Little Brose to Stand at Little Avondale

Media Release - Monday December 23

Arguably there is no better stallion making race in Australasia than Victoria's only Gr.1 event for two-year-olds, the Blue Diamond Stakes, and when you add the hottest bloodline in the Southern Hemisphere to the mix, you have an exciting stallion prospect. 

Little Avondale’s Sam William’s extensive search for a new stallion and one to eventually replace the studs patriarch, Per Incanto, is complete, with the Wairarapa nursery pleased to announce the purchase of the 2023 Gr.1 Blue Diamond Stakes winner Little Brose (Per Incanto-Mohegan Sky by Straight Man), who will stand his first season at LA in 2025 for a service fee of $15,000 plus GST. 

Little Brose won the G1 Blue Diamond Stakes - image Grant Courtney

Previous winners of the Blue Diamond Stakes who have gone onto be leading sires include Redoute’s Choice, Bel Esprit, Rancher, Zeditave, Pride of Dubai, Star Witness and Extreme Choice. 

Little Brose is the first Australian Gr.1 winning two-year-old to stand at stud in NZ since Darci Brahma in 2005; noting that Darci won his elite contest at 1600m compared to the 1200m of the Blue Diamond. 

Little Brose is a G1 winning 2YO in Australia - image Grant Courtney

A $200,000 purchase from the Sledmere Stud draft at the 2022 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sales by Lindsay Park Racing, the son of Per Incanto debuted on 1 November of his two-year-old year with a 2nd placing in the Gr.3 Maribyrnong Plate at Flemington over 1000m. Three weeks later he stepped out over 1000m in the Listed Merson Cooper stakes at Caulfield scoring brilliantly over the subsequent Golden Slipper runner up and Gr.1 Newmarket winner Cylinder. 

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Little Brose’s sire Per Incanto needs no introduction. The strength of his Street Cry sireline can be no better illustrated by the fact that he has three sons inside the top 15 on the Australian Sires premiership. Currently headed up by his son Pride of Dubai, who as mentioned also won the Gr.1 Blue Diamond. 

Mohegan Sky, the dam of Little Brose was a blindingly fast American stakeswinner from the Halo and Caro sireline. It's a family built around speed and early speed at that, with notable members of the family including Australian Gr.1 winner Absolut Glam and current leading South African three-year-old filly Saartjie. 

Little Brose has been fully syndicated amongst Australasia’s leading breeders.

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