Blue Gum Farm

Buyers are in for a treat with the inaugural Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale draft from Victoria’s Blue Gum Farm. The historic property has traditionally only sold yearlings in Victoria, and they have an incredible record achieving stakes horses with twenty percent of the horses they’ve sold at auction in the last four years, such as this season’s exciting two year-old stakes winner Bold Bastille, and Gr1 winner September Run. Coming to the Gold Coast represents a new phase in the development of Blue Gum Farm as a superior vendor of high-quality racehorses. Blue Gum Farm will bring ten yearlings to the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale in 2024, and their exciting Snitzel colt, Lot 332, is sure to be busy during the inspection times. The second foal of unraced mare Vaujany (Lonhro), a full sister to Gr2 winner Ghisoni (dam of recent Listed winner Renosu), and a half-sister to current stakes placed winner Andermatt (Snitzel) and to the dam of current Hong Kong group winner Larkspur Run (Shamardal). This is a family on the rise, and this colt’s second dam is Gr2 winner and Golden Slipper placed Portillo.

Russian Revolution is quickly becoming a star stallion with Gr1 winner Communist, and several group winners including Libertad whose ownership has close connections to Blue Gum Farm which will present two colts by Russian Revolution. Lot 393 is a colt out of Aalto (Pierro) who is a daughter of group winner Miss Mooney Mooney, from the family of emerging successful sire Better Than Ready; while Lot 501’s dam, Calzini Bianchi (Show a Heart) is a half-sister to 2019 Champion 3YO in Singapore, and 2020 Champion Stayer in Singapore Top Knight (Zoustar) who has ten wins, four at Listed level.

Proven sire Shamus Award’s colt, Lot 63, is the third foal of two year-old winner Prosecution (Choisir) who is a full sister to tough racehorse Religify (Choisir) who won thirteen races, three at Listed level, while another sister is the winning dam of Chrysaor who at his most recent start won the $1m CallanderPresnell Gr2 at Randwick. Prosecution is also a half-sister to group placed winner Shojiki (Redoute’s Choice). This is the family of Hong Kong Horse of the Year Silent Witness.

An Exceed and Excel filly, Lot 566, from winning mare Dawaa (Lonhro) who is out of Gr1 winner Rewaa, from the family of Gr1 winner Sense of Occasion.

The Maurice/Redoute’s Choice cross is magical with five stakes winners already in the bag including Gr1 winner Hitotsu, and Blue Gum’s filly, Lot 861, is the third foal of imported mare Libra a Vous (Redoute’s Choice) who is a halfsister to Champion 3YO Miler and Gr1 winner French Fifteen and to Listed winner Night Run. A half-brother to two stakes placed winners, Lot 242, is by young sire Castlevecchio, and his dam, Statuette, is a winning daughter of group winner Estatuilla; while Star Turn filly, Lot 531, is the third foal of winning mare Cinzia, who is from the family of group winners King Ivor, Snake Eyes, Linney Head, and Call Me Henry.

One of the last few Deep Field colts is Lot 480, and he is the second foal of Big Band, a full sister to Gr3 SAJC Breeders’ Stakes winner Broadband. This is an early maturing branch of the Anamoe family which also includes Gr1 winners Yourdeel, Anamato, Dealer Principal and Grand Armee.

Rounding out the draft is a colt by young sire Prague, Lot 770, who epitomises early speed, as his dam is a young half-sister to Gr3 winner Sweet and Speedy, out of Gr3 winner Speedy Natalie, who is in turn out of Listed Gimcrack Stakes winner Speedy Bell.

Blue Gum Farm has been known as “The Proven Source” for buyers and breeders in Victoria for over 40 years and their inaugural select yearling draft at the Magic Millions Gold Coast 2024 yearling sale is sure to attract plenty of attention.