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| $3.3 million earner Pierata became the fourth G1 winner for Golden Slipper winner Pierro when capturing the Group I ATC All Aged Stakes at Randwick. Click here to find out more. image Steve Hart. |
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If ever a horse was overdue to win a Group I race it is surely four year-old Pierro stallion Pierata, who rectified that one shortcoming on his imposing record when scoring a brilliant win in the Group I ATC All Aged Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.
After Group 1 winners in New Zealand and South Africa, Dundeel put one on the board in Australia when Castelvecchio proved a class above in Saturday’s Group 1 Moet & Chandon Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Randwick.
Trekking may be a long way off being the best horse in the Godolphin stable but he certainly earns his keep.
Winner of the Listed Hareeba Stakes at Mornington two starts back, the Magnus gelding Streets Of Avalon earned his second stakes win in Saturday’s Group III Victoria Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.
Locally trained mare Lil Miss Swiss caused a major boil-over when she nabbed hot favourite Orepuki Lad in the shadows of the winning post to capture the Listed Carriers Arms Hotel Riverton Cup (2147m) on Saturday.
A truly run race set up the perfect conditions for Cambridge three-year-old Lord Arthur who stormed to victory in the Group II Valachi Downs Championship Stakes (2100m) at Ellerslie.
As is the nature of things, the progeny of two stallions relocating to new homes in 2019 fought out of the finish of Saturday’s Group III Hong Kong Jockey Club J H B Carr Stakes at Randwick.
Former Australian galloper Endless Drama (IRE) backed up an eye-catching finish for second at Hastings last week to go one better at Ellerslie on Saturday when he took out the Group II Manco Easter Handicap (1600m).
Not long after celebrating stakes success in New Zealand with promising So You Think two year-old Quick Thinker, the OTI Racing group had more to be happy about when seasoned stayer Grey Lion (IRE) scored a well deserved first Black Type win in the Group III JRA Plate at Randwick.
The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman training partnership set a new record for the most victories at stakes level in a New Zealand season when promising colt Quick Thinker took out the Listed Buffalo & Co Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Ellerslie on Saturday.
The Dennis brothers, Tony, Joe, Ray and Martin, were honoured with the 2016 Outstanding Contribution to New Zealand Racing Award and the leading South Island breeders are enjoying the journey their homebred The Chosen One is taking them.
Making his second trip to the races, the Stuart Kendrick-trained Let’s Cheer Again ploughed through the mud in a QTIS 2yo C&G Maiden Plate over 900 metres at the Gold Coast on Saturday to credit his sire Hallowed Crown with his first winner.
Triple Crown hero American Pharoah sired his first North American winner when the Wesley Ward trained colt Maven saluted at Aqueduct on Friday.
Bob and Sandra Peters enjoy spectacular success with their stable of homebreds, but it was one of their Karaka purchases that had them in the winner’s circle at Ascot on Good Friday when Celebrity Dream took out the Listed WATC Sheila Gwynne Classic.
There’s not much racing on Good Friday, but there were a couple of stakes races in Perth with the Group III WATC WA Sires Produce Stakes won by Snippetson gelding Tinsnip.
Woodside Park Announce 2019 Fees
Woodside Park Stud is extremely proud to announce our 2019 Stallion Roster that will once again be headed by Victoria's Champion Sire Written Tycoon, a stallion who really needs no introduction. MORE...
Woodside Park Stud is extremely proud to announce our 2019 Stallion Roster that will once again be headed by Victoria's Champion Sire Written Tycoon, a stallion who really needs no introduction. MORE...
Line breeding to superior females is a breeding principle adopted by many savvy broodmare owners, particularly those with limited funds that can't afford the proven elite sires, so need to tap into some genetic magic to achieve their goals and we saw some great examples of this success last Saturday.
Until the running of Saturday's Group III Zeditave Stakes at Caulfield, you can be forgiven if you have never heard of the stallion Terango.
By a Golden Slipper runner-up, Sidestep, out of a mare by a Golden Slipper winner, Canny Lad, who is out of a daughter of Golden Slipper winner Vain, who is out of a mare by Golden Slipper winner Marscay, from the family of Golden Slipper winners Dark Eclipse & Storm Queen, Godolphin's outsider Kiamichi led home a sea of blue in Saturday's $3,500,000 Longines Golden Slipper at Rosehill.
