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Yarradale Stud
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 threw some questions at Yarradale as we headed towards the sale...
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.
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 Plate- Gr.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 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.
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
social event, where everyone can catch up. The Western Australian racing and breeding industry is a very friendly one, there is barely anyone who doesn’t get on so they love to catch up over a drink, hopefully having made enough profit at the sales to keep re-investing! It is a great way to mix business and pleasure.
We have to say our resident stallions led by War Chant who is a real favourite. He was a horse I highlighted, I really wanted him and worked hard to get him and he has done such a great job for Yarradale and for Western Australia.
And he is a long term investment - we have stockpiled a number of his daughters and we are sure that he is going to make a valuable contribution for some time to come.
We would dearly love to stand a son of War Chant as he has meant so much to us. And we’d love to keep breeding Karrakatta Plate winners - Yarradale two of the last four and a couple of others as well - Born Priceless back in 2001 and Brave Fortune in 2008.
YARRADALE’S DRAFT
Lot 2 bay filly by So You Think from Nordic Gem (Swiss Ace) Second foal (her first, the two-year-old Spicey Gem, has trialled nicely) for a placed daughter of the stakes winning Danehill mare Rose Of Dane, dam of seven winners including the stakes placed Lauradane and Marseille en Fleur and grandam of the Listed winner Rose Of Choice.
Lot 9 bay filly by Shooting to Win from Platinum Power (Commands) Bred on the same Shooting To Win/Commands cross as the Group 3 winner Tailleur, she is bred on a 5fx3m cross of Eight Carat’s daughter Cotehele House, fourth dam of Shooting To Win and dam of Commands... she is one of the great recent line-breeding success stories with Verry Elleegant just one example. This filly is a half-sister to the recent impressive Belmont maiden winner Gambler’s Gold out of a full sister to the triple Group winner Lamasery. Group 1 winner Yell, Anthems and Microphone also hail from this family.
Lot 10 brown/grey colt by War Chant from Platinum Star (Gingerbread Man) 3/4 brother to the juvenile city winner Super Stardom out of a winning granddaughter of the Karrakatta Plate-Gr.2, 1200m winner Born Priceless from one of the state’s best families - one which is also represented in the Yarradale draft by lot 315.
Lot 22 bay/brown filly by War Chant from Raise a Smile (Excites) First foal for a lightly raced city winning daughter of the stakes placed Snippets mare Marchioness, half-sister to the WA Derby-Gr.1, 2400m winner Firing Range. This is a family that has enjoyed stakes success around the country, its other members including the Group 1 filly Maybe Discreet and the Group winners Oriental Ruler, Be Discreet, She’s Discreet, Serenely Discreet, Gilded Angel and Just Discreet.
Lot 47 bay filly by Smart Missile from Streak Away (O’Reilly) Second foal (her first, who fetched $75,000 at this sale last year, being the two-year-old Lucky’s Way who has trialled nicely for the Simon Miller stable) for a winning daughter of the dual Group winner Brava Fortune whose other two foals to race - Powerful and Good Fortune - are both city winners. Line-bred to the family of her sire, that which has as its ancestress the influential Rough Shod II.
Lot 87 bay filly by Lean Mean Machine from Blackwood (Blackfriars) Daughter of a classy racemare who won six races (four of those consecutively) including the Burgess Queen Stakes- Listed, 1400m. Carrying crosses of the outstanding mares Fairy Bridge, Natalma and Gay Hostess, she hails from the family of one of the best horses to come out of Western Australia - the superstar galloper Northerly.
Lot 93 chestnut filly by Street Boss from Burgoyne (War Chant) First foal for a lightly raced city winning daughter of the Group 1 placed Saddler’s Silk whose seven other winners include the stakes winner Jerezana (dam of the Group 2 sprinter Osborne Bulls) and the metropolitan winner Patina (dam of the dual Group winner Viridine).
Lot 95 bay filly by War Chant from Calico Blue (Serheed) Her stakes winning dam is doing a good job at stud with two of her first three foals to race being winners including the three times stakes placed dual city winner Cambist. Calico Blue is a granddaughter of the WA Oaks-Gr.1, 2400m winner Queen Inca whose half-sister produced another WA Oaks winner in Brechin Castle, dam of the Caulfield Guineas-Gr.1, 1600m winner Palace Reign.
