir standing in Australia and New Zealand who have sired stakes winners. The one of those on the move is Proisir. Out of an Encosta de Lago mare, Proisir gained a black-type triumph at three taking the Newcastle Spring StakesGr3, and he also earned second in the ATC Spring Champion Stakes-Gr1 and Randwick Guineas-Gr1. Standing at Rich Hill Stud, Walton, New Zealand, Proisir has risen rapidly through the ranks, and at time of writing is New Zealand’s leading sire. He already has 11 stakes winners, nine group from his first four crops, nine of them group and four group one including Legarto. She has won six of her first seven starts, including the New Zealand 1,000 GuineasGr1 and on her most recent outing, the VRC Australian Guineas-Gr1. Proisir’s other standouts include the prolific Levante, four times successful in group one competition in New Zealand; Dark Destroyer, winner of the Tarzino Trophy-Gr1, and Pier, who took the New Zealand 2,000 Guineas-Gr1. Proisir’s MRC Caulfield Guineas-Gr1 winning brother, Divine Prophet, has grade two winners See You In Heaven and Promitto, in the second of his three crops to reach the races so far. Finally, Worthy Cause, whose peak performance came with a win in the GCTC Gunsynd Classic-Gr3, came up with a good one in his first crop in the ATC Surround Stakes-Gr1 scorer, Hinged. Choisir has also emulated his sire by turning into a very effective broodmare sire. So far his daughters have produced 26 stakes winners. They include a real standout in the Galileo filly, Winter, successful four times at the highest level, including in the English and Irish 1,000 Guineas (both Gr1); Oxted winner of the King’s Stand Stakes-Gr1 and July Cup-Gr1; My Dream Boat, who took the Prince of Wales’s Stakes-Gr1; the British Champions Sprint-Gr1 winner Creative Force; Persuasive, successful in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes-Gr1; and in Australia, VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes-Gr1 heroine, In Secret. So far, there are more than 30 group one winners, either by Choisir and his sons or grandsons, or out of Choisir mares, and one has to wonder how many there would have been had he been able to go to Singapore, instead of undertaking his history-making journey to Royal Ascot.

PROISIR, Brown colt, 2009

Alan Porter - Choisir

A Nick for the new Millenium

by Andrew Reichard

The new millennium started auspiciously, I was fortunate enough to be at Royal Ascot in the year 2000 for The Prince Of Wales’s Stakes to watch Dubai Millennium contest the race.

Dubai Millennium (Seeking The Gold –Colorado Dancer by Shareef Dancer) had famously been renamed, having originally been registered as “Yazeer”, because his owner Sheikh Mohammed had such a high opinion of him that he thought the horse could win the inaugural Dubai World Cup, which he did, his new name proving prophetic. The great horse had tasted defeat just once in nine

previous attempts when his temperament had gotten the better of him resulting in an unplaced finish in the Epsom Derby. So it was with a sense of eager anticipation that I lined up with the top hatted multitude to watch his pre race behaviour, both during the saddling up process and the pre race parade. What I saw was an equine colossus, a truly magnificent specimen of the modern thoroughbred, glowing with vitality, muscles gleaming, a tall horse with long clean limbs and tremendous scope. Best of all, he was imitating a perfect gentleman, my modest investment at 5/4 against seemed well justified.

There were only six runners but the Aga Khan’s multiple Gr1 winner Sendawar was well fancied to take home the prize. Dubai Millennium was taken straight to the front over the testing 10f and travelled smoothly in the lead, gradually extending his margin over the others. Approaching the home turn he was still travelling sweetly, the rest were all well off the bit being urged along by their riders, and the gap to Sendawar, hard ridden in second, was growing noticeably. A tremendous roar arose from the crowd, like thunder from a powerful storm, intensifying as the mighty thoroughbred galloped relentlessly and

“Look back into your mighty ancestors”

-Shakespeare, Henry The Fifth

DUBAI MILLENNIUM

effortlessly to victory at what was to prove his final start before embarking on a stud career. He was awarded an annual Timeform rating of 140, becoming one of only 13 horses to be rated 140 or higher in that illustrious publication’s history. Roughly a decade later, at home in Australia, while scanning the overseas results one morning, Galileo’s son Frankel was recorded as the winner of the English 2000 Guineas overnight. He was an unbeaten 2yo but this first up win bought him to my attention, so the next step was to find the replay on Youtube. After the field had travelled a furlong, my mouth opened, after another furlong it was half open and after another furlong my jaw hit the floor. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing, how could this horse scorch off to such an enormous lead in a Gr1 Classic and still win. But win he did. The race caller’s voice reflected the occasion “At the bushes it’s Frankel 15 lengths clear” he screamed. What we had just witnessed was the raw power of one of the greatest thoroughbreds of all time, power that his trainer Henry Cecil successfully harnessed as the horse matured, wisely bypassing The Derby, to see Frankel remain undefeated in 14 starts over distances ranging from 7f to 10 and a half furlongs. Frankel was awarded the highest annual Timeform rating ever at 147. So much for my viewing experiences, but the tale of these two exceptional horses became intertwined as their stud careers developed. Their bloodlines, when crossed, have resulted in one of the most successful nicks and broad crosses of the new millennium. And for a very clear reason, as we shall see.

THE GEOMETRY OF PEDIGREES

Dubai Millennium, sire of Dubawi and Galileo, sire of Frankel are linked by a striking similarity in their pedigrees. Renowned pedigree analyst and bloodstock consultant Alan Porter coined the phrases “parallel pattern” and “reverse parallel pattern” to describe certain types of ancestries. These two methods have resulted in some notable affinities or what I call pedigree “nicks”, which are not to be confused with the more traditional one to one sire/broodmare sire nicks used in traditional analysis. Dubai Millennium and Frankel are bred on a

reverse parallel pattern which has resulted in a very successful cross that has found its strongest expression via their sons Dubawi and Frankel, both British Champion sires. Dubai Millennium is by a stallion bred on a Mr Prospector/Buckpasser cross,

PEDIGREE ANALYSIS Dubai Millenium & Galileo 69 Andrew Reichard - Dubai Millennium and Galileo

out of a Northern Dancer line mare, while Galileo has the reverse, he is by a Northern Dancer stallion out of a mare bred on the Mr Prospector/Buckpasser cross. The schematic pedigrees below, Table 1, show the relationships.

by SHAREEF DANCER by NORTHERN DANCER

GALILEO

by NORTHERN DANCER by MISWAKI MR PROSPECTOR HOPESPRINGSETERNAL by BUCKPASSER

Table 1

Dubai Millennium, sire of Dubawi and Galileo, sire of Frankel are linked by a striking similarity in their pedigrees. Renowned pedigree analyst and bloodstock consultant Alan Porter coined the phrases “parallel pattern” and “reverse parallel pattern” to describe certain types of ancestries.

THE RESULTS

The broad Galileo/Dubai Millennium cross, which involves one strain of both stallions in opposite halves of the pedigree, either way, has the following stats (please note almost all cases of Dubai Millennium involve Dubawi as he only sired one crop) –530 runners, 41 SW (7.7% SW/R), 8 Gr1 winners which are 19.5% of the SW. Around 12.5% GR1W/SW is average for a commercial population, anything over 15% is outstanding, it indicates that a very large proportion of the SW are elite. Great figures for a broad cross, just to give you a comparison the broad cross involving inbreeding to Danehill is yielding around 2.5% SW/R and under 10% Gr1W/SW.

But the best is yet to come. Two bests actually. The Frankel/Dubawi broad cross (not the sire broodmare sire nick, just one strain of each in either half of the pedigree) has the following stats –

43 runners, 7 SW (16.2% SW/R),

4 Gr1w which are 57% of the SW. Wow! Spectacular, and all seven SW are Group winners.

And the last item is horses by Frankel out of Dubawi mares, which has the following stats –30 runners, 5 SW (16.66% SW/R),

3 Gr1w which are 60% of the SW. Once again all the SW are Group winners. Wow again.

These are industry leading stats, among the best in the history of the breed. They are inevitably going to be watered down as the cross is tried more and more often with individuals of decreasing merit as time passes. For the time being, if you own a Dubawi mare, ring your bank manager and book her in to Frankel if possible.

Footnote: It is significant that the pedigrees we are looking at involve two of the best performed, best bred thoroughbreds of all time, Galileo and Dubai Millennium.

The same can be said for their best sire sons Frankel and Dubawi. The various nicks, reverse parallel patterns and broad crosses being done here are all with premium bloodlines, premium genetic material. To further emphasise this point we need only consider the female lines of Galileo and Dubai Millennium themselves. Galileo is out of Arc winner URBAN SEA who is the dam of three Gr1 winners, Galileo, Sea The Stars (also an Arc winner) and Black Sam Bellamy plus so many other black type winners and producers that you can’t fit her catalogue page on the catalogue page. Her dam Allegretta ditto.

Dubai Millennium’s dam Colorado Dancer is one of nine SW produced by the wonder mare FALL ASPEN whose progeny included four individual Gr1 winners and two Gr1 placegetters, another mare whose catalogue page is seemingly endless.

For the time being, if you own a Dubawi mare, ring your bank manager and book her in to Frankel if possible..

FRANKEL

Magic Millions March Sale, the place to find your next champion!

Astrong catalogue of 388 yearlings will be offered at the 2023 Magic Millions March Yearling Sale and the sale has a proud history of producing star racehorses. “The Gold Coast March Yearling Sale has a wonderful record of producing high class gallopers over many years,” Magic Millions Managing Director Barry Bowditch said. “Whether it’s a globetrotting sprinting superstar like Buffering, a champion sire like Spirit of Boom or a Gr.1 star like Apache Chaseit’s the success of graduates that makes it one of the most popular in the country.” Last year’s sale is already producing quality two-year-olds with Listed Blue Diamond Preview (c&g) winner The Instructor (Russian Revolution) selling for $230,000 to Waterhouse/Bott, while stakes placed winner Party For Two (Sidestep) was passed in. To date, the highlight of the current three-year-old graduates is Listed winner Exo Lady (Exosphere) who was great value at $50,000 and has earnings over $390,000; while other recent sale graduates include Gr.1 Apache Chase (Better Than Ready), and group winners Prince of Boom (Spirit of Boom) and Tiger Legend (Better Than Ready).

Better Than Ready is the most represented sire in the sale, and he has plenty of pulling power given the hot run his stock are having at the moment with Apache Chase, Alpine Edge, Tiger Legend, and boom Listed winning two-year-old Skirt the Law. Better Than Ready is also the sire of the only horse to win both the QTIS 2YO Jewel and the QTIS 3YO Jewel - The Odyssey. Every lot catalogued in the 2023 Magic Millions March Yearling Sale has been subject to the first payment for QTIS and buyers will have the opportunity to scoop $73,300 (colts and

geldings) and $85,550 (fillies) every Saturday for a Queensland metropolitan two and threeyear-old win for fully paid QTIS gallopers, as well as a range of feature races highlighted by the aforementioned QTIS 2YO Jewel and QTIS 3YO Jewel. Racing Queensland Magic Millions QTIS Open, won earlier this year by Alpine Edge (Better Than Ready), is worth $1million in 2023 and 2024, and $1.5million from 2025. Magic Millions have given buyers an additional incentive to attend by making this the only sale to offer a discount on the Magic Millions Race Series nomination fee to make their purchase eligible for the rocketing suite of graduate races held across six states of Australia with more than $18million in prizemoney over 26 races in 2023/24 racing season, followed by more than $20million across 28 races in 2024/25. It’s not all about QTIS. There are one hundred BOBS eligible yearlings in the sale, so NSW buyers will have plenty of options too. This sale has plenty of stallion power with over 80 individual stallions represented, including exciting first season sires Bellevue Hill, Brutal, Cliff’s Edge, Cosmic Force, D’Argento, Dubious, Goodfella, Microphone, Pierata, Strasbourg, Sun City, Tassort, Unite and Conquer, Vino Rosso, Yes Yes Yes, and Zousain.

Queensland based first crop sires include two-year-old group winner Dubious (Not a Single Doubt) who has strong representation in this sale with twenty-two yearlings on offer, while Sun City (Zoustar) has seven yearlings. There are yearlings by proven sires such as Capitalist, Dundeel, Flying Artie, Headwater, Husson, Needs Further, Power, Rothesay, Rubick, Russian Revolution, Shalaa, Sidestep,

Smart Missile, So You Think, Spirit of Boom, Star Turn, Star Witness, and Xtravagant. Several Queensland based emerging stallions of note have yearlings in the 2023 Magic Millions March Yearling Sale, led by ATC Sires’ Produce-Gr.1 winner Invader (Snitzel) who recently left 2023 Surround StakesGr.1 winner Sunshine in Paris in his first crop of three-year-olds. Invader is represented by nine yearlings in the catalogue.

Second crop sire Encryption (Lonhro) has 31 yearlings in this sale, and he has already produced Listed placed twoyear-old Cifrado in his first crop. He was a good juvenile that improved at three, so represents a good opportunity for buyers at this stage of his career.

Dual Gr.1 winning sprinter Brave Smash (Tosen Phantom) has four second crop yearlings in the sale, and he’s already left city winner and fourth in the Gr.1 Blue Diamond Stakes Brave Halo in his first crop. Divine Prophet (Choisir)’s current three-yearolds are going great guns with Gr.2 Sandown Guineas winner See You In Heaven and Gr.2 winner Promitto from that crop. Divine Prophet has four yearlings in this sale.

Co-Champion 2YO Colt and Gr.1 Champagne Stakes winner The Mission (Choisir)’s oldest foals are three-year-olds and he has several city winners led by Magic Millions Guineas placed Yellow Brick. With QTIS bonuses and strong stallions on offer, the 2023 Magic Millions March Yearling Sale is a good place to find your next tough globetrotting Buffering style racehorse.

The Instructor

By Renée Geelen

Makybe Diva

by Renée Geelen

Go find the smallest child on this course, and there will be the only example of a person who will live long enough to see that again,” said trainer Lee Freedman after Makybe Diva’s third Melbourne Cup win.

In December 1998, a young broodmare named Tugela (Riverman-Rambushka, by Roberto) was sold by Ballylinch Stud to John Foote Bloodstock for 60,000 guineas. Tugela was carrying a foal by Desert King (Danehill), who she foaled on 21 March 1999 in Great Britain. Tugela was then sent to Australia in September 1999, and her foal arrived here a few months later in February 2000. Named Makybe Diva, Tugela’s filly had her first start as in July 2002, where she ran fourth over 1200m.

Two weeks later, after that ordinary beginning, Makybe Diva was about to announce herself as something special.

She won over a mile, then won another three races to make it four wins from five starts. Sent to the Listed Werribee Cup over 2000m for her sixth start, Makybe Diva won that and for good measure, she won the Gr.2 VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes over 2500m at her next start. Sent for a spell at the end of her four-year-old spring, Makybe Diva had a record of six wins from seven starts. The next big staying prospect had arrived. As an autumn four-year-old, all that promise melted away with two ordinary outings, then when she came back for the spring of 2003 as a five-year-old, Makybe Diva ran fourth in four consecutive races including the Gr.2 Turnbull Stakes and Gr.1 Caulfield Cup. She snuck into the 2003 Gr.1 Melbourne Cup field with only 51kg, and it was her first attempt at the two mile distance. She won by 1.3 lengths from She’s Archie (ArchwayA Little Timid, by Almaarad) and Jardines

Lookout (Fourstars Allstar-Foolish Flight, by Fools Home).

Back for the autumn, Makybe Diva had another five starts without winning, although she did place in the Gr.1 Ranvet Rawson Stakes and the Gr.1 BMW Stakes, before she finished her campaign on a high with another two mile win in the Gr.1 Sydney Cup (making it two from two at the distance).

The pattern of taking time to warm up continued in the spring of 2004 with four starts without winning, including second in the Gr.1 Caulfield Cup to Elvstroem (Danehill-Circles of Gold, by Marscay), before she maintained her perfect two mile record in the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup, this time carrying 55.5kg and beating top weight Vinnie Roe (Definite Article-Kayu, by Tap on Wood) and Zazzman (Distinctly NorthGlen Iris, by Marscay). Elvstroem was fourth.

In the autumn of 2005, Makybe Diva had a warm up start in the Gr.1 CF Orr Stakes over 1400m, running seventh, then was second to Elvstroem in the Gr.2 St George Stakes, before winning both the Gr.1 Australian Cup and Gr.1 BMW Stakes. A trip to Japan in the winter of 2005 didn’t pay off and the firm tracks were given as an excuse. Just prior to the Gr.1 Tenno Sho over 3200m, the rain fell, but it wasn’t enough to make the track soft, and in a fast-run race, Makybe Diva struggled to extend, finishing seventh, taking her two mile record to three wins from four starts. “As soon as he (Glen Boss) had to go for her, her stride was significantly shorter,” trainer Lee Freedman told Sport 927 at the time.

Back for the spring of 2005, Makybe Diva broke her old pattern and won first up in the Gr.2 Memsie Stakes, before running second in the Gr.2 John F Feehan Stakes to Lad of the Manor (Zabeel-Matrona, by Woodman). She turned the tables on him, beating him in the Gr.2 Turnbull Stakes, then showed her class to win the ultimate championship race; the Gr.1 WS Cox Plate.

Makybe Diva went directly to the 2005 Gr.1 Melbourne Cup and would have to break her own weight carrying record to win with 58kg. Only 14 mares had ever carried more than 57kg in the Melbourne Cup, prior to the 2005 Cup, and none of them had won. The three to get closest were Wakeful (Trenton-Insomnia, by Robinson Crusoe) who carried 63.5kg in 1903 and finished second to three-year-old Lord Cardigan (Positano-Lady Trenton, by Trenton) who carried only 42kg; while both Chicquita (Blank-Starr Faithfull, by Equator) and Light Fingers (Le Filou-Cuddlesome, by Red Mars) both carried 57.5kg when finishing second in 1950 and 1966 respectively.

Makybe Diva made history when winning her third Melbourne Cup, beating On A Jeune (Jeune-Chandada Rose, by King’s High) who carried just 51kg, and Xcellent (Pentire-Excelo, by Centro). Makybe Diva retired with 15 wins and seven placings from 36 starts with earnings over $14million. Twice crowned the Australian Horse of the Year, Makybe Diva also was crowned Champion Stayer in 2003/04 and 2005/06, and Champion Middle Distance Horse in 2005/06.

Tugela became an inspired broodmare purchase, not just leaving Makybe Diva, but also the $2.5million yearling Musket (Redoute’s Choice) who won the Gr.2 Shannon Stakes and has sired two stakes winners from 98 runners as a stallion. Tugela also left Gr.3 winner Valkyrie Diva (Jade Robbery) who is the dam of three stakes winners, and Listed winner La Amistad (Redoute’s Choice), as well as million dollar yearling and stakes placed winner Shadowofexcellence (Redoute’s Choice). All up, Tugela left six winners from eleven live foals.

