AMADEUS WOLF (GB)- 2010 FEE $11,000
Bay 2003 16hh: Mozart IRE- Rachelle IRE (Mark of Esteem IRE)

Chatswood Stud

Top class juvenile, won Middle Park Stakes Gr.1, Gimcrack Stakes Gr.2 & multiple Gr.1 placed at 3 years.

Joint 3rd highest rated 2yo in Europe in 2005 & rated 122 by Timeform.

Defeated 4 Gr.1 winners to land the sire producing race, the Duke of York Stakes - Gr.2, also won by INVINCIBLE SPIRIT.

COUBERTIN - 2010 FEE $4400
Bay 2005: Redoutes Choice - Circles of Gold (Danehill)
Greta West Stud

The impeccably bred COUBERTIN will stand his first season at Greta West Stud, Victoria in 2010.

COUBERTIN is a dual winning son of Champion sire REDOUTES CHOICE an emerging sire of sires from the outstanding broodmare and AJC Oaks winner CIRCLES OF GOLD also the dam of mutipule group one winners and highly regarded sires ELVSTROEM and HARADASUN.  

This is one of the hottest family's in Australasia with the recent Oakleigh Plate winner and $10m Coolmore recruit STAR SPANGLED BANNER a member. CIRCLES OF GOLD is the only Australasian mare to produce two INTERNATIONAL GROUP ONE  winners. COUBERTIN becomes the fourth son of the great mare CIRCLES OF GOLD to embark on a stud career following ELVSTROEM, HARADASUN & GOLD CENTRE (who is proving very popular in New Zealand).

GLOBETROTTER - 2010 FEE $8800
Chestnut 2005: Street Cry - Cool Slew (Seattle Slew)
Brackley Park

Brackley Park, Avenel welcomes to Victoria the exciting young stallion prospect Globetrotter.

Purchased outright by Damian White, the talented son of the in-form Street Cry will debut at a fee of $8800 and he is an outstanding addition to the local stallion ranks.

An eye-catching chestnut boasting an intelligent eye, a muscular frame, a strong sloping shoulder, laid back hocks, short cannons, good bone and plenty of scope, Globetrotter was an early maturing high class sprinter/miler – just the sort of stallion who succeeds in the tough Australian market.

“He is an imposing horse,” said White who has searched the globe for just the right stallion for Victoria. “He had plenty of grit and I believe he will be warmly received by local breeders.”

A Gr.3 winner at two and Gr.1 placed at three, Globetrotter was unplaced (a fourth) only once in six starts and he was a versatile and adaptable galloper who really knew how to find the line – winning three races from 1200m to 1800m.

A member of the flourishing Mr Prospector sire line via the great Machiavellian and the wildly successful Street Cry (last season Australia’s fourth most expensive stallion), Globetrotter owns a pedigree of considerable depth.

Bred on the outstanding Mr Prospector/Seattle Slew cross, Globetrotter hails from a prolific black type family – his dam a half sister to the stakes winners Snow Cone and Devotion Unbridled out of the stakes winning mare Icy Warning. His third dam Northern Sting was also a stakes winner and she produced eight winners from as many runners including the Gr.1 winner Ops Smile.

For further information phone Damian White on 0418 477 090 or go to www.damianwhitebloodstock.com.au to see footage of his race starts.

O'LONHRO - 2010 FEE $9900
Brown 2005: Lonhro - Mamzelle Pedrille (Zoffany)
Larneuk Stud

Victoria's Larneuk Stud has announced that they will stand O'Lonhro in 2010, the first stakes winning son of Lonhro to retire to stud.

The sire of ten stakes winners including the Gr.1 winning in-form Australian Guineas favourite Denman, Lonhro has proven a sensation in recent months – since the start of the year his progeny winning no less than 28 races.

And O’Lonhro is one of his best, a $220,000 Magic Millions yearling who quickly struck form, overcoming a troubled run at his Canterbury debut to win by an easy 1½ lengths.

Next time out too strong for subsequent AJC Derby winner Roman Emperor at Rosehill, O’Lonhro, a member of the Hawkes stable as was his sire before him, enjoyed a break and was back bigger and stronger next time in.

Second to Swift Alliance at the start of his second campaign, he then took on the older horses in the Gr.2 Warwick Stakes, finishing a close second to Trusting with the Gr.1 winners Mr Baritone and Racing To Win third and fourth.

All the fitter, O’Lonhro then took on some smart ones in the Gr.2 Chelmsford Stakes – winning that 1600m event in comprehensive style. How apt he win that race – his sire also successful in it winning in 2002 and 2003.

