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NEW SIRES FOR 2020 Extensive profiles of the first-season stallions
FAREWELL DANZERO The horse who put Danehill on the map
BLUE GUM SETS THE STANDARD After 40 years, still on top
STRASBOURG G.A
Stunning son of I Am Invincible for Rosemont
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Future winner of the Golden Rose? The next Hanseatic?
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Octagonal – Shadea (Straight Strike) Dubawi – Dar Re Mi (Singspiel)
Exceed And Excel – Sung (Anabaa) Medaglia d’Oro – Essaouira (Exceed And Excel)
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I Am Invincible – Sansadee (Snaadee) Shamardal – Scarlett Rose (Royal Applause) Street Cry – Blushing Ogygian (Ogygian) Tapit – Fast Cookie (Deputy Minister) Lonhro – Mnemosyne (Encosta de Lago)
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Dark Angel – Beatrix Potter (Cadeaux Genereux) Northern Meteor – Listen Here (Elusive Quality) Teofilo – Hy Fuji (Fuji Kiseki) Invincible Spirit – Taranto (Machiavellian)
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First-season sires of 2020
ANDREW GARVEY profiles Australia’s new stallions for the 2020 breeding season. Pictured is Spendthrift Australia’s Vino Rosso, the first son of champion US sire Curlin to stand in Australia.
16 Rich reward for Tycoon move Written Tycoon’s move to Arrowfield Stud makes sense and opens up prospects for his best sons.
18 Brazen Beau’s stocks head North Exciting high-priced colt North Pacific has given Darley’s young sire a boost.
20 Moons align for Swettenham BRENDAN CORMICK reports on the air of excitement and expectation at Adam Sangster’s Nagambie farm.
22 Spendthrift sends the ‘Boys” down Spendthrift Australia has added two champion US gallopers to its roster.
24 Rangal’s brave new world ANDREW GARVEY reports on Rangal Park Stud’s two new stallions.
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Cover story
Strasbourg, the exciting Group 2-winning son of I Am Invincible, will stand at Rosemont Stud, Gnarwarre, in Victoria. The cover of Inside Breeding is a promotion for Rosemont Stud.
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Great racehorse becomes a great sire
DANNY POWER looks at So You Think’s burgeoning stud career.
26 Blue Gum Farm sets the standard A change of focus has seen Victoria’s iconic farm remain at the top of its game, writes ANDREW GARVEY
28 VOBIS boost for Cumani’s career English-born trainer Matt Cumani is a convert to Victoria’s Super VOBIS bonus scheme.
44 The tale of two stallions MICK SHARKIE AND DANNY POWER farewell the wonderful Danzero and Sun Stud’s young sire Fighting Sun.
48 A taste of Caviar Black Caviar’s son joins the stallion roster at Victoria’s Riverbank Farm.
50 Golf and the Golden Slipper DANNY POWER delves into the interesting pedigree of the 2020 Golden Slipper winner, Farnan, and finds a strong Victorian connection.
55 Around the studs An Inside Breeding feature supporting advertisers in this edition. COVER PHOTO: the magnificent Frosted, who will stand his third season at Darley Northwood Park. For future advertising inquiries contact Cathryn Meredith: cm@slatterymedia.com or phone 1300 783 112
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STRASBOURG AT ROSEMONT
THE ART OF THE STALLION DEAL DANNY POWER reports on how Rosemont Stud targeted exciting young stallion Strasbourg, a Group 2-winning 2YO and a son of champion sire I Am Invincible.
STRASBOURG:
The crack twoyear-old son at I Am Invincible has settled into life at Rosemont Stud.
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he never-ending search for the next stallion is an exacting and measured task at the best of times, especially if you are not bankrolled by a major international conglomerate. Rosemont Stud’s Anthony Mithen admits he has had prospective stallions on his radar for many reasons, sometimes merely on the strength of an impressive trial as a two-year-old. “You must do it to stay in and sometimes ahead of the game, and be ready to move at the right time,” he said. Strasbourg is a typical example. “We were watching him right from the time he stepped onto the track, and
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to think we are able to get such a quality animal, by a great stallion, from a hot sireline and himself a high-rating Group 2-winning two-yearold, is reward for our diligence and a big tick for our farm,” he said. Strasbourg (b h 2016, I Am Invincible-Danish Spy, by Dane Shadow) arrived at Rosemont Stud, Gnarwarre, near Geelong, in June and the young stallion has added an air of excitement at the burgeoning farm that also stands proven stallions Starspangedbanner (by Choisir), Shamus Award (by Snitzel) and Nostradamus (by Medaglia D’Oro (USA)). Ryan McEvoy, who joined Rosemont as general manager of bloodstock in March after 15 years at Widden Stud, said
STRASBOURG AT ROSEMONT
Strasbourg “sold” himself when they saw him in the flesh, but it was a discussion with the colt’s co-trainer Peter Snowden and regular jockey Tommy Berry that sealed the deal. “It was important to get their endorsement, but what surprised us was that was over and above our expectations. They were super-excited about Strasbourg’s ability, so that became another tick in the box. “When we got the opportunity to go and have a look at him, the deal was sealed, he’s magnificent. He’s what you’d expect of a $750,000 Easter yearling.” And it’s not only Snowden’s faith in the horse that has caused so much enthusiasm at Rosemont. The colt’s owner, the China Horse Club, followed up with a float full of 12 outstanding mares that will be resident at Rosemont and will go to Strasbourg. “Apart from the China Horse Club, some of the leading breeders in the Hunter Valley have taken breeding rights to the horse, including Harry and Arthur Mitchell from Yarraman Park (who stand I Am Invincible). They sold him as a yearling and know his quality and the ability he had. “We are going to send him a significant number of mares as well. He’ll get a solid book. We always had it in our mind to introduce a fast two-year-old son of one of the leading stallions in the country. We are breeding-right holders in I Am Invincible, so we were always keen, if the opportunity arose, to get one of his better two-year-old sons. McEvoy said whenever Strasbourg has paraded at Rosemont, everyone has been impressed by his movement—“like a panther”—his low head-carriage and his temperament, which was something that the Snowdens emphasised. Strasbourg was precocious. Snowden and son Paul trained him from Randwick and had him trialling as a spring two-year-old in 2018 before he was to make his debut in the Max Lees Classic (900m) at Newcastle in early December, when he swooped home to win by 2.5 lengths. Strasbourg followed that with an outstanding second—charging home from 10th on the turn— to finish second to top colt Accession in the $500,000 Inglis Nursery (1000m) at Randwick 13 days later. The Snowdens set him for the 2019 Group 1 Golden Slipper (1200m), but he didn’t make the field after finishing a first-up fifth behind Yes Yes Yes in the key lead-up, the Group 2 Todman Stakes (1200m, Rosehill), so it was decided to target the Brisbane carnival. After finishing a late-closing second behind Dubious in the Group 2 Champagne Classic (1200m) at Doomben, Strasbourg won the significant Group 2 Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm—which remains equal to the highest class of Group win by a son of I Am Invincible at two, along with Brazen Beau (ex-Sansadee by Snaadee (USA)) and Santos (exGhaliah by Secret Savings (USA)). Strasbourg didn’t come up as expected in the spring, and the Snowdens admit that the colt should have spent the spring in the paddock after such a long and strenuous season as a twoyear-old. Strasbourg’s 2020 stud fee is $11,000 (inc. GST).
THE $750,000 COLT:
Strasbourg, pictured as a yearling, had a walk “like a panther.”
Shamus shimmies to the top BY DANNY POWER
When we got the opportunity to go and have a look at him, the deal was sealed, he’s magnificent. RYAN MCEVOY, ROSEMONT STUD
THE BREEDING RIGHTS DEAL “Strasbourg is going really well with bookings and we also have 40 breeding rights available, which are being taken up regularly, but there is still room,” Ryan McEvoy said. “The deal is: $20,000 is the total outlay for a lifetime breeding, that requires a $10,000 first instalment due in August 2020, with the final $10,000 payable in August 2021. “Two nominations are available to right holders in each of the first three years at stud, and one each year thereafter, plus a bonus nomination that can be used any year after his first season.”
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hamus Award has been a revelation for Rosemont Stud since he relocated from Widden Stud in the Hunter Valley in the middle of 2019. Since the dual Group 1-winning son of champion stallion Snitzel stepped into his box at Rosemont, he has produced a steady stream of Stakes winners. It’s safe to say that Shamus Award now sits firmly at the top of the pile as the best sire-son of Snitzel, who has just won his fourth Australian Champion Stallion title, equalling his grandsire Danehill (USA) and going one better than his own sire, Redoute’s Choice. Since it was announced that he was coming to Victoria, Shamus Award has produced the Group 1 winner Mr Quickie (South Australian Derby), two Group 2 winners, Soul Patch and Etana, and the Group 3 winner True Detective, as well as Swats That, who easily won the $150,000 VOBIS Gold Rush for two-year-olds at Ballarat in March. The next 12 months might be stellar for Shamus Award, who stands this season at a fee of $19,800. This year on Anzac Day at Flemington, Shamus Award sired the quinella in the Listed Anzac Day Stakes (2YOs, 1400m), when his son, the exciting Flying Award (ex-Flying Dansino, by Fusaichi Pegasus (USA)), unleashed a brilliant burst to beat Ironedge (ex-Australia Day, by Sebring). Trainer Danny O’Brien has set Flying Award towards the Caulfield Guineas (1600m) on October 10. “He’s probably better than Shamus Award was at the same age,” O’Brien said. “He’s a horse that we really think is going to be around the mark in the spring, particularly when we get to a mile (1600m) and a mile-and-a-quarter (2000m). He’s got all the right attributes to be a really top-class three-year-old. “We certainly think we’ll be aiming him at the Caulfield Guineas and, naturally, a three-year-old that runs well in the Caulfield Guineas, as Shamus Award did, there’s always that option to go to the Cox Plate.” That’s high praise because the O’Brien-trained Shamus Award finished third in the 2013 Group 1 Caulfield Guineas before leading throughout to win the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley. In the following autumn, he stamped his class by winning the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington. Starspangledbanner (fee $22,000), by Choisir, who turned 14 in August, continues to have a wonderful year in Europe and with some sizeable crops still to run for him, he is expected to burst back into the local limelight. “He’s enjoyed a phenomenal year and I urge breeders to have a close look at his career statistics. As he stands, he’s the number one Victorian for Stakes-winners-to-runners—6.3 per cent,” Mithen said. JUST LIKE DAD: Shamus Award’s brilliant son Flying Award (Damien Oliver)
storms home to win the Listed Anzac Day Stakes (1400m) at Flemington in April.
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WRITTEN TYCOON TO ARROWFIELD
RICH REWARD FOR TYCOON MOVE
Victoria’s champion sire Written Tycoon is on loan to Arrowfield Stud and the move north makes sense, reports DANNY POWER
W
hen John Messara and his team at Arrowfield Stud rubbed the crystal ball to find a replacement stallion for the retired Not A Single Doubt, the imposing chestnut frame of Written Tycoon came into mind. Not A Single Doubt covered his last mare in 2019, at a fee of $110,000, before Arrowfield had to retire him in February due to a developing neurological condition. He was 18 and at the peak of his commercial appeal after starting his career at a lowly fee of $13,750 in 2005 as a non-Group 1 winner. Not A Single Doubt stood at that fee for six years before his stocks began to steadily rise—he is the sire of 68 Stakes winners, headed by brilliant Group 1
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in the past 10 Blue Diamond Stakes winners years, he had Extreme Choice and Miracles Of progeny still Life, the multiple to emerge Group 1-winner from some of Scales Of Justice the best mares in the and Group country. 1-winning Said Messara: mares “Woodside will Kenedna, Single continue to support Gaze and Secret Written Tycoon and Agenda. Arrowfield has Phone calls were already committed to made to Woodside backing him strongly Park Stud, a deal with quality mares from was struck with our broodmare band.” managing-owner Written Tycoon also Mark Rowsthorn and provided Arrowfield Written Tycoon’s Stud with a healthy shareholders, and Woodside Victoria’s leading sire will continue to outcross option for was soon on his way support Written not only the wealth of Danehill-line from Tylden to Scone. Tycoon and mares on their farm, This is a one-year Arrowfield but also for their alliance between the has already large client base, two farms, especially committed to many of whom after Japan’s Shadai backing him have mares by the Farm decided not Arrowfield stalwarts, strongly with to shuttle Maurice, Real Steel and Mikki quality mares champion sire Redoute’s Choice (by Isle to Arrowfield from our Danehill (USA)) and in 2020 because broodmare his outstanding sons, of travel issues due band Snitzel (heading for to the COVID-19 JOHN MESSARA his fourth champion pandemic. stallion title) and Not The move A Single Doubt. north made sense in many Some of the 35 mares that respects. Not only had Arrowfield have committed Written Tycoon—like Not to Written Tycoon include the A Single Doubt, a selfoutstanding multiple Group made stallion who began 1-winner Shoals (by Fastnet his stud career from Rock) and her dam The Broken humble beginnings— Shore (by Hussonet (USA)), built a formidable who is a half-sister to Redoute’s commercial profile Choice. Written Tycoon represents a branch of the Northern Dancer sire line unique to Australia and New Zealand—along with New Zealand’s O’Reilly, he has been able to sustain and prosper the Northern Dancer line through Try My Best’s very good son Last Tycoon (IRE) and through his fastest son, Iglesia, the sire of Written Tycoon. Last Tycoon was an exceptional shuttle stallion who
died at Arrowfield in 2006. He sired such stars as Mahogany, Tracy’s Element, Tycoon Lil, O’Reilly, Just Awesome, Knowledge and Lady Jakeo. Nowhere else in the world does the Try My Best line play any commercial significance. Written Tycoon, importantly, is not only a tremendous sire of top-class horses, but he has become a much sought-after sire of sires with sons at stud such as Golden Slipper winner Capitalist (Newgate Farm), the record-breaker Winning Rupert (Newgate Farm), Blue Diamond Stakes-winner Written By (Widden Stud) and the very talented Rich Enuff (Woodside Park). This also makes him an appealing sire for breeders heading into the investment side of yearling sale market with an eye for the next hot stallion. Arrowfield has set Written Tycoon’s fee at $77,000, a drop from the $110,000 in 2019 when he covered 136 mares, and many, as in his previous three seasons, from the leading breeders in the Hunter Valley. With Written Tycoon now on their doorstep, and with the support of some of Arrowfield’s best mares, the stallion will cover his best book of quality since he retired to stud in 2007 and stood for only $8250 at Eliza Park, Kerrie, near Romsey. Before his first runners hit the tracks, his fee was only $6600, with some breeders who had supported him previously offered a position for their mare at half that fee. Written Tycoon has sired 34 Stakes winners (nine Group 1)—30 of whom have come since 2014 after he’d been at stud for seven years and the hot run is unlikely to stop now. Note: fees quoted include GST WRITTEN TYCOON: The champion stallion moves from Victoria’s Woodside Park to stand for a season at Arrowfield Stud in the Hunter Valley.
WOODSIDE PARK/WIDDEN STUD
Rich focus for Woodside Park
DANNY POWER looks at Woodside Park’s young stallion roster in the absence of its champion sire Written Tycoon. With Woodside Park’s headliner Written Tycoon settled at Arrowfield Stud in Scone on a one-year arrangement, the focus is now on its roster of young stallions, especially Written Tycoon’s son Rich Enuff. Rich Enuff shares a barn with the two-time Group 1 winner Tosen Stardom (JPN) (by Deep Impact (JPN)) and the impressive shuttler, Cable Bay (IRE), a son of hot stallion and sire of sires Invincible Spirit (IRE). The “old man” of the fourstallion roster is Foxwedge (by Fastnet Rock), now 12 and the sire of three Group 1-winners in three countries. Of the young trio, only Rich Enuff has stock to the races in Australia—Tosen Stardom’s oldest are yearlings and Cable Bay’s first Australian youngsters will race this season, although he is setting a high standard with his first European runners (now three)
producing 27 first-crop winners (eight at Stakes level) last year. Rich Enuff’s first juveniles (from a debut season in Queensland in 2016) have been impressive—at the time of writing (mid-July) he sits seventh (prizemoney and winners) on the first-season sires’ list with six winners, including the filly Plutocrat, who won the Listed Tatt’s Qld Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm on July 4. Rich Enuff is the first son of Written Tycoon (by Iglesia) to leave a Stakes winner and there’s a confidence that there are more to come because it’s likely that, like their sire, the Rich Enuffs will be better at three. Like Written Tycoon, Rich Enuff didn’t win a Group 1, but he went close when he led to the shadows of the post before Shooting To Win overhauled him in the 2014 Caulfield Guineas (1600m). Before that Rich Enuff had won the Group 2 Danehill Stakes
(1200m, Flemington) in a time of 1min 8.13secs, the fastest a threeyear-old has ever run down the famous Flemington straight. Cable Bay has yearlings in some of the leading stables and the expectations are high, especially after his brilliant three-year-old daughter, Liberty Beach finished third in the Group 1 King’s Stand Stakes (1000m) at Royal Ascot. Woodside Park CEO James Price is excited for what lies ahead for Cable Bay (the winner of the Group 2 Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Newmarket as a 4YO). “To demonstrate the level of support he has had in his first few seasons in Australia, more than 25 per cent of the mares he covered were Stakes winners or Stakes-performed, including a sister to All Too Hard and halfsister to Black Caviar.”
