Three
stallions did amazing things last weekend, so who were they and what did they
do.
1 – SNITZEL. No prizes for guessing this one as he had a rare Group I trifecta
in the Group I ATC Sires Produce Stakes (Invader, Summer Passage Trapeze
Artist) at Randwick on Saturday and then for good measure posted his tenth
Group I winner with his South African based colt Heavenly Blue winning the
Group I SA Classic (1800m) at Turffontein.
Snitzel is leading the Australian General Sires List, the 2YO Sires List and
3YO Sires List – he's the man of the moment and also the most represented sire
at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, so you'd love to be a vendor
with a Snitzel in your draft.
Timing is everything and Arrowfield's heavy hitter is in hot form just when you
want him to be.
2. ENCOSTA DE LAGO. The now
retired Coolmore favourite is the reigning Champion Broodmare Sire and leads
the way again in that division this year, his daughters supplying the quinella
in the Group I ATC Sires Produce Stakes - Invader and Summer Passage.
Encosta demonstrated just why he is such a potent force as a broodmare sire
when producing a Group I quinella of his own as a sire when his freakish son
Chautauqua outgunned his star daughter English to win the Group I ATC TJ Smith
Stakes for the third year running.
Encosta de Lago is the sire of the dam of 62 stakes-winners, eight of them
Group I winners, so look at hard at the many yearlings (23) entered for Inglis
Easter from his daughters .
There are four Snitzel yearlings from daughters of Encosta de Lago – click
here to see them.
3. IFFRAAJ (GB) – Haunui Farm's
Iffraaj sired Jon Snow to win the Group I ATC Australian Derby and back in New
Zealand his daughter Meleka Belle produced Melody Belle (by Commands) to win
the Group I Manawatu Sires Produce Stakes.
You won't find a sniff of Iffraaj at Inglis Easter, but he's a stallion that
has had a few ups and downs and has now settled in as a proven source of high
class horses. Jon Snow aside, we've also had Gingernuts and Turn Me Loose as
Group I winners here in Australia, so he's more than proved his stripes.