Russian Camelot (IRE)
Widden Victoria
2023 FEE: $19,800
A superbly appointed farm with spacious, safe paddocks, Widden Stud Victoria is the perfect location from which to base mares for the Victorian breeding season. Widden Victoria offers the full suite of bloodstock services, from covering mares and foaling down right through to weaning, sales preparation, breaking in and pre-training. The key systems and processes Widden Stud has used to achieve premium results from our Hunter Valley farm over more than a century have been brought into practice in Victoria.
56 Mt Eliza Road , Kerrie, VIC, 3434info@widden.com
www.widden.com
+61 (03) 5428 5168
Latest News
$180,000 Russian Camelot Filly Sells at Adelaide MM
The highest price for a first season sire on the opening day of the Adelaide Magic Millions Yearling Sale was achieved by Widden Stud’s dual Group I winner Russian Camelot (IRE), whose filly from Shakespearean Lass sold for $180,000.
Inglis Premier First Season Sire Galleries – Check Them Out
The Inglis Premier Yearling Sale starts this Sunday and there is a strong Victorian flavour to this sale as you would expect and first season sires in particularly are going to play a role with the most represented being Victorian based Hanseatic and Tagaloa with first season sire galleries now available on Breednet for quick comparisons.
Widden First Season Sires off the Mark
The 2024 Magic Millions Yearling Sale was a busy one for Widden Stud selling 65 yearlings across Books 1 and 2 for $14.6million and particularly pleasing was the warm reception afforded their first season sires Anders, Russian Camelot (IRE), Dirty Work and Doubtland.
First Season Sires at MM Book 1 – How Did They Fare?
Proven sires did dominate at the 2024 Magic Millions Yearling Sale, but there was also a spectacular response to Coolmore shuttler Wootton Bassett (GB), who was a runaway leader in the first season sire division and produced the sale-topping filly from Avantage that sold for $2.1million, but it wasn’t all about him, so let’s look a little closer at this cohort of young guns.
Widden Stud Victoria Stallions on Parade – Test Your Mare with a Hypothetical Mating
The weather was cold, but the stallions were hot at the Widden Stud Victoria stallion parade on Friday with a big crowd in attendance to see nine stallions representing a great mix of promising and proven sire talent.
Widden Sons of Guns – Hypothetical Matings
Widden Stud are offering a great deal with six sons of champion sires available at a discounted rate for breeders who select two for their mares and all are Premium stallions on Breednet, so if you are breeding on a budget and can’t afford the big guns, let’s get testing some Hypothetical Matings on the sons of guns!
Multiple Group 1 winner and 3-time Group 1 placed from just 11 starts … Timeform’s highest rated Australian 3YO in 2020 … Outstanding Group 1 (6:2-2-1) & WFA (5:1-3-1) record … only Northern hemisphere bred winner of an Australasian Derby … Group 1 Underwood Stakes honour roll includes So You Think, Dundeel and Ocean Park … commences stud duties in 2021.