Tuesday, May 12, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here STALLION WATCH - PAGE 21 MORNING BRIEFING - PAGE 9 2O2O STALLION FEES - PAGE 25 Award for Shamus after Read Tomorrow's Issue For: stellar year on the track Steve Moran Rosemont flagbearer earns fee increase for 2020, but remains good value for Victorian breeders What's on Race meetings: Taree (NSW), Sale (VIC), Mackay (QLD) Barrier trials / Jump outs: Warwick Farm (NSW), Caulfield (VIC) MACAU NEWS Superstar shines on sand Shamus Award ROSEMONT Sheng Li Superstar (Harbour Watch) has elevated in the Makybe Diva Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) and himself to the level of Macau’s second highest BY GEORGIE DENNIS | @ANZ_NEWS Moonee Valley Gold Cup (Gr 2, 2500m). rated horse with a determined win in Friday fter a breakout year on the track, The son of Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) night’s Class 1 & 2 (1510m) on the sand. Rosemont Stud's flag bearing has sired four individual stakes winners so Prepared nowadays by Stanley Chin and stallion Shamus Award (Snitzel) far this season; Moonee Valley Vase (Gr 2, ridden by Luis Corrales, Sheng Li Superstar will stand for an increased fee of 2040m)-winning Soul Patch, who also recorded enjoyed a nice run in third spot in the race before $19,800A (all fees inclusive of GST) in 2020. third place finishes in the Victoria Derby peeling out around the bend for home to go out The stallion - who won the 2013 Cox Plate (Gr (Gr 1, 2500m) and Australian Guineas (Gr 1, after the leader Fasuba (Power). 1, 2040m) - has had a fruitful 12 months results 16000m), as well as Group 3-winning gelding Sheng Li Superstar burst to the front at the headed by the feats of Queensland Derby (Gr True Detective and Listed-winning duo Flying 200-metre mark and was chased by the hot 1, 2400m) winner Mr Quickie, who also placed Award and Shamino. Continued on page 3>> favorite Sacred Capital (O’Reilly) and Pearl Green (Fastnet Rock), before powering away to win by RACE RESULTS FROM | MURWILLUMBAH, QUIRINDI & SWAN HILL | PAGE 29 almost two lengths. Macau News page 17 >> Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by “It takes a good stallion to sire a Stakes-Winning 2yo at Flemington. It takes a very good stallion to sire the Quinella.” Danny O’Brien, trainer of the winner and exciting Shamus Award colt FLYING AWARD. 2yos Flying Award and Ironedge run 1-2 in the Anzac Day Stakes (L) at Flemington. The Leading Sire in Victoria by Stakes Winners / Runners* Snitzel’s Champion & Best Sire Son. SHAMUS AWARD $19,800 inc GST Rosemont Stud, 250 Volum Road, Gnarwarre, VIC 3221 P: 03 5220 6500 W: rosemontstud.com.au Anthony Mithen – 0413 486 767 Ryan McEvoy – 0439 802 837 Ted Mithen – 0429 933 955t *southern hemisphere conceived #CoxPlateStrengthSnitzelSpeed Award for Shamus after stellar year on the track | 3 | Tuesday, May 12, 2020 << Continued from page 1 The economic toll of coronavirus has seen the fees of many stallions in Australia cut back for the upcoming Rosemont Stud service fees breeding season, however Rosemont Stud principal Anthony Mithen 2020 2019 believes Shamus Award has earnt his 80 per cent increase. Shamus Award $19,800 $11,000 Starspangledbanner $19,800 $22,000 Starcraft $8,800 unchanged He’s proven to be a really Nostradamus $5,500 $8,800 versatile stallion, getting horses that can sprint with the *all fees inclusive of GST Snitzel speed but have got the think he’s going to be around for a while and I’m not sure he’ll be under stamina of a Cox Plate $20,000 for too much longer either.” Mithen confirmed that Shamus Award will cover a high-class book of - Anthony Mithen mares in 2020 including Special Favour (General Nediym), the dam of Mr Quickie, and Flying Dansino (Fusaichi Pegasus), who produced Flying Award. Shamus Award will once again stand alongside Group 1-winning Royal Ascot hero Starspangledbanner (Choisir), whose fee has been “He certainly deserved a fee rise on the efforts of multiple Group slightly reduced to $19,800 in 2020, having been offered to breeders for a winners including his breakthrough Group 1 winner out of his first crop fee of $22,000 last year. in Mr Quickie who won the Queensland Derby and placed in the Makybe The four-time elite level winner also had a terrific year, siring Prime Star, Diva,” Mithen told ANZ Bloodstock News. who took out the $2 million Inglis Millennium (RL, 1100m), as well as the “He’s proven to be a really versatile stallion, getting