Until now,
Victorian breeders looking to utilize the blood of reigning champion sire
Snitzel had to look outside their home state to find a quality option, but that
has all changed with the arrival of top class sprinter Thronum to Sun Stud.
A $300,000 Inglis Easter purchase for Sun Stud,
Thronum was a late November foal, but quickly justified his pricetag winning
two of his first three starts at two before claiming a stakes win in the Listed
ATC Rosebud Stakes at his first outing at three.
An interrupted three year-old season and stable
change from Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott to Lindsay Park Racing saw Thronum
hit top form for the Hayes, Hayes and Dabernig combination.
He scored a dazzling all the way win in the Group
II MVRC Australia Stakes over 1200 metres beating a quality field including
Group I winner Brave Smash to clock the fastest time by an entire since the
race became the Australia Stakes.
Thronum then went painfully close to nailing a
Group I win when leading everywhere but on the post, when narrowly beaten by
Hellbent in the Group I MVRC William Reid Stakes (1200m). He was pressured in
front and ran 3 sub 11 second sectionals before being pipped on the line by a
swooper.
Timeform ratings demonstrate the genuine class
and speed of Thronum 119 (Service Fee: $17,600), who compares
favourably with Russian Revolution 120 (Service fee:
$55,000) and reveals exceptional value.
"Thronum was a high class performer, had
brilliant speed and was tough. What's more, he had the ability to lead quality
fields and carve out exceptional sectional times," said David Hayes.
Thronum has performance and type well
covered, but also pedigree being by the exceptionally dominant sire Snitzel
from a female family that includes world renowned sires Street Cry (116 stakes
winners) and Shamardal (116 stakes winners).
Both have been extremely successful in Australia, the former achieving lasting
fame and glory for giving us two time Australian Horse of the Year, Winx.
Sun Stud will ensure Thronum has every opportunity to succeed and will be
supporting him with some lovely mares including the following:
Yosei, Multiple Group I winner
Miss Mossman, Group I winner
Berengaria, dam of Group I winner Politeness
Always Discreet, Group II placed half to Group I
winner Maybe Discreet
Dower, stakes placed and dam of stakes winner
and Group I placed Dowager Queen
Slapstick Group III winner from the family of
Virage de Fortune
THRONUM will
stand for an advertised service fee of $17,600 including GST .
Mark Lindsay
0499 032 986
Phil
Marshall 0407 853 782
Adam Henry 0428 036 472
Ash Richards 0416 334 338
Robyn Wise 0419 174 632