At stud, Makybe Diva didn’t have a lot of luck. Her first foal, Rockstardom (Galileo),

who sold for $1.5million as a yearling, won twice, but died after only twelve starts when he reared and hit his head in the stables. Her second foal, La Dolce Diva, sold for $1.2million, and has a fascinating race record. She had only four starts, running 7th, 13th, and 5th in maiden company, before being sent around in the Gr.2 Wakeful Stakes where she was also soundly beaten. At stud, she sold as a broodmare prospect for $300,000 and has left Gr.2 placed winner Touch of Mink (Not a Single Doubt). Makybe Diva’s third foal, Coaster (Encosta de Lago), had only one eye and raced in France without success, although he did run fourth over 1900m at La Teste; while her fourth foal, Taqneen (Lonhro) managed to win twice despite needing a throat operation. Her fifth foal, Surrey (High Chaparral) was touted as a group class stayer after winning on debut over a mile but failed to live up to that in another 21 starts (placing several times in the city without winning again).

Makybe Diva’s last five foals were all fillies, so there are plenty of chances for her to extend her record into the next generations. Sixth foal, Divanation (All Too Hard), won twice and ran third in the Listed Warrnambool Cup, while seventh foal, Demand Attention (Starspangledbanner) is a winner. Demand Attention has now had three foals, the oldest having just turned two in 2022, and Makybe Diva’s eighth foal, Sublime Diva (Brazen Beau) is a winner. Makybe Diva’s final two foals are currently unraced; four-year-old Avila (Written Tycoon), who is noted on the Racing Australia website as currently spelling, and three-year-old Terrifictonka (More Than Ready) who is also listed as spelling. Retired from stud in 2020, Makybe Diva had ten foals, eight to race for six winners, and one with black type. For any other broodmare, this would be a good solid record, but history tends to judge our champion mares harshly.

The 2008 sculpture of Makybe Diva was created by English sculptor Philip Blacker and is located at Flemington racecourse. Philip Blacker is a renowned English sculptor whose works include Red Rum, Northern Dancer, Persian Punch, Pebbles, Bosra Sham, Generous, Desert Orchid, and Danehill.

Who commissioned the piece and what was the briefing?

The executive committee at Flemington Racecourse commissioned the work.

How did the design process work?

We decided on a walking pose as they wanted me to instil some movement into the work, and I felt that walking was a good compromise as it was still possible to get a good likeness.

Did you work from photos or real life?

I saw the horse once and took measurements and made sketches. After that I worked from numerous photographs and referred to my measurements and notes.

The 2006 sculpture of Makybe Diva was created by Ken Martin and is located on the foreshore at Port Lincoln.

Who commissioned the piece and what was the briefing?

The City of Port Lincoln Steering Committee commissioned the piece. They wanted a portrait of Makybe Diva, standing, not galloping, and with no jockey. Makybe Diva has never been to Port Lincoln, however, her owner Tony Santic is a tuna fisherman from Port Lincoln and it is due to the local fishing industry that Santic was able to purchase Makybe Diva and her dam from England. To capture the essence of Makybe Diva in a standing study, I had to think about the iconic things about her. Her focus on the crowd, the way she stared into the distance with her ears pricked and alert. She had to be perfectly correct from an anatomical point of view.

How did the design process work?

I was fortunate enough to meet her only three weeks after her third Melbourne Cup victory, so she was in prime condition. The day I met her at the Freedman stables, she had just finished working and was still warm with all her veins out. Having studied the vascular system of the horse, and many of her post-race photos, I was able to get her veins correct.

Tony gave me her shoes from her Caulfield Cup win to use as sizing for the sculpture, and I was also able to visit her a few times at his stud farm, although she’d let down a lot by then. I created a composition from a drawing, referencing my own photos and other’s photos of her. The drawing gained approval from the committee, so I made a maquette, and from there, the life sized work. In the final sculpture, I made a slight adjustment to give her head a bit more a of tilt as a better reflection of the way she carried herself. The final sculpture is five percent larger than life. It stands on an 800mm plinth, so it needed to be slightly bigger for scale.

What do you love most about the Makybe Diva sculpture?

She has a real presence. I was initially frustrated by being confined to a standing study, however, she’s turned out great. The local people love her and she’s photographed every day. I believe I captured her personality as a means of commemorating her achievements and that’s what I love the most about the piece.

QTIS Bonuses spread the joy

By Renée Geelen

Known as the King of QTIS, The Odyssey (Better Than Ready-Jessica’s Hope, by Snitzel) stood his first season in 2022 at Telemon Stud. “QTIS is, we believe, the leading incentive scheme in Australian racing,” said Telemon principal Dan Fletcher. “We can think of no better candidate to target QTIS than the King of QTIS himself, The Odyssey. He’s the horse that so many Queenslanders dream about.” And with over $1.7million in prizemoney, The Odyssey is, so far, the only horse to win both the QTIS 2YO Jewel and QTIS 3YO Jewel.

But a bonus scheme isn’t just about the pinup horse. QTIS is designed to spread prizemoney across many horses to ensure owners get a good chance at a decent return, and this cycles back into a willingness to reinvest into the racing and breeding industry. One of the best demonstrations of this is that The Odyssey wasn’t the horse who earned the highest amount in QTIS bonuses in each of his racing seasons. In his two year-old season, the highest QTIS 2YO earner was Champagne Jet (Jet Spur-Jezzamine, by Commands), while in The Odyssey’s three year-old season, the highest QTIS 3YO earner was Baroda (Epaulette-Dandy Warhols, by Distant Music).

QTIS is the only state based bonus scheme that has free registration for foals, provided that the foal is sired by a Queensland based stallion. With bonuses at all levels of racing and paid out for each of the trifecta placings, as well as bonuses for older horses, QTIS is a great way for owners to boost their prizemoney returns. For owners fortunate enough to get a good horse, QTIS rewards all black type and feature race winners with QTISx via cash bonuses or sales vouchers, and there are a multitude of races restricted to QTIS qualified horses through the season with massive prizemoney on offer, led by the QTIS Magic Millions, King of The Mountain, and both QTIS Jewel races.

In 2022/23, the top earning two year-old QTIS runners as at the end of January are led by Miss Coota (Spirit of Boom-Rock Garden, by Fastnet Rock) who has career earnings of $294,100 with over $91,000 in QTIS bonuses.

Rank Horse Name Total QTIS Earnings

1 Miss Coota

The top earning three year-olds as at the end of January are led by Flaming Conquest (Love Conquers All-It’s Gonna be Good, by Exceed and Excel) who has won four of his six starts, and is unbeaten in three starts at three.

breeder industries,” Racing Queensland EGM Operations Adam Wallish said in a Racing Queensland press release. “As an exciting addition to the scheme in recent years, we continue to see great success in QTISx, which provides bonuses and sales vouchers on blacktype and feature races to re-invest back into the local industry. This is all part of our plan to ensure that industry participants continue to buy, breed and back Queensland racing.” Queensland bred horses have always been competitive Australia wide, and the QTIS scheme is designed to encourage local owners to enjoy racing their horses locally by investing in the stock of Queensland based stallions. “The prize money on offer for Queensland-bred horses to race here in the Sunshine State is

nothing short of outstanding and unmatched nation-wide,” Thoroughbred Breeders

Queensland Association President Basil Nolan said. “For example, a QTIS-registered filly can win up to $85,550 for a standard Saturday race, which is more than some recent feature races south of the border. Queensland’s stallion ranks are as strong as ever presently, and more recently we’ve seen Queensland Champion First Season Stallion, The Mission, burst on to the scene, headlined by his King of the Mountainwinning son Yellow Brick.”

Buy local, race local, and earn QTIS bonuses. That’s the message from Racing Queensland. n

“QTIS remains at the forefront of national breeding schemes, providing added incentive for participants to support Queensland’s racing and

($100,200) ($68,800)

2016/17 Krystle Johnston John & Chris Meagher Paradis Imperial (Instinction) Our Beebee (Red Dazzler) ($162,950) ($242,000) ($125,400) ($123,000)

2015/16 John Zielke Tony Sears Royal Tithe (Show a Heart) Too Good to Refuse ($318,750) ($153,900) ($165,000) (Rothesay) ($87,500)

2014/15 Les Ross Tony Gollan Mishani Honcho (Jet Spur) Walk to the Bar ($255,500) ($175,200) ($139,500) (All Bar One)($70,800)

2013/14 Krystle Johnston Bruce Hill Executed (Warhead) Heza Bobby Dazzler ($148,000) ($154,700) ($118,800) (Red Dazzler) ($90,500) Queen of the Lochs (Bradbury's Luck) ($90,500)

2012/13 Peter Fleming Kelly Schweida Craiglea Cruz (Warhead) Discreet (Show a Heart) ($214,600) ($152,000) ($101,700) ($87,000)

QTIS Honour Roll

The Odyssey

IT PAYS TO RACE

QUEENSLAND BRED...

OVER $12 MILLION AS A MATTER OF FACT

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Breed Queensland, Buy Queensland, Race Queensland!

Also, QTIS registered winners of all Black Type and selected Feature races now take home an additional QTISx bonus.

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APACHE CHASE

Tasmania Sale Strong Clearance Continue

Magic Millions Tasmania - she’s apples!

The increasing popularity of the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale is set to continue with a catalogue of 468 yearlings to be auctioned at the Morphettville Sales Complex on 14 and 15 March 2023.

The one-day Magic Millions Tasmania Yearling Sale recorded it’s second-best results on record with the 109 lots sold averaging $36,125 with a clearance rate of 85%. The figures were on par with 2021, while 2022 remains the highest grossing sale for Tasmania.

“It was really positive for Tasmania,” Magic Millions Managing Director Barry Bowditch said. “There was a good spread of buyers - no one really got in and dominated the market - and there was great equilibrium with the interstate participants and the local buyers. It felt fairly good throughout the sale. At the end of the day, Tasmanians bought 50 horses, which is great. They bought half the catalogue and the leading two buyers are local. It is great they have been able to participate so strongly.”

Local trainer Adam Trinder purchased six lots at an average of $54,800 to be the leading buyer by gross, while John Blacker purchased seven lots at an average of $39,500.

“We will work closely with TasBreeders and Tasracing to continue to strengthen the industry down here,” said Bowditch. “It is just about stimulating participation down

here, giving a reason to come to the sale with confidence and taking horses home with owners for them. The quality of the horses being bred down here continues to get stronger and, from a Magic Millions perspective, we’re here for the long haul and we’ll continue to do our best to strive for a vibrant industry down here.”

Three lots sold for more than $100,000a great result for vendors - with the top lot coming from leading vendor Grenville Stud. They sold 21 lots for an average of $53,000, with Lot 131 headlining the sale.

Lot 131 is a Capitalist filly from Sunrise Yellow (Fastnet Rock) who is a halfsister to American Listed winner Srumdiddlyumptious from the family of local stakes winners Ready to Live and Ready to Prophet.

“I have waited all day for her,” purchaser Peter Morgan said moments after the hammer fell. “I’ll probably miss my plane, but they said they’d give me a bed. She was all I was coming for as I wasn’t coming to the sale, but Graeme McCulloch rang me three times and said, ‘you’ve got to come for this filly’, so I thought I’d come down and have a look. I jumped on the plane, had a look and we’ve ended up with her. This is my first time in about five years that I’ve come down for the sale.”

Incredibly, Grenville Stud sold the top three priced lots:

Lot 131 - Capitalist-Sunrise Yellow (Fastnet Rock) filly to Peter Morgan for $115,000

Lot 47 - Stratosphere-Ehor (Val Royal) filly to Star Thoroughbreds for $105,000

Lot 71 - Stratosphere-In Harmony (Exceed and Excel) colt to John Foote Bloodstock for $100,000

The second top vendor was Armidale Stud who sold 22 yearlings at an average of $42,700, with their top lot making $80,000. “It’s been a successful day,” Tasracing CEO Andrew Jenkins said. “To see the locals so active was great and it bodes well for the future of the industry in Tasmania. The results show the importance of the five year contract extension that was recently announced between Magic Millions, Tasbreeders and Tasracing.”

SALE STATISTICS (2022 in brackets)

Lots Catalogued: 140 (146)

Lots Sold: 109 (112)

Lots Passed In: 20 (26)

Lots Withdrawn: 11 (8)

Top Price: $115,000 ($150,000)

Average Price: $36,124 ($38,522)

Median Price: $30,000 ($30,000)

Gross: $3,937,500 ($4,314,500)

Sold %: 85 (81)

Graeme McCulloch and the Grenville Stud team with their sale topping Capitalist filly.

MM TASMANIA YEARLING SALE

SIRE ANALYSIS

LEADING YEARLINGS

Leading Colts by Price

Leading Fillies by Price

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Comparative totals

MM TASMANIA YEARLING SALE

Buyers annually

Colt and filly trade Colts

Vendors annually

Fillies

Market Ranges

MM TASMANIA YEARLING SALE

SIRE ANALYSIS

SIRE ANALYSIS

Leading Sires by Average (3+ sold)

Sires by Average (3+ sold)

Leading Sires by Average/fee (3+ sold)

Sire Colt & Filly totals at a glance

Leading Sires by Median

SIRE TABLE KEY

An S in “Shut” column denotes sire shuttled in 2020, RS=Reverse shuttler, exS or exRS denotes the horse had shuttled previously, but not in 2020.

Number in “Crop” column denotes sire’s first, second or third southern hemisphere crop; “a” denotes he went to stud in an earlier year in northern hemisphere.

After Offered and Sold columns are columns showing the lower and upper limits of the price range for each stallion, then the Average, Median and Gross. The next two columns show the Average and Median divided by the subject sire’s 2020 Fee (no GST).

Finally, we list the stallion’s fee for the past three southern seasons.

Note: Listed Fees do NOT include the Goods and Services Tax as listed sale prices also do not include GST

Lot

MM TASMANIA YEARLING SALE

SIRE ANALYSIS

BUYERS ANALYSIS

Buyers A-Z

Leading buyers by average

Leading buyers by trade (3+

VENDOR ANALYSIS

Vendors

Records Broken at Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale

The two day Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale broke records by every measure with the gross, average, and median all up. The average price across both days lifted to $73,576 up from $68,765 in 2022, while the median lifted to $60,000 (up from $55,000 in 2022). With an impressive clearance rate of 89%, the Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale was a successful one for vendors.

“It was very good,” Magic Millions Perth Manager David Houston said. “With everything that everyone had been saying, I was quite confident that we had a very strong buying bench here, for sure, and we had the interstaters come in and that helped no end. They’ve been away for a couple of years and they probably didn’t quite realise how strong things have been here, last year particularly, but they’ve gone away saying that they will come back and I am sure they will understand the business here a lot better next time. It is getting stronger and stronger. We all know it is fast horses that people want and the stud farms have kept upgrading for a number of years and it takes a few years for that to come to fruition and it certainly is at the moment. That is why you do it in any livestock industry. You need to keep reinvesting, bringing in new broodmares, so I will certainly be encouraging them to do it.”

The top priced lot was a filly by first season sire Blue Point out of two year-old stakes winner Single Spice (Not a Single Doubt) making her a half-sister to Gr2 Karakatta Plate winner Ima Single Man (Gingerbread Man). As both Gingerbread Man and Blue Point are sons of Shamardal, this filly is very closely related to Ima Single Man. She was purchased by Suman Hedge Bloodstock in conjunction with trainers Grant and Alana Williams for $350,000. “She looks like you could nearly put a saddle on her now,”

Grant Williams said. “But obviously with us we’ll give her every opportunity and she’d have to be really forward for us to push her early, but we’ll give her every opportunity to do so. What we’re all about is buying a nice filly who has good residual value and, if we do our job, then the owners will get something at the end of it as well. She is a strong filly, who is nice and wide through the hips, she is athletic looking and we’ve known all about her since she was born in Victoria. We had $300,000 for her, but we had another bid otherwise we were going to lose her and I am happy to do so. We are looking at the residual value that she’s going to have at the end and that’ll make up for that extra bid.” The Suman Hedge Bloodstock/Williams Racing partnership purchased seven lots to be the leading buyers at an average of $147,500; while Parnham Racing Stables were the second top buyers spending an average of $126,875 each on eight lots.

The next top lot, and highest priced colt, was the full brother to Gr3 winner of eight races Red Can Man (Gingerbread ManBrocky’s Ace, by Surtee) who is also a halfbrother to Gr2 winner of nine races Quilista (Scandal Keeper) out of Listed Gimcrack Stakes placed winner Brocky’s Ace. Noel Carter’s Commercial Bloodstock Services purchased him for $280,000 and will send him to Red Can Man’s trainer Steve Wolfe.

Yarradale Stud was the leading vendor, selling 16 yearlings for $1.49million at an average of just over $93,000, while local proven sire Playing God was the leading stallion with 14 lots sold for $1.8million, at an average price of $133,929.

“It’s a credit to RWWA, they’ve put a great incentive scheme in place. Credit to the breeders here who have upgraded their product year on year and credit to my team

here in the west who have marketed this sale very well to the local buyers,” Magic Millions Managing Director Barry Bowditch said.

TOP PRICED LOTS

$350,000 – Blue Point-Single Spice filly (Lot 12)

Vendor: Yarradale Stud / Buyer: Williams Racing/Suman Hedge B’stock (WA)

$280,000 – Gingerbread Man-Brocky’s Ace colt (Lot 62)

Willow Dale Farm (As Agent for Korilya Stud) / Commercial B’stock Services (WA)

$280,000 – Playing God-Poverty Point filly (Lot 160)

Mogumber Park (As Agent) / Ryan Hill Racing (WA)

$260,000 – Trapeze Artist-Lady Cosmology colt (Lot 121)

Amelia Park Racing & Breeding (As Agent) / Durrant Racing (WA)

$240,000 – Russian Revolution-Jehannedarc colt (Lot 114)

Willow Dale Farm (As Agent) / Kennewell Racing/Ridgeport Holdings/Group 1 B’stock (Vic)

COMBINED BOOK 1&2 STATISTICS (2022 in brackets)

Lots Catalogued: 327 (338)

Lots Sold: 264 (272)

Lots Passed In: 33 (38)

Lots Withdrawn: 30 (28)

Sale Gross: $19,424,000 ($18,704,000)

Top Price: $350,000 (330,000)

Average Price: $73,576 ($68,765)

Median Price: $60,000 ($55,000)

Sold %: 89 (87)

2023 MM PERTH YEARLING SALE

SIRE

ANALYSIS

LEADING YEARLINGS

Leading Colts by Price

Leading Fillies by Price

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Comparative totals

2023 MM PERTH YEARLING SALE

Buyers annually

Colt and filly trade

Colts

Vendors annually

SIRE ANALYSIS

2023 MM PERTH YEARLING SALE

Sires by Average

Leading Sires by Average (3+ sold)

SIRE TABLE KEY

An S in “Shut” column denotes sire shuttled in 2020, RS=Reverse shuttler, exS or exRS denotes the horse had shuttled previously, but not in 2020.

Number in “Crop” column denotes sire’s first, second or third southern hemisphere crop; “a” denotes he went to stud in an earlier year in northern hemisphere.

After Offered and Sold columns are columns showing the lower and upper limits of the price range for each stallion, then the Average, Median and Gross. The next two columns show the Average and Median divided by the subject sire’s 2020 Fee (no GST).

Finally, we list the stallion’s fee for the past three southern seasons.

