"A STUNNING, POWERFUL INDIVIDUAL. I Am Very Confident That His Progeny Will Fit Well with Australian Races"
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Friday, June 12, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australiasian bloodstock industry subscribe for free: Click here DIRECT TO YOUR INBOX EVERY MORNING Chatswood Stud Introduces Deep Impact's Record-Breaker : "A STUNNING, POWERFUL INDIVIDUAL. I am very confident that his progeny will fit well with Australian races". - KATSUMI YOSHIDA, NORTHERN FARM WATCH PROMO VIDEO BY A CHAMPION, OUT OF A CHAMPION By Deep Impact out of Champion Sprinter/Breeders Cup Winner, Dubai Majesty. DUAL GROUP 1 WINNER 1st, Japanese 2000 Guineas, Group 1 - record time. 1.4 seconds faster than Deep Impact. Would have broken the record for every track in Australia 1st, Osaka Hai, Group 1. BEAT THE BEST 2000 Guineas: Beat 11 previous Stakes Winners & 4 Subsequent Gr. 1 Winners. Gr. 1 Osaka Hai: Beat 7 previous Gr. 1 Winners. PERFECT FOR AUSTRALIA Unbeaten 2YO who loved fast ground (turf). An imposing, attractive figure with a high cruising speed. Free of Danzig. Greg Willis: 0419 990 560 Nic Willis: 0416 409 642 SERVICE FEE: $12,100 INC GST AND TRANSFERABLE FREE RETURN chatswoodstud.com.au Friday, June 12, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here MAIDEN OF THE WEEK SCENIC WARRIOR (NZ) - PAGE 18 What's on Race meetings: Goulburn (NSW), Dubbo Chatswood Stud (NSW), Geelong (VIC), Gold Coast (QLD), Carnarvon (WA) Barrier trials/ Jump-outs: Randwick (NSW), Goulburn (NSW), Dubbo (NSW), adds Japanese Flemington (VIC) International meetings: Taipa (MAC), Wolverhampton (UK), Kempton (UK), Newbury (UK), Curragh (IRE), Fairview (SAF) International Group races: Curragh (IRE) - star Al Ain to roster Irish 2,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1m), Mooresbridge Dual Group 1 winner may be the only horse to shuttle from Stakes (Gr 2, 1m 2.5f) Hokkaido to an Australian farm this year International sales: Ocala Breeders’ Sales (OBS) Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds In Training MORNING BRIEFING Microphone service auctioned for charity The last available service to Darley stallion Al Ain JRA Microphone (Exceed And Excel) in his first Flying Spur (Danehill) and Invincible Spirit season at stud is on offer on Gavelhouse Plus with BY ANDREW HAWKINS | @ANZ_NEWS (Green Desert) standing at the Seymour all proceeds to be donated to The CatWalk Trust. ictoria’s Chatswood Stud is likely to property early in their careers. “We’re proud to be supporting the CatWalk be the only Australian farm to stand “We were the first Victorian stud to stand Trust: they are big picture people who work for a Japanese shuttle stallion in 2020 sons of Sunday Silence,” Nic Willis told ANZ big picture results. It’s not just about one person, with the news that two-time Group Bloodstock News. “It started back in 1999 with it’s about thousands of people. People you and V1 winner Al Ain (Deep Impact) will join their roster Bubble Gum Fellow and we also had Genuine I know. They want to help get them out of their later this year at a fee of $12,100 (inc GST). and Tayasu Tsuyoshi. All three of them had wheelchairs and back on their feet,” Darley’s head The Willis family, who runs Chatswood Group 1 winners down here; Genuine produced of sales Alastair Pulford said. The auction is now Stud, has a long history of identifying stallions Pompeii Ruler and he was probably the best of live on Gavelhouse Plus and the nomination is and trends at an early stage, with horses like them. Continued on page 2>> catalogued as Lot 83. Morning Briefing page 12 >> Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Chatswood Stud adds Japanese star Al Ain to roster | 2 | Friday, June 12, 2020 << Continued from page 1 “We had been keeping an eye on Japan for a while and especially sons of Deep Impact to keep that Sunday Silence line going. We’d asked Satomi Oka who could possibly fit what we were looking for that could potentially be available, Al Ain was one of those and so we went pretty hard after him. “So it’s been in the works since February or March, it’s been a case of figuring out a deal and seeing whether flights are happening. They are definitely happening so we are excited to be welcoming him to Chatswood Stud in 2020.” Trained by Yasutoshi Ikee and raced by Katsumi Yoshida’s Sunday Racing outfit, Al Ain won the Japanese 2,000 Guineas - the Satsuki Sho (Gr 1, 2000m) - as a three-year-old in 2017 before adding the Osaka Hai (Gr 1, 2000m) to his CV two years later. Al Ain JRA They proved strong form races, too: the Satsuki Sho featured his generation’s champion two-year-old Satono Ares (Deep Impact) as well “He had a really high