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Gold Standard (AUS)

2014 Sebring (More Than Ready) x Coniston Gem (Greig)
gold standard

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.

Widden Victoria

Widden Victoria

Stands at 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, 3434
info@widden.com
www.widden.com
+61 (03) 5428 5168
Antony Thompson - NSW
0427 470 507
Matt Comerford - NSW
0424 742 672
Adam Henry - VIC
0428 036 472
Philip Marshall - VIC
0407 853 782

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.

Widden Stud Proven Play

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!

Current Runners Accepted

Thursday, November 21
Moe Race 9 - 1000m Benchmark 58
Merrigold (ex: Me And You) Tnr: John Sadler Rdr: Billy Egan
Saturday, November 23
Ascot Race 4 - 1400m BenchMark 72+
Sisu Warrior (ex: Porto Cristo) Tnr: G and A Williams Rdr: Brayden Gaerth
Doomben Race 1 - 1200m Open
Destinys Summit (ex: Destiny's Revolt) Tnr: Brian Gentle Rdr: Madeleine Wishart
Inverell Race 6 - 1400m Benchmark 50
Glorien (ex: Actrice) Tnr: Jane Clement Rdr: Shannen Llewellyn
Toowoomba Race 1 - 870m Maiden
Jerome (ex: Kev's Babe) Tnr: Lindsay Hatch Rdr: Dylan Bennett
Sunday, November 24
Hobart Race 1 - 1200m Maiden
Rippen Gold (ex: Hushama) Tnr: Drew Tyson Rdr: Kasi Boxall
Hobart Race 2 - 1200m Maiden
Currencies (ex: Aurora Miss) Tnr: Glenn Stevenson Rdr: Codi Jordan
Kilmore Race 6 - 1200m Benchmark 64
Crown Crusher (ex: Gripsholm Castle) Tnr: Stephen Brown Rdr: Mitchell Aitken
Strathalbyn Race 6 - 1350m Class 1
Painted Pony (ex: Iberian Rubi) Tnr: Travis Doudle Rdr: Ben Price
Monday, November 25
Ballina Race 1 - 1912m Class 1
Zephyrz Zoom (ex: Atomic Meteor) Tnr: Brian Gentle Rdr: Madeleine Wishart
Tuesday, November 26
Ararat Race 5 - 1100m Benchmark 58 0
Pinchbeck (ex: Away With Words)
Tnr: James Dodgson
Ararat Race 7 - 1600m Benchmark 58 0
Treasury Place (ex: Street Lover)
Tnr: Andrew Campbell
Mackay Race 4 - 1100m Benchmark 55 0
Discovered Gold (ex: Destiny Discovered)
Tnr: Ricky Vale
Wednesday, November 27
Gawler Race 4 - 1500m Class 1 0
Painted Pony (ex: Iberian Rubi)
Tnr: Travis Doudle
Geelong Race 6 - 1100m Benchmark 64 0
Merrigold (ex: Me And You)
Tnr: John Sadler
Ipswich Race 4 - 1666m Class 1 0
Zephyrz Zoom (ex: Atomic Meteor)
Tnr: Brian Gentle
Ipswich Race 7 - 800m Open 0
Destinys Summit (ex: Destiny's Revolt)
Tnr: Brian Gentle

Sales

AUSTRALIA

Sold
Average
Median
Top
2024
2
$8,400
$8,400
$16,000
2023
4
$37,937.50
$42,500
$65,000

Top Sales

2023 ex Our Renaissance(AUS)
$67,500
2023 ex Trip(Aus)
$18,000
2023 ex Clementina(NZ)
$16,000
2022 ex Cardinal Court(AUS)
$16,000
2023 ex Katella Bubbles(AUS)
$10,000

Australia Yearling Stats

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Pedigree Table

Sebring (AUS) 2005
Coniston Gem (AUS) 2001
More Than Ready (USA) 1997
Purespeed (AUS) 1998
Greig (NZ) 1988
No Telling (AUS) 1989
Southern Halo (USA) 1990
Woodman's Girl (USA) 1990
Flying Spur (AUS) 1982
Lady Moulin (AUS) 1982
Grosvenor (NZ) 1981
Solveig (NZ) 1981
Gold Carat (USA) 1983
Secret Message (AUS) 1980
Mr. Prospector: 4d x5s x5s

Runners Today

Moe
Race 9 Merrigold 4m ex: Me And You 2nd
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Yesterday's Results

Australasian Distance Performance

All
Winners
Short <= 1200m
44%
36.2% - (17)
Sprint 1201m - 1400m
24%
38.3% - (18)
Mile 1401m - 1600m
15%
14.9% - (7)
Mid 1601m - 2000m
10%
6.4% - (3)
Stay 2001m - 2400m
5.5%
4.3% - (2)
Long 2400m+
1.5%
0% - (0)

Top Nicks

Saxon
1 wnrs , (1 sw) Sheeza Belter
Charge Forward
2 wnrs Perfect Gold
Al Maher
1 wnrs Gage Roads
Anacheeva
1 wnrs Goldie
Bel Danoro
1 wnrs Merrigold
Chevalier
1 wnrs Everylittle Breeze
Commands
1 wnrs Golden Hips
Denman
1 wnrs Fear The Sting
Dylan Thomas
1 wnrs Pinchbeck
Dynaformer
1 wnrs Crown Crusher

Race Record

At 2
2nd - Pluck@vinery (0sc) (1100)
At 3
1st - Kari Stan Fox Stakes (1500) Gr.2
1st - Tab.Com.Au Mdn Plate (1250)
2nd - Alpha Flight Servs Up & Coming (1300) Gr.3
4th - De Bortoli Wines Golden Rose (1400) Gr.1

Fee History

2023-$13,200 , 2022-$17,600 , 2021-$5,500 , 2020-$5,500 , 2019-$5,500 , 2018-$5,500

Sons of Sebring at Stud in Australasia

Grandsons of More Than Ready at Stud in Australasia