Note: Listed Fees do NOT include the Goods and Services Tax as listed sale prices also do not include GST

Leading Sires by Median (3+ sold)

Leading Sires by Median/fee (3+ sold)

Sire Colt & Filly totals at a glance Colts

BUYERS ANALYSIS

Buyers A-Z

BUYERS ANALYSIS Buyers A-Z (cont)

Neville Parnham (Parnham Racing Stables) was second top buyer with 8 lots at a $126,875 average for a gross of $1,015,000.

BUYERS ANALYSIS

Leading buyers by average (3+ purchased)

Leading buyers by trade (3+ purchased)

VENDOR ANALYSIS

Vendors A-Z

Top vendors by average (3+ sold)

Williams Racing/Suman Hedge was the top buyer with 7 lots at an average of $147,500 and a gross of $1,032,500

Top vendors by trade

SIRE NICK REPORT for I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS) 2004 Bay Stallion, by Invincible Spirit (Green Desert) - Cannarelle, by Canny Lad

Performance of his progeny summarised by their Maternal Grandsire • Crosses highlighted in red have a higher than average SW/Rnr percentage

The ARION Sire Nicks report for Australia’s reigning champion sire, Yarraman Park’s I Am Invincible shows a great affinity for mares by multiple champion sire and broodmare sire Encosta De Lago and most, but not all, the various lines of Danehill and Danzig.

With 12 or more runners out of daughters by various broodmare sires the largest numbers of individual SW were produced by Encosta De Lago (8),

his close relative Flying Spur (4), and Choisir, Danehill Dancer, Exceed And Excel (all with 3).

I Am Invincible’s excellent 9.13% SW/R overall is even higher with daughters of Encosta De Lago at 20% which is very impressive for the big numbers involved, it’s a large and reliable data set. What this report doesn’t show is that I Am Invincible’s 14 individual Gr1

winners are out of mares by 14 different broodmare sires, indicating this great stallion’s versatility, which is one of the key reasons for his success. His Gr1 winners are out of mares by Encosta De Lago, Flying Spur, Shamardal, Snaadee, Mastercraftsman, Colombia, Dixieland Band, Galileo, Choisir, High Chaparral, Tiger Hill, Gilded Time, Sunday Silence and Volksraad ANALYSIS, by Andrew Reichard

BROODMARE SIRE NICK REPORT for SEA THE STARS (IRE) 2006 Bay Stallion, by Cape Cross (Green Desert) - Urban Sea, by Miswaki Performance of his progeny summarised by their Sire • Crosses highlighted in red have a higher than average SW/Rnr percentage

Sea The Stars is the Arc winning half-brother to multiple champion sire and broodmare sire Galileo. Both are out of the Arc winning mare Urban Sea. Sea The Stars has sired 19 individual Gr1 winners including four out of mares by Mr Prospector’s son Kingmambo.

In his relatively new role as a broodmare sire, Sea The Stars is a bullet performer moving from 50th to 22nd to 8th place on the list over the last three completed seasons. His daughters have produced Gr1 Grand Prix de Paris

winner Onesto to Frankel and Gr1 Doncaster St Leger winner Eldar Eldarov to Dubawi. The pedigrees of both these horses are worth further study, Eldar Eldarov is bred on a strong parallel pattern, while Onesto is inbred 3m x 3m to Urban Sea, another notable thoroughbred with the Rasmussen Factor. The ARION Broodmare Sire Nicks report for Sea The Stars shows that there are already 26 SWs from 362 runners for 7.2% SW/R. These are impressive figures overall but it is significant for his future success that

he has an even better strike rate with daughters of SIX of the SEVEN stallions whose daughters were sent to him in biggest numbers and actually NINE of the top ELEVEN.

From 15 runners by the Mr Prospector line sire Dubawi and his son Night Of Thunder, mares by Sea The Stars have left four SW (26.66% SW/R). The report also shows an affinity for Shamardal and his son Lope De Vega ANALYSIS, by Andrew Reichard

Rnrs Wnrs Wins G1 GW SW SP SW/Rnr Earnings Best Earnings

APEX RATINGS for Australia 2023

Introducing new improved APEX TABLES for both countries, exclusive to BLUEBLOODS.

BLUEBLOODS is now able to present APEX tables, in an improved format showing separate tables for Australia and New Zealand. APEX tables for Australia show ratings for only those stallions which stand (or have stood) in Australia. APEX tables for NZ show ratings for only those stallions which stand (or have stood) in NZ. There are now three separate tables for each country: the default ratings are for horses with at least 150 year starters in the previous seven rolling seasons (runners count as year starters in each season they compete and earn prizemoney); then there are also tables for horses with 100 year starters and 30 year starters which give an insight into the progress of first and second season sires or stallions which serve smaller books. Finally, to recap, APEX A runners are those which earn an amount in the top 2% each season, B runners the next 2%, C runners the next 4%. Therefore ABC runners are those earning an amount that falls in the top 8% each season (2+2+4).

For further explanation refer to previous issues. Special thanks to Arion Pedigrees NZ who have developed these tables for Bluebloods and to respected analyst Bill Oppenheim whose brainchild they are. Andrew Reichard, Publisher.

Australian APEX “A” Ratings 150 Starters

Australian APEX “A” Ratings 100 Starters

Australian APEX “A” Ratings 30 Starters

Australian APEX “ABC” Ratings 150 Starters

Australian APEX “ABC” Ratings 100 Starters

Australian APEX “ABC” Ratings 30 Starters

All racing outside Australia is covered in this section. In all cases the latest overseas name of the horse is shown as well as its previous Australian name. All money is shown in the currency of the country of racing.

Information is supplied by ARION PEDIGREES P.O. Box 941,Cambridge 3450, New Zealand Ph: +64 (0)7 827 7730 Website: www.arion.co.nz

Any horse foaled in Australia is termed “Australian-Bred”. Therefore if a New Zealand breeder sends his mare to visit Marscay, and the mare foals to Zabeel while in Australia, the resulting foal is Australian-bred and will appear in this section if it wins. On the other hand, if an Australian breeder should send his mare to visit Zabeel, and if she foals to Marscay while in New Zealand, that foal is New Zealand-bred, and will NOT appear in this section. (Asterisk and bold face type, indicates a stakes race win.)

Hong Kong

08-Feb-2023: Happy Valley

ASTROLOGER, B. g. 2018, Star Turn – Fast ‘n’ Witty, by Fastnet Rock, HK$1,975,050

PRIME MORTAR, Ch. g. 2018, Winning Rupert – Call Me Sachi, by Sebring, HK$615,600

12-Feb-2023: Sha Tin

KEEN POWER - ACA POWER (H.K.), B. g. 2016, Zoffany (IRE) –Lavender Bay, by Magnus, HK$461,700

ADEFILL, B. g. 2018, Deep Field – Dijonnaise, by I Am Invincible, HK$615,600

BEAUTY ETERNAL, Ch. g. 2018, Starspangledbanner – Ithacan Queen (NZ), by Savabeel, HK$983,250

LASER VICTORY, B. or Br. g. 2019, Brazen Beau – Testa the Water, by Testa Rossa, HK$615,600

OWNER’S PRAISE, B. g. 2018, Toronado (IRE) – Cincinnati Gal, by Langfuhr (CAN), HK$615,600

RUN RUN BUDDY, Blk. g. 2018, Kuroshio – Pride of Ardrossan, by Desert Sun (GB), HK$615,600

HOLY SUNDAY - STAR OF GLORY (H.K.), B. g. 2016, Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) – Sunday Lady (NZ), by Zabeel (NZ), HK$461,700

15-Feb-2023: Happy Valley

DIAMOND SOARS, B. g. 2018, Deep Field – Contrite Heart, by Dane Shadow, HK$461,700

SEE U AGAIN, Br. g. 2018, Jimmy Creed (USA) – Winter Solace, by Apologia, HK$615,600

SON PAK FU, B. g. 2018, Fighting Sun – Lady Zhao Jun, by Fastnet Rock, HK$615,600

19-Feb-2023: Sha Tin

ATULLIBIGEAL, B. g. 2018, Street Boss (USA) – Kellys Ocean Jewel (GB), by Dansili (GB), HK$1,083,000

CARROLL STREET, B. g. 2017, Outreach – Brooklyn Rain, by Manhattan Rain, HK$1,504,800

ONE TO REMEMBER - FLYING HIGH (H.K.), B. g. 2017, Office Bearer

–Belle Laude, by Summa Cum Laude, HK$615,600

FLYING MOJITO, B. g. 2018, Dundeel (NZ) – This is Your Life, by Fastnet Rock, HK$615,600

FORTUNE MASTER, B. g. 2016, Brazen Beau – Pintle, by Pivotal (GB), HK$461,700

HE’S ALL MINGO - GOKO WIN (H.K.), B. g. 2018, Love Conquers All – Mingo Rose, by Waterford Road, HK$983,250

PRINCE OF PORTY, Ch. g. 2018, Wandjina – Starry Light (NZ), by Danehill Dancer (IRE), HK$615,600

SUPER HONG KONG, Br. g. 2017, Kermadec (NZ) – Indiscretions, by Commands, HK$615,600

22-Feb-2023: Happy Valley

ALLGREEKTOME, Br. g. 2018, Scissor Kick – Phaedra, by Hussonet (USA), HK$615,600

E BROTHER, B. g. 2017, Star Witness – Face Forward, by Charge Forward, HK$615,600

FLAMING EAGLE, B. g. 2018, More Than Ready (USA) – Miss Foxwood, by Fastnet Rock, HK$461,700

ROSSA’S REWARD - FLYING ON THE TURF (H.K.), B. g. 2015, Reward for Effort – Tio Rossa, by Testa Rossa, HK$615,600 26-Feb-2023: Sha Tin

BEAUTY ETERNAL, Ch. g. 2018, Starspangledbanner – Ithacan Queen (NZ), by Savabeel, HK$1,653,000

BRAVE DREAMS, B. g. 2018, Duporth – Mollycat, by Catbird, HK$615,600

FORTUNE PRESIDENT, Ch. g. 2018, More Than Ready (USA) –I’m Your Venus, by Show a Heart, HK$615,600

*GOLDEN SIXTY, B. g. 2015, Medaglia d’Oro (USA) – Gaudeamus (USA), by Distorted Humor (USA), HK$6,840,000

PLEASANT ENDEAVOR, B. g. 2017, Redoute’s Choice – Via Africa (SAF), by Var (USA), HK$983,250

STRAIGHT ARRON, B. g. 2018, Fastnet Rock – Imperial Lass (NZ), by Tavistock (NZ), HK$1,083,000

*SUPER SUNNY SING, B. g. 2018, Nicconi – Red Centre, by Rubiton, HK$6,840,000

TRUE LEGEND, Ch. g. 2016, Deep Field – Jolie Bay, by Fastnet Rock, HK$1,083,000

01-Mar-2023: Happy Valley

HOSS, B. or Br. g. 2018, Fiorente (IRE) – Bona Fides, by Elusive Quality (USA), HK$615,600

HOWDEEPISYOURLOVE, Br. g. 2019, Deep Field – My Shabella, by Haradasun, HK$983,250

STAR CONTACT, Ch. g. 2018, Star Turn – Vittoria (NZ), by Postponed (USA), HK$1,083,000

05-Mar-2023: Sha Tin

ADEFILL, B. g. 2018, Deep Field – Dijonnaise, by I Am Invincible, HK$983,250

EXCELLENT FIGHTER, B. g. 2018, Hinchinbrook – Whitney, by More Than Ready (USA), HK$615,600 THE MULTIPLIER, Gr. g. 2017, The Factor (USA) – Nullarbor Nymph, by Danerich, HK$615,600

Japan

27-Feb-2023: Kawasaki

COSMO KIRKAS, B. c. 2018, Exceed and Excel – Lady’s Light (USA), by Toolighttoquit (USA), ¥1,000,000

Macau

10-Feb-2023: Macau

DEVAN - HOSTWIN ACHILLES (MAC.), Ch. g. 2016, Deep Field –Allegra, by Dehere (USA), M$235,000 KA YING HAPPY, B. g. 2014, Canford Cliffs (IRE) – Prayers’n’promises, by Encosta de Lago, M$168,150 RAYQUAZA, Blk. or Br g. 2017, Kermadec (NZ) – Besant, by Bianconi (USA), M$114,000

YATHOLING, B. c. 2017, Exosphere – Clarify, by Danehill Express, M$114,000

11-Feb-2023: Macau

I AM ZAIN - GEM GLORY (MAC.), B. g. 2015, I Am Invincible –Zyoon, by Al Maher, M$119,700 ASTROFLIGHT - MASTER HUNTER (MAC.), Ch. g. 2018, Zoustar –Flying Hula, by Flying Spur, M$168,150 OUT TO WIN, Ch. g. 2017, Headwater – Bukhoor, by Jeune (GB), M$199,500

18-Feb-2023: Macau

BRILLIANT BOY, B. g. 2018, Outreach – It Had to be You, by Belong to Me (USA), M$108,300 SILLY POINT - EASY ACE (MAC.), B. g. 2017, Hallowed Crown –All Night Girl, by Manhattan Rain, M$114,000

24-Feb-2023: Macau

ARMED, B. g. 2018, American Pharoah (USA) – Tornado Miss, by Snitzel, M$119,700

HARAPAN, Blk. or Br g. 2017, Dissident – Keep Me Warm, by Northern Meteor, M$119,700 ORGANIC WINNER, Ch. g. 2019, Spieth (NZ) – Hey Good Looking by Lookin at Lucky (USA), M$108,300 RIVER UNICORN, B. g. 2017, Savabeel – Refreshing, by Stratum, M$199,500

25-Feb-2023: Macau

JOYFUL RAINBOW, B. or Br. g. 2019, Sooboog – Duchess Kate (NZ), by Savabeel, M$114,000

STAR OF YIU CHEUNG, B. g. 2015, Casino Prince – Call Collect, by Charge Forward, M$235,000

04-Mar-2023: Macau

ESTEEMING, Blk. g. 2018, Lonhro – Respected, by Street Cry (IRE), M$108,300

IU CHEONG MASTER, Br. g. 2018, Dissident – Dayita, by Show a Heart, M$114,000

Malaysia

12-Feb-2023: Perak TC

CHINA CAPTAIN, Br. g. 2016, Rebel Raider – She’s a Monty, by Desert King (IRE), Rgt.21,420 GALILEO’S APPROACH, B. g. 2012, New Approach (IRE) – Redesign, by Commands, Rgt.11,347

SILENT BOSS, B. or Br. g. 2014, Street Boss (USA) – Moonsprite (GB), by Seeking the Gold (USA), Rgt.15,000 ULURU (SING.), B. or Br. g. 2016, Whittington – Hola, by Octagonal (NZ), Rgt.7,085

18-Feb-2023: Penang TC

PIT BULL, Ch. g. 2016, Deep Field – Walk Alone, by Honour and Glory (USA), Rgt.11,956

STAR GENIUS, Ch. f. 2012, Starcraft (NZ) – Gibraltar Moon, by Rock of Gibraltar (IRE), Rgt.23,579

TK STAR, B. or Br. g. 2014, Denman – Redeeming Lass, by Red Ransom (USA), Rgt.11,956

VAIN TYCOON, Ch. g. 2014, Written Tycoon – Melee (GB), by Cadeaux Genereux (GB), Rgt.11,956

19-Feb-2023: Penang TC

THE SINNER - BIG DOCTOR (SING.), B. or Br. g. 2016, Better Than Ready – Royalsyn, by Royal Academy (USA), Rgt.27,896

ICE OUT SIXTY-ONE, B. g. 2017, Foxwedge – Elay Princess, by Universal Prince, Rgt.23,579

LEGACY ROAR, B. g. 2017, I Am Invincible – Sorel Point, by Encosta de Lago, Rgt.20,590

MATILDA, Br. or Gr. f. 2015, The Factor (USA) – More Than Promised (USA), by More Than Ready (USA), Rgt.14,614

NORTHERN STAR, Gr. g. 2018, Written Tycoon – Kutina (FR), by Kendargent (FR), Rgt.14,614

SWEDISH MEMORIES - PLACE YOUR BET (SING.), B. or Br. g. 2013, Alfred Nobel (IRE) – Magical Memories, by Bletchley Park (IRE), Rgt.14,614

25-Feb-2023: Selangor TC

BANGALORE, B. or Br. f. 2016, Ruwi (GB) – Lonny, by Lonhro, Rgt.8,026

BATTLESTAR, B. g. 2017, Hinchinbrook – Mystically (USA), by Forest Wildcat (USA), Rgt.10,240

MERCURIAL TURN, Br. or Gr. g. 2016, Written Tycoon – Paris Return (USA), by Cozzene (USA), Rgt.14,391

TARZAN, B. g. 2013, Savabeel – Stage Doll, by Serheed (USA), Rgt.8,026

UNLEASH THE DRAGON, B. or Br. g. 2014, Phenomenons –She Can Tango, by Danehill Dancer (IRE), Rgt.10,240

26-Feb-2023: Selangor TC

CHINESE TEA, B. g. 2015, Magnus – Forewarning, by Magic Albert, Rgt.20,480

LIM’S UNIQUE, B. g. 2016, Uncle Mo (USA) – Miss Concorde (IRE), by Encosta de Lago, Rgt.10,240

PERFECT RUN, B. c. 2012, Oratorio (IRE) – Country Kate, by Bureaucracy (NZ), Rgt.8,026

TOP GUN, Ch. g. 2018, Ruwi (GB) – Forewarning, by Magic Albert Rgt.13,561

TRINITY GENERAL (MAL.), B. or Br. c. 2016, My Admiration –Double Fun, by Dubleo (USA), Rgt.19,096

WISHUPONASTAR, Ch. g. 2016, Zoustar – Ravenous Lass, by Stratum, Rgt.16,882

New Zealand

07-Feb-2023: Taupo

DRAGON BISCUIT, B. g. 2018, Choisir – Dawning Light (FR), by Siyouni (FR), NZ$7,840

LUELLA CRISTINA, B. f. 2019, Snitzel – Lucia Valentina (NZ), by Savabeel, NZ$7,840

11-Feb-2023: Te Rapa

*IMPERATRIZ, B. or Br. f. 2018, I Am Invincible – Berimbau, by Shamardal (USA), NZ$172,500

11-Feb-2023: Riccarton

MIS SPEAKS, Ch. f. 2020, Spieth (NZ) – Indiscretions, by Commands, NZ$17,250

MISS DUNSFORD, Ch. f. 2019, Dissident – She Chose Me, by Foxwedge, NZ$11,400

ROCKLAND, B. g. 2016, Snitzel – Vaayala (NZ), by Volksraad (GB), NZ$23,000

11-Feb-2023: Te Rapa

SANS DOUTE, Ch. f. 2019, Not a Single Doubt – My Prerogative, by I Am Invincible, NZ$28,750

WHISKEY NEAT, B. or Br. g. 2016, Denman – Ouija, by Viscount, NZ$28,750

16-Feb-2023: Cambridge JC

LHASA, B. g. 2019, Hellbent – Rupavari, by Redoute’s Choice, NZ$7,840

SHOOTIN TO SAKS, B. g. 2018, Shooting to Win – Touch of Greatness, by Don Eduardo (NZ), NZ$7,840

SIDE EYE, B. g. 2017, Sidestep – American Patriot, by All American, NZ$7,840

18-Feb-2023: Ascot Park

EPTIMUM, B. g. 2014, Snitzel – Paramount, by Monashee Mountain (USA), NZ$23,000

22-Feb-2023: Pukekohe

MEGA MOGUL, Ch. g. 2019, Written Tycoon – St Swithuns, by Fastnet Rock, NZ$11,500

23-Feb-2023: Wanganui

DIGNITOSA, Ch. f. 2019, Xtravagant (NZ) – Infra Dig, by Exceed and Excel, NZ$7,840

VIDIANO, B. f. 2017, Pierro – Bulle de Champagne (IRE), by Hurricane Run (IRE), NZ$7,840

01-Mar-2023: Awapuni

FIELD OF GOLD, Ch. g. 2018, Starspangledbanner – Chasing Mammon, by Giant’s Causeway (USA), NZ$23,000

03-Mar-2023: Waverley

IDYLLIC, B. f. 2018, No Nay Never (USA) – Idlewild, by Lonhro, NZ$7,840

04-Mar-2023: Te Rapa

*BABYLON BERLIN, Ch. f. 2017, All Too Hard – You Can’t Say That, by Fusaichi Pegasus (USA), NZ$57,500

BAD ‘N’ BOUJ, B. f. 2016, Deep Field – Tabliope, by Commands, NZ$37,375

*THE INTIMIDATOR, B. g. 2019, Toronado (IRE) – Ty Dash, by Written Tycoon, NZ$46,000

RACING KINDERGARTEN Maiden 2YO winners

Every month The Racing Kindergarten presents each new 2YO winner since the previous issue from racing conducted in Australia, New Zealand, South-East Asia and South Africa. All 2YOs bred in Australia and New Zealand are included. This overcomes the anomaly created when progeny of Australian based sires are foaled in New Zealand (while the mare is visiting, or if she is permanently transferred) and are thus not regarded as Australian bred.

