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Golden Rose Sale Mail

Tara Madgwick - Tuesday September 18
Renowned as a sire making race, the Group I ATC Golden Rose (1400m) is the first three year-old Group I event of the new season and being worth $1million it has drawn a crackerjack field and interestingly every runner was purchased at a major Australasian yearling sale so let’s take a look at who bought what and for how much.

Seabrook is the lone filly in the Golden RoseThe field of 11 features 10 colts including one Group I winner The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice)and one Group I winning filly in Seabrook (Hinchinbrook) – click here to see the final field with barriers.

Many of our leading sires are represented and the field ranges in price from $45,000 for Jonker (Spirit of Boom) up to $1.3 million for Tchaikovsky (Redoute’s Choice).

The favourites are Graff (Star Witness), a $200,000 Magic Millions purchase, The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice ), a $700,000 Inglis Easter purchase, Lean Mean Machine (Zoustar), a $250,000 Magic Millions purchase and Zousain (Zoustar), a $400,000 Magic Millions purchase.

Click here to see the BREEDNET GOLDEN ROSE SALE MAIL.

Golden Rose winner Zoustar has two top chances in this year's raceThe Golden Rose was upgraded to Group I status in 2009 and was won that year by Denman, who still stands on the Darley roster at a fee of $8,800.

Subsequent winners that have gone to stud are as follows:

2010 Toorak Toff – now standing in Tasmania at a fee of $3,850 after starting off at Rosemont Stud

 

2012 Epaulette – standing at Darley at an increased fee of $27,500 on the back of encouraging results from his first crop 2YO’s last season including South African G1 winner Soqrat and Australian G3 winners Meryl and Khulaasa

2013 Zoustar – standing at Widden Stud at increased fee of $60,500 after being crowned Champion Australian First Season Sire 2017/2018

2014 Hallowed Crown – standing at Darley at a fee of $16,500 and had his first 2YO trial winner at Cranbourne on Monday (read here)

2015 Exosphere – standing at Darley at a fee of $22,000 and has yearlings for the 2019 sales

2016 Astern – standing at Darley at a fee of $33,000 and has his first foals being born this spring



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