Standing at 16.2hh, O’Lonhro is very much like his sire, muscular and strong with a commanding presence. And he has depth to his dam line as well, being a son of the high class racemare Mamzelle Pedrille.

PILLAR OF HERCULES - 2010 FEE $6600
Chestnut 2004: Rock of Gibraltar- Coat (Brocco)
Grange Thoroughbreds

Victorian stallion ranks for 2010 will be boosted by the news that Group 1 performer Pillar Of Hercules will stand his debut season at Grange Thoroughbreds in Arcadia, north of Nagambie.

A magnificent type, Pillar Of Hercules was purchased by Caulfield trainer Peter Moody for $475,000 at the 2006 Sydney Easter Yearling sale and after just seven starts was sold to new owners for $1.8 million.

He trained on to win the Group 3 Norman Robinson Stakes at Caulfield and was also placed in the Group 1 Toorak Handicap where he beat Group 1 winners such as first season sire Turffontein, Valedictum and Littorio.

By the 5-time Group1 winning son of Danehill in Rock Of Gibraltar and from the Brocco mare Coat, Pillar Of Hercules is from a leading stallion producing family.  Coat is a half-sister to Champion 2YO Sire Catbird and the promising young stallions Danbird and Bearcat while this is also the family of successful sire Maizcay.

Already the sire of 10 stakes winners, Rock Of Gibraltar is also represented at stud in Australia by the Group 1 placed Murtajill and the Group 1 winner Mount Nelson.

Described by Champion trainer Peter Moody as "one heck of a horse" and “a magnificent  type with a fantastic pedigree,” Pillar of Hercules represents a great opportunity to breed to a stallion with the looks, pedigree and performance to be a success at stud.

Pillar Of Hercules will stand his debut season at a fee of $6,600 inc GST with special deals available for multiple bookings.

Sheamus Mills Bloodstock

PO Box 723 Port Melbourne 

VIC 3207 Australia
M +61 (0)411 600 530 
E sheamusmills@hotmail.com 
www.smillsbloodstock.com

SEA BATTLE - 2010 FEE $5000
Bay 2003: Quest for Fame- peppie (Danehill)
The Grange

The top class horse Sea Battle is to stand in Victoria.   The winner of 8 races including GR.2 Jayco Crystal Mile and 2nd in Emirates GR.1,  by the English Derby winner Quest for Fame out of a stakes producing Danehill mare, from the family of Gold Ace and Final Card, both GR.1 sprinting champions.   He was no paper champion, he was the real thing.   He has retired sound and has a terrific temperament.   Mark Kavanagh says “ a real good one”.

Sea Battle is standing at The Grange, 70 Johnstons Lane, Lancefield, Victoria 3434.   Stud fee $5,000 incl. GST.

All enquiries to 0419 112 696 or 0430 321 024 or P.O. Box 246 Romsey 3434 Vic.

SHIMONHRO - 2010 FEE $3,850
Bay or Brown 2005: Lonhro - Shingle Moss (Twig Moss)
Bombora Downs

Bombora Downs, Victoria is proud to announce a new addition to its stallion roster for 2010 – Lonhro’s handsome son Shimonhro.

A particularly good looking dark brown, near black stallion built very much in the mould of his popular sire, Shimonhro at 16.2hh is bound to impress upon inspection and the stud’s Christoph Bruechert is excited.

“He is a stallion of excellent conformation and a fantastic temperament,” he enthused – “he is a joy to handle.”

Such a good looker is Shimonhro that on the two occasions he made his way through the sales ring he was in great demand – as an Inglis Select Sale weanling fetching $150,000 and as an Easter yearling $400,000.

Sent to respected Wyong trainer Kim Waugh, Shimonhro sadly did not make it to the track but he certainly showed plenty of talent.

“Shimonhro has an outstanding temperament and a fantastic galloping action,” Waugh said – “he ran times that only horses of the highest class can run and I was confident that he was of Group One standard.”

Managing owner Robert Roulston agreed. “He ran the sorts of times over 200m and 400m that only high quality horses can run.”

“I have raced Group One winners and bought Group One winners for clients and Shimonhro was at least the equal in every way of those horses.”

“It is  a great disappointment that he could not make it to the race track as we really felt he had the potential to be a Group One star.”

TURRFONTEIN - 2010 FEE $13,750
Brown 2005: Johannesburg - Spirit of Grace (Dr. Grace)
Blue Gum Farm

Euroa-based Blue Gum Farm in Victoria announced "the acquisition of" dual Gr1-winning & triple Gr1-placed 5YO stallion Turffontein (Johannesburg-Spirit Of Grace, by Dr Grace) to "be syndicated to stand alongside Elvstroem, Churchill Downs & Astronomer Royal for the 2010 season" at an initial fee of $13,750.