Information is supplied by ARION PEDIGREES P.O. Box 941,Cambridge 3450, New Zealand Ph: +64 (0)7 827 7730 Website: www.arion.co.nz

How to read this section

THE Racing Kindergarten lists all 2YO winners this season under their sires with a lot of other useful information.

An explanation of the format is as follows:

Ordinary winners are shown in light face type and stakes winners are indicated with an asterisk and bold type. The list is in alphabetical order by SIRE of the winner (not by the winners themselves) and is cumulative from the start of the current season.

Value of prizemoney to the winner of the race is shown. If the figure 1 appears in brackets [1] it indicates that this is the sire’s 1st individual 2YO winner this season. Other winners by that sire may be in the current issue or they will have appeared in a previous issue of the magazine. For example if the number [6] appears it indicates that there have been 5 previous 2YO winners by the sire this season. If they are not in this issue, then they appear in a previous issue.

An example is:

*SANZIRO, B c 2001, Danzero-Will Fly, by Will Dancer (FR). [1], 08-Nov-2003: VRC, (Flemington), $99,000.

*SANZIRO (Name of winner, asterisk and bold face type, indicates it won a stakes race), B (colour) c (sex) 2001 (year of foaling), Danzero (sire of the winner - these are in alphabetical order)-Will Fly (name of dam), by Will Dancer (sire of dam) (bred in FR) [Note: no country suffix after sire, dam or broodmare sire indicates bred in Australia]. [1] (this is the first individual 2YO winner by the sire this season, 08-Nov-2003 (date the horse won): VRC, (Flemington) (club and track where city meeting conducted), [Note: for provincial and overseas races the track and state or country are shown] $99,000 (prizemoney collected for this single victory).

ODINAKA, B. g. 2020, A Lot (USA) – Hottington, by Red Hot Choice [2], 11-Feb-2023: Ascot (WA), $84,540

ALOTOFBANTER, B. g. 2020, A Lot (USA) – Bantry Bay, by Tale of the Cat (USA). [3], 04-Mar-2023: Ascot (WA), $43,840

ADELAD, Br. c. 2020, Adelaide (IRE) – Elsaray, by Red Dazzler. [1], 16-Feb-2023: Ipswich (QLD), $27,300

LUCKY JIM, B. or Br. c. 2020, Akeed Mofeed (GB) – Carano, by High Chaparral (IRE). [1], 21-Feb-2023: Townsville (QLD), $12,800

MUST GO, B. or Br. g. 2020, All Too Hard – Madame Moustache, by Hinchinbrook. [2], 08-Feb-2023: Moe (VIC), $20,625

NO BETTER TIME, Br. g. 2020, Better Than Ready – No Time, by Barely a Moment. [7], 22-Feb-2023: Eagle Farm (QLD), $32,500

ANA JAAHZA, Blk. f. 2020, Better Than Ready – Merirosvo (USA), by Lonhro. [8], 26-Feb-2023: Ballarat (VIC), $20,625

MINTO’S D’ORO, B. f. 2020, Bolt d’Oro (USA) – Sunny Desert (USA), by Wild Desert (CAN). [1], 04-Mar-2023: GCTC (QLD), $16,800

Philippines

08-Feb-2023: Metro Manila TC

PHENOM, B. f. 2017, Artie Schiller (USA) – Even So, by Choisir

15-Feb-2023: Metro Manila TC

BALLISTIC BABE, B. or Br. f. 2017, Smart Missile – But Perfect, by Lonhro

24-Feb-2023: Metro Manila TC

ENIGMATIC LINDEN, B. or Br. c. 2018, Flying Artie – Royal Charades, by Royal Academy (USA)

STRIPE OF PINK, B. f. 2017, Prince Cheri (FR) – Optionality, by Immovable Option (IRE)

Singapore

12-Feb-2023: Singapore TC

HUNNAM - GENERAL COMMAND (SING.), B. g. 2018, Shalaa (IRE) – Skating on Ice, by Bradbury’s Luck, S$26,775

HOOVER - GRIFFIN (SING.), Br. g. 2017, All American – Centro Gal, by Giant’s Causeway (USA), S$16,065

HURIWAI - INVINCIBLE TYCOON (SING.), B. g. 2018, I Am Invincible – Tai Tai Tess, by Magic Albert, S$26,775

ASATEER - OPUNAKE (SING.), B. or Br. g. 2016, I Am Invincible –Isstoora, by High Chaparral (IRE), S$26,775

STREET OF DREAMS, B. g. 2018, Dundeel (NZ) – Causeway Queen by Giant’s Causeway (USA), S$53,550

CONSTRUCT - SUPER SALUTE (SING.), B. g. 2018, I Am Invincible –Martindale Hall, by Lonhro, S$37,485

BRAVE STRIKE, Br. f. 2020, Brave Smash (JPN) – Taste of Money, by Not a Single Doubt. [3], 25-Feb-2023: Ascot (WA), $43,840

CU CHULAINN (NZ), B. g. 2020, Burgundy – Niamh Elizabeth, by Per Incanto (USA). [1], 04-Mar-2023: Wingatui (NZ), NZ$17,250

LEGOLAS, B. g. 2020, Capitalist – Elfee (NZ), by Iffraaj (GB). [8], 24-Feb-2023: Canberra (ACT), $30,500

RIPROAR (NZ), B. g. 2020, Charm Spirit (IRE) – Let Me Roar, by Rip Van Winkle (IRE). [1], 02-Mar-2023: Arawa Park (NZ), NZ$7,840

PRINCESS CRUIZER, B. f. 2020, Choisir – Calaway Cruizer, by High Chaparral (IRE). [1], 17-Feb-2023: Quirindi (NSW), $22,375

BEAUTY RISING, B. f. 2020, Deep Field – Coral Reef, by Galileo (IRE). [2], 01-Mar-2023: Sandown (VIC), $30,250

SPEEDY MACHO, B. g. 2020, Delago Deluxe – Norocos, by Show a Heart. [1], 02-Mar-2023: Ipswich (QLD), $16,800

STANISLAUS, B. c. 2020, Exceed and Excel – Calaverite, by Lonhro. [6], 14-Feb-2023: Hawkesbury (NSW), $25,325

*CYLINDER, B. c. 2020, Exceed and Excel – Circular, by Street Cry (IRE). [7], 18-Feb-2023: Rosehill (NSW), $142,000

EXTREME SPIRIT, Ch. c. 2020, Extreme Choice – Miss Spirituality, by Starcraft (NZ). [2], 15-Feb-2023: Kensington (NSW), $36,650

*CORNICHE, B. c. 2020, Fastnet Rock – Montsegur, by New Approach (IRE). [1], 25-Feb-2023: Randwick (NSW), $142,000

KINTYRE, B. c. 2020, Hallowed Crown – Mull Over, by So You Think (NZ). [1], 03-Mar-2023: Newcastle (NSW), $19,700

TOM KITTEN, B. or Br. c. 2020, Harry Angel (IRE) – Transfers, by Street Cry (IRE). [3], 08-Feb-2023: Warwick Farm (NSW), $36,650

MISHANI RAIDER, B. or Br. g. 2020, Jet Spur – Maggiore, by Nicconi [1], 12-Feb-2023: Sunshine Coast (QLD), $27,300

FELIX THE SCAT, B. c. 2020, Mendelssohn (USA) – Miss Pocket Rocket, by Smart Missile. [1], 25-Feb-2023: Doomben (QLD), $48,800

LOVE SHUCK, B. g. 2020, Mikki Isle (JPN) – Oyster Bell, by Magic Albert. [1], 25-Feb-2023: Albury (NSW), $20,625

AMAZONIAN LASS, B. f. 2020, More Than Ready (USA) –Dynastic Lady, by Fastnet Rock. [1], 01-Mar-2023: Warwick Farm (NSW), $25,400

CAFE MILLENIUM, B. c. 2020, Not a Single Doubt – Veloce Forte, by High Chaparral (IRE). [2], 11-Feb-2023: Randwick (NSW), $98,750 PARA PARK CHANCE, Ch. g. 2020, Performer – First Plan, by Henrythenavigator (USA). [2], 24-Feb-2023: Rockhampton (QLD), $21,300

TU QUI SANTUZZA, B. f. 2020, Pierro – Santuzza (NZ), by Savabeel [1], 24-Feb-2023: Canterbury (NSW), $36,650

*MAHARBA, B. g. 2020, Pride of Dubai – Blizzardly, by More Than Ready (USA). [1], 18-Feb-2023: Flemington (VIC), $106,200 RUBAAHY, B. or Br. f. 2020, Rubick – Malaahy, by Medaglia d’Oro (USA). [2], 11-Feb-2023: Toowoomba (QLD), $13,700 COAST PRINCESS, Br. f. 2020, Russian Revolution – Spirited Princess, by Universal Prince. [7], 23-Feb-2023: Pakenham (VIC), $22,000

RUSSIAN ALLIANCE, B. or Br. f. 2020, Russian Revolution –Sea Dweller (GB), by High Chaparral (IRE). [8], 25-Feb-2023: Toowoomba (QLD), $13,700

ONE KIND, Ch. f. 2020, Sebring Sun – Mantonant, by Manton. [2], 10-Feb-2023: Grafton (NSW), $19,575

ACAPPELLA MOON, Ch. f. 2020, Sebring Sun – In Unison, by Encosta de Lago. [3], 18-Feb-2023: Morphettville (SA), $29,350

*PRINCESS DUHALLOW, Br. f. 2020, Shalaa (IRE) – Duhallow, by Denman. [2], 04-Mar-2023: Flemington (VIC), $106,300

SHOW ROYALE, Ch. f. 2020, Showtime – Ducey Du, by Royal Academy (USA). [1], 18-Feb-2023: Bendigo (VIC), $14,850

TACITO, Ch. c. 2020, Showtime – Without Saying, by Sepoy. [2], 04-Mar-2023: Murray Bridge (SA), $112,425

FREAKOFNATURE, Ch. c. 2020, Snitzel – No Evidence Needed, by Shamardal (USA). [7], 15-Feb-2023: Sandown (VIC), $30,250

BURN TO SHINE (NZ), Br. g. 2020, So You Think – Smoulder, by Traditionally (USA). [1], 08-Feb-2023: Cambridge (NZ), NZ$7,840

MIS SPEAKS, Ch. f. 2020, Spieth (NZ) – Indiscretions, by Commands [1], 11-Feb-2023: Riccarton (NZ), NZ$17,250

SASSY BOOM, B. f. 2020, Spirit of Boom – Harbour Fun, by Harbour Watch (IRE). [8], 19-Feb-2023: Launceston (TAS), $51,510

WITHIN REASON, B. f. 2020, Spirit of Boom – Arrowette, by Not a Single Doubt. [9], 22-Feb-2023: Eagle Farm (QLD), $36,750

SHOT OF WHISKEY (NZ), B. g. 2020, Spirit of Boom (AUS) –Flower of Love (AUS), by Redoute’s Choice (AUS). [10], 26-Feb-2023: Sunshine Coast (QLD), $27,300

MORE THAN A STAR, Ch. f. 2020, Star Witness – Once More a Lady, by Congrats (USA). [1], 25-Feb-2023: Newcastle (NSW), $25,325

SIR JAG, Br. g. 2020, Stratosphere – New Vision, by Magnus. [4], 01-Mar-2023: Launceston (TAS), $16,875

*SUPER SMINK, B. f. 2020, Super One – Sminky Shorts, by Snitzel [1], 18-Feb-2023: Pinjarra (WA), $127,500

THE YEARS (NZ), B. c. 2020, Time Test (GB) – Joy Anna, by Iffraaj (GB). [1], 23-Feb-2023: Kembla Grange (NSW), $19,700

ACRES AWAY, Ch. g. 2020, Top Echelon – Hoywedge, by Choisir. [4], 14-Feb-2023: Mckinlay (QLD), $21,300

SHESALLSHENANIGANS, B. f. 2020, Toronado (IRE) – Segenhoe Valley, by Dane Shadow. [2], 28-Feb-2023: Bendigo (VIC), $14,850

ALLABOUTELLA, Ch. f. 2020, Trapeze Artist – Zelady’s Night Out, by Myboycharlie (IRE). [2], 11-Feb-2023: Newcastle (NSW), $25,325

INTRODUCING, B. c. 2020, Trapeze Artist – Smokin’ Alice (USA), by Smoke Glacken (USA). [3], 22-Feb-2023: Warwick Farm (NSW), $36,650

SPIN DOCTOR, B. or Br. g. 2020, Trapeze Artist – Chit Chat, by Anabaa (USA). [4], 04-Mar-2023: Eagle Farm (QLD), $72,500

CHANTILLY LACE (NZ), Br. f. 2020, U S Navy Flag (USA) –On the Move (AUS), by More Than Ready (USA). [1], 23-Feb-2023: Wanganui (NZ), NZ$7,840

RUPERT’S HOUSE, Ch. g. 2020, Winning Rupert – Songbird (ARG), by Easing Along (USA). [2], 11-Feb-2023: Doomben (QLD), $73,300

CROCETTI (NZ), Ch. g. 2020, Zacinto (GB) – Gracehill, by O’Reilly. [1], 18-Feb-2023: Pukekohe (NZ), NZ$11,500

ZOURION (NZ), Br. f. 2020, Zoustar (AUS) – Irion, by Danroad (AUS). [3], 07-Feb-2023: Taupo (NZ), NZ$7,840

INHIBITIONS, B. or Br. f. 2020, Zoustar – Workdrinks, by Fastnet Rock. [4], 17-Feb-2023: Canterbury (NSW), $36,650

PENNY FOR, B. f. 2020, Zoustar – Octavia, by Holy Roman Emperor (IRE). [5], 25-Feb-2023: Tuncurry (NSW), $8,150 n

18-Feb-2023: Singapore TC

BESTSELLER, B. g. 2019, Dream Ahead (USA) – Maxi Dress (IRE), by Shamardal (USA), S$40,162 BIZAR WINS, B. g. 2017, Brazen Beau – Smarty Jane, by Elusive Quality (USA), S$16,065 CAO CAO - FIRST CHIEF (SING.), B. g. 2014, Fastnet Rock –Serenada, by Encosta de Lago, S$16,065 IRON RULER, Ch. g. 2016, Dissident – Hennessy Rock, by Fastnet Rock, S$37,485

SAMPSONITE - KNIGHT’S GAMBIT (SING.), B. g. 2017, Rubick –Snake Mary, by Anabaa (USA), S$26,775 MARIANA TRENCH, Ch. g. 2018, Kermadec (NZ) – Fields of Freedom, by Encosta de Lago, S$26,775 QUADCOPTER, Ch. g. 2015, Zoustar – Pinova, by Fastnet Rock, S$26,775

THE SHADOW, Br. g. 2016, Dissident – Tellora, by Elusive Quality (USA), S$26,775

25-Feb-2023: Singapore TC BRANSOM, Blk. or Br c. 2019, Brazen Beau – Yesterday, by Red Ransom (USA), S$40,162

MERCURY STORM, B. g. 2014, Casino Prince – Open Cut, by Made of Gold (USA), S$16,065

OUR SECRET WEAPON, B. g. 2017, Outreach – Poppy’s Pond, by Elvstroem, S$16,065

PETROGRAD (SING.), Br. g. 2019, Russian Revolution – Lucinda’s Moon (USA), by Malibu Moon (USA), S$26,775

SPLIT SECOND (SING.), B. g. 2017, Bullet Train (GB) – Stellas Delight, by Nuclear Freeze (USA), S$16,065

CONSTRUCT - SUPER SALUTE (SING.), B. g. 2018, I Am Invincible –Martindale Hall, by Lonhro, S$45,517

04-Mar-2023: Singapore TC

CABARET CAPER - BIG DAY (SING.), B. g. 2016, Hinchinbrook –Floor Show, by Stravinsky (USA), S$16,065

FORT MUSTANG, B. g. 2016, Unencumbered – Tangerine Dream (FR), by Sadler’s Wells (USA), S$16,065

LIM’S KNIGHT, B. g. 2012, Kaphero – Solamina, by Scenic (IRE), S$16,065

MADE IN RUSSIA - RUSSIAN TWIST (SING.), B. g. 2014, Street Cry (IRE) – Millie Milou (NZ), by Zabeel (NZ), S$16,065

MARSUPIAL - STREET CRY SUCCESS (SING.), B. g. 2014, Street Cry (IRE) – Koala Bear, by Exceed and Excel, S$26,775

STREET OF DREAMS, B. g. 2018, Dundeel (NZ) – Causeway Queen by Giant’s Causeway (USA), S$53,550

U.S.A.

25-Feb-2023: Aqueduct

CARIBBEAN, B. or Br. g. 2014, Speightstown (USA) – New Dice (USA), by Capote (USA), US$24,200

01-Mar-2023: Turf Paradise

MACEDONIAN RULER, B. g. 2015, Animal Kingdom (USA) –Alexandra Rose (SAF), by Caesour (USA), US$7,534 n

Bow Mistress S. (Bow Mistress Trophy)-G3

Hobart, February 10, A$150,000, Fillies & Mares Open, 1200m.