Lot 101 bay colt by Impending from Chantski (War Chant (USA) His Gimcrack Stakes-Listed, 1100m winning dam looks ready to take off as a broodmare with her three-year-old son Final Authority (a $150,000 of this sale in 2020) and her two-year-old son Torpedoman (sold for $100,000 here last year) both trial winners. Chantski’s grandam is the stakes winning two-year-old Livelihood, dam of the stakes winners Living Spirit (in turn dam of the Group 3 filly Seaside) and Only She Can.
Lot 131 bay colt by Patronize from Flying Affair (Heritage (AUS) Bred on a 6fx5f cross of Best In Show - one of the great modern day line-breeding subjects - he is a half-brother to the lightly raced and promising three-year-old Capital Flight. His dam is a speedy juvenile stakes winner who won three of her 13 starts.
Lot 140 chestnut/grey colt by Patronize from Gunpowder Grey (Soldier’s Tale (USA) Son of a placed mare whose dam is the four times stakes winner In The Mist, dam of the dual Group winner De Lago Mist who went on to produce three of her own stakes winners - the Group 2 gallopers Shrouded In Mist and Into The Mist and the Listed winning stallion Instinction. WA form here also with Chantrea, winner of the 2000 Belmont Classic-Listed, 2200m and the Belmont Oaks-Listed, 2000m.
Lot 152 black/brown filly by Lean Mean Machine from Keysbrook (So Secret) Half-sister to the promising Chris Waller trained four-yearold Ruru, winner of four of his 13 starts including a recent success at Sandown. Her dam (a half-sister to the Listed winner Brasileira) had good talent, filling placings behind Delicacy in both the WA Oaks-Gr.3, 2400m and the WA Derby-Gr.2, 2400m. Other members of this family include the stakes winners Le Mans, Jorda, Detours, Aichi, Indian Chief, Rapan Boy and Hioctdane.
Lot 163 brown colt by Kermadec from Light My Fire (Myboycharlie) Half-brother to the winner Inferno Miss out of a winning half-sister to the fast juvenile stakes winner Springfire from a family that has been faring very well in WA; its members including the dual Perth Cup-Gr.2, 2400m winner Star Exhibit, the Railway Stakes-Gr.1, 1600m winner Galaxy Star and the stakes winners Perfect Jewel, Royal Star and Enticing Star. A descendant of the famed matriarch La Troienne, he boasts crosses of Danehill and Be My Guest as well of the excellent mares Natalma, Lalun and Thong.
Lot 171 bay/brown colt by So You Think from Miss Strezelecki (Al Maher) Half-brother to the four times stakes winner Mizlecki out of a daughter of the stakes winner Magdalena who did a great job at stud with nine of her ten foals to race being winners - four of those earning black type including the dam of the South African Champion 2Y0 Filly Entisaar. Like 12 of his high class sire’s stakes winners (including four of his Group 1 winners), he boasts a cross of the legendary Nijinsky II.
Lot 179 bay colt by Bradbury’s Luck from No Penalty (Zabeel) Bred on the successful Danehill/Zabeel cross, he is a 3/4 brother to the Kingsford-Smith Cup-Gr.1, 1200m winner Clearly Innocent out of a multiple city winning 3/4 sister to the stakes winner Gimmick whose daughter Linky Dink won the TJ Smith Classic-Gr.1, 1600m. Rosehill Guineas-Gr.1, 1600m winner Sale Of Century also hails from this family as does the Singapore star Affleck.
Lot 196 black/brown filly by Patronize from Relinquish (Lonhro) Half-sister to the in-form Warzanchantz who at the time of writing had won three in a row. Her city placed dam is a daughter of the four times stakes winner Wynciti who has produced the Listed winner Haussman.
Lot 200 chestnut colt by Patronize from Rosewood Hill (Rothesay) First foal for a talented mare who won eight of her 26 starts with a further eight placings to her credit, all but one of her victories coming at metropolitan level. Her dam is the Listed winner Salisbury Street, half-sister to the Listed winner Cool Trade who on one occasion was able to string together five consecutive victories. Carries crosses of the fine mares Jesmond Lass, Natalma and Glamour.