Turffontein (a $70,000 yearling at the 2006 Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale) retires with 5 wins (including February's Gr1 William Reid Stakes over 1200m at Moonee Valley, plus 2009's Gr1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes over 1400m at Caulfield & both 2008's Gr2 Queensland Guineas over 1600m at Eagle Farm & Listed Wellington Race Club Stakes over 1400m at Caulfield) & 12 placings (including 2009's Gr2 Salinger Stakes over 1200m at Flemington & Gr2 Caulfield Sprint over 1100m, plus 2008's Gr1 Patinack Farm VRC Classic over 1200m at Flemington, Gr1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes over 1400m at Caulfield, Gr1 Doomben 10,000 over 1350m, Gr2 Hobartville Stakes over 1400m at Rosehill, Gr3 Jayco Cup over 1400m at Caulfield, Gr3 South Pacific Classic over 1400m at Randwick & Listed Hawkesbury Guineas over 1400m, as well as 2007's Gr3 The Run To The Rose over 1300m at Rosehill) from 31 starts for $1,264,250 earnings.

Turffontein (whose sire Johannesburg was 2001 unbeaten world champion juvenile) represents an unbroken sire-line of 6 Gr1-winners, tracing through Johannesburg, Hennessy, Storm Cat, Storm Bird & Northern Dancer.

US RANGER - 2010 $11,000
Danzig - My Annette
Independent Stallions Victoria

Champion European Sprinter & 6YO stallion US Ranger (Danzig-My Annette, by Red Ransom) will stand at Nagambie-based Independent Stallions Victoria from the 2010 breeding season at $11,000.

US Ranger is currently standing his 1st northern hemisphere season at Ben Walden's Pauls Mill Stud in Kentucky (where he has a full book) for US$10,000 & will shuttle for an initial 3 seasons to Independent Stallions;

Independent & Walden previously shuttled Artie Schiller, who will rest for the 2010 Southern Hemisphere season before resuming in 2011.

US Ranger was undefeated as a juvenile in 3 starts in France & opened his 3YO campaign with a 4-lengths victory in the Prix Djebel in a stakes-record time of 1min 23.7sec; he also finished 2nd by a head in the 2008 UK Gr1 Darley July Cup at Newmarket, as well as placing in France's Gr1 Prix de la Foret & was rated Champion Sprinter as both a 3YO & 4YO.

His legendary sire Danzig had more than 50 sire-sons leave Gr1-winners; & his dam My Annette is a 3/4-quarter sister to US sire Dynaformer & a half sister to the dam of US 2009 Champion Freshman Sire Offlee Wild.

Independent Stallions Mike Becker declared: "He had the speed factor at top level racing that appeals to Australian breeders, is an outstanding individual & carries a great stallion pedigree, top & bottom line. What more could we want?"

VON COSTA DE HERO - 2010 $16,500
Bay 2005: Encosta de Lago - Piavonic (by Snippets)

Darley Victoria

Darley has announced that the newest addition to their Victorian stallion roster will be Von Costa de Hero.

The Gr2-winning & triple Gr1-placed 4YO stallion Von Costa De Hero (Encosta De Lago-Piavonic, by Scenic) has been retired to stud at their Seymour property.

Von Costa De Hero (a $1.2 million yearling purchased by James Bester & consigned by Coolmore Stud at the 2007 Inglis Easter Sale in Sydney) recorded 1 win (in 2008's Gr2 VRC Sires' Produce Stakes over 1400m at Flemington) & 5 placings (including 2009's Gr1 Cadbury Guineas over 1600m at Flemington & Gr2 Carlyon Stakes over 1200m at Moonee Valley, plus 2008's Gr1 Golden Slipper over 1200m at Rosehill & Gr1 Caulfield Guineas over 1600m) from 19 starts for $1,124,450 earnings.

Darley Australia purchased a 50% interest in Von Costa De Hero for a reported $5 million soon after he won the Gr2 Sires' Produce Stakes as a 2YO.

He will stand his initial season at $16,500.

WANTED - 2010 $38,500
Bay 2006: Fastnet Rock - Fragmentation by Snippets

Eliza Park

The nation’s premier sprinter, WANTED, has been retired to stand at Eliza Park in Victoria.

Arguably the hottest property heading to stud this spring, Wanted’s future has been the subject of industry conjecture since he – literally – stormed home to victory in the $1,005,000 Group One VRC Newmarket Handicap at Flemington in early March.

