Inside Breeding 2024

FIRST-SEASON SIRES

Extensive profiles of the new stallions of 2024

MALUKA’S NEW DIRECTION

New farm and its first stallion

Panthalassa is an

addition to Yulong’s roster

DOULL MAKES HIS MARK

2024/25 Major Sales

GOLD COAST 2YOS IN TRAINING SALE

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GOLD COAST YEARLING SALE

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PERTH YEARLING SALE 20-21 FEBRUARY 25

TASMANIAN YEARLING SALE 24 FEBRUARY 25

GOLD COAST MARCH YEARLING SALE 10-11 MARCH 25

ADELAIDE YEARLING SALE 17-18 MARCH 25

GOLD COAST NATIONAL WEANLING SALE 25-26 MAY 25

GOLD COAST NATIONAL BROODMARE SALE 27-29 MAY 25

GOLD COAST NATIONAL YEARLING SALE 3-4 JUNE 25

PERTH WINTER SALE 15 JUNE 25

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Gr 2 Winning Sprinter by SNITZEL

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First-season sires of 2024

ANDREW GARVEY profiles Australia’s new stallions for the 2024 breeding season.

10 Blue Gum is building

Blue Gum Farm has added two stallions to its growing stallion roster, writes DANNY POWER

12 Maluka opens new era on a new farm

DANNY POWER talks to Maluka Thoroughbred’s Luke Anderson as the farm prepares to stand its first stallion in 2024.

14 Yulong’s Japanese love affair

Yulong’s has secured the sensational Japanese stallion Panthalassa to bolster its impressive stallion line up.

16 Expectations high at Riverbank

The Benalla stud farm is looking forward to the first foals of its headline stallion Dalasan, writes TIM GUILLE

18 Arrowfield is exciting by its Dundeel investment

Joihn Messara says Dundeel is his “favourite stallion” and he believes his sons are going to make their mark.

Doull, the exciting and handsome Group-winning son of champion sire Snitzel, will stand his first season at Rosemont Stud, Gnarwarre, in Victoria. The cover of Inside Breeding is a promotion for Rosemont Stud

SPEED SIRE: Maluka Thoroughbreds has entered the stallion game with General Beau, pictured, standing at its new farm at Kerrie.

The complete list of Victorian stallions standing at stud this season. Pictured is Blue Gum Farm’s new sire Oxley Road.

20 Vinery says book ‘im in

There is a spring the step of everyone at historic Vinery Stud over new sire Hawaii Five Oh, writes DANNY POWER

22 Imperatriz’s magic moment

Star mare lights up the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on tyhe Gold Coast.

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26 Newhaven offers a “point of difference”

Famous Newhaven Stud has a deep history of breeding and standing Golden Slipper winners, but it has found a new direction with its sons of Savabeel, headed by new boy Mo’unga.

30 Equine Health feature

The latest information on feed and nuitrition

44 TBV news

Prominent breeder Peter Murray joins the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Victoria board.

48 Neighbouring stallions with a Victorian edge

Darley’s Cylinder and Lovatsville’s Gold Trip have joined the stallion rosters at the studs on the famed Northwood Road, Seymour.

50 Lofty ambitions

Swettenham Stud’s Lofty Strike is turning heads, reports DANNY POWER

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COVER PHOTO: the exceptionally good looking and fast Doull, pictured winning the G2 Caulfield Sprint, will stand his first season at Rosemont Stud, Gnarwarre. THE COVER IS AN INSIDE BREEDING PROMOTION WITH ROSEMONT STUD.

DOULL TO STAR AGAIN AT ROSEMONT

In 2021, Rosemont Stud’s Anthony Mithen and Nigel Austin, and their local and international partners, decided to up their investment in wellbred colts at yearling sales in the hope they would unearth a horse with the talent and commercial appeal to stand on the stallion roster at Rosemont’s farm at Gnarwarre, near Geelong.

Sourcing stallions as yearlings is not an easy practice for the Rosemont Alliance, the stud’s stallion-finding syndicate, especially with the best of the well-bred Group 1-winning colts being snapped up by the bigger studs and international investors for $50 million or more.

It takes good judgement and plenty of fortitude to go this route so early, especially considering that about 12,000 thoroughbred foals are born annually in Australia. Only a third of them are sold as yearlings, and no more than a handful of commercial stallions emerge from each crop.

However, getting the stallion prediction

right can be a bonanza for a mid-sized operation like Rosemont, and the fruits of the risk and patience are bearing fruit for the Rosemont Alliance following the announcement that the first colt from the investment partnership, Doull, will kick off his stud career at Rosemont in 2024. “You have to play a long game in the breeding industry,” Mithen said last spring when parading Rosemont’s stallions for a circle of Victorian breeders. “When you think (stallion) Shamus Award seems to have been at Rosemont for such a long time, but his oldest bred here have only just turned threeyear-olds, so the best of those horses are still to come.”

Doull (b 2019, Snitzel-Bulbula, by Shamardal [USA]) was a standout colt as a yearling at the 2022 Inglis Easter Yearling Sales at Riverside in Sydney, and the Rosemont Alliance had to dig deep to buy him for $1.2 million. Like most of the Rosemont colts, Doull carried a name in tribute at an VFL/AFL hero—in his case

Carlton’s enigmatic Bruce Doull. Others to carry famous footy names are Schwartz, after Melbourne’s David Schwartz, Brereton (Hawthorn’s Dermott Brereton) and Millane (Collingwood’s Darren Millane).

Rosemont’s bloodstock manager, Ryan McEvoy, recalls seeing Doull parade for the first time at the Yarraman Park barn “I don’t think we’d seen a better-looking, moreathletic son of Snitzel. He was on everyone’s list. He was a colt we had to have,” he said. Apart from his looks, Doull was supported by an elite pedigree. Snitzel is a four-time Australian Champion sire—and the likely heir apparent to his sire Redoute’s Choice as an influential sire of sires—and Doull’s dam, Bulbula—by a world-champion sire in Shamardal (USA), won the Listed Merson Cooper Stakes (1200m) as a two-year-old. Bulbula comes from a very fast family; her dam, Taameer (NZ) a Listed winner at three, is by the tremendous speed sire, General Nediym, out of a mare by the best breed shaper of them all, Danehill (USA).

STUNNING: The power and athletic Doull, pictured at Caulfield, is widely regarded as the best-looking son of Snitzel. He stands his first season at Rosemont Stud, Gnarwarre, near Geelong.

BY DANNY POWER

It’s not surprising that with a pedigree of such precocious speed, Doull, under the care of trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman, was running at two. His debut win at Flemington over 1100m in May 2022 was so impressive that noted analyst, Daniel O’Sullivan—from the Ratings Bureau —gave Doull a rating figure unequalled by any twoyear-old colt in the season.

McEvoy said Doull went into the spring as the early favourite for the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m, Flemington), but due to some niggling issues, the Freedmans couldn’t get the colt to perform at his best. “Nothing went right for him as a 3YO. He battled with a back and hamstring issue, which wasn’t really made public. We think he is a horse that didn’t reach his true potential.”

At four, last spring, under the care of Annabel Neasham, Doull started to hit his straps. He won the Group 2 Caulfield Sprint (1000m) running his final 600m in 33.37 secs, after working on the pace, the fastest final 600m timed in a sprint race at Caulfield for the year.

“We think he is a Group 1-class horse without having that on his CV, and when you factor in his deep female line and his sire line, it boils down to us being very keen to give him his opportunity at stud,” McEvoy said. “He’s a very fast son of Snitzel that fits as the perfect horse for breeders looking to breed a horse that will be chasing most of the rich VOBIS bonus money at two and three.”

McEvoy hopes broodmare owners take the time to visit Rosemont to inspect Doull. “What they will see

should excite them. He’s a perfect size, 16.05hh, and is a ‘scopey’ horse with great depth of girth, a big powerful shoulder, massive hindquarter and a beautiful head. He’s physically very classy in every way.”

TOSS THE BOSS

Rosemount’s ‘Toss The Boss’ scheme, an initiative that has worked in the past, is an added incentive to send a mare to Doull. In simple terms, when breeders sign the service agreement, they nominate their preferred sex of the resultant foal. “If you don’t get what you want, you don’t pay the $11,000 fee. It’s a free service,” McEvoy said. “We are excited by the return of Toss The Boss. It’s an opportunity for breeders to ‘play the house’. We understand it will be a competitive year, and there are stallions with not-too-dissimilar profiles to Doull’s, so we are keen to display a point of difference. Clearly, this is a serious business we are in, but Rosemont enjoys having a bit of fun with these promotions.”

SHAMUS IS VALUE

Rosemont Stud has dropped the fee of its high-class sire Shamus Award (by Snitzel) from $60,500 in 2023 to $38,500 this spring, despite the stallion being regarded as an elite Group 1-producing stallion.

“There is so much to look forward to from him in the sense that his big crops from the best mares he has served are still to come for him,” McEvoy said. “He’s already the sire

What they will see should excite them. He’s a perfect size, 16.05hh, and is a ‘scopey’ horse with great depth of girth, a big powerful shoulder, massive hindquarter and a beautiful head

of six Group 1 winners—all from a fee of less than $30,000—so that ability to upgrade his mares puts him into rare air in this industry. We can’t wait to see what he will do with the better mares he’s covered in the past three seasons.

“We have put him into price range where the breed-torace people can use him, and commercial breeders can get a result at sales time.”

YOUNG GUNS

Rosemont is excited by what the future holds for its two young sires Hanseatic (by Street Boss [USA]) and Extreme Warrior (by Extreme Choice).

Hanseatic’s first foals are 2YOs in 2024-25 and Extreme Warrior’s oldest will sell as yearlings in 2025.

“We are getting good reports from trainers with the Hanseatics, about how well they are going. Peter Moody, who rarely says anything, is rapping his colt which he paid $160,000 for, and Sam Freedman keeps sending good reports on his three Hanseatics. It’s an exciting time, because we have backed him strongly,” McEvoy said.

Extreme Warrior, a stallion that McEvoys says has the X-factor of his sire Extreme Choice, has matured into a magnificent stallion. “He hasn’t been straightforward as a stallion, because he was a relatively immature horse physically and reproductively. His first foals are outstanding, and he won’t lack support from a Rosemont perspective.”

Hanseatic and Extreme Choice stand for fees of $16,500.

FULL FLIGHT: Hanseatic enjoying life in his paddock at Rosemont. The young son of Street Boss has a big crop of 2YOs to represent him in 2024-25 season.

RYAN MCEVOY ON DOULL

Royal result for Blue Gum

BY DANNY POWER

Immediately Asfoora crossed the line, a brilliant winner of the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes (1000m) at Royal Ascot, Blue Gum Farm’s Sean Dingwall’s phone started to ping with messages of congratulations.

Asfoora’s win is a huge boost to her sire, Blue Gum Farm’s Flying Artie (by Artie Schiller [USA]), who moved to the iconic Euroa farm last year after six years at Newgate Farm at Aberdeen in NSW’s Hunter Valley.

Flying Artie (by Artie Schiller [USA]), Australia’s champion colt of 2016-17, was an important Group 1-producing sire to kick off the stallion side of fledging breeding outfit Trilogy Rural Investments, which bought Blue Gum Farm from the Campbell family who had run the form since 1981.

Dingwall and his wife Cathy are the hands-on partners in Trilogy, which is backed by the NSW-based business couple Jason and Melanie Stenning.

Dingwall is expecting a bounce in interest in Flying Artie, who he described as the perfect stallion for Victoria’s rich VOBIS bonus scheme, and the best-value stallion on the commercial market at a fee of $16,500.

It’s quite feasible that Flying Artie could have had two Royal Ascot winners on his CV. His outstanding son, Artorius—now

standing at Newgate Farm—was generally regarded as a “good thing beaten” when third behind Naval Crown in the 2022 Group 1 Platinum Jubilee (1200m), which was followed by a terrific third behind Alcohol Free in the Group 1 July Cup (1200mn) at Newmarket.

Flying Artie remains the only Australian stallion represented by two runners at the famous Royal Ascot meeting.

Dingwall expects his phone to keep ringing with bookings to Flying Artie because of Asfoora’s success, especially if she keeps winning during her northern hemisphere campaign. “He’s getting the support of some important breeders. They are booking on his pedigree and history, and they also believe he can do what Shamus Award, Written Tycoon and Rubick have done (after they were relocated to Victoria), which is get a spike of Stakes winners.”

Breeders who sent mares to Flying Artie in his first season at Blue Gum Farm have had the boost from Asfoora’s Royal Ascot triumph. Importantly, the timing for breeders looking to support Flying Artie this year is perfect, because the stallion’s biggest crop of 128 foals will be running as 2YOs in the 2024-25 season.

Flying Artie continues to boost his profile with the two other Stakes winners in 2024—

Democracy Manifest and Coin Toss—and more recently, the promising In Flight has won of five of her nine starts for trainer Joe Pride.

Dingwall can’t wait to see the first foals of his young stallion, Sebring’s precocious son Sejardan. “If they look like him, we will be delighted. The bottom line is he is a lovely horse, a standout on type, very strong and muscular, and a good size, just over 16 hands.”

Importantly, last year Trilogy has bought some quality mares that were in foal to topclass stallions to be mated to Sejardan, who stands for $13,750. Dingwall said the hope is that foals out of those mares will be racing successfully when the first crop of Sejardan reach the yearling sale ring.

Blue Gum Farm has added Exceed And Excel’s fast son Oxley Road to the roster in 2024. Oxley Road (ch 2017, ex-Bonnie Mac [NZ], by Thorn Park) is a brother to exciting young sire Exceedance, who stands at Vinery Stud in the Hunter Valley.

Oxley Road is the quintessential Australian sprinter, with the looks to match. He won the Group 3 Zeditave Stakes (1000m, Caulfield) at three, and the Group 2 Caulfield Sprint (1000m, Caulfield) at four before finishing third in the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m, Caulfield). His fee of $8800.

FLYING HOME: Asfoora win in the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot, in June, has been a big boost for her sire, Blue Gum Farm’s Flying Artie.

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Maluka finds a farm, and a Beau

BY DANNY POWER

Taking over the management the exceptional property—

Breeders Farm— at Kerrie, near Romsey, in the past 12 months has been a major step in the gradual expansion of Luke and Mags Anderson’s Maluka Thoroughbreds brand.

The couple, who met when working under the legendary Sir Patrick Hogan at the famed Cambridge Stud in New Zealand, have built a sizeable reputation in preparing yearlings from their former farm at Euroa, but they have always harboured an ambition to stand stallions.

Breeders Farm, which was once the influential Yallambee Stud run by the Woodard family, where stallions of significance such as Testa Rossa stood, was completely revamped into a showplace when the famous American outfit Spendthrift Farm bought the property in 2015. Spendthrift’s boss B. Wayne Hughes was anything but a spendthrift, outlaying a small fortune on his new Australian venture, which included shuttling high-class stallions such as Vino Rosso [USA] and Omaha Beach [USA] to Victoria.

When Hughes died, aged 87, in 2021, the Spendthrift organisation sold the farm and its Australian-bred stallions to prominent Victorian breeders David Moodie and Ash Harcourt, who operate as Heskett Bloodstock. The stallions Dirty Work, Overshare and Gold Standard were sent to

stand at Widden Stud, just up road.

