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Tara Madgwick - Wednesday August 24

He’s already captured one Australian Champion Sire Title and this sire could be on track for a second having sired a winner a day for the first 25 days of August!

Yulong based Written Tycoon is a stallion that has really hit his straps in later life having spent years doing the hard yards at various locations before emerging as a runaway commercial success.

The first year he moved out of the bargain basement was in 2016 when he stood for $49,500 and those resulting foals born in 2017 are now five year-olds.

In following years his fee continued to rise and we are now seeing the benefit of those big books of quality mares reflected in his racetrack results.

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Written Tycoon was Australia’s Champion Sire in 2020/2021 siring 193 winners (12 SW’s) of $17million, then last season he sired 178 winners (13 SW’s) of $14.4million.

This season we should see more of the same and he is already on his way with exciting colts Crosswinds and Maximillius to fly the flag for him this weekend when resuming in the Group III MRC McNeil Stakes.

$1.1million colt Crosswinds is a key runner for Written Tycoon this weekend - image Grant Courtney

$1.1million colt Crosswinds is a key runner for Written Tycoon this weekend - image Grant Courtney

Written Tycoon stands at Yulong Stud in Victoria this spring at a fee of $165,000.

Written Tycoon (Foaled 2002)
 

Crop Year (SH)

Mares Covered / Service Fee

Stakes-Winners/ Best Performers

2008

118/ $8,250

4 SW’s  / G2 Howmuchdoyouloveme, G3 Trump

2009

87/ $8,250

1 SW / Danger Close

2010

118/ $6,600

3 SW’s / G1 Tycoon Tara

2011

198/ $6,600

5 SW’s / G1 Music Magnate, G2 Rich Enuff

2012

152/ $11,000

3SW’s / G2 Super Cash

2013

107/ $15,400

6 SW’s / G1 Capitalist, La Luna Rossa, G2 Winning Rupert

2014

138/ $13,750

8 SW’s / G1 Booker, Despatch

2015

177/ $13,750

2 SW’s / G1 Written By, Pippie

2016

183/ $19,800

4 SW’s / G2 Dirty Work, G3 Hightail, Rich Hips

2017

226/ $49,500

7 SW / G1 Ole Kirk, Odeum

2018

168/ $88,000

3 SWs/ G3 Enthaar, Finance Tycoon

2019

162/ $110,000

4 SW’s / G3 Coolangatta, Maximillius

2020

136/ $110,000

102 2YO’s

2021

199/ $77,000

150 yearlings

2022

199/ $165,000

Being born this spring


 

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