2023 Magic Million Baramul graduate ESPIONAGE by Zoustar winning the time-honoured ATC Randwick Breeders’ Plate at his first and only start.
BARAMUL Stud
Baramul Stud had the perfect start to the 2023/24 racing season with million-dollar graduate Espionage winning the Gr3 Breeders’ Plate on debut. Sold at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale in 2023, the colt immediately made an impression, and more incredibly, third placed Prost was from the same draft, while Repose ran third in the Gr3 Gimcrack on the same day.
Recently retired group winner and exciting new stallion Best of Bordeaux, Gr2 winner Zenzella, and Listed winners Vienna Princess, Stroll, and Me Me Lagarde, all come from recent Baramul Stud Gold Coast drafts as does seven time Group One winner Alligator Blood. The historical property will present an impressive draft of 55 yearlings in 2024 by a huge range of stallions, such as All Too Hard (4), Better Than Ready (3), Bivouac (2), Brazen Beau, Capitalist (2), Dundeel, Exceedance (2), Farnan, Flying Artie (2), Frosted, Hellbent, I Am Invincible (3), King’s Legacy, Ole Kirk (4), Pierata (2), Shalaa, Snitzel (8), So You Think (2), Spirit of Boom, Star Turn (2), Street Boss, Toronado, Wootton Bassett, Written Tycoon (4), and Zoustar (4). On paper, there are several exciting pedigreed lots in this draft, led by Best of Bordeaux’s
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half-brother by Written Tycoon as Lot 520, and he is the third foal of city winner Chateau Cheval, a half-sister to Gr1 winner Casino Prince. A filly with huge residual value is Lot 659, a Wootton Bassett filly out of dual Gr1 winner and Champion 2YO Filly Fashions Afield, dam of Gr2 Todman Stakes winning son Kiss and Make Up. Eight yearlings by Champion Sire Snitzel include Lot 384 a full sister to Gr2 winner Zennzella (Snitzel) out of Gr3 winner and Gr1 placed Zennista, who is closely related to Gr1 NZ Thousand Guineas winner Platinum Witness. A full brother to Listed winner Vienna Princess (Snitzel) is Lot 727 and he is the fourth foal of winning mare Graciousness, a half-sister to Gr1 winner and sire Casino Prince and three other stakes winners. A half-sister to Baramul’s exciting group winning two year-old Espionage, Lot 786, is the fourth foal of city winner In Times of War, a daughter of group winner Military Rose. Snitzel colt, Lot 241, is the first foal of Gr3 placed winner Statuesquely, from the family of Gr1 winner Lotteria. A half-sister to stakes placed winner Improvement is Snitzel filly, Lot 326, whose two year-old winning dam is out of tough Gr2 winner and Gr1 placed Ferragamo, winner of eleven races.
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