2019 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale Supplement

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Written in the stars | Welcome

Welcome

By Lydia Symonds

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@symondsl

2019 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale Supplement

this season with the exploits of five-time Group 1 winner The

Contributors

Autumn Sun, who has no doubt earned his place among the

Tim Rowe of ANZ Bloodstock News |

great horses to have been offered by the auction house since it’s

Lewis Lesbirel of ANZ Bloodstock News |

birth in 1867.

Nancy Sexton |

There will, however, be a sense of poignancy this year when

Martin Stevens of Racing Post James Thomas of Racing Post |

Riverside, with his death last month leaving an invariable hole in

Chris Humpleby |

is unmatched and will be seen for years to come through his

Production

Australian Easter Yearling Sale in the past 30 years, you

daughters and sire sons, including Snitzel, Not A Single Doubt

Lydia Symonds - Editor

can claim to have witnessed some of the sport’s biggest

and soon The Autumn Sun.

Aaron Davies-Jones - Design

The Easter Yearling Sale is most prestigious auction in the

The likes of Miss Finland, Able Friend, Might And Power, Exceed

southern hemisphere and I have no doubt, looking through the

And Excel, Marscay, Schillaci, Naturalism and Royal Sovereign -

catalogue, there are more stars ready to begin their path to greatness.

the list is endless of horses who have left the ring and gone on to seal their place in Australian racing folklore.

I hope you enjoy the supplement and the whole team at ANZ Bloodstock News look forward to delivering you unrivalled and

And there has been no stronger advert for the auction than

extensive sales coverage throughout the week.

@jamesthomasRP

@Bumble1991

f you have been lucky enough to be present at the Inglis

stars take their first steps on to their road to greatness.

@Lewislesbirel

@nancygsexton

20 yearlings by his sire Redoute’s Choice enter the ring at an industry that owes him so much. His influence on the breed

@rowe_tim

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Martin keeping standards high

in hope of unearthing the next Star F

By Lewis Lesbirel or Star Thoroughbreds it has been somewhat of a

quality horses - not all the time but a good part of the time - then you have a very good chance of not only staying in business but of developing a syndication that people feel happy working with.”

INTEGRITY IS NOT ONLY IMPORTANT, IT’S EVERYTHING

meteoric rise to the top of the syndication universe.

Fortunately enough for Martin those ‘high-quality’ horses

The company’s very own ‘Big Bang’ came in 1994,

have come her way, with stars past and present including five-

with proprietor Denise Martin pining for a new

time Group 1 winner Theseo (Danewin), last year’s Rosehill

challenge having enjoyed a successful career in the international

Guineas (Gr 1, 2000m) hero D’Argento (So You Think) and of

hotel industry. The rocket gained lift-off quickly and Star

course the late Widden Stud stallion Sebring (More Than Ready),

Thoroughbreds were soon into orbit and the purple and white

whom Martin recalls providing her and his group of owners with

and the page has real merit, but is not going to cost six

stars are now a staple of the Australian racing scene.

“life-changing moments” on the racecourse.

figures, then you can find yourself a horse that gives you an

“Hard work doesn’t hurt, that’s for sure,” Martin said when

Nevertheless, high-quality horses do not consistently keep

describing how Star Thoroughbreds came to be one of the

coming your way as a result of mere fortune. A stringent selection

dominant forces in Australasian racehorse syndication.

process must be in place and for Martin, that comes with a

opportunity to market them at a reasonable price at 5 and 10 per cent shares.

“You can have a lovely pedigree, a very attractive horse, it can

“I think if you establish a business and work very hard to make

helping hand at the yearling sales from Randwick Bloodstock’s

sure that you’re providing a high-quality service, you can go a

Brett Howard. The team endeavour to see every horse on the

“Everyone would like to think you can buy a colt and he will

long way to maintaining a successful company in this segment

ground before making a determination on which to pursue in the

become a very valuable stallion, but while it’s in the back of your

of the industry.

ring, with pedigree and type bearing equal significance. Price,

mind when you see a colt at the sale, that’s not the overriding

however, is almost always the final determiner.

consideration for Star Thoroughbreds.

“With the right people and the right advice, you’re on track to

be very saleable, but at the end of the day it has to be affordable.

ensuring you have a company that people are happy to work with

“An open mind is the key to ensuring you can look between

and happy to buy horses from. Integrity is not only important, it’s

the lines and find a filly that may have real residual, but not

everything.

necessarily by one of the leading stallions, because that would

Martin’s ambition is being fulfilled in no uncertain terms, with

mean the filly would be too expensive,” Martin said of her yearling

Star Thoroughbreds currently in the midst of a real purple patch

sale approach.

of form. Following on from the recent Group 1 exploits of Foxplay

“If you continue to look forward, knowing that in racehorse syndication there are periods when it’s not easy because not all horses are successful, and if you are fortunate enough to have high-

“Likewise with a colt, if you have a real high-quality athlete

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“If it happens it is a massive bonus, but our ultimate ambition is to buy quality racehorses.”

(Foxwedge) and the aforementioned Continued on page 6>>

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D’Argento, the operation currently

presented in almost every case boast a wonderful page and

has the likes of Group 1 performers Fiesta (I Am Invincible) and

are highly athletic, it becomes difficult for syndicators to buy

Dealmaker (Dundeel) to go to war with, as well as gun two-year-

outstanding horses because of the likely price, but most years I

old Accession (Brazen Beau) who is bound for the Queensland

can buy a few.”

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Winter Carnival.

Once the docket is signed, the necessary processes are

“I think one of the most exciting things about horse racing

adhered to before Martin can offer the next wave of budding

is that, really, it’s the unknown,” Martin said. “You go for the ride.

shareholders their opportunity to venture into racehorse

You don’t know when the next star is going to emerge, but you

ownership. It seems that no racing jurisdiction in the world does

know that if you’re doing your homework and buying quality

syndicates quite like Australia and Martin understandably takes

horses, they will emerge along the way.

great pride in being one of the industry’s leading providers.

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“When I bought Foxplay I didn’t know she was going to be a

“The great thing about racing is that whole families can be

three-year-old filly and the other is a two-year-old colt and you’d

great talent. She wasn’t a big filly but she won at Group 1 level and

involved on raceday. You can celebrate with the people who are

imagine they have plenty more racing in the coming years. That

was competitive in the elite sphere of racing for several years. It’s

most important in your lives,” Martin said.

sort of return for owners is amazing.

the same with a horse like Accession, who I bought at the Inglis

“Over the years, many lifetime friendships have been created

“If you’re working with a successful plan, it’s a good idea to

Easter Yearling Sale last year. He was an expensive colt for me to

by horse racing. A win is special wherever it might be. It takes you

keep on how you’ve got to where you are. I’m really proud of Star’s

buy, but a beautiful yearling, and he’s already won $750,000 after

to a place you can’t imagine you could be.

success over the years and I’m sure looking forward that we can

just a handful of starts in his two-year-old year.

“On the day that Fiesta won the million dollar race (Inglis 3YO

“We have some beautiful fillies by I Am Invincible, we have

Sprint) Accession ran second (in the Inglis Millenium), and on that

some lovely colts by not only Brazen Beau, but a lovely colt by

day alone those two horses earned just over $900,000. One is a

realistically expect that success will hopefully continue on.”

Given the ammunition at Star’s disposal, that is not an astronomical expectation by any means.

Medaglia D’Oro called Olympic who seems to have more than his share of talent.

“We’ve got a beautiful colt racing at the moment called Dealmaker, who we bought at an Inglis Sale. He looks to have a really nice future as well. He’s stakes placed and we’re hoping he can get to a Group win over the next month or so because he might have the capacity to go on and who knows whether he could be a stallion.

“The same with Accession, they’ve both got great pages and are by very successful, emerging stallions.”

All of those horses mentioned by Martin are trained by Chris Waller, a man who knows a thing or two about a purple patch.

Sydney’s premier trainer, whose talents are described as “legendary”

by Martin, is also likely to be on hand to cast his eye over the next generation of talent at the upcoming Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, an auction which Martin is effusive in her praise for.

“For a long time it has been the benchmark for the highest quality yearlings in Australasia,” she said. “It brings together the two key elements, the pedigree and the type.

“There’s black-type everywhere, high quality mares, the most sought after stallions in the land and the complex that the Inglis family have developed at Warwick Farm is marvellous.

“It’s a wonderful few days. It’s hard work, and there’s quite a tense atmosphere as many people quite often try to buy the same horse. It’s a focus at this time of year for our industry that’s for certain.

“Last Accession

year

I

and

bought Olympic

there. Over the years I have bought lovely, quality horses from the Easter Sale and hopefully that situation will arise again this year.

“When the 500 yearlings

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ARROWFIELD CONTINUING TO RAISE THE BAR AT EASTER

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fitting circle of events also destined

“It’s an outstanding catalogue,”

The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice),

have

advertise

for The Autumn Sun, Pariah has since

said Arrowfield Group chairman John

HERE are few certainties

himself a $700,000 purchase out

Arrowfield to great effect on the

taken up residence in the Arrowfield

Messara, who has recently has been

in

of Arrowfield’s Easter draft the year

track, with nine Group 1 winners

stallion barn.

chosen to receive the 2019 Longines

before.

hailing from the stud’s drafts out of

This year’s sale will pass with a

T

sister to this season’s astounding colt

By Nancy Sexton

this

business,

unpredictable but

the

All the while, Easter graduates continued

to

and IFHA International Award of Merit,

presence of Arrowfield

Yet in the wider context, it

the past five years. In five-time Group

sense of poignancy for Arrowfield

which

recognizes

distinguished

Stud as a major driving force at the

was merely business as usual for

1 scorer The Autumn Sun, a product

following the sudden death of their

horsemen

Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale

Arrowfield Stud, which has long

of the farm’s successful association

cornerstone stallion Redoute’s Choice

for

must be one of them.

prided itself on excellence while

with The Aga Khan Studs, Arrowfield

last month. Their collection of 12

Thoroughbred racing.

Last year, the farm led all vendor

maintaining a long held position

offered a colt who has become one

Redoute’s Choice yearlings should

“We’re proud to present this group

standings when turning over an

at the forefront of the international

of the outstanding highlights of the

ensure that Arrowfield is the basis of

of yearlings by our champion, leading

astounding $18.265 million for 31

bloodstock world.

current season. That same 2017

yet another bold Easter showing for

and emerging sires out of mares that

and

lifelong

horsewomen

contributions

to

yearlings sold at a staggering average

For example, the 2017 draft

draft also contained the 2018 Golden

the legendary stallion, whose influence

include six Group 1 winners and 11

of $589,194. Within that group were no

had contained seven million dollar

Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) heroine

within the Australian Thoroughbred

other Group and Listed winners, as

fewer than eight million dollar yearlings

yearlings including the $2.5 million

Estijaab (Snitzel), bred by Katsumi

runs ever deeper by the deeds of

well as the dams of The Autumn Sun,

led by the sale-topping Fastnet Rock

topping son of Redoute’s Choice

Yoshida’s Northern Farm and bought

various sons, including the outstanding

Dundeel, Contentment and Aerolithe.