Outpacing both the fastest horses in Australasia AND the worst hailstorm to hit Melbourne in living memory, Wanted secured his hooftnote in history with a powerhouse performance.

(Interestingly, among Newmarket winners, leading sires Century, General Nediym and Exceed And Excel also took out the race as three year olds).

Hailing from the first crop of Danehill’s boom stallion Fastnet Rock, Wanted was – at $800,000 – his sire’s most expensive yearling. As one industry pundit declared recently: “Wanted has phenomenal good looks”.

Wanted also boasts a highly commercial pedigree with half brother, Shrapnel, a two year old stakes winner this season, while their dam, Fragmentation, is a stakes winning Snippets mare.

Trained by Peter Moody, Wanted would race on 15 occasions – 14 of those starts in black type company.
Indeed, in the three lead ups to the Newmarket – all at Group One level – Wanted would finish a head, a head and a half length shy of the winner.

Moody has always maintained a high opinion of Wanted and pulled no punches immediately after the Newmarket, stating: “on today’s performance, there is probably no better sprinter in the land”.

That’s an opinion shared – in part at least – with industry bible Timeform, which has ranked Wanted (along with dual Group One winner Starspangledbanner) the leading three year old in Australia.

While it’s been well documented that Wanted is a ‘rig’ and there were initial issues in regards to obtaining fertility insurance, Eliza Park aggressively chased the horse following the opinion of two of the world’s leading reproductive veterinary surgeons in Dr Angus McKinnon and Dr Geoff Hazard.

A delighted Eliza Park CEO, Cameron Croucher, announced the acquisition last night after striking a deal with Wanted’s managing owner, Eddie Hayson, who will continue to support the stallion with top line mares.

“This is a tremendous coup for both Eliza Park and the Victorian breeding industry,” Croucher enthused.
Wanted will be limited to a book of 80 mares in his first season and will stand at an introductory fee of $38,500 inc. GST.

RELOCATING STALLIONS IN 2010

MASTERPIECE (ARG)- 2010 FEE $7700
Brown 2000 16hh Southern Halo - Merry Sweet (Gold Trojan)
Ealing Park to Chatswood Stud

From the day he won his first race start over 1200m as a 2YO Masterpiece always displayed great ability. He developed into a top class sprinter - miler on turf as a 3YO & 4YO in Argentina, winning the Gran Premio San Isidro Gr.1 at 1600m as well as running second in both the Gran Premio Palermo Gr.1 & the Gran Premio Joaquin de Anchorena Gr.1, and fourth in the Palermo Gran Premio Montevideo Gr.1. As a 5YO Masterpiece transferred to the US where he continued his good form on turf winning the Del Mar Brubaker Hcp LR over 1700m, and running fourth in the Hawthorne Carey Memorial Hcp Gr.3 over 1600m. Overall Masterpiece had 23 starts for 7 wins, six seconds, two thirds & three fourths, winning from 1200m to 1700m.

Group 1 winner of 7 races from 1200m to 1700m
By More Than Ready’s sire Southern Halo
Dam a Group 1 winner and has produced two Group 1 winners
Outstanding first crop foals
Ideal cross for Danehill line mares

Race Record: 7 wins 1200 to 1709 m. and $192,853 Won San Isidro Gran Premio San Isidro Gr.1, Del Mar Harry F. Brubaker H.-R [O]. 2nd Palermo Gran Premio Palermo Gr.1, San Isidro Gran Premio Joaquin S. de Anchorena Gr.1. 4th Palermo Gran Premio Montevideo Gr.1, Hawthorne Robert F. Carey Memorial H. Gr.3.

MURPHY'S BLU BOY - 2010 FEE $5500

Bay 2000 15.3hh Blu Tsunami - Murphy's Arch (Archregent)

Relocated to Bullarook Park Stud

Outstanding speedster Murphy’s Blu Boy has a new home – the handsome stallion two weeks ago arriving at picturesque Bullarook Park Stud at Avenel in northern Victoria.

Settling in nicely, the powerful bay has pleased Bullarook’s Malcolm Boyd who has been chasing the horse for some time.

“I have always liked him,” he said, “and I am very happy to be standing him. He has his foot right on the till with his progeny really starting to show something and he is an impressive horse in his own right.”

Describing the nine-year-old as a horse with “lovely conformation,” Boyd said that he “is a very, very strong stallion and extremely athletic.”

Already the sire of six winners from limited opportunities, Murphy’s Blu Boy has been represented by some promising types including the Rick Hore-Lacy trained Valentine Blues.