1 BELSIELLE, (C Newitt 56.5kg) br f 5, Brazen Beau - Catherine Louise by Lonhro.

Trainer: David & Coral Feek.

2 Embeller, (B Mc Dougall 56.5kg) b f 5, Super One - Embellished by Bellamy Road.

Trainer: Tom Dabernig.

3 Sirene Stryker, (D M Ganderton 56.5kg) blk or br f 6, Stryker - Pirate’s Sirene by Portland Pirate. Trainer: M A Ganderton.

BELSIELLE (1W)

Brown filly foaled 2017

Breeder: Mr M Byers VIC

Owner: Mancinelli Family, B C Walker, Mrs C M Bloch, G De Goldi, P Chiaravalle, Ms W A Sellers, A Sellers, J M Rourke, Mrs C J Rourke, Mrs L Murphy, S Murphy, M J Rourke, T G Hanton, Mrs L D Fletcher

Southern Cross S. (Frederick Clissold S.)-G3

Randwick, February 11, A$200,000, 3yo+ Open Quality, 1200m.

1 QUANTICO, (K Mc Evoy 55kg) b g 6, I Am Invincible - Hoss Amor by General Nediym

Trainer: J A O’Shea.

2 Titanium Power, (Tim Clark 54.5kg) b g 5, So You Think - Dalkeith by Encosta de Lago

Trainer: Joseph Pride.

3 Gravina, (J B Mc Donald 56.5kg) ch g 5, Sebring - Metastasio by Street Cry.

Trainer: James Cummings.

QUANTICO (5)

Bay gelding foaled 2016

Sold 2018 William Inglis Easter Yearling Sale . Price: $1,050,000

Breeder: Yarraman Park Stud Pty Ltd NSW

Owner: China Horse Club Racing P/L (Mgr: A Teo), Je Abrahams P/L (Mgr: J Abrahams), Werrett Bloodstock P/L (Mgr: N Werrett), Yarraman Park Stud (Mgr: A Mitchell), A Paradice, Bill Duncan Bloodstock P/L

Triscay S.-G3

Randwick, February 11, A$200,000, 4yo+Mares Open Quali, 1200m.

1 PO KARE KARE (NZ), (Tyler Schiller 53kg) b f 4, Savabeel - Suadela by Encosta de Lago. Trainer: Bryce Heys.

2 Jump the Broom, (J R Collett 54kg) b f 5, Sebring - Bubbleberry by Statue of Liberty

Trainer: M, W & J Hawkes.

3 Swats That, (B Avdulla 59kg) b f 5, Shamus Award - Is it a Mosquito by Bel Esprit.

Trainer: C Maher & D Eustace.

PO KARE KARE (NZ) (1S)

Bay filly foaled 2018

Sold 2020 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale. Price: $100,000

Breeder: Dalanna Bloodstock Pty Ltd & Tunstall Bloodstock Pty Ltd, Waikato, NZ

Owner: M W O’Keeffe, Ms V J King, G K Lawler, G R Lawler, R Kennedy, R A Bradley, S J Conroy, Ms F Schio, P J Townsend, L M Townsend & M K Harvey

Kevin Hayes S. (Doveton S.)-G3

Sandown, February 11, A$200,000, 3yoFillies Open Set, 1100m.

1 RICH FORTUNE, (Craig Williams 57kg) b f 3, Rich Enuff - Nkwazi’s Daughter by

Bel Esprit. Trainer: Jerome Hunter.

2 Queen of the Ball, (B Shinn 58.5kg) b f 3, I Am Invincible - Miss Debutante by

Fastnet Rock. Trainer: Michael Freedman.

3 Cythera, (M Zahra 57.5kg) b f 3, I Am Invincible - Helena’s Secret by Five Star Day.

Trainer: P & P Snowden.

RICH FORTUNE (16A)

Bay filly foaled 2019

Breeder: Mr G Gathercole VIC Owner: G A Gathercole

Blue Diamond Prelude C&G-G3

Sandown, February 11, A$300,990, 2yoColts & Geldings, 1100m.

1 BARBER, (Jamie Kah 57kg) b c 2, Exceed and Excel - Trim by Lonhro.

Trainer: James Cummings.

2 Little Brose, (M J Dee 57kg) br or gr c 2, Per Incanto - Mohegan Sky by Straight Man. Trainer: Ben & Jd Hayes.

3 Corniche, (B Shinn 57kg) b c 2, Fastnet Rock - Montsegur by New Approach.

Trainer: James Cummings.

BARBER (18)

Bay colt foaled 2020

Breeder: Godolphin Australia NSW Owner: Godolphin

TS Carlyon Cup-G3

Sandown, February 11, A$200,000, 4yo+ Open Set Weight, 1600m.

1 POUNDING, (Jamie Kah 57kg) b g 4, Exceed and Excel - Silent Entrance by Beat Hollow. Trainer: P G Moody.

2 So Si Bon, (Jye Mc Neil 57kg) blk or br g 9, So You Think - Black Minx by Lonhro.

Trainer: Ben & Jd Hayes.

3 Landfall - Sunshine Rising (Aust.) (FR), (B Shinn 57kg) b g 8, Myboycharlie - Lana Girl by Arch. Trainer: Mark Newnham.

POUNDING (11)

Bay gelding foaled 2018

Breeder: Rosemont Stud VIC

Owner: Wylie Dalziel Roy Higgins Racing (Mgr: W J Dalziel), Rosemont Stud Pty Ltd (Mgr: A P Mithen), Mallee Drought Breakers Club, Bolr Racing, P J Cormack, P Johnson, M E Lang, S M Thompson, G H E Goyne

Hobart Cup-G3

Hobart, February 12, A$300,000, Open Handicap, 2400m.

1 MILITARY MISSION (IRE), (Ms W Costin 54kg) b g 4, Mastercraftsman - Atlantic Isle by Tamayuz. Trainer: G Waterhouse & A Bott.

2 Travelling Gigolo, (D Pires 54kg) b g 5, Globetrotter - Sharpay Magic by Magic Albert

Trainer: Scott Brunton.

3 Spirit Ridge (GB), (B Shinn 59kg) b g 7, Nathaniel - Tates Creek by Rahy.

Trainer: Annabel Neasham.

MILITARY MISSION (IRE) (16H)

Bay gelding foaled 2018

Breeder: Boocock Trading Ltd

Owner: D W Lilley, L M Nestadt, Woodburn (Mgr: W P Manning), Ms S J Marshall, Mrs C M Cook, F W Cook, D De Jersey, R McClure, M H Wood, Mrs S M Montague, R H Montague, Mes Chevaux (Mgr: P Athanasakos)

Vanity S.-G3

Flemington, February 18, A$201,500, 3yoFillies Open Set, 1400m.

1 WOLLOMBI, (D Oliver 56kg) b f 3, Extreme Choice - Hazlebrook by Hinchinbrook

Trainer: P & P Snowden.

2 See You in Heaven, (Craig Williams 58.5kg) b f 3, Divine Prophet - Shine on Anna by Anabaa. Trainer: R & C Jolly.

3 Papillon Club, (Damian Lane 57kg) b f 3, Toronado - Butterfly Club by Redoute’s

Choice. Trainer: G Eurell.

WOLLOMBI (C2)

Bay filly foaled 2019

Sold 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. Price: $200,000

Breeder: Kingstar Farm NSW

Owner: Hollymount Stud (Mgr: M B Sandblom), Avesta Racing (Mgr: J Unwala),

C E Holt & M R Kirwan

Australian Stakes Results

CS Hayes S. (The Debonair)-G3

Flemington, February 18, A$208,500, 3yoColts & Geldings, 1400m.

1 ELLIPTICAL, (B Shinn 56kg) b c 3, Dundeel - Marquise da Rossa by Testa Rossa.

Trainer: Anthony & Sam Freedman.

2 Holymanz (NZ), (John Allan 56kg) ch g 3, Almanzor - Perfect Offering by Dubawi.

Trainer: C Maher & D Eustace.

3 Maximillius, (M Zahra 58.5kg) ch g 3, Written Tycoon - Scandiva by Fastnet Rock.

Trainer: M Price & M Kent Jnr.

ELLIPTICAL (4I)

Bay colt foaled 2019

Sold 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. Price: $380,000

Breeder: Phoenix Broodmare Farm NSW

Owner: S P Hedge, B J Lindsay, Mrs J E A Lindsay, R I Chapman, No One Cares (Mgr: L Hunter), M J Symons, G Timmins, Dr T P Brennan, Mr Pony Racing (Mgr: J L Bourke), Lacey Underall, C L Marks, Ms K P Pavelic

Frances Tressady S.-G3

Flemington, February 18, A$200,000, 3yo+Fillies & Mares, 1400m.

1 ANNAVISTO (NZ), (Jamie Kah 58kg) b f 5, Reliable Man - Avisto by Tavistock.

Trainer: M Price & M Kent Jnr.

2 Wrote to Arataki (NZ), (D Yendall 58kg) b f 4, Wrote - Galloping Gerte by Align.

Trainer: M J Williams.

3 Excelida, (D Oliver 58.5kg) b f 6, Exceed and Excel - Lady Sayyida by Iffraaj.

Trainer: Ben & Jd Hayes.

ANNAVISTO (NZ) (2I)

Bay filly foaled 2017

Breeder: Nearco Stud Limited, Canterbury, NZ

Owner: Pendant Equine (Mgr: F J Frost), Nearco Stud Ltd (Mgr: G R Tomlinson), Balmoral Lodge (Mgr: Mrs K E Thomas), C L Marks, J C Slattery & T C J (Mgr: T Bellchambers)

Launceston Cup-G3

Launceston, February 22, A$300,000, Open Handicap, 2400m.

1 AURORA’S SYMPHONY, (B Mc Dougall 55.5kg) b g 6, Glass Harmonium - Aurora’s Hot by Fantastic Light. Trainer: Symon Wilde.

2 Rising Light, (Carleen Hefel 54kg) b g 5, Dawn Approach - Hayaat by Montjeu.

Trainer: Gaetan Delon.

3 Spirit Ridge (GB), (B Shinn 59kg) b g 7, Nathaniel - Tates Creek by Rahy.

Trainer: Annabel Neasham.

AURORA’S SYMPHONY (3I)

Bay gelding foaled 2016

Sold 2018 William Inglis Melbourne VOBIS Gold Yearling Sale. Price: $40,000

Breeder: R & C Legh Racing Pty Ltd VIC

Owner: S W Wilde, Mrs L A McLauchlan, Mrs N E Barter, Mrs M May, Mrs C L Wallace, Mrs D Saber, B A Palmer, L F Harty, D M Pegler, S D Vines, M S Vines, Ms K Brown, Dr D V Napthine, Mrs A Whitling, D S Hunt

Vamos S.-G3

Launceston, February 22, A$150,000, Fillies & Mares Open, 1400m.

1 JAJA CHABOOGIE, (D Pires 57kg) b f 6, Your Song - Jaja by Dehere.

Trainer: Ms J Richards.

2 Sirene Stryker, (B Mc Coull 57kg) blk or br f 6, Stryker - Pirate’s Sirene by Portland

Pirate. Trainer: M A Ganderton.

3 In Her Stride, (Alana Kelly 57kg) b f 4, Stratum Star - Daunting by Testa Rossa.

Trainer: J P Salanitri.

JAJA CHABOOGIE (16G)

Bay filly foaled 2016

Breeder: Ms F Mylan NSW

Owner: Mrs J A Richards, D M Richards, G J Richards, G V Richards, Mrs C G Richards, R M Richards & Ms E L Mitchell

Liverpool City Cup-G3 Randwick, February 25, A$200,000, 3yo+ Open Quality, 1300m.

1 THINK ABOUT IT, (S Clipperton 53kg) b g 4, So You Think - Tiare by Flying Spur.

Trainer: Joseph Pride.

2 Gravina, (J B Mc Donald 55.5kg) ch g 5, Sebring - Metastasio by Street Cry.

Trainer: James Cummings.

3 Bandersnatch, (B Avdulla 56.5kg) b g 6, Casino Prince - Divine Faith by Falbrav.

Trainer: M, W & J Hawkes.

THINK ABOUT IT (4R)

Bay gelding foaled 2018

Sold 2020 William Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale. Price: $70,000

Breeder: Lightning Thoroughbreds NSW

Owner: Proven Thoroughbreds (Mgr: A Walter), B McDonald, R Miller, Newfan P/L (Mgr: S Galluzzo), A Halloran, Barraband Racing & Breeding (Mgr: M Livsey), S Maindonald, Mrs L Siltala, K McCaffrey, T Heesh

Lord Reims S.-G3

Morphettville, February 25, A$127,250, Open Set Weight With, 2600m.

1 HIGHLAND JAKK (NZ), (Teodore Nugent 56kg) b g 6, Jakkalberry - Alessandra by Golan. Trainer: Robert Hickmott.

2 Stars of Carrum, (Harry Grace 56kg) b g 7, Fiorente - Signoret by Anabaa.

Trainer: R E Laing.

3 Grand Promenade (GB), (Todd Pannell 58kg) b g 6, Champs Elysees - Zacchera by Zamindar. Trainer: C Maher & D Eustace.

HIGHLAND JAKK (NZ) (11F)

Bay gelding foaled 2016

Sold 2018 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale. Price: $25,000

Breeder: Explosive Breeding Ltd, Central, NZ

Owner: A J Sellars, P M Sellars, L F Muollo, J Sellars, G J Templeton, Ms K A Jenkins, Mrs C I White, A R Osborne, P S Kirkwood, G P Carmody, T C Eddy, R Michielin, M Tennant, G McLean, N K Hamshare & Bloods

Mannerism S.-G3

Sandown, February 25, A$200,000, 4yo+Mares Open Set W, 1400m.

1 ESPIONA, (Jye Mc Neil 58kg) b f 4, Extreme Choice - Dahooil by O’Reilly.

Trainer: C J Waller.

2 Toregene (NZ), (D Yendall 56kg) b f 4, Mongolian Khan - Starguru by Ishiguru.

Trainer: M J Williams.

3 Forbidden City, (D W Stackhouse 56kg) b f 4, I Am Invincible - Palace Talk by Street Cry. Trainer: P G Moody.

ESPIONA (7D)

Bay filly foaled 2018

Sold 2020 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. Price: $190,000

Breeder: Torryburn Stud NSW

Owner: Star Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd, L J Mugavin, McLeish Family Racing, Felgate Holdings, Mrs A M Hickey, Boeara Holdings, Paramount Racing, M I Ive, Mrs R A Ive, Macedon Park Pty Ltd, Mrs D M Handley

Zeditave S.-G3

Sandown, February 25, A$200,000, 3yo Open Set Weight, 1200m.

1 RECOMMENDATION, (John Allan 56kg) b g 3, Shalaa - Adviso by Street Cry.

Trainer: C Maher & D Eustace.

2 Wee Nessy, (Jye Mc Neil 55.5kg) b f 3, Snitzel - Later Gator by More Than Ready.

Trainer: M Price & M Kent Jnr.

3 Rich Fortune, (Craig Williams 56.5kg) b f 3, Rich Enuff - Nkwazi’s Daughter by Bel Esprit. Trainer: Jerome Hunter.

RECOMMENDATION (1P)

Bay gelding foaled 2019

Breeder: Pacific King Pty Ltd NSW

Owner: N S Psaltis, Mrs G C Psaltis, M Christopher, S T Elwick, A D Sier, D Simonsen, G A Buchanan, Captain’s Call No.3, J A Forrest, Green Park Syndicate, J E Harris, D P Sinn, Four Four Racing, Mrs C C Gas

Newmarket H. (Newcastle Newmarket H.)-G3

Newcastle, March 3, A$200,000, Open Quality, 1400m.

1 CROSS TALK (NZ), (Tim Clark 54.5kg) br g 5, Keano - Mrs Cross by Cape Cross.

Trainer: G Waterhouse & A Bott.

2 Gem Song, (Dylan Gibbons 59kg) b g 7, Your Song - Beautiful Gem by Peintre Celebre

Trainer: K A Lees.

3 Cuban Royale, (Brock Ryan 54kg) b g 8, Casino Prince - Cuban Girl by Hemingway. Trainer: R & L Price.

CROSS TALK (NZ) (19)

Brown gelding foaled 2017

Breeder: K J Caldwell, Central, NZ

Owner: T Needham, D Findlay, A R Galbraith, A Dragovic, Cavaliere Racing (Mgr: A L Coonan), G R Pearce, L Caminiti, E G Chant, R L Charley, L A Lindsell, G W Fielding, M Harrison, Mrs S L Bourke, G J Bourke, Aspiration H. (Aspiration Quality)-G3

Randwick, March 4, A$200,000, 3yo+Fillies & Mares, 1600m.

1 THALASSOPHILE, (Craig Williams 53kg) b f 4, Not a Single Doubt - Spanish Lake by Encosta de Lago. Trainer: C J Waller.

2 Pink Ivory (NZ), (Tom Sherry 53.5kg) b f 4, Redwood - Lotteria by Redoute’s Choice

Trainer: J G Sargent.

3 Cliff’s Art (IRE), (Reece Jones 54.5kg) b f 6, Canford Cliffs - Saldenart by Areion.

Trainer: Matthew Smith.

THALASSOPHILE (1O)

Bay filly foaled 2018

Breeder: Go Bloodstock NSW

Owner: Go Bloodstock Australia (Mgr: Sir O G Glenn)

Wenona Girl H.-G3

Randwick, March 4, A$200,000, 4yo+Mares Open Quali, 1200m.

1 JAL LEI, (Reece Jones 53kg) b f 4, Sebring - Lesley’s Choice by Exceed and Excel.

Trainer: J A O’Shea.

2 Tycoon Evie, (Z Purton 54kg) ch f 5, Written Tycoon - Winaura by Show a Heart.

Trainer: P & P Snowden.

3 Jump the Broom, (Zac Lloyd 53kg) b f 5, Sebring - Bubbleberry by Statue of Liberty.

Trainer: M, W & J Hawkes.

JAL LEI (22B)

Bay filly foaled 2018 Sold 2020 William Inglis Easter Yearling Sale. Price: $180,000

Breeder: Segenhoe Thoroughbreds Australia Pty Ltd NSW

Owner: W Duck Pty Ltd (Mgr: A D Paradice)

Strutt S.-L

Hobart, February 10, A$125,000, 3yoFillies Open Set, 2100m.

1 SOUL CHOICE, (Jordan Childs 56kg) b f 3, Redoute’s Choice - Thislilsoulofmine by Perfect Soul. Trainer: G Waterhouse & A Bott.

Breeder: Mr C Fipke NSW Owner: C Fipke

Tasmanian Derby-L

Hobart, February 10, A$150,000, 3yo Open Set Weight, 2200m.

1 DUNKEL (NZ), (H Coffey 57kg) b g 3, Dundeel - Kudamm by Cape Cross.

Trainer: Patrick Payne.

Breeder: Pencarrow Thoroughbreds Ltd, Waikato, NZ

Owner: B Danaher, T Danaher, J Danaher, C Moore, C J Collison, C A Daffy, P G Dwyer, Stogursey Farm Racing (Mgr: D J Trussler), Farmhouse Holdings Pty Ltd

(Mgr: P Payne), A De Morton & Mrs A M De Morton

Premier’s P. (Birthday Cup)-L

Morphettville, February 11, A$107,250, Open Quality, 2019m.