(Danehill) brother to three-time Group

(Danehill), which in turn contributed

for $1.7 million by Emirates and

Snitzel and Not A Single Doubt. With

I’m excited about every single horse.

1 winner Shoals bought by her trainer

to gross sales of $18.995 million.

Bryan Carlson, while the previous

that pair also well represented among

“Every single member of our

Anthony Freedman for $2.3 million. The

As such, it was then that they also

year, James Harron came away with

the 55-strong draft alongside the

team – more than 100 people, plus

draft also accounted for the sale’s most

dominated the vendor standings, a

the Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1,

exciting Dundeel (High Chaparral), the

their supportive families, some of

expensive filly, the $1.3 million Snitzel

category they have led every year

1200m) runner-up Pariah (Redoute’s

stud is seemingly poised for another

Continued on page 10>>

(Redoute’s

since 2015.

Choice) on a bid of $700,000; in a

memorable sale.

Choice)

three-quarter

Arrowfield

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Lago) and You’re So Good (Snippets), as ones to watch.

“The Lucky Racquie yearling is a jewel of a filly, out of a stakes-winning mare from the family of Redoute’s Choice and Shoals,” he says. “She’s all quality with an attractive head and real presence.

“And the You’re So Good filly is a gorgeous daughter of Snitzel who reminds me of Estijaab, from a family that has already produced Group 1 winner Melito and Group winner Pariah to Snitzel’s sire Redoute’s Choice.”

This

year’s

crop

of

Snitzel

yearlings were bred the year his fee increased to $110,000 (inc GST); now regarded as an international phenomenon, he today reigns as Australia’s most expensive stallion at $220,000 (inc GST).

“The things we loved about Snitzel from the start were his precocious

and

very

high-class

speed, his soundness and his vigour,” says Messara. “They have been the key to his success but he also breaks a few rules. Although he’s a champion sire of two-year-olds, he wasn’t an instant star at stud, and he doesn’t particularly stamp his progeny – his best horses can be bay, chestnut or brown and a range of sizes.

“The arc of Snitzel’s career is a caution against the hasty judgment John Messara

of stallions.

“Danehill was in a class of his own as a breed-shaper, but he

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stallions understandably comprise a

anticipated Not A Single Doubt half-

Prix de Diane (Gr 1, 2100m) heroine

also met an outcross Australian

whom also live on-farm – play their

significant share of the draft, there is

brother to The Autumn Sun. Bred the

Nebraska Tornado (Storm Cat).

broodmare

parts in getting our yearlings to the

also representation from international

year his sire’s fee leapt to $71,500,

“He’s a stunning, neatly made

Redoute’s Choice and his sons have

Inglis Easter sale ring, so there’s a

heavyweights such as Deep Impact

the colt is the fourth foal out of the

and precocious type,” Messara said.

had to operate in a more competitive

whole crowd at home following the

(Sunday Silence), who will have three

Aga

“One for the Breeders’ Plate!”

environment already saturated with

action at Riverside Stables. Our

colts on offer, and two by Darley’s

(Galileo), a half-sister to European

However, with Snitzel continuing

Danehill genetics. That makes their

yearling team works incredibly hard,

former shuttler Medaglia d’Oro (El

champion Azamour (Night Shift). He

to rewrite the history books, he is the

success even more remarkable, and

and over the years we’ve developed

Prado). And in keeping with the farm’s

is catalogued as Lot 369.

one who looks set once again to carry

there’s plenty more to come.”

very good systems to ensure that

international outlook, a number of the

“It’s easy to predict this colt

all before him at Easter. Represented

Redoute’s Choice’s death at the

each horse is presented in optimal

draft are the products of powerful

will be very busy at Riverside,” says

by 37 entries overall, the reigning

age of 22 leaves a major void, not

physical and mental condition at

families sourced in the immediate

Messara, “and he won’t disappoint,

champion sire is responsible for ten

just at Arrowfield Stud, his home

the sale, and ready to become a

generations out of Europe, Japan and

although he’s a different type with a

of the Arrowfield draft, including

for his entire Australian stud career,

racehorse.”

North and South America.

lot of Not A Single Doubt about him.

fillies out of South African champion

but within the Australian breeding

A really appealing, medium-sized colt

In The Fast Lane (Jet Master), the

industry as a whole.

with an easy-going walk.”

Aga Khan’s Prix du Bois (Gr 3,

A three-time champion sire with

While

Arrowfield’s

resident

One such youngster is the highly

Khan’s

Irish-bred

Azmiyna

population,

whereas

Messara is also sweet on the Not

1000m) winner Keratiya (Iron Mask),

34 Group 1 winners to his credit, 17

A Single Doubt colt out of Panorama

New Zealand champion Platinum

million dollar earners and 22 stakes-

Ridge (Empire Maker). Catalogued

Dane (California Dane) and Chilean

producing sons, Redoute’s Choice

as Lot 169, he is a half-brother

champion Desert Fight (Hussonet).

has long been regonised worldwide

to Listed winner Sassy ’N’ Smart

Messara also highlights Lots 100

as one of the outstanding influences

(Smart Missile) and hails from a deep

and 338, those fillies out of Listed

and as such, a catalyst behind

Juddmonte family as a grandson of

winners Lucky Raquie (Encosta De

Arrowfield’s rise towards its current standing.

THE ARC OF SNITZEL’S CAREER IS A CAUTION AGAINST THE HASTY JUDGMENT OF STALLIONS Inspections at Arrowfield

Over $400 million has been spent on his yearlings since 2003 while no fewer than 14 of his progeny have brought $2 million or more at Easter. At Easter in 2013, his son out of Helsinge set an Australian record when selling for $5 million to BC3 Thoroughbreds.

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EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF OUR TEAM – MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE, PLUS THEIR SUPPORTIVE FAMILIES, SOME OF WHOM ALSO LIVE ON-FARM – PLAY THEIR PARTS IN GETTING OUR YEARLINGS TO THE INGLIS EASTER SALE RING

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BRIMMING WITH

INTERNATIONAL BLOODLINES A MERE glance at the Arrowfield stallion roster is enough to glean the regard in which the farm holds international blood.

It will be another year before we see the first yearlings by the exceptional Japanese shuttlers Maurice (Screen Hero) and Mikki Isle (Deep Impact) come under the hammer but the farm’s older Japanese inmate, George Ryder Stakes (Gr 1, 1500m) winner Real Impact (Deep Impact), is already off to a promising start in the ring.

“We’re pleased to see the first Real Impact yearlings develop into very professional types with good temperaments that should cope well with Australian racing conditions, just as he did,” says John Messara.

Arrowfield’s yearling barn

“They have sold up to $240,000 and his all-sale average is around four times his fee - a solid result in a market full of first season sires.

Ironically, however, he was at

There is also understandably

102, a half-brother to Group 2 winner

Even more pleasing though, is that Real Impact’s yearlings have gone to

the time of his death in the midst of

great delight at the immense promise

Colorado Claire, herself the dam of

good judges and homes where they’ll be given a serious opportunity.”

a market resurgence; the very fact

shown by the younger inmate Dundeel.

Todman Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) winner

Although Real Impact has a single entry in the Inglis Australian

that some of the commercial lustre

Much expectation was attached to

Gunnison (Not A Single Doubt), and

Easter Yearling Sale in Lot 36, a colt from Toolooganvale Farm,

ever came off the horse - currently

the son of High Chaparral (Sadler’s

Lot 320, a granddaughter of Miss

Arrowfield adds its own Japanese flavour to this year’s sale with the

responsible for the standout three-

Wells) when he retired to stud following

Finland (Redoute’s Choice).

entry of five yearlings sired by residents of the Yoshida family’s Shadai

year-old colt The Autumn Sun -

a championship racing career that

“Lot 102 is a big, powerful colt

illustrates just how unforgiving the

comprised six Group 1 race victories,

from one of our favourite families,”

Deep Impact supplied two of last year’s highlights in Shosha, the

market can be.

and so far he is more than living up to

says Messara. “It’s produced Group

$1.1 million daughter of champion Alverta (Flying Spur), and Enood,

those hopes as the sire of seven stakes

winners Colorado Claire, Gunnison

the well regarded $1 million daughter of Charming Estelle (Redoute’s

winners out of his first two crops.

and Moonovermanhattan for us, as

Choice). Understandably, he is again well represented within the

well as Group 1 winners Soqrat and

Arrowfield draft, on this occasion as the sire of Lots 38, 364 and 387,

Lucky Bubbles.”

namely colts out of Grito (Redoute’s Choice), Aspen Summit (Fastnet

“The current Australian stallion roster is strong, and the competition is ferocious,” says Messara. “It takes

Not only that, the list includes

a very special stallion to rise above

a pair of Group 1 winners in Atyaab,

the fickle weather of the marketplace

winner of the Kenilworth Cape Derby

and that’s what Redoute’s Choice has

(Gr 1, 2000m), and Yourdeel, the

done, because he’s never stopped

recent winner of the Sistema Stakes

delivering racetrack results. It is

(Gr 1, 1200m) in New Zealand.

Messara also has alot of time for Lot 320, the filly out of Tuusula (Street Cry).

Stallion Station.

Rock) and Group Two winner Bring Me The Maid (Sebring).

Particularly well regarded is the Grito colt.

“It’s special for us to offer a grand-

“Our Deep Impact project has already been well received in the

daughter of Arrowfield’s queen, Miss

marketplace, and it’s been encouraging to see Enood show up much

confident

Finland,” he says, “and this is a classy,

sooner than we expected this season,” says Messara. “This colt is out

after his first stallion premiership, and

about Dundeel’s prospects as a

imposing filly with a magnificent walk

of a Redoute’s Choice half-sister to champion sprinter Yell and he looks

15 years after his first million-dollar

sire because he was such a high-

who really uses herself well.”

the part too, he’s a handsome colt with scope and a good walk.”

yearling, he remains at the top of his

class racehorse, and a compelling

Arrowfield have set the bar

Deep Impact himself also features in the female family of Lot 80, the

game. The Autumn Sun, conceived

physical presence with a pedigree

incredibly high when it comes to

sole offering by Almond Eye’s sire Lord Kanaloa (King Kamehameha),

when Redoute’s Choice was 18, is

that combines two great Classic

selling at Easter. And with a draft

and as the damsire of the Harbinger (Dansili) colt out of Magistra (107),

his crowning glory, already his best

influences in Sadler’s Wells and

buoyed this year by the influence of

herself a half-sister to Grade One winner The Deputy (Petardia).

racing colt and quite possibly, his

Zabeel,” says Messara. “But he’s

Snitzel and Redoute’s Choice, not to

best-ever.”

exceeding our expectations, with two

mention the presence of those well-

extraordinary that almost 13 years

“We

were

always

Magistra’s sister Travessia (Deep Impact) is also the dam of Lot 317, a filly by Snitzel.

