Which First Season Sire Will Break Out the Champagne?

Tara Madgwick - Saturday April 20

The $1million Group I ATC Champagne Stakes (1600m) this afternoon will have a big bearing on the Australian First Season Sires List with five stallions vying for the title of Champion First Season Sire.

A field of eight has accepted for the last leg of the 2YO Triple Crown and Tassort’s brilliant daughter Manaal is the only runner that has come through the first two legs of the series coming fifth in the Golden Slipper (1200m) and then winning the Group I ATC Sires Produce Stales (1400m).

Manaal has the class, but can she stay a mile? - image Steve Hart

She has to stretch her brilliance out to a mile this time and standing in her way are some talented colts and they are all by first season sires too.

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Broadsiding (Too Darn Hot (GB) and Linebacker (Super Seth) are last start stakes-winners, while Fearless (Pierata) and El Castello (Castelvecchio) are also in the mix so five of the eight runners are by first season sires!

Click here to see all first season sire runners on Saturday.

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