However, under the control of the Andersons, the farm will stand a horse that they are confident will rejuvenate the property as a stallion farm. The fast and durable General Beau— bred and owned by Heskett Bloodstock—has attracted considerable interest from breeders after it was announced he will stand his first season at Maluka for a $8800 fee, payment on live foal.

“It’s an absolute privilege to operate Maluka Thoroughbreds from the world-renowned Breeders Farm property,” Luke Anderson said. “David Moodie and Ash Hardwick have been very supportive and provided us with a great opportunity to expand our business, especially in offering us General Beau. It’s very exciting and fulfils an ambition.”

Anderson is no stranger to handling commercial stallions during his time in New Zealand, where he was also stud manager at Graeme Rogerson’s Dormello Stud in Hamilton. His wife, Mags, also has vast experience handling thoroughbreds, including time as yearling manager at Cambridge Stud.

General Beau is the quintessential Australian speed stallion, according to Anderson.

“He’s bred for speed being a son of Brazen Beau (by I Am Invincible)—whose son Tassort has been a sensation with his first crop (in 2023-24)—and his

granddam, Nediym’s Glow (by General Nedyim), won a Group 3 Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m in 2006) at Caulfield.

“As you would expect from such a precocious pedigree, General Beau is built for speed with great physical presence and tremendous soundness. Like all top-class sprinters, he is strong through the shoulder and hindquarters, and he also has a gorgeous head, which all suggests to me he will throw progeny that will suit the yearling-sale market.”

General Beau (b 2018, exPhosphorescence, by Lonhro) was a brilliant juvenile, who won the first 2YO race of the season—at Flemington in September 2020—and went into the 2021 Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes as one of the favourites after winning a Listed Blue Diamond Preview (1000m) and a Group 3 Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m). He finished a close fifth behind Artorius in a high-rating Group 1 Blue Diamond.

At three, General Beau raced consistently against the best, including a third behind September Run in the Group 1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley,

Anderson said General Beau is attracting much interest from Victorian breeders looking for a stallion that suits the rich VOBIS bonus schemes. “General Beau will have a great base of 60 mares supported by the ownership group, and Maluka, to ensure he gets the best opportunity when his progeny hit the track,” Anderson said.

“I see him having a real shot at being a leading first-season sire because he’ll have numbers. He’ll have the mares with pedigrees, and he’ll throw early types.

“There is a genuine upside in supporting a stallion like him. We are excited for what the future holds. We have had interstate interest with some astute breeders who bred to Tassort (standing at Newgate in NSW, for $38,500, up from $11,000 in 2023) and are now benefitting from that stallion’s upside, and they see the parallels with General Beau”. Tassort’s flag bearer is Manaal, winner of the Group 1 AJC Sires Produce (1400m) at Randwick

The outstanding facilities at the new farm also allowed Maluka to expand their yearling preparation business, with plans to take drafts to the Gold Coast Magic Millions, Melbourne Premier and Sydney Easter.

BUILT FOR SPEED:

The impressive General Beau, pictured at Caulfield with Linda Meech in the saddle, will stand his first season at Maluka Thoroughbreds at Kerrie.

GLOBAL STAR BOLSTERS YULONG’S ROSTER

BY DANNY POWER

If Japanese superstar Equinox were announced as standing at stud in Australia, the breeding industry would trumpet the coup of securing one of the world’s great racehorses.

Without much fanfare, Panthalassa, one of Equinox’s Japanese rivals, has slipped into the country to stand his first season at Yulong, Nagambie.

Although Panthalassa is not Equinox, he did run the champion to a length in one of Japan’s most important races, the Group 1 The Tenno Sho (2000m) at Fuchu in Tokyo in October 2022, and he retires to stud as the highest stakes earner to stand in the country, having banked $AUD21 million in a career that spanned five seasons after winning his maiden over 2000m at two in 2019.

Panthalassa (b 2017, Lord Kanaloa [JPN]-Miss Pemberley [IRE], by Montjeu [JPN]) was a multiple Group 1 winner and multiple Group 1 placegetter in Japan. However, he hit his career

He arrives as the highest-earning horse ever to stand in Australia and has an outcross pedigree that should provide huge appeal for breeders

heights on the international stage, winning the 2022 Group 1 Dubai Turf (1800m) at Meydan in 2022 and the world’s richest race, the $US20 million Group 1 Saudi Cup (1800m) on the dirt in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2023.

If you wanted a summary of Panthalassa’s racing style in Australian terms, think Pride Of Jenni.

Like Pride Of Jenni, Panthalassa was a free-running middle-distance stayer who sometimes led his rivals by many lengths, and it usually took a good one—or a very good win in Equinox—to run him down. When Equinox collared late in The Tenno Sho, Panthalassa ran fierce sectional times to lead by 20 lengths at the 600m—he was still 12 lengths in front at the 200m.

His first 1400m was run in an astonishing 1min 20.8 secs before the clock was stopped at 1:57.50 for the 2000m.

Panthalassa shuttles from Arrow Stud in Hokkaido, Japan, where covered around 100 mares in 2024.

He represents the most significant investment by Yulong’s owner Yuesheng Zhang in his favourite Japanese stallion, Lord Kanaloa (JPN) (by King Kamehameha [JPN]), following on from their Australian-bred Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes winner Tagaloa, whose oldest progeny are two in 2023-24, and the high-class Japanese sprinter Diatonic, who covered his first book at Yulong last spring.

Yulong general manager Vin Cox said it’s a thrill to stand a horse of Panthalassa’s international standing,

especially at a very attractive introductory fee for breeders of $16,500.

“He was an exciting racehorse with a dynamic racing style. The potency of the bloodlines from the Japanese Stud Book are hugely significant. We are very fond of the breed, and we think he’s got lots of upside,” he said.

“Winning international Group 1 races on dirt and turf as an older horse demonstrates an amazing versatility and soundness that he will undoubtedly pass on to his progeny.

“He arrives as the highestearning horse ever to stand in Australia and has an outcross pedigree that should provide huge appeal for breeders.”

Cox said Yulong is proud of the young stud’s achievements in the past 12 months.

“We are thrilled to present a diverse roster for 2024, headlined by our first-season sires, Alabama Express (by Redoute’s Choice) and Pierata (by Pierro), who have started their careers brilliantly,” he said.

“We are very proud of Written Tycoon (by Iglesia), who is on track to collect both the Australian and New Zealand two-year-old sire premierships, while Grunt (by O’Reilly [NZ]) is building a strong profile headlined by Tony and Calvin McEvoy’s star colt Veight.

“We have a continued commitment to support our young sires with the elite Yulong broodmare band, underpinning our dedication to set them up with the best chance for success.”

Yulong’s other stallion fees are: Pierata ($66,000); Alabama Express ($55,000), Tagaloa ($22,000); Grunt ($22,000), Lucky Vega (by Lope De Vega [IRE]) ($16,500) and Diatonic ($13,750). The 22-year-old Written Tycoon is covering a private book.

GLOBAL STAR: Panthalassa won the world’s richest race, the 2023 Saudi Cup. The son of Lord Kanaloa will stand his first Australian season at Yulong in Nagambie.

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Value aplenty at Riverbank Farm

Riverbank Farm doesn’t have the big-ticket stallions that some rival stud farms can boast, but the hard-working Osborne family has found a sweet spot in the Victorian breeding scene, writes TIM GUILLE.

Riverbank Farm, as its name suggests, shares much of its 161 hectares with the meandering Broken River on the outskirts of Benalla. The picturesque and functional property was founded by Adrian Osborne and is wife Dot, but in 2014 they retired and handed the property to their son Russell and his equine veterinarian wife, Caroline. The Osbornes have the help of twin daughters Olivia, who has trainer’s licence, and Sarah, an accomplished track rider.

In peak breeding season, mixing the needs of family and work can get complicated, with six stallions on the roster. Last season, they covered more than 150 mares between them, and most of the mares were housed on the farm.

Russell is aware that the tough economic conditions have hit the commercial breeding scene, but he is optimistic that this will not impact his breed-to-race clients. The stud’s leading light is Dalasan (ch 2016, Dalakhani [IRE]–Khandallah by Kitten’s Joy [USA]), who covered 76 mares in his first season last year at a fee of $5500, a fee that remains this season.

Dalasan was a genuine Group 1 performer when trained by Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas. A win

at the highest level eluded him, but the big chestnut was fast enough to win the Group 2 Danehill Stakes (1200m) down the straight at Flemington at three in 2019, trained on to chase home Russian Camelot in the Group 1 South Australian Derby (2500m) the following autumn, and, in 2021 went on to finish third in Group 1 Doncaster Handicap (1600m), the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m), in the autumn, and the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) later that year.

Dalasan is a magnificent horse, and we are really excited about what he is going to produce, at a pretty affordable fee

Russell believes Dalasan’s good looks, versatile career at the highest level and durability is what appeals to breeders looking for a horse that will have the looks to sell as a yearling but can be a “keeper” to race. “Dalasan is a magnificent horse, and we are really excited about what he is going to produce, at a pretty affordable fee,” he said. “He is bred on the successful Dalakhani/Sadlers Wells cross, and with his success on the racetrack he has been pretty attractive to many breeders,” he said.

Dalasan had strong support last spring from his owner and breeder, Harry Perks, who follows the Osborne’s mantra of breeding to race. Perks, who has bred and/or raced such outstanding Group 1 winners, such as Gold Guru (Australian Derby), Southern Speed (Caulfield Cup), Rebel Raider (Victoria Derby) and Devil Moon (Turnbull Stakes), will place his Dalasans in leading stables to give the stallion the best chance to make it on a commercial level.

The next two most popular stallions on the Riverbank roster are farm stalwart Redente (fee $3300), a great value son of Redoute’s Choice and a prolific sire of winners in the local district, and the royally bred Prince Of Caviar (fee $4400)—a

son of Sebring and the great mare Black Caviar—whose first foals have just completed their 3YO racing season and are starting to hit their straps.

Also in the Riverbank Farm stallion line-up are Commands’ Group 1-winning son Skilled (fee $3300), a proven sire of Stakes winners; Winx’s unraced half-brother by Snitzel, Boulder City (fee $3300), and the stayer Wayed Zain (fee $3300), a son of High Chaparral (IRE), whose recent winners include the promising filly, Steve’s Way, winner of three of seven around the border districts, and Sandown winner Gargantuan. Boulder City has left 10 winners from small crops, headed by the smart Singapore galloper Pacific Star (five wins).

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EXCEPTIONAL ATHLETE: The imposing Dalasan competed with and beat the best. Now at Riverbank Farm, his first foals are awaited with great excitement.

Castelvecchio tracking like his sire

BY DANNY POWER

When

Arrowfield Stud supremo John

Messara bought a share in the recently retired Militarize— to stand at nearby Newgate Farm—it was the Dundeel factor that influenced him to invest in a stallion standing at a rival farm.

Messara’s decision was simple and good business, but importantly, of Militarize, he said: “He is by my favourite stallion, Dundeel.”

Messara’s faith in Dundeel, the champion son of High Chaparral (IRE), goes back to him buying the star galloper after he had won Sydney’s autumn Triple Crown for three-year-olds; Dundeel has emerged as an elite stallion starting to make his mark on the breed through his brilliant sons going to stud. Militarize is one of them, and in New Zealand, already established, is the exciting Super Seth (Waikato Stud), whose first crop in 202324 set the tracks alight.

All possess Dundeel’s signature turn of foot that first attracted Messara to him.

As his record shows, Messara, the man who launched the breed-shaping stallion Danehill in Australia, and followed up with Danehill’s best son Redoute’s Choice, rarely makes mistakes.

At Arrowfield Stud, at Scone, he has big expectations for Dundeel’s first Group 1-winning son, Castelvecchio (b h 2016, ex-St Therese, by Dehere [USA]), whose first crop has just completed its juvenile season. Importantly, the Arrowfield team is buoyed by the fact that Castelvecchio—two winners from 17 starters—is tracking similarly to Dundeel after his first crop raced, with the logical expectation his stock will start to hit its straps at three and older.

Like Dundeel, Castelvecchio’s pedigree is free of Danehill bloodlines, and it’s significant for outcross breeders—of which Messara is a devotee—that Castelvecchio’s two winners and the best-performed of his five placegetters have Danehill close in their dam line.

Recent Goulburn winner Sweat Treats is out of a granddaughter of Snitzel (by Redoute’s Choice and

Verona’s Cleopatra, who won at Hawkesbury in June, is out of a Redoute’s Choice mare.

The most promising of Castelvecchio’s first crop is El Castello, who finished second behind star colt Broadsiding in the Listed Fernhill Stakes (1600m) at Randwick in April before trainer Anthony Cummings tipped him out for the spring. El Castello’s dam, Word Games, is by Danehill’s

Like Dundeel, Castelvecchio’s pedigree is free of Danehill bloodlines, and it’s significant for outcross breeders—of which Messara is a devotee

other great sire son Fastnet Rock.

Apart from the Dundeel line, Messara and Arrowfield have invested heavily in middledistance stallions from the elite Japanese sireline.

Admire Mars (JPN) (ch 2016, Daiwa Major [JPN]-Via Medici [IRE]), by Medicean [IRE]) has his first Australian two-yearolds racing in 2024-25 after his stock being well received at the yearling sales with sales up to $300,000. The first Japanese progeny of Admire Mars, a champion two-year-old and triple Group 1-winning miler in Japan and Hong Kong, are already showing promise in juvenile racing.

The exceptional Hitotsu (out of Love Is Fickle, by Redoute’s Choice)—a dual Derby and Australian Guineas winner—is being offered with a $125,000 bonus for the breeder(s) of his first 2YO Stakes winner from each of his 2024 and 2025 crops.

Hitotsu, a son of the Arrowfield Stud star Japanese shuttler, Maurice, will cover his second book of mares in 2024 after covering a healthy book of 162 mares last spring.

Not only did Hitotsu get the numbers, he’s attracted some outstanding broodmares. His book of in-foal mares include:

17 Stakes winners/ performers;

18 Stakes producers;

13 Daughters of G1winners/ performers;

37 Daughters of G winners/performers;

30 Daughters of SW;

26 Sisters of G1 winners/ performers;

53 Sisters of G winners/ performers;

Castelvecchio, Admire Mars and Hitotsu stand for a fee of $22,000.

EXCITING PROSPECT: Arrowfield Stud is expecting big things from Dundeel’s first great son, Castelvecchio, pictured in his paddock. PHOTO JOAN FARAS

CLASSIC: Victoria Derby and Australian Derby winner Hitotsu in his paddock at Arrowfield Stud. PHOTO JOAN FARAS

$8,800 (inc) Payment on live foal. reporting for duty in 2024

Market wants Elite Speed

Winner Blue Diamond Prelude defeating subsequent stallions:

• Anamoe - stud fee $121,000

• Extreme Warrior - stud fee $16,500

• Hitotsu - stud fee $22,000

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Market wants Proven Sireline

Brazen Beau, sire of outstanding first season sire Tassort $38,500.