The Autumn Sun is destined to

Group 1 winners and five other stakes

related youngsters with ties to the

Lot 366, a Redoute’s Choice half-brother to NHK Mile Cup (Gr 1, 8f)

become the next son of Redoute’s

winners from his first 60 runners,

Aga Khan Studs and Northern Farm,

winner Aerolithe (Kurofune) should also attract his share of attention; indeed,

Choice to hold court in the stallion

including a pair of outstanding

it doesn’t take too much imagination

his Snitzel three-parts sister made $1.05 million to Jadeskye Racing, Brad

barn at Arrowfield and with a powerful

juveniles, Group 1 winner Yourdeel

to envisage them hitting - or even

Widdup Racing and Andrew Williams Bloodstock at last year’s sale.

Aga Khan lineage to support that elite

and Castelvecchio.

surpassing - $18 million in gross

race record, hopes will obviously run

“What we consistently hear from

high that he can follow the example

trainers is that Dundeel’s progeny

“The Australasian sale figures

set by Snitzel and Not A Single Doubt.

are high-energy horses, they like to

so far this year show that the market

Redoute’s

Choice’s

sales for the third year running.

dozen

be busy and active, and they love to

has softened slightly, which is not

Arrowfield yearlings includes Lots 6

compete, all traits he displayed as a

unexpected, given the global shifts and

and 286, namely a colt out of Group 1

racehorse too.

uncertainties affecting investment and

winner Fenway (High Chaparral) and

“It is still early days for him, with

national economies,” says Messara.

a half-brother to Dundeel. Also highly

only two crops racing, but he’s already

“However, the economics of racing

regarded is the colt out of Traceability

generating statistics and ratings that

horses in Australia remain incredibly

(Charge Forward).

mark the emergence of a significant

strong – there’s $500 million prize-

new sire for Arrowfield.”

money to be won in New South Wales

“He is a three-quarter brother to Group 1 winner Master Of Design

Dundeel has 14 entries to the

and Victoria alone over the next 12

and Listed winner Traces from

Easter Sale, with 11 of them set to

months - and the quality of this year’s

the Princess Tracy family,” says

be offered by Arrowfield. On paper,

Inglis Easter catalogue is exceptional.

Messara of the colt, Lot 315. “He is a

it’s a strong line-up that opens with

“All this is great news for buyers

beautifully balanced, medium-sized,

Lot 67, the half-sister to Hong Kong

and we look forward to seeing them

quality colt.”

star Contentment (Hussonet), Lot

all at Riverside in April.”

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Written in the stars | Moroney’s thirst for success still as strong as ever

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Moroney’s

thirst for success as strong as ever

T

found a horse we could win the Great

By Tim Rowe his

purchase

Northern with.

year,

respected

“Once he got going and won a

bloodstock agent Paul

maiden over 1600 metres on a heavy

Moroney

his

track we made an approach for the

36th Group 1-winning

horse (with the goal) to win the Great

when

Northern Steeplechase and three

inked

On

The

Rocks

(Alamosa) won the Herbie Dyke

years’ later he won it.”

Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) at Te Rapa in

Moroney added: “He also won

February. Incidentally, it was also the

the Pakuranga Hut Cup Steeplechase

50th win at elite level for trainer and

that same year, so it was a real thrill

brother Mike.

and it still is now even though I’ve

The pair have achieved so much

owned Melbourne Cup winners,

together from their almost lifelong

Derby winners and major race winners

obsession with racing, most of it

… That was always my biggest thrill

together,

on a racecourse, winning the Great

including

landing

the

Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) in 2000 with Brew (Sir Tristram), a

Northern Steeplechase.”

The

momentous

victory

of

Paul Moroney-inspired tried horse

Tumblin’ Down also coincided with

purchase three years earlier.

Mike’s rapidly growing reputation as a

Paul,

the

now

Paul Moroney with Catheryne Bruggeman

globetrotting

trainer in New Zealand and Australia.

bloodstock agent, whose clients

Unfortunately, Mike’s expansion also

You can be assured that Moroney

“I call it a physical genetic map

back and reflected on he and his

include Sir Owen Glenn, has also won

came at the same time as the 1987

has inspected every yearling that

which I have created in my own head

brother’s success in racing and is

Derbies in his native New Zealand

stock market crash which led to New

has been offered at the sales he has

of images of horses that I haven’t

instead more focused on trying to

and the Victoria Derby (Gr 1, 2500m)

Zealand going into recession in 1988.

attended in Australasia so far this

seen race in the flesh. It helps me

add to his 36 Group 1 winners.

with Second Coming (Oak Ridge).

The doom and gloom of the

year and you will be able to add the

develop a keen eye for detail and

“Probably about ten years ago,

If you were betting, Brew winning

economy and the dwindling financial

Inglis Easter catalogue to his list.

understand what their physical traits

Mike and I were sitting down having

the Melbourne Cup under a then

capacity of owners to support the

Moroney’s philosophy of never

were: colourings, legs turning out

a glass of wine one night when he’d

apprentice Kerrin McEvoy would be

stable led to Moroney starting a

ignoring a stallion has paid off many

or whatever, and what these good

come across from Australia and I

marked a short-priced favourite to be

decade-long gamble by speculating

a time, of which On The Rocks

horses looked like that (the mare or

said to him, ‘it is fantastic the number

Moroney’s career highlight.

on yearlings and racehorses.

is a prime example, having paid

stallion) have produced.

of major races you’ve won and

“I remember he said to me, ‘how

NZ$40,000 for the Alamosa (O’Reilly)

He continued: “I have been able

has

am I going to keep this momentum

colt at the New Zealand Bloodstock

to carry that around and go back

“He turned around and said,

Tumblin’ Down (Dodger) ranked as his

going?’ I said: ‘we have to back our

Select Yearling Sale in 2016.

many generations and, in most

‘what about you as an owner? You

biggest achievement in racing. Who,

own judgment and buy our own

“Dad told me when I was a kid

cases, be able to see where a horse

have won all those big races we loved

you may well ask, but the jumper first

horses’. His answer was: ‘you’re mad.

that every sire has his champion

has come from. If I can see that there

as kids and you’ve just about won

spotted in a barrier trial typifies his

I can’t afford to’ and I said: ‘you can’t

whereas a lot of people dismiss sires

is a progenitor back in the family that

them all’. It hadn’t really occurred to

attention to detail and impeccable

afford not to’,” he recalled.

after they have had two or three crops

is almost a replica it shows where it

me, to be quite honest, as you are

and they haven’t ended up being

has emanated from and, therefore,

going on about with what you do,” he

much,” he said.

has the chance of being a very good

said.

But perhaps in typical Kiwi parochialism

Moroney

still

memory for pedigrees going back generations.

“Mike pretty much chose not to, but out of brotherly love and loyalty

everything’.

by

or stupidity, whichever one you want

“That is why I always go and look

brother Mike, won the 1989 Great

to call it, I went and did it and did it

at every horse in the sale, regardless

“There are a whole lot of things

about it, you don’t realise the enormity

Northern Steeplechase over 6400

for a number of years buying what I

of what they are by, knowing that they

like that and because of that I have

of what you have actually achieved.

metres. It was an annual tradition

believed were the right horses and

are going to come along and produce

been able to buy what people

It is your passion, you are not going

for Paul and Mike to be taken to the

the horses that the stable required.

a very good horse. If you dismiss

consider to be unfashionably bred

out there and setting definite goals.

them you will never ever give yourself

horses for under the odds.”

You are just going out and choosing

Tumblin’

Down,

trained

Queen’s Birthday weekend meeting

“In most cases I brought the

since 1965 when his uncle won it with

owners into the stable (through that)

Smoke Ring.

and we would have never had the

the opportunity to buy that horse.”

Moroney

has

an

success we have had if I did not have

photographic memory and places

been named but ran unnamed as

that attitude and just gone and done

emphasis on what a horse should

a five-year-old gelding in a trial at

it. Most of the good horses in that

look like given their breeding – a key

Cambridge one day. I was running a

decade from the ’90s to the ‘00s were

aspect he believes in giving himself

bloodstock company and I was also

horses I had speculated on.”

a chance to beat the odds year after

well,” he explains.

Moroney has enjoyed success

year.

in finding horses that most would

“I am always treating these

“I saw him trial that day and went

not take a glance at the first time,

horses as individuals and they are

back to the office that afternoon, said

let alone going back for second and

bought on type with a bit of a method

something to my business partner

third looks before taking the jump to

I have developed over the years,” he

and then rang Mike and I told him I’d

putting his hand up to buy them.

said.

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“Until you actually stop and think

Moroney says he has rarely sat

horses and planning races for them.”

almost

“Tumblin’ Down had already

an assistant judge at the trials as

horse.

THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS LIKE THAT AND BECAUSE OF THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUY WHAT PEOPLE CONSIDER TO BE UNFASHIONABLY BRED HORSES FOR UNDER THE ODDS.

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Written in the stars | Moroney’s thirst for success still as strong as ever

Moroney on... in the making Brew years

Type over pedigree

The

Melbourne

Cup

is

It is a very hard to steal a good

Australasia’s pre-eminent race - and

type at the bottom of the market

it would take a brave person to argue

now. People are very focused on type very much than they used to be and having bought horses – I

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“Mike actually said to me when

and, therefore, we bought him off the

called Horlicks, so we went out and

I got back from one of my overseas

O’Sullivans. The next day we put him

bought a half-sister to her for very

trips that Dave has a very good Sir

on a float and gelded him straight

little at the next sale.

Tristram colt out of Horlicks who will

away and the rest is history.”

be top class,” Paul said.

“That worked out very well

Brew was not the only big

because we sold that filly to Japan for

“At stage he wasn’t even named

dividend the gelding’s extended

a lot of money after Horlicks won the

otherwise - and the Moroneys have

and he ended up having two starts

family provided Moroney with his

Japan Cup.”

won it. And there is, of course, the

as a two-year-old in New Zealand. He

dam Horlicks (Three Legs), the

story behind the story.

went pretty well, so they put him on a

winner of the 1989 Japan Cup (Gr 1,

further back for Paul, having overseen

The

association

goes

even

think the cheapest one I bought

Brew, a horse who started under

plane and took him to Sydney in the

2400m), coming onto his radar as an

the early education of an unraced filly

who went on to win a Group 1 I

the care of Dave O’Sullivan, a trainer

spring as Paul had opened a stable

unraced filly.

named Malt (Moss Trooper).

paid $13,000 for. It is very hard

Paul Moroney worked for and Mike

there.

to do that now. The horses who

worked alongside, and he won the

were under $20,000 who were good types, you used to be able to buy without much competition,

In fact, the story is also linked

“I also knew the family well as I

“They campaigned him there

to another New Zealand champion

worked with Horlicks’ mother Malt

race in 2000 after a well-travelled and

but he was such a bad-natured colt

Waverley Star (Star Way) who ran in

when I was running one of Dave;s

wayward beginning to his career.

that he became impossible to train.

the 1986 Japan Cup.

stables for a season and I had her

for

After he ran fifth in the Dulcify, the

“Actually, it goes back a long

but you go to most sales now you

O’Sullivan, twice in New Zealand and

final lead-up to the Spring Champion

way to when Dave O’Sullivan took

are paying three or four times

five times in New South Wales, winning

Stakes, he got loose in the birdcage

Waverley Star over to the Japan Cup

because he thought she was too slow

that amount for them. There is

his Kembla Grange in August 1997.

and tried to mount all the other colts,

and Paul, his son, went as well and

– I thought she should have carried

so he had a bit of a problem with his

they were a man short for the stable,”

on, but anyway – so she never got to

sexuality.”