1 FAROOQ, (Jacob Opperman 54kg) b g 7, Frankel - Rostova by Testa Rossa.

Trainer: Ms S Murphy.

Breeder: Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum VIC

Owner: R W Brighton, Mrs M C Brighton & Ms S T Murphy

Challenge S. (WATC Challenge S.)-L

Ascot, February 11, A$167,550, 3yo Open Set Weight, 1500m.

1 FEELS PLAYFUL, (Holly Watson 54.5kg) br f 3, Playing God - Feels Like Spring by Dr Johnson. Trainer: Mitchell Pateman.

Breeder: Dr CG Davey WA

Owner: G J Hunter, R J Campbell, Mrs C S Campbell, P A Boardley, N V Halden, C E Hunter, Ms Nj Dewson, Ms K N Dewson-Hall, R Dewson, D Chappell, R D Chappell & P F Blackham

Cyril Flower S.-L

Ascot, February 11, A$140,000, 2yo+ Open Handicap, 1200m.

1 MY BELLA MAE, (P Carbery 54kg) br f 3, Deep Field - Mae West by Sir Percy.

Trainer: D M Luciani.

Breeder: Mr N Tufilli WA Owner: Na Tufilli & Mrs Tj Tufilli

Thomas Lyons S.-L

Hobart, February 12, A$125,000, Open Weight For Age, 1400m.

1 THE INEVITABLE, (D Pires 59kg) b g 7, Dundeel - Gift Bouquet by King’s High.

Trainer: Scott Brunton.

Breeder: Tori Park Stud SA

Owner: D McPherson, A G McFarlane, Mrs P Y McFarlane, A E Upton, T Lord, B J Dutton, G E J Costelloe, T J Daly, R A Parsons, R J Dutton, R H Field, T J R Bowden, M Stubbings, J A Smith, A McIntyre, N J Colli

Moonee Valley Night Cup-L

Moonee Valley, February 17, A$200,000, Open Handicap, 2500m.

1 SWORDS DRAWN, (Craig Williams 54kg) b g 7, Camelot - Sarvon by Zabeel.

Trainer: M D Moroney.

Breeder: Mr RA Emery NSW

Owner: Gee Gee Equine Limited (Mgr: G G Peterson), S F Ritchie, R A Duke, W G John & Ms S Dickens

Talindert S.-L

Flemington, February 18, A$178,200, 2yo Open Set Weight, 1100m.

1 MAHARBA, (Damian Lane 57kg) b g 2, Pride of Dubai - Blizzardly by More Than Ready. Trainer: G M Begg.

Breeder: Newhaven Park Stud NSW Owner: G Towzell & Mrs M Towzell

Parramatta Cup-L

Rosehill, February 18, A$160,000, 3yo+ Open Quality, 1900m.

1 KING FRANKEL (IRE), (Tyler Schiller 53kg) b g 4, Frankel - You’ll be Mine by Kingmambo. Trainer: Mark Newnham.

Breeder: Premier Bloodstock

Owner: G D Althaus, G Bachell, A R Black, B P Bradley, W D Clem, A J Luciano, Ms A Maynard, D Nicholas, D W Polley & D Wilden-Constantin, Ftbf Racing, Darby Racing, Darby Racing King Frankel, Exclusively O A

Magic Millions WA 2YO Classic (R)-RL

Pinjarra, February 18, A$237,500, 2yo Open Set Weight, 1200m.

1 SUPER SMINK, (Chris Parnham 54.5kg) b f 2, Super One - Sminky Shorts by Snitzel

Trainer: D L Morton.

SUPER SMINK (16) Bay filly foaled 2020 Sold 2022 Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale. Price: $45,000

Breeder: Mr B Duncan WA

Owner: Mrs C L Morton, McHams, Ms A Tottle, R J Walker, C Madaschi, M P Madaschi, G A Baxter, A J L Durnin, Fewnicorns, F H R U S Racing, Get The Round In, A E Hayden, B Jardine, L N Langford, R W Pettigrove

Sires of Stakes Horses - Season 2022-23 continued

FoxwedgeFox Fighter, Snippy Fox

FrankelARGENTIA, DAJRAAN (GB), FAROOQ, FRANCESCO GUARDI (IRE), KING FRANKEL (IRE), MY WHISPER, SOULCOMBE (GB), STEINEM (GB), Call Di, Herman Hesse (GB)

Frost GiantUtgard Loki

FrostedIngratiating, Riverina Cyclone

GalahLET’S GALAHVANT

Galileo -

Interpretation (IRE), Keats (IRE), Maximal (GB), Serpentine (IRE), Team Captain (IRE)

GhibellinesSMOKIN’ ROMANS (NZ), El Gladiador (NZ)

Gingerbread ManChili is Hot, Malkar Pindari, Phanta, Red Can Man

Glass HarmoniumAURORA’S SYMPHONY

GlobetrotterTravelling Gigolo

Gold Standard -

SHEEZA BELTER, Gage Roads

Good JourneyPerfect Route

Hallowed CrownVILANA

Hard SpunHARD EMPIRE

Harry AngelARKANSAW KID

He’s a Decoy -

He’s a Parker

Headwater -

AITCH TWO OH, Jamaea, Mileva, Thespian Waters, Typhoon Titmus

Hellbent -

MAGIC TIME, Awestruck, Divine Glory, Hell Hath No Fury, Hell I Am, Hell Queen

HelmetRESORTMAN

High ChaparralBALLER, Never Again

Highland Reel -

HIGH APPROACH

HinchinbrookBROOKSPIRE

Holy Roman EmperorNumerian (IRE)

HookedSirius Princess

HostEDUARDO

HussonCarocapo, Swoop Dog

I Am InvincibleANAVINCI, CHARM STONE, GARIBALDI, GODFATHER, HOLYFIELD, I AM ME, IN SECRET, KING OF SPARTA, KING’S GAMBIT, MADEIRA SUNRISE, MINSK MOMENT, QUANTICO, QUEEN OF THE BALL, SHUFFLE DANCER, VINCO, WALTZ ON BY, Blanc de Blanc, Blondeau, California Surreal, Cythera, Forbidden City, Hawaii Five Oh, Imperatriz, Infatuation, Kundalini, Long Beach, Mumbai Jewel, Nettuno, On the Lead, Rubamos, Salateen, She’s All Class, Sicilian, Tajneed

I’m All the TalkEm Tee Aye, The Spruiker

IffraajAyrton (NZ), Luncies (GB)

IlovethiscityHappy Clan, Kings Consort, Pippali

InvaderSUNSHINE IN PARIS

Invincible SpiritOLD FLAME (GB)

JakkalberryHIGHLAND JAKK (NZ), Elusive Express (NZ), Regal Lion (NZ)

Jimmy CreedJimmy the Bear

JustifyLEARNING TO FLY

KeanoCROSS TALK (NZ)

KermadecTUVALU, Montefilia

King’s TroopALL THE KING’S MEN

KingmanEMISSARY (GB)

KodiacBullfinch (GB), El Bodegon (IRE)

LandoSound (GER)

LeroidesanimauxZAAKI (GB), Le Don de Vie (GB)

LonhroAmenable, Atmosphere, Kementari, Lindermann, Mirra Vision, Sumatra

Lope de VegaARAPAHO (FR), SURF DANCER (IRE), Harmysian (GB)

Love Conquers AllDr Why Not

Lucas Cranach -

Flash Aah

MagnusFRONT PAGE, HOW’S THE SERENITY, Just Folk, Kemalpasa, Mr Exclusive

MahisaraLinthorpe Lad

Make BelieveMakram (IRE)

MakfiExpat (NZ), The Frontman (NZ)

Manhattan RainJIGSAW, MAN CRUSH, La Danseuse Rouge, Manhatten Times

MaschinoMAROCCHINO, Cockney Crew, Cup Night, Wilchino

Masked MarvelTrue Marvel (FR)

MastercraftsmanMILITARY MISSION (IRE), Neufbosc (FR)

MauriceKIBOU, Ausbred Rising Sun, Bank Maur, Foujita San, Killiako, Matcha Latte, Mazu, Noah ‘n’ a Deel Medaglia d’OroKallos, Katalin, Namazu, Pal d’Oro, Yonkers (USA)

Merchant NavyRoyal Merchant, Steel City

Mikki IsleDragonstone

Mongolian KhanBANKERS CHOICE (NZ), Toregene (NZ)

More Than ReadyMore Secrets

MosheASHFORD STREET

MossmanMorvada

Mount NelsonBARTHOLOMEU DIAS (GB)

MukhadramSKYMAN (GB)

My AdmirationADMIRATION EXPRESS, Eeyore Wayz, Native Chimes

MyboycharlieSunshine Rising (FR)

NathanielSpirit Ridge (GB)

Needs FurtherNEEDS SUGAR, THE SPIRIT OF ZERO, Just a Needs

New ApproachCASCADIAN (GB)

NicconiJOYFUL FORTUNE, NATURE STRIP, Crestani, Naiconi, Nicolini Vito, William Thomas Night of ThunderMelba Storm

No Nay NeverMADAME POMMERY, Get Up Girl, Lady of Honour, Linden Lady, Never Talk, Yiyi Noble MissionBuffalo River (USA), Spanish Mission (USA)

Not a Single DoubtTHALASSOPHILE, Portorosa

Oasis DreamTURAATH (GB)

Ocean ParkHIGH EMOCEAN (NZ), KOVALICA (NZ)

OratorioSAINTORIO, Halatorion

OutreachEND ASSEMBLY, Cloudy Nights

OutstripGOLD TRIP (FR)

OvershareLady Laguna

Panzer DivisionPanzdown

PariahSwiss Exile

PatronizePlayhouse Patron

Per IncantoLITTLE BROSE, LOST AND RUNNING (NZ), ROCH ‘N’ HORSE (NZ)

PierroBONAPARTE, GRAND PIERRO, OSIPENKO (NZ), PERSAN, PIEROSSA, Holbien, Optume, Sacramento

PinsNO COMPROMISE (NZ), Finepoint, Purple Sector (NZ)

Playing GodBUSTLER, FEELS PLAYFUL, NERODIO, Baby Paris, Comfort Me, Playing Marika

Poet’s VoiceAramaayo

Power -

SNAPPER (NZ), Laws of Indices (IRE), The Gift (NZ)

Press StatementRoots

Pride of DubaiBELLA NIPOTINA, DENY KNOWLEDGE (IRE), MAHARBA, SIRILEO MISS, Pride of Jenni, She’s Fit, Street Dancer, Wild Belle

ProisirLEGARTO (NZ), RIODINI (NZ), Belle Plaisir (NZ)

Real ImpactSKY LAB, Berardino, Divine Inanna

Rebel RaiderNONCONFORMIST

Red ElementRoman Aureus

Red Hot ChoiceHOT ZED

Redoute’s ChoiceSOUL CHOICE, Creator, Military Expert

RedwoodSHARP ‘N’ SMART (NZ), Pink Ivory (NZ), Tokorangi (NZ)

Reliable ManANNAVISTO (NZ), RENAISSANCE WOMAN (NZ), Benaud, Inspirational Girl (NZ), Lord Ardmore (NZ)

ResetMISSION PHOENIX

Reward for EffortMORE REWARD

RibchesterKRAKARIB

Rich EnuffDIAMONDS, RICH FORTUNE, Belle et Riche, Demolish

Rip Van WinkleGIN MARTINI (NZ)

Road to RockBONNY EZRA (NZ), Moscow Red (NZ)

RommelSnowdome

RothesayROTHFIRE

RubickBOUND FOR HOME, GLINT OF SILVER, JACQUINOT, SHADES OF ROSE, Contemptuous, Opal Ridge, Rubiquitous Russian RevolutionCOMMUNIST, RED RESISTANCE, RUSSIAN RONI, THE INSTRUCTOR, Perfect Proposal, Physical Graffiti, Revolutionary Miss, Russian Conquest

Sacred FallsAEGON (NZ), ICEBATH (NZ), Waihaha Falls (NZ)

SafeguardBUZZOOM, Snow Prince

Satono AladdinGRAND IMPACT (NZ), Japanese Emperor (NZ)

SavabeelANGELIC MISS (NZ), ATISHU (NZ), I WISH I WIN (NZ), MILFORD (NZ), MR MAESTRO (NZ), PO KARE KARE (NZ), Captain Envious (NZ), Hasabro (NZ), Mo’unga (NZ)

Scissor KickGIGA KICK

Sea the MoonDURSTON (GB)

Sea the StarsCHALK STREAM (GB), DESERT ICON (FR), UNCLE BRYN (GB), Seat of Power (IRE), Sheraz (FR)

SebringA LOT MORE LOVE, AGREEABLE, DAISIES, GRAVINA, JAL LEI, MEG, NANAGUI, SEJARDAN, Billy Ray, Fangirl, Jump the Broom, Mac ‘n’ Cheese, See Marie

SessionsCOMES A TIME, MASSIMO ShalaaPRINCESS DUHALLOW, RECOMMENDATION, Custodian, Do it La, Godzilla, Shalailed, Shalaman, Shalstar ShamardalLARKSPUR RUN

ShamexpressWeona Smartone (NZ) Shamus AwardNONAME LANE, SHAMINO, Distrustful Award, Enchanted Heart, Swats That ShockingI’M THUNDERSTRUCK (NZ), Hezashocka (NZ), Nerve Not Verve (NZ)

Shooting to WinCENTREFIRE, SHOOTING FOR GOLD, Ranges, The Garden ShowcasingSHOWMANSHIP (NZ), Our Intrigue (NZ)

ShowtimeTacito

SidestepParty for Two

Sir PrancealotPrince Tikea

SiyouniAMELIA’S JEWEL, NUGGET (GB)

Smart MissileCROSSHAVEN, Jericho Missile, Triple Missile

SnippetsonSNIPAROOCHY, Vane

Tempest

SnitzelBEST OF BORDEAUX, DASHING LEGEND, EMPIRE OF JAPAN, LOFTY STRIKE, SANDPAPER, SCALLOPINI, STROLL, VIENNA PRINCESS, WEE NESSY, WILLIAMSBURG, ZENNZELLA, ZOUKERINO, Basquiat, Generation, In the Congo, Juan Diva, Mr Mozart, Shinzo, Willinga Beast, Yearning So You ThinkGENTLEMAN ROY, KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE), NIMALEE, PERFECT

THOUGHT, RIGHT YOU ARE, ROCKETING BY, THINK ABOUT IT, Aberfeldie Boy, Bad Wolf, Carif, Cisco Bay, Good Idea, Palaisipan, Poland, Pure Devotion, Realm of Flowers, So Si Bon, Titanium Power

SooboogBOOGIE DANCER

SpeightstownSAN HUBERTO (IRE)

SpiethBirdies Galore

Spill the BeansELLSBERG, Count da Beans

Spirit of BoomDE SONIC BOOM, MALABOOM, Chinny Boom, Ef Troop, Golden Boom, Mass Destruction

SquamosaQuasimoto

Star TurnALSEPHINA, ME ME LAGARDE, SALTAIRE

Star WitnessFAST WITNESS, Handle the Truth

StarspangledbannerSTAR PATROL, Treasurway

StratosphereCairns, Encounter Sphere

Stratum StarIn Her Stride, Kandos Cosmos Street BossANAMOE, PERICLES, Champagne Street, El Padrino, Heresy, Heuristic, Pimm’s Party, Pinstriped

StrykerSirene Stryker

Super OneSUPER SMINK, Alpha One, Embeller

SupidoBUENOS NOCHES

SwearZOE’S PROMISE

TarzinoGypsy Goddess (NZ)

TavistockGUNSTOCK (NZ), KISSINGER (NZ), LONDON BANKER (NZ), Glory Bound (NZ), Life Lessons (NZ), Lord Vladivostok (NZ), Ruthless Dame (NZ), Tavisan (NZ), Young Werther (NZ)

TeofiloALEGRON, Character, Honeycreeper

TerritoriesBERKELEY SQUARE

Testa RossaCHAILLOT, THIS’LL TESTYA

The FactorFUN FACT, Rebel Factor

The MissionYellow Brick

ThronumInvincible Sage

TivaciHoops (NZ), Wolverine (NZ)

ToronadoCORNER POCKET, LACED UP HEELS, MARIAMIA, TREASURED STAR, WILD CHAP, Angry Skies, Fender, Masked Crusader, Papillon Club, Queen Air, Shelby Sixtysix

Tough Speed -

Royal and Tough

Trade FairBUSTER BASH, TRIX OF THE TRADE, Black Shadow, Startrade

Trapeze ArtistFacile

TurffonteinFirst Accused, Mandela Effect

Turn Me LooseSHE’S LICKETYSPLIT (NZ)

TyphonOne More Jack

Uncle MoMomack, Oh Mo

UnencumberedRattle and Bang

Universal RulerStaralign, The Velvet Queen VadamosKazalark (NZ)

VanbrughMustang Valley (NZ)

VancouverOverpass

ViscountGreat Again

WandjinaVreneli, Wandabaa

WantedSIRIUS SUSPECT

War ChantExpress Time

War FrontCADRE DU NOIR (USA)

What’s the StoryBig Story (NZ)

Worthy CauseHinged

Written ByTHE NOVELIST, Gangitano, Scorsese

Written TycoonAXE, COOLANGATTA, KISSONALLFORCHEEKS, LITERARY MAGNATE, Acromantula, Butch Cassidy, Maximillius, Rose Quartz, Stageman, Tycoon Evie, Veranskova, Vowmaster, Written Beauty, Yulong Command

WroteWROTE TO ARATAKI (NZ)

XtravagantDevoted, Lavish Girl

Your SongJAJA CHABOOGIE, Gem Song

ZacintoUCALLEDIT (NZ)

ZoffanyHi Stranger

ZoustarKIKU, NORTH STAR LASS, PLATINUM JUBILEE, THE ASTROLOGIST, ZOUGOTCHA, C’Est Magique, Climbing Star (NZ), Indian Pacific, Millane, Mumbai Muse, Sensical, Starry Legend, Zou Sensation, Zou Tiger, Zoulah, Zoustyle, Zousuko n

AUSTRALIAN STATISTICS Season 2022-2023

Statistics for the 2022-2023 Australian Racing Year, which commenced on August 1, 2022, compiled by Arion Pedigrees. Statistics in this section are for the season from 1/8/22 to 5/3/23

Australian Sires by Winners

Australian Sires by Wins

Australian Sires by Average Earning Index

AUSTRALIAN SIRE LISTS Season 2022-2023

This listing of the leading Australian 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 1/8/22 to 5/3/23 and includes prizemoney paid from bonus schemes.

Leading Australian Sires

Australian Sire Lists

Leading Australian Broodmare Sires

Leading Australian 2YO Sires

Leading First Season Sires - Season 2022-2023

Leading Second Season Sires - Season 2022-2023

Leading Third Season Sires - Season 2022-2023

Leading Fourth Season Sires - Season 2022-2023

Leading Fifth Season Sires - Season 2022-2023

Leading 2YO Sires by Winners - Season 2022-2023

APEX RATINGS for New Zealand 2023

Introducing new improved APEX TABLES for both countries, exclusive to BLUEBLOODS.

