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Single Doubt) and Thronum (Snitzel) - while her preparation towards Saturday week’s Magic Racing.com first reported yesterday that National Defense (Invincible Spirit) also Millions 3YO Guineas (RL, 1400m) with a Sun Stud is set to close its Kerrie operation, shuttled from the Irish National Stud for the last pleasing barrier trial success at the Gold Coast based out of the former Eliza Park property. The two years. Continued on page 3>> yesterday. Morning Briefing page 7 >> Follow us @anz_news | 2 | Brought to you by TBV: Sun Stud restructure provides ‘amazing opportunity’ in Victoria | 3 | Wednesday, January 6, 2021 << Continued from page 2 No decisions about their stallions and Bukovec points any future plans have been made. out that the Racing THE RESTRUCTURE OF SUN Staff were informed of the downsizing plans on Monday but declined Australia Fact STUD PROVIDES AN AMAZING to comment when approached by ANZ Bloodstock News yesterday. Book, which was However, TBV executive officer Charmein Bukovec believes the chance released last month OPPORTUNITY FOR A NEW to lease or possibly acquire such a prolific property - one that has produced and encompasses ESTABLISHMENT TO CALL some of the finest horses to grace the turf over its two decades in operation statistics up until VICTORIA HOME OR FOR A FARM - offers a rare opening to establish a foothold in a prosperous industry. the 2018-19 season, TO EXPAND ITS OPERATIONS TO “It is sad to hear the news about Sun Stud given the rich history the shows that breeding THE KERRIE BASE farm has, producing champion horses like Black Caviar and Redzel,” is once again on the - CHARMEIN BUKOVEC Bukovec told ANZ Bloodstock News yesterday. rise in the garden “While this chapter of Sun Stud is ending, there’s no doubt that the state. next chapter is going to be an exciting one for them as they continue with “It highlights that more breeders are choosing Victoria,” she said. a smaller broodmare band. “Victoria was one of only two states to record an increase in foals [along “The restructure of Sun Stud provides an amazing opportunity for with Western Australia] and has been increasing year-on-year in recent a new establishment to call Victoria home or for a farm to expand its times.” operations to the Kerrie base. Victoria has gone from strength to strength It comes at a time when the contentious issue of mining has once and the state provides both an ideal environment to produce an equine again reared its head in the Hunter Valley, widely regarded as Australia’s athlete and an ideal formula for success with strong support from the premier nursery. Victorian government and Racing Victoria. For instance, Coolmore Australia has been touted as potentially “As we’ve seen time and time again, Victorian breeders get results on eyeing off a Victorian base given its long-lasting battle to stop the Maxwell the track with recent examples including Ole Kirk, Dirty Work and North underground coal mine and its former iterations. The mine was again Pacific.” given government approval on December 22. Continued on page 5>> WAR DECREE WAR FRONT X ROYAL DECREE (STREET CRY) winner of the prestigious Glorious Goodwoood G2 VINTAGE STAKES (7f) in the second fastest time ever, faster than Pinatubo, Shamardal, Highland Reel, etc. FIRST CROP YEARLINGS SELLING 2021 Follow us @anz_news | 3 | Brought to you by 1 in 5 G1 RACES this season were WON by -sired STARS G1 Darley Flight Stakes G1 Darley Sprint Classic G1 Spring Champion Stakes G1 Melbourne Cup G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes G1 Winterbottom Stakes Buy Yearlings by Astern, Brazen Beau, Epaulette, Exceed And Excel, Exosphere, Frosted, Holler, Impending, Kermadec, Lonhro, Medaglia d’Oro, Ribchester, Sepoy, Shooting To Win, Street Boss, and Territories in 2021 TBV: Sun Stud restructure provides ‘amazing opportunity’ in Victoria | 5 | Wednesday, January 6, 2021 << Continued from page 3 "For over 10 years, Coolmore has had a coal mine across the road we have been trying to stop happening. That mine has been stopped four times, it has then been sold to a company called Malabar and they are now trying to do another mine," Coolmore Australia principal Tom Magnier told RSN927 in November, when final public submissions were being taken. "We are defending it with all that we have. It's an underground mine this time, but there's no difference to the threat to our farm. "We have just short of 10,000 acres up here of what I believe is the best place to raise horses in the world. We have amazing river frontage to the Hunter River, we've got undulating paddocks. The Hunter Valley is exceptional. "But I'm not going to lie to you, there have been people in Victoria who have been saying to us that if you come to Victoria, we will help you. I've got my head down and I’m trying to fight this, as Godolphin are, as all the stud farms up here are. "But if they don't do something about this up here, it could come to a stage where a cluster of the thoroughbred industry could look to move to Eliza Park SUN STUD Victoria. It's not at that stage yet. “We are fighting tooth and nail, but it might come to that stage where operator in Macau, was under investigation by Australian authorities for people can't fight any more." money laundering in his dealings with Crown Casino. Godolphin, who is also set to be significantly impacted by the Maxwell Cheng has never been charged with or convicted of money laundering project, already has a Victorian presence through its Northwood Park offences. property in Seymour. His company Suncity has been scaling back its Australian operations, according to The Age, with the imminent restructure of Sun Stud another Turbulent year for Sun’s Cheng step in that direction. Sun Stud, owned by Macau tycoon Cheng since 2012, was established Sun Stud is not the first bloodstock enterprise to change course, with as Eliza Park in 1998 by Lee Fleming after he acquired the Kerrie property Aquis Farm last month announcing a major restructure. 12 months prior. Initially Aquis, the platform of Hong Kong billionaire Tony Fung, has been one named Eliza Park International, of Australia’s leading investors in recent years. While they are still expected ACROSS MOST the organisation adopted the to be very active at next week’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, INDUSTRIES, PEOPLE Sun Stud moniker in 2016. chief executive Shane McGrath told ANZ Bloodstock News’ Tim Rowe HAVE HAD TIME TO The downsizing of Sun Stud, that the coronavirus pandemic had provided the right circumstances for REFLECT AND REVIEW which will see the operation change. AND WE’RE GOING TO dramatically reduce its racing “With Covid, it has given us the opportunity to put steps in place to and bloodstock portfolio, introduce a new strategic plan for Aquis. We have elected to change the TRY TO BE A LITTLE BIT comes after a difficult year for way that we are doing business and there will be a lot more in the future,” MORE INNOVATIVE IN Cheng. McGrath said last month. HOW WE DO BUSINESS It was revealed by The Age, “Across most industries, people have had time to reflect and review AND WE’LL IMPLEMENT the Sydney Morning Herald and we’re going to try to be a little bit more innovative in how we do NEW THINGS and 60 Minutes in February business and we’ll implement new things.