Moroney recalled.

the races.

certainly more competition to buy a type than there used to be.

He

raced

seven

times

But it was Mike who first spotted Brew as a potential talent before he graced a track.

HE GOT LOOSE IN THE BIRDCAGE AND TRIED TO MOUNT ALL THE OTHER COLTS, SO HE HAD A BIT OF A PROBLEM WITH HIS SEXUALITY

Brew’s

antics

prompted

under my wing.

“She

was

retired

unraced

his

“We employed a friend of mine

“He sent her back to the breeder

owner to put the then colt on the

who used to be an apprentice with the

and he bred Horlicks, so we followed

market.

O’Sullivans called Kevin Scott at our

the breed very closely.”

“They told the owner they had to

(bloodstock) company. Dave asked a

geld him but he had a bit of a problem

favour if Kev could come and run the

feelings

with his books because he insured

stable while he was away, which he

and the O’Sullivans after Brew’s

him for such a high price when he

did.

Melbourne Cup success, Paul says.

There were never any hard between

the

Moroneys

was a foal. He couldn’t geld him or

“I went overseas and when I

There was a joint celebration

he’d have to repay all the depreciation

came back I said to Kevin, ‘was there

held at Matamata after the victory

he’d already claimed on the horse,” he

anything at Dave’s stable that really

where the two families drank out

said.

impressed you while you were there?’.

of both the Melbourne Cup and the

He said, ‘yes, this Three Legs filly

Japan Cup.

“We got wind he was for sale

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Written in the stars | Easter Jury

Mick

Malone Kitchwin Hills

Gai Waterhouse Trainer

WHAT IS THE BEST THING ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN RACING INDUSTRY?

The culture and the people!

WHAT IS ONE THING YOU WOULD IMPROVE ABOUT THE RACING / BREEDING INDUSTRY?

I’d love to see our sport

Aussies love a bet and this in turn creates opportunity.

work more as one, we are a fractured industry in many areas - Let’s start with just one media outlet showcasing our amazing sport.

The best thing about the Australian racing industry is that it embraces everyone.

Through syndication and the low cost of owning a horse,

people from all different walks of life can have a share in a horse.

It is very well advertised and everyone knows about racing.

WHAT IS ONE THING YOU WOULD IMPROVE ABOUT THE RACING / BREEDING INDUSTRY?

WHAT IS THE BEST THING ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN RACING INDUSTRY?

The parsimonious difference

IF YOU COULD BE ONE PERSON FOR A DAY IN RACING, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?

Happy being myself, I’d hate to

WHO HAS BEEN THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN YOUR CAREER TO DATE?

There has been a number of

miss one crazy day of my life with my family and friends.

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Eas

Damion

Flower

Jadeskye Racing

WHAT IS THE BEST THING ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN RACING INDUSTRY?

The world class studs we have and the world class stallions they provide. The prizemoney, including The Everest which the richest sprint turf

race in the world, it’s the Usain Bolt of racing - and it’s in our own backyard - we are incredibly lucky. people that have influenced

I’d like to think we could

development. Di has always supported me in so many ways, and

WHAT IS ONE THING YOU WOULD IMPROVE ABOUT THE RACING / BREEDING INDUSTRY?

weeks ago the Group 2 Skyline Stakes and Group 2 Sweet

Ray is a man that is rarely mentioned in Kitchwin’s success, but

We have the Golden Slipper, which is the richest two-year-old

Embrace Stakes were both worth $200,000.

he has a wonderful way of building confidence in people and has

race and race our horses a lot earlier than anywhere else in the

always given me great advice on so many topics. They are the

world therefore the opportunity is needed to get them there.

IF YOU COULD BE ONE PERSON FOR A DAY IN RACING, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?

between Saturday benchmark races and black-type races.

For example, a standard Saturday benchmark race is worth $125,000 and two

Her Majesty The Queen, because

WHAT’S YOUR PROUDEST RACING MOMENT TO DATE?

sport. She has a wonderful knowledge and understanding of the industry and a large network of trainers and knowledgeable

My father and my husband.

My two children and their children. Having my family with me at Flemington when I won the Melbourne Cup with

Fiorente in 2013, and training the trifecta in the Golden Slipper with Ha Ha, Excellerator and Red Hannigan in 2001.

WHERE DO YOU GO TO RELAX IN SYDNEY AFTER THE SALE?

Brown [Kitchwin Hills founders] have played a massive role in Kitchwin’s growth and my

Home.

improve two-year-old racing in the terms of more races.

In Australia we primarily breed for speed resulting in precocious colonial yearlings.

two people that have helped me find my feet on many occasions!

she has a huge passion for the

racing people around her.

WHO HAS BEEN THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN YOUR CAREER TO DATE?

my career. But Ray and Di

WHAT’S YOUR PROUDEST RACING MOMENT TO DATE? WHERE DO YOU GO TO RELAX IN SYDNEY AFTER THE SALE?

Witnessing the birth of Black Caviar’s first foal.

With friends/clients and family at our hospitality area at Inglis.

THERE HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE INFLUENCED MY CAREER. BUT RAY AND DI BROWN HAVE PLAYED A MASSIVE ROLE IN KITCHWIN’S GROWTH AND MY DEVELOPMENT

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IF YOU COULD BE ONE PERSON FOR A DAY IN RACING, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?

In the past I would have said Robert Sangster or John Magnier - I think looking at what they achieved explains why. But now I would have to say Hugh Bowman, because I would love to know the

feel Winx gives him under saddle.

WHO HAS BEEN THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN YOUR CAREER TO DATE? WHAT’S YOUR PROUDEST RACING MOMENT TO DATE? WHERE DO YOU GO TO RELAX IN SYDNEY AFTER THE SALE?

My mother is the most influential person in my life. But in racing terms it would be trainers Gerald Ryan and the late Ross McDonald, who I spent time under.

No doubt racing Snitzel and then watching him become a champion in the breeding barn.

Bit of a homebody, I am so I tend to head home to be with my family and then I’ll go for a stable walk at Platinum Park the next day to look at the horses.

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ster

Carmel

Size

Bloodstock agent

Gold

Racing manager at Shadwell Stud

WHAT IS THE BEST THING ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN RACING INDUSTRY?

WHAT IS THE BEST THING ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN RACING INDUSTRY? WHAT IS ONE THING YOU WOULD IMPROVE ABOUT THE RACING / BREEDING INDUSTRY?

I would unite Racing NSW benefit of the industry

IF YOU COULD BE ONE PERSON FOR A DAY IN RACING, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?

Winx, I’d love to know how good it

WHO HAS BEEN THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN YOUR CAREER TO DATE?

Without doubt my father Neville

feels to have an engine and stride that big, plus I’m tipping they’d be a daily spoil involved in her life.

Begg, he challenges me everyday to be better in my pursuit of excellence.

prize-money advantage over European racing, what makes Australian racing so special to me is the racecourses ability

atmosphere to the bigger days, something which we tend to lack in Europe. Also the racecourses are constantly striving to

Dermot

improve their facilities to make the whole raceday experience more enjoyable for the participants.

Farrington

Bloodstock agent

WHAT IS ONE THING YOU WOULD IMPROVE ABOUT THE RACING / BREEDING INDUSTRY?

I would hate to try and tell anybody how to improve what is already an outstanding industry in so many respects; however, I hope that Australia will find a way to move

forward collectively so that the in-fighting between states

WHAT IS THE BEST THING ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN RACING INDUSTRY?

How it engulfs everybody

doesn’t get out of hand, which from an outsiders point of view

from all walks of life.

it is in danger of doing – also while I understand the need to

WHAT IS ONE THING YOU WOULD IMPROVE ABOUT THE RACING / BREEDING INDUSTRY?

In the UK and Ireland I would

worldwide racing industry and it would be a great shame to lose

redistribute prize-money so

it in Australia.

satisfy the local market with the speed stallions I hope that the industry will not ignore those stallions who can impart slightly more stamina to their offspring, as that is such a vital part of the

that Class A tracks run for a minimum of at least £30,000 per race and overhaul the current bonus schemes in

in Europe they are not fit for purpose.

thoroughbred

and Racing Victoria for the

Apart from the obvious huge

to attract a young audience which in turn brings and outstanding

Europe to be more like the Australian schemes as at the moment The magic and power of the

Angus

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IF YOU COULD BE ONE PERSON FOR A DAY IN RACING, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?

There are so many people I admire in the industry that I could chose hundreds of different people to be to experience how they live their lives – for the moment

IF YOU COULD BE ONE PERSON FOR A DAY IN RACING, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?

I’d like to be the handicapper so I

I will plump for Frankie Dettori, as I would love to experience

could drop a few of mine 5lbs, or

the feeling of riding one of those outstanding horses of John

on second thoughts, 10lbs.

Gosden’s just to experience the sensation of a top class horse.

WHO HAS BEEN THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN YOUR CAREER TO DATE?

Plenty of people really - although

WHAT’S YOUR PROUDEST RACING MOMENT TO DATE?

Probably breeding and racing a

been extraordinary to witness and of enormous long-term

Group 1 winner.

benefit to our industry.

WHERE DO YOU GO TO RELAX IN SYDNEY AFTER THE SALE?

I stay with great friends in

WHAT’S YOUR PROUDEST RACING MOMENT TO DATE?

my father taught me about the

WHO HAS BEEN THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN YOUR CAREER TO DATE?

I will have to go with Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum, not only for his patience in employing me for so many years, but also in the

land and stock and my school

wisdom he has imparted to me along the way, both in equine

teachers taught me not to work

matters and more worldly affairs, together with his boundless

in the city.

enthusiasm for and support of the whole racing and breeding industry – the contribution of the whole Maktoum family has

Birchgrove so it’s easy to relax!

I am not sure if it is my proudest moment, but certainly my greatest memory on a racecourse

was representing Sheikh Hamdan the day that Jeune won the Melbourne Cup – having just arrived into Australia that morning and hitched a lift to the racecourse with a friend, to spend four

WHAT’S YOUR PROUDEST RACING MOMENT TO DATE? WHERE DO YOU GO TO RELAX IN SYDNEY AFTER THE SALE?