Market wants Type

Amazing head, strong as an ox, great conformation and so much presence.

Brazen Beau x Phosphorescence (Lonhro)

Vinery is Oh so excited

BY DANNY POWER

Nothing adds a spring in the step of workers at a stud farm than the arrival of a new stallion, even for a farm such as Vinery Stud, which has more than 100 years of standing champion stallions.

Vinery’s long-time bloodstock manager, Adam White, said he felt the adrenalin rush when Hawaii Five Oh stepped off the float for his first feel of the famous soil of the iconic farm at Scone in NSW’s Hunter Valley, to prepare for his first season at stud.

“It’s very exciting to have a new horse of his calibre, and we are very excited by the response we are getting from breeders,” White said. “Hawaii Five Oh is very much in the image of his sire, I Am Invincible, standing 16.2 1/2 hands with short cannons, great bone, a real stallion’s head, and an exceptional mover. Indications are that he’ll get a book of nice mares—around 170 (at a fee of $16,500)—which is an outstanding start to his career.”

In a short, explosive 13 startcareer Hawaii Five Oh won twice at Group 3 level—Hawkesbury Guineas (1500m) and Fred Best Stakes (1350m)—before finishing third behind Think About It and Rothfire in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m, Eagle Farm) in 2023.

“He showed he was a genuine high-class performer, matching it with the best, such as Think About It, I Wish I Win and Bella Nipotina,” said White “Last year, his close second behind Think About It (Bella Nipotina third) earned him a start in The Everest in which he was very competitive, running sixth (beaten only 2.3 lengths) behind I Wish I Win.

White added that Hawaii Five Oh has the pedigree to match his looks and race performance. “I

don’t know of a stallion in the country who can boast his first five dams winning at Stakes level, starting with his dam, Aloha, who was a Group 1 winner.”

Aloha (by Encosta De Lago from the Danehill [USA] mare Tennessee Midnight) won the 2011 Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) at Rosehill for trainer Mick Price. At stud, she has also produced Libertini, a sister to Hawaii Five Oh, who was an outstanding racehorse, winning the Group 2 Silver Shadow (1200m) at two, the Group 2 Furious Stakes (1200m) at three and the Group 2 Premiere Stakes (1200m) at four, along with three Group 1 placings and two starts in The Everest.

Hawaii Five Oh’s female line traces back to his ninth dam, the 1945 Melbourne Cup winner Rainbird (by Helios), and back even further to the exceptional 1894 Sydney Cup winner Lady Trenton, the dam of four champions including the 1903 Melbourne Cup winner Lord Cardigan, and granddam of the 1908 Cup winner Lord Nolan.

That stoutness has been offset by the modern infusion of incredible speed, through the stallions Star Kingdom, Biscay, Vain, Danehill and Encosta De Lago on the dam side matched to champion sire I Am Invincible, who boasts a pedigree of a Danzig (USA) (sire of Danehill) sire line over a Star Kingdom-line mare, Cannarelle (by Canny Lad).

White said the Vinery team will be focused on the 202425 racetrack results of their young Group 1-winning sires Exceedance (by Exceed And Excel) and Ole Kirk (by Written Tycoon). “We couldn’t have

He showed he was a genuine high-class performer, matching it with the best, such as Think About It, I Wish I Win and Bella Nipotina

ADAM WHITE

been happier with the first crop of Exceedance with two Group winners—Dublin Down and Flyer—with the expectation that, like him, they will be better when they are three,” he said.

“There’s a good feeling about Exceedance with breeders, who remains at good value at $33,000. Ole Kirk’s yearlings sold exceptionally well and are all in the right stables. Like him, we expect them to be good as two-year-olds, but really hit their straps like he did at three when he won the Caulfield Guineas (1600m) and Golden Rose (1400m).”

Ole Kirk’s fee is $55,000.

IMAGE OF HIS SIRE: Hawaii

Five Oh, a son of champion sire I Am Invincible, is an exciting addition to Vinery Stud’s stallion roster.

Yulong’s magical buy

As expected, Imperatriz smashed all broodmare sale records when she made $6.6 million at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale at the Gold Coast in May.

As all the buzz was ringside, in a unique situation helped by the modern trend of online selling, the great mare was at home in her paddock in New Zealand when the gavel thumped.

In keeping with the theme, the winning bid was made online, when Yulong Investments associate, Zhijun Zhao, a close friend of Yulong’s owner Yuesheng Zhang, press successful bid button to buy Imperatriz (b m 2018, I Am Invincible-Berimbau, by Shamardal [USA]), who was offer by Te Akau Racing on be It was the first time a mare who has won as many as 10 Group 1 races had gone under the hammer in

Australia, and it was the most paid for a broodmare in the southern hemisphere at auction. It also was the most paid for a thoroughbred sold by the Magic Millions.

Mr Zhao was active for Yulong at the sale. He spent $2.5 million on 2024 Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes winner Chain Of Lightning (gr m 2018, Fighting Sun-Magic Art) and $1 million on the Group 2 winner Life Lessons (b m 2018, Tavistock [NZ]-Brockman’s Lass), both sold by Stuart Ramsey’s Ramsey.

Pastoral.

The second highest price paid was $3.5 million for Platinum Jubilee (ch f 2020, Zoustar-Miss Debutante)—offered by Newgate Farm—a Group 3-winning half-sister to this year’s Group 1 Golden Slipper winner Lady Of Camelot.

Although Coolmore Stud was outbid for Imperatriz, Platinum Jubilee was next on its list. “She was one we were pretty keen to get a hold of,” said Coolmore’s Tom Moore.

“Obviously the mother has

done more than most will ever hope to do; she’s the dam of a Golden Slipper winner (and) all first three foals are Group winners. This particular filly won her Gimcrack on debut and she’s the type of filly that we want to home in on to send to stallions like Wootton Bassett (by Iffraaj [GB]).”

Although, Coolmore bought Platinum Jubilee with a particular mating in mind, Yulong’s general manager was reluctant to discuss mating plans for Imperatriz, stating a decision will be made closer to the start of the breeding season, which begins on September 1.

“There are very few horses win 10 Group 1s, she’s in the top half-dozen and certainly top ten mares of all time,” Cox said. Imperatriz pedigree opens many options for Yulong in selecting a stallion. Being a daughter of I Am Invincible, Yulong perennial star Written Tycoon, although in his twilight years at 22, and young guns Alabama Express (by Redoute’s Choice) and Pierata (by Pierro) are perfect fits.

Magic Millions 2024 National Broodmare Sale results (2023 in brackets):

Lots: 641, sold 457 (725, 501)

Top price: $6.6m ($4.1m)

Average: $205,658 ($215,255)

Median: $95,000 ($100,000)

Gross: $97,687,500 ($107,843,000)

RECORD-BREAKER:

Victoria cashes in on lucrative Inglis Xtra Maiden Bonus Series

The first races for the inaugural $5 million Inglis Xtra Bonus Maiden Series have been finalised and Victorians will have the chance to cash in almost immediately.

The Xtra Bonus Maiden Series will see 50 Maidens incentivised with a $100,000 bonus to the winner.

Connections of a designated Maiden winner will receive the $100,000 bonus if the horse is an Inglis graduate from 2023 and beyond and paid up for the Inglis Race Series.

Victorians’ first chance to capitalise on the significant cash that is on offer is at Sale on Thursday, August 22, in the 1100m 3YO Maiden.

Of the 50 Maidens that carry the Inglis Xtra Bonus, almost half will be held in Victoria—at country, provincial, and metropolitan levels.

Further details of designated Xtra Bonus Maidens will be released in due course after Racing Victoria and controlling bodies in other states firm up their race scheduling for the 2024-25 season.

Inglis Bloodstock CEO Sebastian Hutch looks forward to seeing the bonuses won by as many connections as possible.

“Through the Inglis Race Series, we wanted to create an opportunity for more people to win more prizemoney more often, and the Xtra Bonus Series allows for exactly that,” Hutch said.

“Races like the Inglis Millennium and the Inglis Sprint take owners to Royal Randwick and Flemington— two of the best racetracks in the

world—and the Inglis Bracelet and Inglis Banner will now both be held at Flemington during Melbourne Cup Week, and the $1m Inglis Pink Bonus is recognised as the world’s most lucrative female ownership incentive scheme.

“Importantly, Xtra Bonus allows us to do even more for owners of Inglis graduates.

“The hardest race for a horse to win is its Maiden, and for that reason we want to allow every buyer and owner of an Inglis graduate the opportunity to share in the extraordinary prizemoney now on offer at the entry level of racing.

“On average, there will be one Maiden a week carrying Inglis Xtra Bonus, over varying distances from 900m to 2000m, giving many of our clients more opportunities to

earn significant money.

“For example, if you look at the Inglis Xtra Bonus Maiden at Sale, and if the race’s winner meets the Inglis Xtra Bonus Maiden Series criteria, the winning prizemoney will be boosted to $116,800.

“That’s more than the winning purse for most races worldwide, so this represents an incredible opportunity for owners with Inglis Race Series-eligible horses.

Through the Inglis Race Series, we wanted to create an opportunity for more people to win more prizemoney more often

SEBASTIAN HUTCH

“To put it into further context, only two per cent of races run in Australia this season saw the winners take home $100,000 or more, so this scheme is an enormous carrot for owners of eligible horses. We expect the designated Maidens to be targeted and bonuses to be won regularly through the 2024-25 season and beyond.”

BONUS BUY: Inglis sale graduates will be eligible for the $5 million Inglis Xtra Bonus Maiden Series.

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INTRODUCING ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S BEST AND MOST VERSATILE GR1 PERFORMERS OF RECENT YEARS

20 starts in Group 1 company and victories included Group 2 VRC Danehill Stakes, Group 3 SAJC Spring Stakes, Group 3 VRC Carbine Club, Group 3 SAJC Chairmans Stakes

Entirely free of DANEHILL/DANZIG and ZABEEL/SIR TRISTRAM blood, ideal outcross

$5,500 inc GST & routine vet fees, conditions apply.

Mo’unga adds to Newhaven’s rich history

BY DANNY POWER

Newhaven Park, one of Australia’s oldest and most successful family-owned thoroughbred studs, has invested heavily in the sons of champion New Zealand sire Savabeel.

Newhaven’s principal, John Kelly, has decided that rather than take on the major conglomerates that now dominate the Australian breeding landscape, he needs to offer a point of difference, especially for the wealth of Australian speed-bred mares needing a suitable outcross. The astute Kelly, the fourth generation of his family to run Newhaven looked to Mo’unga and Cool Aza Beel, sons of Waikato Stud’s eight-time champion New Zealand sire, Savabeel, the best sire-son of the great Zabeel (NZ) (by Sir Tristram [IRE]) as the stallion to do it. The Sir Tristram–Zabeel–Savabeel sireline is unique to this part of the world.

The addition of the exceptionally talented and enduring Mo’unga—Savabeel’s only multiple Group 1-winning stallion—to the Newhaven roster, which has housed champion stallions Wilkes, Marauding, Luskin Star and Zeditave, as well as a rich tapestry of outstanding broodmares that have made the farm one of Australia’s most significant thoroughbred nurseries.

Newhaven built its reputation through its influence on the Golden Slipper. The farm has bred four winners—Prowl, Burst, Vivachi and John’s Hope—and has stood three winners, Luskin Star, Marauding and Tierce.

In an all-New Zealand roster, Mo’unga (b 2017, ex-Chandelier [NZ], by O’Reilly [NZ]) joins the brilliant juvenile Cool Aza Beel (b 2017, ex-Cool ‘N’ Sassy, by Testa Rossa) and the promising Xtravagant (b 2012, Pentire [GB]-Axion [NZ], by Zabeel [NZ]).

Kelly had his eyes on Mo’unga as a stallion prospect nearly three years ago, eventually securing him from Aquis Farm in April 2022, soon after Mo’unga had finished second behind Sierra Sue in the Group 1 Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. Since then, Mo’unga’s highlights racing in the black, red and green Newhaven livery include seconds in the Group 1 features—Underwood Stakes (to Alligator Blood), Mackinnon Stakes (to Zaaki) and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (to Dubai

Honour)—and thirds in three other Group 1 weight-for-ages races.

Mo’unga, named after All Blacks star Richie Mo’unga, already had a significant CV having won the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m, Rosehill) and the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1600m, Randwick) in 2021.

It’s an exciting time for us at Newhaven Park, to be retiring a horse of Mo’unga’s calibre to the stud ... he’s a beautiful specimen ...

JOHN

KELLY

“It’s an exciting time for us at Newhaven Park, to be retiring a horse of Mo’unga’s calibre to the stud. His race record showcases his soundness and durability as a winner on debut at two, a Group 1 winner at three, and placing 12 times at Group 1 level, a testament to his toughness and a trait that he will surely pass onto his progeny,” Kelly said.

“He’s also a beautiful specimen, fetching $NZ325,000 as a yearling, and his physique matches up to his racing

credentials. We’re very keen on New Zealand bloodlines here and we hope his pedigree also offers many options for Australian breeders. It’s very exciting, him being a son of Savabeel out of an O’Reilly mare, he offers a great opportunity for Australian breeders. He’s a beautiful outcross that has worked very well with Australian mares that have gone to New Zealand.”

Mo’unga will stand his first season at $27,500 with the support of a large group of investors.

There is further excitement at Newhaven with the first crop of Cool Aza Beel to run in the 2024-25 season. His yearlings sold up to $280,000, and Kelly is expecting them to be sharp like their sire, who won four of his six starts at two, including the Group 1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) and the $NZ1 million Karaka Millions (1200m), both at Ellerslie.

Cool Aza Beel and Xtravagant stand at fees of $16,500.

BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN : Mo’unga, parading for last year’s Cox Plate, has the pedigree, performance and type to make it as a stallion at famous Newhaven Park

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Life hardly takes a breather for the McKnight family at Oakford Thoroughbreds. No longer does the yearling and sales season finish, than the breeding season switches into full swing for this all-encompassing operation at Maldon, in central Victoria.

The picturesque 324-hectare farm is a well-oil machine that leaves no stone unturned to provide its clients with the best of service in all facets of the thoroughbred industry—racing, breeding, yearling preparation, agistment and rehabilitation.

Oakford Thoroughbred Farm is central to all major Victorian studs and is the perfect place to board your mares for the breeding season. The farm also caters for walking-out mares, foaling down, and the natural progression to selling the foal as a yearling at the Melbourne sales.

This all adds up to a satisfying, worry-free result for broodmare owners.

This family-owned and -operated thoroughbred farm offers the experience and

Wyndspelle finds new home Oakford caters for all

Wyndholm Park Stud has announced that it will stand Group 1-winning stallion Wyndspelle.

Wyndspelle, a son of leading sire Ifrraaj (GB) (by Zafonic [USA])—the sire of outstanding young sires Wootton Bassett (FR) and Turn Me Loose (NZ)—moves to the Miners Rest farm after a season at Cornwall Park, Toolern Vale, after that farm closed its business in April.

Before his season at Cornwall Park, Wyndspelle covered 133 mares in three years at Grangewilliam Stud, Wanganui.