STALLION ANNOUNCEMENTS 2019
Woodside Park Stud is extremely proud to announce our 2019 Stallion Roster that will once again be headed by Victoria’s Champion Sire Written Tycoon, a stallion who really needs no introduction.
Hard on the heels of announcing the acquisition of top rated 3YO, ALMANZOR, to stand in 2018 – Cambridge Stud is delighted to announce the acquisition of the southern hemisphere breeding rights to World Champion 3YO ROARING LION.
The famed WIDDEN STUD have announced their roster for the 2019 season spearheaded by the exciting Zoustar (Northern Meteor) who will stand for $140,000 + GST while multiple Group 1-winning newcomer Trapeze Artist (Snitzel) will begin his first season at a fee of $90,000 + GST.
The young Fastnet Rock stallion, Highly Recommended, has been relocated to the South Island nursery, Berkley Stud, for the 2019 stud season.
NEW TO STUD 2019
Sire: Scat Daddy (Johannesburg)
Dam: Stage Music (Ghostzapper)
Standing at: Coolmore Stud $22
Full details for Justify
Grunt - O'Reilly (Last Tycoon) x Ruqqaya (Van Nistelrooy)
Standing at Yulong Lane: $13,750
Sioux Nation - Scat Daddy (Johannesburg) x Dream The Blues (Oasis Dream)
Standing at Swettenham Stud: $17,600
Aclaim - Acclamation (Royal Applause) x Axis (Danroad)
Standing at Aquis Canungra Qld: $13,750
The Autumn Sun - Redoute's Choice (Danehill) x Azmiyna (Galileo)
Standing at Arrowfield Stud: $77,000
SALES
Inglis Melbourne Gold Yearling Sale - Sun Apr 28
NZB South Island Sale - Mon Apr 29
Inglis Australian Broodmare Sale - Thu May 02
Inglis Australian Weanling Sale - Thu May 02
Inglis Scone Yearling Sale - Sun May 12
NZB Karaka May Sale - Fri May 17
MM National Broodmare Sale - Wed May 22
MM National Weanling Sale - Wed May 22
Latest Catalogue Updates
286 MM National Weanling Sale, Summer Triangle 3f Warracknabeal New winner
1504 MM National Broodmare Sale, Haunted 4g Caulfield
471 Inglis Australian Broodmare Sale, Bart 4g Moruya
490 MM National Weanling Sale, Rockin' Ruga 4g Kembla Grange
1381 MM National Broodmare Sale, Pierata 4h Randwick
859 MM National Broodmare Sale, Graceful Storm 3f Caulfield
293 MM National Weanling Sale, Ladyada 3f Gladstone
8 Inglis Melbourne Gold Yearling Sale, Swift Response 6m Flinton
989 MM National Broodmare Sale, With A Bit Of Dash 5m Oakbank
1312 MM National Broodmare Sale, Peppino 4g Gold Coast New winner
Latest Sales News
GENERAL SIRES
One to Watch – Bendigo
It wasn’t hard to find a ‘One to Watch’ on Tuesday with the full sister to recently retired multiple Group I winner Shoals opening her account at Bendigo on Tuesday.
| Snitzel | 307 | 148 (11) | $20,532,349 |
| I Am Invincible | 305 | 151 (26) | $13,984,213 |
| Street Cry | 117 | 58 (5) | $13,187,402 |
| Fastnet Rock | 240 | 85 (8) | $9,572,635 |
| Not a Single Doubt | 199 | 79 (12) | $8,594,608 |
| I Am Invincible | 305 | 151 (26) | $13,984,213 |
| Snitzel | 307 | 148 (11) | $20,532,349 |
| Written Tycoon | 257 | 118 (5) | $6,851,207 |
| Sebring | 290 | 115 (9) | $8,107,620 |
| Smart Missile | 226 | 104 (5) | $5,956,658 |
FIRST SEASON SIRES
Hallowed Crown Breaks The Ice
Making his second trip to the races, the Stuart Kendrick-trained Let’s Cheer Again ploughed through the mud in a QTIS 2yo C&G Maiden Plate over 900 metres at the Gold Coast on Saturday to credit his sire Hallowed Crown with his first winner.