horses that can Cheveley Park Stakes (Gr 1, 6f) winner Millisle, who was the subsequently sprint with the Snitzel speed but have got the stamina of a Cox Plate, so I named Champion 2YO filly in Europe. Continued on page 5>> Starosa - Rosemont Stud Follow us @anz_news | 3 | Brought to you by 6 lengths en-route to the recent 2yo winner in BRIS by STAROSA, Daylight... J.J Atkins Gr1 Victorian Stallions Rank STALLION Stakes Winners / Runners % 1 STARSPANGLEDBANNER 6.3% 2 ARTIE SCHILLER 5.4% 3 SHAMUS AWARD 5.3% 4 BRAZEN BEAU 5.0% 5 MANHATTAN RAIN 4.7% 6 STREET BOSS 4.7% 7 WRITTEN TYCOON 4.6% 8 MAGNUS 4.1% 9 PUISSANCE DE LUNE 3.7% 10 FOXWEDGE 3.5% 11 SEPOY 2.9% 12 FIORENTE 2.9% 13 BEL ESPRIT 2.6% 14 AKEED MOFEED 2.3% 15 TORONADO 2.1% 16 CABLE BAY 1.4% Source: Arion. Career Worldwide statistics. The #1 Stallion in Victoria – Where it counts STARSPANGLEDBANNER Rosemont Stud, 250 Volum Road Gnarwarre, VIC. 3221, P: 03 5220 6500 $19,800 inc GST W: rosemontstud.com.au Anthony Mithen – 0413 486 767 Rosemont Stud, 250 Volum Road, Gnarwarre, VIC 3221 P: 03 5220 6500 W: rosemontstud.com.auRyan McEvoy – 0439 802 837 Anthony Mithen – 0413 486 767 Ryan McEvoy – 0439 802 837 Ted Mithen – 0429 933 955 Ted Mithen – 0429 933 955 Award for Shamus after stellar year on the track | 5 | Tuesday, May 12, 2020 << Continued from page 3 “He has the Millennium winner and he’s got a very good two-year-old that we’re lucky enough to have bred and still part own in Starosa in Brisbane who is quite high up in the JJ Atkins betting at the moment,” Mithen continued. “He’s also got the Champion 2YO Filly in Europe which hasn't been lost on breeders down under. It's a shrinking world we live in and everyone knows when the good horses pop up and Millisle looks like she’s exactly that. Starspangledbanner, who is currently the leading stallion in Victoria by stakes winners to runners at over 6.3 per cent, was found to be subfertile in the early part of his stud career, but Mithen has assured breeders his fertility is back up to normal with 62 foals on the ground last year from 98 coverings in 2018. “It’s been another stellar year for a horse with limited numbers but Starcraft ROSEMONT STUD those numbers are certainly set to expand now that his fertility is back to A grade,” Mithen said. “He’s a horse I just can’t believe, if you’ve got multiple mares, why “He’s a normal stallion and breeders can have the confidence that wouldn't you be sending one to Starcraft every year and just helping they’ll send their mare and they’ve got as good a chance (of getting in foal) yourself to making money,” Mithen said. as sending a mare to any other stallion. That’s going to be the positive that “He gets a great sales horse as evident by his sales statistics this year. we really want breeders to be aware of this season.” I smile when I say this and I’ve got to say it with a bit more of a serious Meanwhile, Rosemont’s veteran stallion Starcraft (Soviet Star) will tone at times, but the greatest yearling sale ever held in the southern stand for an unchanged fee of $8,800 in 2020 - a price Mithen believes is hemisphere was Magic Millions this year in January, and the stallion that extremely good value off the back of the Group 1 producer’s sale statistics provided the greatest return on investment in that whole sale was Starcraft earlier this year. for three or more sold. Continued on page 7>> Starspangledbanner - Rosemont Stud Follow us @anz_news | 5 | Brought to you by not a single doubt x suspicieuse (elusive city) Award for Shamus after stellar year on the track | 7 | Tuesday, May 12, 2020 << Continued from page 5 “He averaged $150,000 off a service fee of $8,000, so on multiples it was the best return. Then he went to the Classic sale and sold one to George Moore for $340,000. “There’s a well-known Asian market that snaps anything up that shows any modicum of ability at the trials or in a maiden. We’re happy to support him because we know there’s a paycheck at the other end. “There’s been consistency over the last few years with him now trading into Asia, getting a good horse in Hong Kong every season and getting good sales results. “I expect him to be a busy boy even though he’s nearer retirement than the start of his career. He’s still in a picture of health and working well.” The Rosemont roster for 2020 is completed by the Medaglia d’Oro (El Prado) half-brother to dual Group 1 winner Star Witness (Starcraft) in Nostradamus, whose fee has been reduced to $5,500 in 2020.