The winner of the 2019 Group 1 Captain Cook Stakes (1600m, Trentham), Wyndspelle was also placed in six New Zealand Group 1 races and finished a cracking third in the Group 1 Cantala Stakes (1600m) at Flemington in 2017.

From his small first crop in New Zealand, he has had only one starter, the promising filly Wyndsong (ex-Surveillance [NZ], by Rip Van Winkle [IRE]), who

reputation afforded from a lifetime involvement in the thoroughbred industry.

The McKnights—with Brian and wife Judy ably assisted by his sons Brendan and Ashley—has beautifully positioned Oakford Thoroughbred Farm in a district renowned for raising stock with strong bone and aided by a constant water supply.

Brian McKnight, 76, has been in the area most of his working life, starting as a 17-year-old at Ed Barty’s Trevenson Park. He worked at Trevenson Park for 33 years before developing Oakford on land next door—the McKnights moved there in 1997.

Oakford Farm also tailors the agistment experience to include stabling, rugging, premiumfarrier care by Ashley—a qualified master farrier registered with Racing Victoria—and on-call veterinary services from Dr Sarah Jalim and partners from the Victorian Equine Group at Bendigo.

Farm manager Brendan carefully monitors every aspect of the feeding program, which includes consulting with a

nutritionist. Feed is weighed and mixed daily with a Keenan Feed Processor, and the horses thrive on this program.

The farm facilities include a swimming pool, walking machine, water-walker and the recent addition of a treadmill.

The McKnights were particularly pleased with the quality of yearlings they sold this year, particularly a magnificent colt by hot sire Alabama Express

from the High Chaparral mare, Witchta Woman, by High Chaparral (IRE). The colt made $100,000 to the bid of NSW trainer Kerry Parker and agent/ syndicator Jamie Walter (Proven Thoroughbreds) at the Magic Millions Adelaide Sale in March.

The strapping youngster, who was bred and raised on Oakford, was regarded by Parker and Walter as the standout colt in the sale.

competed at stakes level in four starts, for trainer Andrew Forsman, who suggest she will be a more than handy filly when she gets over more ground next season.

Wyndspelle is a son of leading sire Ifrraaj (GB) (by Zafonic [USA]), the sire of outstanding young sires Wootton Bassett (FR) and Turn Me Loose (NZ).

Wyndspelle was up and running early, although all the indications were that he would be better with age. That proved correct. He was second behind Heroic Valour in the Group 1 Diamond Stakes (1200m) at two, won the Group 2 Waikato Guineas (1600m) at three, and then trained on to win his Group 1 at six.

The 245-hectare Wyndholm Park, run by noted equine veterinarian Kim McKeller and his wife Liz, is perfectly placed near the Ballarat racecourse at Dowling Forest. They have a large client base which should give Wyndspelle, who is owned by New Zealander Jen Campin,

his opportunity to make it as a stallion.

Wyndspelle will stand alongside Sebring’s brilliant son Ringerdingding and the imported Crackerjack King (IRE), a son of sire of sires, Shamardal (USA). The three stallions will each stand for a fee of $6600.

The near-black Ringerdingding went to stud in 2020. He is very like Sebring’s champion sire More Than Ready (USA), and he possesses a pedigree that will match most broodmares, particularly Danehill-line mares.

His oldest progeny were twoyear-olds in 2023-24.

Crackerjack King continues to produce winners from small crops. The grey stallion was an outstanding racehorse in Europe. He won a Group 2 Italian Derby (2000m) at three and a Group 1 Roma Premio Presidente della Republica (2000m) at four.

From only 68 named foals, he is the sire of 21 winners, headed by the smart and durable Crackerjack King, Crypto Currency, Brung King and Abdicating.

NEW STALLION: Wyndspelle, an outstanding and durable racehorse, is a welcome addition to the stallion roster at Wyndholm Park, Miners Rest.

HIGH-CLASS ALABAMA: One of the star yearlings presented by Oakford Thoroughbreds this year was this magnificent colt by Alabama Express from Witchita Woman, who sold for $100,000 to Proven Thoroughbreds and Kerry Parker at the Adelaide Magic Millions Yearling Sale in March.

BetaVet is making its mark in Australia

BetaVet is a new to Australia’s racing and breeding landscape, but it’s not new to the thoroughbred industry.

BetaVet was established in New Zealand in 2009 and quickly became a leading racing, breeding, and sales preparation supplement thanks to its wide range of herbal products, which will be unmatched in the Australian market.

It’s an exciting and busy time for the company, according to Betavet’s Australian Marketing & Sales Manager, Natalie Waters, who has spent the first months of 2024 on the road and attending the yearling sales on the Gold Coast (Magic Millions) and Sydney (Classic Sale).

“We have a long-standing relationship with several key studs and stables with our New Zealand brand manager, Kylie

Unsworth, working closely with Windsor Park, Berkeley Stud, Riverrock Farm and Prima Park,” she said.

“Although we are a relative newcomer to Australia, we were thrilled to be working with Sean Dingwall from Blue Gum Farm, in Euroa, on their yearling preparation.

“It’s important to work with clients dedicated to continuously producing quality bloodstock at their full potential, and building trust in our product is definitely key to the BetaVet story.”

BetaVet’s quality range of products includes the peak performance PREPARE for racehorses, the ultimate gastric health formula HERBAZOLE as an effective, natural alternative, and the hormone-free REGUMARE as well as products for pulmonary support, joint health and nervous system.

“The BetaVet aim is to achieve that extra one or two per cent on race day need for horses to to perform at their best in in the best of company. The results across all disciplines speak for themselves and the team can work with clients individually on any problematic or persistent issue,” Waters said.

BetaVet uses the highestgrade raw ingredients under rigorous testing, including but not limited to, potency, purity,

authenticity, caffeine, and microbial levels,

BetaVet’s range offers a highly efficacious, low-dose and superior product. With an outstanding reputation already in the performance and a major sponsor of the Standardbred industry, BetaVet is beginning sponsorships of several picnic and country race meeting within Victoria and supports a growing list of gallops stables across the country.

Nourishing naturally

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BETAVET FED: The $1.3 million colt by Snitzel from Vaujany that was offered by BetaVet client Blue Gum Farms at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale in January.

GO NATURAL: Natural Mobility’s Marine Calcium product is ideal as a preventative measure in building bone strength in our future racehorses.

Meet your mare’s needs with Barastoc

Every Barastoc product is backed by investment in a dedicated team of qualified animal nutritionists who are recognized as leaders in their respective fields and have more than 75 years of combined experience in formulating animal feeds.

All our ingredients are sourced by a professional group of buyers who source grain, ingredients and other raw materials from Australian farmers. These ingredients are then subjected to regular testing of grains, materials and ingredients to meet Barastoc’s exacting standards.

It is Barastoc’s Research and Development (R&D) that keeps the company at the forefront of new trends in animal nutrition and science.

Don’t wait until spring to ensure you have a sound and healthy foal— focusing on your mare’s nutrition now with Barastoc’s range of breeding feeds is crucial.

Breeders know that pregnancy is the time to ensure your mare

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Seven Group 1 winners highlight Victoria’s new sires

ANDREW GARVEY’s

preview and extensive profiles of the first-season sires standing in the 2024 season.

If the number of Australian first-season stallions was at a modern-day low in 2023, the business has returned to normal in 2024, with 30 new sires slated to begin their breeding careers.

In a vote of confidence in the Victorian breeding industry, local studs will stand 13 newcomers, with seven of them Group 1 winners.

Darley continues to add quality stallions to its Victorian base, and this year, the international conglomerate will stand two more Group 1 winners from the 2023-24 season— Cylinder and Golden Mile—both

of whom significantly impacted Victorian racetracks.

Cylinder stands at a seasonhigh fee of $44,000 for a firstseason sire in Victoria. He joins his barn mate Brazen Beau as the most recent Group 1 Newmarket Handicap winner to stand in Victoria and, like Brazen Beau, Cylinder won his Newmarket as a three-year-old.

Joining him at a fee of $16,500 is Golden Mile (by Astern), a grandson of Darley’s former star international sire Medaglia D’Oro (by El Prado [IRE]). He will be the first Caulfield Guineas winner to retire to stud in Victoria since Starspangledbanner (by Choisir),

the 2009 Guineas winner.

Sharing a boundary fence on the famed Northwood Road is new industry player Lovatsville, headed by Sam White, in a partnership with the farm’s previous tenant, Leneva Park. Lovatsville will stand Melbourne Cup and Turnbull Stakes winner Gold Trip (FR) (by Outstrip [GB]) at a very affordable fee of $8800 for a horse of his class.

Further up Northwood Road, Swettenham Stud’s Adam Sangster launches Group 2 winner Lofty Strike, a stallion with almost everything going for him except a Group 1 victory.

Lofty Strike went close in his few Group 1 attempts, and he

was also a morning scratching when favourite for the 2022 Blue Diamond Stakes. With a pedigree hard to match, a Group 1 win would have meant the son of champion sire Snitzel (by Redoute’s Choice) from the Golden Slipper winner Overreach, would likely be standing in the Hunter Valley at rather more than the $22,000 he commands at Swettenham.

With only five Group 1 twoyear-old races run in Australia each year, the male winners are in high demand for future stud careers. Widden Stud continues to boost its stallion ranks at its Victorian operation at Romsey, and this year, it secured one of

HEADLINER: Cylinder, pictured beating Imperatriz in the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap at Flemington in March, will stand his first season at Darley Northwood Park, Seymour, at a fee of $44,000 (inc. GST). PHOTO RACING PHOTOS

Darley continues to add quality stallions to its Victorian base at Northwood Park

them in JJ Atkins Stakes winner King Colorado. Imported in utero, King Colorado allows local breeders access to a son of leading UK sire Kingman (by Invincible Spirit [IRE]) at a fee of $16,500.

Yulong continues its liking for sons of champion Japanese stallion Lord Kanaloa (by King Kamehameha [JPN]) and will stand a third son this season in Group 1-winner Panthalassa, at a fee of $16,500. Panthalassa was a winner every year from age two to six and, with $AUD21 million in the bank, is the highest prizemoney earner to retire to stud in Australia.

Woodside Park continues to bolster its stallion ranks with the addition of former globetrotter Benbatl, who shuttles from Big Red Farm in Hokkaido, Japan.

Benbatl, a son of champion UK sire Dubawi (by Dubai Millennium), was a Group 1 winner in three countries in 2018, including the Caulfield Stakes, before he finished second behind Winx in the Cox Plate.

Rounding out the Victorian Group 1-winning newcomers is Larneuk Stud’s Lauda Sion, who will stand at the Euroa farm at a fee of $11,000. The son of Deep Impact’s international star Real Impact won the G1 NHK Mile Cup (1600m) in Tokyo.

A newcomer to the Victorian stud scene is Luke Anderson’s Manuka Thoroughbreds, which will stand durable and classy General Beau (by Brazen Beau)—fee $8800—from its new farm at Kerrie, on the property that was once Spendthrift Farm and before that, the iconic Yallambee Stud. The two highest-rated twoyear-old colts of 2023, Shinzo and Militarize, will start their stud careers in the Hunter Valley. Golden Slipper winner Shinzo is the first son of Snitzel to stand at Coolmore Stud, Jerrys Plains (fee $55,000) and three-time Group 1 winner Militarize (by Dundeel) will kick off his career at Newgate Farm, Aberdeen, at $38,500.

NOTE: All fees quoted are inclusive of GST.

BENBATL (GB)

Bay 2014, Dubawi (IRE)–Nahrain (GB), by Selkirk (USA).

Woodside Park Stud, Tylden. Fee: $22,000.

Type: 15.3hh, well-built and muscular stallion, in the image of his sire Dubawi. “If you like Dubawi, you will love Benbatl,” said Woodside Park’s Mark Dodemaide.

Performance: It would be difficult to find a more durable, well-travelled and successful racehorse than Benbatl. Unraced at two, he won over 1400m on debut at three, stepping up to win the G3 Hampton Court Stakes (2000m) at Royal Ascot. He was Group winner at four, five and six, with his G1 wins coming in 2018, in three countries—Australia’s Caulfield Stakes (2000m), Dubai’s Dubai Turf (1800m) and Germany’s Bayerisches Zuchtrennen (2000m). He was also runner-up to Winx in her fourth Cox Plate victory also in 2018.

Pedigree: His sire was champion Irish two- and three-year-old and has been a breed-shaping stallion, siring 275 SWs, 59 at G1 level. His sire-sons include Night Of

Thunder, Makfi and champion Australian first-season sire Too Darn Hot. His dam, Nahrain, was a G1 winner in the USA and France, and is also the dam of 2024 G1 English 1000 Guineas winner Elmalka.

CYLINDER

Bay 2020, Exceed and Excel–Circular, by Street Cry (USA). Darley Northwood Park, Seymour. Fee: $44,000. Type: “He’s a mid-sized, 15.3hh muscular, precocious type. We would expect him to throw that. He was very sound of mind, and he retired sound,” said Darley’s Andy Makiv. Performance: He was a high-quality two-year-old,

winning the 2023 G2 Silver Slipper Stakes (1200m) and G2 Todman Stakes (1200m) before running second as favourite in the G1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) behind Shinzo. He returned better at three to win the G2 Run To The Rose (1200m) and finished third behind Militarize in the G1 Golden Rose (1400m) in the spring, before crowning his career with a powerful finishing burst to account for star NZ mare Imperatriz in the G1 Newmarket Hcp (1200m) in the autumn.

Pedigree: A home-bred for Darley, he is a son of the recently retired Exceed And Excel, who also won a Newmarket, before going on

VICTORIA

BENBATL: pictured at Caulfield before winning the G1 Might And Power Stakes. Standing at Woodside Park.

CYLINDER: Like his sire, won the G1 Newmarket Handicap at three.

to an outstanding international stud career. His dam, Circular, won five races, including the G3 Schweppervescence Trophy (1600m) and has produced multiple Stakes winner Parisal. Cylinder comes from the same family as champion racehorses, and sires, Lonhro and Grosvenor.

DOULL

Bay 2019, Snitzel–Bulbula, by Shamardal (USA).

Rosemont Stud, Gnarwarre. Fee: $11,000.

Type: “A+ sprinting type, and arguably the best-looking son of champion sire Snitzel,” said Rosemont Stud’s Anthony Mithen.

Performance: He only raced once at two, scoring a soft, high-rating win at Flemington (1100m). His three-year-old year began with a promising fourth in the G2 Danehill Stakes, but his sole victory

came in a minor 3YO event at Sale over 1000m where he was classes above the opposition. A change of stable in his final racing season (Anthony and Sam Freedman to Annabel Neasham), saw him finally justify his $1.2m yearling price tag, when, after racing on the speed, he showed plenty of grit to win the 2023 G2 Caulfield Sprint (1000m).

Pedigree: Doull is a son of Snitzel, a four-time Australian Champion sire, himself a son of Redoute’s Choice, a three-time champion sire. Snitzel, who has sired 19 Group 1 winners. His dam Bulbula, a half-sister to G3 Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes (1200m) winner Khulaasa, won the LR Merson Cooper Stakes (1000m) at two and was a multiple G3 placegetter.