Back in work after showing plenty of natural ability during her first campaign over the summer, Valentine Blues bolted in at her Ballarat debut. Quickly measuring up in stronger company, she was an easy second up winner at Sandown and Boyd is looking forward to seeing her back in action.

“She is one of several smart ones that Murphy’s Blu Boy has coming through,” he said – pointing out that the likes of Paddy Me Lad (winner of his last three), Bluzar (city placed last start winner) and Miss Chatter (recent 3.3 length maiden winner at Geelong) look to be above average.

A horse blessed with great natural pace, Murphy’s Blu Boy burst onto the scene in late 2002, winning his Ipswich debut by no less than 6½ lengths.

At his next two at the Gold Coast he outsped his rivals to win by six lengths and 5½ lengths respectivelly and he then headed to Melbourne where he blitzed a Gr.3 Blue Diamond Preview field – racing away to a seven length victory.

Injured when second in a Gr.3 Blue Diamond Prelude, Murphy’s Blu Boy added another win to his resume at three – taking out the Lightning Handicap at Gosford. He retired to stud in 2005 as the winner of five of his 11 starts from 800m to 1000m – pure speed.

A member of the Mr Prospector sire line, Murphy’s Blu Boy is a grandson of Afleet (Gr.1 winning sire of 61 stakes winners) and son of Blu Tusmani (Gr.2 winner from the family of Blushing Groom and Mill Reef).

His dam is the fast six times winning Archregent (dam sire of 14 stakes winners including Takeover Target) mare Murphy’s Arch, half sister to the dual Gr.2 winning filly I Am A Ripper and to the dams of the recent black type performers My Girl Helen and Nothin’ Leica Cat.

For further information on Murphy’s Blu Boy contact Malcolm Boyd on 0407 342 291.

www.bullarookpark.com.au

HELENUS - 2010 FEE $6600

Bay 1999 16.2hh Helessio - Wolrdwide Elsie (Java Gold)

Relocated to Independent Stallions

Victorians will have further opportunity to breed themselves a Classic distance winner with the arrival of the triple Group 1 winner Helenus.

Helenus was the Champion Middle Distance 3yo in Australasia aftre his stunning 3yo season, whichsaw him win the G1 VRC Derby, G1 MRC Caulfield Guineas and the G1 STC Rosehill Guineas.

Helenus has been standing at stud in WA since 2004 and has made his mark with limited runners but has some lovely types including Mega Steel winner of the Listed WATC Belmonst Classic.

He brings with him a proven stamina pedigree that will appeal to a variety of bloodlines.

VIKING RULER - 2010 FEE $5500
Bay 1998 16hh Danehill - Tristalove (Sir Tristram) 

Cambridge Stud NZ to Mornmoot Stud

Danehill's Group One-winning sire-son Viking Ruler will have a new home for the remainder of his stud career after a deal was struck between Cambridge Stud and the historic Victorian-based nursery, Mornmoot Stud.

In fact, Viking Ruler will walk into the very box where former champion stallion Century lived throughout a stud career which netted a premiership title in the 1978-79 Season and 44 individual stakeswinners in all including the likes of Rubiton and Centaine.

"To be competitive at the Melbourne Spring Carnival, you have to have a horse that gets the trip.Viking Ruler will certainly appeal to the breeder/racer. In fact we've already got 15 bookings to the horse through social contacts," added Thompson who purchased Mornmoot Stud with his wife, Roshni, in 2002.

Viking Ruler is the sire of New Zealand's leading stayer, Red Ruler, who recently won both the City of Auckland Cup-Gr.2 and Wellington Cup-Gr.2 and shortly heads to Asia for tilts at Group One prestige events in Hong Kong and Singapore, respectively.

Viking Ruler is the sire of the Queensland Derby-Gr.1 winner, Court Ruler, and of the excellent Bart Cummings-trained sprinting horse, Kroner. To date Viking Ruler has had winners in 13 countries.

Winner of the Spring Champion Stakes-Gr.1 on the racetrack, Viking Ruler represents one of the all-time great New Zealand families. He is a brother to Kempinsky (AAMI Vase-Gr.2) and Diamond Like (WRC Lightning Handicap-LR) - the latter being the dam of this year's Karaka Sale-topping NZ$2m Zabeel colt.Viking Ruler is also a half-brother to Lovetrista (Waikato Gold Cup-Gr.2).

Viking Ruler's dam, Tristalove (by Sir Tristram) was a dual Group One winner and is a daughter herself of Diamond Lover. Viking Ruler's third dam is Eight Carat - one of the world's all-time outstanding broodmares being the dam of five individual Group One winners, namely Octagonal, Mouawad, Kaapstad, Marquise and Diamond Lover.