cruising speed,” Willis said. “He came from as subsequent Group 1 winners Persian Knight (Harbinger), Rey De a really strong crop of three-year-olds, it’s touted as one of the best Oro (King Kamehameha), Suave Richard (Heart’s Cry) and Win Bright they’ve had in recent years, and he had an ability to run amazing times (Stay Gold), while the Osaka Hai saw him defeat seven previous Group 1 as well. He was incredibly consistent, it was only his last preparation winners - no mean feat in a jurisdiction that offers so few Group 1 titles. where he wasn’t finishing top four or five against some of the best He was also placed at Group 1 level over a mile, finishing third to horses in Japan. Stelvio (Lord Kanaloa), while he was fourth in the Takarazuka Kinen (Gr “He really does tick so many boxes, I struggled to find too many faults 1, 2200m) behind Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) winner Lys Gracieux (Heart’s with him when I was putting together our analysis on whether we should Cry). chase him.” Continued on page 4>> “Like Zoustar, a brilliant 2YO and outstanding 3YO. I am yet to see a colt share as many similarities to his champion young sire and that, I believe, is the reason he’ll make an elite stallion.” David Redvers, Tweenhills Stud and Qatar Racing and Bloodstock Manager ZOUSAIN Gr.2 winning 2YO, 3 x Gr.1 runner up. The best and fastest son of Zoustar. STANDING AT WIDDEN IN 2020 – $19,800 (inc. GST) Lifetime breeding rights available 02 6549 9999 WWW.WIDDEN.COM Follow us @anz_news | 2 | Brought to you by World top-ranked SPRINTERS since 2012 at stud in Australia World Thoroughbred Rankings Thoroughbred World 125 Harry Angel 124 Blue Point 123 Trapeze Artist 122 Pierro 121 Brazen Beau 120 Epaulette 120 Flying Artie 120 Omaha Beach 120 Yes Yes Yes 119 Extreme Choice 119 Pierata 118 Astern 118 Brave Smash 118 Exceedance 118 Merchant Navy 118 Star Turn HARRY ANGEL Dark Angel – Beatrix Potter $16,500 inc GST Chatswood Stud adds Japanese star Al Ain to roster | 4 | Friday, June 12, 2020 << Continued from page 2 Al Ain is by the late Deep Impact (Sunday Silence), who has won the last seven champion sire titles in Japan, and out of Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (Gr 1, 7f) winner Dubai Majesty (Essence Of Dubai). On his dam’s side are sires such as A P Indy (Seattle Slew) and His Majesty (Ribot), but crucially for the Australian market, he is free of Danzig blood. He has served 120 mares in his first season at stud at Breeders Stallion Station alongside stallions like Victoire Pisa (Neo Universe), Zenno Rob Roy (Sunday Silence) and Black Tide (Sunday Silence). “Al Ain is out of an Essence Of Dubai mare, so that traces back to Pulpit and A P Indy, those crosses have worked well down here,” Willis said. “It’s a goldmine for our broodmare population, he will work with so many of our mares. We checked with some of our biggest clients and all of them Al Ain JRA said they would be supporting him so it’s an exciting prospect for us. “We’ve got a lot of bookings already. Most stallions are already booked and Real Steel (Deep Impact) all remaining in Japan this year, Al Ain is out in Victoria but we’ve got an option here with Al Ain. And as well, to likely to be the only Japanese shuttle stallion in Australia this year. Satono give some confidence to breeders about his long-term prospects, we’ve Aladdin (Deep Impact) is set to shuttle to Rich Hill Stud in New Zealand. put in clauses for the first five years that, as far as we want him, he’ll be Yoshida said that the bay had always been an eye-catcher, ever since returning over that period. the day he was foaled late in the 2014 northern hemisphere breeding “We don’t have other businesses so we’re not in the game to season. experiment. We’ve got to go 100 per cent with them and we will be doing "Al Ain is a stunning individual,” Yoshida said. “Though he was foaled that with Al Ain. We won’t die wondering.” in May, his appearance was very mature from the time he was foaled and With stallions like Maurice (Screen Hero), Mikki Isle (Deep Impact) he was one of the best foals on the farm. Continued on page 6>> NEW IN 2020 RIBCHESTER Champion European Miler – Twice 4-time G1 winner & rated 129 by Timeform IFFRAAJ’s best son $15,000 + GST Follow us @anz_news | 4 | Brought to you by Chatswood Stud adds Japanese star Al Ain to roster | 6 | Friday, June 12, 2020 << Continued from page 4 “He was sold to a syndication group Japanese racing expert Kate Hunter of Marugai Racing believes that when he was a yearling at a price of $1.4 million, but he was immediately Chatswood Stud have managed to secure a tremendous deal by getting Al sold out, which tells just how attractive he was.” Ain to stand down under.