| Sidestep | 13 | 3 (1) | $2,425,165 |
| Better Than Ready | 34 | 15 (2) | $1,481,900 |
| Brazen Beau | 25 | 3 (1) | $1,100,690 |
| Rubick | 31 | 9 (1) | $955,250 |
| Deep Field | 25 | 8 (2) | $878,325 |
| Better Than Ready | 34 | 15 (2) | $1,481,900 |
| Rubick | 31 | 9 (1) | $955,250 |
| Deep Field | 25 | 8 (2) | $878,325 |
| Whittington | 14 | 5 | $187,225 |
| Shooting to Win | 16 | 4 | $164,265 |
First Season Sire Runners Today: Better Than Ready (1), Jimmy Creed (1),
For the full first season sires info incl daily runners, sires table, stats, news and more - CLICK HERE
SECOND SEASON SIRES
Dundeel's Castelvecchio Dominates in Champagne Stakes
After Group 1 winners in New Zealand and South Africa, Dundeel put one on the board in Australia when Castelvecchio proved a class above in Saturday’s Group 1 Moet & Chandon Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Randwick.
| Zoustar | 104 | 51 (6) | $5,968,755 |
| Spirit of Boom | 102 | 41 (3) | $4,037,825 |
| Dundeel | 60 | 26 (3) | $3,126,690 |
| Epaulette | 77 | 36 (4) | $2,036,626 |
| Fiorente | 63 | 19 (3) | $1,931,515 |
| Zoustar | 104 | 51 (6) | $5,968,755 |
| Spirit of Boom | 102 | 41 (3) | $4,037,825 |
| Epaulette | 77 | 36 (4) | $2,036,626 |
| Unencumbered | 60 | 33 (1) | $1,862,172 |
| Sizzling | 81 | 27 (1) | $1,876,790 |
Second Season Sire Runners Today: Akeed Mofeed (1), Albrecht (1), Camelot (3), Carlton House (1), Declaration Of War (3), Epaulette (1), Eurozone (4), Fighting Sun (1), Fiorente (1), Galah (1), Kuroshio (3), Mahisara (2), Polanski (2), Shamus Award (2), Sizzling (5), Spirit Of Boom (2), The Factor (1), Unencumbered (2), Zoustar (2),
For the full first season sires info incl daily runners, sires table, stats, news and more - CLICK HERE
The future sires still on the track identified and analyzed. From the AAA rating jewels in the crown to those just hitting the radar.
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RACING
Stakes Races Coming Up
Sat Apr 20: RAND - ALL AGED STAKES (1400m),
CHAMPAGNE STAKES (1600m),
JAMES H B CARR STAKES (1400m),
FRANK PACKER PLATE (2000m),
HALL MARK STAKES (1200m),
JAPAN RACING ASSOC PLATE (2000m),
Sat Apr 20: E FM - ASCOT HANDICAP (1200m),
TAILS QUALITY (2200m),
PRINCESS STAKES (1600m),
MICK DITTMAN PLATE (1200m),
Sat Apr 20: OAKB - OAKBANK STAKES (1100m),
Sat Apr 20: CAUL - EASTER CUP (2000m),
VICTORIA HANDICAP (1400m),
Thu Apr 25: FLEM - VRC ST LEGER (2800m),
ANZAC DAY STAKES (1400m),
Sat Apr 27: HAWK - HAWKESBURY GOLD CUP (1600m),
HAWKESBURY GUINEAS (1400m),
DARLEY CROWN (1300m),
HAWKESBURY GOLD RUSH (1100m),
Sat Apr 27: E FM - VICTORY STAKES (1200m),
GUNSYND CLASSIC (1600m),
DALRELLO STAKES (1200m),
Sat Apr 27: MORP - CHAIRMAN'S STAKES (2000m),
BREEDERS' STAKES (1200m),
Sat Apr 27: MORPP - H C NITSCHKE STAKES (1400m),
CITY OF ADELAIDE HANDICAP (1400m),
Sat Apr 27: CAUL - REDOUTES CHOICE STAKES (1200m),