Monday, August 10, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here 2020 SALES DATES - PAGE 17 MORNING BRIEFING - PAGE 6 YESTERDAY'S RACE RESULTS - PAGE 20 ‘It’s a hugely exciting Read Tomorrow's Issue For: time to get back into the Stallion Watch What's on Race meetings: Port Macquarie (NSW), game with a horse of Pakenham (VIC) Sales: Inglis August (Early) Online Sale, Inglis Great Southern Sale, Magic Millions Mungrup Farnan’s calibre’ Stud Complete Dispersal Online Sale Kia Ora to return to standing stallions with acquisition of Golden Slipper winner and Phoenix in the ownership” of three-year-old Farnan while also confirming that standing rights was part of the agreement. “Kia Ora has a long, long tradition of standing some of the best stallions in Australia. It was a foundation stud along with Widden and Segenhoe, Farnan SPORTPIX so standing stallions is something that (the farm) absence with a big-ticket item, the reigning has always done,” Wright said yesterday. BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner “It is something that we are continuing to do … ne of Australia’s foundation Farnan (Not A Single Doubt). but we only want to stand the best of the best. We’re thoroughbred farms, the Hunter Recently appointed Kia Ora bloodstock and not looking to get into the market of having a huge Valley’s Kia Ora Stud, will return breeding manager Shane Wright said yesterday roster of stallions; we prefer a small, select group of Oto standing stallions after a long that “the farm is very excited to be joining Aquis elite calibre basically.” Continued on page 2>> THU 6TH - TUE 11TH AUG 2020 MAGIC MILLIONS ONLINE MUNGRUP DISPERSAL SALE: SALE LIVE - VIEW HERE ENTER NOW JULY 24 -29 ONLINE SALE ENTRIES CLOSE JULY 22. Featuring broodmares, yearlings and racing stock. FRICatalogue 7TH available at inglisdigital.com- WED 12TH AUG 2020 INGLIS DIGITAL AUGUST SALE (EARLY): SALE LIVE - VIEW HERE Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Kia Ora to return to standing stallions with acquisition of Farnan | 2 | Monday, August 10, 2020 << Continued from page 1 Kia Ora owner Ananda Krishnan also of Farnan’s calibre is a magnificent way to start and underlines what we has shares in Vinery Stud stallions Headwater (Exceed And Excel), All are trying to do.” Too Hard (Casino Prince) and Press Statement (Hinchinbrook) as well as Aquis Farm relinquishing standing rights in Farnan, who also won the Newgate Farm resident Deep Field (Northern Meteor). Silver Slipper Stakes (Gr 2, 1100m) and the Todman Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) ANZ Bloodstock News last week broke the story that Kia Ora had last season, may seem unusual for a three-state stallion operation but there purchased a significant share in the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott- is a recent precedent with prominent American operation WinStar Farm trained Farnan from Aquis Farm and Phoenix Thoroughbreds, which also selling unbeaten US Triple Crown winner Justify (Scat Daddy) to Coolmore. bred the valuable colt. Aquis Farm managing director Shane McGrath, who selected The deal for Farnan, whose only blemish in a six-start two-year-old $670,000 Magic Millions Yearling Sale graduate Farnan as a young horse, season came in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m), was finalised said yesterday that the proposal put forward by Kia Ora was compelling. and the paperwork signed on Wednesday that will eventually see the colt “We are still heavily involved in the horse but from a business point of stand at the property which previously stood champion stallions such as view, and Tony Fung’s a businessman, when we presented the business Midstream (Blandford) and Delville Wood (Bois Roussel). case to sell or not to sell, the head led the heart,” McGrath said, “Mr Krishnan has a huge passion for the thoroughbred industry, “The exciting part from the industry’s perspective is that there was no particularly in Australia, so it is something that he has always been bigger way for Kia Ora to announce themselves on the stallion stage than wanting to do but, as I said, he’s been waiting for the right horse at the through the acquisition of Farnan. right time,” Wright said. “I would say for every colt investor going forward, it shows that there’s “At this stage, when you are in the stallion business, you are always another serious player in the game.” looking for the right horse, so as I mentioned earlier, we’re not going to Out of Group 3 winner Tallow (Street Cry) and a three-quarter brother stand ten stallions, we have no interest in that, but we could stand one or to Listed-winning sprinter Sandbar (Snitzel), Farnan is due to trial for the SIDE STEP JUNGLE CAT two more, that could be a possibility. We want to stand the right horse and first time this campaign in heat one over 850 metres at Randwick tomorrow notSIDE stand somethingSTEP for the sake of it. JUNGLE CAagainstT Group class horses including Kolding (Ocean Park), Probabeel “It’s a hugely excitingJUNGLE time and to get back CATinto the game with a horse (Savabeel) and Rathlin (Fastnet Rock). Continued on page 4>> REAL VALUE. Exceed And Excel X Dextrous (Quest For Fame) TANGIBLE UPSIDE. • Exceed And Excel’s OTHERl Champion 2yo Colt. • Slipper Colt. 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They did a very good job with him as a two-year-old and his race record reflects that and we’re hoping for a very good three-year-old campaign.” When Farnan does retire to Kia Ora Stud, Wright believes the collective broodmare power at the partnership’s disposal will give the first season stallion an incredible start at stud. “I Am Invincible arrived in my second year at Yarraman, so I have seen Shane Wright BREEDNET IMAGES his rise from the very beginning from when he was a $10,000 stallion up to what he is now: in my eyes the most magnificent stallion and an absolute Wright was recently on the Gold Coast at the Magic Millions National Sale breedshaper,” he said. attempting to add to the depth of Kia Ora’s broodmare band, but came away “At Yarraman, we never dodged the fact that in Vinnie's first couple of books, empty handed. the mares were of an OK to average quality, but he did it himself and proved how “Mr Krishnan has one of the best broodmare bands in Australia. His love elite he is just by doing it himself. for the game is just so high and now bringing stallions back to Kia Ora is so “But with Farnan starting off, being a Slipper winner and being by Not exciting,” he said. A Single Doubt with a nice pedigree and such a good-looking horse, he “We were up at the Magic Millions and it was very tough buying at that will get a very good calibre of mare. With the broodmare band of our own, top level. There were a lot of people there supporting the market, but we will Aquis and Phoenix, he will get the best chance of any stallion who has definitely have our eyes open and ensure, at our end, that Farnan gets good- retired in Australia in years.” class mares in his first season.” AUGUST SALE Wednesday 12 August Bidding Opens 12.00 p.m. (noon) BST Friday 14 August Bidding Closes 12.00 p.m. (noon) BST View Sale www.tattersallsonline.com featuring GREAT HOUSE impressive winner over 2400m Enquiries: Jenny McAlpine T: +61 411 504803 [email protected] www.tattersalls.com Follow us @anz_news | 4 | Brought to you by Morning Briefing -Sponsored by Woodside Park Stud Monday, August 10, 2020 CABLE BAY IN ONE WORD, THE TRAINERS SAY #MULTIPLYYOURCHANCES “RESILIENT” inc. $9,900 GST Waterhouse MORNING BRIEFING strong jump out victory at the Sunshine Coast Global Gift opens AUSTRALIA yesterday. The David Vandyke-trained four- Australian account Bobbie Lewis next year-old, who took out the Australian Guineas Global Gift (Invincible Spirit), a 110,000gns for Home Of The Brave (Gr 1, 1600m) in February, took on three rivals purchase at last year’s Tattersalls Autumn Horses in the 1000-metre hit-out.