Every moment, I’m with a horse is a proud moment

Back to my horses

I WOULD HAVE TO SAY HUGH BOWMAN, BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THE FEEL WINX GIVES HIM UNDER SADDLE

hours walking around with the cup under my arm after the race was a truly remarkable and humbling experience, and one I would love to replicate once more before I die!

WHERE DO YOU GO TO RELAX IN SYDNEY AFTER THE SALE?

There are so many outstanding restaurants and bars in Sydney it is hard to pick out one, but a good

evening with friends in Bar Machiavelli is hard to beat.

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just

that

I Am Invincible | Yarraman Park Stud

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Written in the stars | I Am Invincible proving to be just that

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“He was a horse we were aware of in his

came into the horse

two-year-old season, and we knew he was

in the early days, and

hen Arthur and Harry Mitchell

a good-looking horse so we’d followed his

nearly all of them did

made the 1,000km trip from

progress,” Yarraman director Arthur Mitchell

extremely well out of

Yarraman Park in Scone to

says of his early encounter with I Am Invincible.

him.

the Whittlesea yard of trainer

“We also follow European racing closely, so we

“We knew if he

Peter Morgan to first cast their expert eyes over

were aware of Invincible Spirit’s upward curve,

threw horses with his

I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit), they were fairly

and knew I Am Invincible had a strong Australian

looks that he’d have a

certain about the distance they would have to

female family too.”

chance and thankfully

W

By James Thomas

travel to reach their destination.

Much harder to predict, however, was the scale of the journey the horse would take them on in the years that have followed.

Despite those attributes, it was not a

a lot of smaller and

foregone conclusion that the Mitchells would

mid-range breeders,

stand I Am Invincible.

and those who bought

There was no question that he possessed

WITH HIS PERFORMANCE RECORD WE KNEW WE HAD TO SELL HIM ON HIS LOOKS, SO THE DEAL BETWEEN MY BROTHER AND I WAS THAT HE HAD TO COME OUT OF THE BOX AND WE HAD TO LOVE HIM

breeding rights, made

I Am Invincible joined the Yarraman Park

talent in abundance, as his five successes

very good money selling his progeny.”

roster at a humble fee of $11,000 (inc GST).

attested to, but his race recorded lacked a

It was not only beauty pageant looks

With I Am Invincible having maintained a

Now, with nine covering seasons under his belt,

Group 1 win, with a runner-up effort behind

that I Am Invincible was imparting, however,

steep upward trajectory, his stallion career is

he completed his latest breeding campaign

Takeover Target (Celtic Swing) in the 2009

as his debut crop of juveniles, bred at that

now looking very ‘serious’ indeed. To date he

fully booked at $192,000 (inc GST), making

Goodwood Handicap (Gr 1, 1200m) the closest

introductory fee of $11,000 (inc GST), propelled

has supplied seven Group 1 winners from just

him the second-most expensive stallion on duty

he had come to striking at the elite level.

their sire to a dominant win in the first-season

five full crops of racing age. Of those seven elite

in Australia, behind only Redoute’s Choice’s

“With his performance record we knew we

stallion standings of 2013-14. His talented

performers, moreover, five were bred while the

(Danehill) champion son Snitzel, who stands at

had to sell him on his looks, so the deal between

son Brazen Beau played a starring role among

stallion was still available to breeders at $11,000

Arrowfield Stud at $220,000 (inc GST).

my brother and I was that he had to come out

that first batch of two-year-olds, winning the

(inc GST).

But - having majored in runners that boast

of the box and we had to love him,” explains

Champagne Classic (Gr 2, 1200m) and going

Following Brazen Beau’s breakthrough, I

precocity, class and durability in abundance -

Mitchell. “When he came out of the box it didn’t

down by just a head in the JJ Atkins Stakes (Gr

Am A Star stepped up to claim the 2016 Myer

it is a price tag that the son of Invincible Spirit

take us more than a few seconds to say ‘we’ll

1, 1600m).

Classic (registered as Empire Rose Stakes)

has undoubtedly

stand this horse because he’s just such a lovely

earned.

looking individual’.”

As has become par for the course with I

(Gr 1, 1600m), followed by Viddora, whose

Am Invincible’s progeny, Brazen Beau took his

first Group 1 sprint success came in the 2017

Mitchell adds: “We knew he had problems

form to the next level at three when taking out

Winterbottom Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m), a race the

with his feet, which he still has, but he was

the prestigious Coolmore Stakes (registered as

stallion’s son Voodoo Lad also landed in 2018.

always a very fast horse and he actually did a

Ascot Vale Stakes) (Gr 1, 1200m).

better job than we first thought running second

Voodoo Lad was his sire’s fourth Group

“I Am Invincible had quite a few good two-

1 winner in 2018, following the victories of

year-old winners, but when Brazen Beau, who’d

Hellbent, who now stands alongside his father

The Mitchells’ decision may have only taken

already won a Group 2 at two in Queensland

at Yarraman Park, in the William Reid Stakes (Gr

seconds to make, but it has had far reaching

[Champagne Classic], came back and won

1, 1200m), Oohood in the Flight Stakes (Gr 1,

results. It was not long before I Am Invincible

the Coolmore at three, that was when we

1600m) and Media Sensation, who struck in the

began to look like a priceless upgrader of stock.

really thought ‘hello, this stallion might be

New Zealand 1,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m).

to Takeover Target given his issues.”

“We’ve been in the game a long time and

something’,” recalls Mitchell.

“It’s across the board,” says Mitchell when

stood a lot of stallions so we know a lot of

“His progeny had already started to sell

asked for his own personal highlight of I Am

people,” says Mitchell, reflecting upon I Am

reasonably well and when Brazen Beau won that

Invincible’s start at stud. “But it was

race, which is arguably our hottest three-year-

“We’re just so proud of the horse. I know we

the smaller breeders who

old sprint, we thought things were starting to

got a bit lucky with him, but you’ve got to get lucky

get a bit serious.”

with stallions, I’m << Continued from page 17

Invincible’s stallion career.

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Written in the stars | I Am Invincible proving to be just that

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Harry & Arthur Mitchell those two down you’ve got to be a pretty good stallion.”

The next stop for the I Am Invincible bandwagon is the Inglis Australian Easter Continued on page 18>>

Yearling Sale at the Riverside Stables

just so proud that we

complex at Warwick Farm. One of the sire’s

took the gamble to

seven elite winners - I Am A Star - was

stand him. He’s just

sold at Inglis’s former home at the iconic

the

most

beautiful

Newmarket auction house when signed for

and

lovely

natured

by James Harron for $40,000 at the 2015

animal you’d ever have I Am Invincible | Yarraman Park Stud

HE’S JUST THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND LOVELY NATURED ANIMAL YOU’D EVER HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HE’S GOT A GORGEOUS PERSONALITY.

Classic Yearling Sale.

anything to do with -

It is surely just a matter of time before

he’s got a gorgeous

another high-achieving son or daughter of I Am

personality.”

Invincible changes hands at Inglis, and those on

The current Australian season has seen I Am Invincible further realise the

the hunt have 28 of his yearlings to choose from

immense potential his earlier crops hinted at, and he now leads the general sires’

at the upcoming Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

table by wins, winners and stakes winners, and lies second only to Snitzel, whose

The Yarraman Park draft includes arguably

total received a $6,764,250 boost from The Everest (1200m) winner Redzel, in

the most eye-catching offering by the sire, with

prize-money terms.

Lot 243 a brother to none other than Brazen

And with 24 stakes winners in the bank by autumn, I Am Invincible is rapidly closing in on the seasonal record of 26 black type scorers set by Snitzel and his own breed-shaping grandsire, Danehill (Danzig).

Beau.

“He’s the most like Brazen Beau we’ve seen, he’s very similar, a real tough-looking

“He’s only two stakes winners away from equalling the Australian record for

sort,” reports Mitchell of the colt out of

stakes winners in a season held by Danehill and Snitzel, and there’s still quite a few

Sansadee. “We’ve also got a very nice colt out

months to go,” says Mitchell, before adding with some understatement: “To run

of Camporella (Lot 395), who’s a Group-winning

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Exceed And Excel mare. It’s a nice solid draft we’re taking.”

Also among the I Am Invincible colts due to come under the hammer at Warwick Farm are: the son of a winning Bernardini (A.P. Indy) sister to champion New Zealand two-year-old Ruud Awakening (Lot 93) offered by Vinery Stud; the third foal of Group 2 winner Oasis Bloom (Al Maher) from Rosemont Stud (Lot 157); and the fourth foal out of Your Life Style (Hussonet) (Lot 339), a $1.2 million broodmare purchase by Newgate Farm whose previous offspring have fetched up to $850,000.

There is significant appeal among the draft of I Am Invincible fillies too, with his offerings including: a daughter of the Fastnet Rock (Danehill) mare Fitna (Lot 13), whose siblings include the dam of champion juvenile The Mission (Choisir); the filly out of Reisling Slipper Trial (Gr 2, 1200m) scorer Pure Energy (Mossman) (Lot 201) from Corumbene Stud, who also offer a youngster from the family of Heart Ruler (Marscay) and Egg Tart (Sebring); the second foal of an unraced Snitzel sister to Galaxy Handicap (Gr 1, 1100m) winner Sweet Idea (Snitzel) and the Group 2-winning Showtime (Lot 296), consigned by Glastonbury Farms; and a November-born foal out of New Zealand champion two-yearold Anabandana (Anabaa) (Lot 358), offered

by Coolmore Stud.

What’s more, with I Am Invincible’s bestbred crops still in the pipeline, buyers can shop with the confidence that, in all likelihood, there will be plenty more to come from Australia’s most upwardly mobile young stallion.

“We’ve seen a huge jump in the pedigrees of the mares in his book this year,” says Mitchell.

“We do have a bit of a say in the mares that people send and his last two books have been of a much higher quality than anything he’s had previously.

“He’s covered a lot of very high-class young mares so hopefully that can keep him where he is, if not help him do even better.”

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Exceed a stallion who is still

excelling on the global stage

Exceed And Excel

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I

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Then there is that growing band of successful stallion sons

By Martin Stevens

who suggest Exceed And Excel is going to be an important

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mare Solicit, whose page has dense black type; consigned by Edinglassie Stud.

t has long been recognised that Exceed And Excel

sire of sires. Sidestep boasts a winner of the world’s most

- Lot 309, a colt who is the second produce of dual

(Danehill) belongs in the pantheon of great shuttle

important two-year-old race in his freshman season and what

Group 2 winner Thump (Red Ransom), whose dam (Oomph)

sires, taking his place alongside his own father Danehill

a boost he is for Queensland breeders, the Darley-owned sire

and granddam (Nobellotto) were both also stakes winners;

(Danzig) and the likes of Fastnet Rock (Danehill), More

having been leased to stand at Telemon Thoroughbreds in the

consigned by Cressfield.

