Harron makes Booming statement at Magic Millions March Yearling Sale Tuesday, March 19, 2019 Cosmic Force's emphatic Read Tomorrow's Issue For: Rosehill victory Steve Moran hands Deep Field Pedigree Page his first stakes What's On winner Race meetings: Murwillumbah (NSW), Bendigo (VIC) Stallion Watch Page 17 Barrier trials / Jump-outs: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 Caulfield (VIC) Sales: Magic Millions Gold Coast March Harron makes Booming Yearling Sale - Day 2, Magic Millions Gold Coast Autumn Racehorse Sale statement at Magic Millions March Yearling Sale Session-topping $220,000 Spirit Of Boom colt to be trained by the Snowdens Stud News Aclaim to shuttle to Aquis Aclaim THE NATIONAL STUD Aquis Farm have announced the introduction of Group 1 winner Aclaim (Acclamation) to their stallion roster after Lot 144 Spirit Of Boom - Weekend Surprise colt MAGIC MILLIONS a partnership deal has been struck with The results achieved yesterday, which Phoenix Thoroughbreds to shuttle the son of By Tim Rowe includes an average of $32,872, were more in Acclamation (Royal Applause) to Queensland rominent agent James Harron has line with the 2017 March sale rather than last for the 2019 breeding season. shown his faith in young stallion Spirit year’s auction where the insatiable demand Aclaim is currently standing his second season Of Boom (Sequalo) after securing a from big-spending southern buyers for the at The National Stud in Newmarket having ended colt by the Eureka Stud-based sire for progeny of Spirit Of Boom fuelled a surge in key his racing career with victory in the Prix De La Foret Pa session-topping $220,000 at the Magic Millions figures. (Gr 1, 1400m) at Chantilly in October 2017. Gold Coast March Yearling Sale. Harron bought a Spirit Of Boom colt Phoenix Thoroughbreds subsequently The high-priced Peter and Paul Snowden- for $225,000 and two fillies for $200,000 purchased a 50 per cent stake in the colt and bound colt was the highlight on day one of the and $70,000 respectively under his JHB an arrangement has been agreed with Aquis QTIS sale in which seven lots made $100,000 or Syndications banner at the same sale last year to bring the horse to the southern hemisphere more at an auction underpinned by Queensland and he believes the sire remains on an upward after his European duties are finished for the buyers. trajectory. Continued on page 2>> year. Stud News page 15 | 1 | Brought to you by Harron makes Booming statement at Magic Millions March Yearling Sale | 2 | Tuesday, March 19, 2019 << Continued from page 1 He is currently second to Zoustar Harron, who made a flying visit to the Gold Coast yesterday, said the (Northern Meteor) on the leading second-season sires’ table by earnings market had provided good value and his targeted purchase had come in and winners, with three of those winners recording victories at stakes under what he would have made had he been offered last year. level. “A stallion can go through waves (of success) but Spirit Of Boom can Yesterday’s KBL Thoroughbreds-consigned Spirit Of Boom colt will get an early two-year-old and the physical type matched up,” he said. join the fellow James Harron Bloodstock colts in a syndicate-owned “There wasn’t as much competition as there was last year, so there portfolio of young horses in training with the Snowdens. was a little bit of value I think, but that of course will all depend on what he “The sire has done a good job and (this colt) was a real standout does on the track.” physical type with a fantastic attitude. He is very precocious looking, so Eagle Farm-based trainer Chris Munce, whose QTIS Sale graduate he fits what we are trying to do,” Harron told ANZ Bloodstock News. Boomsara (Spirit Of Boom) won this year’s $2 million Magic Millions 3YO “He is a lovely, forward colt who has been beautifully prepared (for Guineas (RL, 1400m), bought a filly by the same Eureka Stud-based sire the sale). He is a forward-going type and the mare has done a good job. for $110,000 yesterday. “She has been very consistent and is already the dam of a stakes The Spirit Of Boom filly, who was also offered by Eureka Stud as Lot winner.” 