The dominance of Yulong Stud at broodmare sales in recent years has been little short of staggering. It was highlighted by the $33,446,000 spent on sixty lots at the National Broodmare Sale after splashing out $7,225,000 at an average of $1,806,250 for four lots at the Chairman’s Sale.
The Yuesheng Zhang-owned operation has been busy around the world, and there are some interesting imports from Europe in 2023 grazing the paddocks of Yulong’s showpiece in Victoria.
Even more intriguing is most mares have already foaled to Northern Hemisphere time.
Beach Belle (GB) (Invincible Spirit (GB) x Beach Bunny (IRE) by High Chaparral (IRE))
Beach Belle (GB) already has a profile in Australia as the dam of the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Group II Shannon Stakes and Group III winner BRC Sprint winner Surf Dancer (IRE).
A 130,000 gns purchase at the 2022 Tattersalls December Mare Sale, Beach Belle (GB) is the winner of two races and was Listed placed in Ireland.
A daughter of Listed winner and Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes runner-up Beach Bunny (IRE), Beach Belle (GB) was sold in foal to Zoustar, and she foaled a filly on March 29.
Divine Herald (GB) (Frankel (GB) x Heaven Sent (GB) by Pivotal (GB).
Divine Herald (GB) was a 380,000 gns purchase for BBA Ireland. Tattersalls December Mare Sale
The unraced daughter of Frankel (GB) is out of the dual Group III winner, and three-time Group 1 placed Heaven Sent, a sister to dual Group 1 winner Megahertz.
Purchased with a positive test to No Nay Never (USA), Divine Herald (GB) foaled a filly on April 6.
Dusk To Dawn (IRE) (Galileo (IRE) x Dawning (USA) by War Chant (USA))
A €48,000 purchase at Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale, Dusk To Dawn is out of an unraced half-sister to triple Group 1 winner Karakontie (JPN), and stakes winners Bottega and Sunday Sunrise from the family of Miesque.
Sold in foal to Acclamation (GB), Dusk To Dawn (IRE) foaled a colt March 31.
Mawahib (IRE) (New Approach (IRE) x Violante (USA) by Kingmambo (USA))
A €110,000 Goffs November purchase, Mawahib (IRE) placed in all three starts at two.
A sister to the Group III Prix Messidor winner Impulsif, Mawahib (IRE) is out of a sister to stakes-winner Reunite and a half-sister to Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club winner Anabaa Blue from the family of Urban Sea and King’s Best.
Sold with a positive test to Awtaad (IRE), Mawahib (IRE) foaled a colt on March 9. Awtaad (IRE) is the sire of the recent Group 1 Prix d'Ispahan winner Anmaat (IRE).
Mystical Land (JPN) (Heart’s Cry (JPN) x Phaenomena (IRE) by Galileo (IRE))
A €295,000 Goffs November purchase, Mystical Land (JPN) won twice in France for Andre Fabre.
She is a half-sister to dual Group II winner King Of Koji (Lord Kanaloa) and Group III winner Harajuku (Deep Impact) out of a sister to Group 1 One Thousand Guineas winner Nightime (Galileo) the dam of Godolphin’s 4-time Group 1 winner Ghaiyyath (IRE) and Grade 1 winner Zhukova (IRE).
Sold with a positive test to Lope de Vega (IRE), Mystical Land (JPN) foaled a filly on March 21.
Niku (IRE) (High Chaparral (IRE) x Strawberry Fledge (USA) by Kingmambo (USA))
A €150,000 purchase at Goffs, Niku (IRE) placed three times in France
For Flaxman Stables. Niku (IRE) is a half-sister to Cloth Of Stars (IRE) (Sea The Stars) winner of the Group 1 Prix Ganay and Group II Prix Greffulhe.
Strawberry Fledge (USA) is a sister to Group 1 Epsom Oaks winner Light Shift (USA) (dam of dual Group 1 winner Ulysses), and a half-sister to Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup winner Shiva.
Not surprisingly, Niku (IRE) visited Sea The Stars in her first four seasons at stud and foaled a colt by the champion son of Cape Cross at Yulong on May 4.
Pleasant Dreams (IRE) (Galileo (IRE) x Dixieland Kiss (USA) by Dixie Union (USA))
The unraced Pleasant Dreams (IRE) came at a hefty €630,000 at Goffs. The daughter of Galileo (USA) is a sister to stakes-placed Modern Science and is a half-sister to Group II Lowther stakes winner and Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes third Besharah (Kodiac) the dam of Group III winner Perfect News (Frankel).
Carrying a positive test to Starspangledbanner, Pleasant Dreams (IRE) foaled a filly on April 21.
Russian Camilla (IRE) (Camelot (IRE) x Lady Babooshka (GB) by Cape Cross (IRE)
Well, we might have fudged a bit here. Purchased by Avenue Bloodstock for 300,000 gns at Tattersalls in 2021, Russian Camilla (IRE) was offered by Coolmore Stud at the recent National Broodmare Sale, where Sheamus Mills Bloodstock (FBAA), had the final say, on behalf of Yulong, at $850,000.
The sister to Widden Stud’s Group 1 MRC Underwood Stakes and Group 1 SAJC South Australian Derby hero Russian Camelot (IRE) has a September service to Frankel (GB).
Surely (IRE) (Galileo (IRE) x Again (IRE) by Danehill Dancer (IRE)
A €520,000 Goffs November purchase, Surely (IRE) is a lightly raced sister to stakes-winner and 2-time Group 1 runner-up Delphinia and stakes-winner Indian Maharaja.
Again (IRE) was the Champion 2yr old filly in Ireland in 2008. Her four wins included the Group 1 Irish 1000 Guineas and Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes.
Sold in foal to Wootton Bassett (GB), Surely (IRE) has a filly on March 28.
Sweeping Approach (IRE) (New Approach (IRE) x Hymn Of The Dawn (USA) by Phone Trick (USA)
A €92,000 Goffs November purchase, Sweeping Approach (IRE) is a sister to 2000 Guineas, St James's Palace Stakes, Dewhurst Stakes and National Stakes winner Dawn Approach and the Group II winner and Group 1 runner-up Heald The Dawnn.
Sold in foal to Teofilo (IRE), Sweeping Approach (IRE) had a colt on May 10.
Trinket (GB) (Frankel (GB) x Lucky Kristale (GB) x by Lucky Story (USA)
A 375,000 gns purchase from the Juddmonte draft at Tattersalls December, Trinket (GB) is a lightly raced daughter of the Group II Lowther Stakes winner Lucky Kristale (GB), a half-sister to the Champion 3yo Filly Love whose seven wins included the Epsom Oaks, One Thousand Guineas, Moyglare Stud Stakes, Yorkshire Oaks, and Prince of Wales's Stakes.
Sold in foal to Kingman (GB), Trinket (GB) had a colt on March
