www.magi c mi l l i o n s.c o m.au • 2022 PERTH YEARLIN G SAL E
2022
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YARRADALE STUD BY KRISTEN MANNING
Ron Sayers and the Yarradale Stud team have plenty to look forward to - and plenty to be proud about - as they head towards a busy 2022 Perth Magic Millions.
With a 27-strong draft, they are understandably excited not only about the quality of the yearlings on offer, but by the different types of stallions from across the country represented. “This is the biggest variety of stallions we have presented for a long, long time,” Sayers enthused, noting that “in the past we have focused very much on our home stallions. We still are very supportive of them but we have also been expanding our breeding programme.” With all yearlings paid up for Westspeed, local buyers have things in their favour with a Yarradale horse and those in the know will recall just how successful the farm has been both in the sales ring and on the track.
We consigned the two highest prizemoney earners coming out of the Perth Magic Millions over the last five years - Ima Single Man and Valour Road. Both are the Karrakatta PlateGr.2, 1200m winners who have amassed in excess of seven figures. (Ima Single Man, racing in great form in Hong Kong at present, has won just short of $1.1 million whilst Valour Road who in early December added to his already impressive record the AJ Scahill Stakes-Gr.3, 1400m has won nearly $1.5 million). Both horses were born, raised and offered by Yarradale.
We threw some questions at Yarradale as we headed towards the sale...
Your thoughts on the first season sires represented in your draft?
Which horse in your draft looks the best chance to win a Magic Millions 2YO Classic or 3YO Trophy?
We have a colt by Harry Angel and two fillies by Lean Mean Machine. We think both stallions will prove popular with buyers; we have been particularly taken by the progeny of Lean Mean Machine - he is producing a great type.
The Street Boss filly (lot 93) is one of the stand-outs on pedigree. Her grandsire sired her close relation Osborne Bulls; her dam is a city winning juvenile and we know that Street Boss can get a two-year-old. In regards to a nice three-year-old type, the So You Think colt (lot 171) is a pretty good colt and another beauty is lot 10, a War Chant colt from a great Yarradale family - he is as good a colt as you’d see anywhere.
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What are some recent highlights for horses reared at your farm?
What puts the magic into Magic Millions races and sales for you? It is that one time of year when breeders from across the state all meet up in the one place. So many of our smaller breeders have other things happening - running other businesses, etc, so they are kept busy throughout the year. So the sales and the race day end up being a big