BLUEBLOODS is now able to present APEX tables, in an improved format showing separate tables for Australia and New Zealand. APEX tables for Australia show ratings for only those stallions which stand (or have stood) in Australia. APEX tables for NZ show ratings for only those stallions which stand (or have stood) in NZ. There are now three separate tables for each country: the default ratings are for horses with at least 150 year starters in the previous seven rolling seasons (runners count as year starters in each season they compete and earn prizemoney); then there are also tables for horses with 100 year starters and 30 year starters which give an insight into the progress of first and second season sires or stallions which serve smaller books. Finally, to recap, APEX A runners are those which earn an amount in the top 2% each season, B runners the next 2%, C runners the next 4%. Therefore ABC runners are those earning an amount that falls in the top 8% each season (2+2+4).

For further explanation refer to previous issues. Special thanks to Arion Pedigrees NZ who have developed these tables for Bluebloods and to respected analyst Bill Oppenheim whose brainchild they are. Andrew Reichard, Publisher.

New Zealand APEX “A” Ratings 150 Starters

New Zealand APEX “ABC” Ratings 150 Starters

New Zealand APEX “A” Ratings 100 Starters

New Zealand APEX “ABC” Ratings 100 Starters

New Zealand APEX “A” Ratings 30 Starters

New Zealand APEX “ABC” Ratings 30 Starters

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08-Feb-2023: Happy Valley

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Macau

11-Feb-2023: Macau

PRINCE SIXTY NINE, B. g. 2019, Per Incanto (USA) – Mayon, by Don Eduardo, Rgt.10,240

FOXHUNTER WAY, B. g. 2017, Rip Van Winkle (IRE) –Veronica Hall, by Volksraad (GB), HK$461,700

HEARTY WISH, B. g. 2017, Sweynesse (AUS) – Klairevoyant (AUS), by Flying Spur (AUS), HK$615,600

THE IRISHMAN, B. g. 2017, Tavistock – Zeranti, by Zabeel, HK$2,166,000

12-Feb-2023: Sha Tin

FLYING DRAGON, B. g. 2017, Per Incanto (USA) – Crepe de Chine, by Pins (AUS), HK$983,250

WOODFIRE BRO, Br. g. 2018, Echoes of Heaven (AUS) –Pico Turquino (GB), by Teofilo (IRE), HK$1,083,000

15-Feb-2023: Happy Valley

EXPLOSIVELY - SOLID IMPACT (H.K.), B. g. 2017, Sweynesse (AUS) – Ultra Explosive, by Darci Brahma, HK$983,250

G ONE EXCELLENT, Br. g. 2017, Makfi (GB) – Syzygy Blossom (AUS), by Testa Rossa (AUS), HK$615,600

NIMBLE NIMBUS, Br. g. 2017, Sacred Falls – Marahau, by Pins (AUS), HK$1,083,000

19-Feb-2023: Sha Tin

BELUGA, B. g. 2016, Tavistock – Prestigious Miss (AUS), by Written Tycoon (AUS), HK$1,975,050

RUNNING GLORY, B. g. 2017, Kermadec – Hannah Mary, by Dubawi (IRE), HK$1,653,000

22-Feb-2023: Happy Valley

PACKING SUCCEEDER, B. g. 2018, Pins (AUS) – Palos de Lago, by Encosta de Lago (AUS), HK$615,600

01-Mar-2023: Happy Valley

A AMERIC TE SPECSO, B. g. 2018, Per Incanto (USA) –Island Time, by Al Akbar (AUS), HK$615,600

OUR CREED, B. g. 2016, Charm Spirit (IRE) – Clerihew (GB), by Lomitas (GB), HK$461,700

SNOWALOT, B. g. 2017, Contributer (IRE) – Snowdonia (GB), by Peintre Celebre (USA), HK$615,600

05-Mar-2023: Sha Tin

CHING, Ch. g. 2018, Frosted (USA) – Darci Dancer, by Darci Brahma, HK$1,083,000

CHIRON, B. g. 2017, Makfi (GB) – Inara Belle, by Elusive Quality (USA), HK$461,700

COLONEL, B. g. 2016, Ferlax – Outrageous Fortune, by Volksraad (GB), HK$461,700

DARCI JOY, B. g. 2017, Darci Brahma – High Joy, by High Chaparral (IRE), HK$615,600

DUKE WAI, Ch. g. 2015, Per Incanto (USA) – Swan Lake, by Green Perfume (USA), HK$1,975,050

EVERYONE’S DELIGHT, B. g. 2016, El Roca (AUS) – Catch Your Idol, by Zabeel, HK$2,166,000

Korea

11-Feb-2023: Seoul

ROYAL HAMSEONG, B. c. 2017, Mongolian Khan (AUS) –Tinkermia, by Johar (USA), K$33,000,000

FAMOUS ANSON, Gr. g. 2018, Reliable Man (GB) – Lamplighter (AUS), by Fastnet Rock (AUS), M$108,300

TWIN CAM, B. g. 2018, Echoes of Heaven (AUS) – Kathleen Angels, by Pins (AUS), M$108,300

18-Feb-2023: Macau

LARNE COURT - BREEZY ARTAX (MAC.), B. g. 2017, Pride of Dubai (AUS) – Equiparada (ARG), by Editor’s Note (USA), M$119,700

PEARL BIG BROTHER, B. g. 2019, Rageese (AUS) – Maggie’s Secret, by Sakhee’s Secret (GB), M$108,300

WHO LOVES SUSHI, B. g. 2017, Swiss Ace (AUS) – Ashima, by Red Giant (USA), M$168,150

24-Feb-2023: Macau

CITY GOLD MARS, B. g. 2018, Rageese (AUS) – Marzeri, by Marju (IRE), M$114,000

25-Feb-2023: Macau

EVERLASTING GOAL, B. g. 2017, Atlante (AUS) – Magic Tricks, by Pins (AUS), M$136,800 FIT LITE, B. c. 2016, Zacinto (GB) – Reynen Rose, by Spartacus (IRE), M$108,300

WEALTHY SUN, B. g. 2016, Echoes of Heaven (AUS) –Sylvie’s Dream, by Danske, M$108,300

04-Mar-2023: Macau

CARRY ON FOR AGES, Br. g. 2018, Alamosa – Sand’ior, by Scaredee Cat, M$114,000

GALAXY WARSHIP, Ch. c. 2019, Sweet Orange (USA) –Silent Ways, by Sir Percy (GB), M$119,700 HARBOUR WISDOM, B. g. 2017, Ego – Brilliant Blush, by Testa Rossa (AUS), M$168,150

Malaysia

12-Feb-2023: Perak TC

STAGESHOW, B. g. 2014, Showcasing (GB) – Fleet Action (AUS), by Rock of Gibraltar (IRE), Rgt.8,303

PEACEFUL FALLS - SUCCESS STREET (SING.), B. g. 2014, Niagara (AUS) – Peace, by Ishiguru (USA), Rgt.7,085

18-Feb-2023: Penang TC

BROADWAY SUCCESS, B. g. 2015, Alamosa – Broadway Express (AUS), by Snitzel (AUS), Rgt.11,956

GENERATION M, Ch. g. 2018, Civics (AUS) – Stellar Heights, by Al Akbar (AUS), Rgt.15,941

19-Feb-2023: Penang TC

FAST AND SUPER, B. g. 2017, Sweynesse (AUS) – Fastnfree, by Shinko King (IRE), Rgt.14,614

SHOWCASE THE GOLD, Br. g. 2016, Showcasing (GB) –Uno Sayuri (JPN), by Scatter the Gold (CAN), Rgt.14,614

25-Feb-2023: Selangor TC

LITTLE MERMAID, B. g. 2017, Vespa – Diamond Schwarz (AUS), by Shinko Forest (IRE), Rgt.8,026

MAGNITUDE, Br. c. 2017, Alamosa – Hippie, by One Cool Cat (USA), Rgt.16,882

JON WICK - STAR BULLET (SING.), B. or Br. g. 2015, Thewayyouare (USA) – Casabella Lane, by Volksraad (GB), Rgt.14,391

TERMS OF REFERENCE, B. g. 2012, Per Incanto (USA) –Myladys, by Kingfisher Mill (USA), Rgt.8,026

26-Feb-2023: Selangor TC

ENFORCE, B. g. 2016, Pentire (GB) – Charmaine, by Centaine (AUS), Rgt.8,026

AVONALLO - GOOD MAN (MAL.), Br. g. 2018, Belardo (IRE) – Real Angel, by O’Reilly, Rgt.19,096

MAESTRO, B. g. 2015, He’s Remarkable – Bella Carolina, by O’Reilly, Rgt.10,240

SHOW HAND, Ch. g. 2017, Highly Recommended (AUS) –Yeah Barbie, by Lord of Warriors (USA), Rgt.16,882

SKY SIXTY-ONE, Ch. g. 2016, Echoes of Heaven (AUS) –La Pin, by Pentire (GB), Rgt.14,391

Singapore

12-Feb-2023: Singapore TC

AWESOME CONQUEROR, Br. g. 2016, Bullbars (AUS) –Dawninsky, by Stravinsky (USA), S$16,065

MASTER PLAYER, B. g. 2017, Tiger Prawn (SAF) – Testella (AUS), by Testa Rossa (AUS), S$16,065

18-Feb-2023: Singapore TC

BEYOND SACRED, B. g. 2016, Savabeel (AUS) – Danalaga (AUS), by Danehill (USA), S$16,065

MAX THE BRAVE - FREE AND HAPPY (SING.), B. g. 2017, The Bold One – Coimbra (AUS), by Mossman (AUS), S$10,710

25-Feb-2023: Singapore TC

APRIL, B. g. 2019, Swiss Ace (AUS) – She’s Samashing (AUS), by Al Samer (AUS), S$10,710

BILLY ELLIOT, Ch. g. 2016, Per Incanto (USA) – Dancing Mistress, by Masterclass (USA), S$16,065

GOLD TEN SIXTY-ONE, Gr. g. 2018, Dalghar (FR) – La Belle Femme (AUS), by French Deputy (USA), S$37,485

LIM’S PUNCAK JAYA, Br. g. 2017, Pure Champion (IRE) –Harmony Em, by Stravinsky (USA), S$26,775

LUXURY BRAND, B. g. 2019, Charm Spirit (IRE) – Miss Gucci, by Makfi (GB), S$26,775

FOGGY LYTTLE - PER INCROWN (SING.), Br. g. 2015, Per Incanto (USA) – Tick Tock Time, by Savabeel (AUS), S$26,775

04-Mar-2023: Singapore TC

LIM’S ZOOM, B. g. 2014, Zacinto (GB) – Sound Decision, by Volksraad (GB), S$16,065

SABAH STAR, B. or Br. g. 2016, Pins (AUS) – Onesey, by Fast ‘n’ Famous (AUS), S$37,485

SESON, B. g. 2017, Dalghar (FR) – Kalevala, by Falkirk, S$26,775

U.A.E.

11-Feb-2023: Jebel Ali

MAWTHOG, Ch. c. 2019, Echoes of Heaven (AUS) – Norse Affair, by Viking Ruler (AUS), Dhs36,000 n

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this section. In all cases the latest

New Zealand Derby-G1

Te Rapa, March 4, NZ$1,000,000, 3yo Open Set Weight, 2400m.

1 SHARP ‘N’ SMART, (R T Elliot 57kg) b g 3, Redwood - Queen Margaret by Swiss Ace

Trainer: Team Rogerson.

2 Andalus, (K Asano 57kg) br g 3, Almanzor - Genius by Savabeel. Trainer: S B Marsh

3 Full of Sincerity, (W F Pinn 57kg) b g 3, Puccini - Herman by Reset.

Trainer: Andrew Forsman.

0.4 len, 1.2 len, 2:29.47, Track Dead(4), 18 strs.

SHARP ‘N’ SMART (10C)

Bay gelding foaled 2019

Sold 2021 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale. Price: $55,000

Breeder: G Harvey, Auckland, NZ

Owner: G A Rogerson, Todd Bawden, C A Leishman, Nz Thoroughbred Holdings Ltd, M & M Butterworth & M B Waddy

See Herbie Dyke S. (International S.)-G1

Sir Tristram Fillies Classic-G2

Te Rapa, February 11, NZ$140,000, 3yoFillies Open Set, 2000m.

1 PROWESS, (W B Kennedy 56.5kg) b f 3, Proisir - Donna Marie by Don Eduardo.

Trainer: R James & R Wellwood.

2 Sakura Girl, (K Asano 56.5kg) b f 3, Iffraaj - Soltina by O’Reilly. Trainer: B W Foote

3 Contagious, (C Zackey 56.5kg) ch f 3, Proisir - Quella Finale by Zabeel.

Trainer: R James & R Wellwood.

PROWESS (2G)

Bay filly foaled 2019

Sold 2021 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale. Price: $230,000

Breeder: Hallmark Stud Ltd, Waikato, NZ

Owner: D & J Skipper, C Skipper, A Skipper & M Schlooz

Avondale Guineas-G2

Pukekohe, February 18, NZ$140,000, 3yo Open Set Weight, 2100m.

1 DESERT LIGHTNING, (V A Colgan 57kg) b g 3, Pride of Dubai - Isstoora by High Chaparral. Trainer: P & D Williams.

2 Waitak, (W B Kennedy 57kg) b g 3, Proisir - Repo Bay by Shocking.

Trainer: L O’Sullivan & A Scott.

3 Warsaw, (C E Lammas 57kg) b g 3, Vadamos - Stanica by Zabeel. Trainer: C W Gibbs

DESERT LIGHTNING (8F)

Bay gelding foaled 2019

Sold 2021 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale. Price: $150,000

Breeder: Mahoenui Partnership, Auckland, NZ

Owner: Barneswood Farm Ltd For S C Green & G C Beemsterboer

Avondale Cup-G2

Pukekohe, February 18, NZ$140,000, Open Handicap, 2400m.

1 AQUACADE, (W B Kennedy 54kg) b f 4, Dundeel - Forest of Seas by Sea the Stars.

Trainer: L R Noble.

2 Hinepara, (A C Goindasamy 53kg) b f 8, Darci Brahma - Harinui by Generous.

Trainer: Joshua Shaw.

3 Lincoln King, (V A Colgan 56.5kg) b g 8, Shocking - Shi Kin Fly by Shinko King.

Trainer: S B Marsh.

AQUACADE (9A)

Bay filly foaled 2018

Breeder: B J Lindsay MNZM & Mrs J E A Lindsay, Auckland, NZ

Owner: Brendan Lindsay Mnzm & Mrs J E A Lindsay

Sires of Stakes Horses - Season 2022-23

AdelaideMALT TIME (AUS)

AlamosaCOLORADO STAR

AlignTightlign

All Too HardBABYLON BERLIN (AUS), DEMONETIZATION (AUS)

AlmanzorDYNASTIC, Andalus,

Balance of Power, Blue Solitaire, Devildom, Marvelouz, Safura

ArdrossanCODIGO

Atlante -

Our Alley Cat

AzamourPAISLEY PARK, Polly Grey

BurgundyBELLE EN ROUGE, MAVEN BELLE

Charm SpiritPacific Dragon

ContributerCAMPIONESSA, ELIZABETH ROSE, FAMILY TIES, I’mintowin, Llanacord, Silverina, Soprano Supreme

DalgharBUOYANT

Darci BrahmaDARCI LA BELLA, LORD DARCI, SINARAHMA, Golden Darci, Hinepara, Malborough Bay, Spring Tide

Deep FieldMr Mojo Risin’, Oseleta (AUS)

Matamata Breeders S.-G2

Matamata, February 25, NZ$120,000, 2yoFillies Open Set, 1200m.

1 ZOURION, (O P Bosson 56.5kg) br f 2, Zoustar - Irion by Danroad. Trainer: M W Walker

2 Lowe Flying, (C Zackey 56.5kg) b f 2, Tivaci - Miss Selby by O’Reilly. Trainer: J G Bary.

3 Pignan, (Joe Doyle 56.5kg) b f 2, Staphanos - Hirondelle by Sepoy. Trainer: Ms L Latta.

ZOURION (14B)

Brown filly foaled 2020

Sold 2022 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale. Price: $475,000

Breeder: Pencarrow Thoroughbreds Ltd, Waikato, NZ

Lowland S.-G2

Awapuni, March 1, NZ$120,000, 3yoFillies Open Set, 2100m.

1 VAL DI ZOLDO, (M J Mc Nab 56.5kg) b f 3, War Decree - Civetta by Thorn Park.

Trainer: A W Pike.

2 Contagious, (V A Colgan 56.5kg) ch f 3, Proisir - Quella Finale by Zabeel.

Trainer: R James & R Wellwood.

3 Pennyweka, (R T Elliot 56.5kg) b f 3, Satono Aladdin - Threepence by Pentire.

Trainer: J V Wallace.

VAL DI ZOLDO (3D)

Bay filly foaled 2019

Breeder: K J Hickman ONZM, Canterbury, NZ

Owner: Frontier Bloodstock & Kinsale Bloodstock Ltd

Slipper S. (Matamata Slipper)-G3

Matamata, February 25, NZ$85,000, 2yoColts & Geldings, 1200m.

1 TOKYO TYCOON, (C Zackey 57kg) b g 2, Satono Aladdin - All About the Coin by Starcraft. Trainer: M W Walker.

2 Trobriand (AUS), (O P Bosson 57kg) b c 2, Kermadec - Arboreal by Lonhro.

Trainer: M W Walker.

3 Burn to Shine, (K Asano 57kg) br g 2, So You Think - Smoulder by Traditionally.

Trainer: S B Marsh.

TOKYO TYCOON (16C)

Bay gelding foaled 2020

Sold 2022 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale. Price: $125,000

Breeder: Rich Hill Thoroughbreds Ltd, Waikato, NZ

Owner: Meadowbank Masters Racing Partnership (Mgr: Karyn Fenton-Ellis Mnzm) & Te Akau Satono Samurai Racing Partnership (Mgr: Karyn Fenton-Ellis Mnzm )

Sunline Vase-G3

Te Rapa, March 4, NZ$100,000, 3yoFillies Open Set, 2100m.

1 SAKURA GIRL, (K Asano 56.5kg) b f 3, Iffraaj - Soltina by O’Reilly. Trainer: B W Foote

2 Sedaka, (S C Spratt 56.5kg) br f 3, Savabeel - O’Carol by Rip Van Winkle.

Trainer: S B Marsh.

3 Marvelouz, (W B Kennedy 56.5kg) ch f 3, Almanzor - Miraculous Miss by Exceed and Excel. Trainer: M W Walker.

SAKURA GIRL (2R)

Bay filly foaled 2019

Breeder: D E & R W E Moore, Auckland, NZ Owner: H F Lau

King’s P.-G3

Te Rapa, March 4, NZ$100,000, Open Set Weight With, 1200m.

1 BABYLON BERLIN (AUS), (K Asano 54kg) ch f 5, All Too Hard - You Can’t Say That by Fusaichi Pegasus. Trainer: B W Foote.