Tosen Stardom had a glorious spring of 2017, winning the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) and the Group 1 Mackinnon (2000m). According to Price his first crop weanlings have all the athleticism of their sire and famous grandsire, Deep Impact. “Type is everything and Tosen Stardom is producing exceptional offspring, so the future is bright for him and I look forward to those breeders who have supported him getting their just rewards.” Woodside Park has reduced its fees for all its stallions this season. Foxwedge has been set at $11,000 ($16,500 in 2019); Tosen Stardom $12,100 ($19,240); Cable Bay $9900 ($13,250) and Rich Enuff $8800 ($12,100). Note: fees quoted include GST HIS FATHER’S SON: The powerful Rich
Enuff at Woodside Park Stud.
WIDDEN’S FAITH WRITTEN IN STONE Widden Stud keeps the faith in its mantra of investing in the local product for its stallions, writes DANNY POWER Widden Stud’s decision to snare Written By last year was an obvious progression of its long-held support of fast and precocious Australian-bred stallions. It’s no coincidence that the 11 stallions on the Widden roster in 2020 all are Australian bred, and most of them brilliant juveniles or crack sprinters. The new sire this year is the Group 2 winner, Zousain, the highest-rated son of Widden’s headline stallion, Zoustar (by Northern Meteor). For Widden, the only shuttle is the bus to Muswellbrook. Historic Widden Stud set the mould for its current image in the late 1950s when Star Kingdom’s first and best son, Todman—the winner of the first Golden Slipper in 1957—stood there. Since then, the famous farm has targeted and developed the stud careers of the best Australian colts, such as
Bletchingly (by Biscay), Vain (by Wilkes (FR)), Marscay (by Biscay), Stratum (by Redoute’s Choice) and Sebring (by More Than Ready (USA))—the latter four Golden Slipper winners—and the three stars of its current roster, Zoustar, Nicconi (by Bianconi (USA)) and Star Witness (by Starcraft (NZ)). Written By was an obvious choice for Widden, not only because he was the 2018 Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes winner and the top-ranked two-year-old colt of his year, but also because he is by Written Tycoon (by Iglesia, a son of Last Tycoon (IRE)), marking a new sire-line for the historic Hunter Valley farm. However, Written Tycoon has some significant Widden DNA in his pedigree—his sire’s dam, Yodells, is a daughter of Marscay and his dam, Party Miss, is from a daughter of Vain. In those two Widden names
is a significant reason why Written Tycoon is leaving fast, precocious horses with stallion prospects. Written By, bred and raced by the legendary Neville Begg and trained by his son Grahame, is a neat, muscular horse who was simply too quick for his opposition in the Blue Diamond Stakes and again in Sydney in the Group 2 Pago Pago Stakes (1200m, Rosehill). He was the first colt home in the Golden Slipper, finishing fourth, 1.6 lengths behind the winner, Snitzel’s daughter Estijaab. Last spring, Widden also stood its first son of Snitzel (by Redoute’s Choice), the outstanding four-time Group 1-winner Trapeze Artist, a big,
powerful dark bay who smashed Black Caviar’s Group 1 T.J. Smith Stakes (1200m) race record in 2018, running 1:08.29. Trapeze Artist covered 180 mares at $88,000 and Written By got a healthy book of 148 mares at $24,750. Their fees have reduced this season to $77,000 and $22,000 respectively. Zousain will cover his first book at a fee of $19,800. Written By and Trapeze Artist have let down magnificently and the team at Widden is eager to see their first foals, due as the ink dries on this issue of Inside Breeding. Note: all stud fees are inclusive of GST. WRITTEN BY: Another astute investment
in an Australian-bred stallion by the famous Widden Stud.
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DARLEY/YULONG
Brazen Beau stocks heading North Brazen Beau’s son North Pacific is living up to his high price and good looks, reports DANNY POWER
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arley couldn’t have asked for a better finish to the 2019-20 racing season for its stallion Brazen Beau when North Pacific thrashed his opposition at Rosehill on July 11. The colt has shown considerable promise when third behind subsequent Golden Slipper winner Farnan in the Group 2 Silver Slipper (1100m) at Rosehill in February, but his trainers, John, Wayne and Michael Hawkes decided against pressing on for the Slipper, and spelled him. The Group 1 Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill in September is now on the agenda for North Pacific. The fact that North Pacific looks to be a Group-class colt is important for Brazen Beau, because the colt was the toppriced yearling at the 2019 Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale when Hong Kong-based Orbis Bloodstock paid $800,000 for him.
North Pacific is from the O’Reilly mare Up In Lights, whose third dam, Nuwirah (by Pleasant Colony (USA)), is the dam of Group 1-winner and handy sire Keeper (by Danehill (USA)). North Pacific was an imposing yearling from the draft of Scone outfit, Bhima Thoroughbreds. Brazen Beau retired as the best son of I Am Invincible (by Invincible Spirit (IRE)) after wins in the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200) and Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m), both down the famous Flemington straight. He has had a bright start to his stud career with eight Stakes winners, including two other spring contenders for the three-year-old races, Larimer Street (ex-Original Choice, by Redoute’s Choice) and Ideas Man
(ex-Innovation Girl, by Rubiton). Brazen Beau’s first good son, Tassort, who was also placed in Silver Slipper, will stand his first season at stud at Newgate Farm this spring for a fee of $11,000. Brazen Beau (fee $49,500) is joined at Northwood Park this year by the exceptional European champion sprinter Blue Point, whose initial fee will be $44,000. Blue Point, who is by the current super sire in Europe,
CRACK COLT: North Pacific was an
imposing yearling and is now a headliner for his sire Brazen Beau.
STALLION IN-WAITING FOR YULONG
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ictorian breeders can watch the next 12 months of Tagaloa’s racing career with tremendous interest, in the knowledge that the outstanding colt is likely to be on the Yulong stallion roster in Nagambie in 2021. Tagaloa emerged a star when won the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield in February and he lost no admirers when he finished fourth behind Farnan in the Group 1 Golden Slipper (1200m) at Rosehill. Yulong, owned by Chinese billionaire Yuesheng Zhang, bought into the colt after his Blue Diamond win. Trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young have always said that Tagaloa performed so well as a juvenile on sheer ability, because
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the Australian-bred son of Japanese parents was built more like a horse that will be better as a three-year-old. Busuttin has big ambitions for the colt this spring. “I know it’s a cliché that horses always come back bigger and stronger as three-year-olds, but that is the case with Tagaloa,” he said. “He was a leggy, scopey horse at two and you’d expect him to fill out. After his time in the paddock and since he’s been back in work at Cranbourne, he’s furnished into a real bull.” Busuttin said Tagaloa will be set for the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield in October, but it’s the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley on October 24 that he really wants to win. “He looks like the 1600 metres
Shamardal (by Giant’s Causeway (USA))—sire of star colts Pinatubo and Earthlight—won four times at Group 1 level, including twice winning the ‘Aussie’ race at Royal Ascot, the King’s Stand Stakes (1000m). The King’s Stand is a target race for Australia’s best sprinters having been won by Choisir, Miss Andretti, Takeover Target and Scenic Blast. Blue Point won the King’s Stand in 2018 and 2019, in the latter beating Battaash, who crushed his rivals to win the race this year. In 2019 Blue Point proved his toughness by returning to Royal Ascot five days later to win the Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes (1200m)— only Choisir, in 2003, had previously completed the double. Brazen Beau finished second to Undrafted in the same race in 2015.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS:
Tagaloa, pictured after winning the G1 Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield, has some major assignments ahead of him.
would be ideal for him, although it doesn’t always work out that way. We are training him for the Guineas and he might go to Sydney for the (Group 1) Golden Rose (1400m, Rosehill) along the way,” he said. Tagaloa will offer breeders access to a fast son of the rising-star stallion Lord Kanaloa (by King Kamehameha (JPN). Lord Kanaloa was a champion sprinter in Japan and Hong kong, with six Group 1 victories between 1200m and 1600m, although he is producing high-class winners over all distances. Yulong has made a huge investment in bloodstock and farms, especially in Victoria, where it has three farms, including its showplace, the former Limerick Lane, at Nagambie. This year the farm will stand new sire the 2020 Group 1 Orr Stakes winner, Alabama Express (by Redoute’s Choice), who joins two-time Group 1-winner Grunt (by O’Reilly (NZ)), who covered a massive book of 178 mares last spring at a fee of $13,750 (inc. GST) Grunt is the first stallion to stand under the Yulong banner. —DANNY POWER
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MOONS ALIGN FOR
SWETTENHAM There is an air of excitement and expectation at Swettenham Stud for the 2020 breeding season, and for good reason, writes BRENDAN CORMICK
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dam Sangster’s Swettenham Stud at Nagambie has received a massive boost following the decision of owner Gerry Ryan to reject substantial offers for its rising star stallion Puissance De Lune. The excitement around Swettenham Stud’s shuttle stallion has launched the iconic farm— founded by Sangster’s father Robert and training legend Colin Hayes— into a stratosphere it hasn’t reached since the heady days when Rory’s Jester stood there 30 years ago. A lot was expected of Toronado, a fast, multiple Group 1-winning son of High Chapparal (IRE), when he arrived at Swetteham, but the grey Puissance De Lune (by Shamardal (USA)) has been the bonus that owners of stud farms and breeders dream about. In 2018, he covered only 40 mares at a fee of $8800 but the word got out and last year he had 154 mares at the same fee. This year his book is nearly full at $19,800. Said Sangster: “Gerry Ryan has fended off two substantial bids (for Puissance De Lune)—one from a NSW farm and one from a global enterprise—but he believes in Victoria and he believes in Victorian breeding so he has kept him here.” Puissance De Lune finished the 2019-20 season on a high when his exciting, unbeaten daughter Chantrea (ch f 2016, ex- Mosse, by Danzig Connection (USA))—six from six—won two Stakes races in a week in Perth in July—the Listed Belmont Oaks (2000m) and the Listed Belmont Classic (2200m). Chantrea’s win came another Puissance De Lune daughter, Moonlight Maid, finished a fighting second behind Toffee Tongue in the Group 1 Australian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville in May. Last spring, Moonlight Maid (ch f 2016, ex Manhattan Maid, by Choisir) won the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) at Flemington.
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Toronado has become one of the hottest stallions in the country and he’s been fully booked for months after a flood of interest in him came from breeders in the Hunter Valley in NSW. In England, his headline son, Tactical (out of a Makfi mare), who was bred and is owned by the Queen, easily won the Group 2 July Stakes (1200m) at Newmarket on July 9, his second Stakes win, and the colt looks set to give the stallion a break-through Group 1 winner. “The great nicks with Toronado in the UK have been with mares mainly from the Invincible Spiritline and out here mares by I Am Invincible will hit the sweet spot,” Sangster said. Locally, big things are expected of Masked Crusader, a cracking son by Toronado out of She’s Got Gears (by Invincible Spirit (IRE)), who has won three of his four starts and shapes as contender in the $8 million Golden Eagle (1200m) at Rosehill later this spring. Hong Kong buyers have been strong supporters of Toronado— the unbeaten Master Montaro, 2019 The Showdown winner Prince of Sussex now racing as Lucky Express, and Powertrain (now racing as All For South) are among several Toronado colts and geldings now racing in Hong Kong.. “He’s been making nine or
HIGHLAND REEL:
Swettenham’s seventime Group 1 winner has yearlings in 2020.
STAYING PUT: Puissance
De Lune will continue to stand at Swettenham Stud after his owner Gerry Ryan rejected substantial offers for the emerging stallion.
ten-times his service fee (this year $27,500) consistently and people like that upgrades his mares and he stamps his stock. They all have similar (white) markings to their sire, which means he is pre-potent,” Sangster said. “Basically, his progeny walk very well, they have extra action and they are intelligent horses. Also, they’re displaying versatility and the capacity to train on.” The new sire for the farm this year is I Am Invincible’s very fast son, I Am Immortal, who won the 2019 Group 3 Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) and Listed Blue Diamond Preview (1000m) at Caulfield. His fee is $12,500. Joining Toronado on the shuttle express at Swettenham is Highland Reel (by Galileo (IRE)), the outstanding winner of seven Group 1 races in seven different countries. His first foals are yearlings and his 2020 fee is $16,500. Dubawi’s promising son Akeed Mofeed (fee $16,500) and Trust In A Gust (fee $6600), by Keep The Faith, round out an impressive roster at the Nagambie farm. Note: fees are inclusive of GST.
SPENDTHRIFT
SPENDTHRIFT SENDS THE ‘BOYS’ DOWN
Iconic US breeding outfit, Spendthrift, ups the ante with its vast investment in the Victorian breeding industry, writes DANNY POWER
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ou only need to drive through the gates of Spendthrift Australia to see the massive investment that the powerful American organisation has made to set up its Australian base in Victoria. Spendthrift, one of the icons of Kentucky, has transformed the former Yallambee Stud, made famous by the Woodard family, since Spendthrift’s owner B. Wayne Hughes bought the farm, in the Kerrie Valley, in the shade of Mount Macedon, near Romsey, in 2015. Not that Yallambee was rundown, but after 50 years as a thoroughbred breeding farm, standing stallions such as Magnus, Testa Rossa and Voodoo Rhythm (USA), the 240-hectare property needed a makeover. Said Spendthrift’s general manager Garry Cuddy: “Over the last five years we have spent a lot of time developing the fencing, and they’re still going today, so it shows we’re making sure that everything’s in the right place to ensure we do have that world-class facility. “In the time we’ve been here we’ve been able to put in a new workshop, updated our stallion barn, and we’re currently updating our office and a loading and unloading area for when the mares come to walk on to be served.” However, that investment hasn’t stopped only at infrastructure. A commercial stud farm is only as good as the bloodstock that walks through the gates, especially its resident stallions, and the Spendthrift International brand prides itself of the quality of its stallions. This year, Spendthrift has really upped the ante on their Australian roster by adding two of the best racehorses to come from America to stand in Victoria—Omaha Beach and Vino Rosso. Omaha Beach is a handsome, imposing son of star US stallion 22 INSIDE BREEDING
War Front, the last great son of Danzig at stud in the world. Vino Rosso offers Australian breeders their first access to his champion sire and two-time US Horse Of The Year, Curlin (by Smart Strike (CAN)). Both horses were multiple Group 1 winners in the USA. Omaha Beach (dk b 2016, ex Charming, by Seeking The Gold (USA)) was probably the most exciting three-year-old racing in the USA last year—he was favourite to win the Kentucky Derby after winning the Group 1 Arkansas Derby (1800m) at Oaklawn Park and the Group 2 Rebel Stakes (1700m), also at Oaklawn. Omaha Beach was a shock race-eve scratching from the Kentucky Derby after trainer Richard Mandella detected an issue with his breathing. An entrapped epiglottis was corrected with an operation and he returned to training within three weeks to win twice more at Group 1 level, this time as a champion sprinter— winning the Santa Anita Sprint Championship (1200m) and the Malibu Stakes (1400m), also at Santa Anita. His sire War Front is a selfmade man. He was a Group 2 winner, who first stood at the famed Claiborne Stud at a fee of only $US12,500—he now stands at $US250,000 and continues to produce champion racehorses despite covering a limited book of mares. Coolmore Stud quickly recognised his significance and invested in his yearling colts, resulting in the Group 1-winners and now stallions US Navy Flag, War Command, Air Force Blue and Declaration Of War—the latter sired a rare double last year when his sons Vow And Declare and Warning won the Melbourne Cup and Victoria Derby respectively. RARE TALENT: The handsome Omaha Beach is the first American 3YO in 30 years to win at Group 1 level from 1200 metres to 1800 metres.
War Front’s progeny, like most of the best sons of Danzig, including the great Danehill, are versatile, with the ability to leave fast, precocious horses as well as quality middle-distance stayers. Omaha Beach is one of those versatile sons as demonstrated by his ability to win from 1200m to 1800m at the highest level. Vino Rosso is a year older than Omaha Beach. He was an undefeated juvenile who trained on to win the Group 2 Wood Memorial (1800m) at three before peaking at four with Group 1 wins in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (2000m) and the Hollywood Gold Cup (2000m)—he also was first past the post in the Group 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup (2000m) at Belmont Park but was relegated to second behind Code Of Honour after a protest. He earned his award as the champion older dirt male in 2019, but what will appeal to Australian breeders is the fact his dam, Mythical Bride, is by Street Cry (IRE), who has had such a wonderful influence in Australia as the sire of Winx, Shocking and Whobegotyou. Cuddy can’t wait to show Victorian breeders the two stallions, who will join resident Australian-bred stallions Overshare (by I Am
Invinicible), Gold Standard (by Sebring) and Swear (by Redoute’s Choice). “Omaha Beach and Vino Rosso, these two horses are the highestpriced first-season sires in North America this year,” Cuddy told racing.com “Omaha Beach, I believe, is the first horse in 30 years to have won a 1200-metre and 1800-metre Grade (Group) 1 in his three-year-old year. American Pharoah won the Breeders’ Cup Classic, as did Vino Rosso, so we’re talking about a horse (in Vino Rosso) that’s won a serious race. I’ve had it said to me from America that that’s like winning the heavyweight boxing title of the American racing. “The breeders have asked, bring the big boys and we will send our better mares, and we’ve seen that with the announcement that these two horses are on the way.” Omaha Beach will stand for $22,000 and Vino Rosso has his fee set at $13,750. Note: Stallion fees include GST.