Than Ready (Southern Halo), Medaglia

state last year. Those breeders who supported him in 2018

- Lot 310, a filly who is the first foal out of Tie Me Down

D’Oro (El Prado) and Street Cry

were guaranteed the opportunity to use him again at the same

(Pins), a Listed-winning half-sister to New Zealand Oaks (Gr 1,

fee in 2019, which is a justified reward for their faith.

2400m) runner-up Can’t Keeper Down (Keeper); consigned by

(Machiavellian). More recently it became apparent that he would

Reward For Effort is also carving a name for himself at

exert a deeper influence on the

Chatswood Stud in Victoria, having been represented by four

- Lot 384, a filly who is the second foal out of Furious

breed, with his stallion sons

Group winners and being well supported by strong books of

Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner and Flight Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m)

mares.

third Bound For Earth, who is in turn by Northern Meteor

and

broodmare

daughters

producing top-class runners themselves.

It must be said though, that until this year’s Slipper, Exceed And Excel’s standing as a sire of sires was higher north

Sledmere Stud.

(Encosta De Lago) and VRC Oaks winner Bulla Borghese (Belong To Me); consigned by Segenhoe Stud.

This year’s Golden Slipper

of the equator. Sidestep is his first son to supply a southern

- Lot 403, a sister to Coolmore Stud Stakes (registered

Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) threw

hemisphere-bred Group 1 winner but in the north there were

as Ascot Vale Stakes) (Gr 1, 1200m) fourth Knight Exemplar

both facts into sharp relief.

already two – Excelebration and Helmet, whose European

out of the stakes-winning Royal Academy (Nijinsky) mare

The surprise but convincing

coverings have resulted in two outstanding performers in

Charmview; consigned by Marquee Stud.

winner Kiamichi is by the

Barney Roy and Thunder Snow.

- Lot 421, a half-sister to Group 1 JJ Atkins Stakes (Gr 1,

freshman Sidestep, a son

Exceed And Excel’s stock as paternal grandsire rose

1600m) winner Romantic Touch (Northern Meteor) and Group

of Exceed And Excel, who

even higher in Britain and Ireland last year as two of his less

3 scorer Burning Passion (Northern Meteor) out of the winning

made it a one-two for

heralded sons, Bungle Inthejungle and Kuroshio, defied small

Snippets (Lunchtime) mare Dearness; consigned by Gooree Park

the sire when second to

opening stud fees and minuscule representation in the latter

Stud.

Overreach in the 2013

case to shine with their first two-year-old runners.

renewal of the race.

Meanwhile the runnerup to Kiamichi, Microphone,

Those fillies with strong pages have added allure, knowing

Exceed And Excel’s record as a broodmare sire is also

what we do about Exceed And Excel’s prowess as a broodmare

blossoming. He has been represented by 394 winners from

sire. On that subject, it would probably pay to give those lots

679 starters in this department, including 32 stakes winners.

at the Easter Sale who are by other stallions out of Exceed

is by Exceed And Excel himself. He

Intriguingly, it could have been said that until recently the

is from the stallion’s 12th southern-hemisphere crop, which

sire’s daughters were outperforming the sons in Australasia

And Excel mares a second glance. There are 12 of the sire’s

speaks to the sire’s wonderful constitution, as he hasn’t missed

and that the opposite was the case in Europe. Before Exceed

- Lot 73, a Brazen Beau (I Am Invincible) colt out of Just

a shuttle trip to Ireland since 2005.

maternal grandchildren on offer including:

And Excel got his first Group 1-winning paternal grandchild

Discreet, a Group 3-winning half-sister to Group 1 SAJC

Following the Golden Slipper the statistics showed that

in Australasia through Kiamichi, he already had five Group

Schweppes Oaks (Gr 1, 2000m) winner Maybe Discreet

Exceed And Excel has supplied some 1,337 winners from

1-winning maternal grandchildren in Alizee (Sepoy), Astern

(Shamardal); consigned by Mill Park Stud.

1,907 runners worldwide who have earned in excess of $168

(Medaglia D’Oro), Bounding (Lonhro), Crown Prosecutor

million in prize-money. His tally of stakes winners stands at

(Medaglia d’Oro) and Prompt Response (Beneteau).

156, with 12 who have struck at the highest level.

On the other hand, it was only last September that Exceed

- Lot 159, a Street Boss (Street Cry) colt out of Omniscient, a Listed-placed daughter of Listed winner Omens (Octagonal), bred on the same cross as the smart Petits Filous; consigned

His roll of honour includes one winner of the Golden

And Excel struck with his first Group 1 winner as damsire

Slipper (Overreach), and two winners of each Blue Diamond

among his northern hemisphere-breds, with Middle Park

- Lot 198, a half-brother to Tattersalls Tiara (Gr 1, 1350m)

Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) (Earthquake and Reward For Effort)

Stakes (Gr 1, 6f) winner Ten Sovereigns (No Nay Never). That

winner Prompt Response (Beneteau) and Group 3 scorer

and Inglis Sires’ Produce Stakes (registered as ATC

said, the stallion is now considered one of Europe’s hottest

Prompt Return(Beneteau), by Medaglia D’Oro (El Prado) so

Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) (Guelph and

broodmare sires as crack trainer Aidan O’Brien’s two best two-

bred on the same cross as Golden Rose Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m)

Helmet). He has supplied winners at most of

year-olds of 2018 – Ten Sovereigns and Anthony Van Dyck

victor Astern; consigned by Newgate Farm.

the world’s biggest meetings: the Breeders’

(Galileo)– are both out of his daughters.

by Aquis Farm Operations.

- Lot 230, a Zoustar (Northern Meteor) colt out of a

Cup (Outstrip in the Juvenile Turf (Gr 1, 8f));

No doubt about it, Exceed And Excel is an exceptional

Dubai World Cup night (Amber Sky in the

source of precocity and sprinter/miler talent, and he is

Al Quoz Sprint (Gr 1, 1000m)); Hong Kong

developing into a true breed-shaper at the age of 18. How

- Lot 291, another bred on the proven Medaglia D’Oro-

International Race Day (Mr Stunning in the

fortunate breeders are to still have access to the former

Exceed And Excel cross, this one a filly who is a half-sister to

Hong Kong Sprint (Gr 1, 1200m), twice);

champion sire at Darley’s base at Kelvinside in the Hunter

Listed winner Haybah (More Than Ready) out of a winning half-

and at Royal Ascot on several occasions

Valley and at Kildangan Stud in Ireland, while owners and

sister to dual Group 1 hero Rebel Raider (Reset); consigned by

(Best Terms, Buratino and others).

trainers might also consider themselves lucky to have a wide-

Yarraman Park Stud.

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, EXCEED AND EXCEL IS AN EXCEPTIONAL SOURCE OF PRECOCITY AND SPRINTER/ MILER TALENT, AND HE IS DEVELOPING INTO A TRUE BREED-SHAPER AT THE AGE OF 18

ranging choice of his progeny at auction.

The Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale catalogue features 13 lots by Exceed And Excel. On paper, at least, the highlights appear to be:

winning half-sister to multiple Group 3 winner Judged (High Yield); consigned by Milburn Creek.

- Lot 325, a Pierro (Lonhro) colt out of Listed-placed Valoura, a half-sister to Group 2 winner Noire (Foxwedge); consigned by Coolmore Stud.

- Lot 395, a colt by I Am Invincible out of Group 3 winner

- Lot 137, a filly out of Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf

Camporella whose only foal to have raced is sprint winner

(Gr 1, 1m) heroine More Than Real (More Than Ready), making

Californiasurprise (I Am Invincible); consigned by Yarraman Park Stud.

her a half-sister to three winners including Listed scorer Miss Debutante (Fastnet Rock); consigned by Kia Ora Stud.

- Lot 249, a filly who is the third foal out of Manifold Stakes (Gr 2, 1610m) winner Se Sauver (Bel Esprit), whose first foal is the useful three-year-old filly Scamper (Fastnet Rock); consigned by Kia Ora Stud.

In the unlikely scenario that anyone needed any more convincing of the high calibre of racehorse available to buy at Inglis Easter they should look no further than Exceed And Excel himself.

He was bought by Nick Moraitis for $375,000 at the 2002 renewal before landing a pair of Group 1 sprints and being

- Lot 276, a colt who is the first foal out of dual Group 2 winner and multiple Group 1-placed Street Cry (Machiavellian)

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LESS MEANS MORE for expanding

EMIRATES Founded in 1989 by Dubai-based businessman H.E. Nasser

Both fillies went into training with Team Hawkes and both

Lootah, the Emirates brand has a rich roll of honour, its homebred

emerged victorious in the Golden Slipper. Mossfun triumphed

o buy one Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m)

colts who have subsequently carved out successful second careers

by three-quarters of a length, while Esitjaab landed the spoils by

winner could be considered as fortuitous; to buy two,

at stud - either at Emirates or elsewhere - including Encosta De

a neck having broken like a tracer bullet from barrier 14 before

simply could not. To buy two in the space of four years

Lago (Fairy King), Al Maher (Danehill) and Dash For Cash (Secret

showing a determined attitude in the closing stages to repel a

could only be deemed the work of a meticulous and

Savings), while Emirates purchased the sire of the latter, former dual

16-strong field in admirable fashion.

forward-thinking operation with a firm commitment to a well-

US Grade 3 winner Secret Savings (Seeking The Gold), from the US

Estijaab was the sole purchase made by Emirates Park

founded vision.

in 1996 prior to him winning the Doncaster Handicap (Gr 1, 1600m)

in 2017, while the operation bought only four fillies last year,

as a precursor to him standing between 1997 and 2008.

including Espaaniyah (I Am Invincible), another Easter Sale

T

By Chris Humpleby

The latter is a succinct epitome of Emirates Park, the Hunter Valley-based stud farm steeped in a long and successful

However, the farm is in the midst of an evolutionary period,

graduate who vindicated her $750,000 price-tag when making a

heritage, but one that is dynamic enough to adapt to the changing

downsizing its broodmare band from approximately 280 to 60

barnstorming introduction to land the Inglis Banner (RL, 1000m)

commercial and market forces to which all breeding operations

over the past decade, while a deal was struck with Aquis Farm in

at Moonee Valley on debut last October.

are subject to and frequently dictated by.

2017 for the Fung family-owned operation to take out a long-term lease on Emirates’ Hunter Valley-based property in Murrurundi.

More recently, the Emirates Park brand has expanded

long-term approach to buying yearlings by highlighting individuals

overseas, with a small, ‘side-project’ breeding operation currently

with the necessary attributes to make it firstly as racehorses and

brewing through eight mares boarding in Europe at Hazelwood

secondly as breeding prospects further down the line.

Stud, based in Newmarket, while a broad understanding of the

“We mainly buy fillies, but we like to look at everything from

international market is evident through the acquisition of Red

the point of view of future reference,” explains managing director

Lodge (Midshipman), a US$500,000 purchase at the Keeneland

Bryan Carlson, a man ever-generous with his time and meticulous

November Breeding Stock Sale last year, who is about to foal to

in his approach to extracting the best bloodstock from the sales

Hill ‘N’ Dale Farms resident Kitten’s Joy (El Prado) before being

ring at a time whereby the standout prospects are becoming

imported to Australia.

increasingly difficult to buy.

