Gold Standard (AUS)
Widden Victoria
2024 FEE: $9,900
A superbly appointed farm with spacious, safe paddocks, Widden Stud Victoria is the perfect location from which to base mares for the Victorian breeding season. Widden Victoria offers the full suite of bloodstock services, from covering mares and foaling down right through to weaning, sales preparation, breaking in and pre-training. The key systems and processes Widden Stud has used to achieve premium results from our Hunter Valley farm over more than a century have been brought into practice in Victoria.
56 Mt Eliza Road , Kerrie, VIC, 3434info@widden.com
www.widden.com
+61 (03) 5428 5168
Latest News
Juvenile Trial Watch – Gold Coast
There were a couple of trials for juveniles on the all weather track at the Gold Coast on Tuesday with winners for Kobayashi and Gold Standard.
Widden Stud Announce Purchase of Sun Stud
At the Widden Stud Victoria open day last Friday a quality roster of nine stallions were on show and breeders were also given the good news that Widden have now purchased what was Sun Stud and the Thompson family are very much committed to the Victorian breeding industry going forward.
Yulong Purchase Sheeza Belter for $1.35 Million
Group I winning juvenile Sheeza Belter has sold for $1.35 million at a special Virtual Auction held on the Gold Coast today.
Proven Value $13,200 to $16,500 – Test Your Mare
We had such a huge response to our story last week highlighting some great proven sires priced at $11,000 and below, we decided to up the ante slightly and find some more of these affordable sires that can help a budget conscious breeder get a dream result.
Choosing a proven sire that you know can get a Group I winner is one way of lessening the risk when what you really want to do is a breed a winner and Widden Stud’s Proven Play is going to prove hard to resist!
Widden Sons of Guns – Hypothetical Matings
Widden Stud are offering a great deal with six sons of champion sires available at a discounted rate for breeders who select two for their mares and all are Premium stallions on Breednet, so if you are breeding on a budget and can’t afford the big guns, let’s get testing some Hypothetical Matings on the sons of guns!
Group 2 winning son of Champion sire Sebring … won Group 2 Stan Fox Stakes – like Lonhro … runner-up in Group 3 Up & Coming Stakes in race record time … 4th in Group 1 Golden Rose behind Champion 3YO Trapeze Artist … sire of Listed MM WA 2YO Classic winner Sheeza Belter & stakes placed Golden Queen.