Yulong’s Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes winner Tagaloa from a brilliant sireline is certain to attract buyers looking for a fast early two year-old.
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Yulong Stud quickly showed their intent and ability as breeders with Gr1 winner Hungry Heart coming from their debut Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale draft, while last year’s offering has already produced the early two year-old Golden Gift winner Shangri La Express (Alabama Express). The 2024 draft for Yulong Stud features 43 yearlings by a range of proven sires including Alabama Express, Capitalist, Extreme Choice, Frankel, Grunt, Lope de Vega, Pierata, Pierro, Snitzel, Written Tycoon, and Zoustar, alongside the first-crop yearlings by their own Gr1-winning stallions Tagaloa and Lucky Vega.
By Champion Japanese sire Lord Kanaloa, Gr1 Blue Diamond victor Tagaloa has nine yearlings in Yulong’s draft, including Lot 700, a colt out of Gr3 winner Gamble Me and a half-brother to two stakes-placed winners and the dam of this season’s $1million Golden Gift winner Shangri La Express Lot 719 (Gold and Diamonds) is a half-brother to stakes-placed winner Authentic Jewel from the Eight Carat family, while Gr3 winner and Gr1-placed Gregers is the dam of Lot 731, who is
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from the family of Gr1 winners Ofcourseican and Gimmethegreenlight. Lot 1328 is the second foal of four-time city winner Pure, who is a half-sister to Gr1 winner and sire Flying Artie from the family of Cox Plate and Japan Cup winner Better Loosen Up Of the Tagaloa fillies, Lot 34 is a half-sister to stakes winner Red Card, out of the young winning Street Cry mare Penalty. The Australian market is already familiar with Lucky Vega’s sire Lope de Vega, having produced Gr1 winners Gytrash, Santa Ana Lane, Vega Magic and Vega One in a brief shuttling stint, but his female line should also catch the imagination of many buyers with multiple Gr1 winner Militarize out of a sister to Lucky Vega’s own dam. Lucky Vega himself won the Gr1 Phoenix Stakes at two, going on to place in both the Gr1 2000 Guineas and G1 St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot at three. His first crop is represented in Yulong’s draft with six yearlings, evenly split between colts and fillies. A half-brother to stakes-placed winner Peninsula Links is Lot 1078, out of city winner Cardannic, a half-sister to dual
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