Hinchinbrook's Fast Son Unite and Conquer to Stand at Kingstar
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Monday, May 18, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here DIRECT TO YOUR INBOX EVERY MORNING Hinchinbrook’s fast son Read Tomorrow's Issue For: Unite And Conquer to Stallion Watch What's on Race meetings: Dubbo (NSW), Tamworth stand at Kingstar (NSW), Ballarat (VIC) Conor Phelan also set to return to Hunter Valley in role at Barrier trials/ Jump-outs: Dubbo (NSW), Sandblom-owned farm Tamworth (NSW), Cranbourne (VIC), Lark Hill (WA) International meetings: Chantilly (FR) International Group races: Chantilly (FR) - Prix Bertrand Du Breuil (Gr 3, 1600m) HONG KONG NEWS Unite And Conquer SPORTPIX Flame gives Moreira a treble Maribyrnong Trial (Listed, 1000m) in October to draw level with Purton BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS 2018 and the Wyong Magic Millions 2YO Classic Joao Moreira outscored jockeys’ championship rilliant early season two-year-old (RL, 1100m) soon after, has been secured by rival Zac Purton three to one at Sha Tin on Unite And Conquer (Hinchinbrook), Matthew Sandblom to join his stallion roster at Sunday, a haul that left the three-time Hong a dual stakes-winning colt whose Kingstar Farm. Kong champions locked on 117 wins apiece racetrack career was cut short by The acquisition of Unite And Conquer also heading into the season’s final 16 meetings. Binjury, will stand at Kingstar Farm in the Hunter coincides with well-known industry professional The Brazilian ace arrived at the track Valley this year. Conor Phelan re-entering the stud game after two wins adrift of his Australian counterpart The former Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott- being recruited to the Sandblom-owned operation, but evened the score when completing his trained sprinter, who comprehensively won the based near Denman. Continued on page 2>> treble in the afternoon’s final contest aboard the four-year-old rising star Inner Flame YESTERDAY'S RACE RESULTS START FROM | PAGE 20 (Zoustar). Hong Kong News page 12 >> Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Hinchinbrook’s fast son Unite And Conquer to stand at Kingstar | 2 | Monday, May 18, 2020 << Continued from page 1 Phelan, who spent almost a decade at Vinery Stud before a two-year stint with software company ThoroughWorks, is excited by the new role and the prospects of Unite And Conquer whose first season fee has been set at $6,600 (inc GST). “Matthew is a heavy hitter and Kingstar is becoming more of a major player, so the time’s right to join them as they expand and we’re going to take on a new stallion this year in Unite And Conquer,” Phelan told ANZ Bloodstock News yesterday. “I think there’s a lot of upside to sons of Hinchinbrook and if you go back through Unite And Conquer’s pedigree, there is a lot of two-year-old speed influence there in Danzero, Flying Spur and Snippets - it almost reads like a who’s who of Australian two-year-old sires “The attraction is there to stand a good value son of Hinchinbrook who does have two-year-old speed in his pedigree and proven two-year-old speed Unite And Conquer KINGSTAR FARM on the track.” Unite And Conquer is out of Melbourne city-winning mare Maglissa important for Australian breeders being able to get a horse into the yearling (Magnus), herself a daughter of Group 1 winner Danglissa (Danzero) whose sales because we have a fair idea that they are going to be forward and strong. offspring have also produced stakes winners Euryale (Lonhro) and Sweet “They are going to be able to present well and the guys buying them are Redemption (Snitzel). going to have hopefully a quick return on their purchase because they know “Even though he only really had two starts - the third was when he hurt it is going to be by a sire in Unite And Conquer who was an early two-year-old himself - he beat some very good horses and he did it in very good times,” he himself.” said. Unite And Conquer is already on Kingstar Farm and available for “He showed that he was a very good, early two-year-old, which I think is inspections. Continued on page 4>> SIRE of the FASTEST HORSE IN THE WORLD SIRE of multiple Gr.1 winning sprint-sensation NATURE STRIP Boasting superb career WINNERS / RUNNERS STRIKE-RATE of over 70% Champion 3YO sprinter – winner of LIGHTNING STAKES GR.1 and GALAXY GR.1 2020 STANDING FEE $ 27,50 0 inc. gst 02 6549 9999 WWW.WIDDEN.COM Follow us @anz_news | 2 | Brought to you by Hinchinbrook’s fast son Unite And Conquer to stand at Kingstar | 4 | Monday, May 18, 2020 << Continued from page 2 “He will be heavily supported by other side of the road, so it’s growing Kingstar, but at the same time we don’t want to get in the way of a lot of the into a very, very large operation and the breeders who, through word of mouth, have already come and seen him and time has come, after a couple of years of will probably send a few mares,” he said. discussion with Adam Cook, that once “I think you will find that he will cover a book of mares that are of a better they got big enough for a role to develop quality than you would normally see for a $6,000 stallion. Most stallions in in bloodstock, nominations and office that bracket might end up taking whatever mare you can get but that won’t management that I’d take it on and be the case with Unite And Conquer who will be getting mares who would they’re at that stage now.” otherwise have been going to some more high-profile stallions. Phelan believes his recent “We have a lot of faith with him.” experience has been important in his Meanwhile, Phelan will move from Melbourne to Kingstar Farm in the development. coming weeks and cannot wait to be back being “hands on” with the horses “With ThoroughWorks I had more Conor Phelan KINGSTAR and working alongside Adam Cook and the entrepreneurial enterprise of of an insight into all of the sales around Sandblom. Australia and New Zealand and internationally: South Africa, America and He has worked at studs in Victoria, NSW and Europe before experiencing Europe,” he said. a different side of the industry at ThoroughWorks, a horse sales management “I’d speak to a lot of these sales companies and stud owners, particularly software company. through America, Europe and South Africa, which is the other southern “Kingstar is no longer a new farm - they’ve been around for a few years hemisphere hub. That was great just to get an idea about how Tattersalls. and had really good sales results,” he said. Goffs, Keeneland and Fasig-Tipton work compared to the Australian market, “Matthew Sandblom is obviously a big investor in the industry with his which I obviously know quite well. own farm Kingstar and interests in other stallions at farms like Newgate and “I did miss getting my hands on a horse and through an opportunity Kingstar’s grown dramatically in the past two years. with a rapidly growing and expanding farm like Kingstar, l get the best of both “From one property, they have since bought another property on the worlds.” Quality, fast stallions. The chance to Dashing... excel.Value. Humma Humma wins the G3 Proud Miss and Prezado takes the $100k Furphy Dash down the straight at Flemington. 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