Lot 203 bay colt by Harry Angel from Saturia (War Chant) Closely related to lot 301, he is the first foal for a winning daughter of the good race and broodmare Hot Tamale from the Group 1 family of Rocket Racer, Starzaan, Lotteria, Taatletail, Miss Margaret and Celebrity Queen.
Lot 209 bay colt by Bradbury’s Luck from Shake Shake Shake (Choisir) His dam’s first five foals are all winners including the stakes placed Boom Box and the multiple winners King Of Planets and Three Rar who between them have won 15 races. Shake Shake Shake is a half-sister to the stakes winners Pago Rock and Rock My Pago
Lot 226 bay colt by Gingerbread Man from Storm Sense (Street Sense) Bred on a 4fx4m cross of the Irish Oaks-Gr.1, 12f winner Helen Street, a proven high class line-breeding subject who appears via her grandson Shamardal and son Street Cry. Also line-bred to the excellent mares Natalma, Somethingroyal and Magic Symbol, he is a half-brother to the city placed winner Twice Lucky out of a good racemare who won five races including four in a row. Her dam Metallic Storm also knew how to find the line, winning ten races - three of those in Listed company.
Lot 239 bay colt by Snippetson from War Blossom (War Chant) Son of a city placed winner whose dam is a half-sister to the stakes winner Liberty Rose, dam of the Listed winner Grand Jardin and grandam of the Randwick Guineas-Gr.1, 1600m winner Inference and the dual Group winner Dragon Leap who looks close to further black-type success. Group 3 gallopers Ranier and Kanzan also hail from this family.
Lot 240 chestnut filly by Shooting to Win from War of Whispers (War Chant) Daughter of a lightly raced city placed winner whose dam is the triple stakes winning high class broodmare Most Secret, dam of another nine winners including the Railway Stakes-Gr.1, 1600m winner Covertly (dam of the stakes winner Detective and grandam of the Singapore stakes winner Big Hearted), the Group 3 gallopers So Secret and Crack The Code and the Listed winner Secret Link.
Lot 271 bay colt by Playing God from Bonny Belle (Stormy’s Son) Half-brother to the Singapore based stakes placed winner from one of the great Bob & Sandra Peters families, his dam being a 3/4 sister to the WA Guineas-Gr.2, 1600m winner Kalatiara, the dual Listed winner Kentiara and the VRC Oaks-Gr.1, 2500m placegetter Antique; all mares who have gone on to produce stakes winners with the latter being grandam of the Group 1 gallopers Regal Power and Arcadia Queen. Boasts an interesting pedigree with his sire and dam being bred on the same Sir Tristram/Star Kingdom/ Vain cross.
Lot 285 bay filly by Patronize from Damsel in Distress (Frost Giant) Second foal for a daughter of the multiple city winning Metal Storm mare Girl In A Storm who has done a fine job at stud with all five of her winners being successful at metropolitan level. Girl In A Storm’s dam is the Crystal Slipper Stakes-Listed, 1200m winner Genuine Girl, also dam of the Sir Ernest Lee-Steere Classic S-Gr.3, 1400m winner Destino. Boasts a 4mx6m cross of the lovely mare My Charmer (dam of Lomond and Seattle Slew) and is a descendant of that mare’s ancestress Frizette.
Lot 297 bay/brown colt by War Chant from Frizzled (Dehere) Hailing from the same family as lot 285, he is a half-brother to the city winners Time To Sizzle and Seconda Vita out of a granddaughter of the stakes winner Genuine Girl.
Lot 301 bay colt by Gingerbread Man from Habenera (War Chant) Second foal for a city placed winner out of the multiple city winning Oratorio mare Hot Tamale whose other two runners - Carolina Reaper and Saturia - are both metropolitan winners. Other members of this family include the Group 1 gallopers Rocket Racer, Starzaan, Lotteria, Taatletail, Miss Margaret and Celebrity Queen.
Lot 315 bay/grey filly by Bradbury’s Luck from Kyleena (Scandal Keeper) Half-sister to the spring maiden winner Desert Vixen out of a seven times winning city class sprinter from one of WA’s favourite families, that of the Group 1 winners Rostova, Lisboa Stand, Trigger Express and Imananabaa and the Group winners Born Priceless, The Heavyweight, Anaheed, Born Rich and Mystic Master. Boasts a 5mx4f cross of Canny Lad’s dam Jesmond Lass.
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