This time three years ago Yes Yes Yes was a promising three year-old colt that had finished second twice to Bivouac in the Group II ATC Run to the Rose and then the Group I ATC Golden Rose, but by the end of that week he was the highest rated colt in the country thanks to The Everest.
It might not carry Group I status, but the Everest is an epic contest featuring the very best sprinters in the country and a look at the field that Yes Yes Yes defeated serves only to reinforce his standing as an exceptional athlete.
Nature Strip finished fourth that year and will start favourite this year after winning last year and finishing seventh the year before, while Redzel, who won the two years prior to 2019 is now retired.
Classique Legend returned the following year to win his Everest in 2020, while a number of the other runners are now at stud including all the mares that contested the race that year.
Godolphin homebred Alizee has a yearling filly by I Am Invincible and has foaled this spring producing a colt by Anamoe’s sire Street Boss (USA), while In Her Time, Sunlight and Arcadia Queen were all sold at auction for huge amounts.
Sunlight sold for $4.2million to Tom Magnier at the 2020 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale and has a yearling colt by Justify (USA) and a colt foal this spring by Wootton Bassett (GB).
Arcadia Queen sold for $3.2million to Arrowfield Stud at the 2021 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale and was covered last spring by I Am Invincible.
In Her Time sold for $2.2million to Yulong at the 2021 Inglis Chairman’s Sale and has a yearling colt by I Am Invincible and a Written Tycoon colt born this spring.
Pierata now stands at Aquis and will have his first yearlings at the sales next year, while Ten Sovereigns (IRE), who finished last, has had his first yearlings selling in Europe this year and the Coolmore young gun has made a splash as they have sold for up to 500,000 euros!
His historic Everest victory in track record time earned Yes Yes Yes the respect of breeders and he was the most popular first season sire in 2020 at Coolmore covering 205 mares at a fee of $38,500.
He covered another great book of mares in his second season including outstanding racemare Streama, a four-time Group I winner of $2.6million, who has produced a gorgeous colt this spring at Middlebrook Valley Lodge.
“We always joke that when Streama has a foal ‘this is her best ever foal’, but in this case it’s true,” said Max Porlezza, whose grand-father Geoffrey Coghlan bred and raced Streama with his family under their Brook Pastoral banner.
“She has a Spirit of Boom two year-old filly that has just gone into work with Brad Widdup called Clea and she’s an outstanding type, but then this colt came along and he’s better again.”
Streama has been to a range of different sires since she retired to stud, but none quite like Yes Yes Yes.
“We were looking for brilliance and I mean real tactical brilliance and his Everest win was just sensational,” Max Porlezza recalled.
“You don’t need to win a Group I when you win an Everest, the horses he beat that day were at the peak of their powers, you don’t forget a race like that.”
While Streama is likely to be given a year off from breeding this spring after producing a foal in every one of the past eight seasons, her winning daughter Pensera is going to Yes Yes Yes and he would also be the front runner for Streama again next year off the back of this eye-catching colt.
“Pensera is by Pierro, so we see Yes Yes Yes as a good mating for her and it’s the same cross as Jacquinot, who is by his sire Rubick from a daughter of Pierro,” Max Porlezza revealed.
“Jacquinot runs in the Everest this Saturday and has a similar formline and profile to Yes Yes Yes, although he won the Golden Rose instead of finishing second… it’s going to be a great race, I can’t wait!”