GENERAL BEAU

Bay 2018, Brazen Beau–Phosphorescence, by Lonhro. Maluka Thoroughbreds, Kerrie. Fee: $8800.

Type: “What jumped out to us was his strength. He’s got an amazing backend, a massive forearm and a beautiful, masculine head,” said Maluka’s Luke Anderson.

Performance: There is plenty to like about General Beau’s career despite him not winning a G1. He was precocious enough to win at Flemington over 900m in the first twoyear-old race of the season and was still at the top of his game at five, winning the LR Always Welcome Stakes (1200m). His other wins included the G3 Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) and LR Blue Diamond Preview (1000m) as well as multiple Group placings, including third to September Run in the 2022 G1 William Reid Stakes (1200m).

General Beau’s got an amazing backend, a massive forearm and a beautiful, masculine head

Pedigree: General Beau’s sire Brazen Beau was champion Australian threeyear-old of his year, winning the Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) and Newmarket Handicap (1200m). He was also competitive on the world stage when runnerup behind Undrafted in the G1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes (1200m) at Royal Ascot. He is one of the early flag bearers for his sire I Am Invincible, siring 26 SW, including two at G1 level. General Beau’s dam, Phosphorescence, a daughter

of champion sire Lonhro, only raced once and is the dam of three other winners. Her dam, Nediym’s Glow, was a dual G3 winner.

GENERATION

Bay 2018, Snitzel–Fontiton, by Turffontein.

Lovatsville, Seymour. Fee: $11,000.

Type: “He’s not a big horse (15.3hh) but has immense quality, great strength and sprinting scope. He will add quality to some mares, and tighten up some bigger, rangier types,” said Lovatsville’s Sam White.

Performance: He won his only two starts at two at Morphettville and Caulfield. He won the G3 Red Anchor Stakes (1200m) and the G3 Manfred Stakes (1200m) at three. He competed consistently in Group level after that, with his best efforts second in the G3 Heath Stakes (1100m), third (twice) in the G2 Caulfield Sprint (1000m), and a fourth in the 2022 G1 Moir Stakes (1000m) behind Coolangatta.

Pedigree: He is a son of fourtime champion sire Snitzel, and the sire of 19 Group 1 winners. His sons include Shamus Award, Russian Revolution, and Trapeze Artist. Generation’s dam, Fontiton, was a smart two-year-old winning on debut at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate Day, before returning in the autumn to take out the LR Blue Diamond Preview (1000m) and G3 Prelude (1100m) double.

DOULL: Brilliant Group 2-winning son of Snitzel stands at Rosemont Stud.

GENERATION: Fast son of Snitzel will stand his first season at Lovatsville.

GENERAL BEAU: Pure-sprinting son of Brazen Beau standing at Maluka.

GOLD TRIP (FR)

Bay 2017, Outstrip (GB)–Sarvana (FR), by Dubai Destination (USA).

Lovatsville, Seymour. Fee: $8800.

Type: 16.05hh. “Gold Trip is a beautiful shape of a horse. He has a great girth, shoulder and chest. Good front limbs and a nice colour and head,” Lovatsville’s Sam White.

Performance: Gold Trip showed promise in two starts as a two-year-old in France, and he trained on nicely at three to win the G2 Prix Greffulhe (2200m) before he finished second in the G1 Grand Prix du Paris (2400m) and fourth in the 2020 G1 Prix de ‘Arc de Triomphe (2400m). In three starts at four in France he was placed twice at G1 level. In Australia, after a second in the 2022 Caulfield Cup (2400m) behind Durston, he brilliantly won the G1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) carrying 57.5kg. In 2023, his best win was the G1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) in the spring when he showed his true class.

Pedigree: Gold Trip is a son of the Charlie Appleby-trained Outstrip, a G1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (1600m) and G2 Doncaster Champagne Stakes (1400m) winner, and son of outstanding dual-hemisphere stud success Exceed and Excel. Gold Trip’s dam is a half-sister to French G3 winner and G1 placegetter Sarkiyla.

GOLDEN MILE

Bay 2019, Astern–Calavertite, by Lonhro (AUS).

Darley Northwood Park, Seymour. Fee: $16,500.

Type: 15.3hh. “He is a magnificent specimen—strong and handsome with a lovely head and great mover,” Darley’s Alastair Pulford. Performance: Golden Mile won his only start at two. At three, he won the G3 Ming Dynasty Quality (1400m) before finishing fourth in the G1 Golden Rose (1400m).

Gold Trip has the class you would expect from his pedigree and his racing performance.

Australia’s premier two-yearold race, the G2 Karrakatta Plate (1200m) and is the dam of Gold Fever and Gold Rush, who both won the G2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m).

KA YING MASTER

Bay, 2015, Snitzel–Make Me Dream (IRE), by Sadler’s Wells (USA).

Bombora Downs, Bittern. Fee: $5500.

Type: 16hh son of Snitzel, who has the colouring and type of his dam’s sire Sadler’s Wells. Performance: Ka Ying Master

won seven races in Hong Kong from 1000m to 1200m. Pedigree: Ka Ying Master was a $NZ525,000 yearling at Karaka in 2015. He is the son of four-time Australian champion sire Snitzel, who has sired 19 Group 1 winners. Snitzel has several promising sons at stud including Shamus Award, Russian Revolution and Trapeze Artist. Ka Ying Master’s dam, Make Me Dream, an unraced daughter of legendary sire Sadler’s Wells, has produced seven other individual winners, including G3 Vamos Stakes winner Kiss Me Ketut and LR winners Fast Love and A Chance To Dream.

In Melbourne, he justified favouritism by winning the G1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m). He finished off his campaign winning the G2 $1m Callander-Presnell (1600m) in Sydney. Last season, he won the G2 Theo Marks Quality (1300m) and finished close thirds in both the G1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) and the $10m Golden Eagle (1600m).

Pedigree: Golden Mile is the best runner by his sire Astern, a G1 Golden Rose (1400m) winner, who is a son of international stud success Medaglia D’oro. Astern has sired 13 SW, two at G1 level. Golden Mile’s pedigree is full of two-year-old precocity. His dam was a dual LR winner as a juvenile. She is a daughter of Gold Rocks, winner of Western

GOLD TRIP: Elite Melbourne Cup winner with the speed to make a stallion.

GOLDEN MILE: Classy Caulfield Guineas winner will stand at Darley, Seymour.

KA YING MASTER: Fast son of Snitzel standing at Bombora Downs.

KING COLORADO

Bay 2020, Kingman (GB)–More Aspen (USA), by More Than Ready (USA)

Widden Victoria, Romsey. Fee: $16,500.

Type: 16.1hh. Athletic stallion with power and scope. “He’s a very well put together and conformed. As you’d expect as a son of Kingman he has plenty of quality about him, adn he’s good looking,” said Widden’s Phil Marshall.

Performance: King Colorado did not make it to the track until late April of his juvenile season, but after failing on a heavy track at his debut it was very quickly onwards and upwards. At his second start he broke through in a Kembla Grange 1400m maiden and was immediately thrown in at the deep end by trainers, Ciaron Maher and David Eustice, to win the G1 JJ Atkins Stakes (1600m) at Eagle Farm. At three, luck eluded King Colorado, who was twice placed at Group 3 level and finished fourth in the 2023 G1

Caulfield Guineas (1600m).

Pedigree: King Colorado was imported in utero. His sire Kingman is Europe’s best son of Invincible Spirit, sire of I Am Invincible. Kingman is a four-time G1 winner and a champion sire of 79 SW, 11 of those at G1 level.

LAUDA SION (JPN)

Bay 2017, Real Impact (JPN)–Antiphona (USA), by Songandaprayer (USA).

Larneuk Stud, Euroa. Fee: $11,000.

Type: Beautifully balanced sprinter-miler. Correct with good bone, a deep girth and plenty of scope.

Performance: Lauda Sion won twice as a juvenile in 2019, at 1200m and 1400m. He was at his best at three, when he won the G1 NHK Mile Cup (1600m), LR Crocus Stakes (1400m) and was twice second at Group level. The following season he won the G2 Keio Hai Spring Cup (1400m, Tokyo).

Pedigree: His sire Real Impact, by the great Deep Impact,

was a G1 winner in Japan and Australia—the latter when he won the 2015 Ryder Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill. Real Impact has sired five SWs with Lauda Sion his sole winner at G1 level. Lauda Sion’s USAbred dam, Antiphona, was a fast winner at 1000m. His second dam is a half-sister to G1 Belmont (USA) Futurity Stakes winner, Cuvee.

LOFTY STRIKE

Bay 2019, Snitzel–Overreach, by Exceed And Excel.

Swettenham Stud, Nagambie. Fee: $22,000.

Type: 16.2hh. Imposing stallion with size, strength and athleticism.

Performance: Less than perfect X-rays might have put off some yearling buyers, but they did not preclude a successful racing career for Lofty Strike. He won on debut at Flemington over 1100m before winning the G3 Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m). He would have been one of the favourites for the G1 Blue Diamond Stakes but

was withdrawn on race eve. At three, he won the G2 Rubiton Stakes (1100m) and ran second in both the G1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) and the G1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) as well as finishing fourth against the best three-year-old sprinters in the G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m).

Pedigree: Pedigrees don’t come much better than Lofty Strike’s, His sire Snitzel is a multiple champion sire who is responsible for 19 Group 1 winners. His sire sons include Russian Revolution, Shamus Award and Trapeze Artist. Lofty Strike’s dam Overreach won the 2013 G1 Golden Slipper (1200m) at Rosehill.

OXLEY ROAD

Chestnut 2017, Exceed and Excel–Bonnie Mac (NZ), by Thorn Park.

Blue Gum Farm, Euroa. Fee: $8800.

Type: “Physically, he’s a fabulous type with a great bull’s head on him. Incredible strength all over,” said Blue

LAUDA SION: Brilliant Japanese galloper from the great Deep Impact line. OXLEY ROAD: Fast son of Exceed And Excel standing at Blue Gum Farm.

KING COLORADO: Group 1-winning 2YO new to Widden Victoria. LOFTY STRIKE: Swettenham Stud’s new boy has the pedigree, looks and speed.

Gum’s Sean Dingwall.

Performance: Oxley Road was unraced at two but quickly made an impression at his racetrack debut showing brilliant speed to score and all the way win in a 1000m maiden at Flemington before stepping straight to G3 company, where he again proved to be too speedy for his rivals in the Zeditave Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield. The following season, he achieved G2 success in the Caulfield Sprint (1100m) as well as running second in the G2 Rubiton Stakes (1100m) and third in the G1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m).

Pedigree: His dam Bonnie Mac won five races to 1400m including the LR Proud Miss Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville. She also produced Oxley Road’s full brother Exceedance, winner of the G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) and now a highly promising sire, as well as Mac ‘N’ Cheese a dual LR winner in Adelaide. She is a half-sister to G3 winners Upham and Intimate Moment.

PANTHALASSA (JPN)

Bay 2017, Lord Kanaloa (JPN)–Miss Pemberley (IRE), by Montjeu (IRE).

Yulong, Nagambie. Fee: $16,500.

Type: 15.35hh. Athletic stallion with a very good action.

Physically, Oxley Road’s a fabulous type with a great bull’s head on him. Incredible strength all over

Performance: Over a lengthy career, Panthalassa left no doubt about his ability or durability. He was a winner at two over 2000m in 2019 and won every year through to his six-year-old season. His major wins were the G1 Dubai Turf (1800m) at Meydan and the G1 Saudi Cup (1800m), the world’s richest race, in Saudi Arabia. His total earnings of $21m makes him the highest prizemoney earner to retire to stud in Australia. He was known for his aggressive frontrunning.

Pedigree: He is a son of Japanese horse of the year Lord Kanaloa, who has sired 53 SWs with 10 of those at G1 level, including star mare Almond Eye and Panthalassa’s

NSW

HAWAII FIVE OH

Bay 2019, I Am Invincible–Aloha, by Encosta De Lago. Vinery Stud, Scone. Fee: $16,500.

Type: He’s from the same mould as his sire, possessing size, strength, scope and quality.

Performance: Unraced at two, Hawaii Five Oh quickly hit his straps at three, finishing the season with three wins and four placings from eight starts. He won the 2023 G3 Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m) at Hawkesbury and the G3 Fred Best Classic (1400m) at Eagle Farm, while also finishing third in the G1 Stradbroke Hcp (1400m). He failed to regain his best form the following season but did finish second behind subsequent Everest winner Think About It, with Bella Nipotina third, in the G2 Premiere Stakes (1200m).

fellow Yulong stallions, G1 Blue Diamond Stakes winner Tagaloa and G2 winner Diatonic.

His dam, Miss Pemberley, is a daughter of the former highly successful shuttle stallion Montjeu, who sired 126 SWs in a highly successful career and is the dam sire of 134 SWs.

Pedigree: His sire, I Am Invincible, needs little introduction; having started his career at a service fee of $11,000, he stood the 2023 season at an eye-watering $302,500. Since that modest start, he has sired 108 SW with 15 of those at G1 level, with his sire sons including Brazen Beau and Hellbent. Hawaii Five Oh’s dam, Aloha won the

PANTHALASSA: Elite Japanese galloper who proved himself on the international stage. Stands at Yulong, Nagambie.

HAWAII FIVE OH: Few better looking stallions than Vinery Stud’s newcomer.

G1 Coolmore Classic (1500m), and is the dam of the brilliant Libertini.

KING’S GAMBIT

Bay/Brown 2020, I Am Invincible–Sultry Feeling, by Encosta De Lago.

Newgate Farm, Aberdeen. Fee: $22,000.

Type: 16hh. “Physically he’s as close to a perfect 10 as a horse can get,” said Jim Carey, Newgate Stud Manager.

Performance: King’s Gambit was a dominant five length winner on debut in the LR Debutant Stakes (1000m). In Sydney, he placed second in the G3 Canonbury Stakes (1100m) and third in the G2 Silver Slipper Stakes (1100m) before finishing third behind Shinzo and Cylinder in the G1 Golden Slipper (1200m). In four outings at three, he won the G2 Roman Consul Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill where he defeated G1 winners Ozzmosis and Celestial Legend.

Pedigree: His sire I Am Invincible continues to go from strength to strength

and looks set to make it three Champion Sire titles in a row. I Am Invincible’s star performer, among many is 10-time G1winning sprinter Imperatriz; his overall record is 108 SW, 15 at G1 level, with sire sons including Brazen Beau and Hellbent. King’s Gambit’s dam, Sultry Feeling is a half-sister to triple G3 winner Swift Alliance.

MILITARIZE (NZ)

Bay 2020, Dundeel (NZ)–Amerindia (GB), by Dubawi (IRE).

Newgate Farm, Aberdeen. Fee: $38,500

Type: “Militarize is by my favourite stallion. He’s got everything going for him. He’s a lovely type of horse with a good pedigree,” said shareholder John Messara. Performance: Militarize, a debut winner at Canterbury, finished 13th in the 2023 G1 Golden Slipper, but he relished a stretch out in distance to win the G1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) and Champagne Stakes (1600m)

at his next two starts. In the spring he was brilliant, winning the G1 Golden Rose (1400m). That was his final win, but he was placed three times at G1 level—in the Randwick Guineas, George Ryder Stakes and Doncaster Handicap.

