Worth a whopping $3million, the Group I MRC Caulfield Guineas (1600m) run this Saturday in Melbourne, has been won by some outstanding colts over the years, so we thought we’d take a look at the fortunes of the past winners who have gone to stud in Australasia.
Champion sires Redoute’s Choice and Lonhro both won this iconic race, but we’ve started our look at the more recent winners of the race with the 2009 winner Starspangledbanner, who went on to achieve worldwide fame and fortune the following year when dropped back to sprinting trips and sent to the Northern Hemisphere.
He was rated the best turf sprinter in the world in 2010 after winning both the Group I Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot and then the Darley July Sprint Cup and kicked off a shuttle career for Coolmore at a fee of $44,000.
Starspangledbanner has had his ups and downs due to well documented fertility issues, but is such a good stallion perseverance has paid dividends and he remains on the Coolmroe roster and this year stands for the same fee at which he started back in 2011.
The 2020 winner Ole Kirk has made a stunning start to his stud career at Vinery producing the winner of last week’s Group III ATC Breeders’ Plate in King Kirk and his daughter O ‘Ole was second in the Group III ATC Gimcrack Stakes.
G1 Caulfield Guineas Winners
|
Year |
Winner |
First Year at Stud |
Currently |
|
2023 |
Griff |
Racing |
Racing |
|
2022 |
Golden Mile |
2024 Darley $16,500 |
Darley $16,500 |
|
2021 |
Anamoe |
2023 Darley $121,000 |
Darley $121,000 |
|
2020 |
Ole Kirk |
2021 Vinery $55,000 |
Vinery $55,000 |
|
2019 |
Super Seth |
2020 Waikato Stud, NZ $35,000 |
Waikato Stud, $45,000 |
|
2018 |
The Autumn Sun |
2019 Arrowfield $77,000 |
Arrowfield $66,000 Out of service due to injury in 2024 |
|
2017 |
Mighty Boss |
Deceased |
|
|
2016 |
Divine Prophet |
2017 Aquis $22,000 |
Highview Stud, NZ $9,000 |
|
2015 |
Press Statement |
2016 Vinery $27,500 |
Novara Park, NZ $6,000 |
|
2014 |
Shooting to Win |
2015 Darley $38,500 |
Oakland Park Stud, WA $9,900 |
|
2012 |
All Too Hard |
2013 Vinery $66,000 |
Vinery $38,500 |
|
2011 |
Helmet |
2012 Darley $33,000 |
Last seen standing in Germany 2018 |
|
2010 |
Anacheeva |
2012 Chatswood Stud $8,800 |
Retired |
|
2009 |
Starspangledbanner |
2011 Coolmore $44,000 |
Coolmore $44,000 |
Footnote: The 2013 winner Long John was a gelding bred and raced by Godolphin.
