King Colorado (AUS)
Widden Victoria
2024 FEE: $16,500
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
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.
Pedigree Watch - New 2YO SW Kingman
Outstanding sire Kingman produced a new juvenile stakes-winner overnight with promising filly January winning the Listed Churchill Stakes (7 ½ f) at Tipperary and interestingly she is from a daughter of Fastnet Rock.
Kingman Group Treble - Sire on Fire
Last week we highlighted the deeds of Kingman, whose Group I winning son King Colorado stands his first season at Widden Victoria this spring, and over the weekend the Juddmonte Farm based sire was in hot form siring a treble of new Group winners.
Australian trainers and owners have high regard for leading European sire Kingman, who earlier this week clocked up his 100th winner this year worldwide and has made his presence felt keenly in Australia with Group I winners Zardozi and King Colorado, who stands his first season at Widden Victoria this spring.
Another Guineas Upset and Shock Result
The Group I Newmarket One Thousand Guineas (1m) for the fillies delivered a surprise package of a result as did the colts edition on Saturday with victory going to the half-sister by Kingman to Woodside Park Stud’s new recruit Benbatl (GB).
Widden Announce 2024 Fees and an Exciting New Addition
Widden Stud are proud to announce fees on a top class roster of 18 stallions spread between NSW and Victoria with our flagship sire Zoustar soaring to new heights in 2024 on the racetrack and in the sales ring.
The first Australian Group 1 winning 2YO to retire to a Victorian Stud in 4 years.
Born in Australia, but conceived in the Northern Hemisphere, King Colorado is also the only Group I winning 2YO colt by Juddmonte Farm’s outstanding stallion Kingman, the sire of 75 stakes-winners worldwide, 10 of them Group I winners.