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RANGAL PARK’S BRAVE NEW WORLD Euroa farm, Rangal Park, is taking a commercial gamble that owner and studmaster Eric Buttler hopes pays off, writes ANDREW GARVEY
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fter 30 years of owning Rangal Park at Euroa, Eric Buttler jokes that he still wears “L” plates in an everchanging breeding industry. Although standing stallions has never been more competitive, especially in a market where the big players are dominating, Buttler has taken the brave decision to increase the number of stallions at Rangal Park from two last season, to four in 2020. In the coming season, longterm resident Danerich (by Danehill (USA)), will be joined by Group 2 winners Soul Patch (by Shamus Award) and Cliff’s Edge (by Canford Cliffs (IRE)), with Caulfield Cup winner Boom Time (Flying Spur) having joined the roster a year ago. It’s a solid line up, but in the current environment, Buttler knows that attracting mares will be a challenge. “The studs from overseas and the number of well-performed stallions they can access, make things tough but you’ve got have a go,” Buttler said. “I don’t know how much they have in the cheque book, but it seems to be never-ending.”
SOUL PATCH:
on his way to the barrier in the 2019 AAMI Victoria Derby in which he finished third.
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The marketing machines of the big farms also make attracting mares a much tougher task for those operating on a more modest budget. Compared to when Rangal Park commenced, there is rarely such a thing as a full book for a stallion. For instance, the legendary Danehill (b Danzig (USA)), who, like Rangal Park, kicked off his career at Arrowfield Stud in 1990, served a book of only 72 mares in his first Australian season. In the current day, that number wouldn’t guarantee a shuttle stallion would get an invitation to return the following year. “They (stallions) only seems to be here five minutes and all of a sudden they have 150 mares,” mused Buttler. Although it might be a tough landscape, Buttler is excited about the acquisition of Soul
Patch, a son of Cox Plate and Australian Guineas winner Shamus Award, emerging as the best sire-son of champion sire Snitzel (by Redoute’s Choice). “Soul Patch is a very nice type and for a horse that only managed to have eight starts, he had a very impressive race record.” The new stallion’s racing career came to an abrupt end due to a tendon injury suffered when he finished a game third behind Alligator Blood in the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington in March. It was his second Group 1 placing, after finishing third behind Warning in the Victoria Derby (2500m, Flemington) last spring. His career highlight had come at his previous start when beating a smart field in the Group 2 Moonee Valley Vase over the Cox Plate distance of 2040 metres. Unlike his sire, who entered the Cox Plate as a maiden, Soul Patch was able to win at two, scoring a comprehensive win over 1200m in a strong field at
Ballarat at his only start as a juvenile. He might have appeared to have a Group 1 win within in his grasp and, although that is supposition, there is no doubt about the ability he possessed and, had he achieved that Group 1 win, he wouldn’t have made it through Rangal Park’s gate. “Had he gone on in his racing career he’d probably be standing at an Arrowfield or Coolmore, so hopefully that will work in our favour,” said Buttler. Soul Patch will stand his first season at a fee of $8,800 (inc. GST). “There’s plenty of speed there because he’s by a son of Snitzel (from God Bless Us, a Flying Spur mare, introducing a double cross of Danehill), so with the introduction of a bit of speed on the mare’s side, I think you’d be cooking with gas.” While Soul Patch was something of a shooting star, Cliff’s Edge, a son of five-time Group 1-winner Canford Cliffs, was fixture on the racetrack for four seasons. He was able to win over 1200m at two and recorded two
RANGAL PARK
HIGH-CLASS AND HANDSOME: Cliff’s Edge will stand his first season at Rangal Park
Stud, Euroa.
Group 2 wins and three Group 3 wins in a career of eight wins— his durability and consistency being key factors that appealed to Buttler. “He wasn’t a one-win wonder. He kept on performing at Group level and proved beyond doubt he was a top-class performer.” Cliff’s Edge’s best wins were in the 2018 Group 2 Alister Clark Stakes (2040m) at three, beating subsequent Australian Derby winner Levendi, and the 2018 Group 2 Crystal Mile (1600m)—both at Moonee
Valley and setting fast sectionals from the front, his racing pattern. His 2020 fee is $6,600 (inc. GST) Rangal Park’s stalwart Danerich, at 18, continues to be popular with breeders as one of the last sons of Danehill at stud. He will stand at a fee of $6,600 (inc. GST) He always has had the ability to sire a good horse, such as Group-winning sprinters Lord Of The Sky, Richie’s Vibe and Rich Charm, but in recent times he has been commercially
STALWART: the evergreen Danerich continues to produce quality winners over
all distances.
appealing at the yearling sales due to the success of some of his progeny in Hong Kong. Throughout his career Danerich runners have shown great versatility, with his progeny winning in excess of $21 million in prizemoney from distances 900 metres to 3200 metres. Boom Time is an interesting stallion. Although he has a speed pedigree—by Flying Spur from the Snippets mare Bit Of A Ride, which is the same cross is the very good sire and close
relation Magnus—he was a solid middle-distance performer who pulled off a career-defining win in the 2017 Caulfield Cup (2400m). His eight wins ranged in distance from 1600m to 2500m and included two other Stakes races. Buttler feels that Boom Time, who comes from the family of Black Caviar, is another young stallion on his roster that matches up well for speed mares. His fee for 2020 is $6,600 (inc. GST).
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BLUE GUM FARM
Blue Gum Farm continues to set the standard It might be operating a little differently to what it once did, but after 40 years Blue Gum Farm is still at the top of its game, writes ANDREW GARVEY.
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lthough Blue Gum Farm has taken a side-step from its original operating model, the farm continues to be a headline act in Victoria’s burgeoning breeding
industry. Blue Gum Farm was originally set up by Graham Campbell on 56 hectares at Euroa in 1980, with the business now comprising 323 hectares, being run by Campbell’s son Philip and his wife Patti. Two years later, the farm offered its first draft at the inaugural yearling sale held at Oaklands Junction. Within the draft was a Showdown-Salote filly (later named Ziegfield Lass, who became the granddam of Saintly) that sold for $130,000, which was the top-price for a yearling filly in Australia that year. The result helped to establish a record of sales-ring success for Blue Gum Farm that has continued ever since. Philip Campbell, now 58, was there in 1980 overseeing the draft and, under the Blue Gum Farm banner, has been at every ensuing Premier Sale. ‘’It makes me feel old, but I’ve been to every one of them,’’ Campbell said. Campbell takes great pride in the fact that Blue Gum is the oldest operating thoroughbred farm in the Victoria.
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‘’When I started there was Stockwell, Mornmoot and Trevenson Park, but they have come and gone and, to my knowledge, there is not a farm in the state with a history like ours.’’ Within two years of starting operations, Blue Gum secured its first stallion, Noalcoholic (FR) (by Nonoalco (USA)), a champion miler in England, who would go on to be champion first-season sire in Australia. For the next 30 years, a succession of successful sires including Rancho Ruler, Rubiton, Umatilla (NZ), Statue Of Liberty (USA), Elvstroem and Encosta De Lago graced the Blue Gum stallion boxes, which usually houses four or five stallions in residence each year. In more recent times, the stallion landscape changed and with it so did the direction of Blue Gum Farm. With multinational operations coming into the country with huge resources, securing affordable stallions prospects became problematical for local farms. ‘’When the big boys got involved in the stallion business, they turned it on its head and that part of the industry has changed dramatically in the past ten years,” Campbell said. For the Campbells, a change in the way Blue Gum Farm operated was required to stay on top of
PHILIP CAMPBELL:
The Blue Gum Farm principal hasn’t missed a Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale since 1980.
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the game, particularly in the sale ring. ‘’We needed to look at our business model and six or seven years ago we decided we really needed to concentrate on our own broodmares and the mares we look after for clients, as well as the people we do yearling preparation for. ‘’We made a concerted effort to get back on top,’’ Campbell said. The move to focus on the broodmare and yearling side of the business has paid off in spades, with the Blue Gum drafts at the Premier sale being among the best year after year. Over the past six Premier sales, Blue Gum has topped the aggregate three times, been second twice and third once. Campbell said the decision to change the way operated has proved to be the right one. ‘’We are absolutely rapt with the record we have been able to achieve at the Premier in the past five or six years.’’ The farm’s success at the 2020 Premier sale, where it was leading vendor, selling 23 yearlings for an aggregate of just over $4.5 million, including the sale-topper, a Snitzel-Jestajingle colt for $725,000, surprised even Campbell. ‘’This year was remarkable, because I honestly didn’t see it coming and almost across the board they outsold our expectations going in.” Although Campbell and his award-winning team have obviously come up with right formula in their yearling preparation processes, the ultimate day of reckoning is when those horses get to the racetrack. ‘’You have to have them looking a certain way and have them in good shape, but from that point on you have to hope that they can go on and do you proud on the racetrack, because that is what keeps people coming back to buy again.’’ If the current season’s results are anything to go by then Campbell should have a queue of prospective buyers lining up at Oaklands Junction next March. The farm enjoyed a red-letter day at Monee Valley on 2019 MANHATTAN RAIN: Continues to be
popular at the Melbourne Premier, with a top-price yearling going for $320,000, off a fee of $16,500.] (inc. GST).
BLUE GUM FARM’S GROUP 1 GRADUATES Alinghi (by Encosta De Lago)—MRC Blue Diamond Stakes, MRC 1000 Guineas, VRC Newmarket Handicap, SAJC Robert Sangster S. Lashed (by Encosta De Lago)—ARC New Zealand Stakes, ARC Zabeel Classic, Waikato RC International Stakes Umrum (by Umatilla (NZ))— VATC Toorak Handicap (twice) Bohemiath (by Umatilla (NZ))—SAJC Adelaide Cup Pride Of Rancho (by Rancho Ruler—VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Rancho Ruler (by Rancher)— VATC Marlboro Cup Raveneaux (by Voodoo Rhythm (USA))—VRC Victoria Derby Rechabite (by Noalcoholic (FR))—VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes Umah (by Umatilla (NZ))— WATC Karrakatta Plate
Cox Plate day, with three Blue Gum yearling sale graduates winning Black-type races on the card. Ideas Man (by Brazen Beau) won the Restricted Listed Inglis Banner, La Falaise (by Canford Cliffs (IRE)) dead-heated in the G2 Fillies Classic and Sartorial Splendor (by Brazen Beau) won the Group 3 Red Anchor Stakes. Other Black-type winners for Blue Gum in 2019-20 have been Larimer Street (by Brazen Beau), September Run (by Exceed And Excel) and Gold Fields (by
Churchill Downs), with the farm’s graduates winning more than 100 races for the season. ‘’We have had eight two-yearold runners so far this season for five individual winners and three of those were Stakes winners, so we are really tickled pink with the way they have been going,’’ Campbell said. Next season, there are the first two-year-olds bred at Blue Gum by Manhattan Rain, a Group 1-winning half-brother to Redoute’s Choice, to look forward to as they hit the racetrack. The son of former Blue Gum headline act Encosta De Lago (by Fairy King (USA)), arrived after several quiet years numbers wise at Arrowfield Stud in the Hunter Valley, but luck was on Campbell’s side. ‘’We knew it was going to be a resurrection job but within a couple of months of taking him on he’s got the Golden Slipper winner (She Will Reign) and he ended up with a nice book of quality mares.” At the 2020 Inglis Premier sale, Manhattan Rain achieved a top price of $310,000 and average of $132,500—an excellent figure coming off a service fee in that first season of $16,500 (inc. GST). ‘’They just sold so well this year, it was unbelievable. They went into some of the best stables in the land so we are anxiously awaiting how they perform, I can tell you.’’ In the coming breeding season Manhattan Rain, standing at a fee of $13,200, will be one of just two commercial stallions at Blue Gum, with long term resident Turffontein lining up for his 11th season at the
farm. With seven crops of racing age, Turffontein continues to do the job, with his progeny winning a total of over 380 races and closing in on $15 million in prizemoney. The underrated Turffontein is the sire of Stakes-winners such as Widgee Turf, Fontiton and Fontein Ruby, and he enjoyed further Stakes success this season with Mandela Effect, Bold Thruster and exciting two-year-old Khoekhoe—a $50,000 yearling for trainer Matt Cumani— returned his owners the winner’s cheque in the $855,000 VOBIS Sires The Showdown (1200m) at Caulfield in April. “I guess he’s what you would call a bread-and-butter stallion, but he is a great winnerproducer and has the ability to get a good one as well,’’ Campbell said of the son of Johannesburg who will stand at a fee of $6,600 (inc. GST) in 2020. Campbell has not closed the door on taking on more stallions but would only do so if the right horse came along. ‘’To be honest, we get offered any number of stallions over the course of a year but if you can’t get the mares to them it’s not worth taking them on. ‘’If the right stallion came along, we wouldn’t turn our back on it, but in saying that, the landscape has changed and it’s very hard to compete so you have to think you have a chance before taking on such a project.’’ There might not be a stampede of stallions coming in the gate at Blue Gum Farm any time soon, but the flow of quality yearlings in the other direction looks set to continue.
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or Matt Cumani, the win of his colt Khoehoe in the $855,000 VOBIS Sires The Showdown (1200m) at Caulfield in April, was, in many ways, better for his career than taking out a major staying race. For a Cumani, training stayers is in the family’s DNA. Matt’s father, Luca, build an incredible career as a master trainer of stayers in the tradition of true European racing. Perhaps his
only ‘failure’ at the caper was that the Lexus Melbourne Cup eluded him after more than a decade of trying. Matt Cumani’s decision to set up in Australia rather than inherit his father’s business in Newmarket, England, was a brave and ambitious one, and he knew there were certain training philosophies taught by his father that he had to put on the shelf if he were to succeed in Australia. When Khoekhoe charged home late for jockey Fred Kersley to win The Showdown, showed Cumani that he was on the right track in understanding Australian racing. It was a triumph of ingenuity and good planning that began when Cumani and his team selected Khoekhoe as a yearling at the 2019 Melbourne Premier Yearling Sales, paying only $50,000 for the son of Turffontein. “It’s important to have good two-year-olds in Australia and ON SHOW: The Showdown winner Khoekhoe with proud strapper Jason De Donato. PHOTO PAT SCALA/RACING PHOTOS
I’ve been trying to prove we can do it,” Cumani said after the win. “This isn’t a black-type race but it’s worth an awful lot of money and it’s great to do it,“ he told Racing.com. “I had two in the race (Coup de Tonnerre finished ninth) and I didn’t know where to look. I thought Fred was just brilliant on him (Khoekhoe). He didn’t panic, he just waited and waited. “This is a horse we bought at the sales. We put a lot of work in finding these type of value horses and especially those eligible for a VOBIS series like this which is very lucrative if you find the right horses. “He’s got a great pedigree, not a lot of black type, but a lot of winners and he was a really standout horse at the sales.” Khoekhoe’s dam, Walvis Bay (by Cape Cross (Ire)), is named after a bay in Namibia in southwest Africa, and Khoekhoe (pronounced Kway Kway) is a Namibian language, known for its unusual clicks. The colt was bred by Susan Keating (Liverpool Farm), a hobby breeder from Strathbogie, who paid only $19,000 for Walvis Bay at the Inglis Broodmare Sale in Sydney in 2009. Keating was not only attracted to the mare’s good looks—“I couldn’t take my eyes off her,” she said—but the fact she’s from one of the great
families of the stud book. Walvis Bay’s fifth dam is the incomparable Natalma (USA), the dam of the legendary Northern Dancer (CAN), and Walvis Bay’s third dam, Passing Gull (USA), is a half-sister to the champion sire Danehill (USA). Keating, who works full-time for the army, has built a good relationship with Dan Nevill from Hollylodge Thoroughbreds, at Avenel, where Khoekhoe was born. Nevill also prepared and offered Khoekhoe for sale. Turffontein (by Johannesburg (IRE)) stands at Blue Gum Farm at Euroa for a fee of $6600. Another of his sons, Widgee Turf, is a multiple winner of VOBIS Gold feature races. Cumani said recently that Khoekhoe had returned to work at Ballarat in good shape and that he deserved a crack at some of the good races in the spring. “He could be a (Group 1) Victoria Derby colt, and we will give him a chance because we always thought he’d be a better three-year-old.” VOBIS Sires—for the progeny of nominated Victorian-based sires only—has proved to be a great innovation to the world-renowned VOBIS bonus scheme (including Super VOBIS and VOBIS Gold) that outlays just on $18 million in bonuses each year.
