Spywire wins his initial 2yo start brilliantly at Rosehill, focussing the spotlight firmly on his young Widden based sire Trapeze Artist and becoming yet another MM success story from the Widden Draft of 2023.
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Widden’s brilliant commercial sire Zoustar capped a memorable Spring with his daughter Joliestar’s decisive win in the elite fillies Classic, the Gr1 1000 Guineas over 1600m at Caulfield. Her victory followed closely on the Gr1 win of Zoustar’s flying son Ozzmosis in the stallion-making Coolmore Stud S over 1200m down the Flemington straight.
They were satisfying and wonderfully timed wins for Widden and Zoustar with the 2024 Magic Millions Sale fast approaching and Ozzmosis’ win had a touch of of deja vu about it. Not so long ago in 2018 Zoustar supplied the trifecta in the same race to emphatically announce that he had arrived as a major force on the Australian commercial breeding landscape. His previous winner was the mighty filly Sunlight; this time it was the colt Ozzmosis, completing the circle. Although good news often comes in threes, for Widden it extended to fours. For not only did $1.25 million 2022 MM graduate Schwarz, also by Widden’s Zoustar, score an impressive stakes success for the Rosemont-Victorian Stallion Alliance at the prestigious Victorian Spring Carnival, but a few days later at Rosehill, Spywire, a $520k
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graduate from the 2023 MM sale, by Widden’s young gun Trapeze Artist, recorded a brilliant “all the way” first-up win at Rosehill for his high profile ownership group led by Ozzie Kheir. Widden’s Matt Comerford commented, “These are wonderful results for our farm as we head to the 2024 yearling sales. These feature wins by our proven sires will keep the spotlight firmly on their next crop, but all of us here at Widden are just as excited to be able to present the first sales crops of our young sires Anders, Doubtland, Dirty Work and Russian Camelot. There will be some wonderful opportunities for buyers who can count on the Widden quality continuing with their stock.” Widden, now operating in both NSW and Victoria, with the farm’s headline act being Zoustar based in the Widden Valley, the valley of champions, ably supported by his son Zousain who ran a gallant second to Sunlight on that earlier memorable occasion. Widden will send a premium draft of 77 lots to MM 2024, 40 colts and 37 fillies by Australia’s leading commercial sires. The draft includes 43 lots