Pedigree: Militarize’s sire, Dundeel, was a champion racehorse and is now one of Australia’s most promising stallions. At stud, he has sired 29 SW, eight at G1 level. Several of his sons are showing promise at stud, including Super Seth and Castelvecchio. Militarize’s dam is by champion sire Dubawi, and she is from a highly successful international family.

MO’UNGA (NZ)

Bay/Brown 2017, Savabeel–Chandelier (NZ), by O’Reilly (NZ).

Newhaven Park Stud, Boorowa. Fee: $27,500.

Type: “He’s also a beautiful specimen, fetching $325,000

as a yearling. His physique matches his racing credentials,” said Newhaven’s John Kelly.

Performance: Many wellbred horses race off to stud once they achieve an initial G1 success, but Mo’unga was not one of them. As a spring three-year-old, he won the LR Dulcify Quality (1500m) at Rosehill. The following autumn he won the G1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) and finished second in the G1 Randwick Guineas (1600m). At four, he continued his great form by winning the G1 Winx Stakes (1400m) at Randwick, followed by three G1 placings. At five he was placing six times at G1 level.

Pedigree: He is a son of Zabeel’s Cox Plate winner and champion sire Savabeel, who has produced 145 SW, 33 at G1 level, including I Wish I Win. Mo’unga’s dam, Chandelier, is a sister to Irlanda, winner of the G2 NZ Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1400m).

MILITARIZE: Three-time Group 1 winner will stand at Newgate Farm. NATIVE TRAIL: Champion English 2YO who will stand at Darley Kelvinside.

MO’UNGA: High-class and durable son of Savabeel. Stands at Newhaven Park.

KING’S GAMBIT: Exceptional 2YO with looks to match. New to Newgate Farm.

NATIVE TRAIL (GB)

Bay 2019, Oasis Dream (GB)–Needleleaf (GB), by Observatory (USA).

Darley Kelvinside, Aberdeen. Fee: $27,500.

Type: 16.1 1/2hh “He never failed to take the eye, and when you watch his big wins, across two demanding seasons, it’s very impressive,” said Darley’s Sam Bullard.

Performance: Native Trail was unbeaten at two, beating the best of his generation in the G1 National Stakes (1400m) at The Curragh and G1 Dewhurst Stakes (1400m) at Newmarket. He trained on at three to win the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas (1600m), the G3 Craven Stakes (1600m), and ran second in the G1 2000 Guineas (1600m).

Pedigree: Native Trail’s sire, Oasis Dream was a champion sprinter in Great Britain and has proven to be just as good at stud, siring 135 SW with 18 of those at G1 level. Native Trail’s unraced dam, Needleleaf, is a sister to G1 winner African Rose.

OZZMOSIS

Bay 2020, Zoustar–No More Tears (NZ), by Darci Brahma (NZ).

Newgate Farm, Aberdeen. Fee: $44,000.

Type: “Imposing colt with a great action. I can say with absolute certainty Ozzmosis is the best and fastest I’ve trained,” said Bjorn Baker.

Performance: After winning twice at two, Ozzmosis was

straight into black-type company the following season, beating Celestial Legend in the LR Heritage Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill. After running third behind King’s Gambit in the G3 Roman Consul Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill, he was dominant winning the 2023 G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m).

Pedigree: Ozzmosis is a fourth generation G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes winner, joining his sire Zoustar, grandsire Northern Meteor and great-grandsire Encosta De Lago. Zoustar has been a great success at stud siring 55 SW with eight of those at G1 level, and Ozzmosis is his only G1winning colt. Ozzmosis’s dam No More Tears was a threetime Stakes winner in New Zealand. She is closely related to Hips Don’t Lie, Lake Geneva, Splintex and Learning to Fly.

SHINZO

Bay 2020, Snitzel–Samaready, by More Than Ready (USA). Coolmore Stud, Jerrys Plains. Fee: $55,000.

Type: 16.1hh son of Snitzel. “He has a great temperament and is the most naturally gifted two-year-old I have ever trained,” said Chris Waller. Performance: His two-yearold career was a slow build, but by season’s end, he was at the top of the mountain. Shinzo, ridden by Ryan Moore, won the G1 Golden Slipper (1200m), beating Cylinder and Kings Gambit. He was

subsequently named champion Australian two-year-old. At three, he finished third in the G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m).

Pedigree: Shinzo’s a good example of breeding the best to the best, hoping for the best and getting the best. His sire Snitzel is a four-times champion sire, who has sired 19 Group 1 winners. His dam Samaready won the 2012 G1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at two and the G1 WFA Moir Stakes (1000m) the following season. She has also produced Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) winner Exhilarates.

SWEET RIDE

Chestnut 2019, Deep Field–How Sweet It Is, by Foxwedge. Widden Stud, Widden Valley. Fee: $11,000.

Type: Precocious compact sprinter with attractive white markings.

Performance: Sweet Ride showed plenty of ability at two, winning over 1100m at Rosehill at his first start and was also successful in the Black Opal Preview (1000m) in Canberra as well as running second in the G3 Pago Pago Stakes (1200m). He had his best season at three, winning the G3 San Domenico Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill.

Pedigree: Sweet Ride’s sire Deep Field, a son of Northern Meteor, was only lightly raced, winning five of his eight starts before being whisked off to what was a successful stud

SWEET RIDE: Fast son of Deep Field will stand at Widden in the Hunter Valley.

OZZMOSIS: A fourth-generation winner of the Coolmore Stud Stakes.

SHINZO: Golden Slipper winner son of Snitzel joins Coolmore Stud’s roster.

career before fertility issues forced his retirement. He has sired 31 SW, with four at G1 level. Sweet Ride’s dam won four races from 1350m to 1600m.

His grand dam, by Zabeel, was a LR placegetter and is a halfsister to four-time G1 winner Metal Bender.

TRIPLE TIME (IRE)

Bay 2019, Frankel (GB)–Reem Three (GB), by Mark Of Esteem (GB).

Darley Kelvinside. Fee: $22,000. Type: 16hh. He possesses a lot of the physical attributes of his sire Frankel, such as strength, athleticism, and colour.

Performance: At two, Triple Time won the LR Ascendant Stakes (1700m) at Haydock Park in record time. At three,

he won the G3 Superior Mile (1600m) at Haydock Park, however, the following year he hit the jackpot when he won the G1 Queen Anne Stakes (1600m) at Royal Ascot, beating champion mare Inspiral. Pedigree: Triple Time’s sire Frankel needs little introduction as an undefeated champion racehorse and now champion sire. Frankel was an instant success at stud and has sired 139 SW with 34 of those at G1 level including Australian G1 winners Hungry Heart, Mirage Dancer and Converge. Triple Time’s dam, Reem Three was placed at LR level and won three times, to 2100m. She is the dam of five other SW including French G1 winner Ajman Princess and is

the granddam of G1 Irish 2000 Guineas

ALPINE EDGE

Brown 2018, Better Than Ready–Freezethemillions, by Freeze.

Clear Mountain Fairview, Greenmount. Fee: $7700.

Type: “Alpine Edge is a beautiful looking horse with a superb temperament,” said Mountain View’s Bob Frappell. Performance: Alpine Edge was the star early season two-yearold of his year in Queensland, winning the LR Phelan Ready Stakes (1000m) on debut before backing up to take out the G3 BJ McLachlan Stakes (1200m). But for a slow start when he was a clear last on settling, he might well have been a Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner, but he had to settle for second behind Sydney’s early season star, Shaquero. He failed to show his best form at three but returned as a four-year-old to win twice, including the $1m Magic Millions Hcp (1300M).

Pedigree: Alpine Edge’s sire, the former smart Queensland sprinter Better Than Ready, is a son of highly successful shuttle stallion More Than Ready. At stud, he has sired 11 SWs with one of those at G1 level.

DON CORLEONE

Bay 2020, Extreme Choice–Snipzu, by Snippetson. Eureka Stud, Cambooya. Fee:

$13,200.

Type: Exceptional sprinting physique. Made $650,000 as a weanling.

Performance: Don Corleone’s sole win came at his debut, impressively over 1000m at Randwick, but his record fails to do justice to his ability. At his third start, he finished an unlucky second behind Little Brose in the G1 Blue Diamond Stakes, (1200m) before finishing fourth in the G1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) and second in the G1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m).

Pedigree: His sire Extreme Choice was a top-class galloper, being a G1 winner at both two and three in a career that only stretched to only eight starts. Despite suboptimal fertility he has proven to be a sire sensation who will stand the coming season at a $275,000 fee. Don Corleone’s dam, Snipzu was a smart juvenile winning four times including two in Brisbane and was second in the LR ATC Gimcrack Stakes (1000m) and third in the G3 BRC BJ McLachlan Stakes (1200m).

EMPIRE OF JAPAN

Bay/brown 2020, Snitzel–Ichihara, by General Nedyim. Hopetoun Park Stud, Southbrook. Fee: $9900. Type: 16hh. Precocious and in the image of his champion sire Snitzel.

Performance: His only victory came in the G3 Breeders’ Plate (1000m) at Randwick; after settling at the rear he quickly

winner Rosallion.

QUEENSLAND

DON CORLEONE: High-class juvenile by the elite sire Extreme Choice.

ALPINE EDGE: Son of Better Than Ready will stand at Clear Mountain Fairview.

TRIPLE TIME: Group 1-winning son of the great Frankel will stand at Darley, NSW.

rounded up his rivals to win comfortably on a heavy track. He also finished fourth in both the G2 Todman Stakes (1200m) and G2 Spirit Of Boom Classic (1200m).

Pedigree: His sire Snitzel, a G1 winning son of Redoute’s Choice has proven even better at stud, being Champion Australian sire on four occasions. His sire sons include Shamus Award, Russian Revolution and Trapeze Artist. Empire Of Japan’s dam Ichihara won three times at two, including the G2 Magic Night Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill.

OFFICIATING (USA)

Bay/Brown 2018, Blame (USA)–Come A Callin (USA), by Dixie Union (USA).

Aquis Farm, Wonglepong. Fee: $12,500.

Type: Handsome, balanced stallion that will suit Australia’s heavier sprinting mares.

Performance: Placed twice at two, Officiating blossomed the following season winning the G3 Mr Prospector Stakes (1400m) and Bear’s Den Stakes (1400m) at Gulfstream Park. He trained on at four and was a dual G3 winner, taking out the G3 Tom Fool Handicap (1200m) at Aquaduct and the Cornhusker Handicap (1800m)

at Prairie Meadows.

Pedigree: Officiating provides an outcross for breeders seeking a stallion free of Danehill’s bloodlines. His sire Blame, from the Roberto line, was champion older male in the USA in 2010, winning three times at G1 level including the Breeders’ Cup Classic (2000m). He is the sire of 48 SW with at G1 level.

RED RESISTANCE

Bay/Brown 2020, Russian Revolution–Heatherly, by Lonhro.

Telemon Thoroughbreds, Innisplain. Fee: $11,000.

Type: Imposing near-black stallion built in the image of his fast dam, and her champion sire.

Performance: He won over 1100m on debut at Rosehill before backing up to beat King’s Gambit and Shinzo in the G3 Canonbury Stakes (1100m). He also finished third in the G2 Todman (1200m).

Pedigree: Red Resistance’s sire Russian Revolution, a son of Snitzel, was a dual G1 winner over 1100m and has had a successful start to his stud career siring 11 SW including G1 Randwick Guineas winner Communist. Red Resistance’s dam Heatherly was very fast, winning six times—five over

1000 metres—including the G2 Rubiton Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield.

TOP RANKED (IRE)

Grey 2016, Dark Angel (IRE)–Countess Ferrama (GB), by Authorized (IRE).

Raheen Stud, Gladfield. Fee: $7700.

Type: 16.1hh. “In my 40 years in racing I’ve never seen a better physical type—he is a machine,” UK jockey Cameron Swan.

Performance: Top Ranked won at his only start at two— over 1600m at Lingfield—and then won every season through to his six-year-old season, where he dead-heated for first in the G1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Randwick in the care of Annabel Neasham, who rated him the equal of Zaaki. Top Ranked was a G3 winner in both England and Australia and finished third in the G1 Lockinge Stakes (1600m) at Newbury.

Pedigree: Top Ranked is a son of G1 Middle Park Stakes winner, Dark Angel, who at stud has produced 102 SW with 16 at G1 level, including star sprinters Battaash, Harry Angel And Lethal Force.

INGRATIATING

Brown 2018, Frosted (USA)–Obsequious, by Lonhro. Oakland Park Stud, North Jindong. Fee: $9000.

Type: “He’s the best Australian-bred two-yearold to retire to WA, which is a pretty big coup. He’s a good-looking animal as well,” said Oakland Stud’s Neville Duncan.

Performance: Ingratiating won twice at Stakes level in Melbourne before finishing second in the G1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) behind Artorius and just ahead of his star stablemate Anamoe. He then travelled to Sydney where he finished third in the G1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m). At three, he won the G3 Vain Stakes (1100m) before finishing third in the G1 Manikato Sakes.

Pedigree: Ingratiating is the best-performed Australianbred son of former Darley shuttler Frosted, a son of champion US sire Tapit, who has produced 28 SW Ingratiating’s dam, Obsequious was a winner at two, and at three won the G2 Light Fingers Stakes (1200m) and the G3 San Domenico Stakes (1000m). NOTE: All fees are inc. GST.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

INGRATIATING: Placed in both the G1 Blue Diamond Stakes and G1 Golden Slipper. He’s an exceptional addition to Western Australia’s stallion ranks.

Peter Murray joins TBV Board

Peter Murray, a passionate and experienced figure in the Victoria racing industry, has been appointed to the board of Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria (TBV).

Murray’s journey in racing and breeding was influenced by his father’s interest in racing. He fondly recalls attending races at Caulfield, especially on Boxing Day—also his father’s birthday—as the ignition of his passion for the sport.

“My experiences with my dad and uncles at the races got me hooked on racing at an early age,” Murray said.

After leaving Melbourne Grammar in 1977, Murray founded Blazer Menswear, which led him to I was able to take a small share in a filly and a deeper involvement in the racing industry.

That “small share in a filly” with trainer Danny O’Brien resulted in Murray enjoying a moment in racing few others can achieve with their first their first horse. That filly, Porto Roco (by Barathea [IR]) went on to win the 2001 Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) at Rosehill. After she retired, the syndicate sold her to international outfit Darley, which resulted in Porto Roco being sent to Ireland, from where she produced the 2012 Dubai World Cup winner Monterosso, and one of her daughters is the dam of Group 1 William Reid Stakes winner Silent

Sedition.

Seven years later, Murray struck Group 1 glory again when he partowned Just Momente (by Giant’s Causeway [USA]), who won the 2008 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville in Adelaide.

Murray—the founder and managing director of Blazer Menswear—loves his racing, but he has developed a deep interest in breeding. He owns a quality band of broodmares that he keeps at the Liston family’s Three Bridged Thoroughbreds, at Eddington, near Maldon in central Victoria. Peter and Pauline Liston, son Toby and the broader Liston family that runs Three Bridges have become more than breeding partners and expert advisors, but also close friends.