HOLD THE FRONT PAGE FOR MAGNUS Sun Stud’s headline stallion, Magnus, has another new sprint star in the exciting Front Page, who is being aim for the major sprints this season after his connections rejected big money offers from Hong Kong. Front Page, trained at Corowa, by Geoff Duryea had a breakthrough Stakes win when he crushed his rivals to win the Listed Creswick Stakes (1200m) at Flemington, cruising home in a slick 1min 09.56secs on a soft track. It was Nature Strip-like in its dominance and display of sustained speed. The gelding has now won four of his six starts and he’s showing the raw talent that suggests he could be Magnus’ next Group 1 winner. Magnus (b h 2002, Flying Spur-Scandinavia, by Snippets) is a consistent top-20 stallion on the Australian General Sires’ List (winners), although he was
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FRONT PAGE: Is set to keep his sire Magnus in the headlines.
just pipped for his usual spot last season when he came in 21st, just ahead of his evergreen barn-mate Bel Esprit, but well ahead of such outstanding sires as Redoute’s Choice (27th), More Than Ready (31st), Choisir (32nd) and Lonhro (39th). Last season sired 86 winners
of 159 races, including four Stakes winners, headed by Group 1-winner Streets Of Avalon (winner of the 2020 Futurity Stakes at Caulfield), who banked $574,000 of Magnus’ progeny season’s total of $5.6 million. Front Page is an all-Sun Stud
boy, as he out of the Bel Esprit (by Royal Academy) mare Stacey Lee and he is a brother to the Duryea-trained Stakes-winning mare News Girl. It’s a pedigree that captures the best of what Magnus has to offer, especially the double cross of Vain through his grand-dam Song Of Norway—Bel Esprit is out of the Vain mare Bespoken. Magnus’s figures are imposing. He has sired four Group 1 winners and seven horses who have won more than $1 million, along with 100 horses who have won $100 or more. He’s the epitome of what a Super VOBIS stallion should be. Importantly, Magnus is following on from his sire Flying Spur (by Danehill (USA)) as a great sire of broodmares. At the end of the 2019-20 his daughters had produced at a strike rate of 86 per cent winners-to-runners.
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Big batch of classy new sires for Victoria ANDREW GARVEY previews and profiles the more than 30 first-season sires to stand in Australia this year. SWEET HOME ALABAMA:
The G1 Orr Stakes winner, Alabama Express, will stand his first season at Yulong, at Nagambie.
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fter a seemingly lean 2019 when only seven new sires stood in Victoria, breeders are somewhat spoiled for choice in the coming season with 13 well-credentialled young stallions slated to commence stud duties. Among the newcomers are six Group 1 winners and, interestingly, they all by different sires. Darley invariably have at least one outstanding sire prospect arriving at Northwood Park each year and Blue Point, its offering in 2020, comes with an outstanding race record and $44,000 service fee. A son of Shamardal, Blue Point was a Group 2 winner at two and over the following three seasons continued to
win, reaching his peak with an unbeaten five-year-old season, that saw him take out the rare Royal Ascot Group 1 double of the King’s Stand Stakes (1000m) and Diamond Jubilee Stakes (1200m), after also taking the King’s Stand the previous year. It’s the same Royal Ascot double that Australian star Choisir pioneered in 2003. Yulong Investments, which stood its first stallion, Grunt (by O’Reilly (NZ)), in 2019, have one new addition with Redoute’s Choice’s son Alabama Express—winner of the Group 1 Orr Stakes (1400m, Caulfield) in February—being the only Australian-bred Group 1 winner joining the Victorian stallion ranks in the coming season. The handsome Alabama
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CLIMBING HIGH: The Everest winner Yes Yes Yes winning at Flemington as a two-year-old. He will stand at Coolmore Stud.
Express will stand at a fee of $27,500 at Yulong’s Nagambie farm. Like Darley, Spendthrift Australia also seems to have a never-ending supply of highclass stallion prospects to send to Australia, and this year will have two outstanding US Group 1 winners standing at its Kerrie property. The imposing Omaha Beach—who will stand at a fee of $22,000—was a star threeyear-old in North America, winning five of his seven starts, three at Group 1 level. He is a son of War Front (by Danzig (USA)), whose son Declaration of War put his stamp on last year’s spring siring the winners of the AAMI Victoria Derby (Warning) and Lexus Melbourne Cup (Vow And Declare). Joining him at Spendthrift is Vino Rossa, who won twice in Group 1 company at four, including a win in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (2000m), which saw him named US champion older dirt male in 2019. He will be the only son of dual US Horse of the Year Curlin at stud in Australia and will command a fee of $13,750. In its second year standing 32 INSIDE BREEDING
the champion US female sprinter stallions in Victoria, Aquis Farm in 2010. has newcomer Royal Meeting Rangal Park, at Euroa, will (fee $11,000) join the recently offer two new sires that will relocated Tasmanian star stallion be very familiar to local racing Needs Further (by Encosta De fans and breeders. Lago) at its Seymour farm. Soul Patch (by Shamus The son of highly popular Award) was in sight of a Group 1 sire of sires, Invincible Spirit— win, having run placings in the sire of I Am Invincible and Victoria Derby and Australian Kingman—Royal Meeting was Guineas, but an injury sustained unbeaten at two, with his major in that latter race victory coming in the The forced his early Group 1 Criterium retirement. He will International handsome stand at a fee of (1400m) at Chantilly. Alabama $8800. Godolphin sent Express will Joining him at him to Australia stand at a fee a fee of $6600 is last spring and of $27,500 Cliff’s Edge, a bold, the handsome colt at Yulong’s front-running fixture finished third behind Nagambie on the Victorian Streets Of Avalon in farm. racing scene for four the Group 3 Moonga seasons. The son of Stakes (1400m) at Canford Cliffs was a winner at Caulfield. two but improved with age and Seymour stalwart farm, was a Group 2 winner at both Chatswood Stud, which three and four. introduced Invincible Spirit Swettenham Stud, Nagambie, (by Green Desert USA)) to has jumped on the Invincible Australia when standing him Spirit bandwagon and will be for four seasons from 2013, will standing his fast grandson I Am be standing Al Ain, a Group Immortal, a son of leading sire I 1-winning son of superstar Am Invincible. Japanese racehorse and stallion I Am Immortal was a brilliant Deep Impact. two-year-old, winning twice Al Ain was a Group 1 winner at Caulfield at Stakes level and at three and five in Japan and his is likely to attract plenty of dam, Dubai Majestic (USA), was
attention at a fee of $13,750. Rosemount Stud is also introducing a son of I Am Invincible, the handsome Strasbourg, who was a Group 2 winner at two in Brisbane. He will stand at a fee of $11,000. The newcomers in NSW are headed by Darley duo, the outstanding shuttler Too Darn Hot, a son of Dubawi, at a fee of $44,000 and the Group 1-winning juvenile Microphone, a son of Exceed And Excel, who will stand for $27,500. Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes winner Exceedance (by Exceed And Excel)—fee $38,500—will cover his first book of mares at Vinery Stud. Rubick’s first son to go to stud, The Everest winner Yes Yes Yes, will join his father at Coolmore Stud—at a fee of $38,500—as will the highprofile shuttlers, the brilliant juvenile Calyx (by Kingman) and Group 1 2000 Guineas winner Magna Grecia (by Invincible Spirit). At its Hunter Valley operation in NSW, Aquis Farm will be standing Pierro’s best son Pierata, who at a fee of $44,000 will be the equal most expensive freshman sire in the country. (*Service fees include GST.)
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BLUE POINT: Champion UK sprinter for Darley Northwood Park.
Rekindled Interest and closely related to HK champion Designs On Rome. AL AIN: A new Group 1 winner by Deep Impact for Chatswood Stud.
VICTORIA
AL AIN (JPN) Bay 2014, Deep Impact (JPN)-Dubai Majesty (USA), by Essence Of Dubai (USA) Chatswood Stud, Seymour Fee: $12,100
High-class Japanese miler. Unbeaten in two starts over 1600m at two at Hanshin, he returned at three to win the G1 Satsuki Sho (2000m) at Nakayama and two seasons later took out the G1 Osaka Hai (2000m) at Hanshin. His sire was a dual Japanese Horse of the Year and eight-times champion stallion, siring 158 SWs with 46 of those at G1 level. Al Ain’s G1-winning dam was champion female sprinter in the USA in 2010 and is a half-sister to Majestic Dinner, a seven-time Listed winner in the USA.
BLUE POINT (IRE)
ALABAMA EXPRESS
Bay 2014, Shamardal (USA)Scarlett Rose (GB), by Royal Applause (GB)
Bay 2016, Redoute’s Choice-Lago Ovation, by Encosta De Lago.
Darley Northwood Park, Seymour Fee: $44,000
Yulong Stud, Nagambie Fee: $27,500
A winner over 1100m at his only start at two. He came back at three to win the Listed Gothic Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield before capping his career with victory in the G1 Orr Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield, at weight-forage against older rivals. His sire was a four-time Group 1 winner and went on to be a three-time champion Australian sire, producing 173 individual SWs and 38 G1 winners. His dam is a half-sister to Group-placed Rekindled Power and Shuffle Up, both by Redoute’s Choice. His second dam, a multipleListed placegetter in Italy, is a half-sister to G2 winner
ALABAMA EXPRESS: pictured winning the Group 1 Orr Stakes at Caulfield..
A four-time Group 1 winner and Group winner every season from two through five. He won the G2 Gimcrack Stakes (1200m) at York at two and scored back-to-back wins in the G1 King’s Stand Stakes (1000m) at Royal Ascot, backing up to win the G1 Golden Jubilee Stakes (1200m) after the second of those victories. His sire was champion European two- and three-year-old colt of his year and won four times at Group 1 level. At stud, he has been highly successful in both hemispheres, siring 146 SWs—25 at G1 level. His dam is a half-sister to multiple
Group 3-winner Tumbleweed Ridge and has also produced G2 Curragh Railway Stakes winner Formosina.
CLIFF’S EDGE Bay 2014, Canford Cliffs (IRE)Simulation, by Snaadee (USA) Rangal Park Stud, Euroa Fee: $6600
A winner at Sandown over 1200m at two, he blossomed over the following seasons winning the G2 Alister Clark Stakes (2040m) at three and the G2 Crystal Mile (1600m) at Moonee Valley at four. His sire was an outstanding racehorse winning five times at Group 1 level including the Irish 2000 Guineas (1600m) and Royal Ascot St James’s Palace Stakes (1600m). At stud, he has been the sire of 17 SWs. His dam, a multiple winner in Melbourne, has also produced Listed Maribyrnong Trial Stakes (900m) placegetter Delago’s Lad and his second dam is a half-sister to Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner All Along.
CLIFF’S EDGE: The tough and durable galloper is standing at Rangal Park
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I AM IMMORTAL: The brilliant juvenile joins the SwettenhamStud roster
FLEET REVIEW (USA) Bay 2015, War Front (USA)-A Star Is Born (IRE), by Galileo (IRE) Glen Eden Stud, Moranding Fee: $8800
Winner at two over 1200m at the Curragh in Ireland before finishing second in the G1 Middle Park Stakes (1200m) at Newmarket, UK. At three, he won the Listed Dash Stakes (1200m) at the Curragh and ran third in the G1 July Cup (1200m) at Newmarket. His Group 2-winning sire has produced 90 SWs with 21 of those at Group 1 level. His dam was a winner over 1700m and is a half-sister to SWs Rip Van Winkle—sire of Te Akau Shark— and to La Vie Infinite.
I AM IMMORTAL Bay 2016, I Am InvincibleMeliora,by Ad Valorem (USA) Swettenham Stud, Seymour Fee: $13,750
A brilliant 2YO, he won boththe Listed Blue Diamond Preview (1000m) and G3 Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) at Caulfield from three starts as a juvenile. From just a further three starts as a 3YO, he ran
second against the older horses in the Listed WJ Adams Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield. His sire, a Group 3 winner and Group 1 placed, was champion Australian first-season sire in 2013-14. He has sired 55 SWs with nine of those at Group 1 level. His dam won the G2 Angus Armanasco Stakes (1600m) at Caulfield and is a half-sister to I Am Invincible’s dual Brisbane Listed-winner Whypeeo.
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PRINCE OF CAVIAR Bay 2015, Sebring-Black Caviar, by Bel Esprit Riverbank Farm, Benalla Fee: $4400
OMAHA BEACH (USA) Bay or brown 2016, War Front (USA)-Charming (USA), by Seeking The Gold (USA) Spendthrift Australia, Kerrie Fee: $22,000
Placed in all three starts at two, before putting together an outstanding 3YO season in the USA, that saw him win three Group 1s from seven starts, including the Santa Anita Sprint Championship (1200m) against the older horses, as well as the Malibu Stakes (1600m) at Santa Anita and Arkansas Derby (1800m) at Oaklawn Park. His Group 2-winning sire has produced 90 SWs with 21 of those at Group 1 level. He remains the premier son of
FLEET REVIEW: A fast son of War Front for Glen Eden Stud.
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CAVIAR’S BOY: Prince Of Caviar, a winning son of the great Black Caviar, will
OMAHA BEACH: Champion US colt will stand at Spendthift Australia for $22,000.
Danzig at stud in the world. His dam, a half-sister to Group 1 winners and successful stallions, Will Take Charge and Take Charge Indy, has also produced G1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (1700m) winner and champion US 2YO filly Take Charge Brandi.
The son of the great Black Caviar retires after only five starts in which he won his maiden at Bendigo (1300m) and finished second three times, including a promising debut performance at Sandown as a 2YO in 2018, when he ran subsequent G1 Victoria Derby winner Extra Brut to a neck. His sire, the late Sebring, won the G1 Golden Slipper and proved to be an outstanding sire of 84 Stakes winners, and Black Caviar was unbeaten in 25 starts, 15 at Group 1 level. He also is closely related to leading sire Magnus.
RINGERDINGDING Black 2015, Sebring-Maybe I, by Red Ransom (USA) Wyndholm Park, Miner’s Rest Fee: $6,600
A winner over 1100m at two at Rosehill, he blossomed over further at three, winning the
RINGERDINGDING: The handsome son of Sebring is new to Wyndholm Park.
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ROYAL MEETING: The French Group 1 winner is new to Aquis Victoria.
G2 Sandown Guineas (1600m) at Sandown and the G3 Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) at Randwick and finished just behind the placegetters when fourth in the G1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington. His sire was champion Australian 2YO colt of 2007-08, winning the G1 Golden Slipper (1200m) at Rosehill. At stud, he has been responsible for 59 SWs with 6 of those at Group 1 level. His dam was a Group 3-placed 2YO winner in Sydney, with his third dam being multiple Group 1- winner Flitter.
ROYAL ACE Bay 2013, Casino Prince-She Can’t Wait, by More Than Ready (USA) Glen Eden Stud, Moranding Fee: $6600
Royal Ace was a quality, tough and durable racehorse who won nine races and nearly $400,000 in prizemoney. He is a son of Flying Spur’s Group 1-winner Casino Prince, the sire of All Too Hard, who, in turn, is the sire of the champion 3YO, Alligator Blood. Royal Ace is from a More Than
Ready (USA) mare who traces to the famous broodmare, Almahmoud (USA), whose daughter Natalma is the dam of Northern Dancer (CAN) and the third dam of Danehill (USA)
ROYAL MEETING (IRE) Bay 2016 Invincible Spirit (IRE)Rock Opera (SAF), by Lecture (USA) Aquis Farm, Seymour FEE: $11,000
Unbeaten in two starts at two, winning the G1 Criterium International (1400m) at Chantilly in race-record time. At three, he placed third in the G3 Moonga Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. His Group 1-winning sire was joint champion Irish sprinter in 2001 and at stud has produced 127 SWs with 18 of those at Group 1 level. His Group 1-winning dam was champion South African 2YO filly in 2004-05 and has also produced multiple G2 winner Heavy Metal. He his closely related to South African Group 1-winners Van Halen and Gulf Storm.
ROYAL SYMPHONY: The handsome colt will stand at Claremont Thoroughbreds
SOUL PATCH: The grandson of Snitzel will stand his first season at Rangal Park.
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Bay or brown 2014, DomesdayNaturalist, by Palace Music (USA) Claremont Thoroughbreds, Gatum Fee: $4950
Bay 2016, Shamus Award-God Bless Us, by Flying Spur Rangal Park Stud, Euroa Fee: $8800
Unbeaten in three starts at two, highlighted by a win in the Listed Taj Rossi Series Final (1600m) at Flemington. At three, he won the Listed Pin And Win Plate (1400m) at Flemington and also finished fourth in both the G1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield and G1 Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley. His sire, a Group 2-winning 2YO in Sydney, has produced 18 SWs with five of those at Group 1 level. His dam has produced seven other winners and is a three-quarter sister to multiple Group 1-winner and successful sire Naturalism.
A winner over 1200m at his only start at two, he relished stepping up over further at three, winning the G2 Moonee Valley Vase (2040m) and running third in both the G1 Victoria Derby (2500m) and Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington. His sire won the G1 Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley and G1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington as a 3YO and in a brief stud career to date, has produced 7 SWs with one of those at G1 level. His dam was a winner in Sydney, while his Group 2-placed second dam is a half-sister to G1 Swettenham Stud Stakes (1200m) winner Ellicorsam.
ROYAL ACE: new to Glen Eden Stud, pictured winning the Peninsula Cup at
Mornington.
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BRUTAL (NZ) Brown 2015, O’Reilly (NZ)Alberton Princess (NZ), by Golan (IRE) Newgate Farm, Aberdeen Fee $27,500
BRUTAL: The fastest son of O’Reilly will stand his first season at Newgate Farm at a fee of $27,500 (inc. GST).
