Innehållsförteckning för March 2022 från Turf Monthly

The runner up in the Magic Millions looks a promising type. The way Russian Conquest finished off the race suggests that she might be able to turn the tables on Coolangatta by the time they reach the Golden Slipper later this month. There is the possibility that the Magic Millions form may not stand up by the time the Autumn is in full swing, but it would be a brave punter to predict that at least the top two will not be in with a real chance in the major Sydney 2yo races. Russian Conquest is a daughter of the exciting new stallion, Russian Revolution who stands at Newgate Stud. He is just one of the new crops of stallions emerging from that organisation who has become one of the…

Trapeze Artist is another of the growing list of Snitzel sons standing at stud in Australia. This exciting stallion stands at Widden Stud in NSW but we are getting to the stage that we need to find something different about a son of Snitzel in order to get excited. There are now over 20 sons of Snitzel at stud, and these include the likes of Shamus Award, Russian Revolution, Sooboog, Sizzling and Wandjina apart from a host who have yet to have runners on the track. What is it that not only makes Trapeze Artist stand out, but also sees him as the most expensive son currently at stud? Firstly, let us reflect on Snitzel for a moment. He still stands at Arrowfield Stud for a fee of $165,000 and…

Written By is another of the new stallions who has started with impressive sales figures even if we have yet to see many of them through the sales. Standing at the famed Widden Stud, he has had good mare numbers and looks a real chance of making an impact at stud. Standing at a fee of $24,500, Written By is in that slightly awkward range. He is not the boom newcomer that commands top dollar, nor is he the budget option that is priced to attract large numbers. Widden have done an excellent job at filling his books and he certainly has the foals on the ground to give him his chance of success. Arguably he is the best value of this crop of Australian stallions as he is probably…

Coolangatta is a daughter of champion stallion Written Tycoon out of the More Than Ready mare, Piping Hot. Written Tycoon is a son of Iglesia out of the Kenmare mare, Party Miss. Iglesia stood at Oaklands Stud in Queensland, and Written Tycoon actually went through the sales ring at the 2004 Magic Millions sale. He was offered by Daandine Stud and was knocked down to Grahame Begg for $50,000. Written Tycoon did not start his racing career though until 29 January 2005 when he won a 2yo race at Randwick over 1200m. Two weeks later he finished second to Fashions Afield before winning his most important race, the G2 Todman. He drew wide in the Golden Slipper, but despite settling third in the run, tired a little to finish eleventh,…

Harry Angel is arguably the most interesting of the new stallions that started their stud careers in Australia in 2019. He is another of the amazing Darley stallions that they regularly shuttle to Australia and Harry Angel stands at the Kelvinside property in NSW. They are also remarkable in that they offer these wonderful stallions at affordable prices often to the detriment of their sales figures. Harry Angel who stood for $22,000 in his first season before reducing to $16,500 has had limited numbers through the sales. Magic Millions saw his progeny sell to $400,000 which is an astonishing figure given his service fee. At that sale, his progeny averaged over $180,000 which is over ten times his current service fee. As with all of the Darley stallions, we always…