COOLMORE STUD 2019 vendor
Bluebloods spoke to Stud Manager Jim Carey about the draft. What can buyers expect from your 2019 MMGC draft?
The raising of top-class racehorses is of fundamental importance in the context of Coolmore Australia’s operations, and as always, buyers can expect an impeccably presented draft at the Magic Millions in 2019. Great horses start with good land and a dedicated team of staff and at Coolmore we are blessed with both. Attention to detail is of the utmost importance and our horse and agricultural teams work tirelessly to ensure that each horse is given every opportunity to realise its potential on the racetrack. The people responsible for looking after the horses at Coolmore are passionate about nurturing high-class racehorses in their formative years and we have had an incredible run of success with graduates of the farm in recent years. Since 1996, there have been 56 G1-winning graduates of the farm at the time of writing, including the likes of Winx and Vancouver (who were offered in Coolmore’s 2013 and 2014 respective Magic Millions drafts), while there have been 7 G1 winning graduates from the farm in 2018 alone. Winx and Vancouver aside, what are some of the other recent highlights for graduates of your farm? The accomplishments of Coolmore graduates are a source of great pride for everyone on the farm. As I speak, there have been 246 individual Stakes winning graduates of Coolmore Australia since 1996. In 2015, 2016 and 2017 respectively, there were 25, 26 and 26 individual stakes winning graduates and we are heading towards achieving this sort of number again in 2018. This kind of consistency does not happen by accident and no stone is left unturned in the pursuit of developing elite racehorses. In terms of graduates of the farm, some of the G1 highlights of 2018 include Unforgotten, Comin’ Through, Oohood, Avantage and South African horse of the year Oh Susanna. What is even more exciting is that with the likes of Thinkin’ Big, Fundamentalist, Sikorsky and Anaheed coming through, the run of success for Coolmore graduates is showing no sign of slowing down.
Stud Manager - Jim Carey
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