This re-shaping of the Emirates Park framework has

“If we don’t buy a filly but we like her, and she comes up as

coincided with a shift in managerial responsibility through

a broodmare later, on we will try to buy her then. From a yearling

the Lootah family, as the day-to-day running of Emirates

perspective, we get down to a shortlist of ten and I sit down with

Park becomes less the preserve of Nasser and more the

the Lootah family and we work out what are going to be those

responsibility of his 30-year-old son, Hussain.

early two-year-old types that are best suited to the Slipper.

And it is Hussain’s passion for the two-year-old

He continues: “However, they have to have residual value. It’s

programme and adulation for the Golden Slipper

very hard to get a good racehorse and the page is crucial from a

that has resulted in a concerted focus towards both

residual perspective.

buying and breeding precocious types who are

“I like yearlings to be out of young mare, while we try not to

capable of cutting the ice in the most prestigious

buy horses by unproven stallions. They’ve got to tick every box

juvenile contest on the planet.

– even down through the right broodmare sire and the right

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crosses. Then the conformation has to meet the page. Hussain is

proven a fruitful hunting ground for realising those

very critical on what he wants and we are in a very lucky situation

ambitions, with both Mossfun (Mossman) and Estijaab Bryan Carlson

It is no coincidence that an operation with the strategic nous of Emirates Park focuses on quality over quantity, implementing a

whereby we can do that.”

(Snitzel) having graduated from this sale in 2013 and

‘Luck’ seems a misnomer, particularly given the detail into

2017 respectively, the former

which Carlson enters when he recounts the process of buying

realising $85,000 from the

Mossfun, Estijaab and Espaaniyah, all of whom excelled during

draft of Fairview Stud, while

inspection largely because of their attitudes and temperaments –

the gavel came down on the

two qualities Carlson values just about above all other, hence his

latter for an eye-watering

eleventh-hour approach to this particular sale.

WE DON’T INSPECT ON THE FARMS FOR EASTER BECAUSE IT’S NOT A BIG CATALOGUE

$1,700,000 from the draft of

“We don’t inspect on the farms for Easter because it’s not

Arrowfield Stud following a

a big catalogue,” he says. “I prefer to look at everything at the

protracted bidding dual.

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their home environments and you can

“I think the market will

compare them as a crop. You can also compare how they handle

be very strong, especially on

the situation of the sale.

those top ten per cent again,”

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“I still remember looking at Mossfun. While other horses

Carlson

continues.

are a lot more international

anything else, she was so content with showing herself off. She

buyers now with Yulong, Aquis

walked out beautifully and had a great attitude.

and Phoenix, who are big

Carlson continues: “Attitude is one of the first things I look for – if you have a horse that wants to race, it helps. You can win and lose a race with those types of qualities.

“You saw that with Espaaniyah in the Inglis Banner. All of the

HUSSAIN IS ONLY 30 AND HE LOVES HIS HORSE RACING, BUT IT HAS AN EMOTIONAL AS WELL AS BUSINESS SIDE

“There

were jumping around, she was a princess – she didn’t care about

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international players.

“The big trainers will also be there buying for big owners – the

yearling sales, buying a filly by Windsor Park Stud shuttler Charm

likes of Ciaron Maher, Tony McEvoy and Gai Waterhouse – and I

Spirit (Invincible Spirit) for 130,000 guineas from Book 2 of the

don’t think buying will be easy.

Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.

horses drifted wide and a few things went wrong with the field,

“On paper the catalogue looks very strong. From what I can

Speaking of the expansion, Carlson continues in a similar

but she stayed to herself and handled the situation really well.

remember, there are a lot of American-bred yearlings, which I like

vein to the overarching Emirates Park philosophy, reiterating the

Lots of things can win or lose a race, but if you’ve got a great

a lot. Bringing in American speed has worked here in Australia.”

focus on both quality and excellence.

attitude it’s a great start.”

However, Carlson is also pensive in his predictions for the

“It’s a little side-project and you don’t know where it will lead,”

The same can be said of Estijaab, the filly Emirates ‘had

market moving forward, particularly in regard to acquiring

he says. “If we were going to do it, we wanted to do it properly.

to buy’ but one which required the operation to sacrifice other

fillies in the mould of Estijaab, while he also passes thoughtful

Nasser wanted Mossfun to go up there, so we thought we’d breed

potential purchases that year.

comment on the current situation regarding the dearth of high-

the best to the best and send her to Frankel.

“She was such a great physical type and her attitude was

class stallions at the disposal of Australian breeders.

“We have a Galileo colt out of the Fastnet Rock mare Shahad,

great,” Carlson continues. “Arrowfield produce stakes horses

“We are very lucky in Australia in that breeders tend to sell

who is a stakes-placed daughter of three-time Group 1 winner

and that is also what you look for – farms that are consistently

more of their yearlings,” he says. “In the UK, it is very hard to buy

Shamekha. He’s a very nice colt and he’ll be retained by us to

producing Group 1 horses.

those good fillies with a page. Hopefully I’m wrong, but I can see a

race. We also have a Toronado filly out of Have Fun. Both are

trend where that might start to happen down here.

currently yearlings.

“We didn’t really go to the sale thinking she would bring $1.7 million – we expected $1-1.2 million – but she was a great filly

“Stakes-winning broodmares are very hard to buy for a good

“We also returned two English-bred mares, who were bought

price. I think some breeders will start to keep their well-bred

in Australia, to Europe. One was the unraced Polar Pearl, a half-

“Her gate speed won a lot of her races. That turn of foot out of

fillies to race and try and get black-type that way, because it’s just

sister to the outstanding five-time Group 1 winner Miss Finland,

the gates is crucial and that quality won her the Slipper. Most of

becoming harder and harder to buy those black-type fillies with

who won the 2006 renewal of the Golden Slipper. The other,

the time you can educate them, but what Estijaab has got – she’s

a page. Sometimes you’re paying $600-700,000 for a stakes-

Hamasat, is related to Alpha Centauri, while we also shipped

done that herself.”

placed filly, which makes it harder.”

Necklace, a sister to Sepoy.

all-round.

Esitjaab realised the joint fourth-highest price at the 2017

Reflecting on the stallion situation, Carlson adds: “We have

sale, with the top-lot mantle bestowed on another Arrowfield

been unfortunate with the premature deaths of Northern Meteor,

graduate in the shape of a $2.5 million Redoute’s Choice

Sebring, Commands, High Chaparral and Street Cry amongst

Closer to home, Emirates Park stood three stallions in conjunction

(Danehill) colt, who was knocked down to Tim Stakemire. Named

others. As such, we’re down to six or seven top stallions and only

with Aquis last year. They included Al Maher, who won the Australian

Melik, he won two barrier trials in May last year but currently

two of them are under the age of 17.

Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) during his racing career prior to standing

remains unraced.

“We’ve sent two of the mares – Polar Pearl and Have Fun – to Brazen Beau. He’s very good value in the northern hemisphere.

“We are in a very unfortunate situation whereby our proven

at Emirates for the past 14 seasons. He will move to Stockwell

A remarkable 17 lots realised seven figures that year, while

stallions are now so rare. Last year, of the top 30 stallions judged

Thoroughbreds for 2019, a farm leased by Emirates Park, with the

that number was usurped by 22 $1 million-plus purchases in

by mares covered, only ten of those stallions had a stakes-winning

19-year-old son of Danehill (Danzig) set to be ‘well-suited to Victoria.’

2018, and Carlson once again predicts a buoyant top-end to the market whereby international competition is driving up prices for the most select yearlings on offer.

percentage of more than five per cent in their book.

Al Maher was joined in 2018 by shuttler Dream Ahead (Diktat),

“It’s not a good thing when breeders are using unproven

who covered 47 mares last year having served 133 mares in 2017

stallion when only one in 50 make it, and I’m not holding my

and 135 mares the season prior, while he is currently standing at

breath for that to correct anytime soon.”

Regarding the future of Emirates Park, Carlson expresses a

excitedly of the recent expansion

far-reaching commercial and well-refined philosophy that neatly

into Europe, which is the brainchild

underpins the aspirations of an operation destined to etch itself

of Nasser Lootah as he seeks to

onto the biggest stage, but with a realisation of the need for a

develop a band of racehorses capable

stringent monetary policy that is essential for maintaining any

of competing within the prestigious

semblance of longevity in the current marketplace.

heritage of the European scene.

“Hussain is only 30 and he loves his horse racing, but it has

As well as purchasing Camargue (Invincible

Spirit),

a

half-sister

to

Lowther Stakes (Gr 2, 6f) winner

an emotional as well as business side” Carlson says. “He wants to sell his yearlings for good money, which can help pay for the racing side of the operation.

Threading for 105,000 guineas at the

“All of the colts go, and we will sell good fillies as well. We’re selling

Tattersalls July Sale in 2017, Emirates

good colts like Santos, a son of I Am Invincible who won the Group 2

Park have shipped seven mares to

Skyline Stakes last year. Hopefully he’ll find a home at stud in 2019.

Hazelwood Stud over the past three seasons.

They include Mossfun, who has a

“We produce around 50 homebreds a year and we’ll keep a few homebred fillies to race. We want to keep our racing team between 30 and 40.”

colt foal by the outstanding champion

Speaking of objectives, Carlson continues: “As Hussain is so

Frankel (Galileo), while she foaled a

young, we can set short-term and long-term goals. Our short-term

filly by the Juddmonte stallion in mid-

goal is to buy and produce stakes winners from the yearling sales,

March. She will return to empty to

while also producing homebred stakes winners from the fillies we

Australia in due course.

have retained so we can return them to the broodmare band.

Furthermore, the first runners to

“We would love to breed our own Golden Slipper winner. We

grace the course under the Emirates

would also love to get to the point where all of our broodmares are

Park Pty Ltd banner did so in 2017,

black-type or Easter-type quality and that’s our long-term aim.

with a maiden victory recorded last year courtesy of the John Gosden-trained

Esitjaab

Haras de Grandcam in France for a fee of €12,000.

Looking ahead, Carlson speaks

“We want to try and get one of the best broodmare bands in Australia.”

Mehdaayih (Frankel), who won a fillies’

Well thought-through, eloquently encapsulated and planned

novice (1600m) at Yarmouth in October.

with precision. By default, the case of Emirates Park appears to

Carlson was also active at the 2018

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revolve around when such a vision materialises, rather than if.