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Bay 2016 I Am Invincible-Danish Spy, by Dane Shadow Rosemont Stud, Gnawarre Fee: $11,000
Chestnut 2015, Curlin (USA)Mythical Bride (USA), by Street Cry (IRE)
Dual winner at two including the G2 BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm and Max Lees Classic (900m) at Newcastle, as well as finishing second in the G2 BRC Champagne Classic (1200m) at Doomben and G3 ATC Schweppervescence Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill. His Group 3 winning sire was champion Australian first-season sire in 2013-14 and champion Australian 2YO sire in 201819. He has sired 55 SWs with nne of those at Group 1 level. His Group 2-placed dam is a half-sister to Melbourne Listedwinner Forest Spy, with both his second and third dams being Black-type winners.
Spendthrift Australia, Kerrie Fee: $13,750
Unbeaten in two starts at two over 1400m and 1650m. At three, he won the G2 Wood Memorial (1800m) at Aqueduct and the following season was named 2019 champion older dirt male, winning the G1 Breeders’ Cup Classic (2000m) at Santa Anita. His sire was twice USA Horse of the Year and also won the G1 Breeders’ Cup Classic among his seven Group 1 successes. At stud, he has sire 67 SWs with nine of those at Group 1 level. His dam is a half-sister to USA SWs Commissioner and Laugh Track and his second, third and fourth dams are Black-type winners. The first son of Curlin to stand at stud in Australia.
CALYX: Comes to Coolmore as one of the most brilliant juveniles of his year.
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VINO ROSSO: Will be he first son of Curlin to stand in Australia, at Spendthift.
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BELLEVUE HILL Bay or brown 2016, PierroBellevue Girl, by Exceed And Excel Aquis Farm, Murrurundi FEE: $11,000
He started four times at two for two wins, including the G3 Schweppervescence Hcp (1400m) at Rosehill, but importantly he was run down late by star colt Yes Yes Yes in the G2 Todman Slipper (1200m) at Randwick. His Golden Slipper-winning sire was a five-time Group 1 winner and champion Australian 2YO in 2011-12. At stud he has been the sire of 23 SWs, with six at Group 1 level. His dam is a winning half-sister to Sugar Babe who won the G3 McNeil Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield. His second dam, On Type, won the G2 Surround Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.
Scored an emphatic all-the-way win at his only 2YO start over 1200m at Caulfield. At three, he beat the older horses in the G1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Randwick and finished second to Winx in the G1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill. At four, he dropped back to 1200m to win the G2 Premiere Stakes at Randwick. His dual Group 1-winning sire was 1996-97 NZ Horse of the Year and at stud has sired 96 SWs, with 15 at Group 1 level. Brutal’s Group 3-placed dam is a half-sister to Group 2-winner Te Akau Rose.
CALYX (GB) Bay 2016, Kingman (GB)Helleborine (GB), by Observatory (USA) Coolmore Stud, Jerry’s Plains Fee: $17,600
Raced just four times and unbeaten in two runs at two, winning the G2 Coventry Stakes (1200m) at Royal Ascot. At his only other two starts at three, he won the G3 Pavillion Stakes (1200m) at Ascot and finished second in the G2 Sandy Lane Stakes (1200m) at Haydock. His four -times Group 1-winning sire, a son of champion sire Invincible Spirit, was champion European 3YO colt of 2014 and in a brief stud career to date, is the sire of 20 SWs, including one Group 1 winner. His dam was a Group 3 winner and is a three-quarter sister to 2008 champion French 3YO, African Rose.
CASTELVECCHIO: Will stand alongside his sire Dundeel at Arrowfield Stud.
FIRST-SEASON SIRES
COSMIC FORCE: The brilliant 2YO will stand at Newgate Farm.
CASTELVECCHIO
COSMIC FORCE
Bay 2016, Dundeel (NZ)-St Therese, by Dehere (USA)
Bay or brown 2016, Deep FieldLittle Zeta, by Commands
Arrowfield Stud, Scone Fee: $33,000
Newgate Farm, Aberdeen Fee: $16,500
Top-class 2YO, winning the G1 Champagne Stakes (1600m, Randwick) along with a third placing in the G1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m). At three, he won the G1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) and ran second in the G1 WS Cox Plate (2040m) behind the champion Japanese mare Lys Gracieux. Castelvecchio’s sire Dundeel, who also stands at Arrowfield, was named NZ Horse of the Year in 2013-14 after winning six Group 1s in Australia, including the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) and Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick. In a brief stud career to date, he has sired 10 SWs, with four at Group 1 level. His dam was a dual-Listed winner in NZ and is a half-sister to Maid Of Heaven, winner of the G1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) at Randwick.
Started five times at two for two wins including the G3 Pago Pago Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill and placed second in the G2 ATC Skyline Stakes (1200m) at Randwick. At three, he won the G2 Roman Consul Stakes (1200m) at Randwick. His very fast sire won the G2 Tab.com.au Stakes (1200m) and ran third in the G1 Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington. In a brief stud career to date, he has sired five SWs, three at Group 2 level. His dam, a winner at 900m, has produced five other winners headed by Group 3 winner Onemorezeta.
D’ARGENTO Grey 2014, So You Think (NZ)Fullazz, by Redoute’s Choice Bowness Stud, Young Fee: $16,500
Won twice at two, from
D’ARGENTO: So You Think’s son is standing his first season at Bowness Stud.
MAGNA GRECIA: Won the G1 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. New to Coolmore,
1200m to 1500m, including the ATC 2YO Hcp at Rosehill. At three, he won the G1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) at Rosehill and, at four, finished second behind Hartnell in the G1 Epsom Hcp (1600m) at Randwick. His sire was a champion in both Australia and Europe, winning 14 races from 1400m to 2100m, including 10 Group 1s. At stud, he has sired 26 SWs,with six of those at Group 1 level. D’Argento’s dam has great speed and won the Listed MRC Debutante Stakes (900m) at Caulfield and his second dam is a half-sister to Loving Cup, who finished third behind Burst in the 1992 Group 1 Golden Slipper.
EXCEEDANCE Bay 2016, Exceed And ExcelBonnie Mac (NZ), by Thorn Park (NZ) Vinery Stud, Scone Fee: $38,500
He was an eye-catching debut winner over 1100m at two. He quickly graduated to top company at three, winning the G3 San Domenico Stakes
(1100m) at Rosehill before finishing third in the G1 Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill. He then capped his career with a win in the G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington. His sire, a dual-Group 1 winner. has had an outstanding career in both hemispheres siring 172 SWs, with 15 at Group 1 level. Exceedance’s dam was a Listed winner in Adelaide and is a half-sister to Group 3 winners Upham and Intimate Moment and Listed winner Gold Rum.
MAGNA GRECIA (IRE) Bay 2016, Invincible Spirit (IRE)Cabaret (IRE) by Galileo (IRE) Coolmore Stud, Jerry’s Plains Fee: $22,000
A top-class juvenile, he won twice from three starts, including the G1 Futurity Trophy Stakes (1600m) at Doncaster and ran second in the G3 Autumn Stakes (1600m) at Newmarket. He returned at three to record a comprehensive win in the G1 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Newmarket. His Group
EXCEEDANCE: The star sprinting colt will stand at Vinery Stud.
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MICROPHONE Bay 2016 Exceed And ExcelSung, by Anabaa (USA) Darley Kelvinside, Aberdeen Fee: $38,500
PIERATA: the brilliant son of Pierro will stand his first season at Newgate Farm, Aberdeen, NSW.
1-winning sire was joint champion Irish sprinter in 2001 and at stud has produced 127 SWs, with 18 at Group 1 level. He is the sire of star Australian stallion I Am Invincible. Magna Grecia’s dam, a Group 3 winner in
Ireland, is a half-sister to Blacktype winners Drumfire and Ho Choi.
MCLAREN Bay 2016, Exceed And ExcelSerenda, by Encosta De Lago
MICROPHONE: Joins his sire Exceed And Excel at Darley Kelvinside.
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Riverdene Stud, Wagga Wagga Fee: $6600
Won on debut as a 2YO in the G3 Canonbury Stakes (1000m) at Rosehill and placed third in the G3 Black Opal Stakes (1200m) at Canberra. His sire, a dual-Group 1 winner, was a champion sprinter and he has had an outstanding stud career in both hemispheres, producing 172 SWs—15 at Group 1 level. His dam won four races t`o 1400m including two in Adelaide and she is a half-sister to Group 2 winners First Command and Oneworld. McLaren is closely related to promising young stallion Headwater, also by Exceed And Excel.
Champion Australian 2YO of 2018-19 after winning four of his six starts including G1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Randwick. He also finished second in the G1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill. At three, he won the G2 Autumn Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield and finished second in the G1 Randwick Guineas (1600m). His sire, a dualGroup 1 winner, has had an outstanding stud career in both hemispheres producing 172 SWs, with 15 at Group 1 level. His dam is a Listed-winning sister to triple Group 1 winner Yell and she is closely related to Group 1 winners Holler and Anthems.
PIERATA Brown, 2014 Pierro-November Flight, by Flying Spur Aquis Farm, Murrurundi Fee: $44,000
Winner over 1200m at Randwick at two after which he was a Group winner in each of the following three seasons, with the G1 All Aged Stakes (1400m), G2 Missile Stakes (1200m) and the G3 The Shorts (1100m)—all at Randwick—the best of his nine wins. His Golden Slipperwinning sire was a five-times Group 1 winner and champion Australian 2YO in 2011-12. At stud, he has been the sire of 23 SWs, with six at Group 1 level. Pierata’s dam was a Group 2
HOT SON OF DUBAWI: Too Darn Hot retires to Darley Kelvinside as the fastest son of his champion sire Dubawi.
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ALL POWER: Zousain, pictured at Flemington, will join his sire Zoustar at
Widden Stud.
UNITE AND CONQUER: Will stand his first season at Kingstar Farm.
winner in Sydney and has also produced Ashokan, winner of the G3 Skyline Stakes (1200m) at Randwick. His fourth dam is Slipper winner Century Miss.
TASSORT Bay 2016, Brazen BeauEssaouira, by Exceed And Excel Newgate Farm, Aberdeen Fee: $11,000
He scored a highly impressive win in the Golden Gift (1100m) at Rosehill in race record time on debut, before finishing second in the G2 Silver Slipper Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill, in what was his final start. His sire, a son of I Am Invincible, was champion Australian 3YO colt in 2014-15 winning the G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) and G1 Newmarket Hcp (1200m), both at Flemington. In a brief stud career to date, he has sired eight SWs. Tassort’s dam, a half-sister to Group 2 winner Alizes, has also produced Group 1-winners Alizee and Astern, and his third and fourth dams—La Baraka and Triscay—were both Group 1 winners.
G1 Sussex Stakes (1600m) at Goodwood. His sire was a triple-Group 1 winner and at stud has been highly successful in both hemispheres siring 183 SWs, with 41 at G1 level. His dam, a triple-Group 1 winner is a half-sister to three Group 1 winners and is also the dam of Group 2-winner Lah Ti Dar and Group 3-winner So Mi Dar. His second dam, Darara, also was a Group 1 winner.
UNITE AND CONQUER Bay 2016, HinchinbrookMaglissa, by Magnus Kingstar Farm, Denman Fee: $6600
He only raced at two, winning two of his three starts, including the Listed Maribyrnong Trial Stakes (1000m) at Flemington and the Restricted Listed Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1100m)
at Wyong. His sire, the late Hinchinbrook, won the G2 Skyline Stakes (1200m) at Randwick at two and was placed four times at Group 1 level. He has sired 20 SWs, with four at Group 1 level. Unite And Conquer’s dam won three times to 1450m and his second dam, Danglissa, won the 1999 Group 1 Flight Stakes.
YES YES YES Bay 2016, Rubick- Sin Sin Sin, by Fantastic Light (USA) Coolmore Stud, Jerry’s Plains Fee: $38,500
He won twice in Melbourne at two, before heading to Sydney where he won the G2 Todman Stakes (G2) at Randwick. In only three more career starts at three, he ran second in the G1 Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill before beating the best sprinters in the country in The Everest (1200m) at Randwick in record time. His sire, who
TOO DARN HOT (GB) Bay 2016, Dubawi (IRE)-Dar Re Mi (GB), by Singspiel (IRE)
ZOUSAIN Bay 2015, Zoustar-Pasar Silbano (IRE), by Elnadim (USA) Widden Stud, Widden Fee: $19,800
At two, he won the G2 Champagne Classic (1200m) and finished second in the G1 JJ Atkins Stakes (1600m) at Doomben. At three, he finished second in both the G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington and the G1 Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill. His sire was a dual-Group 1 winner and, in a brief stud career to date, has sired 13 SWs including the champion filly Sunlight (3 G1 wins) who beat this fellow in the Coolmore Stud Stakes. Zousain’s dam, a Group 3 winner at Santa Anita (USA), is a half-sister to bBlack-type winners Gerfalcon and Come To Heel. QUEENSLAND
DUBIOUS
Darley Kelvinside, Aberdeen Fee: $44,000
Champion European 2YO and 3YO. Unbeaten in four starts at two, including the G1 Dewhurst Stakes (1400m) at Newmarket. He went on at three to win the G1 Prix Jean Prat (1400m) at Deauville and beat his older rivals in the
is by Encosta De Lago from the family of Redoute’s Choice, was a fast Group 3 winner at two and Group 2 winner at three. In a brief stud career to date, he has sired three SWs. Yes Yes Yes’ dam is a half-sister to Black-type winners Hot As Hell, Flaming Hot, Craig’s Dragon and also to the dam of Group 1-winner In Her Time.
Bay 2016, Not A Single Doubt-Suspicieuse (FR), by Elusive City (USA) Aquis Farm, Canungra Fee: $13,200
YES YES YES: Joins his sire, Rubick, at Coolmore Stud, at a fee of $38,500.
A precocious 2YO, he won the 2018 G3 Breeders’ Plate (1000m) at Randwick in
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OLMEDO: A fast son of Declaration Of War will stand at Aquis Queensland.
September and then finished second in the Magic Millions Classic (1200m) in January. In the 2019 winter, he hit high point with a win in the G2 Champagne Classic (1200m) at Doomben in May. At three, he finished second in the G2 Danehill Stakes (1200m) at Flemington. His dual Listedwinning sire has had an outstanding stud career, siring 71 SWs with 14 of those at G1 level. Dubious’s dam was Listed-placed in France and is a half-sister to Group 3-winner Sediciosa, the dam of Group 2 winner San Huberto.
OLMEDO (FR) Bay 2015, Declaration Of War (USA)-Super Pie (USA) by Pivotal (GB) Aquis Farm, Canungra Fee: $16,500
A winner over 1500m at Deauville at two, he also ran second in the G1 Prix JeanLuc Lagardere (1600m) at Chantilly. At three, he won the G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains (1600m) at Longchamp and at four was victorious in the G3 Prix Gontaut-Biron (2000m) at Deauville. His sire was a dualGroup 1 winner in the UK and
at stud has sired 27 SWs, with five of those at Group 1 level, including last year’s unique double of the Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare and the Victoria Derby winner Warning.
SUN CITY Chestnut 2016, ZoustarRoulettes, by Flying Spur Telemon Thoroughbreds, Innisplain Fee: $7700
From three starts at two he won the G2 B J McLachlan Stakes (1200m) at Doomben and finished second in the Listed Maribyrnong Trial Stakes (1000m) at Flemington and Listed Phelan Ready Stakes (1100m) at Doomben. His sire was a dual-Group 1 winner and, in a brief stud career to date, has sired 13 SWs, including the star filly Sunlight. His dam, a Listed winner at Moonee Valley is a half-sister to Group 3 winner Royal Discretion and is also the dam of G2 Skyline Stakes (1200m) runner-up Spin.
DUBIOUS: Is a fast son of his champion sire Not A Single Doubt. He will stand at Aquis Queensland.
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LONG LEAF: Will be the best son of Fastnet Rock to stand in WA.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
LONG LEAF
LEONARDO DA HINCHI
Bay 2015, Fastnet RockFrustrating, by Stravinsky (USA)
Bay 2015, HinchinbrookPortrait, by Octagonal (NZ) Gold Front Breeding & Racing, Breera Fee: $5000
At two, he won over 1300m at Sandown. At three, he won the G2 Bill Stutt Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley and was placed in the Listed Antler Luggage Plate at Flemington and Mitchell McKenzie Stakes at Moonee Valley. His sire was a Group 3 winner and at stud has sired 20 SWs, with four at Group 1 level. His dam is a half-sister to Group 2 winner and good sire Jet Spur and his second dam, Verocative, was a Group 3 winner at Caulfield. His third dam is a sister to Zeditave.
Rangeview Stud, Burekup Fee: $5500
Long Leaf won three times over 1000m at two, including the Listed Merson Cooper Stakes (1200m) at Sandown and the Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) at Caulfield. At three, he won the Restricted Listed Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m, Ellerslie) and ran finished third in the G2 Sandown Guineas (1600m). His sire, a two-time Group 1 winner, has been champion Australian sire twice and has sired 157 SWs, with 39 at Group 1 level. His dam was a winner in Adelaide and Brisbane and is a half-sister to SWs Tiger Tees, Terravista and Ball Of Muscle and Listed winners Super Easy and Our Lukas.
SUN CITY: The son of Zoustar is on the Telemon Thoroughbreds roster.
