breednet.com.au

Victorian Breeders Awards Night - Best of the Best

Media Release - Sunday July 28

The Victorian breeding industry has come together to celebrate an incredible year and honour its champions and rising stars at this year’s Victorian Breeding Awards.

The best in Victorian breeding were honored at the annual awards night.
 
For the ninth time Written Tycoon was declared the IRT Champion Victorian Sire after another impressive year from his juvenile progeny on the track.
 
Standing at Yulong Stud, this season Written Tycoon sired three new Group 1 winners including Golden Slipper champion Lady Of Camelot, Australian Guineas winner Southport Tycoon as well as exciting New-Zealand Group 1 winning two-year-old Velocious.
 
Two-year-old filly Hayasugi’s G1 Blue Diamond Stakes victory escalated the standings of her emerging sire Royal Meeting, with the stallion from Lovatsville named this year’s IRT Champion Victorian First Season Sire.

After a standout season from tough mare Bella Nipotina, where she added an additional two Group 1 victories to her career record, the iron horse was awarded this year’s TAB Champion Victorian Bred Racehorse.
 
Her performances on the track were so momentous this season that the six-year-old also elevated the deeds of her dam Bella Orfana in determining her to be awarded as this year’s Avenel Equine Hospital Champion Victorian Broodmare.
 
It was an incredibly emotional victory for connections Michael Christian and Siobhan Miller from Longwood Thoroughbred Farms and Saconi Thoroughbreds, who confirmed Bella Orfana had passed away earlier this year after battling cancer.

Almost ten years since he retired to stud, Toronado was again awarded the Racing Victoria VOBIS Sire of the Year.

Advertisement
 
Standing at Swettenham Stud, Toronado this season recorded his fifth Group 1-winning progeny, when the Danny Shum-trained Victor the Winner took out the G1 Centenary Sprint Cup at Sha Tin.
 
Classy Zoustar filly Miss Roumbini was awarded this year’s Racing Victoria VOBIS Horse of the Year.
 
Rosemont Stud was awarded the Racing Victoria VOBIS Nominator of the Year award.

This year their leading stallion Shamus Award sired his sixth individual Group One winner when the filly Quintessa defeated the boys in the Group One Levin Classic over a mile.

Coleman was crowned Champion Victorian bred 2YO - image Grant Courtney

The Matt Laurie-trained Pierata colt, Coleman, was named the Inglis Champion Victorian Bred 2YO. Bred by Rhys and Chloe Smith from Kulani Park, Coleman burst onto the scene last October when he became his Yulong-based first-season sire Pierata’s first runner and winner in the Listed Debutant Stakes at Caulfield.
 
The Belmont Bloodstock Agency Champion Victorian Bred 3YO was awarded to colt Veight after the son of Grunt’s incredible three-year-old season that culminated in winning the G1 George Ryder Stakes at weight-for-age level, the first since Pierro in 2013 to achieve the feat.

Veight was the champion Victorian bred 3YO - image Steve Hart

Godolphin’s breeding operation is world-class but it was their Victorian base with stallions such as Brazen Beau and Street Boss that took out this season's TAB Champion Victorian Breeder.
 
Wins from the progeny of their Victorian-based stallions included mare Zapateo’s thrilling  G1 Galaxy victory and Traffic Warden’s G2 VRC Sires Produce win.
 
Punching above their weight to take out this year’s Kentucky Equine Research & BARASTOC Leading Victorian Small Breeder award was Des Pope and family, represented on the night by Deanna Pope.
 
The Pope family’s broodmare band continues to breed successive generations of stakes winners, with the majority through the family of Rubiton mare Innovation Girl including speedy two-year-old filly Bold Bastille and well as the Moody-Coleman trained consistent mare She Dances.

Dr Angus McKinnon OAM received the prestigious Inglis Service to the Industry Award for his decades of ground-breaking work in advancing equine veterinary medicine not only in Australia but around the world.
 
Sophie Titter was recognised with the Stud Staff Support Line Rising Star Award for her tireless work and passion as the Assistant Manager at Two Bays Farm.
 
Congratulations to the winners!
 

A full list of winners below:
Racing Victoria VOBIS Nominator of the Year – Rosemont Stud
Racing Victoria VOBIS Sire of the Year – Toronado
Racing Victoria VOBIS Horse of the Year – Miss Roumbini
Inglis Champion Victorian Bred 2YO – Coleman
Belmont Bloodstock Agency Champion Victorian Bred 3YO – Veight
TAB Champion Victorian Bred Racehorse – Bella Nipotina
Kentucky Equine Research & BARASTOC Leading Victorian Small Breeder – Des Pope & family
TAB Champion Victorian Breeder – Godolphin
Avenel Equine Hospital Champion Victorian Broodmare - Bella Orfana
IRT Champion Victorian First Season Sire – Royal Meeting
IRT Champion Victorian Sire – Written Tycoon
Stud Staff Support Line Rising Star Award – Sophie Titter
Inglis Service to the Industry Award – Dr Angus McKinnon OAM

 

 

Advertisment
More Reading...
Snitzel Colt Wins Inglis Xtra Maiden Bonus at Cranbourne
The additional prizemoney won as part of the Inglis Xtra Bonus Maiden Series today hit $500,000 when Lofty Arch (Snitzel) scored on debut at Cranbourne.
Sires With Winners - Thursday September 19
Here is the full list of 23 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Aussie trainers chasing NZB Kiwi slot with Rue de Royale
Ballarat trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy are hoping they are in for an exiting spring with promising three-year-old Rue De Royale, with the ultimate goal being to gain a slot in next year’s $3.5 million NZB Kiwi (1500m).
Full Brother to Arkansaw Kid to be offered at NZB Ready to Run
NZB’s Ready to Run Sale at Karaka is a story of success breeding success – the world-beating record of its graduates on the racetrack has created more and more demand from the buying bench, leading to an ever-increasing standard of pedigrees appearing in the catalogue.
Sydney Official 2YO Trial Sale Mail
Once upon a time the official two year-old trials in Sydney were the biggest show in town to get a first peek at the cream of the new season juveniles, however times change and the trend to produce them later by many of our leading trainers means there will be just eight heats this year, but still plenty of interest.
Velocious Ruled Out of Spring
Stephen Marsh may have temporarily lost the services of his star youngster Velocious, but he still has enough firepower to be a major force to be reckoned with in upcoming age group features.
Yulong Delighted with First Foal for Icebath
At the 2023 Inglis Chairman’s Sale, Yulong splashed out on four individual mares that sold for $1million or more and all of them are due to foal this spring with $2.3million acquisition Icebath (NZ) producing a filly by the farm’s exciting young sire Alabama Express.
Hellbent Outpointing Vinnie on Strike Rate!
Yarraman Park are accustomed to seeing their champion sire I Am Invincible at the top of the Australian sire table, but the performance of his top class son Hellbent this season has been a source of pride for the Mitchell family.
Cream Rises in Third Season Sires Division
As the spring begins to unfold the cream is rising to the top in the third season sires table, but unfortunately for Australian breeders two of the top three sires on the list are not available to them this spring.
Best On Breeding
It is time to pay homage to the Emirates Park Stud stalwart Al Maher with his most accomplished son, Private Eye, striving to break a year-long drought when defending his title in the $1,000,000 Group II Yarraman Park The Shorts (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday.