First Season Sires – Scissor Kick and Real Impact

Tara Madgwick - Monday January 7

The next instalment of our first season sire series highlights two young Arrowfield stallions of very different backgrounds, the Redoute's Choice son Scissor Kick and Japanese bred Australian Group I winner Real Impact (Jpn).

Scissor Kick was an eye-catching yearling at Inglis EasterA well-marked handsome bay, Scissor Kick was a Group III winner on the track up to 1300 metres and his best effort at the elite level was a second in the Group I ATC Golden Rose to Hallowed Crown.

A $200,000 Inglis Easter yearling purchase for Paul Messara, Scissor Kick is a full brother to stakes-winning sire Sharkbite and comes from one of Juddmonte Farm's best families featuring outstanding European sire Dansili, his grand-dam being a half-sister to legendary blue hen Hasili.

One look at the pedigree page explains why Arrowfield were keen to give Scissor Kick his chance at stud success.




Click here to see all the Scissor Kick yearlings in a user friendly format.

Real ImpactThe first son of Japanese super sire Deep Impact to shuttle to Australia, Real Impact was a brilliant sprinter miler and a Group I winner in his homeland as well as winning the Group I ATC George Ryder Stakes here and finishing second in the Group I ATC Doncaster Handicap.

His US bred dam Tokio Reality has been a top producer in Japan leaving eight winners, three of them stakes-winners including another Group I winner in Neorealism. Real Impact will have his first Japanese runners this year.

Click here to see all the Real Impact yearlings in a user friendly format.


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