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GREAT RACEHORSE BECOMING A GREAT SIRE One of the highlights of the Australian breeding industry in the past 12 months has been the emergence of So You Think as a stallion of significance, writes DANNY POWER
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henever So You Think steps through the door the Coolmore Stud stallion to parade, there is a collective gasp from those gathered to see him. There are few more aweinspiring sights that this equine Adonis, that most regard as the epitome of the near perfect thoroughbred. He also was near-perfection on the racetrack winning 10 Group 1s for two of racing’s legendary trainers—five in Australia (including two Cox Plates) for Bart Cummings and five in England and Ireland for Aidan O’Brien. Looks can count for a lot with a stallion, especially early on when they need good-looking yearlings going to market, but from then on, it’s what those colts and fillies do on the racetrack that makes a stallion. So You Think (b h 2006, by High Chaparral (IRE)-Triassic (NZ), by Tights (USA)) had a slow start to his stud career, PERFECTION: The magnificent So You Think, pictured at Coolmore Stud, is starting to build an imposing record as a stallion.
stylish sprinter Classique Legend but he’s now hit his straps in (by Not A Single Doubt). wonderful style. One of the impressive Last season, he covered his developments for So You Think biggest book at Coolmore Stud, has been his ability to leave Jerrys Plains, when 234 mares smart juveniles in the second met him in the breeding shed at half of the season. a fee of $38,500 (he remains at that fee in ... So You Think Trainer Gerald Ryan 2020). is receiving the has a rising star in Peltzer (b g 2017, ex Since then, recognition he things have gotten deserves in the Miss Otto, by Elusive Quality (USA)), who even better for sale ring with won three races the magnificent a colt by him in great style from horse—last season selling for three starts—from he sired nine new $1.1 million 1200m to 1300m— Stakes winners, in April and May. including the Group Ryan believes Peltzer is a Group 1 Australian Derby winner 1 Caulfield Guineas prospect the Quick Thinker (br c 2016, exspring. Acouplamas, by Al Maher)—his Ryan resisted the temptation fifth Group 1 winner. to go to Brisbane for the Group Importantly, So You Think 1 JJ Atkins Stakes (1400m) at is receiving the recognition he Eagle Farm in June. “There is deserves in the sale ring with a lot for him in the spring up a colt by him selling for $1.1 to 1600 metres, such as the million at the Inglis Easter (Group 1) Golden Rose (1400m, Yearling Sale in April—his first Rosehill) and the Caulfield $1 million yearling. That grey Guineas,” Ryan said. colt, offered by Tyreel Stud, was “I think he is a very nice horse from the mare Pinocchio (by and I reckon he has come up Encosta De Lago), the dam of the in his wither. He didn’t need to grow anymore because he is already big enough and he is a really nice, well-balanced horse.” New Zealand trainer Murray Baker is keen to get Quick
Thinker to Melbourne for the spring. “I’m waiting on travel arrangements for him. He’s been back in work for a few weeks and looks good,” he said in July. “He’s not a big horse, but he’s neat and strong. I’d like to get him to the (Group 1) Caulfield Cup, which is in his capabilities, especially now that the Japanese are not coming and there is a doubt on some of the Europeans.” So You Think will be joined at Coolmore by two new shuttle stallions from the same sireline in the 2020 breeding season— the 2019 Group 1 2000 Guineas (1600m) winner Magna Grecia and the brilliant juvenile Calyx, who won the Group 2 Coventry Stakes (1200m) at Royal Ascot in 2018. Magna Grecia is a son of the rising sire of sires, Invincible Spirit (IRE) (by Green Desert (USA)) and Calyx is by Invincible Spirit’s best son, Kingman, winner of four Group 1s, all over 1600m. Magnia Grecia stands for $22,000, Calyx for $17,600. It’s no surprise that Coolmore is tapping into this sireline because Invincible Spirit’s son are doing a great job in both hemispheres—his best son here is Yarraman Park Stud’s headliner I Am Invincible. NOTE: All fees quoted are inclusive of GST.
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OBITUARIES
The tale of two stallions Farewell Danzero and Fighting Sun, by MICK SHARKIE and DANNY POWER
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s news came through on June 29 of the death of two Victorian stallions, inevitable assessments were made on their impact to the breeding landscape. One, Fighting Sun, was very much at the start of his stud journey, and the other, Danzero, a famous veteran, had long been retired from the game of equine love. Fighting Sun’s career at Sun Stud ended prematurely—at aged eight—when he succumbed to colic before his impact as a sire could be fully felt, much
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who is now in Singapore. like his racetrack career which It is a different ended, due to injury, story for Danzero, after an unbeaten ... a better the 1994 Group two-start career. reflection of 1 Golden Slipper Brilliant, full of Danzero’s true winner and the first promise, and taken self were his Stakes winner and too soon. insanely tough Group 1-winner Fighting Sun sons Danzylum for his legendary (by Northern and Extra Zero, sire, Danehill (USA) Meteor from Irish who were both (by Danzig [USA]). Darling) had been no nonsense Danzero did it all, a consistent sire of on and off the track. winners, although campaigners, only one a Stakes more tradesmen He was 28 when he winner, the gelding than white-collar died peacefully at Rosemont Stud at Chess Star, (ex types Ceres, near Geelong, Social Glow by where he had been Aghaddir [USA]), IN HIS PRIME: Danzero, pictured at Arrowfield Stud, will be remembered as his sire
Danehill’s first Group 1 winner.
since 2011 after being retired from the stud life from 2014. Danzero showed himself to be a decent source of fast and honest horses as the sire of six Group 1 winners, most notably the five-time Group 1 winner and successful sire, Niconero, four-time Group 1 winner and Sydney’s 2YO triple crown winner Dance Hero and threetime Group 1 winner Fairway, although those names made their headlines a decade ago. Perhaps a better reflection of Danzero’s true self were his insanely tough sons Danzylum and Extra Zero, who were both no nonsense campaigners, more tradesmen than white-
OBITUARIES
ALONE AND HAPPY: Danzero loved chilling on his own in retirement in his paddock at Rosemont Stud.
collar types, but they raced with bond,” Mithen said. “Stallions have distinction from youngsters into got their own character traits and their greybeard years. you do get to know them. They are Danzero, too, was a horse of the alpha males and they’re special simple pleasures. Rosemont Stud because of their unique place in principal Anthony Mithen recalls: the pyramid of breeding. Some do “When we decided to buy him become quite human because of the (from Arrowfield Stud in 2011) and interaction, while others are just bring him to Victoria, I didn’t even grumpy old men that want to be left have a covering shed. I thought alone until it’s time to do their job.” here’s this Golden Slipper winner When Mithen bought Danzero and good stallion and I haven’t even from Arrowfield Stud’s John got a decent box for Messara, he knew him, so I spent $25,000 that the then 19-yearHe was and built him this old’s career was in definitely a sensational box in the its twilight, but the VB can under a veteran lothario had a middle of his paddock gumtree type of far greater impact than because every man horse and that needs his home. merely financial on “Well, he hated it. suited us, I think Rosemont. He’d rather be outside “He was the first he really loved in the paddock day life at Rosemont horse we stood at and night, talking to stud and the only because of that. the birds, watching the horse to stand at our ROSEMONT STUD PRINCIPAL world go by, definitely Ceres farm (Rosemont ANTHONY MITHEN ON an outdoors man. He stallions now stand at DANZERO was definitely a VB can its nearby Gnarwarre under a gumtree type of horse and property) and we really just learned that suited us, I think he really as we went,” Mithen said. “Alex loved life at Rosemont because of Woodhams (now at Brideoake that.” Racing) became our stallion Because of the solitary nature manager and we had no facilities, of stallion life, horses like so we converted the middle bay Danzero don’t run with a herd as of an old machinery shed to the broodmares do. Stallions’ equine covering barn, lined it with old hay interaction is confined to the bales and put a gate on the front. covering shed. Humans provide the “I’m sure the old boy looked day-to-day companionship, and at us and thought ‘what have strong bonds can be made. I struck with these two?’, but it “He had an affinity with Suzanne worked, and we got it done. (Mowat). She fed him every day When I look at our Gnarwarre and she fussed over him and stole farm now and the beautiful the good feed for him, which he covering shed there, you do probably didn’t eat. But you could remember where it all started and see he appreciated her, there was a Danzero played a great role in that.”
GONE TOO SOON:
Promising stallion Fighting Sun, pictured parading at Sun Stud, has died at the age of eight.
Lee Freedman bought Danzero for $55,000, from the Arrowfield draft, as a yearling at the 1991 Sale Of The Sanctuary at Sanctuary Cove in Queensland. His father, Tony, had trained Danzero’s granddam, Idesa (by Idomeneo (GB)) and Freedman took a gamble on the colt by a new sire Danehill from the Kaoru Star mare Confidentially. Freedman syndicated the colt to the same four people—Alan Brodribb, Angelo Torcasio, Peter Alpar and David Kobritz—he had sold a grey colt they named Subzero a year earlier. Incredibly, within three years they had owned a Melbourne Cup winner (Subzero won in 1992) and a Golden Slipper winner with the first two horses they had raced in partnership. Danzero, like his former stablemate Flying Spur (also a Golden Slipper winner, from Danehill’s second crop), started his career at Chatswood Stud in Seymour, in 1995, before being moved to Arrowfield Stud at Scone, where he again stood alongside Flying Spur and the great Redoute’s Choice. Arrowfield Stud’s John Messara paid tribute to the horse that put Danehill on the map. “It was Danzero who raised the flag for Danehill and the dominant sire-line he founded in Australia, and for that we will always remember him with gratitude.” Richard Freedman, who looked after Danzero at the Freedman brothers’ Caulfield stable when Danzero was a two-year-old, tweeted: “We bought him as a yearling at the Sale Of The Sanctuary. He was a big, raw 2YO, but he was gentle and honest. He was an important horse and he’ll be missed.” Footnote: Mick Sharkie’s tribute appeared on rsn.net.au.
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VOBIS Sires is an enhancement to Victoria’s respected owner and breeder incentive scheme, VOBIS. Khoekhoe ridden by Fred Kersley wins The Showdown at Caulfield Racecourse on April 18, 2020.
VOBIS Sires encourages support of Victorian-based stallions, providing those who invest in their progeny the opportunity for lucrative returns. The progeny of all VOBIS Sires nominated stallions once nominated into Super VOBIS and VOBIS Gold can compete for $22 million in bonuses and prizemoney on offer every year including: • The $1 million Showdown for 2YOs over 1200 metres (exclusive for VOBIS Sires horses) • The $500,000 VOBIS Sires Guineas 3YO race over 1600 metres (exclusive for VOBIS Sires horses) • An enhanced 18 race $4.7 million VOBIS Gold Premier Race Series for horses of all ages • 250+ races with VOBIS Gold bonuses of $20,000 • 800+ races with Super VOBIS bonuses of between $12,000 and $30,000 • $10,000 nominators bonuses for 2YO and 3YO black-type races in Victoria Look for the VOBIS Sires logo when you select a stallion for your mare.
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Black Caviar’s son Prince Of Caviar is a royal addition to the Riverbank farm stallion roster, writes DANNY POWER
or a blue-collar stud, Riverbank Farm has dipped its toe into some royally bred stallions. The Benalla farm of Russell Osborne and his veterinarian wife Caroline, stands eight stallions, including Boulder City, a halfbrother to Winx, and, in July, Russell announced that Black Caviar’s son, Prince Of Caviar, will join the Riverbank roster. Although you won’t see a convoy of trucks from the Hunter Valley lined up at the Riverbank gates, there is a steady stream of small breeders with two-horse floats looking for a valuable option for their mare, mostly with the aim of breeding a horse to race themselves. Osborne, who also trains a small team, knows he can’t compete with the big commercial studs, so he offers the smaller breeders something for everyone and value for their money. “Our stud fees are inclusive of all veterinary fees, which makes us unique. It means the small breeder can send a mare here and if she doesn’t get in foal, there is no crippling veterinary bill at the end of the spring,” he said. The proof of the Riverbank model is in the fact that 82 horses from Riverbank stallions have won races in the 2019-20 season. He expects that Prince Of Caviar, by Sebring (by More Than ready (USA)), will appeal to many of his clients, especially at a fee of $4400, all inclusive. “We are delighted that his owners chose us to stand him,” Osborne said. “Horses like him and Boulder City wouldn’t be standing at Riverbank had they reached their
full potential.” Prince Of Caviar had only five starts—when trained by the Hawkes family—winning a maiden at Bendigo (1300m) in September 2018, and was second in another three, including a very promising debut at Sandown, when the subsequent Group 1 Victoria Derby winner Extra Brut beat him by a neck. “He got a virus which affected his throat, so he wasn’t able to show what he could do,” Osborne said. Everyone at Riverbank is excited by the quality of Boulder City’s yearlings. “We have quite a few of them on the farm and they are very, very good,” Osborne said. “Interestingly, there was nothing special about the Boulder City foals after they were born, they were nice enough, but as yearlings they have really blossomed to be standouts in the paddocks. “Some people who have used him weren’t going to breed this season for various reasons, and we have had to ring them to say, ‘come and see this foal before you make that decision’, which is very encouraging for the stallion.
CAVIAR’S BOY: Prince
Of Caviar (Luke Nolen) pictured winning at Bendigo in 2018.
“He’s a very good-looking horse and, importantly, he has stamped his foals in his image. Nearly all of them are bays with no white unless it’s on their head, which is quite amazing. It’s hard not to be a bit excited about what the future holds for him.” Boulder City, by champion sire Snitzel from Vegas Showgirl, was a $2.3 million yearling in 2016, but he didn’t race when under the care of trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott. “He had a few issues and he was immature, which meant he was going to take time, so it was decided to capitalise on what Winx was doing and stand him at stud,” Osborne said. Boulder City covered 94 and 60 mares in his first two seasons, although it will be a lot tougher to attract mares in his third season. His fee remains at $5500. As promising as Boulder City and Prince Of Caviar are, Osborne’s soft spot is for his stalwart stallion, Redente (by Redoute’s Choice from Stella Cadente by Centaine), who keeps producing winners and is a favourite with the north-east trainers. His 2020 fee is $3300. “I just love him. He has the ability to upgrade his mares. There are mares that went to him that hadn’t left a winner after years at stud, and then they produced good horses by him,” he said. The other Riverbank stallions are: Bon Aurum (by Bon Hoffa, fee $5500); Skilled (Commands, $3300), Anacheeva (Anabaa (USA), $3300), Wayed Zain (High Chaparral (IRE), $2200) and Von Costa De Hero (Encosta De Lago, $2200). NOTE: all fees are inclusive of GST.
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Golf and a Golden Slipper A financial tycoon’s passion to learn golf and a friendship with a feisty, famous golf professional is the background to Farnan’s win in the Group 1 Golden Slipper (1200m) at Rosehill in the autumn. DANNY POWER tells the story.
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hen David Hains decided in the early 1960s that he needed a break from a hectic business life, he settled on golf as his new thing. Hains is a man who attacks life like a hungry lion, so rather than hack around the courses with the other casual golfers, he decided to be the best golfer he possibly could. That decision made, he approached former champion golfer and renowned teacher Norman Von Nida to teach him the game. For a period of about seven years, Von Nida and his pupil were inseparable. Von Nida often visited Hains on his farm, Kingston Park, on the Mornington Peninsula where Hains had built a two-hole course. Von Nida wasn’t an easy person to get to know. He was known in the golf game for his feistiness and as he aged, his eyesight
diminished to the level he was legally blind. Yet he could teach golf purely by the sound of the club hitting the ball and the fizz of the ball through the air. Von Nida bet Hains $5 that he could get him down to a five-marker within a year. Hains doubted it and took the bet. Within 12 months, Hains was playing off five at Kingston Heath golf course. As Hains and The Von played golf back and forth on the two-hole course, they’d talk horses. Von Nida was more than just a great golfer—he won 48 tournaments worldwide and three Australian Opens between 1935 and 1965—his passion was horse racing, in particular, the thoroughbred breed. In 1971, Von Nida talked Hains into taking a share in an imported English galloper John Knox, a son of Epsom Derby winner Crepello. John Knox, trained by Tom Kennedy in Sydney, wasn’t much chop, but a lowly Canterbury midweek win from six
GOLDEN MOMENT: Farnan (Hugh Bowman) wins the Golden Slipper. PHOTO STEVE HART.
