Sunlight Headlines Quality Magic Mares from Widden

Media Release - Sunday July 19

Widden Stud will offer an outstanding consignment of 30 mares at the 2020 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale and while their champion racemare Sunlight is in a class of her own, there is plenty of depth in the draft with a selection of mares in foal to the farm’s young guns sires Trapeze Artist and Written By.

Advertisement

It is anticipated all mares will be available for inspection at the Gold Coast by Friday subject to COVID protocols, however on farm inspections are being encouraged in case the situation changes and we have a comprehesive guide to all of the mares on our website.

It’s not the first time Widden have taken Sunlight to the Magic Millions sales complex as they sold her at the Gold Coast as a yearling back in 2017 for $300,000.

Since then she has taker her owners, who include Widden Stud’s Katie Thompson, on the ride of a lifetime winning over $6.5million in prizemoney.

 


A brilliant winner of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic, Sunlight trained on as a three and four year-old under the care of Tony McEvoy to claim Group I victories in the VRC Newmarket Handicap, Coolmore Stud Stakes and MVRC William Reid Stakes.

Bred in partnership by Widden and raced by a large syndicate of owners, Sunlight (Lot 80)  is the flagbearer for her sire Zoustar and while it’s going to be painful to say goodbye to a champion, the team at Widden will look forward to watching the next phase of her career unfolds.

Click here to see the full draft on the Magic Millions index with highlights below:


Lot 6 I Am – Winning three year-old half-sister by I Am Invincible to stakes-winner Cuba.

Lot 6

Beautiful filly that made $600,000 as an Inglis Easter yearling and comes from a superb female family, her dam Tabasco Kitten a half-sister to Group II winning blue hen Alizes, the dam of Group I winners Alizee and Astern. Her second and third dams are Group I winners La Baraka and Triscay.

Lot 17 Jazette – Two time metropolitan winning Fastnet Rock mare that is a full sister to Group II winner and sire Cluster.

Lot 17

Jazette is from stakes-winning Last Tycoon (IRE) mare Tarcoola Diamond, who has left six foals to race all winners with stakes-placed Miss Que and Inkling in addition to Cluster. Her third dam is Group I winning juvenile I Like Diamonds.

Lot 21 Kislina -  Promising three year-old filly by Dissident, now a winner at her second start, scoring at Pakenham last month.

Lot 21

First winner from stakes-winner Sunset Rock, who is from handy producer M’Indigo, the dam of recent Grafton Guineas winner Reus. The family also includes group II winner Honour the Name.

Lot 37 Mistress Mouse – Lightly raced three year-old I Am Invincible filly with a Canterbury win as a two year-old from just five starts.

Lot 37

Was a $450,000 Magic Millions yearling and is a half-sister to Group II winner Quackajack from a solid Black Type family featuring stakes-winners Anatina, Pricked, Sugar Boom, Mizz Bux and Atomic with her third dam brilliantly fast Group III winner Mother Duck.

Lot 50 Pierrocity – Four time metropolitan winning five year-old mare by Pierro and is a half-sister to stakes-placed Switchblade and Star Ripper from champion mare and four time Group I winner Dane Ripper, the Cox Plate heroine of 1997.

Lot 50

Her grand-dam Red Express is also a Group I winner.

Lot 531 Amthaal – Four time winner by champion sire Lonhro in foal to Written By in her first season at stud.

Lot 531

One of four winners from good producing Group III placed Jalsah, a half-sister to Group II winner and $1.3million earner Faatinah.

Lot 571 Blueberry Hill -  Quality racemare that won four races – three at two- including the Group II BRC Champagne Classic and Listed Ipswich Gai Waterhouse Classic.

Lot 571

Offered in foal to Trapeze Artist and has a yearling filly by Sebring and weanling filly by Zoustar.



 

Advertisment
More Reading...
Resolute Racing Purchase Top Lot Goffs Orby Day 1
The Goffs Orby Yearling Sale kicked off overnight and the top lot on Day 1 was a colt by Blue Point purchased by John Stewart’s Resolute Bloodstock for €675,000, while Wootton Bassett produced the top selling filly, whose half-brother Trinity College is now in Australia.
Golden Rose Brings Second Season Shake Up
We are two months into a new racing season and the second season sires table was given a good shake up over the weekend with the $1million Group I Golden Rose and $300,000 Group II Stutt Stakes both producing a quinella for sires in this cohort.
2025 G1 The Metropolitan Field and Barrier Draw
Chris Waller and Ciaron Maher are set to have half of the Group I Metropolitan field between them with the Waller trained Birdman an easing favourite after drawing a wide gate for Saturday’s race.
2025 G1 Epsom Handicap Field and Barrier Draw
The field and barrier draw has been decided for the Group I Epsom Handicap on Saturday with odds-on favourite and unbeaten mare Autumn Glow drawing the extreme outside gate in a field of 14.
Kiwi Stayer Chasing Melbourne Cup Golden Ticket
Wolfgang, who races as Mister Wolfgang in Australia, will get his first opportunity to earn a golden ticket into the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) when he heads to Flemington on Saturday.
Sires With Winners - Monday September 29
Here is the full list of 22 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Autumn Glow Epsom Challenge - Just How Big Is This Task?
With the unbeaten Autumn Glow set to run as the first odds-on favourite this century in the Epsom Handicap on Saturday we thought we’d run some data to see how big this mountain is that she’s attempting to climb, and turns out, it’s pretty big.
Tara Talks Racing - Insights from a Legend - Darren Beadman
Beiwacht upstaged his more fancied rivals to win the $1million Group I ATC Golden Rose last Saturday in course record breaking style to become the hottest colt in Australia giving us the opportunity to chat to a legend that has been very much involved in his story so far.
Karaka Million Dreaming for Out of the Blue
Te Akau Racing marketing manager Julia-Rose Hayes has had plenty of success syndicating horses selected by her father, David Ellis, and that has continued with her latest syndicate.
Equimillion This Long Weekend – Draws and Start Lists
Racing NSW have their annual Equimillion event coming up this long weekend at Sydney International Equestrian Centre at Horsley Park and for people interested in off the trackers it’s a showcase for the sport, so let’s take a look at who’s who in the zoo.