2024 MMGC Magazine

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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.

WIDDEN Stud

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


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Ridgmont Farm

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Rheinwood Pastoral Co

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Newhaven Park

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Lyndhurst Stud Farm

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Segenhoe Stud

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Kingstar Farm

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pages 192-193

Kenmore Lodge

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pages 190-191

Highgrove Stud

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Fernrigg Farm

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pages 186-187

Eureka Stud

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Emirates Park

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pages 182-183

Cressfield

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pages 180-181

Corumbene Stud

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pages 178-179

Bowness Stud

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pages 176-177

Blue Gum Farm

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pages 174-175

Bhima

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pages 172-173

Bell River

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pages 170-171

Baramul

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pages 168-169

Attunga Stud

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pages 166-167

Arrowfield

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pages 164-165

Racing into industry contention

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pages 154-157

Glass dining & lounge bar

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pages 152-153

Designing victory

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pages 140-143

Sofia's restaurant & bar

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pages 138-139

The school of magic

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pages 120-127

The super sextet

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pages 116-119

The men in black

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pages 98-103

Kost bar & grill

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Te Akau

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Not in Kansas anymore

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pages 60-66

Duty bound: stud dogs part 2

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A star was born

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It takes a journalist

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YULONG Stud

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pages 232-235

Yarraman Park

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pages 230-231

Yarramalong Park

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Widden Stud

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pages 226-227

Waikato Stud

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pages 224-225

Vinery Stud

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pages 222-223

Tyreel Stud

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pages 220-222

Twin Hills Stud

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Torryburn Stud

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pages 216-217

The Chase

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Sullivan Bloodstock

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Silverdale Farm

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