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NORMAN VON NIDA: The champion golfer had a passion for thoroughbreds.
starts was enough to hook Hains. Soon Hains was converting Kingston Park, at Merricks, from a cattle and sheep farm to a thoroughbred stud farm on the advice of Von Nida, who then set about buying Hains some broodmares to fill his paddocks. The first they bought was Major Bargain (by Minor Portion) with a colt foal on her by Natural Bid and in foal to the same stallion. The Hains family kept the colt and named him Kingston Bid, who went on to win eight races. The foal inside the mare they raced as Kingston Star, who was a more than smart juvenile. The excitement was building and so were the plans for expansion. Von Nida had the idea to buy stoutly bred European mares to mate with the speed-oriented Australian stallions. Von Nida had spent a lot of time playing and teaching golf in Italy. He knew legendary breeder and trainer Federico Tesio, who had died in 1954. Tesio’s stud farm, Dormello, was still in operation at Novara on the banks of Lake Maggiore in northern Italy and that’s where Von Nida headed to buy mares bred on the Tesio land under the Tesio system. He bought a package of six mares at Dormello, which was being run by Marchesa Nicola Incisa Della Rochetta, the daughter of Mario Incisa Della Rochetta, who was Tesio’s longtime business partner. Of course, the most famous of the Hains buys is Ada Hunter, who went on to produce one of the legends of the Australian turf. Another was Ursula Lauderdale, a daughter of Claude (ITY) from an English
DAVID AND HELEN HAINS: with Kingston Rule’s 1990 Melbourne Cup trophy. PHOTO COLIN BULL
winning the Group 2 Reisling family that boasted close up in Slipper Trial before training on the pedigree Musidora, winner to win the Group 1 AJC Oaks of the 1949 Epsom Oaks and and Group 1 Queensland Oaks One Thousand Guineas. double. (Hains would later import an Lowan Star didn’t produce a 13YO Claude to stand at stud foal, so there is no legacy from ion 1977. From only 21 foals her wonderful career. Her brother in two seasons, the stallion left Kingston Jamaica had raw a lasting imprint on Australia talent and went on to a handy racing through his daughter stud career in Queensland after Rose Of Kingston, an Australian winning the Listed Canonbury Horse of the Year who is the Stakes as juvenile in 1983. dam of Hains’ 1990 Melbourne However, one of the six Cup winner Kingston Rule, by winners from 13 foals produced Secretariat). by Ursula Lauderdale Also, on Von was Salire, a Nida’s advice, Hains daughter of a Hainshad bought a share in (Farnan’s owned staying the recently retired dam) Tallow import Realgar Angus Armanascowas covered by (FR). It’s Salire trained sprinter who has carried on Bletchingly (Hains The Autumn raced Kingston Lad Sun last spring the bloodlines of with Armanasco, and is believed Ursula Lauderdale to Farnan’s brilliant who won a to be in foal. win in the 2020 Pakenham maiden), Group 1 Golden who was standing at Slipper. Widden Stud in the Farnan, by Not A Single Hunter Valley in NSW. Doubt, is out of the StakesIn 1975, not long after winning mare Tallow (by arriving in Australia, Ada Street Cry (IRE)) who traces to Hunter and Ursula Lauderdale Salire’s best-producing daughter were floated to the Hunter Valley Salamore—her third dam—by —Ada Hunter to Widden Stud the great Vain. to be mated to Bletchingly and Farnan represents everything Ursula Lauderdale to Bhima that is important about modern Stud, Scone, for a visit with Australian breeding. His sire, Bletchingly’s sire Biscay. who is a son of the wonderful The resultant offspring, Ada Redoute’s Choice and who, as a Hunter’s brown colt and Ursula son of the incomparable Danehill Lauderdale’s near black filly were (by Danzig (USA)), comes from sent to the Melbourne yearling the incredible family of the mare sales in 1978. Neither made their Easy Date, the dam of Snippets reserve so they were sent back and many other high-class to Kingston Park to race in descendants. David and Helen Hains’ yellow Farnan’s dam has Italian roots and red colours. thanks to the foresight of Von What a stroke of fortune. The Nida and Hains, and she boasts colt, Kingston Town, became a mix of not only Danehill, a gelding and then a superstar. but also the influential Street The filly was named Lowan Cry (the sire of Winx) and the Star and she was running early
sensational Vain. No wonder Farnan can run. The colt was bred by the controversial Phoenix Thoroughbreds, a global thoroughbred investment group whose principal, Dubai-based businessman Amer Abdullaziz, was accused in late 2019 of money laundering. He denies the allegation. Phoenix Thoroughbreds, through agent David Lucas, had bought Tallow at the 2017 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast for $250,000 in foal to Not A Single Doubt. The resultant colt was offered at the 2019 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale by Vinery Stud, where Phoenix Thoroughbreds “bought him back” for $550,000 and later sold half to Tony Fung’s Aquis Farm, which sent him to trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott at Randwick. Tallow, who also has produced the smart dual-Listed winner Sandbar (by Snitzel), missed in the two years following Farnan, but she was covered by The Autumn Sun (by Redoute’s Choice) last spring and is believed to be in foal. David Hains, now 89 and listed as one of the 10 richest men in Australia, no longer breeds thoroughbreds, although daughter Cathy runs one of Victoria’s leading farms, Burnewang North, near Rochester. The Hains family has left an incredible legacy on Australian racing and it’s probably all due to a passion for golf and the foresight of a feisty, near-blind golfer who had the knowledge and contacts to make it happen. INSIDE BREEDING 51
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CITY LIGHTS UP NOOR ELAINE
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ast year Noor Elaine Farm lost its stalwart stallion Oamaru Force, but the Euroa stud farm has a more than adequate replacement in Ilovethiscity. Oamaru Force (by Geiger Counter (USA)) who stood at Noor Elaine since 2003, died in September after serving only one mare. He was 22. He was an underrated stallion, but terrific for those who supported him at a low fee, because not only was he a consistent sire of winners, he also had the ability to sire Group winners, including 2012 Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap winner, Mid Summer Music. Almost on cue this year, Ilovethiscity has stepped up to the plate for Noor Elaine. The son of Magic Albert (by Zeditave) produced the brilliant youngster Ilovemyself, who burst between horses on debut to win the Listed Very Special Kids Plate (1000m) at Flemington in March. Ilovemyself has since been sold for big money to clients
of Hong Kong trainer Casper Fownes. There is good reason for Hong Kong interest in the stock of Ilovethiscity, because the only horse there by him, Famous Flash, has won four races there this season. Eurell has since produced another impressive debut winner by Ilovethiscity, the gelding Ilovethegame, who led throughout to win at Sandown (1000m) on June 17. Ilovethiscity, who produced
the 2018 Group 1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes winner El Dorado Dreaming, received a further boost when Chapel City won the Group 3 R.A. Lee Stakes (1600m) at Morphettville in May and his Stakes-placed son, King Of Hastings, easily won the Gold Topaz at Swan Hill in June. Ilovethiscity started his stud career at Larneuk Stud, also in Euroa, before moving to Noor Elaine in 2018. In the past two seasons he has covered healthy
books of mares of 70 and 59— and he’s expecting a solid season again after the success of his juveniles and older horses in 2020. Grahame Begg, who trained Ilovethiscity to win the 2011 Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) is not surprised the stallion is doing the job. “People forget what a very good racehorse he was, and he comes from a sire line that is proven in Australia for getting tough, fast horses.” Ilovethiscity represents the last link to the great Showdown, who sits on the fourth line of his pedigree. Magic Albert, who died last year, is a son of the great Zeditave, who is by Showdown’s fastest and best sire-son, The Judge. Ilovethiscity will stand at Noor Elaine this season at a bargain fee of $5500 (inc. GST). STAR COLT: the brilliant Ilovemyself (Damien Oliver) winning at Stakes level on debut at Flemington in March is another exciting son of Noor Elaine’s Ilovethiscity.
Digital revolutionising thoroughbred trade Bella Vella’s victory in the Group 1 TAB Classic (1200m) at Morphettville, in May, was a poignant moment for her trainer Will Clarken and Inglis Digital online platform. Not only was it Clarken’s first Group 1 win, but also the first Group 1 winner sold from a purchase through Inglis Digital. Inglis Digital has shown during the COVID-19 restrictions that it is an industry leader. With most of the world’s horse auctions either delayed or cancelled in recent months due to the pandemic, it has been Inglis Digital and Inglis’ online bidding platforms that have allowed—albeit different— editions of the Australian Easter Yearling Sale, Chairman’s Sale, Australian Broodmare Sale and Melbourne Gold Yearling Sale to proceed. This success of the sales and the way they were seemingly conducted has drawn global recognition for the Inglis brand. The twice-monthly Inglis Digital
online auctions continue to surge in popularity. For vendors, the statistics don’t lie: the June (Early) online auction grossed $3.4m and cleared 88 per cent of the 340 lots catalogued. There have now been 17 consecutive sales that have grossed in excess of $1m and four that have cleared over $3m. The first six months of 2020 trade on the Inglis Digital platform eclipsed the entire 2019 earnings of $22.1m. The quality of stock being entered continues to get better and better. Godolphin entered the online market for the first time, offering 18 racehorses in the June (Early) Sale and 41 mares in the July (Early) Sale. For buyers, not only is it a one-stop shop—sale categories include racing stock (yearlings, weanlings, colts, fillies, geldings and entires), broodmares, ownership shares and stallion shares—it has proven graduate success with, apart from Bella Vella, Stakes winners such as
Mustajeer, Greyworm, Deep Image and Inquiry. Inglis Digital’s Business Manager Nick Melmeth believes the growth of online auctions will only get stronger. “It’s a win-win because vendors don’t need to transport the horses for sale and buyers can do all their bidding from the comfort of their own lounge room,” he said.
“With over 5500 registered buyers from all around the world, Inglis Digital online auctions ensures vendors that the eyes of the globe are on the catalogues each and every month, giving maximum chance of a successful trading experience.’’
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Ringerdingding for Wyndholm Park
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eading veterinarian and studmaster Dr. Kim McKellar and his wife Liz were shattered when their impressive stallion Rebel Raider died suddenly at their Wyndholm Park Stud, Ballarat, last year. The McKellars haven’t wasted any time finding a suitable replacement for Rebel Raider in the strikingly handsome shape of the former top-class galloper Ringerdingding. The jet-black son of Sebring (by More than Ready (USA)) and the Red Ransom (USA) mare Maybe I will cover his first book of mares at Wyndholm Park Stud at an introductory fee of $6,600 (inc. GST). Ringerdingding, a $170,000 yearling out of the Three Bridges Thoroughbreds draft at the Melbourne Premier Sale in 2017, emerged as a star as a three-year-old in the Melbourne spring of 2018 when he won the Group 2 Sandown Guineas (1600m) at Sandown, when he produced a withering finishing
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in the industry. The 1 Series subcompact tractors can achieve so much more than meets the eye. From landscaping and mowing to fence-building and maintenance, these tractors make light work of acreage chores. For a bit more power to get the tougher jobs done, 5 and 6 Series tractors are unparalleled when it comes to versatility and options. No matter what you do, these tough, compact, front-
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Stockwell Stud’s Group 1 stallions are value
tockwell Thoroughbreds has announced that the service fees for its A-Team stallions—Artie Schiller (USA) and Al Maher—will remain unchanged for the 2020 breeding season. The two highly successful, Group 1-producing stallions will stand the famous Diggers Rest farm at fees of $11,000 (inc. GST) for Artie Schiller and $8800 (inc. GST) for Al Maher. Stockwell’s Brodie Becker praised the two stallions’ ability to consistently produce high-class Stakes-performing offspring. “We are very fortunate to be standing two highly successful and proven stallions in a market that does not often offer such consistency of results year in and out,” he said. “Artie Schiller and Al Maher have established results, both in the yearling market and on the
racetrack, through a genuine and hard-earned legacy. “Neither was afforded the massive books of high-grade commercial mares to launch their careers as others have been gifted, but both have proven to be genuine upgraders and stand with records to be extremely proud of.”
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earnings with 52 Stakes winners of 96 races. His strike rate of winners is running at 72 per cent. Al Maher has produced 35 Stakes winners of 80 Stakes races and career earnings of almost $50 million. He has established a 64 per cent winnerto-runner record. “We recognise the commercial trends in the industry and that some stallions are considered ‘hot’ each season, but in a year of revision and reality—such as has been imposed heading into the coming season—we could not be more proud to offer two stallions who deliver each year and protect mare owners from exposure to expensive risks,” Becker said. A WORK OF ART: the handsome and high-class Artie Schiller stands at Stockwell Stud at Diggers Rest at a fee of $11,000. PHOTO BRUNO CANNATELLI
KER leads the way in equine nutrition
entucky Equine Research (KER) has strived to be the leader in equine nutrition for more than 30 years. This has culminated into a prolific list of research and scientific papers published with an emphasis on product development for the equine industry. KER is pleased to announce that Equi-Jewel, the only Stabilised Rice Bran derived
Artie Schiller (by El Prado (IRE)) and Al Maher, who is one of the last top-class sons of Danehill at stud in Australia, have developed envious Stakes results of better than 5 per centto-starters, which places them in elite company. Artie Schiller’s progeny have now amassed $74 million in
topline conditioner—supported by published research—is back in stores. In a scientific study conducted by KER, researchers compared the effects of feeding Equi-Jewel and corn oil. During strenuous exercise, horses fed Equi-Jewel had lower lactic acid levels than horses fed corn oil. The inclusion of Equi-Jewel as a substitute for corn oil in rations also resulted in lower heart rates and, subsequently,
metabolic syndrome. Equi-jewel has a glycaemic index rating of 50 where oats are used as the benchmark of 100. To give you a comparison Equi-jewels rating is an almost identical value to grass hay. For more information regarding Equi-Jewel or any other Equine nutrition concern, contact Kentucky Equine Research’s free Nutrition Consultation Service on 1800 772 198 or email advice@ker.com shorter recovery periods. Equi-Jewel also contains linoleic acid which has been shown to reduce gastric acid secretion and increase output of protective prostaglandins, making Equi-Jewel an important component in the diet of horses at risk of gastric ulcers and hindgut disturbances. The glycaemic index (GI) of a feed is the measure of blood glucose levels in response to feeding. A low-GI feed produces lower spikes in blood glucose. This slower release of energy decreases the risk of disorders such as developmental orthopaedic disease, laminitis, digestive problems, and equine
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OAKFORD FARM DOES IT ALL
f you are looking for a fitting description of Oakford Thoroughbred Farm, it’s longevity and professionalism that immediately comes to mind. But that’s not all. This picturesque and peaceful boutique farm, set on 800 acres just out of the historic town of Maldon, is an all-encompassing thoroughbred racing, breeding, agistment and rehabilitation operation that leaves no stone unturned to provide its clients with the best of service. This family-owned and -operated thoroughbred farm is rapidly closing in on its 23rd anniversary, and it offers the experience and reputation afforded from a lifetime involvement in the thoroughbred industry.
The McKnight family have beautifully positioned Oakford Thoroughbred Farm in a district renowned for raising stock with strong bone and aided by constant water supply. With the breeding season just around the corner, Oakford Thoroughbred Farm headlines as a specialist in professional breeding services. It is central to all major Victorian studs and is the perfect place to board your mare/s for the breeding season. The farm also caters for walking out mares, foaling down or sales preparation. This all adds up to a
satisfying, worry-free result for broodmare owners. Oakford Farm also tailors the agistment experience to include stabling, rugging, premium-farrier care by Ashley McKnight—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 McKnight, carefully monitors all aspect of the feeding programme, which includes consultation with a nutritionist.
Feed is weighed and mixed daily with a Keenan Feed Processor and the horses thrive on the feeding program. The farm facilities include a swimming pool, walking machine, water-walker and the recent addition of a treadmill. The water-walker and treadmill are not just a training aid, they are an integral tool in the rehabilitation of horses returning from injury. Pre-training and training are also available, with access to a premium built 2100-metre soft, sand track and weekly access to Ballarat Turf Club training facilities are an added bonus. In all the Oakford Farm team’s focus is on the specialist care, welfare and management of all thoroughbreds on the property.
Ranvet’s Flexi-Joint Plus Ranvet is pleased to announce the launch of its new joint supplement, Flexi-Joint Plus. This is the joint supplement you have been waiting for. Flexi-Joint Plus is a premium, six-in-one supplement that has been specifically formulated to promote joint health and mobility for horses. What does Flexi-Joint Plus contain? ioavailable Curcumin—a B powerful natural antiinflammatory. ● Glucosamine Sulphate—which ●
assists cartilage formation/repair and reduces the formation of inflammatory mediators thereby reducing joint pain associated with osteoarthritis. ● Chondroitin Sulphate—that inhibits the enzymes associated with cartilage degeneration. ● Manganese Chelate—a highly Bioavailable form which is necessary for the production of synovial fluid (joint lubricant). ● MSM—a natural antiinflammatory. ● Vitamin C—which is essential for the health of cartilage and connective tissues. These six key ingredients are known for their beneficial role in joint health; and combined make Flexi-Joint Plus a powerhouse for your horse.
What makes Flexi-Joint Plus different? Ranvet really wanted to create a product that stood out from other joint supplements, which is why we have produced a pelleted joint supplement. Flexi-Joint Plus has a delicious apple flavour, resulting in a super palatable pellet that even the fussiest of eaters will eat straight from your hand. For as little as $2.50 a day at the maintenance dose, you can have the peace of mind that you are looking after your horse’s joints for the future.
Flexi-Joint Plus is now available online and at all product stores and saddleries across Australia.
