Lucky Vega to Shuttle to Irish National Stud

Tara Madgwick - Friday October 22

Busy covering his first book of mares at Yulong in Victoria this spring Lucky Vega (IRE) will be heading back to the Northern Hemisphere at the end of the year to continue his stud career with a season at the Irish National Stud.

The Group I winning son of Lope de Vega will join a quality roster that includes stalwart Invincible Spirit, Equiano, Phoenix Of Spain and Decorated Knight.
 


Advertisement
Lucky Vega is one of three winners out of unraced mare Queen of Carthage, who gained further attention at the Goffs Orby sale this year with her Footstepsinthesand yearling colt selling for €630,000 to BBA Ireland’s Michael Donohoe, acting on behalf of Yulong Investments.
 
“Mr Zhang has obviously reinvested in this family showing the huge belief he has in Lucky Vega. He will be strongly supporting him at stud over the coming years. With his amazing blend of class and speed we believe Lucky Vega will produce precocious animals with great movement just like him,” said Donohoe.

Lucky Vega

Lucky Vega is standing in Australia at a fee of $22,000.

Advertisment
More Reading...
Long Awaited Return for Legarto
Multiple Group One winner Legarto will make her long-awaited return to racing when she heads to her home track at Matamata on Saturday to contest the Listed Lisa Chittick Champagne Stakes (1400m).
More Than One Way to Skin a Cat
When racehorse syndication businesses take a punt on a filly there is more than one way for shareholders to make money from the exercise as enhancement of the investment can come via pedigree or the racetrack and in the case of this winner on Tuesday it has come in both ways.
Sires With Winners - Wednesday February 12
Here is the full list of 37 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Extreme Choice Weanling Filly Tops Arqana February Mixed Sale
The first sale of the year for French auction house Arqana, the February Mixed Sale on Wednesday was topped by an interesting weanling filly by Newgate Farm’s outstanding sire Extreme Choice, who covers a mare a day all year round in Australia in a bid to combat his well documented fertility issues.
One to Watch – Ipswich
Zousain had a very solid Inglis Classic Yearling Sale with his progeny selling for up to $280,000 off a $22,000 fee and the affordable Widden Stud based son of Zoustar gave us a One to Watch on Wednesday.
Punters Taking Sides in Via vs Ceolwulf - Don't forget FannyG
Saturday racing at Randwick sees some of the biggest of the autumn carnival big guns firing their first shots, and hours after the fields were declared the markets were offering up an opinion, with plenty of love for Via Sistina in the Apollo Stakes.
Yearling Attention Heads West
The yearling sale caravan moves on to Perth next week after this week’s Classic Sale in Sydney and the Breednet data has tossed up a few highlights.
Sires With Winners - Thursday February 13
Here is the full list of 40 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wexford filly proves She’s All That
Promising filly She’s All That rewarded the patience of her connections as a fitting winner of the Wexford Stables (1400m) at Te Aroha on Wednesday.
Juvenile Trial Watch - Randwick
Five heats for juveniles at Randwick on Thursday morning with the Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner O’Ole given a tick over trial in preparation for a tilt at the Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes and we also had a look at the most expensive colt by Dundeel ever sold.