Closer Look at Written Tycoon – He’s Not Going Quietly

Tara Madgwick - Tuesday November 11

Declining potency in terms of racetrack results in their offspring occurs frequently with even the best stallions as they move into the twilight years and the lessening of opportunity through declining fertility often exacerbates the issue, but in the case of Written Tycoon he’s not going quietly.

Written Tycoon was paraded at Yulong at the start of spring - image Grant Courtney

Now aged 23, he has hit the fertility hurdle in the last couple of years with his once robust fertility now a shadow of that. His current yearling crop numbers just 44 with 12 of them entered for Magic Millions and 10 of those are in the draft of his current owners Yulong.

Well Written is a rising G1 star for Written Tycoon - Race Images

His current crop of 3YOs delivered it’s first G1 winner last Saturday and she looks like being something right out of the box.

Well Written kept her unbeaten record intact when taking the G1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas in a canter justifying the decision of Yulong to purchase into the filly after she won her first wo starts. Read about her here.

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Well Written is the 18th G1 winner for Written Tycoon and is his first from the 2022 foal crop that are now 3YOs.

Written Tycoon is yet to have a 2YO runner so far this season.

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, Tyzone 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

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

2017

226/ $49,500

9 SW / G1 Ole Kirk, Odeum

2018

168/ $88,000

4 SWs/ G3 Enthaar, Finance Tycoon

2019

162/ $110,000

5 SWs/ G1 Coolangatta

2020

136/ $110,000

5 SWs / G1 Southport Tycoon

2021

199/ $77,000 (Arrowfield)

14 SWs / G1 Private Life, Lady of Camelot, Captured by Love, Velocious

2022

199 / $165,000 (Yulong)

6 SW G1 Well Written G3 Skyhook, Grand Prairie, Military Tycoon, Tycoon Star, SW Scenic Point

2023

172 / $165,000 (Yulong)

2YOs

2024

96 FOA (Yulong)

Yearlings

2025

77 FOA (Yulong)

Being born this spring

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