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Written in the stars | Redoute’s Choice: a true great of thoroughbred breeding

2019 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale Supplement

Choice: Redoute’s

a true great of thoroughbred breeding

Redoute’s Choice

T

By Les Young

left

163

individual

stakes

winners, 106 at Group level,

he recent death of multiple champion sire Redoute’s

across seven countries and

Choice (Danehill), aged 22, at Arrowfield Stud,

34 individual Group 1 winners

brought to an end an epic stud career but his influence

of both sexes with an almost

will live on for the next 50 years.

equal division. His progeny

As the best stallion son of supreme shuttler Danehill (Danzig),

we shall also remember Redoute’s Choice for his excellence as a racehorse before John Messara secured him to begin his breeding career at Arrowfield as a four-year-old in 2000.

Big and powerfully built, Redoute’s Choice was bred and

THE IMPACT OF REDOUTE’S CHOICE AS A SIRE OF RACEHORSES HAS BEEN ENORMOUS BUT PALES WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE LEGACY HE HAS ALREADY LEFT THROUGH HIS MANY SIRE SONS AND BROODMARES

have so far earned more than $157 million.

Australia’s

leading

first crop sire of 2003/04, Redoute’s

Choice times

was

raced by Muzaffar Yaseen of Teeley Assets and was trained in

three

crowned

Melbourne by Rick Hore-Lacy, contesting ten races at two and

champion sire in Australia (in

three years, winning five including four Group 1s and placing

2005/06,2009/10 and 2013/14) and also twice headed the list of

been enormous but pales when you consider the legacy he has

three times to earn just over $1.5 million.

sires of two-year-olds in 2004/05 and 2005/06.

already left through his many sire sons and broodmares.

He showed speed and high level ability from the start, winning

Able to impart to his progeny speed, courage and a degree

Other than his sire Danehill, Redoute’s Choice is recognised

a Listed juvenile event over 1100 metres Caulfield first time out

of stamina, Redoute’s Choice has sired a long and consistent

as perhaps the finest sire-of-sires in Australian history having,

before returning to that track to defeat the top class Testa Rossa

parade of racing stars ranging from outstanding two-year-

at this point, 26 sons which between them have left 286 stakes

(Perugino) and Dangerous (Danehill) in the 1999 Blue Diamond

olds,champion sprinters and a select group of Derby, Oaks and

winners worldwide. Most prominent of them is Arrowfield’s

Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m).

Guineas winners. He has been represented by Group 1 winners

Snitzel, who is heading for his third successive champion sire’s

Redoute’s Choice almost certainly would have won the

not only in Australia but also in New Zealand and South Africa as

title in Australia this season. Snitzel has 13 Group 1 winners to

1999 Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at his following start

well as black type winners in Europe resulting from two seasons

his credit and giving him significant support is fellow Arrowfield

but was sensationally scratched a few hours before the race

shuttling to the Aga Khan’s Haras de Bonneval in France.

resident Not a Single Doubt along with deceased Golden Slipper

when found to have a high temperature. He then was not seen

While champions Miss Finland, Lankan Rupee and now The

again until the spring when he showed his fighting qualities to

Autumn Sun are the highest prize-money earners by Redoute’s

again beat Testa Rossa in a memorable edition of the Caulfield

Choice, others by him to earn the champion tag are Samantha

Redoute’s Choice broodmares are likely to give him his first

Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) with other victories at three years coming

Miss, Fashions Afield, Stratum, God’s Own, Nadeem and South

champion maternal grandsire title in Australia this season and so

in the Manikato Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) against older horses and in

African stars Musir, Majmu and Mustaaqeem.

far they are responsible for 13 Group 1 winners, among them is

another weight-for-age test, the CF Orr Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m), in which he achieved his peak Timeform rating of 126.

a solid contribution.

Understandably yearlings by Redoute’s Choice have been in

sensational young sire Zoustar (Northern Meteor) and exciting

high demand in the sales ring since his early days, selling for as

stallion prospects like Sacred Falls (O’Reilly), Kementari (Lonhro) and The Mission (Choisir).

Standing his first season at a fee of $30,000 (inc GST),

much as the Australian record price of $5 million paid at the 2013

Redoute’s Choice’s covering price increased tenfold to $330,000

Australian Easter Sale for the ill-fated half-brother to Black Caviar

(inc GST) seven seasons later.

(Bel Esprit) out of Helsinge (Desert Sun).

Blessed with high fertility, Redoute’s Choice has to date

Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Stratum, who is another son making

The impact of Redoute’s Choice as a sire of racehorses has

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To date daughters of Redoute’s Choice have produced 86 black type winners and you can’t help but feel the beneficial influence of Redoute’s Choice is still only in it’s early stages.

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Marvellous Melbourne | Welcome

2019 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale Supplement

Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale Lots Already Sold Lot

Colour

Sex

19

ch

c

Sire

Dam

Vendor

Sale

Weanling Vendor

Purchaser

Zoustar

Foxy Cougar

Lyndhurst Farm

WIGSWS

Springmount

Lyndhurst / Sweet Briar

Price ($) 80,000

20

b

c

Vancouver

Francophile

Lime Country T’hbreds Pty Ltd

WICSBP

Rothwell Park

Gippsland B/stock

130,000

43

b

c

Rubick

Heart of Thrills

Coolmore Stud

WISWS

Middlebrook Valley Lodge

McKeever B/stock

60,000

50

b

f

by Sebring

Idyllic Mood

Rosemont Stud

MMNWS

Burnewang North Pastoral Sheamus Mills B/S (FBAA)/Palya/Saconi

76

b

f

by So You Think

Keysbrook

Coolmore Stud

MMNWS

Aquis Farm

Roderick Wachman Bloodstock

210,000

101

b

c

Vancouver

Luminous Harmony

Coolmore Stud

MMNWS

Rosemont Stud

Glenvale Stud

130,000

106

b

c

Zoustar

Madamesta

Milburn Creek

MMNWS

Widden Stud

Suman Hedge Bloodstock

200,000

150,000

109

b/br

c

Pierro

Maree Basse

Aquis Farm Operations

MMNWS

Burnewang North Pastoral Full Horse

200,000

113

b

c

Zoustar

Mezulla

Middlebrook Valley Lodge

MMNWS

Rosemont Stud

Black Type Racing

100,000

114

b

f

by Fastnet Rock

Midnight Ballet

Aquis Farm Operations

MMNWS

Coolmore Australia

Full Horse

300,000

115

br

c

Exosphere

Midnight Fantasy

Milburn Creek

MMNWS

Burnewang North Pastoral Belmont B/stock

100,000

120

b/br

f

by Written Tycoon

Miss Chard

Milburn Creek

WIGSWS

Glenelg Park

Randwick B Ag. P/L (FBAA) / S. Hedge B

155,000

143

b

f

by Exosphere

Mussenden

Evergreen Stud Farm

WICSBP

Newhaven Park

Frontier B/stock Management

80,000

146

ch

c

Dissident

Nadeem Lass

Kitchwin Hills

WIGSWS

Phoenix Broodmare Farm

Mullaglass

72,000

176

b/br

f

by Vancouver

Perpetuum

Widden Stud

MMNWS

Coolmore Australia

Boom Racing T’breds Syn. P/L

50,000

193

ch

c

Written Tycoon

Prettyhappyaboutit

Milburn Creek

MMNWS

Kambula Stud

Belmont B/stock

203

ch

c

Starcraft

Pure Reality

KBL Thoroughbreds

MMNWS

Serene Bloodstock Pty Ltd DP Bloodstock

45,000

217

b/br

c

Zoustar

Reve de Victoire

KBL Thoroughbreds

MMNWS

Caithness Breeding

Orchid Racing

40,000

240

b

f

by Zoustar

Saggiatore

Bowness Stud

WIGSWS

Woodside Park Stud

Watershed Partnership

100,000

242

b

c

Pierro

Sandy Desert

Lyndhurst Farm

WICSBP

Fairhill Farm

Lyndhurst Farm

150,000 170,000

220,000

258

br

c

Lonhro

She’s a Vamp

Edinglassie Stud

MMNWS

Aquis Farm

Musk Creek Farm

260

br

f

by Pierro

Shippo

Middlebrook Valley Lodge

WICSBP

Rothwell Park

W & K Scrap Metal P/L

281

b/br

f

by Zoustar

Special Fragrance

Widden Stud

MMNWS

Rosemont Stud

Redwall Bloodstock

282

b

c

Dundeel

Spinnawitch

Aquis Farm Operations

WISWS

Aurora Lodge

Dengari Lodge

85,000

304

b

c

Pride of Dubai

Temple Divine

Coolmore Stud

MMNWS

Glastonbury Farms

Glenvale Stud

160,000

316

b/br

f

by Snitzel

Trafalgar Miss

Rosemont Stud

MMNWS

Bhima Thoroughbreds

Rosemont Stud

100,000

80,000 230,000

325

b

c

Pierro

Valoura

Coolmore Stud

MMNWS

Rothwell Park

Glenvale Stud

320,000

354

ch

c

Pride of Dubai

Ajamais

Coolmore Stud

MMNWS

Glastonbury Farms

Justin Casse

120,000

367

ch

c

Pride of Dubai

Atlantis Dream

Coolmore Stud

MMNWS

Sledmere Stud

Colm Santry Bloodstock

380

br

c

Pierro

Bobine

Newgate Farm

MMNWS

Erinvale Thoroughbreds

James Harron B/stock

115,000

426

b

c

Fastnet Rock

Diademe

Sledmere Stud

MMNWS

Coolmore Australia

Boomer B/stock (FBAA)

650,000

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Produced By

90,000

FURORE Won Hong Kong Derby-Gr.1 (HK) Won Hong Kong Classic Mile-Gr.1 (HK) 3rd ATC Rosehill Guineas-Gr.1

ARCADIA QUEEN Won Kingston Town Classic-Gr.1 Won West Australian Guineas-Gr.2 Won Champion Fillies Stakes-Gr.3

TULIP Won Magic Night Stakes-Gr.3 Won Typhoon Tracy Stakes-Gr.3 3rd Golden Slipper Stakes-Gr.1

LEVENDI Won Australian Derby-Gr.1 Won Tulloch Stakes-Gr.2 Won Carbine Club Stakes-Gr.3

ACTION Won WATC Derby-Gr.2

ARCADIA PRINCE Won AJ Scahill Stakes-Gr.3

PINOT Won VRC Oaks-Gr.1 Won Ethereal Stakes-Gr.3

FURORE takes his earnings to nearly Aus$3.4m with a win in the Hong Kong Derby-Gr.1 (HK) at Sha Tin on 17th March.

PIERATA Won Missile Stakes-Gr.2 Won BRC Vo Rogue Plate-Gr.3 Won Sydney Stakes-Gr.3 2nd Randwick Guineas-Gr.1

“Now I’ve won the Derby, it’s a dream come true!”

Frankie Lor, trainer

Yearlings in 2019 have made $600,000, $500,000, $450,000 etc. and he has 14 lots at Inglis Easter

Michael Kirwan, Colm Santry, Paddy Oman, Tom Moore or Rob Archibald Tel: 02 6576 4200. New Zealand: Gordon Calder Tel:+64 218 41612. www.coolmore.com