83, is the third living foal out of the four-time winning sprinter Silva Nova The colt, who is the 11th living foal out of three-time juvenile winner (Canadian Silver), who was successful from 900 metres to 1100 metres. Weekend Surprise (Rubiton), is a half-brother to nine winners including Spirit Of Boom, who covered 216 mares last year at a fee of $55,000 the Group 3 scorer Dan Baroness (Statue Of Liberty). He was catalogued (inc GST), averaged $72,300 from ten lots sold on day one. as Lot 144. Leading vendors by aggregate Better Than Ready’s Vendor Sold Average ($) Aggregate ($) stock also popular The progeny of Australia’s leading first- Eureka Stud 16 40,094 641,500 season sire Better Than Ready (More Than Lyndhurst Stud Farm 12 42,208 506,500 Ready) also came to the fore yesterday with KBL Thoroughbreds 4 89,375 357,500 three of the top ten lots sold on day one by the Kenmore Lodge 7 41,143 288,000 Queensland-based stallion. Aquis Farm Operations 7 31,000 217,000 The newly formed partnership of Brisbane Raheen Stud 7 26,500 185,500 trainers Rob Heathcote and Chris Anderson Lucas Bloodstock 4 41,875 167,500 were major players on the buying bench Oakwood Farm 6 26,333 158,000 yesterday, with four lots for a total of $356,500 Roona Lodge 3 52,500 157,500 joining their expanding stable. The quartet was Gleeson Thoroughbred Connections 4 32,250 129,000 headed by a $120,000 Better Than Ready colt, who was purchased in conjunction with First Leading vendors by average (with three or more lots sold) Light Racing and agent Paul Willetts. Vendor Sold Average ($) Aggregate ($) “It was important in starting the new KBL Thoroughbreds 4 89,375 357,500 partnership that we were a little bit active Roona Lodge 3 52,500 157,500 and we ended up with some very nice horses Lyndhurst Stud Farm 12 42,208 506,500 and I think there’s more nice horses available Lucas Bloodstock 4 41,875 167,500 (today),” Heathcote told ANZ Bloodstock Kenmore Lodge 7 41,143 288,000 News. Eureka Stud 16 40,094 641,500 “First Light Racing bought (the Better Than Gleeson Thoroughbred Connections 4 32,250 129,000 Ready colt) and we have had a good, long Aquis Farm Operations 7 31,000 217,000 association with them and they were happy Clear Mountain Fairview 3 30,667 92,000 to to pour their resources into him. He was a Raheen Stud 7 26,500 185,500 cracker.” Continued on page 4>> ENTER NOW MARCH ONLINE SALE ENTRIES CLOSE MAR 20. SALE OPENS MAR 22. Featuring broodmares, yearlings and racing stock. Catalogue available at inglisdigital.com | 2 | Brought to you by Introducing THE BEST MILER OF HIS GENERATION KEMENTARI Strikingly handsome record-breaking G1 Randwick Guineas winner by sire of sires Lonhro from a great Australian family. NEW $33,000 inc GST Lonhro – Yavanna (Redoute’s Choice) Stands at Kelvinside, NSW darley.com.au Darley Better Than Ready’s stock also popular | 4 | Tuesday, March 19, 2019 << Continued from page 2 Consigned by Toowoomba-based Kynoch Thoroughbreds, the colt is the 11th living foal out of the South American Group 1-winning mare Shine Bridge (Westbridge), who has produced three winners from four foals to race. He was catalogued as Lot 78. First Light Racing’s bloodstock manager Ashleigh Dowley was equally-delighted to secure the colt, their first purchase for the Heathcote and Anderson training partnership. “We really wanted to get a Better Than Ready into the team and on type he’s a colt we absolutely loved,” Dowley told ANZ Bloodstock News. “He’s strong, he’s quite forward and he’s very quiet as well so there’s a lot to like about him. “You can see just by looking at him why we love him - he’s got a lot of strength about him, a lovely big girth, massive hindquarter and we think he’s one of the nicest colts on the ground here. Lot 78 Better Than Ready - Shine Bridge colt MAGIC MILLIONS “He’ll join the new partnership of Rob Heathcote and Chris Anderson, so he’s off to a great stable in Brisbane, and we’re happy to be keeping He has so far sired 14 individual winners of 20 races, two of them him in Queensland and racing him with the team up here while chasing at stakes level, while his two-year-olds have earned $1,347,350 in prize- that QTIS prize money. money in 2018-19 at this stage. “It’s a great scheme to be involved in and we’re really excited, we think Heathcote said the fact Better Than Ready’s first-crop success had he’ll be very popular.” followed on a season after Spirit Of Boom’s arrival on the scene had been Better Than Ready, who stands at Lyndhurst Stud near Warwick, is a great boost for Queensland racing. leading the coveted first-season sire title by winners and earnings, leaving “It has been quite phenomenal what Spirit Of Boom and Better Than Brazen Beau (I Am Invincible), Rubick (Encosta De Lago) and Deep Field Ready have done in such a short space of time.