Murray’s operations extend beyond Australia, with broodmares in Kentucky, managed by Stone Farm. He also has horses in training in Melbourne with Anthony and Sam Freedman, including the two-time Stakes-placed filly Matisse, a homebred filly by Microphone from the Not A Single Doubt mare, Sanadaat.

Matisse, who was third in a Group 3 Blue Diamond Preview (1000m) and a Group 2 Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m), was beaten only 2.4 lengths in the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) behind Hayasugi at Caulfield. The filly returned to racing at Doomben on June 26 with an easy win and will be aimed spring Group races

Victoria has the best racing and a fantastic climate for breeding. The stallion numbers have significantly increased, and big farms are making substantial investments.

PETER MURRAY

for fillies.

This year, Murray has added another couple of quality broodmares to his broodmare band. Avebury, a three-time winning Savabeel mare Avebury (NZ), who will be bred to I Am Invincible, and Empress of Wonder (by Choisir), who will continue racing, trained by the Freedmans. He also sold two weanlings—a Bivouac filly and an I Am Invincible colt—at this year’s Inglis Great Southern Sale, with the latter fetching $300,000.

Murray and his wife Sylvie are passionate about breeding in Victoria. “Victoria has the best racing and a fantastic climate for breeding. The stallion numbers have significantly increased, and big farms are making substantial investments. The VOBIS program offers great incentives, making it an attractive place for breeders.”

Murray is enthusiastic about joining the TBV board and is eager to contribute to its ongoing success. He praises the collaborative efforts with organisations such as Racing Victoria and the Australian Trainers’ Association, as proof of the shared goal of improving the industry in Victoria.

“We’re striving to be the best,” he says, highlighting the dedication and teamwork within the community. “I’m really excited to join the board of TBV. They’ve got some great people already, and it’s an exciting position. The people we work with, all the other associations, participants, stakeholders and racing clubs, are fantastic. We get on well, and we’re all trying to improve what we can have here in Victoria.”

Murray’s appointment to the TBV board marks a new chapter in his journey in the thoroughbred industry, and he looks forward to supporting breeders and promoting the excellence of Victorian thoroughbreds. “It’s a great opportunity to contribute to the growth and success of TBV and the broader breeding community.”

PURE JOY: New TBV board member Peter Murray (right) and wife Sylvie accepting a winning trophy from the VRC’s Michael Ramsden, which was won by their mare Pure Pride after winning the Paris Lane Handicap at Flemington in 2017. PHOTO RACING PHOTOS

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Victorian stallions of 2024

Alabama Express Redoute's Choice (AUS)

Bellevue Hill

(AUS)

Benbatl (GB) Dubawi (IRE)

Blue Point (IRE) Shamardal (USA)

Boulder City Snitzel (AUS)

Brazen Beau I Am Invincible (AUS) Darley VIC, Seymour

Bruckner

(AUS)

Cape Of Good Hope (IRE) Galileo (IRE) Bombora

Cliff's Edge Canford Cliffs (IRE) Bombora

Crackerjack King

Shamardal (USA) Wyndholm Park Stud, Miners Rest

Cylinder Exceed And Excel (AUS)

Dalasan

(IRE)

Dandino (GB) Dansili (GB)

De Gaulle

Exceed And Excel (AUS) Bombora Downs, Bittern 5983 6802 5500

Delaware (GB) Frankel (GB) Woodside Park, Tylden 5428 5158

Diatonic (JPN)

Doull

Fierce Impact (JPN

Lord Kanaloa (JPN) Yulong

Stallion/Year of Birth Sire Stud

Gold Standard Sebring (AUS) Widden Victoria, Riddell's Creek

Gold Trip (FR)

Outstrip (GB)

Lovatsville, Seymour 0408 123 428 8800

Golden Mile Astern (AUS) Darley VIC, Seymour

Grunt (NZ)

O'reilly (NZ) Yulong Stud, Nagambie 5796 2741

Hanseatic Street Boss (USA) Rosemont Stud, Gnarwarre 5220 6500

I Am Immortal I Am Invincible (AUS) Swettenham Stud, Nagambie

Ilovethiscity Magic Albert (AUS) Noor Elaine Farm, Euroa 0417 547 394 3850

Impending Lonhro (AUS) Larneuk Stud, Euroa 0418 105 706 6600 Jukebox Snitzel (AUS) Platinum Thoroughbreds Victoria, Hilldene 0417 573 661 9900

Ka Ying Master Snitzel (AUS) Bombora Downs, Bittern 5983 6802 5500

Kermadec (NZ) Teofilo (IRE) Darley VIC, Seymour 5735 8100 16,500

King Colorado Kingman (GB) Widden Victoria, Riddell's Creek

Last Typhoon Street Cry (IRE) Caroda Bloodstock, Garfield

Lauda Sion (JPN) Real Impact (JPN) Larneuk Stud, Euroa 0418 105 706 11,000

Lofty Strike Snitzel (AUS) Swettenham Stud, Nagambie

Lucky Vega (IRE) Lope De Vega (IRE) Yulong Stud, Nagambie 5796 2741

Nicconi Bianconi (USA) Widden Victoria, Riddell's Creek

Overshare I Am Invincible (AUS) Widden Victoria, Riddell's Creek

Oxley Road Exceed And Excel (AUS) Blue Gum Farm, Euroa

Panthalassa (JPN) Lord Kanaloa (JPN) Yulong Stud, Nagambie

Paulele Dawn Approach (IRE) Darley VIC, Seymour

Pierata Pierro (AUS) Yulong Stud, Nagambie 5796 2741 66,000

Prince Of Caviar Sebring (AUS) Riverbank Farm, Benalla 0423 768 155 4400

Puissance De Lune (IRE) Shamardal (USA) Swettenham Stud, Nagambie

Redente Redoute's Choice (AUS) Riverbank Farm, Benalla

Rich Enuff Written Tycoon (AUS) Woodside Park, Tylden

Ringerdingding Sebring (AUS) Wyndholm Park Stud, Miners Rest 0418 508 212 6600

Royal Meeting (IRE) Invincible Spirit (IRE) Lovatsville, Seymour 0408 123 428

Rubick Encosta De Lago (AUS) Swettenham Stud, Nagambie 5794 2044

Russian Camelot (IRE) Camelot (GB) Widden Victoria, Riddell's Creek 5428 5168 19,800

Scorpz (NZ) Charm Spirit (IRE) Platinum Thoroughbreds Victoria, Hilldene 0417 573 661 7700

Sejardan Sebring (AUS) Blue Gum Farm, Euroa 0474 347 252 13,750

Shalaa (IRE) Invincible Spirit (IRE) Woodside Park, Tylden 5428 5158 19,800

Shamus Award Snitzel (AUS) Rosemont Stud, Gnarwarre 5220 6500 38,500

Skilled Commands (AUS) Riverbank Farm, Benalla 0423 768 155 3300

Soul Patch Shamus Award (AUS) Bombora Downs, Bittern 5983 6802 6600

Star Witness Starcraft (NZ) Widden Victoria, Riddell's Creek 5428 5168 8800 Strasbourg I Am Invincible (AUS) Rosemont Stud, Gnarwarre 5220 6500 Private Street Boss (USA) Street Cry (IRE) Darley VIC, Seymour 5735 8100 66,000

Tagaloa Lord Kanaloa (JPN) Yulong Stud, Nagambie 5796 2741 22,000

Toronado (IRE) High Chaparral (IRE) Swettenham Stud, Nagambie 5794 2044 88,000

Vancouver Medaglia D'oro (USA) Woodside Park, Tylden 5428 5158 9900

Wandjina Snitzel (AUS) Larneuk Stud, Euroa 0418 105 706 6600

Wayed Zain High Chaparral (IRE) Riverbank Farm, Benalla 0423 768 155 2200

Wolf Cry Street Cry (IRE) Larneuk Stud, Euroa 0418 105 706 3300

Wooded (IRE) Wootton Basset (GB) Swettenham Stud, Nagambie 5794 2044 22,000

Written Tycoon Iglesia (AUS) Yulong Stud, Nagambie 5796 2741 Private Wyndspelle (NZ) Iffraaj (GB) Wyndholm Park Stud, Miners Rest 0418 508 212 6600

Victoria on the map

Victorian sires produced the winners of nine Group 1s this season including The Golden Slipper and Blue Diamond Stakes.

Overpass 1200m G1 Winterbottom S Vancouver

Bois d’Argent 2000m G1 Doomben Cup Toronado

Lady of Camelot 1200m G1 Golden Slipper S Written Tycoon

Zapateo 1100m G1 Galaxy Handicap Brazen Beau

Veight 1500m G1 George Ryder S Grunt

Lady Laguna 1300m G1 Canterbury S Overshare

Southport Tycoon 1600m G1 Australian Guineas Written Tycoon

Hayasugi 1200m G1 Blue Diamond S Royal Meeting

Socks Nation 2200m G1 Queensland Oaks Sioux Nation

Look to Victoria to breed your future champions

On the Northwood Road to sucess

Two stallions, standing at neighbouring farms, represent the best of Victorian racing at both ends of the distance spectrum, writes DANNY POWER

It’s only right that Cylinder, the winner of Victoria’s most important sprint race, should find himself headlining on Darley Northwood Park’s stallion roster at Seymour.

Cylinder was a dynamic winner of the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington in March, when he charged home over the top of champion mare Imperatriz.

Cylinder joined his retired champion sire, Exceed And Excel (by Danehill [USA]), and his barn-mate Brazen Beau (by I Am Invincible) as Newmarket Handicap winners as three-yearolds to stand at stud. Another son of Exceed And Excel, Bivouac—also a winner of the

Newmarket Handicap at three— is standing at Darley’s Kelvinside farm, at Aberdeen in NSW’s Hunter Valley.

In an intriguing twist, a grandson of Exceed And Excel, who is housed next door to Darley on the famed Northwood Road is the 2023 Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) winner, Gold Trip (FR) (by Outstrip [GB]), is standing his first season at the newly formed Lovatsville operation, run by Sam White, who was previously with Coolmore and

Ciaron Maher Racing.

Other wonderful stallions that won a Newmarket include Heroic and his son Ajax, Bernborough, Royal Gem, Manihi and Victoria’s own Century

The Newmarket Handicap’s influence on Australian breeding is profound, going back to the 1890s, when the 1987 winner Lochiel (NZ) launched the stallion careers of the famous Thompson family of the Widden Valley when James Thompson stood the near-black son of Prince Charlie (GB) at his Oakleigh Stud—next door to Widden Stud. The versatile Lochiel, who also won an Australian Cup (3600m), Auckland Cup (2600m) and

New Zealand Cup (3200m) went on to win five Australian Champion Sire titles.

Other wonderful stallions that won a Newmarket include Heroic and his son Ajax, Bernborough, Royal Gem, Manihi and, of course, Victoria’s own Century, who won in 1973 before he became a champion sire based at Mornmoot Stud in Whittlesea.

Between Century and Brazen Beau, four Newmarket winners stood in Victoria—Elounda Bay, Mookta, General Nediym and Wanted.

The Melbourne Cup hasn’t had the same influence on the Australian breed for nearly 100 years. Of the 21 stallions that won the great race in the past 75 years, the Cup winners that have stood in Victoria are: Comic Court, Rain Lover, At Talaq (USA), Tawrrific (NZ), Kingston Rule, Jeune (GB), Americain (USA) and Fiorente (IRE).

Gold Trip is a most interesting stallion, standing at a fee of $8800. His trainer, Ciaron Maher, is adamant the former French galloper is “sharp” enough to be a stallion that can leave winners over shorter distances if mated to speed-line mares, and he’s got the turn of foot to add speed to the dourer staying mares.

White is captivated by Gold Trip, who shares a barn with the first-season sprinter Generation (by Snitzel) and the more established stallions Royal Meeting (by Invincible Spirit [IRE]), sire of this year’s Group 1 Blue Diamond winner Hayasugi, and the multiple Group 1-winning son of Deep Impact, Fierce Impact [JPN), whose first crop are two-yearolds in 2024-25.

Cylinder, whose fee is $44,000, is surrounded by some exceptional stallions, headed by Anamoe’s sire Street Boss (by Street Cry [USA]) and the European stars Blue Point (by Shamardal [USA]) and Ghaiyyath (by Dubawi [IRE]), and another newcomer, the 2023 Group 1 Caulfield Guineas winner Golden Mile (by Astern).

ELITE STAYER : Melbourne Cup hero Gold Trip, pictured at Caulfield, will stand his first season at Lovatsville at Seymour.

SPEED MACHINE : Darley’s Cylinder pictured winning the 2024 G1 Newmarket.

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Lofty ambitions for Swettenham

BY DANNY POWER

Adam Sangster points out that had Lofty Strike won a Group 1 race, instead of being unlucky not to win one, the young stallion wouldn’t be standing his first season at Sangster’s Swettenham Stud in Nagambie, in Victoria.

A Group 1 with for a horse with such rich and precocious bloodlines would have resulted in him being snapped up by one of the big Hunter Valley studs in NSW where he would have commanded a fee in the vicinity of $50,000.

“It’s great for Victoria,” Sangster said on Racing.com

“Lofty Strike will stand at an introductory fee of $22,000. It’s a price that gives everyone a puff on the cigar. He’s already got a lot of support and we are very happy.”

Lofty Strike, a son of champion sire Snitzel from the Golden Slipper-winning mare Overreach, was the most exciting juvenile in 2022 when he won his first two starts in

brilliant style, including the Group 3 Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) at Caulfield which installed the colt as a firm favourite to win the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m).

Unfortunately, for owner Paul Loftis and trainer Julius Sandhu, Lofty Strike was withdrawn by Racing Victoria’s veterinary team on the eve of the race.

Lofty Strike return in the spring to show his class with a luckless fourth behind In Secret in the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington, and he bounced into the autumn with a brilliant burst of closing speed to win the Group 2 Rubiton Stakes (1100m) at Sandown, beating Uncommon James and Chain Of Lightning.

Lofty Strike confirmed himself as a genuine topliner topliner at his next two starts he was just beaten in two Group 1s—second in the Oakleigh Plate (1100m, Sandown behind Uncommon James) and second in the Newmarket Handicap (1200m,

Flemington) behind In Secret, with I Wish I Win in third place.

Sangster said that like most stud owners, Lofty Strike was on his radar as a potential stallion right from the beginning, and he’s very proud to be standing him in Victoria.

“We always wanted to get a top-class son of Snitzel, and they are not easy to get when they have the performance, pedigree and physique of Lofty Strike,” he said.

Sangster was aided by having a good relationship with Loftis, who as a loyal Victorian, wanted his horse to stand at “home”. Loftis paid $280,000 for Lofty Strike as a yearling at the 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale and was rewarded when the galloper won just over $1 million in prizemoney. However, the big reward might come from Lofty Strike’s career in the breeding barn.

For Sangster, Lofty Strike holds an extra special link to Swettenham Stud through his

FLASHING FINISH: Royally bred Lofty Strike was at his peak when he

the 2023 Group 2 Rubiton Stakes (1100m) at Sandown, which was followed by

in the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate and Group 1 Newmarket Handicap.

