Affordable Quality and QTIS Eligibility Make Magic for Raheen

Sponsored Content - by Tara Madgwick - Friday January 6

The Nolan family owned and run Raheen Stud is one of the most successful Queensland nurseries and their quality draft for Magic Millions features a mix of the proven and promising.

Set to fly the flag for Raheen Stud in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic on Saturday week is fleet footed filly Miss Coota, who was snapped up from their draft last year for $140,000 by Gerald O'Toole/Arthur Hoyeau.

Bred and sold by Raheen Stud, Miss Coota is set to run in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic.

The Spirit of Boom filly has proven a natural runner in the care of Chris Munce scoring wide margin wins at her first two starts in October, before finishing fifth in the Group III BRC BJ McLachlan Stakes (1200m) behind undefeated colt The Novelist.

Connections believe the filly can bounce back in the big one after her last start when she was controversially ridden off the pace by Craig Williams, who will not be aboard her next Saturday with her original rider Justin Huxtable most likely to take the ride.

Win, lose or draw, Miss Coota has already banked over $165,000, recouping her purchase price with the promise of more to come and her success has put the spotlight on her half-brother by Nicconi from Rock Garden that will be offered by Raheen Stud as Lot 302.

Lot 302

He is the third foal of a placed Fastnet Rock daughter of imported North American stakes-winner Pardon (USA).

Raheen Stud’s young Fastnet Rock stallion Heroic Valour is proving a reliable source of winners with 11 on his tally this season and is running equal fifth on the overall second crop sires list by winners with eight yearlings catalogued for the Gold Coast in Book 2.

Click to see the full draft of 20 from Raheen Stud with the majority of youngsters eligible for lucrative QTIS bonuses and highlights are below:

Lot 102 Filly Brutal (NZ) x Meadow, by Redoute’s Choice

From the first crop of G1 Doncaster Handicap winner Brutal and is a half-sister to stakes-placed Flower in the Wind from a metro winning daughter of SW Strawberry Field and half-sister to the dam of G3  winner Mimi’s Award.

Lot 720 Filly Pierata x Chickaletta, by Redoute’s Choice

From the first crop of $5.8 million earner G1 winning sprinter Pierata and is the third foal of an unraced half-sister to G2 MRC Autumn stakes winner Oak Door from SW Beyonce’s Star.

Lot 895 Filly Zousain x Germayne Lass, by Stromberg Carlson

From the first crop of G1 placed G2 winner Zousain and is from stakes-placed Germayne Lass, a half-sister to Flemington SW Throssell. Dam has had three foals to race and all are winners.

Lot 1008 Filly Rothesay x Alyssa Jean, by Dodge

Full sister to stakes-winner and multiple G3 placed Too Good to Refuse, a winner of over $500,000, and Couldn’t Refuse, an eight time metro winner of over $315,000. Dam is a half-sister to SW’s War of the Worlds and Conquered Dream.

Lot 1116 Colt Heroic Valour x Heart of a Rebel, by Show a Heart

Second foal of a winning half-sister to South African G2 winner Sharks Bay and to the dam of Hong Kong G1 winner Seasons Bloom, who was also bred and sold by Raheen Stud.

Lot 1141 Colt Zousain x King’s Lady, by Not a Single Doubt

First foal of a winning daughter of champion sire Not a Single Doubt and second dam had nine foals to race all winners and comes from the family of G2 Queensland Guineas winner Salsonic.

See the draft at Stable M 21- 26.

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