2 Packing Rockstar (AUS), (O P Bosson 56kg) b g 7, Fastnet Rock - Anabandana by Anabaa. Trainer: Ms L Brennan.

3 Our Alley Cat, (Jake Bayliss 53kg) b f 6, Atlante - Cat Woman by Scaredee Cat.

Trainer: V A Prendergast.

BABYLON BERLIN (AUS) (8H)

Chestnut filly foaled 2017

Breeder: Bloodstock Resources Ltd VIC

Owner: Scott Williams, Ben Foote, Kim Rogers, Samuel Beatson, Cedric Foote & Andrew Stuart

Wairarapa Thoroughbred Breeders S.-L

Tauherenikau, February 6, NZ$65,000, Fillies & Mares Open, 1600m.

1 BELCLARE, (M J Mc Nab 57kg) b f 5, Per Incanto - Miss Rhythmic by O’Reilly.

Trainer: Ms L Latta.

Breeder: D K Woodhouse, Central, NZ

Owner: D K Woodhouse, O Smith, Rusties Syndicate & J Clark

Southland Guineas-L

Ascot Park, February 18, NZ$100,000, 3yo Open Set Weight, 1600m.

1 PRESS CHARGES, (L J Allpress 57kg) b g 3, Press Statement - Max it Out by Northern Meteor. Trainer: Ms T Rae.

Breeder: C W Kwok, Waikato, NZ

Owner: Lau Hing Fai, Ben Foote

Kaimai S. (TRAC S.)-L

Matamata, February 25, NZ$65,000, Open Handicap, 2000m.

1 COLORADO STAR, (J K Riddell 56.5kg) br g 7, Alamosa - Elegant Emerald by Unbridled’s Song. Trainer: M P Breslin.

Breeder: W J Gleeson, Central, NZ

Owner: In To Win Elegant Emerald Syndicate (Mgr: Tineke Balcombe)

Mufhasa S.-L

Te Rapa, March 4, NZ$80,000, 3yo Open Set Weight, 1400m.

1 THE INTIMIDATOR (AUS), (W F Pinn 57kg) b g 3, Toronado - Ty Dash by Written Tycoon. Trainer: Andrew Forsman.

Breeder: Mr D Barclay VIC

Owner: Alistair Sutherland, Barry Mathews, Mark Ryan, Darrin Collett & Tony Martin

Otago Breeders’ S. (ORC Breeders’ S.)-L

Wingatui, March 4, NZ$65,000, 3yoFillies Open Set, 1400m.

1 ROMANCING THE MOON, (J Kamaruddin 56.5kg) b f 3, El RocaUnderthemoonlight by El Hermano. Trainer: M W Walker.

Breeder: H G W & Mrs K L McQuade, Waikato, NZ

Owner: Te Akau Moonstruck Racing Partnership (Mgr: Karyn Fenton-Ellis Mnzm)

DerrynChannel Surfer, Sophmaze

Dial a PrayerConor O’Ceirin

DissidentDISS IS DRAMATIC, Miss Dunsford (AUS), Okay Pal (AUS)

DundeelAQUACADE

El RocaROCABABY, ROMANCING THE MOON, Old Town Road, White Noise

EmbellishLuberon, Talisker

Exceed and ExcelSKY ON FIRE (AUS)

FalkirkDeerfield

Fastnet RockGino Severini (IRE), Packing Rockstar (AUS)

FerlaxInmyshadow

GhibellinesAbit Sassy, Golden Harvest, Jack Knows Best, Live Drama, Markus Aurelius, Redmond

HeadwaterShe Turns Heads (AUS)

HelmetLangkawi

Highly RecommendedPOLYGON I Am InvincibleIMPERATRIZ (AUS), I Choose You (AUS)

IffraajGOLDIE’S CHANCE, HUMBUCKER, LA FLORA BELLE, PERFECT SCENARIO, SAKURA GIRL, SEAJETZ

ImpendingIMPENDABELLE (AUS)

KeanoIfndoubtgetout

KermadecTROBRIAND (AUS)

KuroshioLINCOLN’S KRUZ (AUS)

MakfiLeave it to Me

NadeemPEP TORQUE, Subtle Point

NiagaraSecret Amour

No Excuse NeededJustaskme

Nom du JeuMauna Loa

Not a Single DoubtBelieve in Magic, Sans Doute (AUS)

O’ReillySAGUNTO

Ocean ParkDIONYSUS

Per IncantoBELCLARE, FAITHFUL FEAT, Charms Star, Kick On, Lightning Jack PierroLord Cosmos (AUS)

Poet’s VoiceSummer Festival (GB)

PostponedHONESTY

Power -

PHELAN THE POWER

Press StatementHOLD THE PRESS (AUS), PRESS CHARGES

Pride of DubaiDESERT LIGHTNING, Matter of Honour (AUS)

ProisirDARK DESTROYER, LEGARTO, LEVANTE, PIER, PROWESS, SOLDIER BOY, WAITAK, Avaquinella, Contagious, Gospodin, Tamahine

PucciniFull of Sincerity

Redoute’s ChoiceLes Crayeres

RedwoodSHARP ‘N’ SMART

Reliable ManBeyond Violet, Librarsi, The Buffer

Rip Van WinkleSPECIALTY

Road to RockRiviera Rock

Rock ‘n’ PopALJAY, Rock Sensation, The Mayor

RubickRubicon Crossing (AUS)

Russian RevolutionBolshoi Star (AUS)

Sacred FallsAROMATIC, Aegon, The Woman King, Zee Falls

SantosULANOVA

Satono AladdinSACRED SATONO, TOKYO TYCOON, Lantern Way, Pennyweka

SavabeelCRUZ MISSILE, MAZZOLINO, PRISE DE FER, SYNCHRONIZE, Belle of the Ball, Fashion Shoot, Klairelle, Savoir Faire, Sedaka, Skew Wiff

Savile RowPerfectly Suited

Sebring -

Daytona Red

ShamexpressCoventina Bay, Express Princess, Kikimora, Sanibel, Tough Time, Zola Express

Shinko KingROGER THAT ShockingDEFIBRILLATE, El Vencedor, Kopua, Lincoln King, Self Obsession

Shooting to WinDapper, Victorem, Winning for All (AUS)

ShowcasingButler, Funny Girl, Monza Circuito

SnitzelETHEREAL STAR (AUS), GREEN AEON (AUS), LETZBEGLAM (AUS), Rhetorical, Rockland (AUS)

So You ThinkCOGNITO (AUS), Burn to Shine, Contemplation

StaphanosPignan

Star TurnAcademy Award

Stratum StarBetty Spaghetti (AUS)

Street Cry -

LEADERBOARD (USA)

Super EasyBONNY LASS, Duncan Creek

SweynesseDragon Queen

Swiss AceMaster Brutus

TarzinoBitcoin

TavistockTIMES TICKING, VIKTOR VEGAS, Le Sablier, Tavis Court

TelperionAccidental Tourist

TivaciONE KISS, Lowe Flying ToronadoTHE INTIMIDATOR (AUS) Turn Me LooseLOOSESPENDER, SHE’S LICKETYSPLIT, Wessex

U S Navy FlagTo Catch a Thief (AUS)

VadamosDEVASTATE, LA CRIQUE, Missy Moola, Warsaw

VanbrughMUSTANG VALLEY, SHEEZ DOMINANT, WILD NIGHT

VespaCharbano, Puntura

War DecreeVAL DI ZOLDO

WroteBEST SELLER

ZacintoHE’S A DOOZY

Zed -

LADIES MAN, Chase, Verry Flash, Waisake

ZoustarZOURION n

NEW ZEALAND SIRES LISTS Season 2022-2023

This listing of the leading New Zealand 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 1/8/22 to 5/3/23 and includes prizemoney paid from bonus schemes.

Leading New Zealand Sires

Leading New Zealand Broodmare Sires

Leading New Zealand 2YO Sires

INTERNATIONAL STAKES RESULTS Season 2023

G.P. Henrique Possollo-G1

Gavea, Brazil. Feb 12. 1600m,

1 TWIST AND SHOUT, f 3, Put it Back - I Scream by Ay Caramba.

2 Lady Rose, f 3, Drosselmeyer - Name of Rose by Clackson.

3 Pina Bausch, f 3, Drosselmeyer - Honra Ao Merito by Refuse to Bend.

G.P. Estado do Rio de Janeiro-G1

Gavea, Brazil. Feb 12. 1600m,

1 LONDON MOON, c 3, Agnes Gold - Beauty Harlan by Harlan’s Holiday.

2 Raptors, c 3, Hat Trick - Eurotrip by Wild Event.

3 Ushuaia Ibiza, c 3, Glória de Campeão - Beautiful Zuca by Elusive Quality.

February S.-G1

Tokyo, Japan. Feb 19. 1600m, Standard

1 LEMON POP (USA), ch c 5, Lemon Drop Kid - Unreachable by Giant’s Causeway.

2 Red le Zele, b c 7, Lord Kanaloa - French Noir by French Deputy.

3 Meisho Hario, ch c 6, Pyro - Meisho Ohi by Manhattan Cafe.

Cape Derby-G1

Kenilworth, South Africa. Feb 25. 2000m, Good (Both Tracks)

1 SEE IT AGAIN, ch c 3, Twice Over - Supreme Vision by Visionaire.

2 Charles Dickens, ch c 3, Trippi - Demanding Lady by Dynasty.

3 Without Question, b g 3, The United States - Siena’s Star by Argonaut.

Saudi Cup-G1

Al-Janadriah, Saudi Arabia. Feb 25. 1800m, Fast

1 PANTHALASSA (JPN), b c 5, Lord Kanaloa - Miss Pemberley by Montjeu.

2 Country Grammer (USA), b c 5, Tonalist - Arabian Song by Forestry.

3 Cafe Pharoah (USA), b c 5, American Pharoah - Mary’s Follies by More Than Ready.

Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup-G1

Sha Tin, Hong Kong. Feb 26. 2000m, Good

1 GOLDEN SIXTY (AUS), b g 7, Medaglia d’Oro - Gaudeamus by Distorted Humor.

2 Romantic Warrior (IRE), b g 4, Acclamation - Folk Melody by Street Cry.

3 Jason Belltree - Money Catcher (H.K.) (NZ), br g 5, Ferlax - Warren’s Sister by Savabeel.

Al Maktoum Challenge Round 3 S.-G1

Meydan, U.A.E.. Mar 4. 2000m, Fast

1 SALUTE THE SOLDIER (GER), b g 7, Sepoy - Street Fire by Street Cry.

2 Bendoog (USA), b c 3, Gun Runner - Nellie Cashman by Mineshaft.

3 First Constitution (CHI), ch c 5, Constitution - Antic by Kitten’s Joy.

Jebel Hatta S.-G1

Meydan, U.A.E.. Mar 4. 1800m, Good

1 ALFAREEQ (IRE), gr g 5, Dark Angel - Urjuwaan by Cape Cross.

2 El Drama (IRE), ch c 4, Lope de Vega - Victoire Finale by Peintre Celebre.

3 Master of the Seas (IRE), b g 4, Dubawi - Firth of Lorne by Danehill.

South African Fillies Classic-G1

Turffontein, South Africa. Mar 4. 1800m, Good

1 BLESS MY STARS, b f 3, Gimmethegreenlight - Star Express by Silvano.

2 Feather Boa, f 3, Flower Alley - Osprey by Silvano.

3 None Other, f 3, Flower Alley - One of a Kind by Dynasty.

South African Classic-G1

Turffontein, South Africa. Mar 4. 1800m, Good

1 ANFIELDS ROCKET, ch g 3, Coup de Grace - Milla’s Rocket by Galileo.

2 Jimmy Don, c 3, Pathfork - Joshlin by Joshua Dancer.

3 Billy Bowlegs, b c 3, The United States - Yourethetops by

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Hope In Your Heart

Hope In Your Heart (Dundeel - Hayaat by Montjeu) scored impressively first up in the Gr2 Guy Walter S 1400m at Randwick in late February, recording her 6th win from 20 starts for combined earnings of $1.24million.

She’s a cracking filly with a cracking pedigree. Her five generation pedigree displays the Rasmussen Factor (RF) to the mare Valderna from whom descend such notable thoroughbreds as Zabeel, Baryshnikov, Hallowed Crown and Hope In Your Heart herself. Valderna is her 4th dam. Several of these matings were done by John Messara and his team at Arrowfield, John Messara has kindly informed me that this particularly clever mating which has produced Hope In Your Heart is the work of Alex Illes of Turramurra in Sydney. Well done sir!

Hope in your Heart is bred on a parallel pattern of inbreeding to a Sadler’s Wells/Valderna cross reinforced by the potent Sadler’s Wells/Nureyev nick.

Her form is already emblematic of a Gr1 winner, and in the hands of her astute trainer Kerry Walker it shouldn’t be long until she becomes Dundeel’s First Gr1 winning Daughter. It is worth mentioning that Arrowfield’s son of High Chaparral also has a very talented last start Gr2 winning daughter in NZ called Aquacade whose record of 6 wins and 4 placings from just 12 starts marks her down as another potential Gr1 winner, particularly since her best win was over 2,400m, the longest distance she has been tried at to date. Hope In Your Heart’s seven generation pedigree shows inbreeding to four very influential females (Lalun, Natalma, Special and Valderna) and seven males.

What isn’t immediately apparent from looking at this pedigree is the close relationship between Valderna and her descendants with the legendary New Zealand sire Le Filou. Le Filou’s 3rd dam is Boxeuse (Teddy - Spice Box by Spion Kop) and Valderna’s 5th dam is also Boxeuse. But the relationship is even closer, because Le Filou is by Vatellor (VatoutLady Elinor by Teddy) out of a granddaughter of Boxeuse, while Valderna’s 3rd dam is by Vatellor out of a daughter of Boxeuse. The multiple champion sire Zabeel is by Sir Tristram out of Valderna’s daughter Lady Giselle and accordingly it was no surprise to several leading pedigree analysts that the Zabeel/Le Filou cross was a runaway success. Le Filou was a multiple champion NZ sire and Broodmare sire who had the remarkable statistics which showed that his 22 Gr1 winners where arounf 35-40% of his 60 or so SW, pretty

much a record. His blood was transmitted into future generations by his many outstanding daughters and the excellent stallion Vice Regal who was by Bismark out of the Le Filou mare Kind Regards.

The predictions for the future success of the Zabeel/Vice Regal nick were fully realised as the following stats attest - (please note these figures are for horses sired by Zabeel out of Vice Regal mares only) - 35 R, 9 SW (25.7% SW/R), 5 Gr1W (14.28% Gr1W/R) and 55% Gr1W/SW. Unheard of figures. Gold medal to the Vatellor/Boxeuse mix. Platinum medal even. The Gr1 winners are Jezabeel, Helene Vitality, Greene Street, Our Unicorn and Grand Echezeaux.

Hope In Your Heart has a fascinating pedigree with inbreeding to a potent combination of great mares and stallions, from a family that has a glorious past, particularly over longer distances. She is more than capable of embellishing the narrative and adding to Dundeel’s already impressive record.

Andrew Reichard BB

HOPE IN YOUR HEART Bay filly, 2018

Hail to Reason

Lalun

Forli

Thong

Derring-Do

Camenae

Charlottesville

La Sega

Val de Loir

Tidra (FR)

Zeddaan Alvorada

Nearctic

Natalma

Admiral’s Voyage

Petitioner

Ribot

Flower Bowl

Buckpasser

Natalma

7 Never Bend

River Lady Klairon

Botany Bay

Vieux Manoir

Vali

Sunny Boy Miss Barberie

In the second half of the 1980s I decided to change my direction within the Thoroughbred industry to an administrative role and this is when I met Graham Orr

At the time Graham was “pioneering” a new industry phenomenon - racehorse syndication, being one of the initiators of the Sydney based Celebrity Thoroughbreds, which found success with a number of gallopers Including Celebrity Lover a Marscay filly who won six races.

That venture was among many varying Thoroughbred related roles undertaken by Graham throughout his 80 years of life, the well-known “likeable bloke” who passed away after a long illness in Richmond, west of Sydney, in January.

Spending his first eight years in India, having been born in Calcutta, Graham originally trained as an accountant but changed direction and followed his passion into the Thoroughbred industry.

In his younger years, he joined the staff of Lionel Israel’s Segenhoe Stud (now Vinery Stud, Scone) as a hands-on employee learning skills and forming friendships, some of which lasted a lifetime. He received much satisfaction looking after and preparing youngsters that developed into subsequent Group 1 winners which included Gossiper, Runyon and Egyptian, prior to the property changing hands in the 1980s.

Graham later contributed as a staff member of bloodstock sales companies including in Brisbane, as well as with William Inglis and Son in Sydney.

At intermittent times, Graham became a journalist having stints writing and selling advertising for “The Land”, “Sydney Morning Herald” and “Turf Monthly”, as well as helping to revitalize the magazine “Australian Thoroughbred” to success in the 1970s.

For a time, Graham also compiled advertising brochures and served as bloodstock adviser to Bob Watson at the historic and renowned Cobbitty holding known as Roseneath Stud.

Later Graham joined the Australian Jockey Club (AJC) team - and together with Ray Mason, compiled and produced the green coloured hard-covered AJC Stallion Registers a much needed and valuable publication of the late 1970s and 1980s copies of which remain in numerous Thoroughbred lovers’ libraries today - including my own. Also having a stint managing the renowned

Graham Orr

by Virginia Harvey

Hawkesbury Valley nursery Robrick Lodge at Castlereagh near Richmond, Graham next moved to Tamworth where he operated his own property agisting horses, as well as sheep and cattle.

Returning to the Hawkesbury in the 2000s he became involved in Gerry Harvey’s major Australian Thoroughbred operations becoming his racing manager for a number of years.

Next Graham was organising overseas jaunts, and jointly with long-time friend Geoff Richardson, initiated GG Racing Tours and led several successful UK racing tours from 2011.

While he raced only a few gallopers himself, Graham syndicated some talented horses

which included stakes winners Saxon (a Western Australian stud success), Stormhill, Bel Danoro, and Roanoke.

But most interestingly, Graham privately purchased Australian Star as a young horse in the late 2000s from well-known industry participant Tony Bott, a principal of the original Segenhoe Stud. Graham raced Australian Star - the gelding by Godolphin’s champion Australian sire Exceed And Excel, with success, the galloper winning five races including three successive Sydney Saturday events.

Graham Orr was a true stalwart of the thoroughbred industry who will be sadly missed by his many friends. BB

Tony Bourke and Deane Lester

February 2023 marked the sad passing of two legendary thoroughbred media identities, journalist Tony Bourke and form analyst Deane Lester.

Tony Bourke, aka The King, was chief racing writer for The Age in Melbourne where he worked for 42 years. He passed away at the age of 81.

Deane Lester was a highly respected form analyst with RSN Racing and Sport who overcame lifelong health issues to forge a great career. A rare, aggressive cancer proved too much to overcome and he passed away at the age of 54. Our condolences to family and friends of both these outstanding contributors to racing. BB

Graham Orr (left) pictured in his Celebrity Thoroughbred days with breeder Gerry Harvey.