Swettenham Stud,

third dam, Miss Prospect, a daughter of Golden Slipper winner Rory’s Jester, the foundation stallion at the Nagambie farm when it began operations under the ownership of his father Robert Sangster and Colin Hayes in 1995.

The phones at Swettenham are running hot this spring, thanks to Lofty Strike and his barn mates headed by proven stallions Toronado (by High Chaparral [IRE]) and Rubick (by Encosta De Lago), and the French Group 1-winner Wooded (IRE) (b 2017, by Wootton Bassett [GB]), whose oldest Australian foals will sell as yearlings in 2025.

Top-10 ranked stallion Toronado will cover more than 150 mares at $88,000 and Rubick—fee $27,500—who has two big crops of Swettenhambred foals to still run for him off the back of the booming racetrack success of progeny such as multiple Group 1 winner Jacquinot (now at stud at Widden NSW), The Everest winner Yes Yes Yes (at stud at Coolmore) and the 2024 classy juvenile Erno’s Cube, winner of the Group 2 Reisling Stakes.

won

seconds

He’s standing at

Nagambie. PHOTO RACING PHOTOS (PAT SCALA)

The King of Widden

Widden Victoria continues to build on its profile in Victoria with nine stallions standing at its Riddell’s Creek farm in 2024

In the past three years, Widden has added four high-profile young stallions representing Australia’s most influential sire lines. In 2021, Group 2 winner Doubtland (by Not A Single Doubt) retired to Widden and covered 142 mares. He was followed by Group 2 Schillaci Stakes winner Dirty Work (by Written Tycoon), who transferred from nearby Spendthrift Farm to Widden for his second season in 2022, and last year, Snitzel’s highly credentialled son Bruckner started his stud career with a solid book of 98 mares.

Those young stallions create an air of expectation at Widden, especially with Doubtland’s and Dirty Work’s first crop running as two-year-olds in 2024-24.

However, the addition of King Colorado to the roster this year is a step up again, as he retires as the only Group 1-winning two-year-old by his internationally successful sire, Kingman, who stands at Juddmonte Farm in England.

King Colorado (ex-More Aspen [USA], by More Than Ready [USA)] won the 2023 Group 1 JJ Atkins Stakes (1600m, Eagle Farm) at only his third start. King Colorado joins Zardozi (G1 VRC Oaks), Melbourne Cup runner-up Emissary (GB) (G3 Geelong Cup) and Sinawann (IRE) (G3 Kevin Heffernan Stakes) as Australian Stakes winners by Kingman.

Kingman’s sire, Invincible Spirit (IRE), by Green Desert

(USA), stood in Victoria for four years at Chatswood Stud, Seymour, from where he sired Australia’s current champion sire, I Am Invincible. Back home in Ireland, he emerged as one of the most successful speed stallions of the past 20 years.

A study of King Colorado’s female family requires some time because it’s a bit like reading War and Peace. The pages just keep going thanks to his significant fourth dam, the great broodmare Fall

Aspen (Pretense [USA]), one of the most influential mares in the world of thoroughbred breeding.

Not only is she the dam of successful stallions Timber Country, Bianconi and Hamas, and also, she is the granddam of one of the greatest racehorses of the modern era, the unbeaten Dubai Millennium, whose early death meant he left only a handful of foals, but one of those is the horse currently regarded as the best stallion in the world, Dubawi.

Widden’s Philip Marshall is excited by what King Colorado offers Victorian breeders, at a fee of $16,500.

“He’s very good-looking, well put together and terrifically conformed. As you’d expect of a son of Kingman, he has plenty of quality, standing at 16.1hh,” he said.

“One of the reasons he appealed to us so strongly, other than his race performances, is that he’s completely free of Danehill, which will suit a large percentage of Australian broodmares, given we are so saturated in Danehill blood right now. He’s the perfect outcross at a time when many young sires are already inbred to Danehill.

“He’s really going to suit those typical, fast, short-coupled mares, and he looks the type to upgrade mares with his impressive looks.”

Marcus Oldham success story

Brisbane-born Kate Austin admits that after leaving school, she struggled to find her place in the working world. A decade on, an invigorated and settled 28-yearold Austin is firmly entrenched in Melbourne, working for Ciaron Maher Racing in bloodstock and client management.

She got there thanks to Marcus Oldham College’s renowned Equine Business course.

Marcus Oldham’s Equine Business Management course equips ambitious and determined students with the business foundations, horse husbandry and science knowledge they need to excel in the equine industry. Internationally recognised by the major sectors of the industry, the course offers an intensive year of accelerated learning in the practice and theory of equine business management.

Austin said she thrived in the Marcus Oldham environment at Waurn Ponds in Geelong. “The intensity of the studies at Marcus Oldham appealed to me. Every day there was something happening, something different to learn and to do, along with the work-experience placements that were organised through the college’s network of contacts,” she said.

It was a work-experience placement, organised through one of her Marcus Oldham lecturers, Katrina Wood, with international racing

and breeding outfit Godolphin at its Hunter Valley breeding farm, Kelvinside, that sparked Austin’s interest in not only thoroughbred racing and breeding but also the fact that a working life in racing combined her two passions—horses and business.

“Opened my eyes to the racing industry. After that, Marcus Oldham organised me to do a season at Coolmore Stud working hands-on during the foaling season, which is something I really wanted to do, and

LOVING WORKING LIFE: Marcus Oldham College graduate Kate Austin has found the ideal job working with Ciaron Maher Racing.

Every day there was something happening, something different to learn and to do

KATE AUSTIN

it was a great experience, living and working on the farm (at Jerrys Plains in NSW’s Hunter Valley),” she said. Importantly, during that initial time at Godolphin, Austin met Will Bourne—also a Marcus Oldham Alumni—who was selling stallion nominations. Bourne, son of prominent Seymour trainer David Bourne, went on to fill the prime position of Head of Bloodstock with Ciaron Maher Racing, and it was his recommendation that Austin join the team after she had completed an Associate Degree of Agribusiness, which extended to a Bachelor of Agribusiness that she graduated from in 2021.

For Austin, the highlights of her time at Marcus Oldham—apart from the hands-on horse tuition—are embodied by the relationships she has formed, either within the course or through the contacts she has made in the wider community. These include the equine accountancy firm Carrazzo Consultancy, where she worked as an intern in 2020.

“I started working as a bloodstock assistant to in December 2020, which required attending sales, inspecting yearlings, and the important task of taking note of which owners had taken shares in the different yearlings. In the past six months, my role has been more defined in the bloodstock area and in client relations, looking after our key owners.”

LOOKS AND TALENT: King Colorado, a Group 1 winner at only his third start, kicks off his stud career at Widden Victoria.

Larneuk’s back with a positive new look

Twelve months ago, Neville Murdoch planned to abandon the breeding industry for a quieter life surrounded by good wine and good friends.

After 21 years of standing stallions and the “24/7” task of raising foals and looking after broodmares, Murdoch put his picturesque property, Larneuk Stud, in the Gooram Valley near Euroa, on the market, bought new “retirement” farm at Nagambie, and set about finding homes for his two stallions, Wandjina (by Snitzel) and Wolf Cry (by Street Cry [IRE]).

The trouble is, Murdoch didn’t sell his property, the two stallions never left the barn, and have since been joined by two new stallions, the former Darley resident Impending (by Lonhro) and the exciting first-season stallion, Japanese Group winner Lauda Sion (JPN), a sprinting son of Real Impact, a son of the great Deep Impact (JPN).

The other good news is that wine sipping remains on the cards for Murdoch in celebration following the recent success of progeny by Wandjina and Impending.

Wandjina may not be on

everyone’s stallion list, but he could be the one if you are looking for a stallion for the Hong Kong market. The 2015 Group 1 Australian Guineas winner is having a great run with his offspring in Hong Kong, particularly the rising star Galaxy Patch, who has just been named Hong Kong’s 4YO of the Year..

Galaxy Patch, a $50,000 yearling, was sold to Hong Kong after winning on debut— when named Gulinga Spirit—at

Morphettville for trainer Will Clarken in January 2023. Galaxy Patch won six times in Hong Kong and finished second in the Group 1 Hong Kong Derby (2000m at Sha Tin) in March this year, followed by consecutive Group 3 wins at Sha Tin (1600m & 1800m) in June.

Locally this year, Wandjina’s daughter Infancy (b f 2020, ex-Childhood, by Lonhro) won the Listed Fireball (1100m) at Randwick in March before finishing second behind Facile

in the Group 3 PJ Bell Stakes (1200m) at the same track. She looks an improving mare that will have an impact in the spring.

Impending, after a slow start to his stud career at nearby Darley Northwood Park, has been gradually building his profile not only by the increasing numbers of winners he is leaving, but also, he is boosted by the recent Stakes winner in Cool Memory (b g 2020, ex- Fo’ Shizzle, by Universal Ruler), winner of the Listed Aquanita Stakes (2000m) at Belmont in Perth on July 6.

New boy Lauda Sion— standing at $11,000—was a winner and also Group 3-placed at two over 1200m, before training on to win the 2020 Group 1 NHK Mile (1600m, Fuchu) in Tokyo, Japan, at three and the Group 2 Spring Cup (1400m, Fuchu) at four.

Murdoch is excited by the stallion’s prospects. “He’s a very good-looking horse, and breeders now seem to be interested in the Japanese stallions,” he said.

Impending and Wandjina will stand for a fee of $6600. Wolf Cry’s fee is $3300.

Bucklee bats above its average

There aren’t too many boutique breeding outfits that pack a punch like Leeanne Smith’s Bucklee Farm.

Started from humble beginnings on a small farm at Greta West, near Wangaratta, Smith and her husband Peter Buckley, bought in 1995 on the advice of a local legend, studmaster Les McCarthy, who simply said, “Good patch of dirt.”

For Smith and Buckley, there were no visions of starting a boutique broodmare farm, in fact, they bought the 30-hectare property to be able to give Smith’s favourite thoroughbred, Glascar Prince, a home. She was rewarding Glascar Prince (by Memento) for his win in the 1992 Bon Hoysted Cup at Pakenham, which gave her an emotional thrill after working as a strapper for Hoysted for 15 years, starting as a 14-year-old, at Epsom training centre.

Glascar Prince has long gone, but Smith has built a broodmare, foal and yearling preparation business that bats above its average. Having learned the yearling

preparation game under another local legend, Thelma Harris, Smith did up her own yearlings for sale, before sending them to be sold through the draft of Barbara Ivill’s nearby Little Plains Stud, rather than ‘getting lost’ at the sales as a small vendor.

The arrangement worked well until Smith under the urgings of Ivill took the plunge

and decided to sell under the Bucklee Farm banner.

She has been a regular seller at the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale since 2010, presenting yearlings that are popular with trainers looking for a well-raised, beautifully prepared colt or filly are a value price.

At this year’s Melbourne Premier at Oaklands Junction

in March, Smith took a draft of 15 yearlings and sold all but one.

The good judges were on them too. Noted bloodstock agents John Foote, Mark Pilkington, Merrick Staunton, Louis Le Metayer, Mitchell Williams Bloodstock and Luke Wilkinson went home with a Bucklee yearling.

Pilkington, working with trainer Andrew Noblet, paid $160,000 for a quality Alabama Express filly from the Shamardal (USA) mare Gullible, a half-sister to former classy sprinter Rain Affair. Louis le Metayer paid $170,00 for a Toronado filly and a a racy Blue Point colt sold to NSW agents Mitchell Williams for $50,000. Foote snapped up a Kermadec colt for only $20,000, Wilkinson paid $40,000 for a filly by Street Boss (USA) and Staunton bought a Magnus colt for his Hong Kong clients for only $35,000.

Trainers Patrick Payne, John Moloney, Greg Eurell and the Robbie Griffiths/Mike de Kock partnership bought yearlings from the Bucklee draft.

HONG KONG STAR: Galaxy Patch, a son of Larneuk Farm’s underrated stallion Wandjina, pictured winning at Sha Tin in Hong Kong. PHOTO HKJC

BUCKLEE’S CREW: Bucklee Farm’s Leeanne Smith, second from the right, and the rest of her yearling-sale team at Oaklands Junction after a successful sale.

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Polvin PVC—a superior choice for equine fencing

Victoria’s Polvin Fencing is a world leader in the manufacturing and supply of PVC fencing, which is a product that is not only safe for horses, it also kind on the environment.

If you are leaning on a fence on a racetrack in Australia, there’s every chance that Victoria’s Polvin PVC Fencing supplied fence.

Polvin Fencing Systems—with more than 30 years of experience in PVC—is widely recognised as “the PVC experts”.

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TCS LEADERS IN THOROUGHBRED BRANDING

If you have a thoroughbred born in Victoria, it will most likely have a freeze brand done by TCS Freezebranding.

TCS Freezebranding, based in the centre of Victoria’s breeding district in the north-east at Nagambie, offers an extensive design service in developing unique brass brands for their clients throughout Australia.

The business is run by Ross and Sharyn Hedwards, a husbandand-wife team with years of experience working across all areas of the horse industry.

Ross Hedwards, who was born in Swan Hill and has a reputation as an outstanding horse breaker, has been in the horse business for more than 40 years, working for some of Victoria’s leading farms including Chatswood Stud and Basinghall Farm, where his skill in handling foals was valued.

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The Hedwards have an extensive client base and have retained the TCS name in honor of former owner Tony CarterSmith, who, apart from handing over the “cold iron”, also gave the Hedwards his valuable personally designed freeze-branding hardware.

Freeze-branding, using liquid nitrogen, is a safe, virtually painless, and economical process. The brand is legible, permanent, and can be read from afar.

TCS Freezebranding has a full set of alphabetical and numerical freeze brands to brand your horse.

If you require a standard numerical or alphabetical brand on the near side, for example, SLP and a 1 o, and a 1 over 10 on the offside, you can complete this using an existing set of freeze brands.

A range of shapes such as square, circle, diamond and bar are also available. The brands are 25mm in size and will create a neat and clearly legible brand.

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EXCLUSIVELY EQUINE IS A RETAIL STORE FOR HORSE LOVERS

Exclusively Equine is a business born from a love of equine homewares. Five years later, this busy small business has a huge range of products, from the smallest lapel pin to full-size bronze statues, all custom-made.

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Cut your own chaff and save

Jas Smith Machinery & Engineering is almost as old as the Australian racing industry having been operating since 1865, four years after Archer won the first Melbourne Cup.

Jas Smith, founded by Scotsman James Smith, has maintained a tradition of servicing the equine and agricultural industries by manufacturing chaff cutters, roller mills, mixers, hoppers, augers, screw conveyors, bucket elevators and grain processing equipment.

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the larger JAS2340 model with a feed conveyor and double bagging cyclone, can process large volumes of chaff quickly with the automatic feed conveyor. It has the capacity of approximately 25-30 bags per hour. Our roller mills range from the 30kg/hr capacity through to the robust 5 tonne/hr machines.

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Irongate is a proud Australiaowned company, and we not only make everything utilising stringent quality assurance, but also continue to set the highest standards in engineering, reliability, services and safety. We manufacture our walkers using only Australia-made steel.

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