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he land underneath Telemon Stud has a massive connection to the Golden Slipper and this continued when their resident sire Sidestep sired Kiamichi. Originally called Telemon in 1844, the farm was renamed Noble Park in the 1990s and stood Golden Slipper producing sires Success Express, Mossman and Written Tycoon, and the farm was purchased in 2018 by Dan and Rae Fletcher and returned to its original name. “In the first small group of yearlings offered when we launched we offered twelve yearlings via Magic Millions: eleven reached the track as two year-olds with a remarkable seven two year-old winners and a further three placegetters who all have bright futures,” said Dan Fletcher. “Among that group was Party For Two (Sidestep) who won twice at two and ran second in the Gr2 Blue Diamond Prelude (f). She is currently being aimed at the Summer Carnival and returned a five length winner in an open three year-old city race in October. Abounding (Rich Enuff) was also in that draft and is a city winner who was runner up in Gr3
Ken Russell Classic. She is currently being aimed at the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas and has already won as a three year-old. Our farm has a genuinely remarkable record of producing top performers (Buffering, Gold Edition, Zoustar, etc) and our mission is to build upon that over time.” In 2024, Telemon Stud will present their third ever draft at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling sale with eighteen yearlings by sires Blue Point, Brazen Beau, Earthlight, Farnan, I Am Invincible, Jungle Cat, Microphone, Pierata, Russian Camelot, Spirit of Boom, and Sun City. How would you sum up your 2024 draft? “Good! We have tried to target the sale with horses who are capable of winning the Magic Millions 2YO Classic next year. We’d like to think we have some in the mix.” What makes the Magic Millions sales and races special? “For Telemon, it’s great to have a local sale as the start to the calendar. It’s logistically easy
Party For Two is a multiple winner and Gr2 placed in the Blue Diamond Prelude, who emerged from Telemon’s initial Magic Millions draft.
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