CLASS 2020 OF
LES YOUNG
While some owners and trainers prefer to buy the stock of horses they have seen race in Australia we should always remember that record-breaking, nine times champion sire Danehill (Danzig) was the supreme shuttler and internationally is one of the greatest stallions of the past 50 years. Remember, too, that a number of other shuttle sires have been responsible for many of the finest racehorses and sires seen here over the past 40 years and as recently as early November former Coolmore shuttler Declaration of War supplied both the 2019 Victoria Derby winner Warning and Melbourne Cup winner Vow and Declare.Declaration of War is a multiple, Group 1-winning son of War Front, father of another of first crop shuttler, champion European juvenile Air Force Blue. Another champion European two-year-old, Shalaa (Invincible Spirit), Japanese stars Maurice (Screen Hero) and Mikki Isle (Deep Impact) and top American performer Frosted (Tapit) are among other highly performed shuttlers with first crop yearlings in the 2020 Magic Millions Gold Coast January catalogue. It is difficult to single out any one horse amongst an outstanding selection of new Australian-bred first crop stallions but from a Magic Millions viewpoint what better prospect can there be than Magic Millions graduate Capitalist (Written Tycoon), not only winner of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic but also of the coveted Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr. 1, 1200m) and the ATC Breeders’ Plate (1000m) which makes him the ultimate juvenile performer. Also among the exciting new group of Australasian-bred racing stars are Astern (Medaglia d’Oro), Divine Prophet (Choisir), Extreme Choice (Not a Single Doubt), Flying Artie (Artie Schiller), Palentino (Teofilo), Stratum Star (Stratum) and Xtravagant (Pentire). Following is a short pen portrait of each of the first crop sires, listed alphabetically, with youngsters in Magic Millions January auction:
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