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Jas Smith maintains it tradition 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. Two of Jas Smith’s hidden gems are the small and compact chaff cutters and roller mills, which allow breeders, horse, cattle and sheep owners to significantly save money by cutting their own chaff and rolling their own grain. Processing your own provides quality control over the hay and grain used in your feed, and the ability to make your own blends. All Jas Smith chaff cutters are compact, easy to use, well-
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guarded and require minimal maintenance. These chaff cutters blow chaff directly into bags or bins as it is cut, so no wasted time shovelling off the floor. Two different chaff-cutter models are available to suit different budgets and volumes
llora Stud is a boutique stud nestled in the heart of Victoria’s Thoroughbred Breeding District. It’s a unique enterprise being owned by a husband and wife team who bring together the combined experience of a dedicated stud manager and an equine reproductive veterinarian. With over 40 years of worldy experience in the thoroughbred industry, Matt and Claire Brown have seen it all and strive to bring the best bits of their experience to their own stud farm. Their focus is foaling down and breeding, priding themselves in achieving excellent pregnancy rates. “We enjoy the whole journey, from determining
required. The JAS1440 model is the smallest model with a 1hp single-phase motor using normal household 240-volt power supply. This model offers capacity of approximately 8-10 bags per hour. For higher volumes of chaff,
We want to work with clients to achieve their dreams as that’s exactly what we are doing ourselves. the best time to send the mares to the stallion barns (many of which are located in close proximity to the stud), to seeing the 14-day pregnancy on the ultrasound scanner. Foaling those pregnancies is rewarding when the foals are delivered the following year then looking after the mares and foals through until weaning time. We love to watch the horses grow out and seeing them perform successfully on the track is a bonus”. With Matt’s knowledge
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. The smaller roller mills range in capacity from 30kg, 180kg and 600kg/hr, and operate with 240volt power. The larger 1,000kg/hr model uses a 4kw 3phase motor. These machines are easy to use, compact and can crack or crush a variety of grains, such as oats, barley, wheat, lupins, beans, and more. The roller mills use intermeshing adjustable rollers, which can easily be altered for crushing various sized samples of grain. Jas Smith Machinery is located in Ballarat, Victoria and can be contacted on (03) 5332 1796.
of the industry, he can help clients at every step of the way from choosing stallions, assessing predigrees and choosing sales for the weanlings or yearlings. “We want to work with clients to achieve their dreams as that’s exactly what we are doing ourselves”. Ellora Stud pride themselves in providing a first-class service. Being a small operation, they have minimal staff so Matt is directly responsible for all checks and procedures on the farm. Claire does all the veterinary work and they attend every foaling. Matt and Claire have designed the farm from scratch so it is purpose-built and well-maintained. It has good quality, improved pastures and plentiful water.
Please visit their website for further information at www.ellorastud.com.au
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Timing is right for Twin Hills
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n the three years since Olly and Amber Tait purchased their storied Cootamundra property, the Twin Hills Stud operation has grown steadily and swiftly. A farm that had already been the base of some famous stallions and produced elite racehorses under the banners of Transmedia Park, Woodlands and Godolphin has put itself in the spotlight again. The performances in particular of its headline stallion, Smart Missile, as well as some dazzling results in the sale ring has reestablished Twin Hills on the Australian thoroughbred scene. After standing Group 1 juvenile Odyssey Moon (by Snitzel) and international sprinter Bobby’s Kitten (USA) (by Kitten’s Joy USA)) in its first season of operation, Twin Hills has continued to develop a strong, commercial stallion roster that now consists of Smart Missile (by Fastnet Rock), Denman (by Lonhro), Hallowed Crown (by Street Sense (USA)) and Odyssey Moon. The arrival of Hallowed Crown
to Twin Hills in 2020 coincided with his first crop filly, Colette, proving herself one of the best of her generation with a brilliant win in the Group 1 Australian Oaks at Randwick in April. “Smart Missile is truly one of Australia’s best stallions, consistently towards the top of the list in terms of winners and Stakes winners and, of course, has produced a Group 1 winner,” Olly Tait said. “And Hallowed Crown
producing a filly of the calibre of Colette in his first crop suggests that there is a very bright future in front of him as well”. The performances of the farm’s stallions have been complemented by exceptional results in the sales ring with a $1,600,000 sale of broodmare Lipari in 2019, as well as yearlings sold for $550,000 (More Than Ready filly), $450,000 (Choisir colt) and $320,000 (Exceed And Excel filly).
With 1000 hectares of gently undulating land perfectly situated between the Hunter Valley and north-east Victoria, Twin Hills is easily accessed by a huge number of broodmare farms. “The beauty of where we are located is that breeders can walk mares into our stallions from both Victoria and the Hunter Valley, just as we do in reverse,” Tait said. “Good proven stallions are hard to find. Smart Missile is certainly one of those and he is located in a spot where people can either use him and keep their mare at home or alternatively send the mare to us for the season”. With proven stallions such as Smart Missile, Hallowed Crown and Denman on the roster, along with the exciting Odyssey Moon, whose first two-year-olds hit the track this season, it appears inevitable that the Twin Hills brand is one that will continue to grow. THE STAR OF TWIN HILLS: Smart Missile
has emerged as one of Australia’s best stallions.
Rich history of Cityview Cityview Farm has a rich history of breeding quality racehorses. Most people will remember it as the former St John’s Lane Stud, owned and developed by the late Doug Reid. The farm produced many good horses, including Bart Cumming’s champion mare Maybe Mahal. The picturesque, undulating farm at Gisborne South is less than 40 minutes from the Melbourne CBD—easily visible on a clear day—and only 25 minutes from Tullamarine Airport. Cityview Farm is now under the management of Carla Aliphon, supported by a team of dedicated staff. The team focuses on giving every mare the utmost attention, which is reflected in Cityview’s outstanding fertility statistics. Cityview Farm specialises in mares and foals, and offers services such as agistment, foaling down, weaning as well as servicing many of the local studs with walk-in mares. More recently,
the farm began offering its clients a sales preparation for both weanlings and yearlings with the aim of becoming a one-stop shop for high-end breeders.
On the fringe of the Macedon Ranges the farm is ideally located within close proximity to Victoria’s main studs including Woodside Park Stud, Sun Stud,
Spendthrift Farm and Stockwell Stud. It is also positioned centrally between Seymour and Geelong, meaning it is less than 90 minutes away from Aquis Farm, Blue Gum Gum, Chatswood Stud, Darley Northwood Park, Rosemont Stud and Swettenham Stud. Cityview Farm, of more than 80 hectares, is very well-established with state-of-the-art diamond -mesh fencing, great facilities and quality pasture all year round. The paddocks are all double-fenced and include a solid shelter and trees for shade. The landscape of the farm is a mixture of large undulating hills and flat plains to cater for the needs of all horses. A recent addition to the farm has been a major investment into fixed and roving irrigation systems that will provide excellent green grass all year. SKYLINE: the Melbourne skyline is visible from the glorious undulating paddocks at Cityview Farm
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GLEN EDEN OFFERS VALUE FOR BREEDERS T
his year Glen Eden Stud celebrates 20 years in operation by standing an exciting group of wellcredentialed stallions, all in the early stages of their careers. Located just an hour out of Melbourne close to Kilmore, Glen Eden is a family operation overseen by the enthusiastic and experienced breeder Sonia O’Gorman, who is excited about the quality of the stud’s 2020 roster. “We have four lovely horses who represent great value to local breeders, offering pedigree, type and performance.” Retired to stud in 2017, the handsome dual Group 1-winning sprinter Rebel Dane is fondly remembered by racegoers for the toughness displayed over his five seasons on the track. Competitive with the country’s
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best and fastest horses, Rebel Dane amassed in excess of $2.3 million in a career that spanned 40 starts. He won eight of those, figuring in the placings on a further nine occasions. O’Gorman sees the class in Rebel Dane every day, noting his self confidence— “he has such an air of self importance!” Joining Rebel Dane at Glen Eden is the eye-catching chestnut Giant’s Steps, a son of champion sire Giant’s Causeway (USA), by Storm Cat (USA). And what a family he hails
from, his third dam being the triple Group 1 winner Sacahuista, dam of Weekend Hussler’s champion sire Hussonet (USA). The first of Glen Eden’s first-season stallions is Fleet Review (by War Front (USA)), a Listed winner at the Curragh in Ireland who was competitive at the elite level with placings behind US Navy Flag in the Middle Park Stakes and the July Cup. Fleet Review stands alongside another first-season sire, the
well-related Royal Ace. The winner of nine races, the son of Flying Spur’s Chipping Norton Stakes winner Casino Prince (sire of 19 stakes winners including Alligator Blood’s multiple Group 1-winning sire All Too Hard) was successful at eight different tracks including Flemington and Sandown, another career highlight being Peninsula Cup success at Mornington. Royal Ace is out of the imported More Than Ready (USA) mare She Can’t Wait, a descendant of the acclaimed matriarch Almahmoud, the foundation mare behind influential stallions Northern Dancer, Danehill, Halo and Machiavellian. FLEET REVIEW: the royally bred son of
War Front will stand at Glen Eden Stud, Kilmore.
Polvin PVC—a superior choice for equine fencing
f you are leaning on a fence on a racetrack in Australia, there’s every chance that fence is has been supplied by Polvin PVC Fencing. Polvin Fencing Systems—with more than 30-years’ experience in PVC—is widely recognised as “the PVC experts”. Prestigious racecourses, equestrian clubs, stud farms and high-value hobby farms have trusted in Polvin Fencing, not only for the safety and security of their horses, but also for being able to beautifully transform their properties. When thinking about equine fencing for your yard, paddock, arena or equestrian centre, there are vital elements necessary to consider for the protection of your horses: ● Safety on impact ● Security ● High visibility ● No cribbing
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PVC fencing is safer on impact, highly visible and provides a safe, secure environment for your horses. Furthermore, if you have a horse that likes to chew, PVC has no attractive taste or a texture, thereby preventing this issue. In addition to
these factors, PVC is virtually maintenance free and will continue to look freshly installed well into the future. PVC fencing, which is extremely popular in the United States, is now more common in Australia. It is fast becoming the
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fencing material of choice across equestrian facilities throughout the nation. The primary reason for this change of attitude away from traditional fencing materials is its benefit of safety. Common injuries to horses resulting from fence collisions are broken bones associated with an inflexible steel fence, cuts and tears from a splintered timber fence and entanglement with a wire fence. A PVC fence substantially reduces these risks, as it is much more resilient to impact and will flex upon collision, without breaking. Should the impact be quite heavy, the rails are designed to “pop out”, further preventing injury risk. To find out more about the equine fencing options available from Polvin Fencing Systems, visit the website at www.polvinfencing.com.au or give them a call on 1800 339 675
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Caring for your horse Stable Care is a proprietary limited animal health company that specialises in developing premium animal health products that are professionally established for both the wholesale and retail distribution sector throughout the world. Stable Care is the sole formulator and owner of the very sought after Exocough Red; the world-renowned respiratory health product registered by the APVMA. Exocough Red aids in the treatment of coughing and other clinical signs associated with respiratory infections in horses. Exocough Red is a powerful oral decongestant that is registered in Australia by the APVMA that uses proven scientific active ingredients that are safe and effective. Exocough Red is fast acting on the respiratory system to give relief in horses of all ages including weanlings, yearlings
and adult horses. Furthermore, Exocough Red has been specifically formulated to assist in expectorating the conditions caused by viruses or illness associated with coughs, colds or any other type of respiratory condition(s). Stable Care’s product range and services have been developed and supported by experienced veterinarians, veterinary nutritionists and a vast network of animal health professionals to bring you the highest of quality, highly innovative animal health products and services; that are importantly supported with accessible around the clock customer service. Our Equine Care Range includes solutions for: Respiratory Joint Gut ● Ulcers ● ●
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health industry. Our product range is ethically developed based on the requirements of highly relevant health issues of today, and the forecasted future of tomorrow. Stable Care is proud to note that our product range is Australian-owned and manufactured to and within GMP standards. Having such a network has allowed us to increase our service and product capabilities. We truly pride ourselves on being a one stop animal health solution to our clients both on a National and International level.
THE ULTIMATE PADDOCK CLEANER
The Paddock Blade was invented in the United Kingdom in 2013 to help ease the back-breaking task of keeping paddocks clean and parasite free. A single horse manures as much as 20kg a day, that’s 140kg of poo a week. As much as we love our fourlegged friends, they certainly make it hard work picking up after them. While a lot of people continue to the slave after their horses with a rake and wheelbarrow, more and more horse-owners are investing in a paddock cleaner to collect the manure for them, saving their spare time, their backs, and ultimately their bank accounts. There are a few different tools to make paddock cleaning easy, but the easiest and most cost-effective cleaner is Paddock
Blade, a towable manure collector. Paddock Blade is a steel tray with a universal, tow loop so that it can be towed behind a car, ATV or ride-on mower. It has been specially designed to collect manure while being towed, at the same time coping with the rough and uneven ground of a horse paddock. The Paddock Blade paddock cleaner holds about three times as much as your large, 100L wheelbarrow, so depending
on the size of your paddocks. The design was brought to Australia by Jake Fowler in 2016 and it has quickly become Australia’s most popular paddock cleaner. Breeders and trainers and operators of agistment and hobby farms have declared their delight in the time and effort they save by using Paddock Blade. Paddock Blade Australia is extremely proud to announce our newest sponsor, award-winning horsemanship master, Guy
McLean. Paddock Blade Australia takes pride in contributing to the creation of a closeknit, professional and uplifting equestrian community full of individuals who have a strong love for horses. Our new relationship with Guy McLean is just another way for us to ensure the creation and support of such a community. Guy believes in always placing the horse before the man; he places a strong emphasis on listening to what the horse needs and wants. Quite simply, Guy’s approach to horsemanship is to treat your horse the way you want to be treated. “I have based my entire career on quality, common sense, and durability and I see these exact same attributes in the ‘Paddock Blade’.”
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Research shows pelleted horse feeds outperform extruded feeds Feeding horses for various life stages first requires choosing appropriate feedstuffs. When forages cannot meet all nutritional requirements, diets must include a concentrated source of energy and other essential nutrients. These concentrates come in many forms, the most popular of which are textured, pelleted and extruded. Feeding horses successfully first depends on the horse’s willingness to eat the meal in the feed bin, especially in groups. Some horse owners consider pelleting to be old technology and not as appealing as extrusion. But pellets are much more palatable and better accepted, especially when first introduced to a horse. Recent research has shown that pelleted feeds might be more appropriate than extruded feeds for horses susceptible to metabolic conditions, A study conducted at Virginia Tech University found that extruded
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feeds caused greater glucose and insulin responses after a meal than pelleted feeds. Pregnant mares are prone
to insulin dysregulation and elevated insulin responses has been linked to increased risks of OCD.
A second study conducted by researchers at Texas A&M University compared the effects of pelleting and extrusion on digestion. They found horses consumed pellets more readily, which reflected an advantage in palatability. More importantly, researchers noted a significant increase in dry matter and organic matter digestibility in pelleted feeds. Researchers in Norway also found better precaecal protein digestibility with pelleted than extruded feeds. The decided advantage of digestibility is most likely due to the improvements in pelleting technology in recent years. Ultimately, the best feed for any horse is the one that provides optimal nutrition in a form the horse finds palatable at an affordable price. Horse owners need to choose the most appropriate feed for their horse and ensure the quality of the manufacturing process is the best it can be.
Victoria’s rich breeding history
ictoria has a rich and proud history in thoroughbred racing and breeding and deserves its reputation as the “Thoroughbred State”. And for good reason, the Victorian thoroughbred industry has almost 6000 participants that generates a staggering economic benefit of more than $193 million. Victoria continues to lead the way in actively promoting the benefits of breeding thoroughbreds in Victoria, from the world-renowned VOBIS incentive scheme and world-class racing on racetracks that are the envy of many to an ideal environment for breeding horses. Two races that showcase the strength of Victorian breeding, through the innovative VOBIS Sires scheme for Victorianbased stallions, is the $855,000 VOBIS Sires The Showdown (for 2YOs, run over 1200m) and The $427,500 VOBIS Sires Guineas (3YOs, 1600m), which the 64 INSIDE BREEDING
headline races on the massive VOBIS Gold raceday at Caulfield in April. This year’s The Showdown made history for trainer Matt Cumani with Khoekhoe, a son of Blue Gum Farm sire Turffontein (by Johannesburg (USA)), winning in magnificent style. Turffontein, who stands at Philip Campbell’s Blue Gum Farm, Euroa, has already sired
Group winners Widgee Turf and Fontein Ruby, and Khoekhoe shows the talent to be his best yet. Khoekhoe, who is out of the Cape Cross mare Walvis Bay (from the famous family of Northern Dancer and Danehill), was bred by Susan Keating of Liverpool Farm. Keating has a long-established relationship with Hollylodge Thoroughbreds,
ALL VICTORIAN BOY: Khoekhoe (Fred Kersley) pictured winning the 2020 VOBIS
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at Avenel, where Khoekhoe was born and raised. Khoekhoe has been set for races in the spring and, according to Cumani, could be a AAMI Victoria Derby contender. “We will give him his chance to see if he can stay,” he said. This year The VOBIS Sires Guineas was added to the VOBIS Premier Race series. Florent—a daughter of Sun Stud-sire, the Melbourne Cup-winner, Fiorente (IRE) (by Monsun (GER))—was impressive winning for trainer Tony Noonan and his jockeyson, Jake. Khoekhoe and Florent are two prime examples of the quality of horses by Victorian stallions that were bred and raised in Victoria. They will continue to add to their place in the chapters of Victoria’s racing history, following the legacy set by greats Black Caviar, Alinghi and Sacred Kingdom. They are a proud part of the Victorian racing story, and Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria salutes them.
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