Gr1 winner QAFILA has a 7/8th sister in the 2024 Magic Millions draft as Snitzel filly Lot 386.
SILVERDALE Farm Steve Grant’s Silverdale Farm at Avoca in the fertile NSW Southern Highlands has in its first few years of operation built an enviable reputation for producing horses that perform on the track. Already from this year’s sales they have produced promising 2yos Sovereign Hill and G2 placed Eneeza. These two are following up early Group 3 - 2yo winner Subterranean and 2yo Champion Fireburn. Manager Rob Petith is particularly excited about the farm’s draft of seven, three colts and four fillies, for the 2024 Magic Millions in January. He spoke to Bluebloods, commenting that ”It’s a privilege to work for Steve, he’s constantly striving for excellence and inspiring us to keep improving and fine tuning everything we do. We are very happy with the overall quality of this Magic Millions draft. They are all very forward types, ideally suited to Magic Millions, and by leading commercial sires capable of siring 2yos. “ These are not idle words, Silverdale has shown itself to be a committed seller with buyers of the farm’s quality yearlings including Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Ciaron Maher, Arrowfield, James Bester, Legend Bloodstock, Yes Bloodstock, Newgate Colt Syndicate, Price Kent Racing and Yulong Stud, just to name a few at prices ranging
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from $20k to $1.8 million and lots of horses sold in the middle market 200k to 350k range. The farm is set on beautiful rolling country which now includes the recently added adjoining property Cloudlands. “This gives us even more flexibility, we have big undulating paddocks right through the farm so the horses can grow and fully develop to their full athletic potential “ The infrastructure at Silverdale is second to none, the care and attention to detail evident right throughout the farm, from well ventilated barns to walking machines, round yard, access ways, landscaping through to drainage and land management. How would you sum up your 2024 MM draft? “Our draft has Gr1 winners and Gr1 performers on every page, spearheaded by two fillies by quadruple Champion sire Snitzel who is a wonderful sire, and a colt and a filly by hot commercial sire Zoustar who sires Gr1 winners of both sexes, colts by Gr1 sires Capitalist and Deep Field, while our seventh yearling is by the flying race record setting Anders, a son of the great Not A Single Doubt. He is a young stallion throwing beautiful stock. As with previous years we are aiming to present yearlings that particularly suit this sale.”
