Older G1 Winners in Australia Paint a Picture of Diversity

Tara Madgwick - Tuesday December 6

On Monday, we took a look at the three year-old Group I winners so far in Australia this season and they were largely sourced from major commercial yearling sales, but the 18 horses that have won Group I races here this spring as older horses paint a very different picture.

Read about the 3YO G1 winners here.

Alligator Blood was a two-time G1 winner this spring and was bought as a yearling at Magic Millions for $55,000.

There have been 18 individual older (4YO plus) Group I winners in Australia this season and the following horses were not offered at auction in Australasia– Anamoe and Paulele are Godolphin homebreds, Trix of the Trade was retained to race by his breeders and I’m Thunderstruck was bought privately from NZ.

Although they don’t carry Group I status, the $15million The Everest and $10million Golden Eagle are the richest races of the spring and both were won by horses not offered at auction.

Giga Kick and Golden Eagle winner I Wish I Win (NZ) are homebreds for their respective breeders Jonathan Munz and Waikato Stud.

They elected to keep them when the youngsters were deemed not saleable as yearlings, Giga Kick for lack of pedigree being by unfashionable sire Scissor Kick and I Wish I Win due to a leg conformation issue.

2022/2023 Season Group I Winners in Australia Under 1600m (4YO and up) offered at auction

 

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Horse (Sire)

Sale

Price

Vendor

Purchaser

Roch ‘n’ Horse (NZ)

(Per Incanto (USA)

Karaka Book 2

PI$40,000

Little Avondale Stud

 

Callsign Mav (NZ)

(Atlante)

Karaka Weanling Sale

$3,000

Windsor Park

Emily Holmes

Bella Nipotina

(Pride of Dubai)

Inglis Premier

$80,000

Rosemont Stud

Lindsay Park Racing / Andrew Williams Bloodstock / Mt Hallowell Stud

Snapdancer

(Choisir)

Magic Millions

$180,000

Sledmere Stud

Spicer T'Breds/Darren Weir Racing

 

2022/2023 Season Group I Winners in Australia 1600m and above (4YO and up)

The most significant group in this bracket of older horses winning at 1600m and beyond are the imported tried horses which goes a long way to explaining why Australian buyers have been beating a path to the European racing and breeding stock sales this year.

If you can't find the right product locally, you are of course going to go looking further afield.

Horse (Sire)

Sale

Price

Vendor

Purchaser

Imported as Tried Horses

 

 

 

 

Zaaki (GB)

(Leroidesanimaux)

 

 

 

 

Gold Trip (Fr)

(Outstrip)

 

 

 

 

Durston (GB)

(Sea the Moon)

 

 

 

 

Top Ranked (IRE)

(Dark Angel)

 

 

 

 

Locally Sourced at auction

 

 

 

 

Ellsberg

(Spill the Beans)

Magic Millions

$280,000

Segenhoe Stud

Gerald Ryan Racing

Alligator Blood

(All Too Hard)

Magic Millions

$55,000

Baramul Stud

Ezybonds No 1 Syndicate

Tuvalu

(Kermadec)

Inglis Premier

$200,000

Merricks Station

Boomer Bloodstock (FBAA) / L Smith

Icebath (NZ)

(Sacred Falls)

Inglis Classic

$100,000

Sledmere Stud

 Jadeskye Racing / Brad Widdup Racing / Samaco Racing

Smokin Romans (NZ)

(Ghibellines)

Karaka Book 1

$52,500

White Robe Lodge

Darren Weir Racing

No Compromise (NZ)

(Pins)

Karaka Book 1

$40,000

Curraghmore

Mr WJ Thurlow

 

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