Shamus Award (AUS)
Rosemont Stud
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Based just 20 minutes west of Geelong, Rosemont Stud has quickly established itself as one of the most progressive thoroughbred stud farms in Australia. Offering services across the full spectrum of breeding and racing, Rosemont’s three properties offer the facilities to suit your thoroughbred … whatever your needs.
210 Gullys Rd , Ceres, VIC, 3221office@rosemontstud.com.au
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In Cox Plate week it only seems fitting that the 2013 winner Shamus Award would give us a ‘One to Watch’ at Mornington on Thursday.
Shamus Award Mare Chasing Another G1
Adverse weather has forced multiple Group One winner Quintessa to take an unorthodox route to next Saturday’s Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m), with the mare appearing at the Awapuni trials on Monday afternoon.
Shamus Award Mare Quintessa Cracks $1million in Prizemoney
Karaka graduate Quintessa (NZ) (Shamus Award) became a millionaire and a dual Group One winner with a stunning last-to-first performance in the $400,000 Group One Proisir Plate (1400m) at Ellerslie on Saturday.
G1 Shamus Award - Quintessa Wins Proisir Plate
The early spring has tended to bring the very best out of Quintessa, and that trend continued at Ellerslie on Saturday with a spectacular last-to-first performance at $36 odds in the Gr.1 Proisir Plate.
Five Straight and a Stakes Victory for Pop Award
There is a myriad of Snitzel sons at stud this spring, but for value and proven credentials it’s impossible to go past Rosemont Stud’s Cox Plate hero Shamus Award, who posted his first stakes-winner of the new season when exciting mare Pop Award landed the Listed MRC Regal Roller Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday.
A four time Champion Australian Sire in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, Snitzel was an extremely fertile sire that covered 3043 mares in 19 seasons at stud in Australia and attracted 100 plus books in every year since 2010, so his passing will cast shockwaves through the breeding industry.
29 stakes winners including Group 1 winners Quintessa, Duais, Incentivise, Mr Quickie, El Patroness, Media Award ... Top 5 Australian Stallion by Group One Winners per runners … 6.75% SW/R's - superior to the likes of SO YOU THINK, DUNDEEL, TORONADO, STREET BOSS, WRITTEN TYCOON, BRAZEN BEAU, NICCONI, STAR WITNESS etc. … 6.5 x Return on Service Fee - more significant than the likes of I AM INVINCIBLE, SNITZEL, ZOUSTAR, SO YOU THINK, PIERRO, WRITTEN TYCOON and DUNDEEL.