So You Think Colt a Magic Star for Valiant Stud

Sponsored Content - by Tara Madgwick - Monday December 30

Hunter Valley based Valiant Stud has proven to be a fruitful source of winners that include Group I winner Kimochi, this season’s top class juvenile North England and $1million earner So United, one of the stars of the Magic Millions race day in 2024 winning the $1million Subzero.

G1 winner Kimochi was purchased as a weanling from Valiant Stud - image Grant Courtney

Kimochi was sold in the Valiant Stud draft as a weanling for $21,000 to her previous owners and was a multiple Group winner before changing hands for $2.2million at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale earlier this year and joining the Yulong stable.

Sporting the bottle green colours this spring, Kimochi won the Group I MRC Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes and has now won over $1.9million!

$1million ATC Golden Gift winner North England was sourced from Valiant Stud for $280,000 - image Steve Hart

Farnan colt North England attracted the attention of the big players at Inglis Classic fetching $280,000 when bought from Valiant Stud by China Horse Club / Newgate Bloodstock / Go Bloodstock / Trilogy and has quickly proven his worth with a close third in the Group III ATC Breeders Plate followed by a win in the $1million ATC Golden Gift.

So United has been a dream come true for syndicators Blueblood Thoroughbreds, snapped up from the Valiant Stud draft at Magic Millions in 2019 for $190,000.

A $190,000 Magic Millions purchase from Valiant Stud, So United won the $1million Subzero in 2024 - image Grant Courtney

The now seven year-old gelding by So You Think has won six of 39 starts earning over $1million in prizemoney for his big group of very happy owners.

So You Think is set to play a role again for Valiant Stud at Magic Millions in 2025 with the draft of nine featuring the full brother to Group III Winx Guineas winner Majestic Colour.

Lot 79 is a quality So You Think colt from Fastnet Rock mare Vivid Diamonte, a daughter of Group II winner Flushed.

The So You Think x Fastnet Rock nick has also produced Group I winner Palaispan and Group III winner Banana Queen among 26 winners bred this way.

Click here to see the Valiant Stud draft with additional highlights below:

Lot 380 Colt Hellbent x Excessabeel (NZ), by Savabeel

Third foal of stakes-placed daughter of champion sire Savabeel and her first two foals are both showing plenty of promise- Neverenoughlego (2c Ole Kirk) has run second and fourth at his first two starts for Lindsay Park and She Mogul (3f Written Tycoon) won on New Year's Evey at Echuca, read about her here.

Lot 1088 Filly Castelvecchio x Always Loyal, by Bradbury’s Luck

Half-sister to Group I placed filly Honesta and three more winners from good producing half-sister to stakes-winner Biggles.

Lot 1109 Colt Victor Ludorum (GB) x Bella Epoch, by Street Cry (IRE)

From the first crop of dual Group I winning son of Shamardal in Victor Ludorum. Half-brother to two winners from an unraced half-sister to stakes-winner Futooh and daughter of stakes-winner Golden Millennium.

Lot 1197 Colt Yes Yes Yes x Gloriosa, by Pierro

Brother-in-blood to stakes-placed Let’s Go Barbie and is third foal of a winning sister to Group III placed Gayatri from the family of NZ Horse of the Year Tycoon Lil and Group II winner Daisies and SW Zou Tiger. Her first foal Impressionism (3g Churchill (IRE) has run second twice from three starts for Kris Lees this year.

Lot 1346 Filly Victor Ludorum (GB) x Reeltop (USA) by Quality Road

From the first crop of dual Group I winning son of Shamardal in Victor Ludorum. Half-sister to three winners from well bred import that is a half-sister to Group I winner Seek Again and daughter of Group I winner Light Jig with the family also producing imported stayer Future History (GB), a Group winner in Australia.

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